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March Wrasslin |OT| Road To WrassleMania
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Are we assuming that the teams will be mostly split based on whether people are still listed as being "Raw" or "Smackdown" superstars on the WWE site?
If so:
Raw
David Otunga
Dolph Ziggler
Jack Swagger
The Miz
Alberto Del Rio*
Brodus Clay*
Smackdown
Santino Marella
Ezekiel Jackson
Justin Gabriel
Ted Debiase**
Great Khali**
Drew McIntyre
*Possibly swap either of these guys out for Mason Ryan
**Possibly switch with Christian if he's healthy enough
I predict that Teddy Long will have trouble finding someone to fill the last spot on his squad, and will give it to Drew McIntyre. Drew will screw the team since Laurenitis gave him his job back.
EDIT: If the Ace Team is indeed healthy enough to go, then disregard. I didn't use them because half of them are coming back from injury, and I didn't know if WWE wants Wrestlemania to be their first match back. I figured Kofi and Truth are going to be tied up with the tag titles. I stand by what I said about Drew McIntyre, though.
If so:
Raw
David Otunga
Dolph Ziggler
Jack Swagger
The Miz
Alberto Del Rio*
Brodus Clay*
Smackdown
Santino Marella
Ezekiel Jackson
Justin Gabriel
Ted Debiase**
Great Khali**
Drew McIntyre
*Possibly swap either of these guys out for Mason Ryan
**Possibly switch with Christian if he's healthy enough
I predict that Teddy Long will have trouble finding someone to fill the last spot on his squad, and will give it to Drew McIntyre. Drew will screw the team since Laurenitis gave him his job back.
EDIT: If the Ace Team is indeed healthy enough to go, then disregard. I didn't use them because half of them are coming back from injury, and I didn't know if WWE wants Wrestlemania to be their first match back. I figured Kofi and Truth are going to be tied up with the tag titles. I stand by what I said about Drew McIntyre, though.
Can I just say that I love how this is being presented as a way a publicly traded company would actually solve high level management issues?
In a TAG TEAM MATCH, PLAYA!
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It will be heel v face. The teams are basically made if you think back the past few weeks.
My list was made under the assumption that the Ace Team was still going to mostly be on the bench.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
How can teddy long possibly lose this, he's the master of tag team matches(playa).
Unless....Big Johnny calls in big brother.
Unless....Big Johnny calls in big brother.
billy beane
Banned
It is a nice little touch.
Hate to give your hopes up but..
billy beane
Banned
Long will probably hit Ace, if anything.
NihonTiger90
Member
Liquidsnake
Banned
I want to go back to
One world heavy weight champ.
One intercon. champ.
One tag champ.
And maybe one other. Cruiser weight or TV champ or US champ.
I don't want it to be like WWE 12 where everyone has a belt.
One world heavy weight champ.
One intercon. champ.
One tag champ.
And maybe one other. Cruiser weight or TV champ or US champ.
I don't want it to be like WWE 12 where everyone has a belt.
I'll definitely be looking out for your signs tonight, Bill. Any word on if you are making it to Columbus for Smackdown tomorrow?
I bought some posterboards yesterday but haven't actually made any signs yet. At least one will be a GAF shout-out, but most of the others will be Teddy Long lines since I'm dressing up like him, haha. I'm sitting right in front of the camera so I'm sure you guys will get to see me act a fool. Hopefully I'll get to see Rollins wrestle in a dark match. The last time I saw him wrestle live was in ROH in Dayton...against Bryan Danielson, actually.
I bought some posterboards yesterday but haven't actually made any signs yet. At least one will be a GAF shout-out, but most of the others will be Teddy Long lines since I'm dressing up like him, haha. I'm sitting right in front of the camera so I'm sure you guys will get to see me act a fool. Hopefully I'll get to see Rollins wrestle in a dark match. The last time I saw him wrestle live was in ROH in Dayton...against Bryan Danielson, actually.
