Wyld Samurai Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I always associated Summerslam to be the #2 show. The Royal Rumble is the kickoff of the new year and sets up WrestleMania. I do miss the concept of the King of the Ring. I loved it in the first few years when they actually had a real tournament leading up to the Quarters/Semi's/Final at the KotR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 12 hours ago, Phantom Lord said: I read don't expect Dolph to win, but man I really hope Nash does show up to complete Dolph's turn into Shawn Michaels from 1994. They have to have that old Heartbreak Hotel set of his in the WWE warehouse. They could dig that out and have use it as his talk show for Smackdown. Hell, I'm pretty sure Shawn still has those chaps in his closet. This is why it was stupid to have Baron Corbin feud with Dolph right away as Baron Corbin in the Diesel role to Dolph's HBK would be perfect. I mean they can still get there but it would require a competent writing staff to explain how we get Corbin and Dolph on the same side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Brysynner said: This is why it was stupid to have Baron Corbin feud with Dolph right away as Baron Corbin in the Diesel role to Dolph's HBK would be perfect. I mean they can still get there but it would require a competent writing staff to explain how we get Corbin and Dolph on the same side "Money" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Just a thought: now that the brands are split again, this would be the perfect time to do a King of the Ring tournament with both sides battling it out. Or maybe they can just stick that in their back pocket when the Smackdown well runs as dry as it looks like it is right now; Shane and Bryan can announce that they have some ringers and bring up the NXT big dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 This year's CWC winner should just pick up the discarded robe and crown of King Barrett and proclaim himself the 2016 KOTR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Swann's head would explode if he would get to wear a crown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 We're likely about to have at least one tournament on Smackdown for their vacant titles soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 17 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: "Money" But that makes sense! WWE will never go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 1 hour ago, JonnyLaw said: We're likely about to have at least one tournament on Smackdown for their vacant titles soon. I'm guessing they put the matches to crown the new SD Women's and SD Tag titles on Backlash. SummerSlam already has a big enough draw on it's own, and with Backlash being SD's first solo show post-Draft, they need to stack it with enough high stakes matches to make people want to watch it. I'll guess they will do a final stipulation heavy AJ/Cena match, along with an Ambrose/Dolph rematch with a newly heel turned Dolph, and then the Women's and Tag title matches as the top matches on Backlash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Is Cena going to be at Backlash? Last I heard, he won't be back from the WWE Asia tour in time for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Didn't watch SD this week, went on YouTube and the WWE portion had a 'Batista explains his return to SD on the WWE Network' video. Checked out spoilers and returned to YouTube for more info. it was from 2014. f u WWE, f......... Uuuuuuuuuu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Ha ha you got your hopes up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 The problem with the KOTR is, they became obsessed with turning the winner into a literal King gimmick, and it almost always failed or just didn't make sense. THe only person who really pulled it off was Booker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 24 minutes ago, TerjeRUN said: The problem with the KOTR is, they became obsessed with turning the winner into a literal King gimmick, and it almost always failed or just didn't make sense. THe only person who really pulled it off was Booker. Eh Eh, no. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 It was also a really predictable booking pattern. When was the last time it wasn't won by a cowardly heel who then proceeded to lose a bunch of matches while cutting mildly funny promos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Brock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I'd say Regal. His power trip after becoming King of the Ring while also being RAW Commissioner was on it's way to being really great. Too bad he was in no place in his personal life to take advantage of that huge push they wanted to give him. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 The officially announced that New Day vs. Club for the Tag Titles is official for Summerslam They made it a point to say it is Kofi and Woods as Big E is "out injured" Hope y'all enjoyed the New Day run because this is the end of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 19 hours ago, TerjeRUN said: The problem with the KOTR is, they became obsessed with turning the winner into a literal King gimmick, and it almost always failed or just didn't make sense. THe only person who really pulled it off was Booker. The best things about King Mabel were the six jobbers struggling to bear the royal litter to ringside and the knighting of Sir Mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 He also nearly broke Big Daddy Cool's spine that one time too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 22 hours ago, piranesi said: It was also a really predictable booking pattern. When was the last time it wasn't won by a cowardly heel who then proceeded to lose a bunch of matches while cutting mildly funny promos? Probably Booker, though he only broke the pattern because he won matches by cheating instead of losing outright. Brock was the best because they didn't even do any crown shit with him that I can remember. He just won easily, then kept on destroying people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 3 hours ago, Oyaji said: He also nearly broke Big Daddy Cool's spine that one time too. Story for those who have never heard it (NSFW language): http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rrb7b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Here's the King of the Ring Winners from after it became a regular PPV in 1993. There have not been as many who have then converted to the full on KING gimmick 1993 - Bret Hart 1994 - Owen Hart 1995 - Mabel 1996 - Steve Austin 1997 - HHH 1998 - Ken Shamrock 1999 - Billy Gunn 2000 - Kurt Angle 2001 - Edge 2002 - Brock Lesnar 2006 - Booker T 2008 - William Regal 2010 - Sheamus 2015 - Wade Barrett So out of all of those, only 6 fully adopted the King gimmick after the show. Angle did wear the cape and crown for a bit, but mostly for comedic purposes and he never became "King" Kurt Angle or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 On 8/7/2016 at 4:47 PM, piranesi said: It was also a really predictable booking pattern. When was the last time it wasn't won by a cowardly heel who then proceeded to lose a bunch of matches while cutting mildly funny promos? Edge was just an up and coming competitor hungry to get on top of the singles division. It was just a step for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Urgh, the overselling of Finn Balor is telling, but that is the peril of hot shot booking. He has to win this weekend, no doubt about it. There is no way you can "debut" the demon gimmick and have him job unless you enjoy the smell of burning stadium seats and rubber tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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