Strummer Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Going by twitter I had no idea Shane was this popular with female fans. Holy crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 When Shane left, did he sell off his share of the company's stock, or did he keep it? I'm wondering how much backstage power he could possibly have now besides just his name. He kept it but that really doesn't matter. Vince has enough shares that he can't get pushed out that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Steph sure sells lots of stock, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Crazy idea, but any chance of Shane being replaced by *drumroll* Kurt Angle? Â That's the only other name I can think of that the fans wouldn't accept as a disappointment if Shane bows out. Â Kurt supposedly "retired" from wrestling, only to leave TNA and turn around and take other indy bookings immediately. Â Probably a pipe dream, but it's fun to think of the what-ifs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I doubt we'll ever see Kurt Angle back in anything but a non wrestling role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seej Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 If they go through with Shane-Taker, it will be much like HHH-Sting, from last year. I'm talking cameos by everyone from Daniel Bryan to Steve Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Crazy idea, but any chance of Shane being replaced by *drumroll* Kurt Angle? Â That's the only other name I can think of that the fans wouldn't accept as a disappointment if Shane bows out. Â Kurt supposedly "retired" from wrestling, only to leave TNA and turn around and take other indy bookings immediately. Â Probably a pipe dream, but it's fun to think of the what-ifs. Â Vince has said Kurt Angle will never work for him again because he doesn't want an Olympic gold medalist to die on their watch. He's been saying that for years. It's never happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Â Â Crazy idea, but any chance of Shane being replaced by *drumroll* Kurt Angle? Â That's the only other name I can think of that the fans wouldn't accept as a disappointment if Shane bows out. Â Kurt supposedly "retired" from wrestling, only to leave TNA and turn around and take other indy bookings immediately. Â Probably a pipe dream, but it's fun to think of the what-ifs. Vince has said Kurt Angle will never work for him again because he doesn't want an Olympic gold medalist to die on their watch. He's been saying that for years. It's never happening. It is annoying when people keep bringing up Angle being back with the WWE. People don't realize how very negatively the power players in the WWE views Angle. Triple H is more likely to put the world title on Jericho for a 10 year reign than he is bringing Angle in for a match of any kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Yea when it comes to Angle people need to take off their fantasy booker hat and remember this is a guy who got out of his WWE contract by going into Vince's office and (faked?) having a mental breakdown about how he was too fucked up to be on the road and needed to quit wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Yea when it comes to Angle people need to take off their fantasy booker hat and remember this is a guy who got out of his WWE contract by going into Vince's office and (faked?) having a mental breakdown about how he was too fucked up to be on the road and needed to quit wrestling. Â Considering what we've seen of Angle's career since then, I'm not sure how fake that mental breakdown would've been. He was too fucked up to be on the road, and he probably did need to quit wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Â Â Yea when it comes to Angle people need to take off their fantasy booker hat and remember this is a guy who got out of his WWE contract by going into Vince's office and (faked?) having a mental breakdown about how he was too fucked up to be on the road and needed to quit wrestling. Considering what we've seen of Angle's career since then, I'm not sure how fake that mental breakdown would've been. He was too fucked up to be on the road, and he probably did need to quit wrestling. Yeah...and that's a guy you just said the WWE would/should bring in...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Yeah...and that's a guy you just said the WWE would/should bring in...? Show me where I said "would" or "should." All I did was speculate on the possibility, however remote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Ok so you don't actually say should or would. I just assumed you calling it a pipe dream is close enough to "should" but that isn't fair of me to put words in your mouth. My apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 The best part of Shane coming back is that this is probably the closest that the Stephanie McMahon character gets to getting her comeuppance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 I'm more confused of why we're supposed to act like Shane McMahon is a big star. I mean, he has big moments, like getting thrown through glass or falling off of high things... but I don't feel like he's ever accomplished a lot as an on-screen character. Maybe I am misremembering or forgetting a lot of things though. Â I think a lot of the pop was because it was a genuine surprise factor. I certainly didn't see Shane McMahon coming... but I also don't think that Shane McMahon is a credible opponent for almost anyone on the roster. Certainly not for The Undertaker at Wrestlemania in a Hell in a Cell match. It just seems so... random. Â It's really confusing to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Ok so you don't actually say should or would. I just assumed you calling it a pipe dream is close enough to "should" but that isn't fair of me to put words in your mouth. My apologies. No worries. Yes, I'd certainly love the healthy, full of potential version of Kurt Angle that he was in his first year or