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Interesting seeing Ziggler scrutinised for his bumping yet Evan Bourne is almost unanimously praised for doing the exact same thing. I'm a fan of both guys btw.

Why do you guys believe those sort of reports?

Why did Hunter have any obligation to put over the RVDs of the world? He was the top heel in the company. His track record is fine.

Bryan beat Cena clean as a whistle in the main event of the second biggest show of year and has routinely been booked as > Orton (despite the constant dusty finishes). Neither Booker or RVD got that treatment. In fact, most guys don't.

Are people really doubting Hunters track record to that degree? History shows that when the chips are down and him losing is a necessity, Hunter does the job (Cena, Rock, Batista etc). I'm guessing people are going to bring up Booker T, RVD and others, but I think it's crystal clear Bryan is above those guys.

But no one thought that. Not one human fucking being went "Well, HHH is right." Bingo!

Anyone have an opinion on Low Ki/Kaval? Having not seen a lot of his Indy/TNA/pre-WWE stuff I don't feel at liberty to divulge in depth.

That's a hell of a conspiracy theory. I'm not entirely sure what you are basing it off but all the power to you.

Something I just noticed: isn't it kind of shitty neither Brock Lesnar or The Rock have attended the Hall of Fame since they've been back with WWE?

No, I don't see why people put so much credit into reports. From what I usually see they aren't nearly as influential as they were 15 years ago. And Timbo, had all of that shit been put into motion before Bryan beat Cena clean in August?

Bryan is getting either Hunter, Batista or Brock in the main event of Mania for the title.

Assuming Bryan and Bray won't be in the Rumble match because they have a singles earlier in the night is jumping to conclusions. Look back at history. When has that rule existed?

This thread deserves an entire page dedicated to Al Snow vs. Big Boss Man in a Kennel from Hell match, Unforgiven 1999.

I think Ziggler is definitely salvageable, but probably not in the amount of time they'd need to build him up as a semi-believable underdog between now and the Rumble. If they could somehow build Mark Henry up to the point he was at in 2011 he could be an AWESOME opponent for Brock at Mania.

When you think about it, wouldn't it be way cooler to see a total mark induct the Ultimate Warrior who understands how awesome it was being a Warrior fan as a kid than hearing some bitter ex-colleague contradict two decades worth of shoot interviews all for a pay day? I would much rather not know how shitty a person the guy is, although I am tempted to check out some of his crazy political rants I've heard so much about.

Rob Naylor and Eric Bischoff doesn't sound like a bad team.

Don't forget the awesome Bret Hart cameo on The Simpsons.

Do you have a quote/reference for that last sentence, Slasher?

Hey, I'll have to pay/subscribe to get the Rob Naylor interview, right?

The main thing with Rollins is that he's learnt how to pace a match, emote, sell and talk a lot better than he did in his ROH days. So, basically everything WWE looks for.

On his schedule I would be too.

Eh, wrestling fans tend to have this really strange feeling of entitlement so I can understand where Punk is coming from a lot of the time. With that said, he does seem like a total dick.

Its not even the same thing at all. Bryan pinned the biggest name in the company in the past 10 years cleaner than anyone else probably ever has at the 2nd biggest show of the year. That, and Bryan is a lot better than Booker.

Triple H must want his WM win back from Cena, if that is in fact the direction. It's odd how WWE diverted Bryan's attention towards HBK when it really should be Triple H he should focus on if not in a title match. The end part is why I think they are leading to Bryan-Hunter at Mania. Long term booking and all that. And Trips already got his win back. Night of Champions 2008. In the WWE's mind - Bryan hitting the flying knee on HHH inside the Cell was his "I got back at HHH for screwing me out of the title" moment. Unless they are super cooling off the Bryan/HHH stuff as they wait to reveal who is behind the Wyatts or something. That could reignite things with Bryan/HHH. This just seems like total conjecture to me. What is this even based off? Granted, this is coming from someone who has zero faith in internet reports in 2013. Bryan hitting the flying knee on Hunter is a way of giving Bryan at least some form of retribution in response to getting totally fucked over by the Authority and that they aren't confident Creative can carry a top storyline from August all the way through to April. The Wyatt feud is just something to keep him busy until he wins the Rumble match. I honestly don't feel like I'm being overly optimistic here. Simple logic. Not even WWE are that dumb.

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