Coffey Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 and now we could have The Shield chasing after Cena & The Authority instead of Cena chasing after The Authority & Rollins. I don't know if that would be better or not but it would certainly be different. I don't think they should have ever split up The Wyatt Family or The Shield anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 At least they had plans for the Shield. Well, two out of three at least. The Wyatts seemed like a case of "they've been together a while so lets break them up" and all three are a lower positions than they were before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 At least they had plans for the Shield. Well, two out of three at least. The Wyatts seemed like a case of "they've been together a while so lets break them up" and all three are a lower positions than they were before. It's crazy they didn't even think about doing an eventual Harper face-turn by him breaking free of Wyatt. There's just no long-term planning any more and it shouldn't be a shock since it feels like it's been that way since around 2009 or so but it's so frustrating thinking of how many opportunities have been wasted, even minor ones like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 so Dolph taking a shot at Punk in his promo on SD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Anyone else liked the Rusev/Ryback match as much as I did? Thought it was the best non-Daniel Bryan match Ryback has had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 At least they had plans for the Shield. Well, two out of three at least. The Wyatts seemed like a case of "they've been together a while so lets break them up" and all three are a lower positions than they were before. It's crazy they didn't even think about doing an eventual Harper face-turn by him breaking free of Wyatt. There's just no long-term planning any more and it shouldn't be a shock since it feels like it's been that way since around 2009 or so but it's so frustrating thinking of how many opportunities have been wasted, even minor ones like this. I was suprised they even broke the Wyatt's up least giving one of them the Intercontinental belt. Shield was expected but the Wyatt's seemed a close tag team. Monday's episode of WWE RAW, featuring the RAW Reunion theme, drew 4.100 million viewers, up from last week's 3.905 million viewers. For this week's show, the first hour drew 4.292 million viewers, the second hour drew 4.135 million viewers and the final hour drew 3.874 million viewers. RAW was #1 on cable for the night. I suppose the ratings show more fans will watch when Legends of the past appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Also when there's not NFL Monday Night football or the NCAA National Title game on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 People talk about Taker at Mania and the stakes being too high, but WWE needing to justify Taker's contract- simple solution: book him on a B level PPV. WWE has so many hours of TV an Undertaker squash match, surprise appearance, multi-man tag match is what is needed in the 'colder' WWE months. Why can't Taker just be in Bryan's corner when he faces Brock? Taker teaches Bryan how to rule at Mania and keeps his eye on Heyman. Bryan wins, Taker gets some sort of revenge for the streak being defeated, everyone is happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 People talk about Taker at Mania and the stakes being too high, but WWE needing to justify Taker's contract- simple solution: book him on a B level PPV. WWE has so many hours of TV an Undertaker squash match, surprise appearance, multi-man tag match is what is needed in the 'colder' WWE months. Why can't Taker just be in Bryan's corner when he faces Brock? Taker teaches Bryan how to rule at Mania and keeps his eye on Heyman. Bryan wins, Taker gets some sort of revenge for the streak being defeated, everyone is happy. Did they really not do a vignette of Big Show in the desert with Undertaker? All I found of it was a promo where Y2J interrupted them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I wish WWE could use Taker's downside guarantee as leverage to get Michelle McCool back on my tv. Other than that I have zero interest in Taker at this point. Not after those shitty matches with HHH, not after seeing them drop the ball on breaking the streak and with this Brock run, and especially not seeing the kind of shape he's in these days. Wyatt's heat has been on life support for a while. A Mania match with Taker won't help that. Would be such a typically dumb WWE move..... It's not like they need the starpower of a Taker match/appearance.........if Macho going in the hall and Sting aren't enough......but desperate times and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Reigns addressed his "haters" and sounded like a blithering idiot in the process. The funny part is, you have a guy like me who is kind of getting like a mixed vibe from time-to-time. I get a lot of love and then you'll get the hate in the middle of it but its just funny, the perspectives you know, the differences between the love and the hate. As far as the hate, it makes me laugh. Everybody is a critic. Every critic I've ever had, they weren't wrestlers [laughs]. Every wrestler I've ever had critique me, they were always into my stuff or what I'm doing out there. For a non-wrestler, someone who doesn't even know how to lock up, and if we did lock up, they wouldn't know what to do, for them to critique any of us, it really does pop me. And then: That’s what haters do. They hate because they hate their lives. http://www.craveonline.com/sports/articles/814477-roman-reigns-talks-royal-rumble-injury-return-haters Yep, the old "you ain't a 'rassler, so who are you to criticize me?" bullshit. That always annoys the shit out of me. So, a non-cook can't taste a chef's food and know it's bad? That's basically what he's saying. Not that I think Roman is bad - he isn't - but this type of thinking, to me, is arrogant and doesn't bode well for future improvement. It's made even worse by his smug "they hate their lives" remark. So, if we don't think Roman is the second coming of Superman, we hate our lives? Fuck off