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January Wrasslin' |OT2| Stop watching this garbage and get HBO Go
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Jimmy King
Member
It did, for ages. You just need good creative on both brands that are completely separate.
So it's not working in current WWE.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It might have when they had enough guys over to justify it.
"Fucking Vince told me this guy was over."
Vince got jealous that smackdown was beating them and that's when things went to shit.
Kacho
Gold Member
Brand split was trash and needs to stay dead.
I wasn't familiar with him before his debut at NXT and I bought his shirt. Dude seems awesome.
I wasn't familiar with him before his debut at NXT and I bought his shirt. Dude seems awesome.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Every PPV costs the same now. All of them are under one service. Why is it so fucking hard to make a story and revolve it around the IC Title for a month and then have it main event a PPV. I would take that instead of an empty tag match.
Sure, and it wasn't as well done as WCW as you pointed out, but my memory as a kid from that era is knowing and fully understanding who was in the "Hardcore Title Tier", the "European Title Tier", the "IC Title Tier", etc. I remember thinking, when a guy would fight for a championship above their prior station, that that dude was now a bigger deal.
Now... the US/IC championships might as well be the same damn thing.
"Vince booked this like shit"
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Brand Split worked when they basically had an overcrowded roster with the top stars of both WWF/E and WCW, but it sure as fuck wouldn't work with the depleted roster they have now.
It's kind of true. I mean, the titles were still better used than they are right now, but even so, the people feuding over the belts usually had a story to go with it and something to do instead of jobbing in non-titles.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Context is important though. I didn't actually listen to an entire podcast, but the ellipses are suspicious to me.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Hope he can sell a spear well.
Their roster is so depleted that not only can they not do a brand split they can barely support both shows with the current roster they have. Granted part of this issue is booking.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
As it is, they're already putting Big Show and Kane matches on 2 times a week. In 2015.
Well, that and Heyman being on that secret Raw call accidentally.
Think it helps that he came in quite quickly from his last outing on the indies and he debuted in an NXT that had already gotten a lot of traction.
The ellipsis is just indicating a pause there, it's not a longer quote cut down.
Deadly Joker
Member
They'll be a Mountie tag team.
I like Rowan better but I'm totally OK with this.
Except you have Zayn, Breeze, Bull Dempsey, Baron Corbin, Kevin Owens, Hideo Itami, Finn Balor, Adrian Neville, Kalisto, Charlotte, Bayley, & Sasha Banks all who could get over if given the opportunity on a top tier or mid card level. The Vaudevillians could be a good mid-card heel tag team. CJ Parker would be a great jobber heel.
That's an INSANE amount of talent. Balor, Zayn, Owens, Itami, and Charlotte are all folks who could legitimately be top tier stars. Right now if they come up, that group is going to challenge Ziggler, Bryan, and Rollins for fandom. You already have to basically turn Balor to find him a slot.
avengers23
Banned
Can't be a vintner if he's dirty.
Accurate
I heard that story too, but I think it's more along the lines of Reigns isn't actively trying to improve as much as he should be. If anything he seems to have regressed as an in-ring performer. He does less moves now than when he was with the Shield.
TimeEffect
Member
I genuinely want to know what happened here.
It made no sense.
And yes, commentary was confused as well.
What was supposed to happen?
This Rumble was terrible, and I hear it's because Pat Patterson was behind all the intricate mini feuds and spots in the past
Rowan is better
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
They shouldn't be trying to film as many hours of original content as they are at this point. Cut Raw back to two hours, turn SmackDown into a Prime Time Wrestling-esque show in order to give it an identity of it's own without splitting their pathetic roster and cancel Main Event and Superstars.
Jimmy King
Member
I'm with you on that, and I'll go even further: fuck the Royal Rumble.
Kacho
Gold Member
lol every year I still have hope that WWE will do the right things
Cut Raw to 2 hours. Cut Smackdown to 1 hour. Cut either Main Event or Superstars entirely. Fire half of the writers. Tell Vince to step down. Promote HHH to head of creative.
Nah, the Rumble is fine. In terms of establishing the main story of WrestleMania, it's great (when done right). It's a gimmick match that can really help a lot of stars (again, when done right).
