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Lady Naga
Apr 25, 2008

Voyons Donc!

Skinty McEdger posted:

Well he's a guy who has been lost in the shuffle for what seems like forever, now on a show where he's again going to lost in the shuffle because the mid card is stacked with guys who are going to be looking for upward mobility. Meanwhile he can see there's a lot more opportunity to stand out on Smackdown where beyond the top guys there's not a whole lot else going on. So if he wants to progress up the card and have more opportunities SD is the place he wants to be.

He wouldn't have known that beforehand.

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projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


Best facial expressions in the business and a cool glove. Alexa Bliss is perfect for Smackdown.

Shawn Cotureier
Jan 21, 2009

Still better than Umberger
Still no Bayley :(

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

projecthalaxy posted:

Wonder who the other NXT picks will be? Three left after Finn, Nia, and AA right?

Get Hyped

The Senator Giroux
Jul 9, 2006
Dead Ringer

Shawn Cotureier posted:

Still no Bayley :(

Do you really want Bayley picked on the supplemental draft?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

I'm here to make a good Lucha Thing

spinst
Jul 14, 2012



mo

jo

RAWley

Capsaicin
Nov 17, 2004

broof roof roof
a good lucha thing GODDAMNIT WHOO

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

The Senator Giroux posted:

Do you really want Bayley picked at all?

SpiritOfSanDimas
Oct 31, 2012

IcePhoenix posted:

I'm here to make a good Lucha Thing

lmao that was one of the worst interviews i've ever heard

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer
I can get them splitting the tag titles (especially if the Vaudevillains go to SD) but they're going to split the women's title (I think). loving hell.

Big Coffin Hunter
Aug 13, 2005

Lady Naga posted:

This was only true for a few years. Those few years also had six legends of the business and Paul Heyman on the book. This "Smackdown is the better written show" is half-remembered bullshit that was based on a ton of circumstantial events.

it wasn't as good during 2006-2009 but between the taker/edge/batista year long feud and the punk/hardy feud it was still generally the better written show with it's main problem being "it's on friday nights and I'm gonna go out and do something instead." If the main writer of Smackdown stays Ryan Ward, the guy who wrote NXT during it's really tight booking period in 2014 and the first half of 2015 I can see this being a similar situation

Skinty McEdger
Mar 9, 2008

I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

Lady Naga posted:

He wouldn't have known that beforehand.

No but he saw the same thing we did, how the draft unfolded. Or even saw the finished draft before that point.

Also he knew there would be less people on smackdown which means again more opportunity to be a lynch pin for it.

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

this is starting to remind me of the backstage wcw vid from the 80s where everyone is coked out of their mind and road warrior hawk headbutts a hole in the wall

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

SamuraiFoochs posted:

I can get them splitting the tag titles (especially if the Vaudevillains go to SD) but they're going to split the women's title (I think). loving hell.

otoh this will literally double the amount of relevant women on the main roster

OldTennisCourt
Sep 11, 2011

by VideoGames
They really should have kept/redesigned the Diva's belt and had that and the Women's championship split between shows.

projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


I hope someone drafts D'Lo Brown, D'Lo Brown, and Paul Ellering, The Authors of Pain.

Blaise330
Aug 13, 2007

GOD'S FAVORITE CHAMPION
Earlier I said the network draft was some of the best hours of WWE in a very long time....... that was before these guys started coming on.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Drink every time they say 'lost in the shuffle'

Fawf
Nov 5, 2009

It's Me, It's Me, It's DDD

SpiritOfSanDimas posted:

I have not seen any Alexa Bliss matches, is she any good?

She's great, just don't piss her off

Commissar Ken
Dec 9, 2006

Children STILL love me, dammit!


Lady Naga posted:

He wouldn't have known that beforehand.

I was pretty certain of that beforehand and I haven't followed wrestling consistently in like 7 years. Unless of course you're talking about kayfabe in which case ahahahahahahahahahha.

StarkRavingMad
Sep 27, 2001


Yams Fan
Time for the Braun Strowman singles push we've all been waiting for

YourHumbleMessiah
Oct 11, 2005




Im just happy Breezeango wasn't broken up.

Capsaicin
Nov 17, 2004

broof roof roof

Fawf posted:

She's great, just don't piss her off



better to be blissed off than blissed on

Capsaicin
Nov 17, 2004

broof roof roof
GODDAMNIT THEY ARE BREAKING UP THE OUTCASTS

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

lmao Graves

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhahahahahaha EVA

YourHumbleMessiah
Oct 11, 2005




SMACKDOWN IS NOW ALL RED EVERYTHING

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

GenericMartini
Oct 22, 2012

AYYYYY PAPI
the worst loving pick in the world

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Looks like Smackdown finally made a good pick.

Big Coffin Hunter
Aug 13, 2005

i take back everything good i said about smackdown

YourHumbleMessiah
Oct 11, 2005




Oh man, i can watch more Shining Stars matches.....

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

Oh Snapple! posted:

otoh this will literally double the amount of relevant women on the main roster

I just hope they don't bring back the butterfly belt.

But I'm shockingly okay with 2 tag titles with the Club, Enzo and Cass, possibly Strowman and Rowan, Dudleys, and New Day on Raw, and AA, Usos, Breezango, and possibly Vaudevillains on SD. It makes sense.

Capsaicin
Nov 17, 2004

broof roof roof
in storyline eva marie is more valuable than NXT champion samoa joe

projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


I just had to listen to Corey Graves have a Special Moment and I don't appreciate it.

StarkRavingMad
Sep 27, 2001


Yams Fan

Capsaicin posted:

in storyline eva marie is more valuable than NXT champion samoa joe

also Asuka, Bayley

Eric Rowan

the Vaudvillans

all bow before Eva Marie

YourHumbleMessiah
Oct 11, 2005




Vaudevillains to SD is cool though, ain't mad at it.

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

SamuraiFoochs posted:

But I'm shockingly okay with 2 tag titles with the Club, Enzo and Cass, possibly Strowman and Rowan, Dudleys, and New Day on Raw, and AA, Usos, Breezango, and possibly Vaudevillains on SD. It makes sense.

Holy poo poo I called it :stare:

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Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Raw:
  • Seth Rollins
  • Charlotte Flair
  • Finn Balor
  • Roman Reigns
  • Brock Lesnar
  • New Day
  • Sami Zayn
  • Sasha Banks
  • Chris Jericho
  • Rusev and Lana
  • Kevin Owens
  • Enzo and Cass
  • Gallows and Anderson
  • Big Show
  • Nia Jax
  • Neville
  • Cesaro
  • Sheamus
  • Golden Truth
  • Titus O'Neil
  • Paige
  • Darren Young
  • Sin Cara
  • Jack Swagger
  • Dudleyz
  • Summer Rae
  • Mark Henry
  • Braun Strowman
  • Bo Dallas
  • Shining Stars (Primo and Epico)
Smackdown:
  • Dean Ambrose
  • AJ Styles
  • John Cena
  • Randy Orton
  • Bray Wyatt
  • Becky Lynch
  • Miz and Maryse
  • Baron Corbin
  • American Alpha
  • Dolph Ziggler
  • Natalya
  • Alberto Del Rio
  • Usos
  • Kane
  • Kalisto
  • Naomi
  • The Ascension
  • Zack Ryder
  • Apollo Crews
  • Alexa Bliss
  • Tyler Breeze and Fandango
  • Eva Marie
  • Vaudevillains

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