Jmare007

I'm loving the Shield/Wyatts feud so far. I agree that the end game should be an all out, dangerous brawl between the 2 factions but considering how little time they have to build the match and that it seems there's no way they'll get more than 1 PPV match between them, I don't see how their program gets to be as memorable as it should be.

So Austin just recorded this week's Unleashed episode. He's gonna be talking about the Rumble, Daniel Bryan and CM Punk. He also answered questions and took live calls. Even Meltzer had an appearance to talk about the current product. Can't wait

this is still crowing at me. But I guess if they do the right thing in the end the path is insignificant. But yes clearly the plan was never to give Bryan the fairty tale story ending. With all that said I bet you they still believed they elevated him to a certain status even without the happy ending Well they have elevated him to a certain status. It may not be equivalent to how over he is (and certainly not as important as fans want it to be), but since last May, they have given him a way bigger role in the company.

If that happens, it's gonna be hilarious hearing them talk about this when they make a Bryan DVD. Fans were eager to see him with the belt, but the more we made them wait, the more they loved him - Triple H It was all part of Vince's/Hunter's plan, he's a genius. That night in Seattle was perfect - Michael Hayes

Nah. https://twitter.com/KurtannaJPruitt/status/...3137536/photo/1 His eye is swollen shut but it's he's not gonna miss any significant time. Watch him come out on RAW, look at the camera man and say "Ohh it's great to SEE you guys again!"

I'm not american so I could be wrong, but I do remember reading wrestling news sites at the time that were reporting the mainstream attention WWE was getting with Trump's involvement. I mean, they were getting mainstream buzz. But I don't know if it was powerful enough to say Trump was the biggest draw of that show.

Business was tanking, but it's weird that the Royal Rumble drew better than Wrestlemania (numbers taken out of the Observer) and even if you don't believe in the accuracy of the numbers, The Rumble suffered an 80-100k aprox. drop, No Way Out a 100-125k aprox. drop, and Mania had a 250-280k aprox. drop. That's very weird. The "digital cable box only" explanation is the one that makes the most sense to me, but I don't know if that story is even true.

I read somewhere that Mania 19 was the first digital cable only PPV. As in you could order it ONLY IF you had a digital cable box. Maybe that had something to do with it?

It was a great promo but I don't see it as being career changing or something like that at all. And yeah, kayfabe wise it made little sense but his whole gimmick is about putting on a show regardless of the outcome of the match

After watching Smackdown, I really hope that some miracle happens and they postpone Shield's break up for a couple of months. That promo by Bray/Harper was the best I've seen from them as a stable and it's a shame that we'll only get to see them feud for 1 month and for only 1 match. Reigns push has been done perfectly so far imo, but does anyone have any faith WWE wont over push him too soon and/or give him a horrible babyface character by June?

I don't buy for 1 second that a guy like Punk will stay away from wrestling for too long. It may take a long time until he's back in the WWE in some capacity, but I can totally see him having fun in the indys for a couple of shows or overseas late this year or in 2015.

There isn't a point in doing it. It just feels like Chicago would be the kinda crowd to do it just because

There's a RAW in Chicago on March 3rd. If this is legit, will we have another highjack? It seems it's the hip thing to do nowadays and a smark crowd like Chi-Town might want to take over.

I don't know, I just don't think Vince would be fine with a guy like Punk leaving with the Network and Wrestlemania just around the corner. So for him not to be pissed my only guess is that he reached some kind of agreement with Punk.

So people are reporting that Punk had a meeting with Vince were he told him he was leaving. At this point, we could've gotten a story about Vince being pissed as fuck if that was the case, no? He made the writing staff rewrite the show 2 hours before they went live and there was no mention of Punk...maybe he left in good terms or they agreed to some kinda deal?

So... Jeff Jarret found the star he needs for his new promotion? -- I'm kinda shocked that Punk was so burned out than he couldn't wait 5 months to leave in good terms and come back whenever he wanted and get the big returning superstar push that Batista is getting. It has to take a very high level of frustration to leave a lot on the table and just say "fuck it", and I didn't think Punk was THAT pissed with them.

I get Dave playing devil's advocate and trying to explain how management thinks but the post Rumble rant didn't make much sense to me. Bryan did bring ratings when he was WHC on SD!, but that didn't mean shit to anybody at the time. His 3 month run on top - that everyone agrees was impossible to get good results considering the circumstances - didn't bring major ratings but didn't bomb either. The only thing that showed was the he wasn't a ratings movers like Cena, big deal. Expecting a guy whose been treated like he doesn't belong as a top guy (which doesn't mean he's getting BURIED~!, that's nonsense and anyone with a brain knows that) to compete in house shows attendance against their Ace of the last 7 years, who is traveling in bigger markets and with a more powerful roster, AND has the only World Title in the company being defended in his shows is mind blowing. Asking any guy to overcome that is beyond insane...and that's why fans are so pissed off. Then he used Jeff Hardy as an example. He didn't have it easy at all, and he did overcome a lot of bullshit. But, he benefited from a long hiatus from the company and came back as a MUCH bigger star thanks to the nostalgia factor and fans craving for a new guy to be in the main event. He also had a much more solid roster in his house shows IIRC.

SD! Spoilers. The last 2 entrants for the Elimination Chamber are... I'm starting to believe the build to EC will be better than Mania's

They knew he was good because he showed a lot of promise in 09' before he went to the US.

The Okada case is interesting. In 2009 plenty of people (myself included) thought he was the most promising young lion New Japan had had in years. Then he went to TNA and the people that saw him there didn't think he was anything to write home about (I couldn't tell because I don't watch TNA). Then he came back for a 1 shot at Wrestle Kingdom V and people were disappointed by his performance. He went back to TNA for a year and then finally returned full time in 2012...were he had a lackluster match again, to the point where fans were baffled he was given a shot at Tanahashi in February. The rest is history as they say. So was he good/very promising at the very beginning, regressed for a couple of years and all of a sudden "improved" in the span of a month? Hmm.

My guess is they do a Three Threat Elimination match with Reigns eliminating Ambrose and Rollins.

If Bryan wins the crowd would be happy enough to not do much trolling (unless Orton vs Batista was following them) or highjacking but leading up to the match there would still be A LOT of complaining

Yeah, on one hand I'm happy as fuck we are actually going to see a Wyatts/Shield program. On the other, it's too bad it's only gonna last a couple of weeks and 1 PPV match. Shield is probably losing and splitting up after Elimination Chamber, and that frees up Bray to go after Cena at Wrestlemania...but shit, at least it's something. I know it's never going to happen but if they put that match inside the Chamber I might piss myself. Oh, and even though it's like 2 more RAWs away. I have a feeling that this EC build will be way more interesting and better than the Mania one. Once Sheamus turns on Bryan at the Chamber it's gonna be hell broking loose once again