WWE TLC '15 |OT| A great jumping on point for new & lapsed fans
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Ninja Scooter
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He will probably concuss himself running to the ring.
Anything to get WrassleGAF in OT instead of the OT Community wasteland.
21st century cowboy
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Just got back home from watching NXT in Sheffield and Reigns got booed. I was actually taken aback by how ferocious it was. No love for him
Keyser Soze
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NXT is the one thing WWE are doing right, and is critically appreciated
WWE loves doing things that shock for a month or two, and then fade out.
Fans that are straying away from the main product still appreciate NXT at the moment
If WWE are not going to fix the issues at the core of the company (of which there are many, and would take almost complete rebuilding on the company to rectify), an NXT Invasion for a month or two would at least make people happy for a little while.
WWE are running out of bandages to wrap around the main product, they might as well try this one
BoboBrazil
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A NXT invasion would be done by the main WWE writers at that point then and be horrible. Anything good WWE comes across storyline wise they ruin within a month.
Carl2291
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It was fantastic.
Keyser Soze
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I know all of this. I went through all of these issues in my own head in the "Triple H knows" thread before calming down. Unless the main product is completely restructured anything that is added to it will eventually turn to shit. Without that restructuring, WWE need a quick fix style idea to bump interest for a few months - similarly to Punk Pipebomb, Nexus, WWECW, and going all the way back to "I bought WCW."
I honestly cannot think of any other quick fix other than throwing a bunch of NXT people into the mix at once to see what happens. They have ran out of old people to bring back. They cannot keep paying millions to outsiders. They might as well use their own talent in some interesting way.
I think all fans of WWE would enjoy it in a "Let's go Cena, Cena Suck" WCW/NWO style. It would be a miracle if lasted longer than 2 months, but fuck it. They is a solid break between main WWE fans and NXT fans that would get crowds to be active for such an encounter.
...they need something!
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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People have been booing Cena, Reigns, and whoever else at basic ass Raws whenever they come on the screen during a promotional video. NXT crowds doing the same don't mean shit and won't change shit.
BoboBrazil
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It would be a month before they have Cena come in and destroy all of them in a handicap match.
bean breath
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Judging by the tepid response to Sami Zayn's return, I'd say this was a dud of a crowd. An anomaly that should not be read into too much.
https://youtu.be/qsLk1HzmS14
I feel bad for laughing especially after reading his book but, got damn that got me.
Keyser Soze
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That is an issue that would only be fixed by doing a completely restructuring of the product from the ground up. I honestly believe WWE are never going to do that. My idea at least make people happy for a little while, and engages all corners of the WWE fanbase.
wow.... if there was ever a chant i want to be a thing is "this crowd sucks."
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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That's how most crowds look from most fan footage. You really see them absolutely losing it during legendary returns or moments.
This thread is like the worst of dirt sheet comments.
This thread is like the worst of dirt sheet comments.
BoboBrazil
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Why get happy for a couple of weeks when you know it will all come crashing down?
Well trying to force a not over guy as your top Baby face would probably be a start.
We are only a month away from Stretchuary
And it hurts inside?
Carl2291
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I think the reception Reigns got at the Royal Rumble says all thats needed to be said. I also think it explains why DBry hasnt been allowed back onto the product despite being fit enough for it.
Its just good to see/hear that fans arent simply bending over and accepting what Vince is trying his best to insert.
Keyser Soze
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Because that is the best case scenario currently. If I expect any more of the company, in it's current state, I will end up disappointed. Let's give them a low bar, and see if they can meet it. Regardless of the NXT stuff, I'd take one storyline that made logical sense beginning to end right now. I would applaud WWE if they got that much right. Right now, WWEs efforts are like potty training a child. They are currently shitting all over the place, so the one time they do it right, we should congratulate them as if they solved world hunger.
Perspicacity
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You're throwing a lot of jargon at me, I'm just trying to keep up
Ninja Scooter
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Keep that in-house, brother.
Fourth Storm
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So Sheamus wins via antics? What do the sheetz say?
Ninja Scooter
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WWE angling to cross over in the valuable Juggalo demographic.
Exposing the business, sorry.
21st century cowboy
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Wasn't it!? So much better than raw in Manchester. Admittedly it was a house show so they could get away with the Bull v Tye match. It was a genuinely fun night.
I still wish I'd gotten tickets for the Takeover though
21st century cowboy
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He was over as anyone. The crowd wasn't massive but his pop was the biggest of the night.
Also some context for that video. we knew he was wrestling tonight and they had told the crowd it was going to a triple threat match and we were doing his chant at the start of Finn balors and baron corbins tunes. It took the energy out of it slightly.
Carl2291
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Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Would you care to expose the assbiz as well?
Assbiz is closed.
Jerm411
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Nocturnowl
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How time flies, remember the most memorable highlights from last years event?
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
#Bootyscrunch will never close
Black Republican
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was that dean gif supposed to happen?
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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He's taken up CM Punk's mantle of knowing how to sell and how to structure a match, but not how to actually hit things in a way that doesn't look like crap. Though Dean's problem is that he's sawwwwwft, not clumsy like Punk.
Nocturnowl
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Yep, the ending for the match was basically Ambrose blowing himself up trying to hit bray with a monitor.
TimeEffect
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I feel like Reigns will win out of a desperate attempt to save ratings with a babyface champion
Violence Jack
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Am I crazy for thinking that at least the New Day ladder match might end up being halfway decent with some good spots from Kofi and the dragons here and there? Couple that with New Day's antics, it might end up being tolerable. Ambrose and Owens could end up being alright as well.
The rest.....blah.
The rest.....blah.
Keyser Soze
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I have been thinking, and I have convinced myself there is literally no way Reigns/Sheamus can end satisfactory unless the title is magicked away from both of them.
I ended up watching the first elimination chamber the other day and it had been so long that the match was mostly fresh. It was so sad to see what the product was and what it's become. RVD jumping around everything, triple H hard selling the chamber in the opening of the match, Jericho and HHH's teamup being believable without the nonsense of them being a stable that always has those predictable turns, kane coming in and being a monster & threatening a tombstone to HHH when the move had been off the air for a year or so, the three finishers to put him away, etc.
Everything about the match was exciting and I can't imagine who'd they use in the modern day to capture that seem feeling.
Everything about the match was exciting and I can't imagine who'd they use in the modern day to capture that seem feeling.
What rubbish - you realise they're still paying DB high six figures, right? If he was for, he'd be wrestling. He's not fit by their standards. I'm sure any Indy and TNA would book him as medically fit, but no one holds them accountable for shit. WWE isn't risking another Angle situation where a guys body is fucked up so much he's tossing painkillers like tic-tacs.
Yet Tommy Dreamer is out there.
I honestly don't know who's actually being serious or playing some stupid gimmick. Knowing what WrassleGaf is usually like I'm thinking it's mostly the latter.
The fact Dreamer passed their medicals and DB didn't says a lot about how fucked up DB actually is, versus what he claims.
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