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Post by randomone on Mar 17, 2019 22:49:38 GMT -6
You guys know it will end up being Big Show. Oh man, Kurt never got payback for Show throwing him off that upper level thing onto the concrete (yeah, ok) back in 2004 I think it was. Wait, he did shoot him with a tranquilizer dart though. Boy 2004 sure did suck on Smackdown. |
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Post by Optimisn on Mar 17, 2019 23:01:19 GMT -6
You guys know it will end up being Big Show. Oh man, Kurt never got payback for Show throwing him off that upper level thing onto the concrete (yeah, ok) back in 2004 I think it was. Wait, he did shoot him with a tranquilizer dart though. Boy 2004 sure did suck on Smackdown. His return was only going to be Big Show or Mysterio. Kind of boring. Same gimmick over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. |
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Post by November KS on Mar 18, 2019 13:31:59 GMT -6
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 18, 2019 14:32:34 GMT -6
Nice.
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Post by randomone on Mar 18, 2019 19:57:22 GMT -6
DJZ signed with NXT. Really happy for him. He's been through some serious friggin injuries and to see him recover and continue to put on strong matches is cool.
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Post by November KS on Mar 19, 2019 12:28:29 GMT -6
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Post by randomone on Mar 19, 2019 12:50:35 GMT -6
Potentially 17 matches...
I also hate "Multi" next to a bunch of those matches. This is what happens when you can't properly build a feud, you just throw people into a clusterfuck and hope for the best.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Mar 19, 2019 17:27:45 GMT -6
I've been saying since WM32, they should really consider making WrestleMania a two-night event. Break the card in half, have NXT Takeover on Friday, WrestleMania day 1 on Saturday, and the WrestleMania finale on Sunday. It's just too fucking long of a show.
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Post by November KS on Mar 19, 2019 22:10:23 GMT -6
I don't know where Mike & Maria are on the WWE hierarchy but I just get this overwhelming sense that the two of them would be awfully difficult to work with.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 10:13:15 GMT -6
www.postwrestling.com/2019/03/20/wwe-announces-move-to-new-headquarters-in-2021/WWE has announced they are moving their Stamford, Connecticut headquarters to a new location in the city. The move is expected to take place in early 2021 as they will leave the headquarters often referred to as “Titan Towers”. The company currently own their space at 1241 East Main Street and lease additional space at 1266 East Main Street. It will sell the former and exit the lease of the latter while considering their options for additional space where their production studios are housed on Hamilton Avenue. In WWE’s press release, they stated “The new headquarters will provide the company with work space suited to its growing and evolving workforce. The site in Stamford’s central business district provides greater access from various means of transportation, floor plans which are well-suited to producing video content and greater flexibility in workplace design”. The company announced plans to enter a 16 ½ year lease on the new building, located at 677 Washington Boulevard. The lease will not begin until at least July 1st, 2019. Their current headquarters was built in 1981 and acquired by the company in 1985 in the middle of their national expansion period.
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Post by Optimisn on Mar 21, 2019 20:42:50 GMT -6
The Snitsky comp popped me.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 25, 2019 8:41:21 GMT -6
Rumored for a year, confirmed this morning.
Becky-Charlotte-Rousey will close the show at Mania.
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Post by randomone on Mar 25, 2019 10:13:30 GMT -6
Rumored for a year, confirmed this morning. Becky-Charlotte-Rousey will close the show at Mania. This will be the best chance you'll ever see in getting the women in the main event. Happy for them. Despite creatives best efforts (and arguably succeeding) to cool this feud down significantly this past month. |
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Post by randomone on Mar 25, 2019 11:16:31 GMT -6
Bret and Anvil going into the HOF.
No Jimmy Hart, Bulldog, Pillman or Owen
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Post by November KS on Mar 25, 2019 14:25:16 GMT -6
Mustafa Ali is now just Ali.
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Post by Optimisn on Mar 25, 2019 15:59:18 GMT -6
Mustafa Ali is now just Ali. At least there aren't any other famous people with the name Ali. |
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Post by November KS on Mar 26, 2019 9:09:52 GMT -6
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 26, 2019 9:30:16 GMT -6
Oh great.
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Post by randomone on Mar 26, 2019 10:11:36 GMT -6
I'm fine with it. They do a live music entrance for someone each year, so it makes sense to go big with Ronda. If she's leaving, get as much out of it as possible.
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Post by randomone on Mar 26, 2019 10:14:52 GMT -6
I get it. They haven't done it since Summerslam. It makes sense. They just need to have his match when it's dark. Remember how dumb Taker vs Bray's entrances were in the daytime? I honestly think they'll just do Demon vs Lashley and he wins the title back. He's never beaten Lashley for the IC title, he's only beaten Lio for it. So storyline wise, I get it. Welp, called that.
