slightconfuse
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Cena will win the Rumble
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it's either him or Roman, there's no other possibility unless both are injured by then
fuck WWE
Probably spent too long working the main roster without decent talent to work with. She was good in NXT, and then on the main roster when she went up the divas she had to work with just sucked the life out of anything she did before. Charlotte vs Paige isn't the match that will make divas on the main roster look good, not now. Give us Charlotte vs Sasha or Becky.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
The whole promo was really funny. Googs it. That's an abbrev.
Giving him the Unprettier as his new finisher, though, well, I'll hope for the best.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
It's either gonna be Reigns (if he's not champ), or Cena or Brock if he is
If it's Brock, congrats on a Mania repeat only this time there's no Seth or Sheamus to save the haters
Maybe they'll repeat the title-pulling from the gohome Raw too
If it's Brock, congrats on a Mania repeat only this time there's no Seth or Sheamus to save the haters
Maybe they'll repeat the title-pulling from the gohome Raw too
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Cena needs to tie Ric flair. I NEED it.
Paige is better than Charlotte though. She's the actual problem. Isn't good at working matches on the road.
They could have given the title to Lesnar. Lesnar beating Reigns wouldn't have buried Reigns in any way. Could have done a multitude of other things. They gave Rollins MitB because HHH sees Rollins as HHH 2.0.
We know Vince likes going back to the well, and basically they're trying to re-do the Attitude Era. HHH & Steph = Vince, Rollins = HHH, Ambrose = Austin, Reigns = Rock. The "Corporate Champions" rarely had agency, and most of the people who want Rollins to have "agency" want him to have it so they can cheer him, because they want to cheer him for how good of a wrestler he is. I can't figure out if this is willful ignorance or just straight up ignorance - but wrestlers who win their matches, regardless of how they win them, will end up getting cheered. Lesnar, after beating the Undertaker's streak, managed to end up getting turned babyface. Mark Henry, after taking out JR during his Hall of Pain run, was getting cheers on Smackdown before he got injured. Rollins wrestles like a babyface. The WWE audience likes winners, regardless if they cheat, lie, or steal (Sup Eddie!) in doing so.
The reason heels have to keep losing in modern WWE is because otherwise folks would cheer them. Which, when thought about logically, points out that the reason that Rollins has to keep losing to stay heel is because the same audience that wants him to win will cheer him when he wins...which then makes him not a heel. So in a fantastic note of irony - RAW crowds are often the ones responsible for dominant heels going away as a thing. If you want dominant heels - STOP FUCKING CHEERING THEM WHEN THEY WIN.
Think of it this way, the most genuinely over heel in the company is probably Eva Marie.
It's also been reported that his brother may not have much time left - so I suspect it was he wanted to take some time off to spend with his brother & family, and then do the show (since it will not take nearly as long to shoot).
But that wasn't from the tourney at all
Kane was close until he started messing with Rollins.
Paige was decent in NXT but she was never amazing, and she was definitely on a lower level than the Sasha/Becky/Bayley group (itself on a lower level than Asuka), which is partially because she was on top in a different time for the women there when they were straddling the old divas thing and their new women's division idea that only really coalesced a while after Paige and Emma had moved up.
Like when Paige was the main NXT female, they were still in that "we want you to wrestle like a diva" stage (which Sasha has mentioned as something they said to her when she had her tryout). Even though she was wrestling for a long time before WWE, it wasn't like it was in high profile stuff. She was called up just as the women started getting the new focus and match style.
Dude bother jack. Macho Man isn't hurt. Those ragsheets are wrong. It's a work brother. The Internet is where you get the scoops. Observe this!
Kalisto would be the only one it helped since his win was really the only "upset".
Compare that to the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic in NXT:
- Pushed Balor & Joe as the top guys in NXT and set up their feud for the title
- Continued to push Corbin as a monster
- Jason Jordan & Chad Gable got over huge as a team
- Dash/Dawson got a big push and a win over the NXT tag champs which set up a match later for the title
- Enzo/Cass looked strong in winning an early match and then putting up a good fight against the Joe/Balor Superteam
- Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa got over as a tag team
- Started a brief Bull Dempsey/Tyler Breeze feud
El Pescado
Member
Pfft! The Network is a ridiculous value. NXT and the Original Shows plus the back catalogue and $9.99 for PPV every month? C'mon son. Hell, I might buy a couple of Network gift cards to give out at Christmas to some cheap fans I know.
