Brian Fowler Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Random question: why is it that Shane has to threaten to the ring announcer to actually get the kind of introduction every wrestler should be getting? Or, more accurately, if that guy is actually capable of doing good introductions like that... Why doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overly Critical Man Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Random question: why is it that Shane has to threaten to the ring announcer to actually get the kind of introduction every wrestler should be getting? Or, more accurately, if that guy is actually capable of doing good introductions like that... Why doesn't he? If you were working for the McMahons, wouldn’t you want to half ass it too? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Why is everyone assuming that Boss Hug aren't dropping the belts? A Nattie and Beth win would be another "moment" on the same weekend that the Hart Foundation are going into the HOF. And if Ronda is taking extended time off your Horsewomen vs Horsewomen feud probably isn't happening anyway. Also: Wooooooooo!! Edited March 27, 2019 by Execproducer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIShane Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Fair point,. I'd be happy for Nattie/Beth if they got a win. (And even the IIconics winning would lead to some good comedy.) Also, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Bones Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I was under the impression that Mandy Rose was supposed to get the shot at Asuka. Post Elimination Chamber I would have begrudgingly agreed. She was aggressive and very physical throughout the chamber. It was enough to make me think I was over looking her. The weeks between then and now showed she definitely wasn’t ready as the gap in status and talent would still have been huge even if the follow up to the EC had been successful. Mandy didn’t step up. Charlotte winning is a patch. But it’s patched with the best wrestler they have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 The difference in Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka now to this time last year. Quite the drop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 pages - I should have known Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Execproducer said: Why is everyone assuming that Boss Hug aren't dropping the belts? While anything is possible - to have the 1st champs lose in their first PPV defense (possible 1st defense ever - I can't remember) is not a great way to establish the belts. Plus they have already laid the ground work for Sasha/Bayley to work NXT post-Mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, RIPPA said: While anything is possible - to have the 1st champs lose in their first PPV defense (possible 1st defense ever - I can't remember) is not a great way to establish the belts. It's neither. They defended against Tamina and Nia at Fastlane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, tbarrie said: It's neither. They defended against Tamina and Nia at Fastlane. I legit have no memory of that show happening 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 They defended the titles at Fastlane a few weeks ago. But yes, would seem counter-productive since they've teased Sasha/Bayley doing a match in NXT. Then again, this is Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Side Note - the fact that Joe hasn't choked out Rey's kid yet is stunning to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I do agree that the post-WM Raw being all sentimental and Revolution-y at the end only for clown face Asuka to show up and justifiably beat the living hell out of everyone is one way to right the ship after WM. Move her and Becky to Raw to feud there, Charlotte to SD and do an open challenge kind of deal to build up a new crew of contenders there and off you go. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Me: You know what I really like? A really good piece of chocolate cake with vanilla icing. WWE: You like cake PAL? Good. We're going to give you a seven layer, chocolate double fudge SUPER cake. Its going to have 7 layers of vanilla of icing covered in pureed fruit with another coating of icing PAL. It's going to be 7 feet tall and weigh in and just over 22 pounds. It'll be the biggest cake in culinary history notwithstanding PAL. Me: I'd just like a nice piece of chocolate cake, please. 7 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 18 minutes ago, joseph2112 said: Me: You know what I really like? A really good piece of chocolate cake with vanilla icing. WWE: You like cake PAL? Good. We're going to give you a seven layer, chocolate double fudge SUPER cake. Its going to have 7 layers of vanilla of icing covered in pureed fruit with another coating of icing PAL. It's going to be 7 feet tall and weigh in and just over 22 pounds. It'll be the biggest cake in culinary history notwithstanding PAL. Me: I'd just like a nice piece of chocolate cake, please. I love chocolate fudge and chocolate fudge cake. Craving for it now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 26 minutes ago, joseph2112 said: Me: You know what I really like? A really good piece of chocolate cake with vanilla icing. WWE: You like cake