Author Topic: Pro Wrasslin' Thread: I don't know what I just saw (Read 945609 times)

bork · « **Reply #3300 on:** January 29, 2017, 09:53:09 PM »

And here comes Ellsworth at #11 to shit all over it.

bork · « **Reply #3301 on:** January 29, 2017, 09:57:59 PM »

Huh. I thought they were gonna build up Stroman as more of a monster and have him break Reigns' elimination record.

bork · « **Reply #3302 on:** January 29, 2017, 09:59:13 PM »

If I wonder if Jericho is going to stay outside until the very end?

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3303 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:32:40 PM »

lmao fuck this company

archie4208 · « **Reply #3304 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:39:44 PM »

It's like they wanted to have a worse Rumble than 2015.

And they pulled it off.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3305 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:40:54 PM »

Guess the Taker/Roman mania rumors are true, which is really disappointing

bork · « **Reply #3306 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:41:46 PM »

That wasn't a bad rumble match overall. I was disappointed that there were no real surprise entrants. Some of the entrants also just made me scratch my head. Mojo? Ellsworth? Come on. Enzo could have taken Ellsworth's comedy spot so that was a waste, too.

Goldberg taking out Lesnar AGAIN in such a short time was just...

. At least it was during the rumble, but this has to be it. If they are going to do something at Mania...it needs to be a real MATCH.

I kept hoping that that the #30 slot was going to be a huge surprise entrant and was getting hyped, but then...Reigns. $:-\$ He had no reason being there at that point in the match and should have been out earlier to feud with Strowman.

bork · « **Reply #3307 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:42:09 PM »

Quote from: seagrams hotsauce on January 29, 2017, 10:40:54 PM

Guess the Taker/Roman mania rumors are true, which is really disappointing

Hard to tell with the Strowman interference from earlier.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3308 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:45:35 PM »

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3309 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:49:58 PM »

I hope not, or at least that the 'takers last match' part is false.

I dunno, I thought it was pretty meh overall. The Strowman, Zayn, Ellsworth, Ambrose entrances were cool in the way they brought in some of the storyline between those guys, and I liked Goldberg getting crushed again. But overall I thought it was pretty meh. I'm let down that Tye Dillinger is getting called up before Joe and I like Orton but have no desire to see him any more than I do already.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3310 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:53:47 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on January 29, 2017, 10:45:35 PM

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This is a funny meme and all but I gotta ask, does anyone who subscribes to the network do so just for the PPVs? I pretty much just subscribe for the back catalog, the PPVs are kind of just a bonus. If I were just interested in those I'd probably just use VIPbox or the like

archie4208 · « **Reply #3311 on:** January 29, 2017, 10:55:42 PM »

Yeah, I do.

I sub one month for each of the big 4 PPVs. The back catalog doesn't interest me much at all.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3312 on:** January 29, 2017, 11:22:36 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on January 29, 2017, 10:55:42 PM

Yeah, I do.

I sub one month for each of the big 4 PPVs. The back catalog doesn't interest me much at all.

Ah, gotcha. How avid a viewer are you? A third of the price of an annual sub for 4 events doesn't seem worth it to me, though I guess that's less than the price of individual PPVs

archie4208 · « **Reply #3313 on:** January 29, 2017, 11:34:09 PM »

I keep up with storylines, but I don't watch much of the actual product. I mostly watch YouTube clips of Raw/Smackdown and B PPVs. if I'm feeling nostalgic I can most likely find an Attitude Era match/segment on YouTube/Dailymotion.

I like wrestling in general, but current WWE isn't very interesting.

FunSlower · « **Reply #3314 on:** January 30, 2017, 12:53:37 AM »

Good Rumble, really enjoyed it. Kept me guessing. Thought Jericho would be the one.

Momo · « **Reply #3315 on:** January 30, 2017, 12:57:25 AM »

Quote from: Kaffir The Reaper on January 29, 2017, 09:26:06 PM

Cause fuck you

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #3316 on:** January 30, 2017, 06:50:02 AM »

Tye Dillinger debuting at #10 is the best thing the company did in years.

