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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 4, 2017 11:58:37 GMT -6
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Post by scorejr on Apr 4, 2017 12:23:04 GMT -6
If Matt can't do the character then they should leave for now. I don't want a hardy nostalgia run. I want Broken Matt and Jeff can either join or be WWE Jeff that everyone loves. But without the Broken gimmick it makes no sense to me.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 5, 2017 10:22:22 GMT -6
So Backlash is a big deal in May I guess.
NXT Takeover
Ringside with Jim Ross
Something to Wrestle With?
Pretty surprising for what I thought would be a nothing show.
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 5, 2017 11:27:35 GMT -6
So Backlash is a big deal in May I guess. NXT Takeover Ringside with Jim Ross Something to Wrestle With?Pretty surprising for what I thought would be a nothing show. Not happening. |
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 5, 2017 11:54:18 GMT -6
GODDAMN PAL
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 6, 2017 18:54:49 GMT -6
According to randomone's guy, AJ will be going to Raw and New Day will go to Smackdown.
Reigns will stay on Raw and Bliss/Charlotte might switch.
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Post by randomone on Apr 6, 2017 20:00:55 GMT -6
Yeah I listened to the Observer & heard that. It'd certainly switch things up. Having Naomi vs Charlotte wouldn't be bad. Plus you don't have to have the whole "get Charlotte over at all cost" thing hampering the entire Women's Division on Raw anymore (of course you'll have it on SD, but, eh, whatever).
At first I was sort of against AJ being on Raw, because he'll get fed to Reigns, but then I thought AJ/Balor/Gallows/Anderson all potentially on the same brand? #TooSweetMe
Also Dave said maybe New Day might move, which is the best thing possible, because both brands need help in their divisions.
And Andrade Almas was at SD on Tuesday, but wasn't used. Expect him and yes, THE DRIFTER, to be used soon. Drifter won't go away!
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Post by randomone on Apr 6, 2017 21:49:42 GMT -6
Taken from the Squared Circle reddit. Someone listed just a few of the instances of bullying that Justin Roberts talks about in his new book (which I want to read eventually). Also they said there's a lot more JBL bullying stories in the book too. The person also lists some of the good things about certain wrestlers.....
•Someone from Smackdown stole Justin's passport from his bag on the final night of a tour to the UK. It was never returned. He had to go to the US embassy in London to get it reissued. "Stealing a passport out of someone's bag is a pretty evil rib and not giving it back means it's no longer a rib".
•When they were in Japan on a tour, there was two tour buses - faces and heels. "Bradshaw had both buses pull over". They wouldn't move until Justin was moved from the face bus to the heel one. JBL and his cronies then bullied Justin for the entire journey. "I was very comfortable working the RAW tours. I was scared for my life to work SmackDown tours".
•"JBL would throw my bags down the street...he typically referred to me as dipshit and numbnuts despite my always trying to do a great job...every day I saw him, he asked me why I was still alive and told me to go kill myself".
•JBL was being interviewed by a high-schooler and, after the kid dropped his notes, Bradshaw asked the mother if "she had any children who weren't mentally disabled".
•HHH had a thing about trying to pull down Justin's pants
•Jaime Noble and Chris Benoit once tackled Justin down to the ground in the airport and put him in a double crossface. He tapped instantly but they refused to release him. He could barely walk for days afterwards.
In among that, people like William Regal and the Coach come across really well. Regal gave his phone number to a very young Justin, long before he ever got to the WWE, and told him to call if he wanted help. What a guy.
Batista also sounds like a lovely chap, and Jericho. Justin's father had cancer and Batista/Jericho/Coach all called to check on him.
He says a lot of the SmackDown problems changed when the crews joined up with ECW and Tommy Dreamer came on board. Dreamer, let's say, put a few people in their place.
The dark and light of Benoit is really there, too. He bullied Justin but then, at the same time, he would call Justin's father to check in (genuinely) about how the cancer treatment was going.
But seriously, JBL can promptly go fuck himself. Even with the stuff with Mauro, the dude is still doing these types of things in 2017, yet never gets any backlash due to being Vince's puppet. So figured I'd make a gif of JBL getting KO'd by Bart Gunn from the Brawl for All. I've watched this a good 30 times already. Again, can't stress this enough........fuck JBL.
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Post by November KS on Apr 6, 2017 21:58:23 GMT -6
I'm soooo not a JBL guy.
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Post by November KS on Apr 6, 2017 23:31:53 GMT -6
I just hope the Brock Lesnar reign isn't a long one. I can only take so many Paul Heyman promos. It's too much. Further proof that Bobby Heenan is/was way better. And Brock is just so meh. Dude has like 1 move. He bores me to tears.
