Jenalysis
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God help me, but I kind of like the Hype Bros. No way the gimmick works on the main roster (at least not as babyfaces), but for now, it feels like a good role for Mojo and Ryder. Mojo's energy and personality deserves a better gimmick, though.
I think it could work on the main roster- in a mid-card role. I can't see them being taken all too seriously, but as opening match/pre-show fodder to hype the crowd, it would work.
That Ascension promo was so 80s retro I loved it.
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Plenty of Wrestlers that are defended on this board have done almost as bad or equally as bad as Hardy- Austin being just one of many examples. I could name more.
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I have no idea why WWE doesn't release Bryan outright with a gazillion-year no-compete clause.
He'd refuse it. He probably has enough saved up, and he wants to wrestle. He'd probably try to wrestle Kurt Angle when they're both 90 and have a competition to see who can land a Shooting Star Press first.
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Has WWE ever addressed why a MITB winner can't just cash in while the belt is vacant and declare himself champion?
They kinda have- the guy has to be in the ring to start the match.
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Colts are going to finish last in their division and draft a replacement for Luck and trade him to the Jaguars.
They're still leading their division. I smell an 8-8 division champ, or maybe 7-9.
Panthers got real problems - worst undefeated team in a good while. Pass rush gets gassed in the 4th (injuries a big reason, the guys hurt will be back soon), safeties are bad, WRs are terrible. They're pretty much the NFL equivalent of Georgia Tech when they're good- very gimmicky but effective.
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JR would've never put WCW on Monday Nights either. I imagine that under JR, WCW remains a Southern wrestling show on TBS every Saturday night. Jamie Kellner still shows up and decides to rebrand TBS in 2001 so who knows what WCW's ultimate fate would be.
What happens to Hogan in this what if? Vince seemed pretty set with the New Generation stuff and was moving past Hogan by 1994.
WCW would have had to have done a weekday show at some point or lose too much money. I do think WCW would have stayed more Southern and regional, and lived within its means more. Probably more emphasis on younger talent and less on imports. I still think Kellner kills it in 2001, but it finds a buyer more easily- and would be a successful #2 fed right now.
Austin is probably remembered as Flair's replacement in the Horsemen, instead of being Stone Cold. Smaller legacy but a damn good one. Could see a 2000 Horsemen as Austin, Benoit, Malenko, and maybe Sean O'Haire.
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Dash and Dawson- just feel like they'd be great with Zeb. Maybe let them job a few times on TV, have Zeb say he'd help them reach their potential, then they bring out what got them to the table in NXT.
as for Malenko- he showed character work that was effective in WCW- mostly in the Jericho feud, but a lot of that was feeding off Jericho. When you're as good as Malenko- your wrestling can be your character- but Ciampa/Gargano aren't anywhere near Malenko's level.
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It's just us trying to brace ourselves if it happens. I hope it doesn't. There are a dozen ways to put a rift between Reigns/Ambrose that doesn't require one to shank the other.
Reigns should always be Ambrose's morality pet to keep him from going off the deep end into becoming a heel. Basically how Sting/Luger should have been.
And Lesnar/Ambrose should happen at some point- Ambrose enjoying Suplex City would get him more over even in losing.
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That reminds me.
Also a UNC fan, and I can't stand Rashad McCants. Things were going on that shouldn't have been going on, and it's good they were brought to light.
But he's the most disingenuous, me-first guy that could've possibly blown the whistle.
Well for State guys I can't stand- every State I know fan had a real, deserving and undying hatred for Herb Sendek.
Eva Marie in NXT levels of Hate.
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Steve Smith is everything good about football and also 104 years old in football years. Cut him some slack.I saw a Deadspin post about Steve Smith and the ball got rolling. You might be faithful to your team but, like your family, that doesn't mean you need to like them all. So who plays for your team, past or present, that you hate or at least dislike a good deal?
For me, as a Ravens fan (yeah yeah I know), it's Ray Lewis and, to a lesser extent, Steve Smith Sr.
Lewis because he's a sanctimonious ass who likely killed a dude, celebrated constantly as a player even when making routine plays when the team was down on the scoreboard, and generally made everything about him. Fuck that guy.
Smith because he's constantly talking shit and seems angry at everyone, while making some outstanding catches and, at the same time, dropping balls he should be catching easily. If you're talking shit that much, you better be consistently amazing.
Anyway, what you got?
I don't presently hate any Panthers. I'm not crazy about Roman Harper. I was really not OK with Kerry Collins back in the day though. Or Jimmy Clausen. Or Chris Weinke. Or late era Jake Delhomme.
I could never think badly of Jake, even at the end.
Smitty was/is an angry dude, but I'd take him back in a second.
Clausen fits the bill, though.
Jake was a good guy, he just sucked after his Tommy John.
