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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 15, 2016 12:33:57 GMT -6
Dear @wwegraves, You are extremely knowledgeable about the product, and I have been very happy with the job you are doing on #Raw each Monday...though not thrilled with the sarcasm for the GM from a member of the announce team. My mention of having @mauroranallo and @wwedanielbryan call Cruiserweight matches on #Raw is really just wishful thinking; in the real world, there is very little chance that the #SmackDownLIVE GM and play-by-play man are going to wander over to the competition. But it would be my wish that Cruiserweight matches on Raw capture that same magic that was in the air during the #CruiserweightClassic - a feat which can be very difficult to pull off. Just think back to last summer, when many of the Raw audiences apparantly hadn't gotten the memo that a #WomensRevolution was underway. I do believe that the Cruiserweights are going to be a very valuable and successful part of Raw. But I also believe that in order to have the greatest chance of success, their matches need to be seen as something different - and part of that difference could have been bringing the same announced team that had endeared themselves to the #CruiserweightClassic audience over to #Raw. If not for the very real competition between Raw and SmackDownLIVE, I believe it could have happened - and I believe it would have helped the product. Bringing in different announcers to make matches feel unique is nothing new in WWE. I was very happy to have Joey Styles call my match with Edge at WrestleMania with Edge in 2006, and I believe that bringing in Jim Ross to call the #HIAC match with Triple H and The Undertaker added a great deal to that classic confrontation. I don't believe the regular announce the teams felt slighted by these special inclusions, but I could do some checking for you. In the future Corey, I will try to remember that I am no longer just a guy at home sending out tweets, but instead part of an important show where the people I work with count on me to support them. Hopefully moving forward, you can address any issue you may have with me in less public manor. As a very knowledgeable student of the game, you could no doubt tell that I have been under a great deal of pressure lately. I would prefer not to have any further sarcastic public displays of disrespect adding to that pressure. Sincerely, Mick Foley General Manager, Monday Night Raw |
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Post by scorejr on Sept 16, 2016 8:11:17 GMT -6
This worked shoot stuff since the draft hasn't been bad at all. But either way Graves is right. Can't wait to see how TJ comes across to a large audience tho. I think he's going to rock it.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 16, 2016 21:07:04 GMT -6
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Post by randomone on Sept 22, 2016 9:18:00 GMT -6
I'M ALL FOR THIS ACTUALLY! Matching jackets is a must!
There's talk that Shelton Benjamin still may return to WWE once he heals from rotator cuff surgery in around 6 months.
There's been talk of possibly doing a "shooters" stable with Benjamin, Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler on SmackDown. The stable would be something along the lines of the old WCW "Varsity Club" stable with Rick Steiner, Mike Rotunda, Steve Williams, Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey.
SmackDown Superstar Chad Gable was previously tapped to lead a shooters group in WWE NXT but the idea was dropped because Vince McMahon doesn't like those types of gimmicks and it would hurt everyone involved, according to The Observer.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 22, 2016 9:32:57 GMT -6
YES!
Give me The Varsity Club again.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 22, 2016 13:27:39 GMT -6
WWE has reached out to Matt Hardy to let him know they are interested in signing him when his TNA deal expires in May 2017.
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Post by Optimisn on Sept 22, 2016 21:28:27 GMT -6
WWE has reached out to Matt Hardy to let him know they are interested in signing him when his TNA deal expires in May 2017. Didn't see it at all. I didn't even like Matt Hardy. I thought he was incredibly egotistical, even for wrestling. He probably still is, but it works. The Hardys need to end their career on the big stage. |
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Post by randomone on Sept 22, 2016 21:40:21 GMT -6
Damn, wish his deal ended sooner.
He has a pretty sweet gig going now though. He gets to make his schedule. Only works certain days, gets to spend time with his family. I assume gets a good payday for indy bookings.
Would love to see Matt & Brother Nero back for one more run.
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Post by Danny Busch on Sept 22, 2016 21:53:41 GMT -6
or Vince could just speed things up and buy TNA.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 23, 2016 9:17:42 GMT -6
Damn, wish his deal ended sooner. He has a pretty sweet gig going now though. He gets to make his schedule. Only works certain days, gets to spend time with his family. I assume gets a good payday for indy bookings. Would love to see Matt & Brother Nero back for one more run. Yeah I can't see him wanting to give up what he has now. This whole BROKEN gimmick has been his deal. He has the freedom to run with his vision and he's killing it. But maybe the lure of MEEKMAHAN'S MONEY will be too much to pass up. |
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 23, 2016 9:18:07 GMT -6
WWE has reached out to Matt Hardy to let him know they are interested in signing him when his TNA deal expires in May 2017. Didn't see it at all. I didn't even like Matt Hardy. I thought he was incredibly egotistical, even for wrestling. He probably still is, but it works. The Hardys need to end their career on the big stage. Agreed. It came as a complete shock. |
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Post by November KS on Sept 23, 2016 22:16:56 GMT -6
The amount of sucking up done to Dave Meltzer today by both Speeps and randomone is some next level stuff. Embarrassing.  |
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Post by randomone on Sept 23, 2016 22:53:39 GMT -6
You bite your tongue sir! As a matter of fact I just wrote up a detailed report of tonights RAW house show & emailed it to Big Dave!
On topic of that. Tonight's house show was pretty good. Saw Sasha, Bayley, Dana, Nia, Zayn, Anderson, Enzo & Cass live for the first time. Lana in her attire is a God damn smokeshow. She's even hotter than she is on TV, which I didn't think was possible. Evil Emma was the ref for the womens match. And she wore short shorts that'd rival HBK in 97. Only Emma looked incredible & Shawn looked......well, to quote Seinfeld, not that there's anything wrong with that.
