kjh Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 OK, having Big Show featured as a heel and following up with a "I am the Big Show and don't be a bully" commercial is just a small, small tiny example of what is wrong with this company. According to Meltzer, behind the scenes he was "Being A Star" with a security guard too. So perfect timing for that PA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 The beard has become a detriment for Bryan. I don’t know if they think it’s got Game of Thrones cache, or if it’s the company’s way of trolling him, but it makes him look second-rate and I will eagerly cheer any heel who cuts it off of his face. This is a guy who’s attractive enough to marry Brie Bella. At least trim it into the kind of thing that Reigns, Batista, Barrett, Cesaro, Orton, and Rollins have all recently had, instead of this Gandalf-LARPing King of the Nerds gimmick. Agreed. I thought he'd come back with a freshened up look. The out of control beard/hair are distracting to me at this point and don't look good. He looked better last week in the opening promo when his hair was slicked back into a ponytail, but the half pony tail/half long hair he has when he wrestles now is just weird looking I know the 'goatface' and 'fear the beard' stuff got him over, but it's ultimately not why he's over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 How funny is it the week after HHH stated Chyna can't go in the HOF due to googling resulting in porn, googling for Seth Rollins brings up dick pix and tattooed boobs. Well, I think we all know the difference between getting hacked and doing a porn movie where you get anal dp'd by guys dressed up as Cena and Mean Gene. Lol I don't know if it was a hack as much as his girlfriend/fiancee found nude pics of another woman on his phone and decided to go nuclear in response. Meltz is pretty much saying this is the case. Shamed back to the mid card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Drew McIntyred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 You'd think that by now, these guys would be smart enough to realize that getting involved with other people in the business only leads to trouble. Um...unless you're HHH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Rollins should be alright, long term, given he's still got the briefcase, his connection to The Authority on TV, and the dearth of top heels at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Yeah, I doubt there'll be any repercussions. He'll just have his balls broken for like...forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 I know there's always been a severe double standard but they've punished numerous guys for far less than this. I mean this is public embarrassment for the company. I think he'll still be in the mix but I think it could effect what they do with him, maybe cost him a title reign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Eh, I think there's a big difference between getting busted for pot or a DUI and having private photos plastered all over the internet; had Jennifer Lawrence got dropped from a bunch of films because of what happened to her, I don't imagine too many people siding with the "embarassment" of the film companies. [Edit: Perhaps she did and there was, it's not the type of story I pay much attention too, but, at least to me, this is more akin to the Tanahashi situation years ago than it was, say, RVD's.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pol Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Seems like the classic situation where they'd punish a midcard guy but a main event guy will have it overlooked to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Someone actually asked HHH about it on the NXT conference call and he just brushed it off as a personal matter. I'd wager Hunter would be more upset at the pics of the NXT trainee getting out than Seth's. He probably sat him down and said "next time can you try fucking someone other than one of my girls please?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye12 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Rollins has always seemed to be similar to Edge, first in look and wrestling style, then the MITB briefcase, so now maybe this will finally give him that last push as the new Rated-R Superstar. Either that or the new Val Venis . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Seems like the classic situation where they'd punish a midcard guy but a main event guy will have it overlooked to me. Eh, I don't think this is anything like any situation we've seen before in the WWE. Or I don't see how this situation, compared to others, can be talked about as a double standard like Mad Dog is saying. There is no legitimate reason to punish Rollins in this situation. He and Zahra Schreiber had their private photos posted without their consent. Rollins apologized publicly, even though he did nothing wrong here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Someone actually asked HHH about it on the NXT conference call and he just brushed it off as a personal matter. I'd wager Hunter would be more upset at the pics of the NXT trainee getting out than Seth's. He probably sat him down and said "next time can you try fucking someone other than one of my girls please?". No-one asked him about the Seth Rollins incident directly on the NXT conference call, although it sounded like some of the journalists on the call had privately asked for an official WWE statement on the matter beforehand to their PR reps. He brought it up at the beginning of the call to get the subject out of the way and to make sure the call stayed on topic. That's smart PR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 It's a shame fake Sting looks so terrible because Hunter's reaction was great. Well based off that gif it didn't exactly look like Hunter had more than a split second to react. Not enough time to say, "Hey, a bad wig!" Why not just hire Jeff Farmer to play a bogus Sting on TV? If Steve Borden is limited due to his contract just do some fake Stings from a distance to keep the character on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Really interested on what you guys think of Reigns/Bryan vs The Usos from this week's SD (show is already out on XWT), It's been a while since I saw that kind of slow paced, story driven tag match - that wasn't a 6 man or Survivor tag - in WWE. I thought it was very good and refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 