WWE TV 02/18 - 02/24 Governmental Twitter Dirty Laundry-Washing

[peachchaos]

*if Daniel Bryan loses he must eat the Baconator 

[Strummer]

SD rating was highest since November.  Big 4 callups gonna get pushed strong

[KawadaSmile]

THE BIG DOG IS BACK TO GIVE US AN UPDATE NEXT MONDAY

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

[SirEdger]

For those tempted to say "Oooooh, that was a work, he never had leukemia in the first place, he didn't lose hair, bla, bla bla....":

There's a possiblity that Roman actually was diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia, which is pretty much like winning at the lottery in the sense that a short round of treatment can easily cure it. So, it's very possible that after 4 months of treatment, he's getting closer to getting back in the ring.

https://www.cancer.gov/types/leukemia/patient/hairy-cell-treatment-pdq

[sek69]

Not to mention not everyone dealing with leukemia/cancer turns into a sickly, bald waif either.  Too many people's ideas of how that works get shaped by melodramatic TV and movies. 

[Captain Redneck]

24 minutes ago, sek69 said:

Not to mention not everyone dealing with leukemia/cancer turns into a sickly, bald waif either.  Too many people's ideas of how that works get shaped by melodramatic TV and movies. 

Hell, I had Lymphoma and only lost 2 lbs. 

[KawadaSmile]

5 minutes ago, Captain Redneck said:

Hell, I had Lymphoma and only lost 2 lbs. 

Damn bubba, I hope you are feeling better now.

But holy shit I am so fucking happy at the possibility of Roman returning this very year.

[sek69]

I wonder if Vince made the call to Roman, "you feeling better my man? Cause we fuckin' need something for Mania this year"

[Johnny Sorrow]

I think folks need to slow down a bit, as far as "He might be coming back!" or "Vince talked a guy in treatment to appear to pop a rating". The latter being some of that Twitter shit already out there. I'll just be happy if it's simply him telling the world he's doing good and things look positive for his health on a giant live TV show in the middle of a ring.

[KawadaSmile]

Absolutely. Sure, the fanboy in me is eager to see him back in action, but just seeing him at all, and with good news to boot, would be incredible enough.

[sek69]

I don't have any faith Vince would just have the guy back during Mania season just to give a health update. I hope that's all it is, but I'm not going to be surprised if it ends up at least being used to  kick off someone else's angle if not his. 

[Strummer]

WWE has released Arn Anderson according to pro wrestling sheet.  Four days before Flair's birthday bash!?!?!  Some shit is going down backstage

[Makai Club #1]

2 hours ago, KawadaSmile said:

Absolutely. Sure, the fanboy in me is eager to see him back in action, but just seeing him at all, and with good news to boot, would be incredible enough.

Basically yeah. Him returning to the ring would be amazing but just good news that he is getting better is more than good enough for me. 

[JaymeFuture]

Knocked up a chart on Raw audience retention for people to digest, tying it in to the advertised last segment...interesting to see how severe the audience drop-off problem was in the aftermath of Roman leaving.

[Jmare007]

Roman is also making a GMA appearance on Tuesday so whatever he is announcing in RAW it's big enough for him to promote it the next day. He's at the very least hosting WM, imo.

[Stiva]

Yikes, Seth doesn’t seem like he’s going to fare any better as a top draw this time around. Looks like Becky will be Raw-bound after Mania.

[NintendoLogic]

Here's a crazy idea: maybe the dropoff in ratings is because the show is bad.

As for Roman, if they just wanted to give good news on his progress, a normal company in a normal industry would do it in a press release. Doing it in a way that creates the impression of ambiguity makes it come across as a ratings ploy.

[NotJayTabb]

While there might well be something self-serving in it for WWE, I imagine it'd be quite nice for Roman to get some love from the crowd, especially if it's good news, after all he's been through.

[NintendoLogic]

I'm sure he's not coming back to let everyone know that the treatment didn't work and he'll be dead soon. But if it's good news, why not just say so?

[Captain Redneck]

12 hours ago, KawadaSmile said:

Damn bubba, I hope you are feeling better now.

But holy shit I am so fucking happy at the possibility of Roman returning this very year.

Health is actually pretty sucky right now as Chemo did a number on me. I just had my shoulder completely replaced 2 years ago due to the Chemo killing my shoulder joint. Can't powerlift anymore and can't do nothing physical because of chemo.

[KawadaSmile]

TJP and Tye Dillinger got released. 

[sek69]

Obviously Tye requested his, but TJP was kind of a surprise. I suppose he saw the writing on the wall that there wasn't anything for him on 205 Live and decided to take his talents elsewhere.

[C.S.]

23 minutes ago, sek69 said:

Obviously Tye requested his, but TJP was kind of a surprise. I suppose he saw the writing on the wall that there wasn't anything for him on 205 Live and decided to take his talents elsewhere.

After TJP's bizarre rant about Ricochet's debut, I'm not surprised.

[FMKK]

11 hours ago, NintendoLogic said:

As for Roman, if they just wanted to give good news on his progress, a normal company in a normal industry would do it in a press release. Doing it in a way that creates the impression of ambiguity makes it come across as a ratings ploy.

As Dave was saying today, we kind of take this as normal because pro-wrestling but once you stop and think about it, it really is horrible. I found myself thinking when they announced it that I was excited to see what happens on Monday because then I would know that he's got good news. It's only when I thought back about it I realised how that's pretty disgusting.

[DMJ]

I'm not sure I quite understand the full meaning behind what TJP said about "writing" Ricochet's match or having the WWE take the "bat that [he] carved" and giving it to someone else. I didn't see the Ricochet main roster debut, but is he implying that he had the original idea to debut the way Ricochet did? As part of a 205 Live call-up? Or is he talking about a specific move sequence? His comments are too "inside baseball" for me and I fashion myself a pretty knowledgeable fan. Maybe someone can clue me in that saw the segment/match.

For comparison, in Bret's book, he talks about pitching the ladder match concept a couple times to Vince before WrestleMania X and actually having ladder matches on house shows (against Shawn no less, IIRC) and being miffed that Shawn and Razor get the credit for "inventing" the match. I get that. But stealing a move? I don't know. Its 2019. Springboard missile dropkicks (which is the gif that TJP put on his Twitter above his comment) don't belong to anyone.