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Post by November KS on Apr 7, 2017 0:26:05 GMT -6
Former WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee recently spoke with The New York Post to promote her new book, Crazy Is My Superpower, and during the interview Lee spoke on a period during WWE run in which she was pulled from TV because she would not participate in a proposed story line.
The report notes that back in 2012, WWE pitched a story line idea for Lee which would see her TV character “take part in a series of goofy skits in which her character hallucinated, kissed a leprechaun and danced with dinosaurs from outer space.”
Lee refused to take part in the story line, citing her and her mother’s battle with Bipolar Disorder as the reason why she didn’t find the angle amusing or entertaining.
“It was a joke, but, to me, it wasn’t something to laugh at,” Lee said. “It’s hard to not think you’re alone in the world so it’s good to connect with other people who’ve faced the same issues.”
Lee went on to say that she thinks her refusal to participate in the proposed story line is what resulted in WWE taking her off TV and the road for several months.
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Post by randomone on Apr 7, 2017 11:51:07 GMT -6
Via ProWrestlingSheet....
The truth always comes out when you’re drunk … which is why Alberto El Patron was an open book Thursday night via livestream, and he didn’t pull any punches.
The Impact Wrestling star posted a long video on social media with his fiancee Paige in tow and it featured a plethora of angry comments which appeared to be directed towards Triple H.
Some of the highlights:
◾Alberto admits “Yes, I’m a little bit drunk. You know that’s when the good stuff comes!”
◾Claims he and Paige are getting married in June.
◾Thanks all of their supporters, then says he “doesn’t give a f*ck” if people support him or not.
◾Angrily explains that people who talk crap behind a keyboard remind him of “one of the bosses in WWE with a big f*ckin’ nose who’s a big f*cking p*ssy.”
◾Claims Paige isn’t coming back to wrestling until he says she can, then randomly says she’s not coming back because she’s pregnant … though both seem to be a joke.
◾Mentions they’re close to WWE Headqaurters in Stamford, Connecticut “where all the p*ssies live” and that he could go to someone’s door and say “hey, big nose with the small d*ck.”
Paige attempts to shut down the Periscope session throughout, but gets denied every time.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 7, 2017 13:09:54 GMT -6
Pretty sure Mauro is done with WWE.
All references to WWE have been removed from his Twitter bio and he DELETED his WWE related tweets from Mania.
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 7, 2017 19:24:36 GMT -6
I want to get back to the JBL stuff. I was watching a Manny Fernandez shoot a few weeks ago. He spoke so highly of the West Texas guys and how the business used to be. I didn't really hear any new stories, but I realized how many of these guys were just awful humans. I know it was a different time and I'm just a big pussy. But some of the stuff they would do isn't exactly a rib. That's the group JBL idolizes.
The best way I can do a comparison of old school wrestlers is through trash talk. Some of my friends and I have been talking shit to each other for thirty years. You can always tell the people that didn't experience it.
Drop In: (Something funny)
Other Guy: Yeah, like, when, like when I had sex with your mom. *Looks around for approval*
Old school Texas wrestlers were those guys that take jokes too far. Manny was laughing at the likes of Hogan, Flair, etc. because "who could they beat up?" I don't know halfwit, it's a work. I'm aware Watts, etc. would make those guys fight, and win, in bars. But they're all those assholes that go to a bar, get pissed up on whiskey, and wait to fight someone. That's the highlight of their day. Outside of laughing and bragging about it.
That's who JBL looks up to. He sticks out like a sore thumb because you don't kill someone's dog because they took a six pack out of your cooler in 2017. But JBL would probably be deemed a bitch in 1975. In turn, these are some of the guys we hold in such regard as Hall of Fame wrestlers. Entertained us, not great people.
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 7, 2017 20:11:10 GMT -6
Via ProWrestlingSheet....
The truth always comes out when you’re drunk … which is why Alberto El Patron was an open book Thursday night via livestream, and he didn’t pull any punches.
The Impact Wrestling star posted a long video on social media with his fiancee Paige in tow and it featured a plethora of angry comments which appeared to be directed towards Triple H.
Some of the highlights:
◾Alberto admits “Yes, I’m a little bit drunk. You know that’s when the good stuff comes!”
◾Claims he and Paige are getting married in June.
◾Thanks all of their supporters, then says he “doesn’t give a f*ck” if people support him or not.
◾Angrily explains that people who talk crap behind a keyboard remind him of “one of the bosses in WWE with a big f*ckin’ nose who’s a big f*cking p*ssy.”
◾Claims Paige isn’t coming back to wrestling until he says she can, then randomly says she’s not coming back because she’s pregnant … though both seem to be a joke.
◾Mentions they’re close to WWE Headqaurters in Stamford, Connecticut “where all the p*ssies live” and that he could go to someone’s door and say “hey, big nose with the small d*ck.”
