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[klonere]

lol no

Cesaro isn't a Becky Lynch

Cesaro, like Becky, will never win a title in the WWE again. He's gonna have a few good matches here and there. That's it. That's all he's ever gonna be seen as. He wasn't as over as Ziggler was at their comparative peaks and he will be forgotten about much quicker. All you can do is hope he asks for a release and goes elsewhere. No amount of shitty little shoot promos off TV will get him anywhere in the WWE. When Steve Austin directly advocating for you to the boss gets you nowhere, your stumbling English frustrations aren't going to work, except get some internet fans excited.

Fact.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

should I watch the john cena show or the roman reigns show

 

[Ithil]

The 3 to RAW, 2 to SD is what really killed SD in the draft, it just looks terribly bare in comparison, but the excuse that RAW is 3 hours doesn't make much sense when they are going to create a cruiserweight division that presumably will have a load of guys from the CWC added to the RAW roster, so basically RAW is going to have 75% of the talent compared to 25% for SD.

Is that not going to be an absurd imbalance?

 

[Sweeney Tom]

I don't understand why half of the NXT picks were saved for after the show. Common sense would seem to indicate that you'd want to give these guys a big draft reveal to generate hype for the talent. But this is WWE, and they screw up everything. It's like 2001 WCW lives on in them as some crazy ghost.

Eventually you realize that just because you win a war, or survive a fight, doesn't mean you're smart. You're smarter than the guy that lost, but that's it.

Sometimes both sides are idiots. And in wrestling (and MMA), every company is an idiot.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

So you want super coked up Dolph Ziggler teaming with The Miz to form D-Generation Z?

Spoiler

Don't give them ideas!

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Cesaro shooting

And a bonus

Booker shooting

Cesaro to be released

 

[Angry Grimace]

If SD is going to have a women's division at all, Carmella and Alexa won't be jobbing.

You make it sound like they aren't going to just have Natalya and Becky fighting on every SD PPV from now for the rest of time.

If we're being optimistic, adding Nakamura and Samoa Joe would make the SD roster look a LOT better.

The 3 to RAW, 2 to SD is what really killed SD in the draft, it just looks terribly bare in comparison, but the excuse that RAW is 3 hours doesn't make much sense when they are going to create a cruiserweight division that presumably will have a load of guys from the CWC added to the RAW roster, so basically RAW is going to have 75% of the talent compared to 25% for SD.

Is that not going to be an absurd imbalance?

Given that they drafted the smallest guy on the roster to SmackDown, we can probably safely assume the CW division is a long ways off.

 

[Bluekaveli]

So the actual wrestlers didn't know where they'd be going like before?

I never understood the point of that.

So their asses won't be leaking shit.

 

[XenoRaven]

Dolph Ziggler - in the WWE

Matt Hardy - not in the WWE

some key differences here.

People in WWE have reinvented themselves.

Also, again, this isn't fair to Dolph, but I get the impression he takes himself too seriously to do the things Matt has done to try and stay relevant.

If Dolph went on the indies, I don't see him suddenly blossoming into something much greater. I see him doing the same thing he does now only with less formulaic matches.

 

[bjork]

So you want super coked up Dolph Ziggler teaming with The Miz to form D-Generation Z?

I would love a super coked up wrestler nowadays. But they'd be called Miziggler and I would hate it forever.

So their asses won't be leaking shit.

Dusty had a different method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlwn_75NW_k

 

[Kurita]

So you want super coked up Dolph Ziggler teaming with The Miz to form D-Generation Z?

Miz deserves better than aping a shit tag team

 

[Sweeney Tom]

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Are you guys talking about The Lapsed Fan or something?

Yes, this is not a part of the Booty-Eating Renaissance.

 

[Zach]

Yes, this is not a part of the Booty-Eating Renaissance.

I don't see the prob. I like The Lapsed Fan. If their listeners want it and they're willing to provide it, what's the issue? It's like you watching an eight-hour RAW.

 

[Anth0ny]

terrible. people inhaling their own butt fumes

you're just mad that they do the better Vince Mcmahon impression

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

How did the awful tag team known as The Usos respond to Booker?

 

[Menome]

So after all the speculation and whispered rumours, we ended up with absolutely no 'legends' returning for a surprise draft reveal at all?

Admittedly, half of them are currently suing WWE, but you'd think at least one would have made it in.

As for the talent-split, Smackdown wins it for me. AJ Styles, Ambrose, American Alpha, modern John Cena. That's a big draw for me and it would have really been the cherry on top if Kevin Owens had gone to Smackdown too.

Glad to see Finn's finally been called up. Means there's one less person in the way of the NXT Championship for a returning Samson.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Bill Simmons is a piece of shit 😂

Thank you!!! This guy gets it.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I don't see the prob. I like The Lapsed Fan. If their listeners want it and they're willing to provide it, what's the issue? It's like you watching an eight-hour RAW.

I'd intervene. Spirit Sunflower would stop NVM from doing something so riddled with self-harm.

Spoiler

I like Raw but seriously

 

[Sweeney Tom]

If Cesaro's still in the company by this time 2018 I'll be shocked. I feel like that's being polite by a year but eh.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

If Cesaro's still in the company by this time 2018 I'll be shocked. I feel like that's being polite by a year but eh.

His "shoot promo" people are nuts about were basically him reading Dolph Ziggler tweets for the past few years

 

[slightconfuse]

Liger going over Eita is not what I expected

 

[Bluekaveli]

I would love a super coked up wrestler nowadays. But they'd be called Miziggler and I would hate it forever.



Dusty had a different method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlwn_75NW_k

W..... T..... F

Thank you!!! This guy gets it.

