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Official WWE/TNA Wrestling Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports Forum' started by alen1, Mar 25, 2008.

  1. Ray Finkle

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    RAW will air tonight but it won't be live in Hartford. No word on what content will air though.
     
  2. shamegame13

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    Should be an interesting RAW, only reason i'm watching this edition of RAW is because I want to see the backlash from last night, there is a high chance this will be the only RAW I watch until WM. Fed up with this company, it's almost like WWE and Miami Dolphins are run the same way... to disappoint.
     
  3. Ray Finkle

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    RAW is cancelled so it's not really worth watching. I'm sure the episode tonight will be a mix of studio stuff with people saying how great Roman Reigns is and maybe they will show some of the Royal Rumble matches but its not going to be anything interesting.

    If RAW wasn't cancelled and it was live, it would absolutely be must watch TV to see how the crowd reacts to things. Honestly though this might be the best thing for the WWE as now they have a few days to take a step back and brain storm on what's the best coarse of action moving forward.
     
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  4. shamegame13

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    Yea, true, it's best for the company, but I wanted them to come out today, personally, in front of a live crowd to get what they have coming to them. I mean, WWE is the run by the ultimate troll's of the world and it's disgusting to watch.
     
  5. Ray Finkle

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    I'm sure they'll get what's coming to them at the next TV taping. At least they have a few days to try and right the ship a bit. Although knowing Vince, that makes booking a whole 3 hour RAW of just Roman Reigns and John Cena beating the whole roster together.
     
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  6. shamegame13

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    LMAO we officially have our WWE Batman (Reigns) to go along with our residential Superman (Cena), hold on, I think i'm about to puke...
     
  7. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    Well...I'm not cancelling anything. Price is right, and I buy the Rumble and Mania every single year.....so that would be $110 out of pocket to cancel....

    so nope...price is right, and they have good historical content to go with decent original programming.

    The triple threat match was GREAT. Not Good...GREAT. At least 4 stars.

    The Rumble was a complete cluster****, but they have time to fix it. They better fix it.

    Hey..they fixed it last year...time to to do it again.

    and it can easily be done BTW...fake a Reigns injury....do a match or mini-tourney for Brock's opponent OR..go through with the match and have Brock do the same squash match he did to Cena. Fans would get a kick out of that.......then...Rollins cashes on Brock after a Heyman "turn".
     
  8. shamegame13

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    Well, i'm glad you see it that way. I don't. This company continues to troll it's own fans and it's been like this for 2 years now.

    Even if they do fix it, its gonna present the same feel of last year when Batista won the Rumble and they had to fix it by bringing Bryan in on a triple threat. Just tired of the same BS week in, week out, month in, month out, year in, year out. It's almost a waste of time and energy watching them crush us fans over and over.

    Ziggler, Bryan, Bray, Ambrose were all better candidates to win the Rumble this year. The WWE creative ruined it (yet again).

    However, i'm honestly impressed that WWE has been able to maintain fans that will keep buying a **** product. I'm still in a debate whether to gather 10 people to put in $$$ for WrestleMania. Might just save my time and money and skip it as I can already see that Reigns will be the next champ (which is a crime because he will beat Lesnar after the great year Lesnar had, just to lose to a 3 moves/no charisma meathead).
     
  9. SICK

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    I cancelled my subscription today. Will re-up for Mania.....but will skip Fastlane.....also wanted to be another number to their list of cancels so it'll open some eyes hopefully.
     
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  10. Samphin

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    Tonight's cancellation is a blessing in disguise for WWE. Word is that they were completely taken aback at the backlash and are reeling a bit. So giving them a few days to noodle through this is probably exactly what they need to do. I have resigned myself to the fact that the main event is a Brock vs. Reigns. I doubt this changes.

    I may fantasy book later to try and come up with a WM card using what we know with regards to match ups.
     
  11. Ray Finkle

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    Tonight on RAW they are showing the Triple Threat match and the Rumble match. I wonder if the WWE has the balls to mess with the audio and turn down the boos for Reigns.
     
  12. Ray Finkle

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    Also the WWE being so taken from the backlash just shows you just how out of touch with their own product and what the fan base actually wants. Its like last year didn't happen, they simply forgot or they thought their golden boy would be different.
     
  13. Section126

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    well, the WWE acknowledged Roman Reigns being booed and Daniel Brian cut a passive aggressive mini kayfabe promo on him as well.

    So they ARE AWARE.
     