MITB has simply become to predictable.
I hadn't heard that. If that's true, he is going to fall lower than Sheamus-tier.
Say what you will about Cena, but he does work his arse off when he feels he needs to. I'm still slightly shocked by the Michinoku Driver from Sunday.
HHH obviously already thought he had a winner on his hands in Owens, this'll probably multiply that idea. I mean, HHH is under pressure for his NXT to produce stars, so far very few of the major NXT guys have actually come up, it was mainly just the nobodies like Adam Rose.
They spent a lot of money on the Performance Center and rebranding NXT, on HHH's initiative. It's not just an ego thing of "I want my guys to be on top", he's got to prove that the whole NXT investment is justified and is producing money making stars. The Shield and Bray are to an extent (even if Ambrose and Reigns are barely NXT guys really) but a talented new guy already selling lots of merch while still in developmental, that's a good talking point to say the least.
Agreed. The ladder match is still good, but the cash-in thing feels more like a hindrance than a help at this point.
Yeah. Cena may be bulky and awkward when he moves, but I don't doubt that he actually knows how to wrestle.
With Reigns it's like...the last time he busted out a new move was like...a normal suplex or something in one match.
I would be all for that if it meant king of the ring with a title shot at Summerslam
I hate the MITB gimmick because it never makes the winner look strong. It just makes them look lucky. Outside of Edge and MAYBE Rollins(we'll see how it goes once he cashes it in)
It's not a star maker. It's just a quick way to give someone 'former World Champion' expecting that that'll make the fans think higher of them except it doesn't because the fans know that they just won it from luck.
Cena's not a good wrestler. He's an okay wrestler who can have a great match with either an amazing wrestler or an amazing feud.
But he busts his ass. He busts his ass like nobody else. The fact that he's still alive is amazing to me when you hear about his schedule. I think Roman's going to be in for a rude awakening when he realizes what being the next Cena is. Even Punk talked about how he was like 'fuck no' to Cena's schedule.
It's not a star maker. It's just a quick way to give someone 'former World Champion' expecting that that'll make the fans think higher of them except it doesn't because the fans know that they just won it from luck.
Cena's not a good wrestler. He's an okay wrestler who can have a great match with either an amazing wrestler or an amazing feud.
But he busts his ass. He busts his ass like nobody else. The fact that he's still alive is amazing to me when you hear about his schedule. I think Roman's going to be in for a rude awakening when he realizes what being the next Cena is. Even Punk talked about how he was like 'fuck no' to Cena's schedule.
If you cut Raw to 2 hours, you will get about an hour of actual in ring time.
Deadly Joker
Member
I wonder how long guys like Balor and Owens will be in NXT? They're older guys and honestly seem like they're ready now. Zayn is ready too obviously.
There should have been more like RVD, who announced his cash-in for an event ahead of time.
¡HarlequinPanic!
Member
Ayo I wanna rap wit y'all on this match: watched rumble 99 while cleaning on sunday.
lol at both this and '15 starting with road dogg coming out for a match.
As hard as it is to watch thanks to the brutality is there a match that plays the strengths of its participants better than the mankind/rock "I quit" match? A match that gives rock access to a mic at anytime. One that showcases Mankind's unreal pain tolerance. Shit just such a cool match. Why'd it have to have a dumb ending like the one it had though.
A CORPORATE ELBOW HERE, A CORPORATE ELBOW THERE.
And why was the rock wrasslin' in a t shirt back then.
lol at both this and '15 starting with road dogg coming out for a match.
As hard as it is to watch thanks to the brutality is there a match that plays the strengths of its participants better than the mankind/rock "I quit" match? A match that gives rock access to a mic at anytime. One that showcases Mankind's unreal pain tolerance. Shit just such a cool match. Why'd it have to have a dumb ending like the one it had though.
A CORPORATE ELBOW HERE, A CORPORATE ELBOW THERE.
And why was the rock wrasslin' in a t shirt back then.
Balor will stick around long enough to get an NXT title run and then get called up. I think Owens might straight up follow Zayn to the main roster once Zayn's title run is over.