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June Wrasslin |OT| When you lose, you're a jobber, when you win, you're Cena.

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Kaladin

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BoboBrazil said:
Obviously the winner of the battle royale will be Vader. He was spotted near the arena today. OH ITS TIME!
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UberTag

UberTag

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Every single time Creative hits the proverbial wall on how to build a #1 contender they go back to the "let's have a pointless battle royal" concept.

Couldn't they have used the #1 contendership vacancy to set up an 8-man/7-match tournament to further existing storylines and make Sheamus' impromptu opponent at least look somewhat credible before getting squashed in 18 seconds this Sunday? Wouldn't that have helped to maintain interest in a "when will this end" 3-hour edition of RAW?
 
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RBH

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UberTag said:
Every single time Creative hits the proverbial wall on how to build a #1 contender they go back to the "let's have a pointless battle royal" concept.

Couldn't they have used the #1 contendership vacancy to set up an 8-man/7-match tournament to further existing storylines and make Sheamus' impromtu opponent at least look somewhat credible before getting squashed in 18 seconds this Sunday? Wouldn't that have helped to maintain interest in a "when will this end" 3-hour edition of RAW?
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My thoughts exactly.

A single night 8-man tournament would be a perfect way to maintain interest throughout the 3-hour time span. It just makes too much sense. Instead, they took the lazy way out. :/
 
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Guzim

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SoulPlaya, lots of Kane masks in the crowd. There's already a Let's Go Cena-Cena Sucks chants, haha. And there's a steel cage hanging.
 
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BoboBrazil

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I don't think they want to put Sheamus against another face. He's just starting to get over being hated for beating Daniel Bryan in 18 seconds. Ziggler makes the most sense and would be a good match. They need to hurry up and get him away from Vickie and Swagger though. Being with them is holding him down so much.
 
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RBH

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I've always been a sucker for tournaments in wrestling (one reason why I loved King of the Ring and was sad to see it go).

Hell, I even remember a random Nitro in 2000 where they did an 8-man U.S. Title Tournament with guys like Storm, Awesome, and Muta that was fun.
 
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BoboBrazil

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We will probably see Laurinitis vs Cena inside a cage tonight. Vince is going to pull out all the stops to try and get them to a 3.0 rating again. A battle royale, a cage match, maybe there will be a contract signing too.
 
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krae_man

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BoboBrazil said:
We will probably see Laurinitis vs Cena inside a cage tonight. Vince is going to pull out all the stops to try and get them to a 3.0 rating again. A battle royale, a cage match, maybe there will be a contract signing too.
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Throw some BBQ sauce in there and he might be able to pull a 3.1!
 
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eldoon

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WWE still owns the rights to king of the ring
they also own the raw roulette
thats how they should of ran their first hour show - either king of the ring style for number 1 contender after del rio got hurt or made it a fun night with some random matches and stipulations.
 
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Evening Musuko

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eldoon said:
WWE still owns the rights to king of the ring
they also own the raw roulette
thats how they should of ran their first hour show - either king of the ring style for number 1 contender after del rio got hurt or made it a fun night with some random matches and stipulations.
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But you gotta leave room for the Kiss My Ass club shenanigans.
 
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RBH

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--Alberto Del Rio is now off No Way Out as has been expected all week. Something will happen on the show tonight to lead to a new top contender for Sheamus and the world title. Dolph Ziggler, who won our poll on the subject, was the name talked about most prominently as getting the spot a few days ago.

--The UFC on FX on Friday did 1.1 million viewers, slightly up from the prior week.

--For what it's worth, Leon White (Vader) was spotted in Connecticut today. He may be there on business since his son is part of the FCW tag team champions as Jake Carter, or could be on Raw.

--The Raw crew had a delay in returning from Barcelona to the states yesterday. In addition, several got to the states and were told that due to all the injuries and suspensions, they had to work Smackdown on Tuesday.

--As noted yesterday on the radio show, there were two different scripts written for tonight's show, one with a much heavier dose of Vince McMahon than the other. Can you imagine? It's hard enough doing two straight two hour shows. But due to two different three hour shows followed by a two hour show the same week and having Smackdown to a degree depending on what you do on Raw, well, the writers are earning their money this week...although people may not say that tomorrow if it's a bad show.

--Those at TNA Sunday were thrilled about the show. We got a lot more response than usual and had a lot more on it in our most recent show.

--Regarding Chris Jericho, the Rockstar Uproar tour with Fozzy (Jericho's band) was announced today. Here are his dates:

8/17 in Kansas City
8/18 in Little Rock
8/21 in Grand Rapids
8/22 in Chicago
8/24 in Holmdel, NJ
8/25 in Syracuse
8/26 in Mansfield, MA
8/28 in Scranton
8/31 in Pittsburgh
9/1 in Saratoga, NY
9/2 is Bristow, VA
9/5 in Simpsonville, SC
9/7 in Detroit
9/8 in Noblesville, IN
9/9 in Cleveland
9/11 in Raleigh
9/12 in Atlanta
9/23 in Tampa
9/15 in Houston
9/16 in Dallas
9/18 in Denver
9/19 in Salt Lake City
9/21 in Spokane
9/22 in Auburn, WA
9/23 in Portland, OR
9/25 in Boise
9/29 in Phoenix
9/30 in Albuquerque

What's notable about the schedule is there are no Monday dates booked, but there are a lot of Tuesdays. This is a tough schedule. The only date of the tour that Jericho and his band aren't booked on is 8/19 in St. Louis, which happens to be the same day as SummerSlam. (thanks to Robert Pasbani)

--Names from WWE being advertised for Thursday's tapings at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL, are Sheamus, Sin Cara, Hunico and Camacho. Jim Ross will be announcing the shows. The tapings are free but at this point only open to students at the school and their families. I'd guess if you go by, you could get in because the last taping after an hour or two, there were only about 250 people left watching and they need spectators.

--The Extreme Rising promotion sent out a release today regarding rumors involving Raven and Sabu. They said Raven will not be appearing at either of the next shows on 6/29 in Corona, NY and 6/30 in Philadelphia. They said Sabu has been in contact with both Shane Douglas and Cody Michaels regularly after being rushed to the hospital and being unable to perform at the first show. He has asked for forgiveness and would like another chance.

They said that he checked himself into rehab in May and after he completes his program and with approval of his doctor, they would consider using him again. He is not booked right now for the two shows but it is not impossible he could be booked, and as soon as the decision is made, it would be announced.

If you are in Philadelphia, the group noted they have taken out a commercial for the Philadelphia show that will air on Raw tonight. They also announced if you purchase a ticket by 6/16, you can get VIP entry into the building or either show and get a Q&A session with Shane Douglas.
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