You can't have one world champion during the brand split. When the brand split started, they tried that, and it was terrible. The Champion would feud with someone on one show, and essentially do nothing significant on the other show. Besides, we wouldn't have Bryan as World champ if that were the case.
So what you're saying is that they should end Smackdown and use the Smackdown "roster" to round out the Raw roster... even though they already do that.
It's because they don't like Long as the SD! GM, and want him replaced.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's face v heel, not Bragging Rights.
billy beane
Banned
They like Johnny Ace and hate Teddy, and want Ace as their General Manager. So they're on his side.
I don't really want that, though. It would just be Cena and Orton on both shows constantly. Besides, SD! is like the only place where new guys actually get a decent chance to shine.
True, I wish Smackdown was live just like Raw though.
I think they would have to change the schedule. I think everyone gets wednesday/thursday off.
But you know.. why not just give them tuesday/wednesday off? You know? Then continue with the house shows on the weekend.
Nocturnowl
Member
Hope the big tag team match (playa) doesn't suffer the minute long fate of the Corre match at WM last year, what a waste that was.
Live tapings are also much more expensive.
Still a better match than what we got for the main event.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Im hoping they brand split ends.
WTF is a Corre?
Perspicacity
Banned
Why would anyone support Teddy Long? Like... at all?
The only people he's ever helped are Da Undertaker, Da Big Show, Da Randy Orton, and Da Sheamus. All of them have matches already.
Even guys like Santino and Truth have more reason to support Aces.
They feuded with APPLE
The only people he's ever helped are Da Undertaker, Da Big Show, Da Randy Orton, and Da Sheamus. All of them have matches already.
Even guys like Santino and Truth have more reason to support Aces.
They feuded with APPLE
Cody Barrage.
For sure, absolutely. And people probably won't tune in Friday.
Edit: What is Pawn Stars? Whatever it is beat out RAW.
Nocturnowl
Member
It had Kane, Kofi and Barrett in it so i'm going to agree, and what a craptacular main event it was last year.
A Nexus spin off with even worse results
I forgot about this, Just think that Daniel Bryan was part of that team for its whopping duration of one match.
UberTag
Member
WWE logic is good guys side with good guys.
Heels side with heels.
Doesn't matter whether they have more reason to support the other guy.
Black and white sides is lazy man's way to Creative. Also means you don't need to worry about explaining things like wrestler motivations.
Those just get in the way.
UberTag
Member
My favorite memory of Corre was yelling at Gabriel & Slater from ringside at a house show telling them they need better shirts.
Perspicacity
Banned
Major Japanese yakuza stable. Let Akira Tozawa lead them.
Eventually reveal Tajiri as their secret backer/kingpin
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yes. Rock will play his guitar with his cheesy songs while Cena goes thuganomics on Dwayne.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Great then they can each climb the turnbuckle and see who gets the loudest cheer.
I wonder what the E will do this week to shit on the Rock. Should be interesting. I can't believe Dwayne agreed to this. Its kind of tarnishing his legacy to me. Cena actually doesn't deserve the rub.
Damn. It's crazy to think back now that this was another way to try to get over Austin as a heel.
Anyone know whose idea it was to turn Austin heel?
Man they tried do hard didn't they.
It be so easy with Cena.
"Cena : hey WWE universe, go fuck yourself"
And the trash would start flying into the ring.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
You think Rock cares about his legacy? He's just back to collect a fat paycheck.
It also helps that the crowd is going to be on Rock's side no matter what. Cena is going to get booed out of the fucking building at Mania.
Anyone remember the Hart Foundation when they came to Canada during their run as heels? They were cheered louder than anyone I could remember, while DX and Austin got booed to hell. Or more recently, when Punk returned to Chicago for MITB?
Now, I don't expect the Miami fans to be as loud as Canadian or Chicago fans, but Cena is going to look like shit no matter what they do.
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