-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
January Wrasslin' |OT2| Stop watching this garbage and get HBO Go
- Thread starter strobogo
- Start date
What's sad to think about is that if the one-two punch of Bryan's YES chant reaching ESPN via that Michigan State game and Punk quitting didn't happen, Bryan would have never made it to the WM30 main event and would probably be in some universe well beyond the Punkverse in terms of irrelevance.
I don't think that is true. Who said that? I heard cumulative is all that mattered.
That was like my first post after the Rumble match itself.
It was booked as antagonistically as a late WCW PPV.
slightconfuse
Banned
It was one million when it was only avalble in the US
All you need to do in order to see the WCW & modern WWE parallels is watch the Monday Night War episodes. Vince and company fucking bury WCW and talk about all of the dumb shit they did and why it didn't work, and seem completely oblivious to the fact that they're making the same mistakes.
Absolutely
I bet the guys in the marvel threads all have their separate lists of who has to eat crow, who was mean to them and so on. In this thread everybody can get criticized and made fun of. I don't know what would happen if that happened in their thread.
In short, I love you guys
In short, I love you guys
Jimmy King
Member
so what? loser.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Mr. Luchador
Member
Really enjoyed Raw last night, I didn't watch the Rumble stuff again but the interviews were great.
slightconfuse
Banned
Inside look in how Vince and Dunn found their John Cena 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOBGPA2KguQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOBGPA2KguQ
It was only a matter of time... Any chance of splicing on Roman and Rock, and a Vince "My fucking ratings"?
There is a chance for Bryan vs. Undertaker.
Think about it. Undertaker disappointed the entire world last year, he's probably disappointed in himself too. Wyatt became a jobber at the Royal Rumble. Undertaker needs to redeem himself, and who better than Bryan to give him a memorable match?
It all fits, like two plus two.
I guess what I'm saying here is that I really don't want to see Undertaker vs. Wyatt. I'm good with Cena vs. Undertaker, and if not, then they should put Bryan in there.
Have you got a link to that? I remember them not getting close before the worldwide launch.
Marvel
could never
The noise I make on the can.
bean breath
Member
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman speak: January 26, 2
: http://youtu.be/bJ1du2HsCno
Jimmy King
Member
I don't think this has been posted today
slightconfuse
Banned
http://variety.com/2014/digital/new...y-670000-subscribe-to-wwe-network-1201153433/
It was only available in the us. Everyone else used VPN. Hence the stagnate growth
Kane now has the most final four appearances as well. Kane. in 2015. Unless you want to get specific with who hit the ground first between him and Show and counting Rusev.
I love how poorly booked his 'record breaking' elimination was too. Like it was so throwaway. Everything about that rumble's booking felt like it was written at the last minute. Outside of the crowd reaction, it'll probably be the most forgettable Rumble of all time. Even over the Rumbles that didn't get you a title shot back in the day.
I love how poorly booked his 'record breaking' elimination was too. Like it was so throwaway. Everything about that rumble's booking felt like it was written at the last minute. Outside of the crowd reaction, it'll probably be the most forgettable Rumble of all time. Even over the Rumbles that didn't get you a title shot back in the day.
With the way they want to book Reigns, Kane's record for most eliminations isn't even going to last for 5 years.
What year was it that Punk did the S.E.S. bit in the middle of the ring?
I think that was 2010.
That was the last great bit of booking I can remember in a Rumble match. They tried to do it again with Bray this year but didn't quite match it.
People with the belt for 5 straight years have no reason to enter the Rumbo, friend.
VisionaryQuest0
Member
Does the 1 million mark mean they can start making elaborate PPV sets again?
Roland_Gunner
Member
So way more people joined on Monday than dropped off. Bischoff was right, controver$y create$ ca$h.
bean breath
Member
Roman Reigns comments on the Royal Rumble crowd i
: http://youtu.be/20-TnMvbfQk
British Monsoon
Member
It's not as cut and dry as that - I'm not planning to resubscribe, but am locked in until March, which is around the time when the last of the '6 month minimum commitment' subscriptions will be up. Many of those may re-sub for Mania, but whether they stick around is another matter.
The babyface always goes into Mania the challenger.
The last time the Mania main event was a face champion vs heel challenger was what...Triple H vs Orton?
I've been waiting for a champ to be able to do that. Invade the Rumble at some point....pick some poor jobber and say "You want a title shot? Stay with me." and work with them to throw everyone out of the match.
They never stop illegal participants from entering the ring, so it's perfectly plausible that it would happen.
Brock would be the perfect guy to do it.
There's actually shockingly little outside interference in the Rumbo.
Hell besides the classic disgruntled throw a competitor out who just eliminated you spot cheating really doesn't happen enough for what is otherwise a no DQ match.
If they can keep them maybe.
I just want more Pyro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xYz6KdoxyI#t=110
Yeah, that was 2010.
That Rumble had some good people in there, but not a lot was really happening outside of that brief CM Punk bit, and the Shawn Michaels thing. It was okay.
2008 had a lot of stuff happening, but more importantly, I think Undertaker, and to a lesser extent Batista and Shawn Michaels, did a good job of keeping things going. Undertaker especially put in some work in that match. He was constantly fighting different guys or picking up the pace here and there. Then you had a final boost at the end with Triple H's entrance, Cena's surprise return, and the final three between Cena, Triple H, and Batista.
It's a lot better booked than these past Rumbles, which are basically huge jobber affairs without any direction.
Roland_Gunner
Member
A fair point but I do think this undercuts the idea that people are actually going to leave the WWE over the Rumble stuff. In the end more people are drawn in by the news than go away.
It's always fun when you're looking for matches online and you find some, but you read the title and the description... And it's not outright obvious, but you begin to piece it together and realize that it's a sexual thing for the person uploading it.
Sometimes it's really obvious though.
3 minutes of Tom Zenk getting beat up set to Olivia Newton John. Pixiv and DeviantArt could learn a thing or two from the old timers.
Sometimes it's really obvious though.
3 minutes of Tom Zenk getting beat up set to Olivia Newton John. Pixiv and DeviantArt could learn a thing or two from the old timers.
HeisenbergLannister
Member
The 'WE GOT ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!" patting on the back just seems WAY too coincidental after the backlash of the Rumble and #CancelWWENetwork.
I WANT TO SEE THE RECEIPTS, VINCE!
I WANT TO SEE THE RECEIPTS, VINCE!