Bustronaut Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Has the measles guy at Wrestlemania been mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, Rick said: That's not taking anything away from Rusev, he really can do it all and deserves more of a shot. Yeah, he’s a good performer. So I’m happy to see this catching on for him. I just don’t get it and am completely cold to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 There’s nothing to get, really. It’s a nonsense phrase used as affirmation by a delusional celebratory heel, pretty much exactly how YES started; but it’s easy to chant and people like the guy behind it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Doesn't Jericho wear shoe lifts? And I think they even said on TV once in WCW that Raven had to wear one because of a physical defect where one leg was shorter or something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Rick said: Rusev Day is just another Mr Kennedy Kennedy thing, it would fizzle out if given the spotlight. But with Vince working the marks acting like he's undermining Rusev, editing chants out of shows and taking him out of matches makes me believe he's trying to get the fans to sabotage the shows in the same way the ''Yes!'' chants did with Bryan, the problem is we're clued in by Dave and it isn't organic. That's not taking anything away from Rusev, he really can do it all and deserves more of a shot. The problem with this is that there is a catch-22 there if the fans ARE clued in by Dave, because honestly it ties into a bigger issue than "Is Rusev going to get a push": The fans have just given up on their heroes ever getting pushed in WWE, and this is paradoxically the reason they WON'T be pushed. Sometimes in all of entertainment, you have to break the fans' hearts to make them want something THAT MUCH MORE when they do get it, and it's that fact that makes entertainment in any form. There's a world of difference between if WWE gave Daniel Bryan the WWE Title at Summerslam 2013 (when he was a cult hero, popular, but still a tag guy) and Wrestlemania 30 (when he became a force of nature and the fans NEEDED him to win). Unfortunately, the fans have had their heart broken so many times that it's never going to mend again...and that leads to two big things to kill that: On WWE's side, they know only true love can break your heart, and so if the fans give up on their favorite ever making it to the top the second they get a little adversity, then WWE will just think "They didn't REALLY love them, we can put them on the backburner". On the fans' side, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy- since the fans have had their hearts broken so much that even if WWE DOESN'T give their hero adversity, it'd just be "Whoop-dee-damn-doo, they're prancing around with a pwetty title with their logo on it. Whatever- they're just going to lose it to Roman Reigns/to a blonde anyway, they didn't REALLY go all-in with them." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Beech27 said: There’s nothing to get, really. I get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Rick said: Rusev Day is just another Mr Kennedy Kennedy thing, it would fizzle out if given the spotlight. But with Vince working the marks acting like he's undermining Rusev, editing chants out of shows and taking him out of matches makes me believe he's trying to get the fans to sabotage the shows in the same way the ''Yes!'' chants did with Bryan, the problem is we're clued in by Dave and it isn't organic. That's not taking anything away from Rusev, he really can do it all and deserves more of a shot. I think it might work as a springboard. But it would need something stronger behind it. Seems like Rusev would benefit from a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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(BP) Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 The past year really has been the best case scenario for Matt after all of the concern when he first came back that he'd eventually fall of the map while they gave Jeff a singles run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I'm hopeful that they seperate them in the Shake-Up, and we get Broken Hardy foolishness on one show and Jeff getting one last run on another. The best thing about the return so far is still the matches with Sheamus and Cesaro, IMO. Looking back, that Iron Man last year might have been my favourite main roster match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Bray is still vanity searching. He is one shitty super kick from being the third Young Buck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Do you really hate the Bucks that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Lateral move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 To be fair - in that case what Bray is talking about is in the most recent WON Dave writes a little blurb that he heard people are trying to push the idea that Bray turns on Matt and leads Sanity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Which feels like a terrible idea on multiple levels. Bray turning again so quick would suck, and Sanity doesn't need him. Although if he does turn again, I guess he does need a cult since him without one really sucked. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I don't know how Sanity will fare on the main roster anyway, but being the guys that job on TV to whomever Bray's feuding with before Bray in turn jobs on a Network special would certainly suck for everyone in Sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Which feels like a terrible idea on multiple levels. Bray turning again so quick would suck, and Sanity doesn't need him. Although if he does turn again, I guess he does need a cult since him without one really sucked. Really? With exception of Nikki Cross I see them probably falling flat after 4-6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 They'll try something with Dain. They seem to like him. Feels like they've moved on from everyone else. Wish Nikki got more to do. Bray needs a cult if he's going to be heel again. But after seeing that start and stop so many times, it'll be difficult to buy in. Real cults don't have these kind of retention issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Thanks UK. First Russel Brand and now the measles. Good job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 10 years ago today, I assume Kenny Omega watched this. youtube.com/watch?v=I1k2ySpLVAI&t=184s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 4 hours ago, RIPPA said: To be fair - in that case what Bray is talking about is in the most recent WON Dave writes a little blurb that he heard people are trying to push the idea that Bray turns on Matt and leads Sanity That is a little better in context. Being Bray's followers might not have big job growth, but it is a secure position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 2 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Real cults don't have these kind of retention issues. I don't know, Jonestown had some massive turnover. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 11 hours ago, Mickie Zeidler said: Has the measles guy at Wrestlemania been mentioned? You will be getting a Z Pack in the mail! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 The more I see Bray tweeting like Matt the more I hate it. I'd love if he went back to his Waylon Mercy character. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 This is the first I'm reading of Bray leading Sanity and I honestly don't think it's the worst idea in the world. The issue I have is that it would really restore Brays status as a crazed cult leader if he recruited them one by one to his new family, but with the nature of NXT now being a full blown third brand basically rather than truly developmental, a good number of fans are already familiar with Sanity as a standalone entity. I don't follow NXT weekly TV as much as I should. Is there any possible way it could be revealed and/or retconned that Bray is the puppet master of the group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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