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I can only assume that they're jobbing Cesaro out thinking "oh well he's going to win the IC title so that will make him legitimate again!" You'd think eventually they would realize that their midcard titles don't give anyone any kind of rub, but here we are with the same booking we've had for ages.
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coconono posted:easy solution is to merge the IC and the US, bring back the US title gives a World Title shot rule. Now you have a reason for people to want the title. There are a lot of easy solutions to WWE's crappy booking. Hopefully when HHH takes over we see things make more sense.
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My favourite worked injury was the one where Cena ran out of the ring up the ramp and pretended to roll his ankle or something. It was subtle and they didn't hit you over the head with it, it was awesome Does anyone remember what I'm talking about?
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Tyler Breeze can be an amazing midcard act if they let him do his thing. He can even transition it to be more serious down the line, to me he really is the standout of NXT.
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Cardboard Box posted:I do vaguely remember that, it was so fast that a lot of people questioned if it was legit Here's the thing I was talking about : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSCfLjskNog I'm fairly sure it was a storyline thing but.. maybe it was legit? I don't even know anymore http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1415849-john-cena-to-receive-mri-on-knee-after-monday-night-raw-injury
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flashy_mcflash posted:I think the problem is that they keep making this character and it's not really catching on. His character has some interesting aspects to it, but essentially it's not very different from Miz or Ziggler. The 'Rick Rude' archetype is a good one but how many Rick Rudes can exist on the same roster, competing in the same matches against the same opponents over the same title? If they go all-in with Breeze being the male model with his iPhone camera and all that, he's very much different than Miz & Ziggler. Well, less different than Miz since they ripped off Breeze's gimmick on Monday. But still. By the time Breeze comes up Miz will probably be a horrible babyface again and there will be room for another narcissist heel.
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They Authority will never be able to get that belt back, Flair already pawned it to pay off some debts on the way out of the arena.
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Ragnarok the Red posted:Didn't he keep one of them? I thought he disputed that. Didn't he bury one of them with his son? Or was that one of his HOF rings
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Mystery Opponent posted:Reid never beat the poo poo out of Elizabeth though Reid did beat the poo poo out of Vince Russo so he deserves all the HOF rings in the world. Well ok maybe he didn't beat the poo poo out of him but I'm pretty sure he kicked him in the nuts or something as a part of that David Flair vs Ric angle.
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Solomonic posted:Seth Rollins announced on twitter today that he and Marek Brave are opening a wrestling school. I enjoy their hilarious emo logo. Never change, Tyler 
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achillesforever6 posted:http://www.wwe.com/inside/dean-ambrose-interview-26469163 They should make a new WWF Confidential style show, where they just take little blurbs like this and tape the guy talking about it so they can add poo poo to the Network.
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Jul 16, 2014 20:57
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Frankston posted:Play this it's fantastic http://www.wweslamcity.com/games/slamcitylaunch Greasy lube
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Today on the Observer, Meltzer talked about how basically Vince always get excited about a "new toy" and then loses interest if it doesn't go great right away. This was him talking about the Network, but it could easily apply to Cesaro as well. Vince just lost interest and is instead focusing on his new shiny Roman Reigns, same way he lost interest in Big E, Fandango, Ziggler, etc.
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xNarUtoRKOrton420x posted:I thought this was something well known about Vince? It's a lot more frequent now than I remember it being back when I watched 2006-2007. I'd like to know what his logic behind Cesaro was though, his handling at the moment is the thing I hate most about the product right now. Oh yeah, it's baffling to think that he'd lose interest in the Network. But I guess we'll see...
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rovert posted:Lana being pulled of WWE TV would be worse than impending World War III. They're bringing back WWIII??? Figures they would do that before WarGames
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I wonder if all this hype is going to end up with KENTA being buried when it gets back to Vince and/or Dunn
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I think we can all agree that, while some might love him and some might hate him, you gotta respect John Cena.
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Tokelau All Star posted:People need to accept what I learned from my niece and nephews, that wrestling becomes 100% more fun to watch when you stop hating Cena. Hating on Cena is fun as long as you don't actually expect WWE to change anything about him or push anyone else. It's fun to boo him live and see him go AW SHUCKS. It's fun to get behind a guy like Punk when he faces Cena. If Cena being the WWE's golden boy actually makes you super angry and stomp around in a huff, then yeah you have problems.
