WWE TV 03/16 - 03/22 This is the rhythm of the night virus

[Sweet Brown Koko]

They should have postponed the event. Sometimes (most times) Vince is too stubborn for his own good.

[Blehschmidt]

On the plus side, the crowd won't be burned out for the main event.

[Sweet Brown Koko]

Do you think Vince will still yell in the headset at the announcers?

[cactus]

In a perfect world, I wish they would postpone it. Although with everything that I've been looking forward to in March/April being understandably cancelled,  this something I can at least look forward to. It's going to be crazy to see Lesnar and Goldberg wrestling in the PC. 

[sek69]

8 minutes ago, cactus said:

It's going to be crazy to see Lesnar and Goldberg wrestling in the PC. 

Knowing that Vince will be paying those two seven figures to wrestle in front of empty chairs at the PC will make it all worthwhile. It will be interesting for them to explain to shareholders that they couldn't just delay it a couple of months. 

[hammerva]

Well so much for thinking that Becky Lynch is going to calm down the Connor McGregor since Shayna is the clear heel.  

Well now we know how they are going to fill up RAW.  That should killed about 60 - 75 minutes

[Strummer]

Well they are showing this year's men's rumble match...

[Tenese Sarwieh]

First I hope everyone and their families here are safe and second who was watching 95 WCW in the back? It's time to cut the comedy and with Becky and giving her that truck ain't helping.  

[hammerva]

Well there is one benefit to tonight.   We can have a Steve Austin promo without assholes constantly saying WHAT

 

[KawadaSmile]

I cannot imagine being CM Punk and being miserable to the point he uses this situation to make a "Roman won't get booed now!!" joke.

He caters to the worst types of fans, pretty sure he's aware of that.

[Tenese Sarwieh]

I never get tired of watching Brock dance to MVP's theme.

[NintendoLogic]

Yeah, what kind of sicko would enjoy sticking it to the company that nearly killed him through medical negligence and then fired him on his wedding day? But thank you for preventing us from losing sight of the fact that Roman Reigns is the real victim here.

[KawadaSmile]

Just now, NintendoLogic said:

Yeah, what kind of sicko would enjoy sticking it to the company that nearly killed him through medical negligence and then fired him on his wedding day? But thank you for preventing us from losing sight of the fact that Roman Reigns is the real victim here.

If only there was another way of criticising the company that didn't involve shouting out a dude who had crazy fans doubt his leukemia... But I guess that's not possible.

[Al]

I wonder if there’s a bait and switch going on regarding Wrestlemania at the performance center. Two hours in and there hasn’t been any actual physical contact. The only sensible reason to have the show at the performance center is to give them leverage in negotiations.

[hammerva]

Okay I really didn't care about seeing Rey vs Andrade for the 20th time but if we are getting Asuka on commentary then I am all in 

[Badlittlekitten]

I can’t quite believe what I’m watching. Amazing. I love Asuka but I can’t even figure out if I love or hate this but it’s amazing.

[hammerva]

So we are going to ignore that Seth Rollins was in the performance center.   That he was actually the first ever NXT champion?  Still a damn good promo as usual from Kevin Owens setting up him match

 

 

[Tenese Sarwieh]

I lol'd when they cut to the empty crowd after Austin asked for a hell yeah, still a weird show.

[KawadaSmile]

Byron is so good.

Those empty arena shows are entertaining for tons of different reasons.

[Jmare007]

3 hours ago, sek69 said:

I suppose doing this way was the best possible way to punish all the indy groups who had the gall to run on WM weekend, since they're all on the hook for losses considering the city didn't shut Mania down. 

I see this as more of a crazy Vince thinking that running Mania while everyone is quarentined will add to his legacy of never stopping and "putting smiles on people's faces". The PR stunts and WWE narrative that's gonna come out of this will be post 9/11 all over again.

[KawadaSmile]

Byron is so good.

Those empty arena shows are sad, but at the same time made people talk naturally and feel like serious characters. If even a doofus like Bray Wyatt could deliver in an actually convincing way, then they stumbled onto something good.

[Tenese Sarwieh]

8 minutes ago, Jmare007 said:

I see this as more of a crazy Vince thinking that running Mania while everyone is quarentined will add to his legacy of never stopping and "putting smiles on people's faces". The PR stunts and WWE narrative that's gonna come out of this will be post 9/11 all over again.

My god imagine the ads.

[TheDuke]

I think instead of having the audience empty, they should have one person sitting there by himself for these Performance Center shows: Vince McMahon. 

[cm funk]

1 hour ago, hammerva said:

So we are going to ignore that Seth Rollins was in the performance center.   That he was actually the first ever NXT champion?  Still a damn good promo as usual from Kevin Owens setting up him match

 

 

Rollins was an FCW/Tampa trainee, the PC opened up after he was on the main roster.  Technically he was the first NXT champ and was around for the first few months of the switch from FCW to NXT, that is true, but it wasn't close to what it is now.

And hey, maybe Rollins will bring that up in his retort

I didn't watch the show because the idea of them even doing first run right now is too weird to me.  This whole situation is one of the craziest I'll ever live through, and I lived in NYC on 9/11 and had my college campus evacuating buildings due to anthrax scares in the months after.  I cannot believe they're doing freakin' WM at the PC....this isn't even comparable to potential terror threats at sporting events post-9/11

Whoever said this is Vince McMahon's "THE SHOW MUST GO ON DAMMIT" massive ego taking over is 100% right.  I really thought they'd delay the event, put the builds on hold for the matches with the part timers, and rebook the rest of it.  This choice seems really stupid. 

I hope they at least have a crowd of employees/other wrestlers for WM because an empty arena "super bowl of wrestling" just isn't getting me excited

[cactus]

I'm sure I'll eventually tire from these empty arena shows, but I've enjoyed the two they've done so far. The promos feel nowhere near as forced as compared to when they do them to a live audience. The Edge & AJ/Undertaker were particularity great. The Austin segment was fun yet ultimately pointless. I wasn't too into whatever Asuka was doing. 

I do wonder if they are going to start taping these shows in advance. Have the roster travel every week seems like an unnecessary risk and I can't imagine it would take more than a few days to record all the TV taking them up to WM if they continue in the current format.