FunSlower · « **Reply #3317 on:** January 30, 2017, 09:12:56 AM »

And that is the highest that waste of space Dillinger will ever reach, because he isn't good, he's old, and he'll never be anybody. Welcome to the Preshow if you're lucky.

He ain't got it!

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #3318 on:** January 30, 2017, 11:30:54 AM »

I was straight prepped for a fucking Kurt Angle surprise number 30. I knew Orton was gonna win so I figured it was a lock.

Then fucking Roman Reign's music hit. I probably went from super excited to straight bummed in record time.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3319 on:** January 30, 2017, 11:33:02 AM »

Same, except I deluded myself into thinking Joe was coming out.

Although a Samoan named Joe did come out at #30.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #3320 on:** January 30, 2017, 11:38:05 AM »

I think Joe is getting called up. I can see Smackdown going like this: Wyatt wins title at Elimination Chamber (Cena just won so he can have his 16th title). Either Joe debuts at EC to cost Cena the title or he debuts the night after to challenge him.

Then Wyatt and Orton feud going into WM.

FunSlower · « **Reply #3321 on:** January 30, 2017, 11:54:06 AM »

Joe is someone you save for night after Mania, there's nothing for him as a monster to do for this Mania without an insufficient build. You can structure a whole summer program around his debut and keep him looking like a monster when Mania isn't in the picture. That's the perfect use for him. Anything beforehand is just too early, and saddles him with baggage he doesn't need.

bork · « **Reply #3322 on:** January 30, 2017, 12:52:39 PM »

I thought they weren't planning on calling Joe up and he was going to stay in NXT?

nachobro · « **Reply #3323 on:** January 30, 2017, 02:25:49 PM »

If Joe came out at 30 and then Orton won, there would have been a riot in that arena. Orton got a great reaction for winning just because he wasn't Roman. My picks in our Rumble Raffle here ended up being Jericho, Mojo, and Enzo. Thought I might have had it with Jericho but no dice.

Overall good show though, I enjoyed the men's title matches quite a lot. Women's title match was a bit lackluster, but the Nia/Sasha match was a great way to show off Nia. Rumble itself was about average, but enjoyable. I was a little bummed with no real surprises other than Tye Dillinger but I guess WWE was using Taker/Goldberg as their "returning old dudes".

Everyone that came by for the PPV was most impressed by Gallagher in the Rumble and the consensus for the best match was Cena/AJ, out of a mostly casual crowd of ~13

FunSlower · « **Reply #3324 on:** January 30, 2017, 02:29:45 PM »

I had some fascinatingly depressing Rumble pool picks thanks to the WWE Slam app. It's a card collecting "game" and they had you get numbers, and you could buy packs with your numbers and winners get a big amount of coins, all that shit.

Ended up with Enzo, Mojo, Kalisto, ELLSWORTH and Big Show. I think Enzo was the latest one out and I sobbed into my pillow, knowing damn well what'd happen.

nachobro · « **Reply #3325 on:** January 30, 2017, 02:33:46 PM »

Yep, I felt pretty confident with #27 until the moment Enzo came out. Then I just tossed my ticket away

Momo · « **Reply #3326 on:** January 30, 2017, 03:44:00 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 30, 2017, 11:30:54 AM

Roman Reign's

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #3327 on:** January 30, 2017, 04:47:06 PM »

roman's reigns's

archie4208 · « **Reply #3328 on:** January 30, 2017, 06:05:36 PM »

https://twitter.com/WrestlingLAD/status/826119608432263168

archie4208 · « **Reply #3329 on:** January 30, 2017, 11:07:30 PM »

JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE

nachobro · « **Reply #3330 on:** January 30, 2017, 11:15:37 PM »

oh, joe's on raw?

now i'll never get to see him.

also probably means sd gets dillinger

nachobro · « **Reply #3331 on:** January 31, 2017, 12:51:47 AM »

much better debut here than being some schlub at the rumble who loses to orton

archie4208 · « **Reply #3332 on:** January 31, 2017, 06:18:23 AM »

btw watching an entire three hour Raw was horrible.