I'll give you that, but you still have to admit that there has been a drop in quality in Paige's work rate since being on the main roster. If we had the Paige from her NXT days vs Charlotte, the match would have been better. We're still a few months away from seeing a real Divas Revolution match on PPV though.
this year's AC was one of the best games of the year, friendo
avengers23
Banned
Owens's stock would have gone up, but he's held back by his body.
Welp, if there's one thing to take away from the PPV last night, its this...
Dolph Ziggler really sucks. And I'm super glad Breeze beat him. But Breeze should drop the Cristian finisher as soon as possible, maggle.
Anyway, this new Japan cup in march of this year is funny as hell so far. Yano just pulled Tanahashi to the canvas by his hair and won. The audience was so happy too!
Dolph Ziggler really sucks. And I'm super glad Breeze beat him. But Breeze should drop the Cristian finisher as soon as possible, maggle.
Anyway, this new Japan cup in march of this year is funny as hell so far. Yano just pulled Tanahashi to the canvas by his hair and won. The audience was so happy too!
I think they could get Sheamus super over as a heel for RAW crowds if they have him hold the title till the Rumble or even maybe after - have him squash Dean, Neville, basically every single NXT / indy darling for a couple of months. Just openly troll smarks for a couple of months. I think the modern way to go with heels is the Eva Marie route.
Honestly, the die-hard fans are far more susceptible to getting played now than in the past. A couple of well sourced leaks about how "Reigns is in the doghouse" and "Vince doesn't believe the indy superstars are durable enough", as well as a "Sheamus is HHH's buddy" reports from the Observer, and, BAM, mega heel. Throw in Sheamus using few moves while Neville flies all around him - bam.
El Pescado
Member
I take it you never saw WWECW's December to Dismember.
Literally one of the only PPVs I saw where I wanted my money back.
"We're going to get jiggy on these poseurs!" - WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Sheamus
Lol Macho's reaction
Watch the rest of the show and you'll change your tune friend.
Sheamus is going to job to Ryback and Kalisto on Raw, isn't he?
Listen to this man, pleople.
"keep doing what you're doing WWE I love it"
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
what if, now hear me out
what if I like the Network
what if I like Assassin's Creed
omg what a dilemma. FOR THE GOOD OF THE BUSINESS
cmon now.
Oh I woke up this morning and the main event was playing, so I've seen that as well. I thought it was a bit heatless, but otherwise fine.
slightconfuse
Banned
Network is great. Going through old raws/note is/ppv is fun.
Need some WCW Saturday night
Need some WCW Saturday night
No, everyone clearly has the same opinion as me and anyone who doesn't is a gimmick poster
Barrage
Member
"I don't like Hunger Games so i'm never going to the movie theatre again"
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
lol
to each his own, but you're still killing the business by supporting it even in it's current state
if you like what you see, then more power to you but I don't see how that's possible. As I said I really hope they keep track of what people actually watch on the network and react accordingly, at the very least
slightconfuse
Banned
I am enjoying syndicate more than fallout. Which is nothing something I would have thought 6 months ago.
Also
Also
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
I will never admit to enjoying it because it is NOT true. 2k16 is complete trash. Even computers hate it.
COMPUTERS HATE IT. Do you know how bad you have to be to make computers hate something?
Lapsed fan covered that show recently and it just shows what a fucking insane person Hogan is.
He really thinks that the 4,000 people that read that newsletter at the time are the reason why he isn't getting over.
is Seph still suspended?
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
You do know that the Network isn't just live events and current WWE, yes? I love their original programming and archived shows.
Yes, his wellness violation is only lifted after a patch
There's been way worse pro wrestling PPVs before, but fuck, it was so painfully predictable and lackluster. It felt like they didn't even try to put on an exciting show.
You don't think they have the meta data on what fans use the Network for? They know if someone is subbing and watching just old material, and they know if someone is subbing for PPVs and NXT.
Rage quitting the Network out of hate for the current product is only hurting yourself.
The money goes at the same place though, but if they see that 80% of people only watch old RAWs and NXT, I guess it could help them make a better product
theoretically
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Hey I'm watching the wrestling I saw as a kid on the network. I have no problems with it.
Hasn't content they promoted on TV done well?
NXT, Table for 3, Brock Specials, and Swerved probably have pretty good numbers.
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