two (unless I'm deluding myself about that too), but that ship has long since sailed, and his trainwreck of a career and life is one of wrestling's saddest stories. He does deserve a last hurrah, but I don't think a wrestling ring is the healthiest place for him to have that. A WWE Hall of Fame induction and speech is the best we can hope for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy hats Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 If he ever came back it should have been last year to lose to Rusev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'm more confused of why we're supposed to act like Shane McMahon is a big star. I mean, he has big moments, like getting thrown through glass or falling off of high things... but I don't feel like he's ever accomplished a lot as an on-screen character. Maybe I am misremembering or forgetting a lot of things though. Â I think a lot of the pop was because it was a genuine surprise factor. I certainly didn't see Shane McMahon coming... but I also don't think that Shane McMahon is a credible opponent for almost anyone on the roster. Certainly not for The Undertaker at Wrestlemania in a Hell in a Cell match. It just seems so... random. Â It's really confusing to me. Â Â To me it was part genuine surprise, and also the result of not being on TV for nearly 7 years. He's a reminder to a lot of people of a time when wrestling was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I think there was a level of wish fulfillment with Shane too. For those who were teenagers in the Attitude Era or just a little older, he sort of felt like he was living a dream, the idea of "if he could do it, then...?" and he wrestled the way a lot of smarks would want to too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'm more confused of why we're supposed to act like Shane McMahon is a big star. I mean, he has big moments, like getting thrown through glass or falling off of high things... but I don't feel like he's ever accomplished a lot as an on-screen character. Maybe I am misremembering or forgetting a lot of things though. Â I think a lot of the pop was because it was a genuine surprise factor. I certainly didn't see Shane McMahon coming... but I also don't think that Shane McMahon is a credible opponent for almost anyone on the roster. Certainly not for The Undertaker at Wrestlemania in a Hell in a Cell match. It just seems so... random. Â It's really confusing to me. Shane McMahon isn't really a big *star*, but he is a big deal to wrestling fans, especially ones that are closer to you typical WWE fan than anyone on this board or DVDVR. The reaction over here is undermining his return, if anything. Everyone on my local board loved it (and that is mostly teens to early 20s with a few exeptions) and somehow I tend to find that the best thing go by these days. I doubt a casual fan is going to say "how dare a favourite from my childhood return!". So I would say "people not excited about Shane McMahon's return" are a very peculiar group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 At the very least the fans can trust that Shane would be willing to get his ass handed to him when the occasion calls for it, which is more than you can say about Stephanie and Triple H (and shockingly enough Triple H has been better about this compared to his wife). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Â I'm more confused of why we're supposed to act like Shane McMahon is a big star. I mean, he has big moments, like getting thrown through glass or falling off of high things... but I don't feel like he's ever accomplished a lot as an on-screen character. Maybe I am misremembering or forgetting a lot of things though. Â I think a lot of the pop was because it was a genuine surprise factor. I certainly didn't see Shane McMahon coming... but I also don't think that Shane McMahon is a credible opponent for almost anyone on the roster. Certainly not for The Undertaker at Wrestlemania in a Hell in a Cell match. It just seems so... random. Â It's really confusing to me. Â Â To me it was part genuine surprise, and also the result of not being on TV for nearly 7 years. He's a reminder to a lot of people of a time when wrestling was fun. Â Â This is exactly what it is, I got a text from a friend who has tuned out since 2005 or so and he loved the fact that Shane was back. It's nostalgia booking but I can see how that might work in this case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Â Ok so you don't actually say should or would. I just assumed you calling it a pipe dream is close enough to "should" but that isn't fair of me to put words in your mouth. My apologies. Â No worries. Yes, I'd certainly love the healthy, full of potential version of Kurt Angle that he was in his first year or two (unless I'm deluding myself about that too), but that ship has long since sailed, and his trainwreck of a career and life is one of wrestling's saddest stories. He does deserve a last hurrah, but I don't think a wrestling ring is the healthiest place for him to have that. A WWE Hall of Fame induction and speech is the best we can hope for.I caught up on a lot of 2015 TNA a while back. Angle's still pretty solid in the ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Just to mention that I totally get why Shane would get a huge reaction. Â I'm trying to think of an equivalent, but struggling. Unique set of circumstances. Like gone long enough and out of the blue enough that it's a genuine surprise, and enough positive feelings towards the guy that people are genuinely happy to see him. Â Mr. Perfect got quite a big reaction when he appeared at that Rumble in 2002, I mean they botched the run, but he got a big reaction. Closest one I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 People who had Geocities pages with names like SuckIt316 who later used terms like IWC. Those are the Shane-o-Maniacs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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