For all the good there was some REAL BAD. Golden Truth & Darren Young vs Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel & Titus. Holy smokes that was brutal. Followed up by BRAUN STROWMAN VS SIN CARA! Fuckin A. Sin Cara fucked the ending up as it was supposed to be the springboard moonsault he did on Monday, but didn't get all the way over (ironic statement there) & just bounced off Strowman who just had to ad lib the finish. Scary seeing Strowman run in the ring.
Positives far outweighed the negatives on the night.
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Post by November KS on Sept 24, 2016 0:56:22 GMT -6
Without clicking on it, I'm just gonna say I take back everything I said about them doing stuff right.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 24, 2016 6:59:52 GMT -6
I've enjoyed Breezango's work on Main Event and Superstars.
Give them a chance to grow as a team outside of Raw/Smackdown.
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Post by randomone on Sept 24, 2016 18:45:04 GMT -6
Vince sees the muscles & immediately thinks she could be the next Beth Phoenix. She has the look, there's no denying that. Without the 12 pounds of makeup caked on each week, Dana is actually pretty hot. However, the clown paint makes her look brutal.
Then you get to the ring work, which is not good at all. They fast tracked her to the main roster AFTER SHE HAD JUST RECOVERED FROM AN INJURY! She had barely no time to get back in & work at NXT before being on the main roster.
Should've given her a year more in NXT, then see where they were at. Same could be said about Nia Jax.
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Post by randomone on Sept 24, 2016 18:48:54 GMT -6
I also like Breezango as a team. They work well with each other & their gimmicks compliment the other too. It just sucks they see them as a team the level of The Ascension & The Vaudevillains and not something more. Not saying a top team, but could be a solid #3 team on the brand.
Their match with Gable/Jordan in the tag tournament was arguably one of the best tag team matches of the year on the main roster (not including main event guys thrown together, I'm talking actual tag teams).
Just bring Rick Martel in, say Tyler Breeze ran into him in Milan while he was getting the finest clothes for their team and Martel offered his expertise to help them become tag team champions. Breezango managed by The Model Rick Martel? Then you can work Martel into the Hall of Fame.
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Post by November KS on Sept 24, 2016 18:52:17 GMT -6
Vince sees the muscles & immediately thinks she could be the next Beth Phoenix. She has the look, there's no denying that. Without the 12 pounds of makeup caked on each week, Dana is actually pretty hot. However, the clown paint makes her look brutal. Then you get to the ring work, which is not good at all. They fast tracked her to the main roster AFTER SHE HAD JUST RECOVERED FROM AN INJURY! She had barely no time to get back in & work at NXT before being on the main roster. Should've given her a year more in NXT, then see where they were at. Same could be said about Nia Jax.     |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 19:04:55 GMT -6
So far, great house show here at Allstate Arena. Why can't they just wrestle like this on TV? I don't understand.
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Post by randomone on Sept 24, 2016 20:01:27 GMT -6
It's going to be such a better show than I saw last night Woodridge. Let me know if you have to see Strowman vs Sin Cara.
And KS, I change what I said, I'll replace "pretty hot" with "kinda hot". She's not Lana level, but she's not Tamina brutal either.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 24, 2016 20:06:48 GMT -6
She seems nice.
Annoying but nice.
Plus Vince has been looking for a hot blonde star since Trish.
Remember it was gonna be Lana, until she went and married Rusev.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 20:17:00 GMT -6
Suplex City Deatmatch. Everything goes. Lots of chairs shots on Brock (probably payback for the head shots). Pretty damn entertaining match. I didn't like the finish.
Saw Strowman but I enjoyed it.
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Post by Danny Busch on Sept 24, 2016 21:36:36 GMT -6
Alexa is hot and blonde. Dana is not hot and blonde.
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Post by November KS on Sept 24, 2016 21:40:58 GMT -6
Dana reminds me of that gross chick that used to sing really bad and had that shit on her face. Possibly from that worm guy. She also blocked me on twitter.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 22:02:33 GMT -6
This house show was the most enjoyable WWE live event since I saw the Rock's return to Chicago Raw back in 2011. Great time. There wasn't a bad match I watched.
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Post by randomone on Sept 25, 2016 14:06:51 GMT -6
Saw the full card, you had a few much better matches than I did. But I have to ask...
Braun Strowman vs Sin Cara
Titus, Bo, Axe-man vs Golden Truth, Darren
Mark Henry vs Epico
Those are obviously the worst 3 matches on the card. Your thoughts on those matches?
I'm incredibly jealous you saw Neville vs Jericho. Looks like Y2J is too big for the IWireless Center these days.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 15:23:26 GMT -6
All the matches you mentioned played well. And I usually get bored with matches like those. Everyone brought their A game. Energy was great. I've always preferred house shows from start to finish over RAWs. This was one of the best ever.
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Post by randomone on Sept 25, 2016 15:28:28 GMT -6
Yeah I've found house shows are a lot more enjoyable. There's less restrictions & everyone can have fun. They probably ramp it up even more for big arenas like Chicago.
When I went to Smackdown last year, the matches taped for Main Event were the most enjoyable actually. Dudes have more time & aren't rushed.
Have fun at the PPV tonight man. Say hi to Lana for me.
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Post by November KS on Sept 25, 2016 16:25:54 GMT -6
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 25, 2016 16:40:48 GMT -6
Bahahahahahaha.
Rene Dupree.
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