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Exactly.
slightconfuse
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Raw preview
Pop-O-Matic
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Suggestion for next years OT title:
Wrestlemania ☆ |OT| Written in the ☆s
Wrestlemania ☆ |OT| Written in the ☆s
Lol your boy thinks he's slick
He's still watching wrestling, he was just #baiting you the whole time
The Mango Sentinel
Member
There's nothing wrong with that. The person still has to cash in and win their match. It should be something important.
FlammableD
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The second episode of Rev Pro's YouTube show is up, features Will Ospreay vs Rocky Romero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqNnUIl3SKg&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqNnUIl3SKg&feature=youtu.be
That would require Brock to be their more than one time every couple of months
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Tonight on Raw:
No it wouldn't.
Nameless
Member
Raw preview
Need a GIF of Loki looking on with a frightened bewilderment because Seth will no doubt flee and let everyone else get obliterated. RIP Show, Kane, and J&J.
The idea of mitb is that the guy is always watching and waiting to strike but since Brock is barely their it wouldn't work.
serenewarfare
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Not really. The threat of Brock is enough. Just play up that he could show up at any time. Sure, he only shows up every so often, but you don't know when that might be.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
I wanna get Raw tickets but I think that may be impossible. I went to the arena and they're completely sold out. Oh well. There's people standing outside but I have no idea why. I think they are just hoping that some tickets free up.
Why does Brock need to be there to give the illusion that he's there?
Sibersk Esto
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RAW:
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Except it never is because unless its a joke character winning the belt they just cash in when the other dude is unconscious.
Honestly thought that while I like the cash-in last night, I mostly liked it for the result. It would have been way better to have Rollins cash in and actually be in the match for a more significant amount of time, since the idea of him running in and stealing the belt was confusing as fuck for someone like my wife who couldn't figure out how that happens since he wasn't even in the match to begin with. Granted, that makes 0 sense with regards to the Rollins weasel character.
serenewarfare
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RAW tonight
Yeah I don't know why they don't make it where the ic belt gets you a guaranteed title the shot at lesser ppv X. Gives the belt meaning and sets up easy storytelling.
serenewarfare
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No, it makes the IC even weaker than it is now. It has no value in and of itself. It's just a stepping stone.
Officerrob
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WWE's stock seems to have settled in the very low 14's, between a 14-15% drop
Sibersk Esto
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I stand by my hatred of the mitb concept.
Giving away all those free month's of the Network seemed to do them pretty dirty.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Rousey gets to do whatever she wants. She could have brought out her title, had Haitch and The Rock cum all over and Dana would have licked it clean if she asked him to. She probably told Dana she was doing a spot at Mania with The Rock as some sort of Fast 7 promotion and he said "o-o-ok"
Right now the belt has no meaning so making it a number one contender belt is only a plus to me.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
What if Raw sucks because WM was actually good?
serenewarfare
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Last year's Mania was pretty good and the Raw after was even better.
Half the reason Mania was good was due to the crowd reacting to everything when needed.
Raw tonight should be fine since that crowd is still in town.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Starting double-secret title matches on the fly is some seriously carny shit. I just think this is as far as you can go with the concept, particularly given that the entire concept of cashing in on an unconscious guy is ridiculous, and even more ridiculous at Wrestlemania where you're looking to definitively settle feuds with (mostly) clean wins/losses.
do some JRPG shit where if you collect the US title and the IC title you can use them to demand a title match at a PPV (none of this run-in on a sleeping guy garbage).
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Raw's usually have a much smaller audience simply due to being in smaller arenas, and it's usually the smarkiest members of the crowd who stick around for Raw After Mania.
The Mango Sentinel
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Yeah I suppose. I thought last years WM was ok, it just had 2 awesome matches and an unforgettable moment with the streak ending. This years was way more solid overall in my opinion.
serenewarfare
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Such a worse idea than MITB. Secondary titles should be their own thing, not something you "use" to get to the real belt.
That's what they were when they were booked at their strongest.
Nah, last years was a top 5 Mania. I think this one isn't going to be looked at favourably next year. It was fun as hell live, but other than the main event, the rest isn't worth watching when you know what happens. It was a spectacle, not a lot of good wrestling.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The problem is that this approach doesn't make sense. The IC belt isn't ever going to be important in-and-of itself because that approach deliberately keeps people with those belts out of the title picture. That's the approach that made them jobber belts in the first place.
Being a stepping stone to the big prize isn't a bad thing at all. Little Mac doesn't get to just challenge Super Macho Man. He has to win the Minor and Major titles first, man.
Perspicacity
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The scariest parts of Jaws are when you don't see the shark
serenewarfare
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They were that as an unspoken thing, but it wasn't like the idea was them straight up saying "use these lesser belts to get to thing you really want".
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't understand how that diminishes their importance in any real way.
Joe Shlabotnik
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Maybe just if you're IC champ for six months/whatever or a certain number of title defenses, you can give up the belt for a WC title shot.
But jaws isnt scarier, and he probably appear s more than Brock does a year.
lovely ladies
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That was prime #bait material, must have taken some notes from Khalifa Javy.
Sibersk Esto
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I remember savage when he had the IC belt saying "this is my ticket to the world title YEAH" *licks bottom lip*
slightconfuse
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Is the accolade the most protected finisher on the main roster. hate how,arbitrary fobshers Have become
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Well the crowd is a big part of what makes any wrestling show good.
I do agree and I was talking to my friends about it as well. None of the matches were as good as the two Bryan matches last year, but I wasn't bored out of my fucking mind during the entire show like I was last year. This show had a good moment in almost every match and segment.
It was until yesterday. After Cena is done with him, Darren Young will be busting out of that shit on Superstars.
Joe Shlabotnik
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I guess it's tied with Bryan's running knee now.