  14. Samphin

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    They were aware prior to Rumble. Based on how they booked it, they expected some blow back for Bryan not winning, hence why they tried to quiet the crowd some by having him out early, and bringing The Rock out to try and pass on his heat to Roman. I don't think they expected the AMOUNT of hatred, and ultimately, the social media nightmare and cancellations being what they have been.

    So much so that John Cena and others basically had to go on Twitter and admit that they screwed up. Of course, the problem becomes, what to do from here. I don't think you can have Bryan in the main event at Wrestlemania again in a three way, and you can't simply just take it from Reigns. I think the best course of action is to basically associate Reigns WITH Bryan...and Ziggler...and Ambrose and anyone else the audience deems worthy right now. Have him in tag team matches, have him save those guys from beat downs, and ultimately, make the Main Event a No DQ, No Count Out match where his flaws can be hidden and the ramped up violence may intrigue people to cheer for him as he spears Brock through a table, Superman punches him through a chair, etc.

    That might salvage this.

    Might.

    Meanwhile, I think Bryan's best best is to team with Sting and have them take on HHH, Kane and Big Show in a Handicap match. Or perhaps Sheamus instead of Kane/Show. Having a visual of Sting putting HHH in a Scorpion Death Lock, while Bryan has the Yes! Lock cinched in on Sheamus right next to him would be a cool moment to see.

    I still don't have a great idea for Ziggler and Ambrose other than to have them have a mutual respect type of match, or turn one heel to face the other (I would lean towards Ambrose, but I like his current character's development as is).

    I would do another Andre Battle Royal and have Cesaro win it AGAIN. Make him a two-time, two year winner. That is something he can call his own.
     
  15. Samphin

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    They were aware prior to Rumble. Based on how they booked it, they expected some blow back for Bryan not winning, hence why they tried to quiet the crowd some by having him out early, and bringing The Rock out to try and pass on his heat to Roman. I don't think they expected the AMOUNT of hatred, and ultimately, the social media nightmare and cancellations being what they have been.

    So much so that John Cena and others basically had to go on Twitter and admit that they screwed up. Of course, the problem becomes, what to do from here. I don't think you can have Bryan in the main event at Wrestlemania again in a three way, and you can't simply just take it from Reigns. I think the best course of action is to basically associate Reigns WITH Bryan...and Ziggler...and Ambrose and anyone else the audience deems worthy right now. Have him in tag team matches, have him save those guys from beat downs, and ultimately, make the Main Event a No DQ, No Count Out match where his flaws can be hidden and the ramped up violence may intrigue people to cheer for him as he spears Brock through a table, Superman punches him through a chair, etc.

    That might salvage this.

    Might.

    Meanwhile, I think Bryan's best best is to team with Sting and have them take on HHH, Kane and Big Show in a Handicap match. Or perhaps Sheamus instead of Kane/Show. Having a visual of Sting putting HHH in a Scorpion Death Lock, while Bryan has the Yes! Lock cinched in on Sheamus right next to him would be a cool moment to see.

    I still don't have a great idea for Ziggler and Ambrose other than to have them have a mutual respect type of match, or turn one heel to face the other (I would lean towards Ambrose, but I like his current character's development as is).

    I would do another Andre Battle Royal and have Cesaro win it AGAIN. Make him a two-time, two year winner. That is something he can call his own.
     
  16. Ray Finkle

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    Right now Bryan is pencilled in to face Sheamus (again). Kind of crazy that they basically have nothing for their 2nd most popular wrestler for the 2nd year in row.
     
  17. shamegame13

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    Its the WWE... This is what I have come to expect from them, probably why I won't be investing much time into anymore.
     
  18. Ray Finkle

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    Would much rather see Bryan vs. Rollins or Bryan vs. Ambrose then Bryan/Sheamus 3 at WM, even though I thought Vince said he doesn't like to repeat things. You don't even need a storyline, just have Bryan come out and say he wants to give the fans a good wrestling match as a thank you to them for last year and boom.
     
  19. shamegame13

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    Yea, DB vs Ziggler or Rollins or Ambrose would all be good matches. The numbers are out too, apparently the WWE network lost 50,000 subscribers, which is about 6%. So WWE brass is trying to say its not a big deal.
     
