Skelemania

I actually think it's completely plausible for Reigns to lose at Wrestlemania at this point. Roman just doesn't have any steam. Even if Brock Lesnar is leaving, I wouldn't be surprised to see Seth Rollins leave Wrestlemania with the title & not Roman.

What the... What do WWE even get out of that? There's another guy on Reddit in the thread about this, for as reliable as that's worth, whom said this: Of course, no idea on the validity of it, it is Reddit after all, but it's not like I would put something like that past WWE at this point.

First thing I noticed on RAW was the five or so guys in the front row all dressed up as former WWF wrestlers: Macho Man, Ultimate Warrior, Ric Flair, IRS and I think Paul Bearer & maybe a Hogan. After the first segment, they were wearing WWE branded shirts and not dressed up anymore. How much you want to bet during commercial they made those guys take off their costumes? EDIT: YUP https://twitter.com/Laufered/status/577635506306994176

Naw, just put him on TV each week & have him wrestle & go over younger stars in crappy matches & the fans will sour on him REAL fast. Like Kane & The Big Show. I think if Reigns remains a babyface, they could have opportunities to feud him with Rollins, Rusev & Wyatt. Depending on whom WWE puts over on Wrestlemania. I could see Ambrose turning on him too. It's probably easier to just make Reigns the heel though.

I watch RAW every week. Then I marathon a couple episodes of NXT if I fall behind that on the Network. Then I watch ROH, NJPW & WWE PPVs. I skip Lucha Underground, Smackdown, iMPACT and other Indies. It's nice having options again but a lot of the stuff, including some that I watch (like RAW) doesn't really feel too terribly important. If you miss a show, you don't really miss anything. I get more enjoyment from wrestling Podcasts, backstage gossip & message forums than most shows nowadays.

You know how I know that I'm still a mark? When the urn starts smoking & I get goosebumps.

If someone on the forums were trying to "turn heel" now would be the perfect opportunity!

Yes, absolutely. This has been a problem for me for a long time. It started in the Attitude Era. I thought it was just because I was getting older. I can still remember a ton of stuff from when I was a kid watching wrestling. Late 80's & early 90's stuff. But everything from like 1998-present all sort of blends together. I can't even tell someone what the last five Wrestlemania main events were, or who the Undertaker wrestled anymore. I completely forget that guys like Edge were ever even main eventers. It all blends together because none of it matters or feels important.

This was the first thing I thought of when he was announced as the new trainer. How big of a deal people can make out of something so trivial. Remember when this happened? People were saying how racist it was & it needed pulled & he should be reprimanded, etc.

He had a dropkick!

I feel like Billy Gunn gets a lot of unfair criticism. He's underrated, if anything. He was over three different times, with three different gimmicks. All in tag teams. He's the definition of a "tag team specialist" to me. Which is impressive. The Smoking Gunns, The New Age Outlaws and Billy & Chuck were all over. Where Gunn failed was when they tried to present him as a singles competitor.

The "best" part of Wrestlemania to me this year is how all the undercard feuds, like Miz/Mizdow and Cody/Dustin will just be thrown into big, giant random matches. Much like Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler. Meanwhile, the show is built around Triple H, Sting, The Undertaker & Brock Lesnar. The more things change...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Chris Jericho, of course, deleted that tweet. Which doesn't matter as there's pictures of it online already, including the one I posted. Moron.

It's also 2015 now & shit has changed in society. Not only that but WWE is a publicly traded company now.

https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/572985353780502528

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2xphrq/bullyingneglect_in_wwenxt_medical_staff_must_read/

Just reposting this to make sure I didn't imagine it. *sigh*

Whatever, beat it into the ground now 'cause you know it pisses him off. Gotta keep Roman strong. Gotta keep Roman strong. Gotta keep Roman strong.

Barry Windham looks like a young Marlon Brando with a wig in that .gif.

I want everything to be real & true because the behind the scenes shenangians are infinitely more entertaining than the television. I hope AJ was shooting & gets fired. I hope Roman took all the drugs. I hope Brock is super pissed and dipped. I hope the other wrestlers start revolting & talking out. At least it would be entertaining.

Unbelievable that this was the RAW after the February PPV and, in theory, the big jump off week for building Wrestlemania. I will admit to being completely baffled how Stardust continues to get air time. He's the worst part about RAW to me & that's saying something considering some of the shit that they put out there lately. Yeah, hiss at the camera...that'll put asses in seats. Fucking jobber.

Well, that was a show...where nothing really happened. WWE sure as shit isn't acting like Wrestlemania is right around the corner. There's no sense of urgency. No sense of importance. Nothing seems to matter. There's no stakes for anything. The entire show is built around the non-wrestlers instead of the wrestlers. Even when we get a confrontation between Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan, we have to constantly cut backstage to see how Triple H & Stephanie McMahon react. HHH/Steph watching tv was literally more important. Who are we supposed to care about on this show? No one can upstage The Authority. Even if you get them removed from power, they just come back. Are we supposed to get behind Daniel Bryan, again? He already climbed that mountain, won the title & then... Get behind Roman? So he can beat Brock and then get emaciated by The Authority? Yay... Cheer Brock because, despite being one of the top bad guys, he's the only one that doesn't take shit? He genuinely, at this point, feels like the guy we're supposed to get behind. Just no direction whatsoever. This week could have not happened at all & nothing would have changed.

Uh, what? Lana didn't help get Rusev over? Is this the new board talking point? No. That's one dude saying some shit.

Yes, but on the downside, you live in Arizona, which is like worse than living in Florida...or Indiana.

The highlight of the Rumble match itself were a couple of those women that came out with Adam Rose. I don't know who the redhead nurse was, she looked familiar, but a few of those ladies were prettier than a lot of current divas. I imagine they're Indy workers or something. Triple Threat was great.