ChesterCopperpot Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, MORELOCK said: Oh okay. So please, tell me, do you have any kind of information to substantiate the claims that Taker is somehow responsible for it, or is that just some thing a dude on a message board said? I don't. Just pointing out that it's possible, based on the criteria that you laid out. EDIT: Here's Summer Rae tweeting about the Undertaker visiting the Performance Center the exact week Baron Corbin's NXT push began. https://mobile.twitter.com/DanielleMoinet/status/378665129099149312 Edited March 25, 2019 by mattdangerously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 How is Elias not a bigger thing? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The concept of that being a smoking gun is hilarious to me. Nobody gets a big push in WWE without Vince being on board, period. I don't remember the megapushes of Mideon or Godfather, so I'm not sure why people are suddenly trying to cast Taker as a big-time political player in their imaginary version of what happens backstage in WWE. There is zero evidence that Undertaker has any kind of influence on RAW's creative. I'm sure there are some HHH theories y'all can roll out that are much more plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 11 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot said: How is Elias not a bigger thing? Because the bell has to ring. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) Elias is passable. I think they should have continued his push. They have plenty of acts they are pushing that can't wrestle (Alexa, IIconics). Edited March 25, 2019 by Niners Fan in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Elias is passable. I think they should have continued his push. They have plenty of acts they are pushing that can't wrestle (Alexa, IIconics). Ignoring the obvious trolling - I am not sure I would say the IIconics are being "pushed" They are in the Mania tag match simply due to them being the only heel SDL Team (since they are doing some sort of breakup angle with Fire and Desire) Their win over Bayley/Sasha on SDL was the first time they had a match on TV since Elimination Chamber They had two matches on SDL to build to the EC. Those were their first two matches on TV this year. Their only other appearance was in the Rumble match. So... I guess because they are a SDL tag team they are "pushed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, RIPPA said: So... I guess because they are a SDL tag team they are "pushed" Well they've had more screen time than Asuka and Naomi of late, especially Naomi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) I think if Elias was protected a bit more in the ring with certain match ups(Like the match with Rollins) you could’ve kept him as a major star for a couple of years, and hope he improved. Like that brief bit where Ziggler held the belt. That should have been Elias in that spot. Edited March 25, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Its probably because I've been playing too much 2k19 before bed, but I've had two dreams in the last month where R-Truth and Elias are fighting for the hardcore title at a gas station, so naturally I want it to be a real thing, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 12 hours ago, HumanChessgame said: As long as Sting is just selling real estate and not taking other people up on investment deals I'm sure he'd be the way to go. Now that he's no longer wrestling, I'm sure anyone who approached Real Estate Steve with a business opportunity would end up screwing him over. I remember hearing a funny story from Sting's TNA days. They had a celebrity on the show whose name escapes me now and said celebrity ran into Sting backstage. He didn't know that Sting was a wrestler at all as he just knew Sting as "Real Estate Steve". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 36 minutes ago, cwoy2j said: I remember hearing a funny story from Sting's TNA days. They had a celebrity on the show whose name escapes me now and said celebrity ran into Sting backstage. He didn't know that Sting was a wrestler at all as he just knew Sting as "Real Estate Steve". FYI that celebrity was Frank Trigg, and that story is the exact reason the other posters mentioned him in that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I think that would be former UFC Welterweight title challenger and current MMA referee Frank Trigg. He saw real estate Steve (who he knew from the gym) talking to Curt Angle and assumed Angle was looking to buy a house in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 4 hours ago, MORELOCK said: The concept of that being a smoking gun is hilarious to me. Nobody gets a big push in WWE without Vince being on board, period. I don't remember the megapushes of Mideon or Godfather, so I'm not sure why people are suddenly trying to cast Taker as a big-time political player in their imaginary version of what happens backstage in WWE. There is zero evidence that Undertaker has any kind of influence on RAW's creative. I'm sure there are some HHH theories y'all can roll out that are much more plausible. Undertaker likes motorcycles. Corbin likes motorcycles. Case closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Wasn't Corbin living in a home Undertaker owned at one point? I think it was a custom job built to accommodate men of a certain size. Tall boys unite! Big Show also owned the home for a time IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Wasn't Corbin living in a home Undertaker owned at one point? I think it was a custom job built to accommodate men of a certain size. Tall boys unite! Big Show also owned the home for a time IIRC. Discussed 2 pages ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Joe vs Angle tonight on Raw - because why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Infinit said: Discussed 2 pages ago Sorry about the party foul. In the future, I won't be a lemon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 So supposedly WWE has shortened Mustafa Ali's name to just Ali. Because WWE gotta be WWE lol 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot said: Joe vs Angle tonight on Raw - because why not? Awesome. Very much looking forward to this. Would've loved a full blown feud between them before Kurt hung it up, but their TNA stuff will have to suffice. Imagine telling your past self 13 years ago that Kurt's retirement tour would include bouts with AJ and Joe. You'd be like "no shit, Sherlock" til you heard what show they were on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I'm still of the belief we'll end up getting Angle/Cena at Mania 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Certainly the best damage control they could do on the heels of the negative reaction to the Corbin match. Joe/Styles this week then @L_W_P's great idea would be just about the perfect run in. Then Corbin gets squashed to close the chapter to that feud. If this was the plan all a long it's actually smart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Infinit said: So supposedly WWE has shortened Mustafa Ali's name to just Ali. Because WWE gotta be WWE lol I want someone on a low scale indy to take their ring name entirely from dropped WWE names. Ex. Antonio Alexander Sampson Mustafa Knight Langston Dozovic Almas Edited March 25, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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