Is a handicap match fair? This poll is closed. |
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Yes it's fine for faces to have a numbers advantage. | 4 | 2.94% | |
No it is wrong for heels to have a numbers advantage. | 8 | 5.88% | |
What is the point? | 46 | 33.82% | |
BECKY IS BACK ON SMACKDOWN TOMORROW! | 78 | 57.35% | |
Total: | 108 votes |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:jericho could make half of each episode of tuesday night dynamite a fozzy concert and it'd still be better than RAW Eh
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:43 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 03:59 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:jericho could make half of each episode of tuesday night dynamite a fozzy concert and it'd still be better than RAW Barely, but, yes.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:44 |
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I know it got a lot of deserved hate already, but the Bobby Roode getting his robe pissed on wasn't just bad because it was a piss joke which required the baby faces look super dumb while staring at a screen for a good 15 seconds in the middle of their match, it is also awful because it was such a missed opportunity to do some decent story telling. Like Drake Maverick running around the ring in the over-sized robe antagonizing Roode could have be a perfect way to plant some seeds for Roode's eventual heel turn and destruction of the tag team. Roode, allowing his vanity to get the better of him, is furious that some rear end in a top hat is parading around in his robe (something I actually love a heel manager doing), leaves his corner to take care of it. Gable goes to tag him in and hes not there, they lose the match because Roode cared more about being glorious than wrestling, costing them the match and planting the seeds for Gable's legit resentment towards Roode.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:45 |
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I willing to bet the writer using "the right side of history" probably thinks he's putting his own clever spin on Captain America's "no, YOU move" speech.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:50 |
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JesusIsTehCool posted:I know it got a lot of deserved hate already, but the Bobby Roode getting his robe pissed on wasn't just bad because it was a piss joke which required the baby faces look super dumb while staring at a screen for a good 15 seconds in the middle of their match, it is also awful because it was such a missed opportunity to do some decent story telling. Like Drake Maverick running around the ring in the over-sized robe antagonizing Roode could have be a perfect way to plant some seeds for Roode's eventual heel turn and destruction of the tag team. Roode, allowing his vanity to get the better of him, is furious that some rear end in a top hat is parading around in his robe (something I actually love a heel manager doing), leaves his corner to take care of it. Gable goes to tag him in and hes not there, they lose the match because Roode cared more about being glorious than wrestling, costing them the match and planting the seeds for Gable's legit resentment towards Roode. Nah the piss angle was better
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:51 |
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JesusIsTehCool posted:I know it got a lot of deserved hate already, but the Bobby Roode getting his robe pissed on wasn't just bad because it was a piss joke which required the baby faces look super dumb while staring at a screen for a good 15 seconds in the middle of their match, it is also awful because it was such a missed opportunity to do some decent story telling. Like Drake Maverick running around the ring in the over-sized robe antagonizing Roode could have be a perfect way to plant some seeds for Roode's eventual heel turn and destruction of the tag team. Roode, allowing his vanity to get the better of him, is furious that some rear end in a top hat is parading around in his robe (something I actually love a heel manager doing), leaves his corner to take care of it. Gable goes to tag him in and hes not there, they lose the match because Roode cared more about being glorious than wrestling, costing them the match and planting the seeds for Gable's legit resentment towards Roode. Please don't fall down the "this could've been really good if they'd done this small logical thing differently" hole, you will only hurt yourself. (I agree though that would've been great)
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:51 |
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do not, my friends, become addicted to logical booking. It will take hold of you and you will resent its absence
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:52 |
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OH THE SMARKS ARE PISSED ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA HUH I'LL SHOW THEM PISS *chomps into steak wrap*
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:53 |
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It's piss all the way down from here
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:53 |
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Drake should've revealed that he has a choking fetish and that wasn't piss.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 19:59 |
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the john report guy gave raw a 2.5/10 I don't think I've ever seen him rate a show lower than 5.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 20:02 |
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Raw has sunk to a new low and the only way to revive it is to bring back Hade Vansen
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 20:11 |
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JesusIsTehCool posted:I know it got a lot of deserved hate already, but the Bobby Roode getting his robe pissed on wasn't just bad because it was a piss joke which required the baby faces look super dumb while staring at a screen for a good 15 seconds in the middle of their match, it is also awful because it was such a missed opportunity to do some decent story telling. Like Drake Maverick running around the ring in the over-sized robe antagonizing Roode could have be a perfect way to plant some seeds for Roode's eventual heel turn and destruction of the tag team. Roode, allowing his vanity to get the better of him, is furious that some rear end in a top hat is parading around in his robe (something I actually love a heel manager doing), leaves his corner to take care of it. Gable goes to tag him in and hes not there, they lose the match because Roode cared more about being glorious than wrestling, costing them the match and planting the seeds for Gable's legit resentment towards Roode. On the positive side, AoP's new entrance music is pretty great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tYvGfF1Gkg
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 20:30 |
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At some point, after doing whatever stupid poo poo I feel like and having it not move the needle at all I'd be tempted to see how far I could take it. ~45 minute Bobby Lashley promo? ~Rebranding Tamina as "Killer" Tamina Snuka? ~Resign Kelly Kelly and have her squash Ronda Rousey? ~Just make the first hour of the show footage of setting up the ring and testing the equipment? ~Put the belt on Seth Rollins but take him off TV for a year and never mention him or the title. ~Play the national anthem during Sami Zayn matches? ~Devote half the show to showing off my house MTV cribs style and mocking the fans for giving me money no matter how much poo poo I throw at them? The possibilities are endless.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 20:42 |
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ChrisBTY posted:~Play the national anthem during Sami Zayn matches? Which national anthem?
