Coffey Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bunch of dudes dressed up as old school wrestlers in the front row. WWE made them take off their costumes. That's pretty shitty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 The one guy who I think was dressed as Paul Bearer spent the rest of the show looking like zombie Tiny Tim in a Cena shirt, so that was neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajtroma Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'm rather surprised that the leaked Mania Main Event script story hasn't gotten any traction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'm rather surprised that the leaked Mania Main Event script story hasn't gotten any traction. Â Â Because it was clearly a parody/fan post not intended to be believed as the actual script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 The stuff with Rusev's lawyer was something, did no one bother to see if that guy could pull off an accent before putting him on TV? I guess one good thing about it was how it caused one of the best Vince-via-JBL flip out burials.  Indeed. Awful stuff. The burial was funny though. Where the fuck is Lana ? She's a vital part of Rusev's act. With this and the over patriotic stuff by Cena (which is to be expected, but boring nonetheless), this is the first week I didn't care about Rusev vs Cena. Well done guys.  Rollins vs Orton is now surrounded by awful comedy stuff involving Kane, Big Show, Mercury and Knoble. Since we already saw Orton kicking Rollins ass, I guess you have to fill time with something instead of building heat. Let's throw Orton vs Bray Wyatt together already...  That Brock interview. Just give this guy is money and keep him happy. Between Heyman week after week (not this week though) and Brock this time around, I actually want to see this match now. Well, I want to see Brock kill Reigns too, but… Anyway, good job here. Reigns on the other hand is just as dull as Orton at this point, you can see the script of the promo when he talks. So well, I'm not really interested in that match when I'm reminded who is Brock opponent...  It's so sad to see Daniel Bryan in the middle of this stupid clusterfuck. The biggest career sabotage ever.  Well. My interest dropped this week, thanks to a bad Rusev vs Cena segment (with no Lana, which may be related). The rest of the card is just dead (speaking of dead, they really don't even try with Bray vs Taker, do they ?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Ok who else was thinking... DDP surrounded by the NWO and then Sting comes down from the rafters. Â Which is kinda funny since Randy Orton's deal has always been using DDP's gimmick with the Diamond Cutter out of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporadic Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'm to the point where I'm either going to watch RAW via Hulu or just listen to Dave/Bryan and Bryan/Vinnie review RAW. The only redeeming part of last night's show was the Brock interview and there is no guarantee he's going to be in the company post-WM. Just when you think it can't get any more retarded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Lana is off filming a movie. It begs the question of why Cena didn't somehow humiliate her in order to get his match at Wrestlemania instead of what they did since that would logically explain her absence. Even her slapping him and him ripping off her jacket making her scream and run to the back seems like a natural angle at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 The stuff with Rusev's lawyer was something, did no one bother to see if that guy could pull off an accent before putting him on TV? I guess one good thing about it was how it caused one of the best Vince-via-JBL flip out burials. Â Â I actually really hated the burial and would've much preferred Lawler and JBL play it a bit straighter. If you are going to present Wrestlecrap, let the audience find the humor in it - don't beat us over the head with how terrible the actor is. By ragging on the accent so much, it came off to me like "meta snark," which gets annoying when you're trying to enjoy the show and suspend your disbelief and when Cena and Rusev are playing it straight in the ring. Â Its one thing if this was a low-in-the-card comedy angle, but this is supposed to be a major, important storyline. Its like the commentators are so quick to say "This is cheesy in a good way!" that they're not letting anyone actually enjoy it that way. Â Say what you will about the hokeyness of pre-nWo WCW or pre-Attitude Era WWE, but at least the major angles, no matter how ridiculous, were played straight and the commentators bought in. This is why you can go back and watch and enjoy the Wrestlecrapiness of the Dungeon of Doom, but a segment like this has no replay value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Lana is off filming a movie. Â Oh man, hopefully she gets back at Mania. If not, what a waste, she's half the fun of the entire Rusev act. There goes my interest even further down. What terrible timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 By ragging on the accent so much, it came off to me like "meta snark," which gets annoying when you're trying to enjoy the show and suspend your disbelief and when Cena and Rusev are playing it straight in the ring. Â To me it demonstrate how even though Vince is supposedly micro-managing everything, the attention to details is at sub-zero level at this point, and the vaunted *great production* of the WWE is a joke. It's TNA/late WCW level of incompetence to have this guy show up on TV and realize only when you're live that he can't