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sure okay https://twitter.com/LarsSWWE/status/1097709234366558208
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Aphrodite posted:A number of NXT champs have appeared on the main roster then continued in NXT for a bit. Yeah Kevin Owens had a great debut as NXT champ. I meant it’s been all downhill since, but...
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Captain Magic posted:Yeah Kevin Owens had a great debut as NXT champ. Kevin Owens' new gimmick is just completely random guy. I mean, I'm like 70% sure it's a swerve and he'll show up and just have the same gimmick he always did.
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Feb 19, 2019 05:34
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lmao they just dumped all the top NXT guys out there in front of a crowd that had absolutely no idea who they were. Outstanding.
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Feb 19, 2019 05:37
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Angry Grimace posted:Kevin Owens' new gimmick is just completely random guy. It’s a “he’s just like you” thing, but it remains to be seen if it’s everyman who kicks rear end, or just everyman.
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Feb 19, 2019 05:48
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Owens will be appreciative and happy to be back for about a month, then turn out of nowhere because he's bitter that he has to perform for YOU PEOPLE instead of spend time at home with his family.
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Feb 19, 2019 05:50
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owens new gimmick of man who eats food
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Feb 19, 2019 06:05
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Has an entertainment product in the last 50 years ever been this ice cold, yet so profitable? This poo poo is insane.
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Feb 19, 2019 06:06
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Chris James 2 posted:I'm likely remembering a different thing than what Jerusalem was saying but there is an OVW story where Doug Basham was OVW's top heel and had long hair. He came back from a quick trip up north shaved bald because Laurinaitis requested it, Creative wanted to see how he'd look ahead of their plan of teaming him with Danny as twins That's basically how I remember it. Doug Basham was the cocky heel with long hair who was Danny Davis' nephew and rebelling against everything he and the company stood for as leader of The Revolution, and The Damaja was the blue collar hero who was once a member of the Revolution but had rebelled against Basham and was fighting to defend honor and tradition and blah blah blah. Then WWE calls Basham up, shaves his head, and makes Damaja his brother right in the middle of Cornette's final match build even after Cornette asked them to just give him a little notice. I think Cornette ended up trying to write around it by saying Basham owned Damaja's WWE contract and was making him tag as his brother to torture him or some nonsense. Naturally, there's a Cornette rant about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zO8z0Szgz0
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Feb 19, 2019 06:08
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That Raw sounds dire beyond words. I hate quiet crowds (I'd rather they poo poo on everything and chant boring or change the channel) but who can blame them for not reacting to any of that poo poo
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Feb 19, 2019 06:10
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So for those curious, Black, Gargano, Ciampa, and Ricochet all had their WWE.com profiles moved to the main roster section of the website.
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Feb 19, 2019 06:17
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Since they drop part of everyone’s name, should KO redebut as Kevin or Owens?
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Feb 19, 2019 06:20
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I assume that these NXT call ups are going to float between Raw and Smackdown until the Superstar Shakeup, right?
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Feb 19, 2019 06:24
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Wait, the main event of RAW was Ronda Rousey straight squashing the Riot Squad. That's it? edit: Rereading that recap since I was in disbelief, I guess it says it was a more competitive match than the night before. Still. But in fairness, I guess not a "straight squash." STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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Feb 19, 2019 06:24
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DarkstarIV posted:So for those curious, Black, Gargano, Ciampa, and Ricochet all had their WWE.com profiles moved to the main roster section of the website. Jesus, so much for having consecutive stellar pre Mania Takeovers.  I honestly would have expected Undisputed Era to get called up first after Mania, same with Ciampa, Gargano, Dream and Ricochet next year.This reeks of panic because a lot of guys are either hurt or probably on their way out. Along with the giant vacuum hole of Vince's booking to have Roman be THE guy.
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The main event was the giving away of the piglet, but some body didn't post pics of it. i hope they do some day.
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Feb 19, 2019 06:26
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Astro7x posted:I assume that these NXT call ups are going to float between Raw and Smackdown until the Superstar Shakeup, right? I think the idea here is to have them on all three shows to get people used to these guys on TV, then putting them back in NXT when the FOX switch happens. Hey, y'like Aleister Black from Raw and SmackDown? Well now ya gotta watch him on NXT 'cause he's only on NXT now, on FS1.