If my buddy hadn't told me Joe was coming, I would've been done after the Jericho/Zayn match

I have no clue how people do it every week.

bork · « **Reply #3333 on:** January 31, 2017, 07:13:28 AM »

I gave up around 10:00 PM, so I missed that whole segment. Yeah, I can't get through the whole three hours either. Especially after a PPV the night before.

FunSlower · « **Reply #3334 on:** January 31, 2017, 11:21:21 AM »

Surprised to see Joey Samoey already and that they weren't waiting, but this is an effective way to keep Rollins hot without forcing him into a match with Haitch just yet. Should work out well.

Take My Breh Away · « **Reply #3335 on:** January 31, 2017, 12:16:47 PM »

Braun Strowman kicking Jericho's ass and putting him through the table so he wouldn't interfere in the title match he had with Owens

It just made the crowd like Braun even more and then when Reigns came out, Reigns got booed even more because he was attacking Braun.

Reigns is just awfully booked in general because he's not even getting the "Kids, Casual male fans and Women love Cena while those damn nerds are booing him" mixed reaction. Even kids are shitting on Reigns at taped events. I know he gets pops and big star babyface reactions at live shows, but goddamn.

bork · « **Reply #3336 on:** January 31, 2017, 12:28:44 PM »

I enjoy it when Reigns comes out now, because this is all I hear in my head.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3337 on:** February 01, 2017, 12:29:43 PM »

http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/seth-rollins-injured-samoa-joe

Word is it's not a work. Poor Seth.

nachobro · « **Reply #3338 on:** February 01, 2017, 12:38:57 PM »

dang that sucks. looks like we might end up with cena and joe afterall.

or joe and roman...then hhh can face taker again at wm lol

bork · « **Reply #3339 on:** February 01, 2017, 01:24:14 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on February 01, 2017, 12:29:43 PM

http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/seth-rollins-injured-samoa-joe

Word is it's not a work. Poor Seth.

He tweeted a picture of his knee while at the doctor and said "Wish I could say it was just a bad dream." Doesn't seem like a work. That sucks. $:-\$

bork · « **Reply #3340 on:** February 01, 2017, 01:27:05 PM »

Meltzer says it's legit.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #3341 on:** February 01, 2017, 01:28:02 PM »

Make up some shit and have HHH fight and lose to Joe. Joe is the new badass face of Raw

Then I dunno he gets fed to Reigns or something

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3342 on:** February 01, 2017, 02:19:58 PM »

Dude Sting is 60, Rollins didn't "do" anything to him lol

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3343 on:** February 01, 2017, 03:12:48 PM »

Lol that's such goofy logic. Why watch wrestling at all after what Vince did to Owen at that point

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3344 on:** February 01, 2017, 04:20:03 PM »

"I dont like this guy so no one likes this guy. Also everyone else is wrong about Roman Reigns"

nachobro · « **Reply #3345 on:** February 01, 2017, 04:37:17 PM »

i enjoy all the shield dudes, but i feel like rollins is the one who hasn't really changed much at all since the split.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3346 on:** February 01, 2017, 04:41:42 PM »

No doubt his return has been underwhelming, but my impression before he got hurt was that he was pretty hot. I definitely think saying "no one gave a shit when he was out" is hyperbolic. I'll admit my scope is limited to wrestling threads on fairly obscure forums and casually browsing r/sc but people were generally upset from what I recall

archie4208 · « **Reply #3347 on:** February 01, 2017, 11:31:16 PM »

