It's okay. He'll be coming out at the end for the Kliq reunion part 3 anyway. That makes it 3 times he has been part of a Hall of Fame closing.
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March Wrasslin' |OT| Forecast for Wrestlemania...cloudy with a heavy chance of Reigns
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It's okay. He'll be coming out at the end for the Kliq reunion part 3 anyway. That makes it 3 times he has been part of a Hall of Fame closing.
Is he clean now?
Man, you can tell that Perro was basically his mentor. Pentagon was the heir apparent to Perro.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Bring Teddy Long back as Reigns manager!
MACMILITANT
MACMILITANT
They don't do face managers for top guys.
Why? The heel manager for the world champion and everyone else on the roster already talk him up like he's the greatest thing ever.
ShadowsFell
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I think Sting would look a hell of a lot better if he'd dye his hair black.
I pretty much assumed that was why they gave Zigs the clean pin on Bryan on Raw, to make people believe that Bryan may actually not win.
I agree with you but the going story is that they intend on
Pushing the IC and US titles as legit titles and making them credible with top talent going for them in case Brock retains and still only defends twice a year or so at PPVS
British Monsoon
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Oh, I'm not saying Tanaka's worth a damn now and obviously Kanemoto's way above his league - I just thought it was harsh to say he didn't get over like Tanahashi, when a big part of that's due to the shoddy gimmick he was given.
Sir_Crocodile
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Just gotten a third begging email to reup the network for wrestlemania
I really should just unsubscribe but they crack me up
I really should just unsubscribe but they crack me up
Ninja Scooter
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Your time is done. Its time for the Ruthless Aggression era of WressleGaf to begin.
I think he may show up Monday and remind Bryan that he beat him in a few seconds for the world title in the past and kick things off to lead to a program going forward into Summers Slam. I do not know if they will pull the trigger at Mania, especially to screw Bryan
VADEEEER
IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME
Shame is 50/50 booking can work in the long term.
I think the thing that kills them the most is that they need to fill 7 hours of TV weekly. They don't have the roster for it so guys wind up trading wins every event. Harper will lose on Main event to Kane then get a huge spot in a tag match but the crowd doesn't respond because he just got beat by Kane.
They either need to hire more guys or cut down on TV time.
...so you guys are going to start posting GIFs of female wrestlers getting destroyed by male wrestlers at these dumpster fire indie shows?
If you want to give a guy a crazy push, you do not put the IC title on them. If you want to de-push a guy, you put the IC title on them.
In that sense, giving the title to Bryan makes sense.
#WWElogic
VADEEEER
WHO DE MAN!!
The more I watch RAW; the more I'm convinced booking Reigns like Rocky Maivia has been their intention since the Rumble. I mean...it did lead to a super duper star after the heel turn. Why not follow the same path and then turn Reigns heel at WM?
Also, damnit, reform the Shield with Rollins as the WHC, Reigns as the US Title holder, and Ambrose as the IC Title holder.
Your time is up, PG time is now
You can't post gifs, PG time is now
It's WrassleGAF, boy we're SFW now
You can't post gifs, PG time is now!
Rock had charisma to talk himself into a great heel. Plus he had a stable to work with.
If Reigns does turn heel he is gonna be paired with Heyman and stand in the background as he builds X-Pac type heat.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The big rumor of course is that they're trying to elevate the status of those belts and not just have them be the jobber-king belts. Having Cena and Bryan have them is pretty much the closest you're gonna get to that. But even in the Rock N Wrestling era the IC belt was a shit title, so I don't really know what they're playing at. It was important for like that hot minute where Warrior had the title, but even then it was just used to get him up to the World title.
If they really want those belts to be important, they need to have some kind of stipulation attached to it a la MITB where you actually get some kind of major opportunity for it. I just don't see how that would work. There's only like 8 guys who are over enough to have a legitimate shot to win anything, and 3 of them have belts, and the other guy has the MITB briefcase.
The only reason they'd have to make those belts more important now is so that it protects Reigns' title reign. Like they think as long as Bryan and Cena have titles, people will still tune in and it'll show that Reigns is a draw as champion.
The way to Raise the belts is to allow champions to cash in their belt for a higher tier belt shot after they defend a belt for at least a month. If they lose there is a tournament to crown a new champ and they lose their previous belt.
It would force belts into long builds and for champs that hold a belt for a long time has the fans wondering what is he gonna do next.
It would force belts into long builds and for champs that hold a belt for a long time has the fans wondering what is he gonna do next.
There was an era when it was more legit.
Warrior carried it and it was pretty legit, and if I am not mistaken Bret had a solid legit run with it.
Elevating them is simple.
They have to give them the big match feel.
On ppvs they need to have weight and not be pre-show and curtain jerking.
The IC champ should not be getting smacked around or squashed to put over the big guy around.
And they need to let one person carry it for a while and have good chases for it.
slightconfuse
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R truth winning the ladder match
Can't wait to hear 60,000 people singing "What's Up".
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One is empowering one is creeper material. Big difference.
"Whoop There It Is" was a popular song in the Bay Area in the 90s.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I think the idea is that everyone who isn't in the title picture tends to just float around the midcard in basically irrelevant feuds where it doesn't matter who wins or loses (losing a jobber title who care).
But yeah, the insane amount of shit they've done to try and artificially put Reigns over makes practically any theory involving "make Reigns look REALLY strong" sound plausible.
British Monsoon
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Arrowgigantic
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I thought about that but it just sounds like adding more briefcases. They'd probably have to eliminate the briefcase to do that (which sounds fine by me)
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
And then he ends up beating Brock for the WWEWHC somehow in order to become the last Grand Slam Champion.
You think an employer walking by a screen would say "ah look at that empowered half-naked woman flexing after a victorious bout of wrestling, good job John, keep at it"? No.
This isn't wholly an issue of NSFW, as I suspected. It's a pet project to "clean up" a thread's image to conform to OT eh?
Who are you to tell a woman what is empowering to her, Brandon Stroud?