WWE's fault right there. They easily could have waited until after the Rumble to bring him back.
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WWE's fault right there. They easily could have waited until after the Rumble to bring him back.
But was it? Or did Daniel lie that he was ok to wrestle?
That Rumble crowd cheered the hell out of Ziggler, Ambrose, Bray (who eliminated Bryan), even Rusev and Sandow. If any of them had won the Rumble the crowd would have been delighted.
I remember the year before that.
If was not that way. They just didn't want Reigns to win. They would of been fine with Ziggler, Ambrose, Rusev or Bray winning but instead they were dumped by Kane and the Big Show to make the crowd even more angry.
edit: The year before they were made that Bryan was not in it and that Batista was going to win. Remember Reigns was getting chants to win before Batista eliminated him.
blackaroni
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Dental Plan
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I know I defend raw and how much wrestling we all get to watch during the week but it does seem long. Every week when my SO and I watch it she usually falls alseep by 10pm because it's alot to take in.
WWE needs to do the brand split again. Put the WWE Championship and US Title on Raw. Put the IC and Tag Titles on Smackdown. WWE has so much talent they can build up. Titus O'Neal could be a monster if booked right. I love his style in the ring.
WWE needs to do the brand split again. Put the WWE Championship and US Title on Raw. Put the IC and Tag Titles on Smackdown. WWE has so much talent they can build up. Titus O'Neal could be a monster if booked right. I love his style in the ring.
Did he lie or did WWE doctors clear him?
I don't know how any of the blame really falls on Bryan.
Let's not pretend for one moment that WWE are victims for bringing back one of their workers. They could've easily held him off until after the RR and none will be the wiser.
And also, Ambrose, Bray, Ziggler and even Sandow were still cheered after Bryan was gone. If either of them won, I highly doubt people would've booed them.
I dunno, it just seems like some would falsely blame one wrestler (who's not at fault for getting super popular at that time). It reeks of sour grapes.
Fourth Storm
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Anything but a fake brand split again. That's part of what turned me off to the product in the early 2000s. The only way I would kind of be ok with it is if they elevated NXT and made that the Thursday show. But doing that I think would lead to NXT losing part of what makes it so entertaining right now.
But the deal w/ the different GMs and whatnot for some reason was a deal breaker w/ me when it came to suspension of disbelief.
It doesn't matter. No one cares about anyone now. Not Shield members, not Wyatt, or Ziggler.
Ziggler held the real belt for eight minutes anyways.
Where they cheered anyone but Batista (and poor Rey)?
Marvel
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Yes but they are low tier so... no props.
Fourth Storm
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Oh no...
How dare that crowd want their favourite wrestler. They ought to sit and do as they're told.
They are
UberTag
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You're 100% correct on this. They sabotaged themselves. Should have saved D.Brine for the RAW after WrestleMania instead of having him kill himself in a nothing IC title multi-man match with fucking Benoit-style flying headbutt dives.
Just think of the pop his return would have brought and they would have had a ready-made program between him and the newly-crowned Reigns. Rollins would have still had 3 PPVs to cash in before the next Money in the Bank event.
Now they can cheer for his garden on Instagram.
Are we still not over this?
People wanted Bryan, WWE said "fuck you" so people got angry. How is this hard to understand?
This is not sports. It's a show made for an audience. If you are fucking over your audience they are going to react, badly.
And if you are blaming your audience then you are a shitty entertainer because it's your job to make sure they don't get pissed off in the first place. (That you is the WWE obviously, not you)
Also, you can't constantly put on a TV show every week saying the goal of the show is to entertain the audience and what's "best for business" and all that crap and then not deliver what the audience actually wants.
It's the stupidest thing.
Audience likes performer.
Company ignores performer, crams other unwanted one into the spot out of nowhere instead.
Audience rejects unwanted one.
Not seeing the equal blame here.
So let me get this straight: one is obligated to cheer for anyone just because it's convenient? Even if it that person is not a favorite of theirs? I don't think so.
That's just putting one's head in the sand.
Don't get me wrong, Rey definitely didn't deserve that.
Officerrob
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Ho-ly fuck.
real_slime
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I kinda like Tyler Breeze. I think he's pretty cool.
The audience isn't responsible for enjoying the show.
Whoever puts the show it's one that's responsible for making sure people enjoy it.
Wrestling has a lot of backwards mentality I know. But a show that doesn't respect is audiences has no-one to blame but itself when things fall flat on their faces.
Whoever puts the show it's one that's responsible for making sure people enjoy it.
Wrestling has a lot of backwards mentality I know. But a show that doesn't respect is audiences has no-one to blame but itself when things fall flat on their faces.
blackaroni
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Philly is also just a really shitty city...especially for sports. Those fans are something else. There was no need to harass the superstars after the Royal Rumble was over.
Pretty much. On top of having extreme contempt for their audience we still have to hear their speeches about how much they love the WWE Universe and how they make this for us every single week.
When we know they kinda hate everyone that doesn't like what they put out and accuse everyone of "now knowing the business".
And sure, I don't know the business. All of this because WWE thinks they are more than just a serialised TV show when that's what they are. And I know when a TV show entertains me or not. And when it's well written or not.
But Sheamus is on SportsCenter so yay. They are like the NFL!
UberTag
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Well, the thing about that is when they say "best for business" they mean the audience that consists of advertisers, corporate sponsors and shareholders. "The fans" are a DIFFERENT audience... that if given what they believe they want ISN'T "best for business".
(Of course, the only audience that actually matters here is Vince. Let's be real here.)
Sibersk Esto
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The undercard could really benefit from the return of the hardcore title.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Those matches were great.
Fourth Storm
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You're right on both counts. On the other hand, some modern crowds have irked me somewhat with chants that are completely random and disrespectful to the workers in front of them. They take the whole "being part of the show" thing way too far. Nothing shouts apathy better than silence.
I also think that the "This is Awesome" chants are being handed out way too liberally these days. Maybe I've just become and old smark.
slightconfuse
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Or Vince Russo. Just tell him no stip matches
They were refreshing like a spring breeze.
Pop-O-Matic
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Those fans paid good money to be entertained, so if WWE can't provide it for them, then they'll just entertain themselves/each other with fun chants.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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I love this jiff so much. Just dumped like sacks of shit lmao.
You're not wrong. There are some portion of fans that ruin things. I won't argue with that.
And yeah, the "This is Awesome" chants often do get played out.
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Even if Bryan was time-warped back to being 20 with no injuries there's basically no way he's showing up before January 25th.
FlammableD
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Thats what happens when there isn't a competitor and unless nbc cancels the CEO won't get let go.
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