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Feb 19, 2019 06:28
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STAC Goat posted:Wait, the main event of RAW was Ronda Rousey straight squashing the Riot Squad. That's it? No, it was Ronda beating Ruby in a semi-competitive match with some Riot Squad interference
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Feb 19, 2019 06:29
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mkay0 posted:No, it was Ronda beating Ruby in a semi-competitive match with some Riot Squad interference Yeah, I must have misread that or just had the match from last night on the brain. Obviously a competitive match makes more sense, even if it still plays odd as a main event after a "squash" last night. But "straight squash" was my mistake.
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Feb 19, 2019 06:38
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Aphrodite posted:A number of NXT champs have appeared on the main roster then continued in NXT for a bit. Remember when the Bruiserweight beat reigning champion Enzo Amore? How the gently caress has Pete Dunne been champ that long?
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Feb 19, 2019 07:34
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Amazing how you can add Black, Ciampa, Gargano and Ricochet to a show and nonethless manage to make the show even worse and more illogical. He already deleted it, I assume it was something racist that we shouldn't hold him responsible for because he has mental issues? Edit: Well, that's disappointingly lame.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:37
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it was something like "lol it's NXT vs WWE" and then someone probably made fun of him and he removed it
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Psychepath posted:Owens will be appreciative and happy to be back for about a month, then turn out of nowhere because he's bitter that he has to perform for YOU PEOPLE instead of spend time at home with his family. Repeat the AJ/Samoa Joe feud with Kevin Owens in AJ's place, but instead of freak out, KO is all "Oh, cool. Joe is a fantastic babysitter. I love when he randomly comes by my house. Him and my kids sit around and play video games. Sometimes he brings pie."
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Feb 19, 2019 07:38
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Veryslightlymad posted:Repeat the AJ/Samoa Joe feud with Kevin Owens in AJ's place, but instead of freak out, KO is all "Oh, cool. Joe is a fantastic babysitter. I love when he randomly comes by my house. Him and my kids sit around and play video games. Sometimes he brings pie." “I let him use my lucky mug.”
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Feb 19, 2019 07:41
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I realize the story line is that Heyman produced and paid for the Lesnar piece, but that video package seemed like it was almost a satirical take on how WWE revises history. Like it didn't just contain minor omissions, it completely broke from reality in the same way WWE tries to convince the convince-able, but taken to an extreme. When they glossed over Lesnar jobbing to Cena and HHH for like 2 was when I started thinking it had to be a larf. It was also a laugh moment when they showed when Lesnar was returning in 2012 that a new crop had risen in WWE such as Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe, and Finn Balor.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:43
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wwe is obliterating the brand split in inventive and groundbreaking ways yeah that raw sounds pretty rough. gently caress me for ever caring about the riott squadd i guess. if this is a permanent callup for those four, then man... i dunno. if it's just a one time special showing then its still extremely confusing and with such little fanfare. the whole thing smells of panic, which is crazy because they actually put on a half-decent show last night, aside from poo poo they are insisting on re-hashing for the second night. when the gently caress are the last nxt callups getting assigned to a show? is this an admission that they hosed up and brought in a whole bunch of jobbers for this years crop, and trying to get some of that aew signing shine? what is this?