with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Playing Devil's Advocate, however, if he ends up turning heel, that's some pretty sweet foreshadowing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Reigns should be saying "fans can express themselves however they choose" unless he's planning on turning heel. If he's turning, this was pitch-perfect. He sounds like Batista last year. And has Roman Reigns ever "locked up"? I'd really like to watch the match with a collar and elbow if it exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fando Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Would be cool if they turned Reigns by having him go after Bryan's neck during the Rumble, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Didn't think of the potential heel turn seed-planting - that would indeed be awesome - but would they really kick off that angle in some random media interview? I have my doubts. When has WWE ever been that clever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I don't think about that interview being part of a WWE-planned angle as much as it is Reigns living his gimmick. Then again, their biggest show in history began its build with an interview in the UK Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fando Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Didn't think of the potential heel turn seed-planting - that would indeed be awesome - but would they really kick off that angle in some random media interview? I have my doubts. When has WWE ever been that clever? Yeah, I don't think so but it would keep Reigns interesting wether or not he wins or loses by showing what he's willing to do for a title shot. Seems like another waste not to exploit Bryan's neck somehow, even if it's just so he can play possum or something to that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 so Dolph taking a shot at Punk in his promo on SD? I'll cop to not paying attention to his promo, but when he first came out i thought he was wearing one of Punk's hoodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Would be cool if they turned Reigns by having him go after Bryan's neck during the Rumble, at least. I would love to see them at #1 and #2 and then be the final two at the end. The crowd would be something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellmania Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Would be cool if they turned Reigns by having him go after Bryan's neck during the Rumble, at least. I would love to see them at #1 and #2 and then be the final two at the end. The crowd would be something else. oh damn that would be awesome actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Would be cool if they turned Reigns by having him go after Bryan's neck during the Rumble, at least. I would love to see them at #1 and #2 and then be the final two at the end. The crowd would be something else. I'd love Bryan to be #1 and Reigns to be #30 (or at least a pretty high number). The reactions online would be priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 From Inquisitr.com (a site I've never heard of, so take it with a grain of salt): ...a humiliating mic gaffe that occurred at the latest SmackDown taping may be the straw that finally broke the camel’s back, thus burying the WrestleMania anointed one once and for all. Just what did Reigns say that would make the entire company face-palm and draw up a new main event? Well, according to reports from individuals who were at the taping, he said Andre the Giant “never referred to himself as a giant” while cutting a promo directed at the Big Show. The comment drew immediate guffaws, retweets, and reddit comments... http://www.inquisitr.com/1779607/wwe-roman-reigns-humiliating-smackdown-moment-may-be-end-of-wrestlemania-hopes/ This is the first I've heard of this "gaffe" being mentioned or treated as a big deal in any way. Changing the WM main event because of it - if Roman is still indeed in the plans for that - seems unlikely to me, but WWE has been pettier in the past. What do you all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I think that might be possible, although I strongly suspect they already changed their Wrestlemania plans a few weeks ago. It's worth noting that Daniel Bryan's autobiography that was originally supposed to be released over summer is being pushed up to the week of Wrestlemania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 From Inquisitr.com (a site I've never heard of, so take it with a grain of salt): ...a humiliating mic gaffe that occurred at the latest SmackDown taping may be the straw that finally broke the camel’s back, thus burying the WrestleMania anointed one once and for all. Just what did Reigns say that would make the entire company face-palm and draw up a new main event? Well, according to reports from individuals who were at the taping, he said Andre the Giant “never referred to himself as a giant” while cutting a promo directed at the Big Show. The comment drew immediate guffaws, retweets, and reddit comments... http://www.inquisitr.com/1779607/wwe-roman-reigns-humiliating-smackdown-moment-may-be-end-of-wrestlemania-hopes/ This is the first I've heard of this "gaffe" being mentioned or treated as a big deal in any way. Changing the WM main event because of it - if Roman is still indeed in the plans for that - seems unlikely to me, but WWE has been pettier in the past. What do you all think? Articles from that site get linked through Yahoo all the time.....it's a sketchy tabloid gossip website that takes things Meltzer has said, then twists them and jumps to their own conclusions. It's a typical clickbait NEWZ site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I think that might be possible, although I strongly suspect they already changed their Wrestlemania plans a few weeks ago. It's worth noting that Daniel Bryan's autobiography that was originally supposed to be released over summer is being pushed up to the week of Wrestlemania. Saw that earlier as well and while it may be coincidental as a better time to push an internal project, you'd think it'd be good to have all promotional cylinders aligned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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