The Chief

But had he not come out, Kane/Show could have whomped him at will and left him for dead until Rusev, as the only other man left in the match, reentered the ring and tossed him out. Well, that's a bit of a grey area since kayfabe nobody knew that Rusev was still in the match. They rang the bell after Reigns eliminated Show and Kane.

I'm only halfway through and this is fucking awesome!

Was thinking about this some more. If they don't have a tag team schmozz like usual, is there a chance Bryan vs Ziggler is the preshow match? I could see their logic being that the "workrate" match should open and also placing it there so the fans can get Bryan out of their system.

I have such fond memories of watching Global after school as a kid. That was my first exposure to Cactus Jack. I literally haven't gone back to watch any Global since it originally aired, so this should at least be interesting

Bryan vs Rusev is the only match they can do with him that doesn't feel stale if they're not gonna go all the way with him. Bryan vs Dolph feels like a SmackDown match.

That's awesome, I always forget they have that library. Have they ever used Global footage for anything? I wanna say they did for Booker T's Hall of Fame induction but I don't really remember clearly.

Whoah Whoah whoah, they're uploading Global???

Is money the only reason why there's so much resentment towards Mero by other wrestlers? I never hear any stories about him being an asshole or unprofessional or anything like that.

I was thinking, how much of an uphill battle will Orton and Sheamus have when/if they come back as faces? Both guys I'm almost positive will be positioned above Ambrose, Dolph and possibly even Bryan. That could get ugly the way the crowds are reacting to "same old shit" right now. There's a good chance Sheamus could be turned heel but there's no way they can turn Orton back after the authority just gave him the boot. They would probably be better off waiting until the crowd hostility cools off before bringing him back.

Uggh, no. That would not be the coolest thing ever. What claim does Rock have to Reigns's title shot? Why would anyone be interested in Rock vs. anybody at this stage? Why do we need to dig up relics to bury the current roster over and over? There's a good chance the fans would shit all over both guys if they did that.

ignore, double post

I could see them booking Bryan vs. Reigns for the number one contendership at Fast Lane to tie up the loose end of Bryan never being given a World title shot after being stripped of the title by the Authority with Bryan coming up short yet again. Why not milk the trolling for a few more weeks? I would imagine it's something like this. IF you accept that Bryan isn't getting the push (which I don't but whatever), then this would make sense in a lot of ways. Bryan would probably make Reigns look better than anyone else on the roster could. Reigns also desperately needs another PPV singles match before WM if they are really going through with this. The dude has ONE ppv singles match. It's fucking absurd. Don't know where this comes from, but in today's CSS rumor roundup "Randall Ortman" claims that "Triple H's big announcement for Raw next week is expected to be something along the lines of a multi-man match for the Fast Lane event involving the likes of Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, and others. It will set up the WrestleMania direction for all the top names who don't already have that." Presuming that the WrestleMania title shot is on the line (otherwise, what's the point?), either WWE are hedging their bets or are going to dangle another carrot in front of their hardcore fans before yanking it away again. So we got rid of Elimination Chamber in February and we're replacing it with another multi-man match with the top guys?

"A" Bruno? Are there multiple? "Injuct?"

I remember Diesel quoting movies a lot but I'm pretty damn positive that was a Nash thing. He turned up the cheesy but not as bad as the shit that makes air now.

Can somebody who's been up to speed on WWE B-Shows make a recommendation of three to four good Titus O'Neil singles matches from the past year? Stuff I can find on the network?

There's a few guys I would love to see "demoted" to NXT so they can participate in a logical wrestling show.

Does anyone remember the commercials WWE aired last year about thanking their fans? They ran down a bunch of stats like 50,000 feet of cables, 10 production trucks, 25 cases of pyrotechnics, etc. "But we can't do any of it without YOU." These aired right after WrestleMania and Daniel Bryan was HEAVILY featured in them. They definitely had some "see, we DO listen" undertones. They stopped airing a couple months after Mania. I think it's funny that right now of all times they just started popping up again.

I have a bad feeling they're going to revert him back to his 2012 character in an effort to kill him off once and for all.

I like aspects of that idea but I've got a feeling that we're getting Brock vs. Reigns forced into a box and gift wrapped as our WrestleMania main event no matter what. If we boo Reigns, so be it. They're not changing direction again. Roman will just cut promos about how as paying customers it's our right to boo and cheer whoever we want and he respects that. We're going to get a poor man's Cena in much the same way that Diesel was a poor man's Hogan. The fact that they changed plans last year is the kind of thing that I can imagine eats Vince alive inside every day. I don't think there's any way in hell he deviates from the gameplan two years in a row. He can crow about how he always listens to the audience but at the end of the day, it's his toybox and he can do what he wants with it. In his mind, he's gonna prove to all of us that he's always right.

With Bryan taking those subtle jabs at Reigns last night; "WWE didn't feed my family" and "I didn't have The Rock's help" I'm worried that they might try to turn him into a whiny heel to shut up his fans once and for all. I think it's obvious to anyone who has been watching for the past couple years that the fans won't buy it, but this time instead of openly rebelling against the product I'm concerned that fans will just get tired of the constant teases and just become apathetic to everything and tune out. Just like WCW.

Roman Reigns was always going to bomb on the live crowd. He is nowhere near ready for the main event scene. Im not a Reigns hater but if he the supposed god saviour of WWE for the next decade pushing him now to the main event scene is the wrong thing to do. Some of the decisions WWE come up with is crazy considering the fans are the ones who make a wrestler. Maybe in the future they do a voting system. Let the fans vote for who should win the Rumble. We all know its pre determined well us adults do so there be no harm in us voting for who we want to win. Please stop posting while drunk. Whats wrong with a voting system? Least then the fans get what they want. Ive seen plenty of fans crap on a match because their favourite didnt win. This place doesn't need gimmick posters. Grow up or go away.

Sting vs Hogan at Starrcade 97

He came across pretty good. Being in a studio helps, we'll see what happens when he's in front of a live crowd.

Reigns at least came across as a real person in that interview. But holy shit we do NOT need two John Cena's who are just happy to be here and respect the fans right to boo. This will not end well.

Wow, watching this replay and the fans aren't even doing the countdown for new entrants. Didn't pick up on that before. That's so sad.