Smitty was awesome.
Dre Boston and Julius I didn't like because of the Chapel Hill Cheater stench.
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Man people are really excited here over Mark Henry being downgraded from Worf Effect guy to straight-up JTTS...
At this point in his career as a part-timer, it's what he should be doing.
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Guys like Neville and Breeze are why WWE needs a Cruiser belt just so they can feud over it and have some meaning to their midcard filler match.
Even Balor probably belongs in a theoretical Cruiser division.
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Ambrose is a pretty strong face- he's good at getting sympathy. Really think they missed money with him.
That said, what you guys have been describing- it's like everything that was wrong with NWO era WCW, and I'd say the lack of comp also hurts WWE bad. Back in the day, folks could jump fed and build value in the competition, now what can they do if they're being buried. WWE's success came off WCW's failures such as Jericho/Austin for the most part.
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Does that make Hideo Ataru?
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Eventually they're going to run out of nostalgia and it's going to have to change, then again, that was said about WCW as well.
Today's WWE is Dolph Ziggler's mom on a pole away from being WCW.
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One match I think is being slept on is the opener. Just perfectly booked, and should be how two main-eventers vs a midcard tag team should look like. Dawson and Dash were overmatched one on one, but when it was two on one they did great. That's how it should be done. Shows the value in being a tag team specialist, and in being a main guy.
Everything hit spot on tonight as usual- NXT big shows are the best thing WWE has to offer these days.
Bayley/Sasha was great and all, but they really need to chill out on the 90s AJPW neck bumps, like that nasty suplex and that tree of woe elbow drop in the corner looked brutal. Working this style of match is very enjoyable to watch and high on drama, but very high risk especially over time, and I really don't want to see one of these amazing ladies break their neck.
It was done very safely, you could see Bayley hitting her foot on the rope to stop almost all the impact.
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It says something about 2015 WWE when my favorite hot trios team gets a segment with a McMahon and a main event segment where they destroy Cena and instead of being excited about it, all I can think is that the old guard is going to leech off of New Day's heat and kill them dead on every RAW, Smackdown, and PPV for the next month or two.
Dread, that's what I feel. Dread.
The WCW comparisons for WWE these days are so spot on- you pretty much watch for the midcard, and avoid the main event at all costs.
All we need are more Dragons, Luchadors, and poles.
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Lesnar enters the Rumble at No. 1. Time comes for the next guy, he says "no sir, I'm good, thanks." Repeat this for the other 28 guys in the Rumble, Lesnar wins.
Yeah, considering how badly the crowd shit on last year's Rumble, I seriously doubt anyone would react kindly to 50+ minutes of no action.
And let's be honest people, we keep fantasy booking Royal Rumbles, how long has it been since one was really all that good? Cena's shock return seven years ago? The 2011 show memorable only for Booker T and Nash's return leading to Striker practically firing himself on-air? How many terrible Royal Rumbles will it take before you realize...wow, these have actually become pretty awful the past few years...
The only way they truly become good again is someone who the fans don't think will win, but would accept as credible wins.
Ambrose would be perfect for this. Maybe even Ryback (I don't think he's been fully Zigglered or Barretted yet)
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Kazarian and Sabin should adopt wearing military jackets during their entrance. Daniels still has to be the leader because he's the general. Kazarian should First Lieutenant and Sabin should be a Private.
Would this be a modern remake of the Memphis Blond Bombers?
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It's up to Sting to know if he can't do something, they could work around his limitations.
I wonder if they switched the finish now due to the injury- Sting was going to continue in any way possible- he probably remembers Rude's last match and would want to put Seth over on the way out. The ending did seem rushed.
I'm not going to pin this on Seth or Sting unless there's proof- it's just tragic Sting has his career ended like that. I wanted to see him win it, it was the reason I re-subbed to the network after about 5 months.
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I think Sting has one more match in his contract. It will happen. Sting needed a win in a WWE ring though, and tonight was the best time to do it.
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I was hoping Sting would win, then Sheamus would cash in on Sting to ruin his moment. That seems like a Sting thing, and it would have given Sting "the one belt he never had".
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1) Bayley
2) Paige
3) AJ Lee
picking three tiny women, just in case one of them gets belligerent, plus it's three women, one a bit crazy. Something might happen.
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If Sasha could stop taking things like that - it would be swell
I thought that's why they rushed the finish- thought they were worried about Sasha after that. Looked nasty live.
Jesus....who trained Sasha how to take a suplex bump, Kenta Kobashi? Seriously, that's a mid-90's All-Japan level neck bump.
I doubt WWE even trained her to take that- she just learned it on her own, probably by watching old Sting/Vader matches. (Sting took a few of those from Vader in the day)
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Could be worse, could be NC State- torched at home by a school that's never been to the NCAAs. Multiple guys hurt.