  20. Ray Finkle

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    My WM card:
    Reigns vs. Brock - WWE
    Triple H vs. Sting
    Cena vs. Rusev
    Bryan vs. Ambrose
    Wyatt vs. Undertaker
    Orton vs. Rollins
    Ziggler vs. Bad News Barrett - IC
    Dudley Boys vs. Cesaro/Tyson Kidd - Tag titles
    Nattie vs. Paige vs. Nikki vs. Brie - Divas
    Andre Battle Royal
     
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  21. Section126

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    Say what you want about John Cena...but he has now done a long series of "Jobs" for Brock Lesnar and been a good soldier in getting Brock MEGA - over.

    I think Daniel Bryan is best served in a do over.....put him in the Andre BR, have the match have a #1 contender stipulation....have him win. Build toward a title shot in late spring or Summer Slam.

    You fix the Roman Reigns situation with having him get annihilated by Brock Lesnar, if you must strip Lesnar of his title...then you have Rollins Cash on him.

    Cena's match is obviously gonna be Rusev...the IC belt books itself....and I like the Kidd/Cesaro team to challenge for the tag titles.

    Dudley Boys get a #1 contender match where they get all their **** in and please the crowd. Hand them the NAO, or the Ascension...have an epic match..have the Dudley's win.

    of course..Wyatt vs. Taker, and Sting vs. HHH...

    That pretty much covers WM.
     
  22. shamegame13

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    After such a long time, its about time Cena put somebody over. I still cant get him super burying Bray Wyatt out of my head.
     
  23. BlameItOnTheHenne

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    wait, it's been confirmed that the Dudleyz are back for good?
     
  24. shamegame13

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    I dont think so, all we know right now is Bubba Ray could see some more action even though WWE is claiming it was a "one and done" for him at the Rumble and there still is no word at all on D-Von's status.
     
  25. Section126

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    Listen to the latest Stone Cold Podcast.....it's all in there....
     
  26. Section126

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    Bubba Ray's 2015 theme is FIYAH.

    [video=youtube;js2_ng9M67Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js2_ng9M67Y[/video]
     
  27. Ray Finkle

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    Wishful thinking/hoping on my part.
     
  28. Vengeful Odin

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    WWE Network topped 1,000,000 subscribers today. There's no way to tell how many of those include people like myself, who have a subscription set to cancel at the end of next month.

    Also, the rumor is that D-Bry is going to face Sheamus (turned heel) at WrestleMania. Which was the plan last year. And 2 years ago.

    It's weird, because I didn't think Vince liked to run the same thing twice at WrestleMania.
     
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  29. shamegame13

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    Yea, he supposedly dont like dipping into the "well" even though he has been dipping into Cena's well for over a decade. Lol VKM is out of touch.
     
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  31. Ray Finkle

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    Great to see the Network finally get over a million subscribers however I hope that doesn't distract Vince and company from forgetting about #cancelwwenetwork was the #1 trend on Sunday and part of Monday and the fans booed Reigns and the product out of the building at the Rumble. The WWE still needs to greatly improve the product.
     
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  32. SICK

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    Man Cole is really playing the "ribs" thing with Brock.....can't wait for the


    "SPEAR TO THE BROKEN RIBS OF LESNAR!!!!" call at WM...
     
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  33. Ray Finkle

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    I'm just amazed that the WWE doctors were able to tell Brock had broken ribs on the spot yet couldn't tell CM Punk had staph infection for 6 months.
     
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    JR's latest podcast..Mark Madden drops his pants and takes a giant dump on Vince's head.
     
  35. Vengeful Odin

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    shots fired!!
     
  36. SICK

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    I'd honestly rather see Bryan go down to ****ing NXT and wrestle Kenta again, or Balor, or Owens, or Zayn.....then ****ing Shameus at Mania. Sigh
     
  37. Ray Finkle

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    So apparently now Bryan is scheduled to face Ziggler at WM and their Twitter talk is to hype up the match.

    My take, if they give them 15 minutes or more hell yeah.

    Maybe now give Bad News Barrett a match with Ambrose?
     
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  38. Ray Finkle

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    WWE Network is free in February. Probably a smart idea as Fast Lane just seems like it will stink and probably want to give fans a reason to sign up to the Network in time for WM.

    Wonder what other shows they will add in Feb. Would be smart to add the at least another year or 2 of Nitro. Maybe another WWE program like Sunday Night Heat or Superstars or Challenge.
     
  39. SICK

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    Gimme Bryan/Ziggler in an iron man match. Winner gets #1 contender. Have Reigns beat Lesnar with a Rollins cash in and I am alllllllll aboard that train!!!
     
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    Wonder what HHH's "ground breaking, foundation shaking" announcement on Monday is....
     

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