They just need to do a 2-3 minute match honestly. Have the Demon entrance later in the show and just have him murder Lashley, we don't need 10-12 minutes. Then you can do a proper match the following show with Lashley claiming the only way Balor defeated him was by being the Demon. Is that a dumb reason, absolutely, but it's WWE, I expect nothing less.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Mar 26, 2019 10:20:13 GMT -6
Ugh...words just can't express how few fucks I give about Balor. They push this guy to the moon (repeatedly) but they let Neville walk right out the door? Makes no sense.
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Post by randomone on Mar 26, 2019 11:24:38 GMT -6
Ugh...words just can't express how few fucks I give about Balor. They push this guy to the moon (repeatedly) but they let Neville walk right out the door? Makes no sense. That 100% falls on Vince & creative. They've given fans absolutely zero reason to really get behind him. He's random white meat babyface who puts on face paint twice a year that gives him superhero powers.
When he's not the Demon, he gets beat usually & for no reason. When he wins, it's against guys like Jinder, The Singhs, Lio Rush, Elias. Hell he beat Lio Rush for the IC Title! Remember when he got fed to Kane for zero reason last year?
He's had zero character development aside from Irish guy/leather jacket/abs (they took Gallows & Anderson away from him, we've seen how they've been doing). He's so much better than what WWE is giving him, it's a bummer to see. He's arguably Top 3 (Top 5) wrestlers on the main roster and they've done nothing with him aside from a brief.
Vince sees his size & sees him at a certain level and that's it. They feel they can have him lose a bunch, but fans will still cheer for him. Which is bullshit. WWE has never grasped how to book a babyface since the Attitude Era.
Eh, Neville was fantastic, but he was in 205 Live purgatory, so he did as much as he could before he bailed.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Mar 26, 2019 12:12:27 GMT -6
I agree with everything you said regarding the booking. But I think where we differ is that I just don't think Balor is as talented as a lot of people do. Granted, I think he's a good wrestler, but that's about it. The reason I bring up Neville is because I think he is a more talented all around performer than Balor and as you said, was in 205 Live purgatory. I don't think Finn Balor is any more talented than Neville or even Austin Aries, two guys who deserved, but never received, nearly as much exposure on WWE TV as Finn Balor has gotten.
And don't get me started on Kassius Ohno. I'd happily give him Finn Balor's spot on Raw right now.
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Post by randomone on Mar 26, 2019 12:21:54 GMT -6
Totally understand your views on Balor. We disagree about him but that's cool.
Have you watched any of his stuff prior to WWE? Japan and around the world?
He's far more talented than they've let him be. Which you can say about 95% of the main roster to be quite honest.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Mar 26, 2019 12:25:18 GMT -6
I'll plead ignorance on his pre-WWE stuff and I'm more than willing to go back and check it out. I'm about a decade behind on Japanese wrestling. I was into it in the early 00's when tape trading was a thing. I really want to educate myself on why some of these guys were a big deal before coming into WWE.
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Post by randomone on Mar 26, 2019 12:59:18 GMT -6
I'll plead ignorance on his pre-WWE stuff and I'm more than willing to go back and check it out. I'm about a decade behind on Japanese wrestling. I was into it in the early 00's when tape trading was a thing. I really want to educate myself on why some of these guys were a big deal before coming into WWE. Definitely do that. You'll appreciate them more & be sad how WWE is fucking a lot of them up. Balor in New Japan and European indies Owens, Zayn, Candice, Gargano, Ciampa, Cesaro, Cole, O'Reilly, Fish, Roddy, Ohno, all their PWG stuff is amazing. Roderick Strong's PWG title run in 2015/early 2016 is insane Candice LeRae, Human Tornado & Chris Hero storyline is one of my favorite angles ever and it lasted a year. Tornado was abusing Candice and Hero saved her, lots of twists and turns ending in a cage match. Owens & Zayn's rivalry that culminated with a historic ladder match at Steen Wolf. Pretty much all PWG |
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Post by randomone on Mar 27, 2019 10:12:51 GMT -6
Tell me if you've heard this one before...
Sunny has been arrested
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 27, 2019 14:13:31 GMT -6
Jojo has a little Rotunda in the oven.
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Post by November KS on Mar 27, 2019 14:38:30 GMT -6
Yes she does.
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Post by randomone on Mar 27, 2019 14:40:31 GMT -6
Jojo has a little Rotunda in the oven. They're naming their child Knash Alright then |
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