Bill needs to do commentary one night like art donnovan.

 

[Zach]

I'd intervene. Spirit Sunflower would stop NVM from doing something so riddled with self-harm.

Spoiler

I like Raw but seriously

Tell me more about Spirit Sunflower.

 

[Zach]

 

[Marvel]

Where you at Tajiri?

 

[Sephzilla]

This camera work is so much better than current WWE

 

[Zach]

This camera work is so much better than current WWE

You're right.

 

[Aiii]

Remember we will have this to look forward to in the near future...

Stephanie's inspirational memoir reveals her life growing up behind the scenes in WWE and the story of her journey to becoming Chief Brand Officer — including her successes and failures in the business world — and valuable advice for anyone working in a challenging industry today. She is also candid about balancing her family life with the instense schedule and demands of WWE.

...Get ready to be inspired by someone born into the 1% and read about how hard it was too rose to the top in her father's own company. I'm sure we'll all fine something to take away from this book that will help us fulfill our true destinies.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Where you at Tajiri?

He'll be on raw.

 

[slightconfuse]

Why did they introduce the rule where you can break tag teams up but not use it?

 

[Brian_FETO]

Remember we will have this to look forward to in the near future...

...Get ready to be inspired by someone both into the 1% and read about how hard it was too rose to the top in her father's own company. I'm sure we'll all fine something to take away from this book that will help us fulfill our true destinies.

She has zero Samoan blood in her veins. The odds were stacked against her

 

[Aiii]

Why did they introduce the rule where you can break tag teams up but not use it?

Because they didn't think this shit through a month in advance as they should have.

 

[Marvel]

He'll be on raw.

Looking forward to his god tier theme hit and the pop.

 

[Toki767]

Why did they introduce the rule where you can break tag teams up but not use it?

Well they technically broke up the Social Outcasts...

 

[slightconfuse]

Sounds like Osprey signed a contract with evolve, which is bad news for ROH

 

[Zach]

Remember we will have this to look forward to in the near future...

...Get ready to be inspired by someone born into the 1% and read about how hard it was too rose to the top in her father's own company. I'm sure we'll all fine something to take away from this book that will help us fulfill our true destinies.

Here comes NeoGAF Vince McMahon!!

 

[sf2fanatic]

Well they technically broke up the Social Outcasts...

And the Wyatts

 

[Hex]

So? Even then:

Hype Bros over
Nakamura
Bayley
Bobby Roooooodddeeee
Austin Aeries
Rhyno
Cien Almas
Itami
Is Eric Young still there?
GAF favorite The Drifter
Samoa Joe
The Revival
Asuka

Rhyno has been there and done that. He is up there with Big Show and Kane in the level of excitement.
Nak and Joe have a program starting up, as do Bayley and Asuka.
Roode has to put in some time in NXT even if it is brief, and he will eventually come to the uppers with AA as a tag team.
Cien Almas is still rough around the edges.
Itami just got back from an injury, he got sidelined before he had a real program.
The Revival are the champs, when a team is worth taking the belts they will come up.

 

[bjork]

This camera work is so much better than current WWE

It is weird to see that many seconds of wrestling in a row from the same camera.

 

[bjork]

Roode has to put in some time in NXT even if it is brief, and he will eventually come to the uppers with AA as a tag team.

I really hope they are called Team Impact

 

[British Monsoon]

Sounds like Osprey signed a contract with evolve, which is bad news for ROH

Not like ROH didn't have their chance, especially once Will signed on with NJPW, but then Gabe's always had his finger on the pulse of indie wrestling whereas ROH are more concerned with hiring people who pay $250+ for their training camps.

 

[Ithil]

Remember we will have this to look forward to in the near future...

...Get ready to be inspired by someone born into the 1% and read about how hard it was too rose to the top in her father's own company. I'm sure we'll all fine something to take away from this book that will help us fulfill our true destinies.

Valuable advice including "Be born to a rich wrestling promoter".

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Sounds like Osprey signed a contract with evolve, which is bad news for ROH

The bad news is gonna keep coming. PWTorch saying that Dijak's contract is up in Sept and the contracts of Lethal, Cole, the Bucks, and ReDragon are up after Final Battle. Can't imagine they'll be able to retain all of them, and it doesn't help they already failed to retain Cedric, Moose, and Roderick

 

[Alucard]

His "shoot promo" people are nuts about were basically him reading Dolph Ziggler tweets for the past few years

This guy gets it. Cesaro will be fine. People overreact to this stuff.

 

[Aiii]

Here comes NeoGAF Vince McMahon!!

I just do not understand why they are selling her book that way. Steph has a cool story to tell, growing up in riches with an ambitious father and around one of the weirdest environments in the entire world. Her aunt's and uncles were larger than life and often drugged up drunken fuckers. That is an insane story and she should tell that.

But someone growing up in privilege that never succeeded outside her own family's business is just not going to inspire anyone to do accomplish anything. For a PR guru, Steph seems to not have any real grasp on how to sell shit.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Why did they introduce the rule where you can break tag teams up but not use it?

They were originally intending to break up American Alpha, I think.

 

[Sephzilla]

They were originally intending to break up American Alpha, I think.

I'm glad someone talked Vince out of this stupid idea. But this just means an AA break up is on the horizon because Vince always gets his way

 

[Skatterd]

Why did they introduce the rule where you can break tag teams up but not use it?

The broke up Lucha Dragons and Social Outcasts.

 

[Hex]

They were originally intending to break up American Alpha, I think.

Also there will be trades and supplimental stuff before next week, it always happens so something could still happen.