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That's a good question, when was the last time HHH showed ass like that? It was great seeing him fully commited to being a good ol' heel again.

I don't think they know how to book a face champion without an authority figure trying to screw him over, so I doubt HHH/Steph take a little time off TV after Wrestemania if Bryan wins the title. I'm very curious how D-Bry's character will develop in the next 1-2 months though. I really wanna see if people start turning on him after he gets the inevitable annoying/corny babyface treatment that every single big star they've had in the last decade has gotten. Hell, you can make a case he's already there so it'll be interesting to see if the crowds is still with him after they see him get his big moment.

I keep waiting for Rowan or Harper to scream YOU IN CARCOSA NOW! every time I see then in a promo.

I agree. It's a shame really.

This was a great listen. Probably the most down to earth and realistic "smark" podcast I've listened to in a long ass time regarding the current product.

I honestly believe this would feel like a bigger Wrestlemania if instead of Cena vs Bray Wyatt they would've given us Shield vs Wyatts in a big gimmick match. That leaves Cena as the odd man out which is impossible considering his status, but fuck it, they could've worked the "change has to go through me first" story in a real feud against Cesaro. Anyways, I don't see how Triple H wins against D-Bry. I get people being afraid of his ego and the dreaded "I win at Mania, you win the feud at the next PPV" HHH strategy. But considering what happened with Punk, I'm pretty sure Hunter wants to put over Bryan is a big way to prove Punk wrong or whatever.

You don't lose anything by turning it off really. And even though I don't think this board would lend itself to annoying trolling and people posting just to get a "like", I think it's better to not risk anything and leave it the way it is.

Source: Bloomberg WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios revealed to Bloomberg in a telephone interview that WWE will announce their new television deal at the end of April or the beginning of May. While Barrios would only state that the company was in talks with "with multiple parties," Bloomberg reveals that WWE has held talks with AMC, Viacom, Time Warner and FOX. The story noted that a renewal with NBCUniversal is also a possibility. Of course, Viacom is the parent company of Spike TV, which airs TNA programming. While Viacom does own many channels, if Viacom were to strike a deal with WWE, they would almost certainly be on Spike TV leaving TNA without a home.

I didn't think Bryan was bad on SD!. I've seen and heard far worse from his character and WWE faces in general. After reading the spoilers I was expecting far worse to be honest.

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He also said on today's podcast that Bryan will be the most pushed guy (along with Cena, obviously) after Wrestlemania. Apparently have been sending stuff with business partners and those 2 guys are gonna be the main focus for a while. I really don't see D-Bry going past Extreme Rules without the title.

Awesome! thanks man. I guess the gap with Cesaro would get bigger if you factor in the fact the Bryan probably had more longer matches. Didn't cross my mind Sandow worked so much on 2013. And my god at Jericho...

Oh, cool. It's gonna be weird when they do a WM Rewind from X-7 to the present. I mean, I guess they can always change the format but it would be funny if the rewind from WM 18 is about Triple vs Jericho and not Hogan vs Rock thanks man.

Is Wrestlemania Rewind only about the main event of the show or do they also talk about the rest of the card? Also, seeing some of the schedules it seems most old school show are only 1 hour long. Do they even show 1 full match or is everything edited?

He's inducting the Ultimate Warrior, brother!

Eh, the last time he did that with a hot crowd it resulted in a pretty great match against Cena at NOC 08'. Or at least that's how I remember it.

Wrestlemania weekend and the post-Mania RAW is a whole different beast compared to Chicago - I think controlling the crowd will have more to do with match results and card placement - but I'm very interested in watching how they book the show. Maybe they wont care as much because a lot of crowd reactions get lost in a Dome and the post-Mania RAW crowd will get the "bizarro world" treatment? Idk, this show proved they can book an amazing overall show - good matches and advance storylines in a compelling way - but they did it because they knew they had to deliver so the Chicago crowd didn't ruin the show. I wonder if Mania will get the same approach.

Regardless of the no show by Punk, this was a great RAW. D-Bry vs HHH feels more important after what happened tonight, at least now I'm interested. And Orton has to be the worst booked champ since Mysterio, right?

So WWE.com just confirmed Batista vs Bryan for tonight. I think this show is even more stacked than last week.

For more than a week, people going to RAW tomorrow have been trying to organize the highjacking of the show on this twitter account https://twitter.com/ChicagoRAWcrowd They even ended up with a list https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhxCrWGCUAAy5bo.jpg:large

I agree with this, I don't think there is a way to put Punk in the title match and not come off as random or not making much sense. That's still a weak reason imo. At no point it seemed he was going to win the Rumble so there's wasn't a feeling he was really "robbed". If anything, he should have a match against Kane Yup, I think Punk leaving and coming back will erase any kind of "backlash" from the fans for being inserted in the title match out of nowhere. He will be seen as a better option than Batista and Orton and most fans will rally behind him. If he didn't leave and somehow had gotten a title shot instead of Bryan, most fans would've booed him though (I think). That's the best idea I've heard for this mess. Maybe a match is a little far fetched considering HHH barely wrestles anymore and an impromptu RAW match would seem a little weird. But Punk helping Bryan get the title shot while fucking up Hunter's plans would be the best way to go.

I hope they are smarter than thinking the HOF ceremony could be used as the last big test for the stream before Wrestlemania...

So an update on PPV buys from 2013 show that the summer run wasn't as bad as first reported.

I just hope Hunter goes full heel next week in Chicago. Make the crowd and Bryan force him to admit he's been screwing DB since Summerslam or whatever. Get some real fucking heat and not the passive aggressive "shades of grey" troll bullshit the Authority has been doing for months. I don't think D-Bry is gonna wrestle for the title at Mania, but they could book HHH saying the only way he wrestles him is with the stipulation of Bryan never fighting for the title again if he loses. Then you make Hogan or Vince come out and announce that if Bryan wins, he's in the title match.

He's slurring badly too. It's like watching and hearing a broken down boxer