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October Wrasslin' |OT| Running around in our underwear making ugly faces
- Thread starter Perspicacity
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Deleted member 47027
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Christian always has been and always will be Edge's less talented, ugly friend.
BronsonLee
Member
HAHAAA... It's a flying goat, Maggle!
I like how everyone literally stands there stunned at what he just did
serenewarfare
Banned
Lends more credence to the rumor that Steen will debut there.
BronsonLee
Member
Well, of all the things you expect Randy Orton to do...where is do a fucking Star Jump?
Cause it's towards the bottom of mine
British Monsoon
Member
So much this. A thousand times this.
It's either wait a few weeks and risk the DVDs getting caught by customs by ordering from the US, pay through the nose to order from Highspots UK or wait well over a month for the digital downloads to go on sale. This is why PWG doesn't get my money these days - I'd much rather spend it on promotions like SMASH Wrestling, who make all their shows available digitally in a timely manner;
http://smash-wrestling.com/product-category/digitaldownloads/
Serpentine
Banned
if WWE picks up on RKOVines, the only way it could be not terrible is if they start having Orton RKO everyone backstage for no reason a la Kanyon
spindashing
Banned
British Monsoon
Member
RAW was once worth watching? Huh. Seems like an eternity ago.
BoboBrazil
Member
Probably January, which January-April is the only time WWE is halfway watchable nowadays. Of course Brian is way down the ladder with Reigns vs Lesnar as the WM main event and Stone Cold and Sting taking matches. Probable will make him face Kane or some shitty match like that. Angle vs Bryan would kill though.
They need to get NXT as hour 1 imo.
Perspicacity
Banned
Nope, there has never been a Raw "worth" watching all the way through.
If they had animated gifs in the 90s then the Monday Night war would have been fought in 4 second spots.
Perspicacity
Banned
Fuck Atlanta.
but Angle ain't coming back...
plagiarize
Banned
Because after Cena beat him clean, twice, he never came anywhere near the main event ever again? The guy was a great in ring athlete regardless of his size, and when you factor in his size it's no wonder he powered through the roster on his way to facing Cena.
But how do you come back from losing to Cena by roll up and then by losing a last man standing match?
Where's Bray been since losing to Cena in a Last Man standing match?
I'm not blaming John Cena the actual human being, but we all know what happens when a monster heel faces John Cena the wrestling super star. They lose. Then they go into free fall.
Umaga is the closest thing I can think of to Rusev in recent memory (and many more examples exist of the monster heel booking). I love me some monster heel booking. I just really hate what happens after Jerry Lawler's man crush beats the heel clean for the first time ever.
With Umaga... they couldn't even give him a win via shenanigans. The first time he faces Cena after destroying everyone else... Cena pins him clean.
Why ever this happens when a monster heel meets Cena... whether it's creative or Cena or Vinny Mac Daddy... I don't care. That's what's been happening and it's what will likely happen with Rusev. He'll be a comedy Russian jobber within a year. They even did it to Brock Lesnar on his return, and it took the Undertaker giving Brock the streak to undo the damage.
I hope to be wrong, and I hope it isn't inevitable, but you can bet I'm enjoying Rusev as he is, while it lasts. Because once Cena (or Roman) beats him, his and Lana's promos will be completely undone by the first few bars of an entrance theme.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I was just rewatching raw, and steph/trip's entrance for the amborse/cena match.
I fast forwarded through it this morning, but this time I didn't, and caught the glorious moment when trips and steph sat down and cole summed their corp dominance from 99 to 14, and steph stared at him, and he asked "why is she staring at me like that?"
Then instantly King said "She despises you Michael" and JBL said "I hope she fires you", and I burst out laughing
Cole bashing never gets old
I fast forwarded through it this morning, but this time I didn't, and caught the glorious moment when trips and steph sat down and cole summed their corp dominance from 99 to 14, and steph stared at him, and he asked "why is she staring at me like that?"
Then instantly King said "She despises you Michael" and JBL said "I hope she fires you", and I burst out laughing
Cole bashing never gets old
plagiarize
Banned
Neither does TV's greatest power couple.
The Elite
BOSS
Brothers forever.
Yup. Some rumor on Reddit is he and Cole got into it.
BoboBrazil
Member
Keep hope alive.
Things I would do if I took the place of Vince McMahon
-"Sports Entertainment" and "Sports Entertainers" as a whole would be banned words. Everyone would be known as wrestlers again.
-It would be okay to call championships "titles" or "belts" again
-Michael Cole would be off commentary and replaced with a new play by play person
-JBL and Lawler wouldn't be fed lines
-Unique PPV sets would return
-There would be a one month offseason for talent that would run from mid December until Royal Rumble
-Mid card champions would no longer be used as jobbers for upper card feuds
-Raw would return to 2 hours
-The WWE App would be downized significantly and be a companion to the Network only. All content that is meant for Raw and Smackdown would be aired on the actual show.
-Guest hosts would be done away with
-John Cena would feud for the Intercontinental Title (something I actually think he could elevate)
-The US Title would be retired
-PPVs based on specific gimmick matches (TLC, Hell in a Cell, Money in the Bank) would be done away with. Elimination Chamber being the exception.
-There would be no PPV inbetween Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. The main event for WrestleMania should be established at the Rumble and use that extended time to build up a storyline worthy of WrestleMania's main event. Elimination Chamber would be moved to a time later in the year.
