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"Chikara was closed down for almost a whole year. It went down on purpose to advance a storyline and hopefully grow a company. Mike Quackenbush tells us why HE did this and all the risk reward that goes along with it." Oh...... ok.

It makes no sense at all for the COO to beat a guy who CLEANLY beat John Cena. So, if there is a match, HHH wins clean...

Glad i'm not the only one who sees Micks creep side. Crowe in the Shield would be cool, but I love that dudes enterance in NXT, would like him to get some mojo with it first. When Roman breaks away, even if the Shield is kept as a team and has a new guy, it's not going to be the same. I hope it doesn't drop Dean and Seth lower.

Wow. He was so super creepy about her on Adam Carollas podcast, which I've posted about before. Foley has a type, and he likes to write letters to those types. He's so weird with women. Isn't his wife a legit babe too?

Anyone in creative and working as an agent or creative above NXT (RAW/SMACKDOWN) who is NOT working on the Shield or the Wyatts are clueluess as to how to get anyone over anymore. It's a shame. Also, Xavier Woods gets a ton of praise (Even from Naylor) and i'm sure he is a nice dude, I just don't see it when it comes to the ring...

Wyatts promo was just soooooooo money. Watching it after reading it I was STILL marking out for it. Question: When this match happens, and it's probably going to be great in the end, but would blood ADD to it? I'm not a huge fan of blood, but I'm sure Ambrose wouldn't mind getting some color for it. I hope they stiff the crap out of each other.

I kinda figured the same thing. I think because of the fueds Punk has had Vs. the Fueds that Bryan is in, Bryan has the most heat. I'd argue that if Punk is doing this as a way to negotiate, he's doing it at a bad time.

When Austin walked out on the Lesnar deal, was that pretty much the last time Austin was involved in anything in the wwe? I was just talking to a buddy of mine about this. Does anyone think like my friend does that this could hi-jack some of Daniel Bryans heat? I argued Daneil Bryans heat is beyond that of the "smart" crowd and that the regualor fans are even into him. That being said, do smart fans start chanting for CM Punk? Or does Bryan have so much heat he gets all the love and Punk possibily fades until Summer of Punk III?

Punk in Japan would be interesting. I wonder what "super worker" Punk would be like without all the promos.

I wonder if Punk has made "fuck you" money yet?

Uh oh! KENTA loses the GTS, gets a bad name and has awesome matches in NXT. I'd like to see Devitt in WWE/NXT but he seems to have a good thing going in japan.

When Smackdown came back to Tampa (with Bryan in the Dark main, and the crowd losing their minds when he came out) they didn't have any Daniel bryan shirts out, at least not where I was at. I've mentioned and someone else has, it doesn't matter if he is your favorite guy, if the shirt is dumb, i'm not spending money on it. I don't want to wear a Goat on a t-shirt. Punk needs to sit Bryan down and smarten him or something, because i'm getting the feeling bryan just North Souths everything put in front of him (most of which he makes work), but when it comes to things that make him money, he needs to be a little stiffer.

I hope tonights crowd does everything they can to Ape last nights apperence. Just be total dicks to anything Batista and Orton do.

There is a house show this Sunday (Superbowl Sunday) in Lakeland Florida. I think it has been announced as the only WWE show in Florida for 2014. I cant imagine it's going to draw very well at all. I know some folks have brough up Merch numbers as well, that Punk and Cena justify their pushes based on T-Shirt sales. Outside of NO NO NO the YES YES YES and the Fear the beard shirt, has Bryan had any good shirts? Goat stuff is horrible... That could be an issue. I already have mym wife getting me the Jill Thomas YES dragon shirt, mainly because it is so much better than anything else he has.

Did the same thing Elbow. It was awesme seeing brody in there. Ambroses promo before with the shield was awesome about the numbers. They do have a ton of talent for the future, its just a matter of burning off the old guys and returning stars until we get to them.

Where is Raw from tonight? Same building? If not, probably the same amount of fans. The only reason why I think the crowd might be "bizaro" world fans is because the Facebook poll is so drastic against the show... Are the crowds merging to be smarter, or is DB just that over? Oh, and Orton and batista are that big of let downs?

Rusev looking more like a hybrind MMA fighter is better than loan cloth everyday.

My buddy usually has the "WHY ARE THEY DOOOOING THIS" reaction to most "dumb" WWE choices. The Dragon stuff is just on a whole other level though. I could MAYBE suspend belief that there is some sort of plan and they have something for the main of WM with Bryan, but I doubt it. But to add to the above comment, I too noticed negative comments from workers (not just Foley) and just found it, well almost alarming. I think we all agree that WWE isn't in any danger of having crowds the size of TNA house show events anytime soon because of the lack of Daniel Bryan, but there has to be SOMETHING? Or are we just being hopefull. How different would this be is DB was a dick like Punk and stood up for himself like Austin pretty much implied he needed to be doing. Also, Cena has been said to be the new HHH backstage, meaning his buddies get the shine. I wonder if Cena has lobbied for or against Bryan. The two of them could make some money at WM based on their summerslam match. Cena says he wants his shot at bryan again, the ONLY GUY TO CLEANLY BEAT HIM in forever. Ugh, forget fantasy booking.

For a dude with the Gracie triangle on his tights you'd think Rolling around would keep his heart rate up...

Thats a very good point. Also, I know there have been reports in the past that the WWE does NOT want their guys playing to the crowd. But shouldn't Orton have REAAAAALY heel'd it up instead of just doing is Diva pose? The guy doesn't know how to USE that kinda heat. Cena doesn't care. He knows he's gonna get boo'd by "those fans."

Cm punk head butted an USO and it hurt punk! Everyone is sleeping on this. You don't head butt Samoans.

Justin Gabriel and I share a birthday. March 3rd. And Jessica Beil!

I didn't enjoy it. I was hoping for more insider stuff. He talks about just having a first match against Henning's dad but no mention of training. Unless i'm just still not as smart as I think i am, I doubt someone just got in a ring with a dude back then and took cues. I had a migrane at the time and fell asleep while listening...

Nothing to do with ROH, but I worked on a show with Jay Lethal at UpRoar Pro Wrestling in New Port Richey Florida. He is a very nice guy.

When Brian Cage was on olts PodCast he mentioned how the NXT guys got a raise (to which Colt said, "are we talking about this? Are we aloud too?), but the point above about travel and hotels being paid probably saves a TON of money.