The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: No Nakamura? Slipped my mind. If it happens, it should be good Nakamura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Still one of the best videos in WWE history: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Old must sees: Lol at Mark Henry cracking up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, The Natural said: Daniel Bryan matches most wanted: Vs. AJ Styles for the first time in WWE. Vs. John Cena. The match they had at SummerSlam 2013 is a fucking classic. Vs. Samoa Joe for the first time in WWE. Vs. The Miz Vs. Pete Dunne Vs. Cesaro Vs. Rusev Forgot about Roman Reigns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 What was the context behind that whole Triple H promo/crowd takeover? I totally forget. What a bizarre period to be following wrestling that was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Got home from work at 3:30am and finally got to watch Bryan's opening promo. Awesome stuff. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathyBoy Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Bryan should change his style up. And if anyone can and can remain over, it’s gone. Guy was a chameleon in ROH. Save the crazy spots for Mania ala Taker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, CreativeControl said: What was the context behind that whole Triple H promo/crowd takeover? I totally forget. What a bizarre period to be following wrestling that was It's either the crowd taking over because of the Authority's treatment of Bryan or they wouldn't give Bryan a match at WrestleMania to prove them wrong. Can't remember. EDIT: Misread the question. Below answers are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 It was a segment promoting Orton and Cena unifying the world titles, a matchup that had been done to death at that point, and so the crowd unsubtly suggested they might prefer someone else. Of course it was Seattle, hence Triple H's jab about Bryan having a lot of relatives at the arena, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The best part of the chants was Bryan, Miz, Show, and Punk cracking up and not even trying to cover. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, CreativeControl said: What was the context behind that whole Triple H promo/crowd takeover? I totally forget. What a bizarre period to be following wrestling that was It was Raw before the PPV when they merged the WWE and World Heavyweight titles - they had all the former champions out in the ring. Was in Bryan's "hometown" as well edit: It was also the night Bryan won the 2013 Slammy award for "Superstar of the Year" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Has anyone mentioned Bryan vs Braun yet? Because yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Paige's reaction to Daniel's return in touching with what's happened to her: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surprisingly Sincere Man Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Watching those clips posted earlier, I'm a little disappointed that I had fallen out of wrestling for a few years at that time. Crowd was molten for him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I found out one minute before leaving work and I came awfully close to losing it. I always knew he'd wrestle whether WWE cleared him or if he went elsewhere. The fact that he can work there where they can monitor him is the far better way to go. I know along with the seizures Bryan mentioned a lesion that was found in his brain and that caused him to retire. If those are resolved and he's all good then I'm very excited for what happens next. And as tempted as I am I'm not going to fantasy book since there's a lot of that going around. But since the poor guy didn't get mentioned much I'd be super hyped for Bryan vs. Nakamura. Regarding his style, I think back to Total Divas (or was it Bellas?) He was talking with Sami at the PC and had a style figured out where there really wasn't much risk involved. It seemed like he was partially joking, but with the excitement he had telling Sami about it if he could make something like that work in the ring then he's set for quite awhile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebreaker Chip Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 He's mentioned really enjoying Zack Sabre's work, I can see him getting good mileage out of the torturous mat-wrestling style, dial up the hard-but-safe strikes and hopefully dial down the dives and recreational self-head drops. Perhaps it's for the best that fate has kept him away from Ibushi The style he ends up working will probably have a not-so-subtle effect on the overall style the workrate-y guys in the company do anyway, it's be nice of his adjustments led to a general toning down of the diminishing-returns dives/suplexes etc they obviously have a direction for Mania but I think I'd sort of rather see him on Raw longer term, in terms of matchups. Maybe they give him a Cena deal where he just turns up at Raw/Smackdown/NXT at the start of a month and goes "this month I'm going to wrestle:" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 18 hours ago, The Green Meanie said: I don't think he should come back, it seems like the risk is too high. If he does come back, at what cost will it be? Will have have to change his moveset to something safer? And if so, will people complain? I think his legacy stands up as-is. GM: See, you're thinking like a normal person, not a carny. Brian Danielson is love him or hate him (and I love the guy), carny as fuck. That's his thing, the applause, the adrenaline, etc. I understand it because I've been close to it myself. As a dart player I was never better than top-100 USA, (which ain't too shabby), the difference between me and the top twenty guys is vast. Playing darts at a professional level is one of many things that I enjoyed doing; for the very best it's ALL THEY DO. When I was 58 and facing either surgery or the stop-gap of a fifth cortisone shot in my elbow, I did the logical thing and retired. At my age I wasn't going to suddenly get any better, I could have multiple injections and arm surgeries in order to hang around the 80s and 90s and eventually fall below 100, what would be the point? But see, those guys in the top twenty? They'd go under the knife and mainline cortisone if it would get them to one more tournament. That's the kind of mindset that Brian Danielson has. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: Regarding his style, I think back to Total Divas (or was it Bellas?) He was talking with Sami at the PC and had a style figured out where there really wasn't much risk involved. It seemed like he was partially joking, but with the excitement he had telling Sami about it if he could make something like that work in the ring then he's set for quite awhile. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Thanks for that. I do think (hope) we get more mat based stuff from him and WAY less dives. Who TF cares about a dive when everyone is doing it. Bryan doing his normal firing up and then just viciously stretching people out on the mat for 2 minutes would be way more compelling and over than all the dives and headbutts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Bryan vs Brock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 22 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot said: Watching Bryan talk about animals reminded me of... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanide Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 save_us.adbd 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 6 hours ago, Surprisingly Sincere Man said: Watching those clips posted earlier, I'm a little disappointed that I had fallen out of wrestling for a few years at that time. Crowd was molten for him. The best of all the "holy fuck the crowd is into this guy" is from the end of a random ass cage match in January 2014. They had basically decided (some people will argue it was actually long term storytelling but everyone involved that has been interviewed denies that) his run as a main eventer was over, so they kinda randomly turned him we had him join the Wyatt family. Then Michigan State's football team won a bowl game and got all over SportsCenter doing the Yes chant to celebrate and that made Vince decide they had to turn Bryan back face immediately. So Bray and Bryan lost to the Usos, Bray tried to give Bryan the Sister Abigail for losing, Bryan refused, beat the hell out of Wyatt and got the biggest reaction in WWE in the last decade. Just unglued 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 It wasn't just Michigan State. That was one of the big ones, but everyone was doing that shit. Soccer teams, baseball teams, etc. Also, even during that angle with the Wyatts, the fans still cheered the hell out of DB and kept YES'ing and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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