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Feb 19, 2019 07:45
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Wazzu posted:Remember when the Bruiserweight beat reigning champion Enzo Amore? How the gently caress has Pete Dunne been champ that long? The WWE UK poo poo barely exists, that's how.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:45
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Luke72w posted:I realize the story line is that Heyman produced and paid for the Lesnar piece, but that video package seemed like it was almost a satirical take on how WWE revises history. Like it didn't just contain minor omissions, it completely broke from reality in the same way WWE tries to convince the convince-able, but taken to an extreme. When they glossed over Lesnar jobbing to Cena and HHH for like 2 was when I started thinking it had to be a larf. It also didn't mention how he got beat by Cain and Overeem
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Feb 19, 2019 07:48
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Veryslightlymad posted:Repeat the AJ/Samoa Joe feud with Kevin Owens in AJ's place, but instead of freak out, KO is all "Oh, cool. Joe is a fantastic babysitter. I love when he randomly comes by my house. Him and my kids sit around and play video games. Sometimes he brings pie." This was the WWE the comic storyline. Half of the storylines are people revealing they were cruel to AJ styles so they could have a legendary feud.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:50
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shiksa posted:when the gently caress are the last nxt callups getting assigned to a show? is this an admission that they hosed up and brought in a whole bunch of jobbers for this years crop, and trying to get some of that aew signing shine? what is this? It is pretty safe to say that somewhere between Vince, HHH and ratings falling off a cliff the plot has been lost.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:51
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Wazzu posted:Remember when the Bruiserweight beat reigning champion Enzo Amore? How the gently caress has Pete Dunne been champ that long? That happened when they asked Tyler Bate to show up for the European main roster tour while he was the UK champion and he told HHH he wouldn’t do it on the grounds he had already booked a “lad’s holiday” with his friends. He quickly dropped the UK title after that and was immediately dropped down the card.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:52
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fatherofmustard posted:It also didn't mention how he got beat by Cain and Overeem This video package was the WWE equivalent of George H W Bush's memoirs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGdhRR6OeDw
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DarkstarIV posted:So for those curious, Black, Gargano, Ciampa, and Ricochet all had their WWE.com profiles moved to the main roster section of the website. Holy poo poo. ...all hail NXT Champion Velveteen Dream!
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Feb 19, 2019 07:55
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Spiderdrake posted:They are inducting a faction that includes a dude currently working for AEW in a major position. holy moly id forgotten that "the one" billy gunn "the man who makes it rain asses" has gone so far as appeared in multiple BTE episodes aside from being at the rallies. i mean, he has to be at the ceremony right? he has to be, if only to make everyone else look like poo poo because he still looks like 1998 billy gunn for all intents and purposes.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:59
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AEW won’t have done anything by the time they do the induction. It’s fine. I think they let Flair or whatever show up for the Four Horsemen thing when he was in TNA too.
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Feb 19, 2019 08:01
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Angry Grimace posted:AEW won’t have done anything by the time they do the induction. It’s fine. I think they let Flair or whatever show up for the Four Horsemen thing when he was in TNA too.  just an opinion
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Feb 19, 2019 08:06
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NXT still have Velveteen and Adam Cole to hold down their main event scene and plenty of good midcard talent they could push upward, but I do have to wonder what the hell they're going to do with these four BEFORE Mania. Calling them up on the Raw After Mania and then doing the Shakeup on the following Smackdown to reveal where they're all landing would have been huge, but what purpose do they serve being called up now when there are already so many ongoing storylines to keep the existing roster's dancecard full? I mean, we know the Mania Card is going to be Bryan vs Somebody, Brock v Rollins, Ronda/Becky/Charlotte (  ), and almost certainly Miz v Shane. There will be a Cruiserweight match, A SD Women's, a Women's Tag, Two Men's Tags, a US and IC, and an ARMBAR and maybe a Women's Battle Royal. That's a 13 match card right there assuming there's nothing else.Raw is so scattered and bloated right now. And now they're going to try and fit in four more big talents? It's weird.
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Feb 19, 2019 08:15
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They came up as a showcase for NXT to get more eyes on the product. That’s it.
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Feb 19, 2019 08:32
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Scattered is really the right word for Raw and it feels especially that way since they lost the overrun. Segments just clip into each other with entrance music for the next match at the end of beatdowns, commercials seemingly everywhere and at random, or like tonight Finn interrupting Heyman and presumably interacting during the break, but we don't get to see it, and then Ricochet is there for a reason. Segments are simultaneously too long, feel rushed, are incredibly boring but too frantic to give you time to figure out what's going on, and all without taking advantage of the strengths of 80% of the best roster in history.
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the escape goat posted:They came up as a showcase for NXT to get more eyes on the product. That’s it. If they want to get more eyes on NXT, there have to be better ways than calling up four guys out of nowhere to have completely meaningless matches in some small town where nobody knows them and they thus have no heat whatsoever. Like do a #1 contender's match on Raw to set up a Takeover match or something. Do something that makes any goddamn sense whatsoever.
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