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NienNunb posted:Remember when loving Billy Gunn and Road Dogg held the tag titles in 2014? That was a lovely loving time for everyone involved. Uh actually it was the best the tag division has been since the Attitude Era, if you listen to the commentary team
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Memento posted:gently caress me that HHH-Steiner match sucked. Actually, I'm not sure what was worse: the match, or the terrible build to it. Push up competition? Bench press? I think there was even some arm wrestling? How could you not list the bodybuilding posedown??? It's probably the worst segment I've ever seen on a WWF show.
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EugeneJ posted:Jerry Lawler is wrestling Kevin Steen on August 2nd: As lovely as he is when he's just phoning it in on Raw, King is still a solid promo
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Jul 18, 2014 16:39
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How could they expect me to choose between him wearing the crown and him wearing the golden mask?? I better buy two
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MassRafTer posted:Vince doesn't yell at Lawler. Yeah Vince likes Lawler cause Lawler ran his own territory and also didn't put up with Vince's poo poo and quit on him. Stuff like that makes Vince all weak in the knees
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Jul 18, 2014 21:57
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I really enjoyed Cesaro & Kofi's spots in the battle royal. I did not enjoy Cesaro being eliminated by Heath Slater, only to have Slater immediately be eliminated too. It's so dumb to give someone a big surprise elimination and then have him chucked out too right away. WWE does it all the time though, that was a really poorly booked match.
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Yeah I really don't see how you can criticize the Usos for recycling spots... that's what WWE has wanted forever. Watch a Rock or Austin match sometime. If anything, Uso tag matches have been consistently fast-paced and exciting, I generally find them to be a highlight of whatever card they're on. Seeing as how they get pretty much zero mic time and storylines, they're actually pretty over with the crowd too.
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Jul 21, 2014 16:16
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I missed the match, apparently Swagger vs Rusev wasn't very good last night? It's really too bad, Rusev has everything going for him but the in-ring work. Hopefully he clicks soon, I love when WWE has a big monster guy who can go in the ring.
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Professor Funk posted:So, is there any logical reason why Jericho was booked over Wyatt clean? Dave said something about it maybe being because they dropped the Rollins vs Ambrose match. Since people were excited for that match and WWE knew they'd be disappointed with it being off, they booked the face to go over in Jericho vs Wyatt. And also yeah, because it's a 3 match series so Bray can take the final two wins and the first match will be a distant memory.
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Paulocaust posted:You can try to rehab Bray, but you'll never wash the stink of that Cena feud off. Cena is Wyatt's antithesis, and to have him lose 3 in a row, even with interference from his goons, and just give up and forget about Cena goes against the grain of his character. Also it makes him look like a true chump. This is one area where WWE has trouble. In normal storytelling, or in the territory days, when the babyface finally beats the top heel the heel is then gone for a while. He doesn't just stick around and move onto a lesser feud. Bray could easily be rehabbed if he just went away for 3 months then came back in a huge way. But when he's around every show and we remember him losing to Cena it doesn't do him any favours.
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Professor Funk posted:Edit: Except for his very first tweet in April of last year, which is hilariously lame I read "PAIN" as him saying it in his hilarious high pitched screechy voice
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Yeah, but his finisher would likely not be called "the RKO" if the acronym "RKO" wasn't already a part of the cultural lexicon due to RKO Pictures, and therefore sounds familiar and good to people even if they don't get the reference directly. Or.. uh... it's a play on a "TKO" knockout?
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NienNunb posted:Randy Knock Out I can hear Cole saying it already
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Cromulent posted:Jericho's main catchphrase is also dated, in that Raw hasn't been called "Raw is War" since what, 2001? I guess "Welcome to Monday Night Jericho" doesn't have the same ring to it. Wasn't that his catchphrase when he was in WCW?
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Tato posted:Here's hoping they let Ric Flair on another videogame panel and put Michael Cole or JBL as the host who is inevitably fired. It's kind of funny that a year after the last WWE game panel debacle, JR is fired and Flair is employed.
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