The Chief

Bray vs Undertaker is a match where nobody wins. I have no clue why it's even being rumored other than "they're both dark characters." If Taker wins, then Bray loses another high profile match when they should be building him for the future. I don't buy that whole "he gets a rub just being in there with Taker" nonsense. If Bray wins, then he's the second guy to beat Taker at Mania, which seems ridiculous. And they've never position ed him as a guy at that level.

Bundy was kept fairly strong until he lost at Wrestlemania.

On Austin's podcast today, DDP mentioned that Scott Hall wants to train for Kevin Dunn's position. I can't see them taking him in a million years, but it's interesting to think about since he is a HHH guy.

Yes and no. No I didnt watch the entire PPV but yes I watched the Rumble match in full because Kofi did some crazy spot on the outside. The only reason they rejected him that I noticed was because he wasent in a condition to wrestle. Ie the Scott Steiner way as in very winded in the match. The stuff that happenned on Twitter was a bit over the top. Could you imagine how it would have been a decade and a half ago had we had Twitter then? The fans would of complained no end over HHH going over at mania 2000. if you think that the reason the fans shit on the Rumble last year was because Batista was gassed (and had nothing to do with Bryan) then you really don't understand the current state of WWE at all and should probably stop posting about it Agree 100%

Laptop HDMI hooked up to my TV. I have a smart bluray player but unfortunately their app isn't available for it yet.

Why would you book a storyline with your most over babyface that ends in heartbreak? If you do it right and not in a way that makes fans feel like they're being trolled or screwed with then you build sympathy and return business. You can have Rusev topple Bryan in a year or so because Bryan just can't put anything together to physically overcome him. No matter how hard he fought on that night he just wasnt good enough. You can get return business out of that. That's heartbreaking in a good way. Or you can have Rollins cash in after Bryan defends in some meaningless triple threat with Kane, Big Show, maybe there's a Reigns authority turn. Then it's just same old shit. That's just fucking with people.

Bryan wins the title at Mania, Rollins tries to cash in, the Authority run out behind him, except everybody (including Bryan) beats the crap out of Rollins, Triple H orders the match started and Bryan casually pins Rollins. Bryan then hugs Triple H and Stephanie and they all celebrate and do the "Yes!" chant, thus Bryan is the one who turns heel. No.

Didn't Hennig headline as a posthumous induction?

They just need to do Lesnar vs Bryan. None of the other potential match ups are even half as exciting on paper.

This triple threat really has an odd dynamic. When they put Seth over on Raw it reminded me of when they used to put the Smackdown guy over in interpromotional matches as a consolation prize despite being the lesser show.

Has it ever been stated why he left in 1999? Or was it just attributed to general chaos behind the scenes then?

Weird question, how did Dusty Rhodes end up leaving the NWO? Was it when he left the company for ECW? I have vague memories of him doing face commentary on b-shows in 1999 but i might be imagining that. And what were the circumstances behind him leaving WCW only to come back in a year?

That's some odd wording in the announcement. Expected to? Not confirmed? I wonder why they aren't confirming it, can't recall them ever using their website like that.

I just watched 2007 last night and thought it had literally nothing until the Michaels/Taker finale. What are people seeing that I'm not? I do like the undercard just to be clear. 1992 and 2004 are both great. I think 2005 is pretty underrated, always liked that one.

Hercules was in a weird spot after Roma left. There was a Hercules/Sid MSG match in 1992 too.

I think being somewhat removed from the business helps. I loved this interview and can't wait for part two!

2003 and 2009 Raw was atrocious, but during the brand split days if one show sucked the other was at least decent as a general rule. Struggling to think of a time when the entire product felt this flat.

It's amazing how much good stuff has been taken away from us in the past year. The Shield and The Wyatts are split so no more awesome six mans. They could have rode out different combinations of that feud for months. Ambrose and Bray are feuding when neither guy really can afford to be losing matches right now, plus they've burned through three gimmick matches in less than a month. Where do you go from there? The Rhodes Brothers were turned heel for reasons that were never quite clear and their heat is gone as a result. No more awesome Goldust peril segments. The Usos are fine but they don't have the quality opposition to put on kick ass tag team matches they had before. Their next opponents are already being called jokes on commentary in their second week of TV. Daniel Bryan had a terrible year, not the companies fault. But his announcement was so important last week that the announcers couldn't even be bothered to mention it tonight. This was the guy that main evented WrestleMania last year. Cesaro is teaming with Tyson Fucking Kidd on B-shows which is a fine little B-show team, but come on.... Roman Reigns has to give generic babyface promos when he got over being a wrecking ball and never speaking more than a sentence. There are so many guys who are worse off now then they were a year ago.

Did they even mention Bryan anywhere on the show? They can't show video packages of him training for his comeback? This shit should write itself.

Prediction: Cesaro gets eliminated by the Bunny in the Rumble. In under 15 seconds.

Wow, Darren Young sighting (I think?)

Hell yes.

Hell yes.

His character is that he bumps and flips and flops to entertain the WWE Universe. Shawn Michaels character was a guy who won matches with skill, determination, smarts, and who just happened to entertain fans as a result. Yeah, the meta aspects of Dolph's character are annoying and a huge problem with current wrestling.

I'm pretty sure people on PWO watch wrestling from all eras.