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Shine posted:This is a big part of Kevin Owens' motivation on NXT, wanting the title so that he will make more money and can provide a better life for his family. It gives his character a bit more depth than "Kevin Owens is a prick." Instead, he is a prick and a loving father. I have no idea why they don't make money a motivation more often. It's instantly relatable, adds meaning to meaningless matches and as you say adds depth to characters like Owens.
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:2) Is this Wade's first Wrestlemania where he's not somehow injured off the card? The Corre, with Barrett in the match, got squashed in an eight-man tag at 27, and he lost the IC belt to Miz on the 29 pre-show.
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Daniel Bryan posted:Raw viewership for 03/02 rmoan reigns
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projecthalaxy posted:rmoan reigns Vince: Roman is a draw! Look how more people tuned in to see him chase off Paul Heyman! HHH: Pop, he had the main event in hour three, and- Vince: Let's work on more segments with Roman and Paul doing promos.
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MassRafTer posted:I guess we're back to HHH and Steph in the opening segment next week. yuppppp
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achillesforever6 posted:I think Oatgan was joking because most of the great talent WWE has in NXT is mostly established Indy talent and not the scrub NFL washouts they like to hire
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I remember back in WCW they would even say that the US Title gave you the greatest shot at getting a World Heavyweight Championship match. The TV title meant a lot because it was always traded between great workers, too. Even the Cruiserweight championship had a lot of feuds and stories around it in WCW's height. Meanwhile during the same era in WWF people were having Hell in a Cell matches over the IC title and it would go between being the title for Main Eventers who aren't involved with a Main Event program, and upper midcard guys who would feud over the title, all the way up until China won it and started feuds with Jericho and Jarrett. Some of my favorite feuds happened over midcard belts. Raven/Benoit/DDP in WCW happened because of a belt, and so did Jericho/Angle/Benoit did over two titles. A lot of the CW feuds in WCW (Jericho/Malenko, Jericho/Mysterio, Eddie/Mysterio as well as just great matches in general) were highlights of the era. You don't even need deep complicated stories if you just put effort into it. Owens made the NXT championship important in one promo.
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MassRafTer posted:I guess we're back to HHH and Steph in the opening segment next week. w/Sheamus
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Gaz-L posted:Wasn't DDP in his late-30s before he became a regular worker, and he was really good? It's not impossible. I mean, it's not gonna happen, but there is precedent. DDP's first match was in 1979. To be fair his second match was in 1991. I still love the story of him meeting JJ Dillon at a radio station, telling him he was totally a wrestling manager, and getting his job by sending in a promo tape of him and his buddies from his club pretending they were wrestlers.
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Daniel Bryan posted:Raw viewership for 03/02 And then there's that seemingly correct theory daylight savings is gonna cause a further drop next week
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Vertical Lime posted:And then there's that seemingly correct theory daylight savings is gonna cause a further drop next week DST just causes the first hour to become the lowest and the third to become the highest.
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Flameingblack posted:Meanwhile during the same era in WWF people were having Hell in a Cell matches over the IC title I don't ever recall a HIAC IC title match.
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ayn rand hand job posted:I don't ever recall a HIAC IC title match.
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projecthalaxy posted:rmoan reigns But he has such nice hair! Edit: question is, had Daniel Bryan won the Royal Rumble and beaten say Seth Rollins at Fastlane, would ratings still be sagging? Is this entirely down to the booking of Roman Reigns or is wrestling just cooling off really quickly regardless? Gonzo McFee fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Man I really missed out by only starting to watch wrestling recently
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Erebus posted:Man I really missed out by only starting to watch wrestling recently The Attitude era can best be summed up as a gravelly voiced Freddie Blassie talking about the "wars of hero's raging to sup at the teat of immortality" in the PPV openers and the the actual content being a bunch of dudes in green pointing at their dicks.
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Erebus posted:Man I really missed out by only starting to watch wrestling recently It was the coolest poo poo when you were nine. I went to an episode of Smackdown and Austin flipped me off. I even went to the concessions during the divas match like a proper fan. (I suppose there were early signs that I was gay.)
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Flameingblack posted:
Before China won the ic title had been held by such great main eventers such as The Godfather and Road Dogg and Goldust in 1999 men i wouldn't be shocked to main event a ppv in 99
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Yeah, the Attitude Era was chock to the brim with dick and vagina jokes, blading, birds being flipped, and people pointing at their genitals.