even do a Nikita Koloff russian accent. Then Vince loses his shit and have his announcers bury the guy while a serious angle is taken place. You really got the feeling Vince is due to the glue factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I missed Raw last night and I'm in no real rush to go seek it out. Was the six man tag worth watching as a match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I don't think it's very smart keeping Lana away from Rusev, regardless of what she's doing. There were audible "We want Lana" chants last night. I was getting a Jeff Jarrett and Debra vibe, the crowd interpreted it as if Rusev was keeping her away. Lana has been great in her role, I would hate for WWE to get ideas and turn her face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmmnx Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Brock and Sting were cool the rest of the show was pretty terrible outside of the six man tag featuring baby faces they don't want to get too over. That AJ/Nikki match was something else. Were there really people who thought AJ was good? She looked like a first week trainee. NXT just had two women with less than 3 years in ring experience combined put on a better match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Lana has been great in her role, I would hate for WWE to get ideas and turn her face. Â I had the exact same thought, the fear of having her come back at Mania and betray Rusev and become an All-American girl parading with Cena. You know they could do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bunch of dudes dressed up as old school wrestlers in the front row. WWE made them take off their costumes. That's pretty shitty. Â And I guess there were some Daniel Bryan signs confiscated from the crowd, too. I think the more people speak up about it, the more this could be a very thorny Freedom of Speech issue for the company, especially if someone decides to sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 With all the Super Cena talk over the years, maybe they'll just have Cena kiss her and wipe out her memory of her allegiance to Mother Russia Superman II style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporadic Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Â Bunch of dudes dressed up as old school wrestlers in the front row. WWE made them take off their costumes. That's pretty shitty. Â And I guess there were some Daniel Bryan signs confiscated from the crowd, too. I think the more people speak up about it, the more this could be a very thorny Freedom of Speech issue for the company, especially if someone decides to sue. Â Â Fucking comic irony is how I see it. During the Attitude Era, they pushed for and used the audience feedback to their advantage. All you hear is use this hashtag or that hashtag for social media discussions. YOU CONDITIONED YOUR FANS TO SPEAK OUT! Now you want to put the genie back in? Oye vey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Exactly, and there is precedence by the company about this kind of stuff that goes way before the AE too. Tully Blanchard said in a shoot interview he saw people rip away Horsemen signs during a TV squash against Class of 2015 inductees The Bushwhackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steenalized Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Â Bunch of dudes dressed up as old school wrestlers in the front row. WWE made them take off their costumes. That's pretty shitty. Â And I guess there were some Daniel Bryan signs confiscated from the crowd, too. I think the more people speak up about it, the more this could be a very thorny Freedom of Speech issue for the company, especially if someone decides to sue. Â The WWE isn't the government, so no it can't because that's not how the first amendment works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I suspect it has changed now, but originally, the idea behind the act was to get over Lana as the star, not Rusev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 – Lana is currently off TV filming the WWE Studios movie Interrogation with Edge. This is why she is not on Smackdown or RAW. She’s expected to be gone for the next few weeks and could miss Wrestlemania. However, if WWE needed to, they could fly Lana to Santa Clara and then fly her back to the set of the film. Saw this at 411. How stupid are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015  – Lana is currently off TV filming the WWE Studios movie Interrogation with Edge. This is why she is not on Smackdown or RAW. She’s expected to be gone for the next few weeks and could miss Wrestlemania. However, if WWE needed to, they could fly Lana to Santa Clara and then fly her back to the set of the film. Saw this at 411. How stupid are they?   Dumb as fuck. Well, if she isn't at Mania, wait for the "We want Lana" chants again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Re: Horsemen signs being confiscated at a WWF event: The Horsemen were never part of WWF. I can completely understand why they might take those away. Â If Lana's not part of WrestleMania, they really should have come up with a reason to write her out of the show. Unless the argument she and Rusev had in the trainer's room last week was how they wrote her out, and none of us understood what they were saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seej Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'll be very surprised if she's not at 'Mania. A good indicator is going to be if we see her in the audience at the HOF indcution, the night before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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