Quote from: Dave Meltzer

John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse. This is notable in a lot of ways. When this match came out, a ton of people internally were rolling their eyes about it. On one hand, it does feel like a waste for Cena, who was originally to face Undertaker, and there was also talk of Samoa Joe and others. But there is also a lot of talk that it would be Nikki Bella’s last match (there are reports of that but nobody we’ve asked about it internally either had any knowledge or confirmed it). If so, you can see her wanting to go out with her boyfriend at WrestleMania and see him maybe wanting that as well. Miz has done a great job of late and the Miz & Maryse couple are a near main event level act. With the storyline where Natalya pushed that “John will never marry you,” I keep thinking this could lead to a proposal, and if that’s the case, in the big picture, this match makes sense. I don’t know that’s the case. That would be a far bigger thing as far as something memorable than anything, even a great match with A.J. Styles, that Cena could be to the majority of fans.

nachobro · « **Reply #3348 on:** February 02, 2017, 12:53:29 AM »

bork · « **Reply #3349 on:** February 02, 2017, 02:11:53 PM »

What's this I'm seeing about Roman Reigns turning heel after Mania?

El Babua · « **Reply #3350 on:** February 02, 2017, 02:20:20 PM »

I thought he was already a heel

bork · « **Reply #3351 on:** February 02, 2017, 02:57:52 PM »

Quote from: El Babua on February 02, 2017, 02:20:20 PM

I thought he was already a heel

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #3352 on:** February 06, 2017, 06:55:18 AM »

still don't get Stro's hate boner for seth/hardon for roman tbh

FunSlower · « **Reply #3353 on:** February 06, 2017, 09:29:15 AM »

Whether you like it or not, Cena Marriage angle would do gangbusters on ratings if they do it on TV. One thing I've discovered when I was researching rasslin weddings (around when they did the Bryan/AJ Lee wedding) is that people sit down to watch a dang wedding.

Now imagine it with Cena promoting it on all those talk shows. Butts in the seats. Speaking of butts in the seats...

MLW's What Happened When podcast with Tony Schiavone is so close to being wonderful. So close. The weak link that ruins near the whole damn show for me is "Conrad" - the host. He's the type of guy who laughs when Tony swears or says something that involves tits. And his voice is awful awful awful. I know WCW was big on that southern influence down there but Conrad sounds like a slackjawed local guy. He's absolutely awful.

That said, I'm sticking with it because Tony Schiavone is amazing. Week 2 just hit and they're discussing Souled Out 97.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3354 on:** February 07, 2017, 05:50:11 AM »

Anyone watch Raw last night?

Joe in a suit.

FunSlower · « **Reply #3355 on:** February 07, 2017, 09:53:35 AM »

Joey Samoey dressed up? Nice. He's a good lookin guy. I'll always appreciate him for doing kideo game streams before it was cool, and outing himself as a 40k grognard with a Chaos army.

FunSlower · « **Reply #3356 on:** February 08, 2017, 09:25:31 AM »

I'd be concerned that Joe's on Raw, not SD. Raw tends to heavily dilute their folks as opposed to SD, where less time means more meaningful shit.

Regarding WWE Network, you should follow the Network Bot on Twitter. Posts whenever something new appears.
https://twitter.com/WWE_Network_Bot

That OVW class was greatness, really was.

nachobro · « **Reply #3357 on:** February 09, 2017, 12:15:29 AM »

Quote

ADDED: Legends With JBL - Stan Hansen (02/07/2017) http://network.wwe.com/video/v1222707183

wow, gotta watch this. thanks for the tip, sunny!

FunSlower · « **Reply #3358 on:** February 09, 2017, 09:45:59 AM »

yeah that bot is pretty handy. Awesome to see the final? Legends w/JBL being with Hansen. Hope we get a new set of Legends of Wrestling Roundtable, somehow, but man, it sucks not having Dusty Rhodes there.

It's kind of weird how many shows on the Network were one-offs, and I wonder if they had a purpose or if it was just truly experimentation. Like Bring It To The Table. One episode. That's it. It even had a logo and everything.

Also, thank you Jesus Christ for not having SD's commentary mention "Yesslemania" when Danny Bryan was out doing a promo. Fuck, that's one of my least favorite utterances.

FunSlower · « **Reply #3359 on:** February 09, 2017, 12:14:32 PM »

Mauro's gotta tone it down. Mama mia.

Could be worse. Could be Yesslemania.

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