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Gonz posted:Yeah, the Attitude Era was chock to the brim with dick and vagina jokes, blading, birds being flipped, and people pointing at their genitals. i remember staying up extremely late one night to see whether or not val venis would get his pee pee choppy choppy'd off, and every second of the experience was worth it
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Daniel Bryan posted:Raw viewership for 03/02 This is the lowest viewings number for a Mania build up since 1997. So Lesnar/Reigns is at least on the level of Taker/Sid
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:This is the lowest viewings number for a Mania build up since 1997. So Lesnar/Reigns is at least on the level of Taker/Sid Reigns reminds me of Sid Vicious. Not as good a promo, though.
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projecthalaxy posted:rmoan reigns this is his year
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My favorite part of this IC title angle is all the verbal gymnastics to avoid saying the word "belt" in commentary. Like... no, Cole, BNB has actually had the "title" and the "championship" this whole time. The belt was stolen. A belt is what that object is. I assume this is just another one of Vince's anti-"wrasslin'" edicts? It is by far the stupidest. TwoDogs1Cup posted:Why is it so hard to book a dominant ic champion who eventually challenges the world champion
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Daniel Bryan posted:Raw viewership for 03/02 Well....... at least they can't blame these numbers on them featuring Daniel prominently in the show
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Gonzo McFee posted:Reigns reminds me of Sid Vicious. Not as good a promo, though. He's not half the promo Sid is
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triplexpac posted:Well....... at least they can't blame these numbers on them featuring Daniel prominently in the show It's hilarious to me that despite it not making one iota of sense on what we've seen for the past few weeks, Vince can change his mind one week away from Mania and add Daniel Bryan to the main event, or even take Reigns out of it, or put someone else in the main event spot (AXELMANIA), and with the insane way WWE is being run it would be allowed to happen. It's not at all likely to happen, but just the fact that it could happen blows my mind.
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Minidust posted:My favorite part of this IC title angle is all the verbal gymnastics to avoid saying the word "belt" in commentary. Like... no, Cole, BNB has actually had the "title" and the "championship" this whole time. The belt was stolen. A belt is what that object is. Yup. Dude hates the word 'belt' for some reason. I think there was a quote about 'belts are what hold up pants" or something equally dumb. And yeah, it makes the announcers seem crazy, when at no point has Barrett ever NOT been the champion during this.
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Gonz posted:Yeah, the Attitude Era was chock to the brim with dick and vagina jokes, blading, birds being flipped, and people pointing at their genitals. Men fighting women Interracial marriages etc.
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NowonSA posted:It's hilarious to me that despite it not making one iota of sense on what we've seen for the past few weeks, Vince can change his mind one week away from Mania and add Daniel Bryan to the main event, or even take Reigns out of it, or put someone else in the main event spot (AXELMANIA), and with the insane way WWE is being run it would be allowed to happen. It's not at all likely to happen, but just the fact that it could happen blows my mind.
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Finally watching RAW. Between R Truth stealing the belt like a cartoon mouse on cheese to the Miz/Dow viagra skit. So far this is the first RAW to make me smile in a looooong time. I'm betting it's all downhill from here.
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Sex Robot posted:Finally watching RAW. Between R Truth stealing the belt like a cartoon mouse on cheese to the Miz/Dow viagra skit. So far this is the first RAW to make me smile in a looooong time. Roman Reigns strength is off the charts in this RAW!
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Teddybear posted:It was the coolest poo poo when you were nine. I went to an episode of Smackdown and Austin flipped me off. I even went to the concessions during the divas match like a proper fan. wait, austin's finger can turn you gay?
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Anime Curator posted:Roman Reigns strength is off the charts in this RAW! Bray Wyatt is setting poo poo on fire! This is good! Oh god how much poo poo are they planning in the 2nd and 3rd hour to balance this out  Edit: Wait isn't Jersey a smarky crowd? Please say they at least blew Reign's rear end in a top hat out when it got to it. They were chanting for Punk when Reigns showed up earlier... Sex Robot fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Zyla posted:wait, austin's finger can turn you gay? I've been using that joke for a while but then I realized nobody gives a poo poo about women's matches, not just gay dudes.
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I used to watch Raw as it aired, tape Nitro on another TV, then watch Nitro either before I went to to bed or often the following afternoon. Attitude Era Raw was must see.
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Gaz-L posted:Yup. Dude hates the word 'belt' for some reason. I think there was a quote about 'belts are what hold up pants" or something equally dumb.
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Anime Curator posted:Men fighting women Don't forget all the miscarriage angles
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Red posted:Don't forget all the miscarriage angles The past two Royal Rumbles?
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