Web Conn Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 That popcorn machine line reminds me of in Semi-Pro when The Tropics traded the Colonels a washing machine for Woody Harrelson's character Ed Monix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Shane McMahon tweeted that the Smackdown GM will be revealed during RAW I assume the RAW GM will be announced too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I'm not sure if anyone noticed but Shane dropped hints on RAW that if he got Smackdown he'd change the show entirely from how it looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 WWE hates money if they split Cass and Enzo up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 If I had a dime for every time Vince didn't let his love for big men cloud his judgment, I'd have.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I don't necessarily disagree with the idea of splitting teams for singles pushes. If a tag team is highly successful, odds are at least one of the guys in it is supremely talented and a singles push is a way to make more money off him. There are definitely cases where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, but several high end singles guys have come from firmly established teams (Bret, Shawn, Scott Steiner, Booker T, and Edge all come to mind). I think it's clear that Enzo/Cass is a prime candidate for a future break-up, but I agree it would be terrible to do it now. They haven't even scratched the surface of their potential as a unit, and I think they could they could be the most over team since the New Age Outlaws. If they Roman-ize Cassady's career by force-pushing him while leaving Enzo in the dust, I'll be pretty upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 20 hours ago, Matt788 said: Jack Swagger traded to Trenton Thunder for a second round draft pick and a used popcorn machine. It's the popcorn machine Taker put Maven through, yes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 20 hours ago, Matt788 said: my predictions: Jack Swagger traded to Trenton Thunder for a second round draft pick and a used popcorn machine. Jack Swagger would make a pretty good bat boy for the Thunder. With his haircut, he can be passed off as a 12 year old with pituitary gigantism. He wouldn't cost the Yankees any high end prospects, so it's a win-win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I think Case's best shot at getting a solo star is having Enzo more or less manage him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Eric Bischoff cancelled his appearance this weekend in Mississauga. Could it be because he was re-signed by WWE to be one of the GMs???? HMMMMMMMM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Infinit said: Eric Bischoff cancelled his appearance this weekend in Mississauga. Could it be because he was re-signed by WWE to be one of the GMs???? HMMMMMMMM I hope not. Bischoff is one person I have no desire to ever see on tv again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Yeah, I'm guessing about 3 months down the road Steph will pop up on TV with something like "I've signed THE hottest free agent woman in the world and brought her to RAW because I'm SO SMART" and in comes Bayley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 So let's think of some strategy here. Say Shane drafts Enzo. But Stephanie, being a lot like her father, she likes these big dudes. Why wouldn't she draft Big Cass? She would think he could be a big powerhouse star on his own and it would also fuck up Shane's plans to have them as a popular team. So now Steph has leverage. She can turn Big Cass into a star maybe, it's a risk but a high reward. But she could also dangle him in front of Shane as trade bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I just like how they're doing all of this now with like one week of build. Draft plans, gm signings, everything. "Well we had the podiums on the stage for a couple of weeks but they weren't really that important". Stephanie would totally do that too though. She'll draft Cass to bait Shane if has Enzo if he has someone big. Can't wait to see Shane tell Enzo "sorry pal, your team isn't big enough to sacrifice for this guy I have". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Who could Steph get back for Cass? Not five guys but maybe 3. The Miz, Maryse and throw in Ryder to make the money work. Day after the trade, Ryder is reassigned to NXT to work with Mojo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 7 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Who could Steph get back for Cass? Not five guys but maybe 3. Traded for multiple picks? Overrated and run into the ground by a petty, power mad GM? Oh shit dudes Cass is going to be the RG3 of this draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I wonder if they will make the NXT guys/girls SD or Raw talents and treat it like the minors. Have call ups, demotions, etc. That would actually be pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 12 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Who could Steph get back for Cass? Definitely more than zero dimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin's Beard Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 19 hours ago, Go2Sleep said: I don't necessarily disagree with the idea of splitting teams for singles pushes. If a tag team is highly successful, odds are at least one of the guys in it is supremely talented and a singles push is a way to make more money off him. There are definitely cases where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, but several high end singles guys have come from firmly established teams (Bret, Shawn, Scott Steiner, Booker T, and Edge all come to mind). I think it's clear that Enzo/Cass is a prime candidate for a future break-up, but I agree it would be terrible to do it now. They haven't even scratched the surface of their potential as a unit, and I think they could they could be the most over team since the New Age Outlaws. If they Roman-ize Cassady's career by force-pushing him while leaving Enzo in the dust, I'll be pretty upset. Can we not just have tag teams who are tag teams? I mean do people feel "gosh, we really missed out by not having Hawk & Animal split up & going solo? Is the end of the Rock & Roll Express something kids in the 80s were desperate to see? The WWE's general ambivalence to tag team wrestling bewilders me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 The Hart Foundation, Rockers, Steiner and Harlem Heather tagged for years before there was a thought of splitting them. Enzo and Cass have barely scraped the surface. Splitting them up would be idiotic (but something WWE might do) Their saving grace might be that they are HHH guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 HARLEM HEATHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, Infinit said: Harlem Heather Not breaking your balls, you just stumbled upon the greatest wrestling name not in use right now. It's like Fleming accidentally discovering penicillin. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Lol autocorrect got me again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I was thinking about the tag teams and how to have tag teams kept as a unit in the draft while keeping the ability to split them up when need be to push someone, and I remembered Dean Ambrose's comment about US Title defense paperwork from a few years back. They could kayfabe it so where teams can elect to enter the draft as a team by submitting the appropriate paperwork. When you're ready to split a team up, just come up with a reason why they don't submit the paperwork, and voila. This would even let them split up the team and keep them on the same roster if they wanted to. Say... Curtis Axel tells the rest of the Social Outcasts he'll submit the paperwork for everyone, then they realize he lied when he gets drafted to Smackdown individually. Then Bo gets drafted to Smackdown too, and they feud over the betrayal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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