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[HeavenlyE]

It's pretty impressive how fast Jinder/Orton/Creative managed to plummet the prestige of the WWE belt, the USA belt feels twice as important

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

^that audio is awful. I hope she's able to get the help she needs.


They should probably stop having Raw and Smackdown in Houston. Nobody wants to go fucking downtown that early during the week. They had to bribe people with $1 beers to get them to show up early for an NBA playoff game because there's always so many empty seats during the first quarter.

Yep. I miss the Toyota Center tho. Used to frequent there a lot while in University.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Undisputed Raw giant? With Brawny there?

Touche, drop that part.

Beating Show, someone his own size, still works to crediblity

 

[Rhaknar]

So Braun has to interfere in Joe v Roman next week right? Probably leading to a no contest?

Surely they wouldnt be so tone deaf as to feed Joe to Roman right now :/

 

[blackaroni]

Bryan & Vinny review WWE Great Balls of Fire (with video included):



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPLzr-B9wUU

I don't see how people pay money to listen to this annoying asshole.

Yep. I miss the Toyota Center tho. Used to frequent there a lot while in University.

Yeah, I actually like Toyota Center and Minute Maid Park too, but you wouldn't catch me at either during the week unless I have some free tickets for something. I'm temporarily becoming an Austinite beginning this week. How long after being there do I become more smug?

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

The point was to point out he's not the only giant.


Then he'll beat Show and become the undisputed Raw giant. Putting him over someone his own size makes sense for credibility.

I get that but it just exposed how kayfabed Cass's height is when he's actually 6'8" and he and Show are both billed as the same height though show has a couple inches on him.

 

[Syder]

Catching up on Raw and SD

They're really still doing this stupid thing with Corey getting up from the desk?

No one cares.

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

I don't see how people pay money to listen to this annoying asshole.

Yeah, I actually like Toyota Center and Minute Maid Park too, but you wouldn't catch me at either during the week unless I have some free tickets for something. I'm temporarily becoming an Austinite beginning this week. How long after being there do I become more smug?

You have an open invite from me to hang out if you have room to breathe and like coffee or arcades.just PM me. I live up North.

Anyhow, I find the social scene here to be overrated. You're only smug if you chill in lakeway, where people like to blow money they don't have . Social life only happens if you get in a clique. I've found it very hard to meet people here. I don't even consider anyone here a friend. All of those are in Houston (and Dickinson). My wife and I both graduated from St. Thomas on Monstrose.

 

[Officerrob]

205 live doesn't even make their top 20 most watched programs, it gets beat by 20 year old WCW ppv's on the regular.

Exactly, what good is live content when apparently nobody wants to watch it

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

What is the WWE network top 5 best performing original programming?

 

[Data West]

Joe & Braun make Raw worth watching

 

[blackaroni]

You have an open invite from me to hang out if you have room to breathe and like coffee or arcades.just PM me. I live up North.

Anyhow, I find the social scene here to be overrated. You're only smug if you chill in lakeway, where people like to blow money they don't have . Social life only happens if you get in a clique. I've found it very hard to meet people here. I don't even consider anyone here a friend. All of those are in Houston (and Dickinson). My wife and I both graduated from St. Thomas on Monstrose.

I don't know what part I'm gonna be in, but it's only gonna be a couple of months. I've been to the city some over the last few years and agree about the overrated part. Saddened I'll never be smug. Um...the law school at St Thomas? 👀

 

[Anth0ny]

Good morning fake sports gaf!

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

Anthony plz go back to bed

I don't know what part I'm gonna be in, but it's only gonna be a couple of months. I've been to the city some over the last few years and agree about the overrated part. Saddened I'll never be smug. Um...the law school at St Thomas? ��

Started law school at UH but transferred to stthom.edu and got finance degree and minor equivalent in theatre

 

[HashtagLapsed]

I'm finishing up a social science degree majoring in psychotherapy. Will likely move on to the Master next year some time but I kind of want to work more first. I will always be very poor.

I'm writing a report on mediation and conflict management right now and it is doing my fucking head in.

 

[Data West]

 

[serenewarfare]

What is the WWE network top 5 best performing original programming?

Not counting PPVs, NXT is always at or near the top. Except when the CWC was on. It beat NXT basically every week. WWE 24 always does well.

Non-wrestling, I think Holy Foley and Swerved did the best numbers.

 

[FlammableD]

YASS TK Cooper made BOLA! That probably means a Power Trip match on Day 2/3!

New names from this morning:

Brian Cage
Rey Horus
Marty Scurll
Michael Elgin
TK Cooper
Matt Sydal
Sami Callihan
Matt Riddle
Ricochet
Penta El 0 M

 

[Anth0ny]

I'm finishing up a social science degree majoring in psychotherapy. Will likely move on to the Master next year some time but I kind of want to work more first. I will always be very poor.

I'm writing a report on mediation and conflict management right now and it is doing my fucking head in.

Does your report involve any fake conflict management? 🤔

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Does your report involve any fake conflict management? 🤔

It is entirely fake, actually.

As it turns out, the other students in my class are better at putting on an imaginary conflict than WWE "superstars."

