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He stopped a crime with a broken freaking neck! Seriously though. Another interesting chapter for his upcoming book, this last few months have been nothing but bad news for the guy. edit: His press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvWsYKc3FFw

Yeah, Nigel's problem was hitting people with everything he had and multiple times. Dude was hitting like 3-5 devastating lariats per match almost. Ambrose ain't doing anything close to that.

RE: Reigns. I think he needs a real feud before getting the mega push to the title. Have him face adversity in a "blood feud" against somebody important. That way you test him having singles matches, get more comfortable cutting promos and see if he is still over enough to justify taking the n°1 guy spot. Now, that takes good booking and that's something we see WWE fail to do over and over again with promising guys. But if there's someone who can have a legit shot to not being mishandled, is Reigns. Hell, The Shield as a whole is still being booked great even after splitting up. I don't know if it's luck or they really are Hunter's pet project but they've been the exception to WWE's booking failures for the past 2 years.

Listen to the podcast I did with Dylan on some plans for Rusev. Plus, Dylan has a detailed post on how to get Rusev back in action and revitalize Ryback... http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/27873-good-will-wrestling-fixing-the-wwe-part-one/&do=findComment&comment=5614272 Yeah. Listened yesterday and LOVED the Ryback idea, I was hyped while listening. But sadly I don't see them ever doing something like that, even though is simple and so effective. That's why I'm asking for past examples, had forgotten about Umaga tbh. Was the Hardy feud before or after the Cena feud? Sounds good to me. Although not as glorious as Ryback as Lex Luger 2.0, this idea seems more realistic and gets the job done.

Regarding this Rusev push... man, I hate undefeated streaks. It seems the longer you stretch them and put focus on them, the harder is for the wrestler to bounce back after he loses. And it seems people tend to be completely lost on how to book undefeated guys after they get that first L (Ryback comes to mind). I like Rusev, I think he has made improvements since debuting and could be a very nice "monster" on the roster. But I dread the thought of him losing to Cena or whomever and them being completely lost in shuffle, ending up like Koslov or something like that. Has there ever been a case of a dominant wrestler being able to overcome losing a hyped streak? (Kurt Angle wouldn't qualify)

And it wasn't for the title so Brock wasn't as motivated or some BS like that. They could've done a sick video package of the ER match showing Brock manhandling Cena and then Heyman saying that's nothing compared to what 2014 Brock will do to him and the rest of the WWE once he wins the Title. And speaking of video packages. That promo by Paul E was the perfect set up for an amazing video preview for Summerslam.

The mishandling of Cesaro makes no sense. They could've gone in many directions with the guy and ended up in absolutely nothing. How the fuck does that happen?

The crowd came back alive for Dolph. So god dammit, make him job against Mizanin. edit: holy shit Dolph won!

Didn't Miz won Battle Royal this exact same way a couple of years ago?

Yeah, he might do something similar to the feud with Ziggler. Were he won at Summerslam when everyone thought he was jobbing and then lost the next night on RAW. As long as Wyatt ends on top on their last match and wins the feud convincingly I don't mind a non finish tonight or even Jericho going over.

Is his status really that bad? I mean, we really don't know anything and it's only been like 2 months for a neck injury. I think people are jumping the gun when talking about retirement this soon. If it's November-December and it still doesn't look promising, then I get the "hanging up the boots" talk.

That's bullshit. Bryan winning was the absolute best feel-good moment of the year so far and I doubt anything could top it. Exactly. Maybe they don't want to give that away for free, save that for the DVD release. They've never left the most important part of the show out of the NBC special. It makes no sense. My guess is they thought they had put enough emphasis on Bryan after the Network special or something like that. Putting his angle on the tv special would have left out not only Cena but also Austin/Rock/Hogan. Still, nobody watches that special so it's not a big deal imo.

Dave did the same thing with Punk, talked about how much he wasn't drawing, but would then talk about how shows drew disappointing numbers without him and that sort of thing. I never understood it. Yup, you could see it coming from a mile away too. His coverage of Bryan from January to March was almost identical to Punk's first months on top in 11-12.

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Remember 3-4 months ago when the criticism was that Bryan wasn't drawing enough as a headliner? It's even worse now

People that Jericho has put over don't have the greatest record in WWE. I remember when Jericho tried to elevate Bourne in a mini feud but that lead to nowhere (although he was Cena's pal for a few weeks IIRC), then he tried with Ziggler, then Fandango...not blaming Jericho at all but it goes to show you how little importance the company gives to someone beating him. He did put over Cena before anyone though, he has that on his resume.

I love this Steph

Considering how great Amborse/Rollins is shaping up to be and how they've still been patient with Reigns. Do we have a clue who is behind those 3 guys? They've been booked as close to perfection for almost 2 years in a company that can't book for shit a 1 month program. I guess the logical answer is Triple H, and I really hope he is, but he's been in charge of creative for a while now and creative still has the same problems as always.

Does going for The Streak and Cena's title in the 2 biggest shows of the year, in back-to-back appearances, make Brock the biggest underdog ever?

Cena winning and Seth cashing in would be such a waste of Brock. I really hope they don't do it. And yeah, D-Bry will probably be gone for a long time or is still badly hurt if they didn't even sent him there to stop Kane/Orton with a chair or something.

Completely agree with this. I actually thought they did a great job making Sheamus and Cesaro come across as incredibly relevant too, which is a big credit to them Idk, I watched today after a 3 weeks hiatus and neither Sheamus nor Cesaro felt anything different to me. In fact. I would argue that Cesaro still doesn't feel like the big deal he should be at this point.

The Brock match is gonna be fucking awesome, can't wait.

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They are fucking unbearable at this point. Nothing seems exiting if you hear the commentary, everything is just there. Cole is doing a bad impression of Joe Buck.

And it's not like the Wyatts have a lot of momentum or even a reason to feud with The Shield. I guess Hunter can tease dissension on The Shield by putting the three of them in the MITB match. That way the can buy 1 month before building another filler match for Battleground before they can get to the supposed end game of Roman vs Hunter.