-The Money in the Bank match would return to WrestleMania
-Smackdown would be moved to live on Tuesday nights
-Entire current WWE Creative Team would be fired aside from those who are involved in NXT
-Divas Championship would be renamed the Womens Championship
-Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Khali, would all be future endevoured.
-"Sports Entertainment" and "Sports Entertainers" as a whole would be banned words. Everyone would be known as wrestlers again.
-It would be okay to call championships "titles" or "belts" again
-Michael Cole would be off commentary and replaced with a new play by play person
-JBL and Lawler wouldn't be fed lines
-Unique PPV sets would return
-There would be a one month offseason for talent that would run from mid December until Royal Rumble
-Mid card champions would no longer be used as jobbers for upper card feuds
-Raw would return to 2 hours
-The WWE App would be downized significantly and be a companion to the Network only. All content that is meant for Raw and Smackdown would be aired on the actual show.
-Guest hosts would be done away with
-John Cena would feud for the Intercontinental Title (something I actually think he could elevate)
-The US Title would be retired
-PPVs based on specific gimmick matches (TLC, Hell in a Cell, Money in the Bank) would be done away with. Elimination Chamber being the exception.
-There would be no PPV inbetween Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. The main event for WrestleMania should be established at the Rumble and use that extended time to build up a storyline worthy of WrestleMania's main event. Elimination Chamber would be moved to a time later in the year.
-The Money in the Bank match would return to WrestleMania
-Smackdown would be moved to live on Tuesday nights
-Entire current WWE Creative Team would be fired aside from those who are involved in NXT
-Divas Championship would be renamed the Womens Championship
-Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Khali, would all be future endevoured.
You think too clearly, you will never work in the wrestling business.
BronsonLee
Member
You son of a bitch!
slightconfuse
Banned
Yea even Chikaragot King of trios up 24 hours after for VOD. Smash wrestling has been killing it with thier last few events
iv become a big fan of vanessa kraven
iv become a big fan of vanessa kraven
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Things I would do if I took the place of Vince McMahon:
-Hire Vince Russo as head of creative
-Eliminate safe-style wrestling and treat any further deaths, sever injuries and Benoit-esque incidents like the NFL would (in other words, deny any and all responsibility for them)
-Dive into the pool of money that my first two actions have created.
-Hire Vince Russo as head of creative
-Eliminate safe-style wrestling and treat any further deaths, sever injuries and Benoit-esque incidents like the NFL would (in other words, deny any and all responsibility for them)
-Dive into the pool of money that my first two actions have created.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I can get behind that
- Good
- Good
- Should have been done a longtime ago.
- I would dump those two really.
- Unique sets was more of a WCW thing anyway. I personally wouldn't mind a return to smaller sets instead.
- This would be tough to accomplish when you have to meet commitments
- Just dump it already. Nobody really gets over with it.
- From what I hear it's too costly to run another live show.
- Good
- Name not that important at this point. It's really about how they are written, and how they are told to work their matches.
- Good
HarryDemeanor
Member
If I'm Vince I rehire Justin Roberts as a performer for a one-off match against Michael Cole at WrestleMania. Cole is undefeated at Mania. You could turn this into one of the biggest matches in the history of the company.
Streak vs. Career
Streak vs. Career
My thoughts.
Other thoughts:
- This would probably cost a lot of money: Make wrestlers employees of the WWE rather than independent contractors. Exception being appearance-based payouts for spectacular individuals (i.e. Brock, and I'd have Taker on this type of pay now)
- Get rid of the 6 month commitment for the WWE Network. Make it $9.99/month flat, sell 2x 30 second advertising before and after a show. For the 'live network' stream, make it 3 minutes of advertising. (I know this would be unpopular, but it would bring in more revenue)
Perspicacity
Banned
Why would anyone keep any of those mother fuckers on commentary?
Oh fuck, how did I forget that. Yeah, I'd totally bring back King of the Ring.
Shit, I'd probably retire Money in the Bank and bring back KOTR. Money in the Bank has kind of run its course anyway.
I would cut out the live stream for the Network except for the 2 hour blocks for their original programing and PPVs. No need to be running the live stream 24/7. Just turn it on for when you're airing Main Event and MNW, NXT and Countdown, PPVs, and your block of reality shows.
I honestly think Cole would probably be worse if he wasn't fed lines by Vince, thus why I'd drop him all together. Shit like "Vintage Orton" and "This place has come unglued" are products of Cole himself, Vince is probably the only thing that keeps him from being as repetitive as his WWE 2k14 counterpart. Gorilla Monsoon, Vince McMahon, and Jim Ross were never as consistently canned and repetitive as Cole is.
Perhaps just during 'prime time', excluding when televised/cable events are on? 7-10PM.
Cole was decent back in the day. His call when Mankind won the title was pretty great.
Professor Beef
Banned
You might wanna edit out that last part of your post.
Perspicacity
Banned
SmackDown! features pure unfiltered Cole & JBL commentary and it still sucks. Lawler is an IRL rapist and a liability to the company
if I was vince :
-I would watch NXT
everything else should come naturally
yeah I did, you're right
-I would watch NXT
everything else should come naturally
yeah I did, you're right
Yeah, he'd cancel NXT because he doesn't "get it"
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
My copy of The Evil Within still isn't here yet and I just want to kill myself.
What do you guys think John Sina does while waiting for late UPS deliveries?
What do you guys think John Sina does while waiting for late UPS deliveries?