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Loved the opening segments. Creepy and fun to watch. What's the Over/Under on Steph saying Bryan is cursed as a champion and mentioning his dad and little Connor's deaths?

Watching this for the 3rd time. I didn't realize Hunter hurt his leg so early in the match. I knew he had suffer some kind of injury when he had that huge tape over his left thigh the next night but had no clue it happened 5 minutes into the match. When Bryan does the crazy dive from the top rope you can see HHH's thigh having a huge bruise and getting purple.

That, and we avoid a possible Cesaro IC reign that would only lead to him becoming a JTTS and having no real feuds.

I really started paying attention when they came back from the break. And the silence for Cesaro's control section was weird considering RVD is usually very over.

Damn, crowd doesn't give a fuck about RVD.

I really don't see how Bryan loses any steam with this feud/match...unless it goes for longer than Extreme Rules. And even if that was the case, I wouldn't think it would be irreparable damage at all. Like they could come back with a Wyatt or Cena feud and he would be right were he was after Mania imo. I'm not interested in the match though, it will be fun I guess but meh, I've seen them work against each other enough times. The only thing I could come up with was them trying to show that Kane wasn't controllable anymore. But after the break Steph made that insincere comment and confirmed that she was just playing in the opening segment so I have no clue

Yeah, he's gonna be on RAW. I hope they don't play that into a storyline (even if Bryan is OK with it). Sad news.

I remember a horrible battle royal in PWG that was saved in the last 5-7 minutes by what Piper and Funk did against each other. Can't remember how the singles match that followed (in another indy promotion) was though.

Terry Funk and Slaughter? Jake The Snake?

It could go all Ryback though... That's a very real possibility. Highly doubt it. Ryback ended up flopping because they kept putting him in high profile matches were him winning wasn't seen as the best scenario by the company (vs Punk, Shield and Cena) until he was just another guy and ended up in the dreaded midcard limbo. With Reigns, it seems they'll be pretty comfortable putting him over pretty much anyone. I also think Roman has way more potential than Ryback so having more patience/faith in him makes sense.

Yeah, I think there's money on Brock winning the title at Summerslam and Bryan going on another quest for the title. Basically the Morishima feud but with the giant never losing the belt (btw, did you watch the Manhattan Mayhem II match?). Besides, I don't see the point in giving Brock the streak just to lose his first match back, they gotta try to milk that W as much as possible imo.

IIRC that was Cole andTazz calling that match on the DVD.

Yup.

You mean his whole run in the main event (since Summerslam last year) or this last couple of weeks. I mean, we can't judge what they've done with him since Mania yet, it's only been 1 show.

Once they factor in international buys (500-550k aprox nornally) then this makes it the most watched PPV ever, right? (at least legally).

That's Dave being Dave. He's been trying to set expectations as low as possible when it comes to D-Bry for the longest. He was downplaying Punk's status in the company when he got his big title reign too. But only when Bryan was getting his main event run last year, Meltzer started talking about Punk's status in the company (since 2011) as a big deal.

This. I don't really have a problem with Bryan having a program with Kane if it leads to The Shield getting a big rub from Evolution. I mean, I'd like to see D-Bry work with other people and have great title defenses right off the bat, but it is what it is. The matches with Kane will be fun at least so it's not that big of a deal.

That Heyman interview was probably the best one yet, it's at least in the top 3 at least. And we still have part 2 left.

8/25/2007 Yup, "Manhattan Mayhem II". But honestly Loss, you should check their whole series. The MMII and Final Battle 08' matches the ones that get the most praise (to me, their first match is by far the best they had) but they have 2 other matches that really help build the feud up. Bryan had probably the best promo of his career during that feud too. Most of their encounters were relatively short for indy "main event" matches too so they are not a chore to watch.

Yeah, the Network doc on Bryan was just awesome. The big hug from Rock right before Bryan went to wrestle Triple H felt like "Congrats, it's on you now" type of moment. Kind of a side note. D-Bry should miss this Monday's RAW due to being on a honeymoon, he joked on an interview that he was gonna turn off his cellphone so no one could call him and fuck over his little vacation. I guess we are gonna get a big match or segment to determine the n°1 contender for Extreme Rules. Regarding him keeping his momentum. Well, before getting to WWE he was always at his best in the Ace role, so it's not like he doesn't know how to get over now that his story has changed.

re: the underdog role. I heard Bryan talk in one of his radio interviews the day before Mania that he was fully aware that he might have to change some of the stuff he's doing now that he "achieved his dream" and as the Ace he didn't think he should be the ultimate underdog. Now, that doesn't mean squat in the sense that if the company wants him in the role of the big underdog, he's gonna have to work with that. But it did made me think that he might change some of his in ring style. He did it like 3 or 4 times when he was in the indys, so it wouldn't shock me if he does it in WWE.

Fucking shocked. This kind of stuff doesn't even happens in movies man, just so sad. RIP.

So on today's podcast Austin revealed he's gonna go visit Taker to his ranch to record a podcast the next time Steve goes to the BSR. He said Taker was cool with it and unless he's too banged up after Mania, it's a done deal. Also, on Monday, Austin said on twitter there's gonna be an episode with The Rock (who replied on twitter with a "can't wait!"). Didn't listen to the Lita interview but I almost lost it when Steve told the story of reading the script of the opening segment and finding it flat. So he went to Vince and asked him if he could sing "Jambalaya" by Steve Williams. Then Vince asked him about the lyrics and Steve sang the song to him, so Vinnie Mac calls the production truck asks Kevin Dunn if there was any problem in putting the lyrics on the titantron. Of course it couldn't be done so they went with the original script. Vince gonna keep working the boys until the last day of his life :lol:

Aw man. Now I'm gonna have to download Backstage Pass again. It's gonna be a long ass wait until the Network is available in Chile.