It's a shame fake Sting looks so terrible because Hunter's reaction was great. Well based off that gif it didn't exactly look like Hunter had more than a split second to react. Not enough time to say, "Hey, a bad wig!" Why not just hire Jeff Farmer to play a bogus Sting on TV? If Steve Borden is limited due to his contract just do some fake Stings from a distance to keep the character on TV. "As of late 2010, Farmer is project manager of a research program known as GEAR (Genetics, Exercise, and Research) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The program aims to identify how "people's genetic background influences their response to physical activity" Also using fake Stings to pretend Sting is there is silly. Fake Stings work as a tease, not as a substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 yeah, i unknowingly attended a speech from NWO sting's brother a year ago. he's a doctor who's built hospitals in countries like haiti and done all sorts of neat things, and he mentioned his brother was a pro wrestler. i looked it up and found out who he was, and the photos of thunder & lightning got a nice laugh from my work colleagues at dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Since the Sting stuff is bound to get even goofier as Mania approaches, is it too much to ask for Hunter to bring in Nash, Hall, and Waltman as expert Sting hunters and have an entire Raw composed of vignettes of them searching for him Scooby Doo style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bierschwale Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Really interested on what you guys think of Reigns/Bryan vs The Usos from this week's SD (show is already out on XWT), It's been a while since I saw that kind of slow paced, story driven tag match - that wasn't a 6 man or Survivor tag - in WWE. I thought it was very good and refreshing. I thought that it was awesome. The most that I've liked any of the four since Battleground last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Since the Sting stuff is bound to get even goofier as Mania approaches, is it too much to ask for Hunter to bring in Nash, Hall, and Waltman as expert Sting hunters and have an entire Raw composed of vignettes of them searching for him Scooby Doo style? Cracking up while booking this in my mind right now. They finally find Sting and tie him up only to find it's really Old Man Jenkins wearing a mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Shawn Michaels: On one more match: "Oh yeah. All the time. All the time. If they don't believe, they request that I do. There isn't a time that, every once in a while I will receive a text or someone will make the comment of 'hey, we got this'. Put it this way: it's always there for me if I want it. There's only been probably, I don't know, maybe one time where where you go that's actually a pretty good idea. (laughs) But you have to be careful even about saying that, even to acknowledge that is, in fact, a good idea. You have to be quick to follow up with don't get me wrong, I'm not doing it. I have to give you props on a good idea." On facing Daniel Bryan: "Yeah, I realize that a lot of people certainly got that. I guess from my perspective it certainly is a good idea but it's one of those ones, I guess from my standpoint, a good idea is one that would really intrigue me. That's not one of those of those ones where you go 'wow, what are the chances of someone coming up with that?' That's teacher - student, that's been done, and again I'm not knocking it, I'm just saying that is not some kind of new, innovative idea. It's just two other guys doing a very rehashed idea but we think they can do it well so it will be fun for us to watch. Certainly at its core it's not a new and fresh idea." Sounds like HBK struggles to resist the urge to step into the ring again, and could potentially consider it if the right idea comes along... Question is, what is the "right idea"? I've always been under the impression that (come the time) if Michaels is still in shape and healthy, I could see Triple H requesting that Michaels is his final oppoenent when Hunter decides to retire from in ring competition. That has been done before many times, but... They have never met in a one-on-one match at Wrestlemania. It's the one thing missing from Triple H's extensive resume, a singles match on the big stage against the man he considers the greatest in-ring talent of all time. The seeds were strongly planted in 2012 with the whole "Shawn was always better" comment from Undertaker. They've played on that a couple of times since. I believe the crowd have even chanted in when Shawn and Hunter were together in one segment last year. It's the perfect end for a heel Triple H, to get flustered by the idea that "Shawn is better" and to challenge him to come out of retirement so he can prove that "he" and not Shawn is the better man - with his own career on the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I've always been under the impression that (come the time) if Michaels is still in shape and healthy, I could see Triple H requesting that Michaels is his final oppoenent when Hunter decides to retire from in ring competition. That has been done before many times, but... They have never met in a one-on-one match at Wrestlemania. It's the one thing missing from Triple H's extensive resume, a singles match on the big stage against the man he considers the greatest in-ring talent of all time. The seeds were strongly planted in 2012 with the whole "Shawn was always better" comment from Undertaker. They've played on that a couple of times since. I believe the crowd have even chanted in when Shawn and Hunter were together in one segment last year. It's the perfect end for a heel Triple H, to get flustered by the idea that "Shawn is better" and to challenge him to come out of retirement so he can prove that "he" and not Shawn is the better man - with his own career on the line. Please lord, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 If Shawn comes back it must be to put over a talent that needs it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 If Shawn comes back it must be to put over a talent that needs it I did think for a moment that they were teasing a future Lesnar/Michaels match during the build to Lesnar's match with Triple H at Wrestlemania 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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