 

[Syder]

Outside of the Brock segment, Raw was pretty meh.

Breezango continue to be the best thing about SmackDown.

 

[Adree]

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

I've liked what NXT has done lately a lot. With the women less so, but most of them have been booked well. Cross especially. Riot has been alright. Asuka is still great. I think Royce and Kay actually are booked well for what they are. The only real spot of failure right now for me is Ember.

As for ICW and Progress, Dave says that the deals are completely done. They are just waiting on Vince to give the okay. But Vince knows that once he does it, it's hard to go back from that decision, so he's being more cautious than usual. It'll happen. It's just a matter of when.
.

The Cross and Asuka story has been fun and the limo thing reminded me of a good ole WCW/WWF backstage segment. I can't stand Royce and Kay, it's just a lazy character

I really hope Progress doesn't go to Network because I don't want to have to resubscribe to that POS

YASS TK Cooper made BOLA! That probably means a Power Trip match on Day 2/3!

OHHHH Get Banks and set up some tag matches

 

[Hasney]

https://youtu.be/G36TFMaOhv8?t=1h42m25s

First MMA match I've ever enjoyed TBH

 

[Spuck-uk]

Why does everyone assume McGregor is going to lose the match? Isn't Mayweather like super old (and confirmed an awful, shitty person)?

Mayweather is a 49-0 pro boxer who has never been knocked down, fighting against a guy who couldn't make it on the Irish amateur boxing scene, and got boxed to shit by Nate Diaz.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

https://youtu.be/G36TFMaOhv8?t=1h42m25s

First MMA match I've ever enjoyed TBH

I'm going to rewatch Kobashi vs Misawa 2003 now.

 

[SallyIsNow]

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[giancarlo123x]

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[slightconfuse]

https://youtu.be/G36TFMaOhv8?t=1h42m25s

First MMA match I've ever enjoyed TBH

Fire pro is the best

 

[XenoRaven]

I've never seen someone so bad at embedding images

 

[British Monsoon]

Hotlinking from 4chan, jfc.

 

[Beefy]

205 Live is the first thing that's gone if/when the TV deal occurs and changes must be made because it's much less than they expected, again

I can still see Trump helping them out

 

[jmdajr]

So Braun has to interfere in Joe v Roman next week right? Probably leading to a no contest?

Surely they wouldnt be so tone deaf as to feed Joe to Roman right now :/

Most likely. Seems like the smart thing to do.

 

[FlammableD]

rovert summing up JR and Lita podcast on Twitter, some interesting stuff. I especially like the "lost generation of wrestlers" bit, something that doesn't get mentioned a lot.

"On JR's podcast Lita comes across very knowledge and passionate about the wrestlers in the MYC.
Mark Henry discovered Bianca Belair
Oh JR's podcast mentions that Paul and Rachael didn't talk for a over year over her decision to pursue Pro Wrestling.
There's a reason why you didn't see photos of the Ellerings together.
Ah glad they liked Mercedes Martinez. They called her part of a lost generation of Wrestlers. Which is she is.
Hup JR burying Moolah."

 

[The Elite]

Would it be wrong of me to leave when 205 Live starts?

I am going to Smackdown in less than a month and just give no shits about it.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

It is happening again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jJ5Qdfxug

 

[giancarlo123x]

Would it be wrong of me to leave when 205 Live starts?

I am going to Smackdown in less than a month and just give no shits about it.

They put the dark match with the best talent after it. It's up to you!

 

[Brian_FETO]

Can Ibushi/Omega reach 8 stars at the Dome?

 

[giancarlo123x]

Can Ibushi/Omega reach 8 stars at the Dome?

No Okada so minus a star.

 

[Brian_FETO]

That's it I'm sending Meltzer death threats on twitter hold on

 

[HashtagLapsed]

I had heart palpitations during Omega/Okada II.

Omega/Ibushi at the Dome would probably kill me.

 

[newdayrocks]

Austin TX, the best fucking thing about TX, still gets the short end of the stick when it comes to WWE shows here in town (as in they don't happen).

Corpus Christi though? No problem.

But you've got Inspire Pro Wrestling live events every couple months, so why would you even want WWE?

 

[RBH]

Would it be wrong of me to leave when 205 Live starts?

I am going to Smackdown in less than a month and just give no shits about it.

When I went to Smackdown in December, I left before the end of 205 Live due to having to wake up at 430 the next morning for a flight. Otherwise, I saw a decent amount of people who were leaving once 205 Live started.

 

[Fox318]

SInce I've read about Shibata's eye issue going back and watching his matches is scary.

 

[The Ummah]

Teddy Long: Join me in welcoming back Rodney Mack. Beat that nigga ass, playa!

"You know it's the mack militant!"

*challenges Brock for the title*

 

[Zach]

🤔

 

[Heroman]

 

[slightconfuse]

Smackdown loves thier multi woman matches

 

[giancarlo123x]

LARIT9OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Sweeney Tom]

https://twitter.com/pwstream/status/885108420797497345 WWE cutting expenses earlier than even I or Anth0ny expected, no more pyro entrances