Greggulator Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Oh, and while I don't have much to add to the DB snub talk, I did want to throw this out there. There's about a 1% chance of this being the case, but I feel like a lot of this is manufactured. It's giving WWE's writers way too much credit, but this is elevating DB way more than chasing for the belt alone would do. It's like someone figured out that the more DB is portrayed as being held down, almost becoming the living version of CM Punk's pipe bomb promo, the more he gets over. After Royal Rumble, things are at such a fever pitch that it's conceivable that they'll pull the trigger on DB sooner rather than later. Logically, this works, but WWE is rarely known for being logical. So more than likely this is vindictive booking at it's best/worst, but part of me holds out hope that someone came up with a different way of pushing DB. It's almost Paul Heyman-esque.No, I think this is exactly what they're doing.Look at what happened after Daniel Bryan was in The Wyatt Family for less than two weeks of Raw. The fans were deprived of their hero's spunk and the YES! chant and it ended up with the craziest reaction in years. Now you "deprive" the fans of an appearance, let alone victory, in the Royal Rumble? It's resulting in change.org petitions and an article on BBC.com. That's been the case his whole career for some odd reason. Losing a match in 18 seconds? He erupts in popularity. Getting fired because of The Nexus? It leads to fans chanting his name. D-Bry has ended Raw and/or PPVs almost every week since the spring. They've given him entire last hours of Raw. They knew what was going to happen if he didn't get in the Rumble. He dropped The Authority mention in some radio thing last week I saw. The tweet came out a few minutes after the Rumble ended. Brie (the star of their reality TV cash cow and link to non-wrestling fans) put stuff up on her Instagram. Paid WWE personality Mick Foley tweeted up. They're really done a historic job w/ this work. I wish I could go back to when I was this wide-eyed and innocent. I am so glad I am not you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallacy! Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Oh, and while I don't have much to add to the DB snub talk, I did want to throw this out there. There's about a 1% chance of this being the case, but I feel like a lot of this is manufactured. It's giving WWE's writers way too much credit, but this is elevating DB way more than chasing for the belt alone would do. It's like someone figured out that the more DB is portrayed as being held down, almost becoming the living version of CM Punk's pipe bomb promo, the more he gets over. After Royal Rumble, things are at such a fever pitch that it's conceivable that they'll pull the trigger on DB sooner rather than later. Logically, this works, but WWE is rarely known for being logical. So more than likely this is vindictive booking at it's best/worst, but part of me holds out hope that someone came up with a different way of pushing DB. It's almost Paul Heyman-esque. No, I think this is exactly what they're doing. Look at what happened after Daniel Bryan was in The Wyatt Family for less than two weeks of Raw. The fans were deprived of their hero's spunk and the YES! chant and it ended up with the craziest reaction in years. Now you "deprive" the fans of an appearance, let alone victory, in the Royal Rumble? It's resulting in change.org petitions and an article on BBC.com. That's been the case his whole career for some odd reason. Losing a match in 18 seconds? He erupts in popularity. Getting fired because of The Nexus? It leads to fans chanting his name. D-Bry has ended Raw and/or PPVs almost every week since the spring. They've given him entire last hours of Raw. They knew what was going to happen if he didn't get in the Rumble. He dropped The Authority mention in some radio thing last week I saw. The tweet came out a few minutes after the Rumble ended. Brie (the star of their reality TV cash cow and link to non-wrestling fans) put stuff up on her Instagram. Paid WWE personality Mick Foley tweeted up. They're really done a historic job w/ this work. Given WWE's successful track record of capitalizing on hot storylines in recent years, I can't help but agree with you. Also, I want to add.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 You guys should read the observer part about Dbrine crying and crying on the radio about how he was used and then saying the company was moving forward with something called the Yes! Movement And that it was an idea the Bellas had. You're all getting worked by a Bella twin idea. Time to reevaluate some shit, gents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Also way to all play into the IM NOT PAYING $45 FOR THIS SHIT EVER AGAIN How about ten? Okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Brie Bella is truely the wrestling visionary of our times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 C'mon man, let people get worked. You're like my dad walking in in the middle of Superstars on Saturday morning and saying "That shit's all fake, he didn't even hit him!" There are rumblings that WWE is actually trading Daniel Bryan to TNA for Bobby Roode and the other guy from Beer Money that isn't actually that good. His name escapes me, I was too distracted by the rumblings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 James Storm. Doesn't even sound like a fucking cowboy name. Should be Wayne Eastwood or something 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 C'mon man, let people get worked. You're like my dad walking in in the middle of Superstars on Saturday morning and saying "That shit's all fake, he didn't even hit him!" There are rumblings that WWE is actually trading Daniel Bryan to TNA for Bobby Roode and the other guy from Beer Money that isn't actually that good. His name escapes me, I was too distracted by the rumblings. Fair enough point. I'll sit back and enjoy it. It's really been awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 You guys should read the observer part about Dbrine crying and crying on the radio about how he was used and then saying the company was moving forward with something called the Yes! Movement And that it was an idea the Bellas had. You're all getting worked by a Bella twin idea. Time to reevaluate some shit, gents You should actually listen to the radio interview before making up stuff about how he was behaving. I don't think any single moment can be construed as "crying." He does his job the best that he can, and if he gets the glory, great. If he doesn't, oh well. I don't think he gives nearly the shit that 90% of us bitching about it do. But yeah, he mentioned that his fiancee came up with the YesMovement, then was surprised that his merchandise suddenly had that hashtag on it. So it's definitely a WWE-supported campaign. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 You should learn to read things I write with a sense of humor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Trying to figure out who the disinformation agent is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'm busy gluing beards to Guy Fawkes masks to sell to these people 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'll take sixteen. This poll seems inconclusive. Who should Daniel Bryanface at WrestleMania?Undertaker77 22.9% HHH63 18.8% Randy Orton52 15.5% Batista40 11.9% John Cena33 9.8% Brock Lensar24 7.1% C.M. Punk18 5.4% Sheamus11 3.3% Bray Wyatt7 2.1% Roman Reigns4 1.2% Seth Rollins4 1.2% Dean Ambrose3 0.9% Number of Voters : 336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I think I'll take a pass on the Network, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I would totally believe WWE had planned this reaction except for the fact that they have been pretty terrible at planning anything for awhile now. They might change directions here, sure, but not because they planned this. Trying to put the pieces together for some convoluted "We'll get Bryan WAY over by only pretending to fail to push him and also trolling the crowd" does not work because the pieces don't fit. Heck, they took forever to just throw their hands up and acknowledge that a portion of the crowd actively hates on John Cena. They don't have the kind of patience or foresight to make a long-term plan to get people behind Bryan work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I tend to believe that WWE went into the Royal Rumble expecting this sort of reaction, but will be incompetent when it comes to finding a way to make something out of it. I was joking before, but I really wonder if they could get some form of Punk/Bryan vs DX at Wrestlemania. HHH/HBK if they can get Shawn Michaels to come out of retirement, or if not then some handicap match against HHH and the New Age Outlaws, with maybe Michaels in their corner and possibly an X-Pac sighting. You can have an added bonus of Hulk Hogan in the corner of Punk and Bryan so that we can watch HBK be forced to pretend to be afraid of Hogan shaking his fist at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That last camera edit is very jarring. It also reminds me of the short period when Bryan was doing that move as a tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'll take sixteen. This poll seems inconclusive. Who should Daniel Bryanface at WrestleMania? Dean Ambrose 3 0.9% Number of Voters : 336 Dean has better things to do than mess around with some curtain-jerker, jerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 You stand over there thinking this is all part of the plan for Bryan to come out on top and I'll sit over here thinking Batista is main eventing WrestleMania. I like my odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 He got more mainstream press and fan reaction by not being in a match than he would have winning it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Rumblings are that Sting has re-signed with TNA. (not really, but if "rumblings are" is the best citation we can give, I'll go with it) How are people biting on a post that specifically says "not really"? Amazing work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallacy! Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 You guys should read the observer part about Dbrine crying and crying on the radio about how he was used and then saying the company was moving forward with something called the Yes! Movement And that it was an idea the Bellas had. You're all getting worked by a Bella twin idea. Time to reevaluate some shit, gents You should actually listen to the radio interview before making up stuff about how he was behaving. I don't think any single moment can be construed as "crying." He does his job the best that he can, and if he gets the glory, great. If he doesn't, oh well. I don't think he gives nearly the shit that 90% of us bitching about it do. But yeah, he mentioned that his fiancee came up with the YesMovement, then was surprised that his merchandise suddenly had that hashtag on it. So it's definitely a WWE-supported campaign. Shit, it just occurred to me that this is how WWE is finally going to kill Bryan off once and for all. Bad booking won't do it, so they're going to start co-signing the YES stuff with their "YES Movement" merchandise and whatnot. Probably make a YES MOVEMENT Facebook page and push it on TV every other segment where kids can sign up and "join the movement." Generally just make it uncool to keep doing that stuff. It's fun to do stuff like that and the Fandango dance when it's organic and fan-made, but when WWE starts pushing it down your throat and giving you t-shirts and saying "Hey guys, come on, chant YES along with us! Everyone is doing it! HAH HAH -- Look at the Universe getting into it! Isn't this great?!!?" it gets to be like, "ehh.. we'll pass." Genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 You guys should read the observer part about Dbrine crying and crying on the radio about how he was used and then saying the company was moving forward with something called the Yes! Movement And that it was an idea the Bellas had. You're all getting worked by a Bella twin idea. Time to reevaluate some shit, gents You should actually listen to the radio interview before making up stuff about how he was behaving. I don't think any single moment can be construed as "crying." He does his job the best that he can, and if he gets the glory, great. If he doesn't, oh well. I don't think he gives nearly the shit that 90% of us bitching about it do. But yeah, he mentioned that his fiancee came up with the YesMovement, then was surprised that his merchandise suddenly had that hashtag on it. So it's definitely a WWE-supported campaign. Shit, it just occurred to me that this is how WWE is finally going to kill Bryan off once and for all. They're going to start co-signing the YES stuff with their "YES Movement" and make it uncool to keep doing that stuff. It's fun to do stuff like that and that Fandango dance when it's organic and fan-made, but when WWE starts pushing it down your throat and giving you t-shirts and saying "Hey guys, come on, chant YES along with us! Isn't this great?!!?" it gets to be like, "ehh.. we'll pass." Genius. What!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 They did it with Fandangoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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