A champion that only appeals to wrestling fans is not best for business, friend. It's about moving the needle. Daniel Bryan better start brushing up on his Cantonese or land a comedy role in a Will Ferrell movie.
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March Wrasslin' |OT2| The Road To Raw After Wrestlemania XXX has begun....
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A champion that only appeals to wrestling fans is not best for business, friend. It's about moving the needle. Daniel Bryan better start brushing up on his Cantonese or land a comedy role in a Will Ferrell movie.
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Dem talk show skills
Macho Madness
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Alvarez did say a few days ago that he was given word that the main event of Extreme Rules would be a one-on-one contest for the title, whatever that would mean.
Well it's a good thing that being on talk shows has nothing to do with moving the needle then.
blackaroni
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Dem talk show skills
Ha. I was waiting for that to be posted. Bryan seems to have the personality to do well on kids shows and morning shows...even with the hobo look.
serenewarfare
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You don't need the strap to promote movies.
UrbanDandy
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I loved and enjoyed that
reference in the latest Botchamania.
Revengeance
Isn't it always? Non-tag, non-singles matches are always supposed to be non-DQ, so unless they're in like a "weapons cage" or something like that, making them extreme rules matches just makes people wonder why people don't always use weapons in triple or four-way matches.
What made it stupid was two things.
1) The Wyatts trying to act like they have no idea who the 4th guy is.
2) The fact that Cena was totally wearing Brian's Wyatt outfit, because it was clearly too small for Cena.
JesseEwiak
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Spoiler alert - the casual wrestling fan who will make the Network (and Wrestlemania) a success doesn't give a shit about "good" wrestling matches. They want to see characters, storylines, and 'awesome' main events. There's a reason why ratings actually drop during long matches.
Macho Madness
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I think the common prediction was a triple threat rematch.
The best wrestling matches are exciting ones, so there is correlation there.
blackaroni
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Preach.
Dr Duncan Steel
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I just want Bryan's title reign to mean something. Doesn't have to be long, but just have some significance. They need to bring back Saturday Night's Main Event just for this very reason. Throw all your goons at Bryan FOR THE TITLE, and have him defend it non-stop. Rollins, Ambrose, Cesaro, Ziggler, Fandango, Goldust, Cody, Miz, Big E, Del Rio whatever, just have him have MATCHES. Have him drop it at Summerslam or Survivor Series and just give the little guy the shine he deserves and be done with it.
serenewarfare
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This isn't true. At least not as a rule.
Absolutely none of Cena's morning talk shows "move the needle".
Just got to keep Cena occupied.
serenewarfare
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Guys, I feel so connected to Eva now. I also went through a phase where I was abusing alcohol and took racy photos.
Stro, I'm at work. Warn us before you do that.
Hey, I feel like 95% of this subcommunity is positive to Bray Wyatt, who's basically the recipe for "big matches" and a "strong character" but hasn't looked good in any non-squash singles matches against normal people on the main roster yet. Ideally he ends up having great matches too so he can please everyone.
If even that.
Why isn't bryan getting a cut up tho? I mean if they do plan to make him champion won't they want to "champion" him on talk shows and morning shows like Mike and Kelly. Or will they just go quiet until Brotista wins and show him off this summer on talk shows.
blackaroni
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I'm a 5%-er
This is the point where I think I'm supposed to call you a mark for some reason?
D.Bry is featured a lot on Total Divas. It's good for business.
I don't buy the "he's too wild haired!" excuse either. He has long hair, and a long beard. Ok. What's stopping them putting his hair in a ponytail and straightening his beard and tying that up too? He's not an ugly guy, he would look quite normal if you tied his hair back.
If it's "he won't look like he does on TV" well then if they worry about him looking unkempt, maybe they shouldn't cultivate the image of him looking unkempt on WWE TV.
And it's not like he's not a good interview, either. He's always likable and charming when seen in interviews, and the interviewers always seems to like him more by the end.
So what does that leave? His height? Sitting down, it doesn't matter.
If you're gonna throw out reasons he can't be in a top spot, at least make them valid and not cheap excuses. Just like Orton looks great, but isn't suited for Cena's spot because he's anti-social and only comes out of his shell in adult-orientated radio shows, from what I've seen. That's an actual problem, which is he wouldn't come off well talking to talkshow hosts.
UrbanDandy
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The Ultimate Burial
bean breath
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Even Bret Hart had mainstream appeal.
Ok...nothing...nothing.... SUDDEN INCREASE...end.
Mr. Luchador
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Seriously should be ban-hammer time if anyone spoils Wrestlemania with spoilers in the OT.
bean breath
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Mr. Luchador
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Seriously you guys are OK with spoilers?
blackaroni
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Lol. Probably. I just never liked the cult thing and I hate the guys he's with. Probably not the best reason to dislike someone, but that's all I've got. Seen a couple matches and they were good though.
lovely ladies
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Warrior should go to his hall of fame ceremony wearing his facepaint and tassels, screw wearing a tuxedo.
They aren't spoilers yet, just guesses by the bookies. The spoilers come in the day before or day of the event, because nothing about the script is final at this time.
He did put plenty of glasses in the seats.
I mean, you have an avatar of Ryback in WWE '13.
I guess we can pretend that being a viable media ambassador for a billion dollar company has no value or influence on a wrestler's career path. That gold belt serves as the key to face time with Katie Couric, Al Roker and George Stephanopoulos whether you like it or not my breh.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Heel with those pipe bombs.
Keep up the good work, friend.
Keep up the good work, friend.
I'd like to assume he was going to wear a tux with the face paint. Or one of his air brushed style jackets from the early 90s.
blackaroni
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Yes! Do you see how stupid he looks?! I thought the pic was hilarious and stuck with it.
bean breath
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I wonder if Brock will beat the streak this year?
Macho Madness
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I guess Miz should just always be champion then
bean breath
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Why do foreigners like The Simpsons so much? They eat that shit up and wear it as avatars. What year is it, 1992?
If anything he hair and beard is an opening to conversation. Talk show interviews on TV usually run 5-10 mins at most. Talk about his beard for 3 mins, plug the WWE for 3 minutes and the interview is over. Some of the most popular football and baseball players in America are so popular precisely because of their wild hair or beards.
The same luddites in the general public that would be turned of by Bryan's hair would probably be equally against Orton or Batista's tattoos.
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Mr. Luchador
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There is no wonderment if people are repeating the betting odds and those bloody dolphin predictions from reddit all the time. That's my frustration.
People complain about nothing being a surprise anymore, but spend so much time reading spoilers and gossip that if something was to be a surprise they already knew about it. Then they go and spread it to people who don't want to know about it and spoil the surprise for them too.
I enjoy wrestling so much more when I'm not wasting time on dirt sheets and insider crap. I don't mind the monthly threads, as they tend spoiler tag stuff well, but the PPV OTs are horrible for it.
Would you go into a TV OT during the Season Finale and start talking about points from a leaked script before the show had even started?
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