ElectricBlanketFire
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On the plus side, Puerto Rico should be seeing an increase in tourism revenue.
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WWE Raw drops to lowest TV rating in 18 years
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On the plus side, Puerto Rico should be seeing an increase in tourism revenue.
UberTag
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Speaking of books, we are now in the midst of what will be a 5-month push for Stephanie McMahon to be positioned as the premiere face and popular / social media savvy figurehead of WWE television in advance of her autobiography being released in late September.and then this happened...
...and absolutely zero perception changed as a result lol
Expect every heel to get slapped by her repeatedly in the weeks and months to come. No comeuppance for her, either... and we shouldn't be upset because they're heels.
Today due to Memorial Day
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Couple hours to get popcorn
Liquidsnake
Banned
I want to see those ratings
Me too,
Except I want the AJ styles segment to be the highest rated portion of the show. I want everything else except Enzo and Cass to be be 1.5
But they'll just blame it on sports, in that case.
Sir_Crocodile
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That segment aired during half time of the NBA game, so it's certainly possible. We don't get quarter hour breakdowns anymore though, do we?
Liquidsnake
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I haven't seen Q hour breakdowns in sometime.
Basketball and Roots destroying Raw.
That's what we call karma, Vince.
*remembers the Raw MLK Day Curb Stomping*
Liquidsnake
Banned
Roots is good.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Tom Nook
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Vince: Oh, come on!!!!
HeisenbergLannister
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They didn't exactly help themselves with the putrid first hour. I pretty much turned it off for good 35 minutes in. Clicked back over during breaks in the game a couple of times.
ElectricBlanketFire
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It really was without hyperbole the worst first hour of Raw this year.
Liquidsnake
Banned
No argument here, it was probably the worst first hour in the last two years.
That's what you can call a "give-up" hour. They knew it would get killed, so they gave minimum effort, which probably exacerbated the said killing.
I've mainly been watching the playoffs, i didn't care for the whole AJ/Roman the guy stuff, and now i saw a clip from last Raw where the bullet club comes back together to beat up Cena a little. So after he served his purpose of buying time for Rollins to be the new guy who stares awkwardly at Roman's power they let AJ drop the " but i don't wanna hit people" routine.
Sectorseven
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Hasn't AJ lost like every match so far? Why should I suspect he can beat Cena?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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I think that's the point of what they do with hardcore fan favorites. They know we want to believe, and putting them against Cena is always big money and big matches. Cena's the best heel in the business.
Liquidsnake
Banned
he won't, hell put on 5 star matches, and lose all three matches, at best hell go 1-2 vs Cena. Its classic WWE booking.
At the very least we can feel good that AJ will be collecting a nice paycheck, and I don't think he cares about Win losses, he wants to get paid.
Still it sucks that you have a world class talent, and you bury him by having him job to everyone. Y2J, Roman, and now Cena. At Some pioint you drop his value, and he becomes another Ziggler next year.
Talonz
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Poor AJ is going to give Cena like five or 10 Style Clashes and they'll all be no sold by Cena. The guy is going to be so buried after this.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Everyone's talking about AJ Styles. He's the furthest from buried as anyone on the roster.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Fucking LOL at the idea that AJ has been buried.
I will however concede that the Styles Clash has been buried.
I will however concede that the Styles Clash has been buried.
Autumn Wind
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I cancelled my network sub after payback. I will not give WWE my money for at least a few months. I would rather support kayfabe commentaries which most of the time is pretty awesome with raven's wrestler rescue excluded as I expected less vince-esque booking from him.
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thepotatoman
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It was always obvious AJ was going to be fed to Reigns and Cena assuming they would even let him face them, but still don't get WWE making him lose to Y2J multiple times.
At least give AJ fans some sort of payoff before putting him on the losing streak.
He hasn't exactly been buried, but wins and losses do matter. Seeing guys you like win and seeing guys you hate lose is pretty core to wrestling.
At least give AJ fans some sort of payoff before putting him on the losing streak.
He hasn't exactly been buried, but wins and losses do matter. Seeing guys you like win and seeing guys you hate lose is pretty core to wrestling.
Even if I get what you're saying, comparing fucking Ziggler to AJ Styles in any context blows my mind. I mean, for one thing Styles actually has options and potential to make a living outside of the WWE in wrestling.
Everyone must lose to Jericho. I was pretty disappointed when they had Zayn lose to him, well, as disappointed as i can be with the WWE so not real disappointment.
Liquidsnake
Banned
I just mean where hell be on the card this time next year after he has lost to everyone.
It really is.
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Yeah, he needed to win against Jericho. It would have given him some semblance of legitimacy. Assuming I wasn't a fan in TNA or NJPW, I have no reason to think AJ Styles is capable of beating anyone. He also lost to KO clean, which is fine because KO is the greatest. He puts on incredible matches that he loses.
Styles would just leave. NJPW would take him back in a heartbeat, he could hit ROH et al between tours. He doesn't need the WWE like guys like Ziggler and Ryder do.
UberTag
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That pattern would fit with what we've seen from Cena's other recent feuds... (see below)
The only exception to the "win the first match, lose the feud" pattern would be Bray Wyatt... but that's likely due to the fact that their first match was at WrestleMania and hence high profile.
Styles is 19-11 in televised matches.
20-11 if you count his Smackdown match that will air on Thursday. He beats Kofi Kingston with the Styles Clash.
You're 100% on the money. Cena will never lose a feud.
Balor could join The Club at Battleground and they'd STILL lose at Summerslam.
I'm HOPING that Cena learned his lesson after the Nexus but I'm not so sure.
History proved Cena right on the Nexus. Only one worth a damn was Barrett, and he didn't turn into the total package until his Bad News Barrett phase. He wasn't ready to be 'the guy who beat Cena.'
Course, the WWE fucked up Barrett so eh.
Sweeney Tom
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Dolph has a standup and film career, Styles will be retired and not back in New Japan
Dolph has stood tall in his current feud two weeks in a row and won the Breeze feud, more than Styles has done in the company
UberTag
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His track record against The Miz would lead one to believe that Styles SHOULD want to challenge for the Intercontinental title to garner some kind of meaningful credibility. I mean, if you were 3-0 and undefeated against the current IC champ and had either 50/50d (Jericho) or lost (Reigns) your major feuds, you would think you'd want to challenge the guy.
But that's just me being logical.
Liquidsnake
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Styles should have a great run as a champion, not used to put everyone over, and drag them to 5 star matches.
If I was owner of the WWE, it would be the hottest show on TV.
If I was owner of the WWE, it would be the hottest show on TV.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
TemplaerDude
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