Paige attempts to shut down the Periscope session throughout, but gets denied every time.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 8, 2017 9:50:22 GMT -6
deadspin.com/ex-wweer-on-announcer-jbls-bullying-this-stuff-is-enc-1794126676?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Deadspin_twitterAs for Roberts, though, there was a moment in Tuscon, right after he returned to the States from the passport mess, where it became clear to him that what he was going through was a lot bigger than John Layfield. “I was sitting in the production meeting, Vince [McMahon] is running the meeting, and when it ends, he’s the first to leave,” Roberts recalled. “I was sitting there, and as he walked by me, he just whispered to me: ‘Don’t forget your passport! Ha-haa!’ and walked away. That’s when I knew there was no sympathy in that company. This stuff is encouraged.” To wit, in this week’s edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, editor Dave Meltzer notes that “everyone knows how tight Layfield is with Vince McMahon” and “the belief across-the-board is Layfield’s weeding out those who can’t take it comes from above.” “They like humiliating people. They like laughing at people,” concludes Roberts. “The way wrestling is entertainment to us wrestling fans, humiliating people was just entertainment to the bosses.”
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Post by November KS on Apr 8, 2017 22:25:42 GMT -6
My level of disdain will be at a level that is reserved for a very select few if I find out the JBL is pretty much the reason behind all of the Mauro stuff. Sure is leaning that way.
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Post by randomone on Apr 10, 2017 10:20:55 GMT -6
More stories are coming out about JBL & bullying. Damn, seriously fuck that guy. The fact that he's Vince's right hand man means it'll never change either. Better for Mauro to not even be part of this shit than to have to go through this with everything he's going through.
Putting the whole "Meltzer is my best friend/We Hate Meltzer" stuff aside for a second, in the Observer Dave said that JBL would constantly harass someone whose father had cancer, knowing that they're emotionally weak & that they'd break down because of it. He wasn't referring to Justin Roberts either, who had the same thing happen to him as well.
This isn't just a "if you can't take it, then leave" or "it's just harmless hazing" type of thing. This is seriously fucked up & it needs to stop or at the very least needs to be addressed. |
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Post by November KS on Apr 10, 2017 10:53:42 GMT -6
So did they just come up with this ridiculous match with no real idea in mind?
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 10, 2017 13:08:12 GMT -6
Kofi is out with a broken ankle.
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Post by November KS on Apr 10, 2017 13:25:24 GMT -6
Even aside from all the JBL bullying stuff, he should be released for being so horrible on commentary, let alone all the other stuff.
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Post by randomone on Apr 10, 2017 13:30:02 GMT -6
Kofi is out with a broken ankle. 
I know they're selling it as storyline because of them (I know Kofi is actually hurt), but still, a good way to get heat on the "Top Guys".
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Post by November KS on Apr 10, 2017 17:36:58 GMT -6
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Post by randomone on Apr 11, 2017 8:17:36 GMT -6
JBL is now searching out people on Twitter who follow both Mauro & himself and blocking them for sending Mauro well wishes.
One of those people....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 12:33:32 GMT -6
I was about to semi-defend JBL along the lines of what DropIn posted but this is ridiculous.
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Post by November KS on Apr 11, 2017 13:22:01 GMT -6
I hope they chant JBL right out of the building tonight. He makes me sick.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 13, 2017 10:01:02 GMT -6
Per the Observer, WWE are reportedly working on a settlement w/ Mauro Ranallo to not talk about the JBL issue.
Hopefully he tells them to fuck off.
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Post by randomone on Apr 13, 2017 19:58:02 GMT -6
Putting this in here, because it means those who make money off YouTube with wrestling related content suffers a huge cut to how much they make. Which, WWE makes I'm sure quite a decent chunk of change off their YouTube views. Not so much anymore. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 21:41:13 GMT -6
Per the Observer, WWE are reportedly working on a settlement w/ Mauro Ranallo to not talk about the JBL issue. Hopefully he tells them to fuck off. If this is true, I'm just not sure what to do with Vince. For every good story I hear about him, he has plenty that maki him out to be an asshole. |
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 14, 2017 8:24:13 GMT -6
 Booker T to temporarily replace David Otunga on Raw commentary team Shucky ducky, quack quack. While new Raw commentator David Otunga is spending the next six weeks shooting “Katrina,” an upcoming action film, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T will be temporarily joining Michael Cole and Corey Graves at the Team Red announce desk. The change comes mere days after the Superstar Shake-up moved Otunga from the SmackDown LIVE broadcast team to Raw, while the red brand’s Byron Saxton went to Team Blue. Booker, a longtime former SmackDown commentator and frequent Kickoff panelist, will now bring his insight — and unending supply of catchphrases — to Monday night’s hottest show until Otunga returns to WWE TV in late May. Booker T on Raw? We can dig that, suckaaaaaa! Don’t miss Booker T’s return to commentary this Monday night on Raw at 8/7 C on USA Network. |
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