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 20:57 |
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Saudi Arabia's I had a bunch more dumb ideas then I remembered that WWE actually did worse on half of them.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 20:59 |
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What an absolutely wretched RAW, I pray it dies in the ratings.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:00 |
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Is this Rock Bottom (to this point)? Is this... The Worst Raw Ever
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:01 |
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There have certainly been worse individual segments, but I have hard time recalling a recent show that had this little positive going for it overall.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:03 |
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the lesson from last night's show is not to get called up from nxt
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:10 |
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Destroy My Sweater posted:the lesson from last night's show is not to get called up from nxt Baron Corbin's doing all right
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:11 |
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As is Alexa Bliss, don't get called up if you were a big item in NXT.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:14 |
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Rarity posted:Baron Corbin's doing all right So did Roman Reigns. And then he got cancer. Coincidence? I just spoiled the next two months of RAW programming.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:14 |
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Don't you make like way more money on the main roster than NXT?
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:15 |
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Balor was paid more than your usual NXT top guy, he is still making more on the main roster but the difference might not be night and day.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:16 |
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Apparently if you're hot in NXT (or in any other promotion) people are always talking about you to Vince and Vince resents it so he'll bury you just so people will stop talking about you. This explains why the call-ups that have done the best are people who were nobodies in NXT like Corbin, Bliss and Elias. Obviously doesn't hurt that Corbin is tall and Bliss is blond.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:16 |
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I can't believe that not only is Lars Sullivan getting called up, but they're also already building him as some monster killer guy that people are supposed to give a poo poo about. Homophobic and racist forum posts aside, there's nothing remotely interesting about this guy as a character other than he's a big man who Vince probably has a hard-on for.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:18 |
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explosivo posted:he's a big man I'm sorry, you were saying?
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:20 |
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Lars isn't that tall either. I was on the floor at an NXT show and he walked by me and was about as tall as I am, and I'm like barely 5'11".
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:24 |
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explosivo posted:I can't believe that not only is Lars Sullivan getting called up, but they're also already building him as some monster killer guy that people are supposed to give a poo poo about. Homophobic and racist forum posts aside, there's nothing remotely interesting about this guy as a character other than he's a big man who Vince probably has a hard-on for. he's really not all that big, he's like 6'2" he'd be a big man in chikara
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:24 |
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Being paid more, but working a whole lot more with a lot less wiggle room to take time off for nagging injuries. If you're a fan of wrestling as an art you will absolutely hate your time there which is why ZSJ and Ibushi refused to sign and PAC wanted out for so long. Since there's never any mass firings anymore there's a chance you could just stay there forever, on the road for half a decade with varying amounts of success from Owens to Eric Young. If you're someone with a family to take care of or in the twilight of your career, signing is probably fine for you. If you're a young guy just on the cusp of cementing yourself as one of the greats before signing, your career is probably going to get derailed for several years until you're either released or chalked up as being over-rated. If you're one of those guys like Punishment Martinez who nobody really gave a poo poo about in the indies and nobody will give a poo poo about in the WWE, it's probably a dream come true. NXT and WWE seems to be trying to aggressively expand their reach to other countries and eating up a couple regional indies to dump people in. The second you're out of NXT you're probably going to end up wishing you had signed a shorter contract.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:27 |
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CobiWann posted:Which national anthem? Radiohead
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:28 |
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Incessant Excess posted:I'm sorry, you were saying?
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:30 |
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VJeff posted:Apparently if you're hot in NXT (or in any other promotion) people are always talking about you to Vince and Vince resents it so he'll bury you just so people will stop talking about you.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:30 |
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CobiWann posted:Which national anthem? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F43DqnMoWi0
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:31 |
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Codependent Poster posted:Lars isn't that tall either. I was on the floor at an NXT show and he walked by me and was about as tall as I am, and I'm like barely 5'11". Like yeah, he's just not that tall. He is big though, so I guess that's his deal. But beside Braun or Drew or even Corbin he won't look big.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 21:52 |
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So Drake's next move is throwing a cup of piss in someone's face, right? Or will it be spitting a piss mist?
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 22:00 |
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So I did not see the Raw that is the talk of the thread at present but I did watch Crown Jewel. Last 2018 PPV I had to catch up on. What was the point of the tournament? I was confused enough by the heel vs. heel final match but then obviously that didn't happen. I just don't understand what they were going for by having Shane wrestle and then win. Did this lead to something on the regular shows?
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 22:02 |
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NikkolasKing posted:So I did not see the Raw that is the talk of the thread at present but I did watch Crown Jewel. Last 2018 PPV I had to catch up on. Miz is calling himself two thirds best in the world which is kinda funny
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 22:03 |
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NikkolasKing posted:So I did not see the Raw that is the talk of the thread at present but I did watch Crown Jewel. Last 2018 PPV I had to catch up on. Live crowds like seeing something that feels spontaneous, which this did, and they were into Shane. It was reported that it was the start of a Shane heel turn but that was either wrong or the turn is happening very slowly.
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# ? Nov 27, 2018 22:06 |