PAL? Good. We're going to give you a seven layer, chocolate double fudge SUPER cake. Its going to have 7 layers of vanilla of icing covered in pureed fruit with another coating of icing PAL. It's going to be 7 feet tall and weigh in and just over 22 pounds. It'll be the biggest cake in culinary history notwithstanding PAL. Me: I'd just like a nice piece of chocolate cake, please. That's a really great analogy for Wrestlemania. Much like getting a huge piece of cake it would take a couple/few days of eating/watching whatever of it and picking off/skipping the stuff I don't care for. Which sounds like the better option compared to eating the whole piece in one sitting/watching the show live. I was behind by a few minutes so watching it I didn't realize there was two minutes left once New Day won. I thought for certain Vince was going to screw them again by either saying the match was no-countout or that he'd be at WM but not the title match. So it was hard to realize that this was real without any bullshit going on. I'm happy to see he's getting the shot though it was obvious. It's just that the Vince part of it really downgraded my interest in it all. I'm sure come WM time I'll conveniently forget all that and enjoy the match though. But that Usos moment was huge, holy crap did I love that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, joseph2112 said: Me: You know what I really like? A really good piece of chocolate cake with vanilla icing. WWE: You like cake PAL? Good. We're going to give you a seven layer, chocolate double fudge SUPER cake. Its going to have 7 layers of vanilla of icing covered in pureed fruit with another coating of icing PAL. It's going to be 7 feet tall and weigh in and just over 22 pounds. It'll be the biggest cake in culinary history notwithstanding PAL. Me: I'd just like a nice piece of chocolate cake, please. This is why I basically love NJPW and, when it happened, All In. It's nothing super fancy and when there's a turn, like Gedo turning on Okada, White and Gedo joining BC, it makes sense. Hell, it's almost expected and it's expected because it's like that's what should happen. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, joseph2112 said: Me: You know what I really like? A really good piece of chocolate cake with vanilla icing. WWE: You like cake PAL? Good. We're going to give you a seven layer, chocolate double fudge SUPER cake. Its going to have 7 layers of vanilla of icing covered in pureed fruit with another coating of icing PAL. It's going to be 7 feet tall and weigh in and just over 22 pounds. It'll be the biggest cake in culinary history notwithstanding PAL. Me: I'd just like a nice piece of chocolate cake, please. Oh, nevermind about the vanilla icing. We know what you actually want better than you do, so we're replacing it with more chocolate icing. You're going to eat it and like it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I understand why they had Charlotte win the belt since it puts more heat on her and gives the SDL women a direction after Becky leaves for Raw but they really are burning all their female talent to build that main event. It’s a really bad, short sighted habit they’ve developed (see: Braun burying most of the SDL team at Survivor Series for... a reason?). The fact they can’t book two women’s divisions at the same time shouldn’t be a shock to me and yet here I am. The optimist in me hopes Asuka comes for her rematch after Mania and this turns into something good. But I honestly think they’re booking as far as the triple threat and that’s it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: Side Note - the fact that Joe hasn't choked out Rey's kid yet is stunning to me Side-Side note- Is Rey's wife like 6'10". How did Dominic get so tall. He dwarfed Rey. Maybe Eddy was right after all?????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, Godfrey said: I understand why they had Charlotte win the belt since it puts more heat on her and gives the SDL women a direction after Becky leaves for Raw but they really are burning all their female talent to build that main event. It’s a really bad, short sighted habit they’ve developed (see: Braun burying most of the SDL team at Survivor Series for... a reason?). The fact they can’t book two women’s divisions at the same time shouldn’t be a shock to me and yet here I am. The optimist in me hopes Asuka comes for her rematch after Mania and this turns into something good. But I honestly think they’re booking as far as the triple threat and that’s it. And that's the problem. Charlotte being SDL champ is fine in a vacuum. But if the WM main event fails to meet expectations, they've sacrificed the entire division for nothing. And if you're the other women, you can't feel confident that Vince or Triple H or whoever is booking you will course-correct. This is tokenism layered into misogyny, and it's disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Well, from all accounts, it's usually the least tenured writers who book the women, with obvious input from Vince and his ever changing whims. I'm going to totally regret saying this and I'm going to knock on wood, but I think the chance that Becky, Charlotte, and Ronda don't deliver is close to 0%. It should be a fantastic match with a lot of drama and Becky winning would be them sticking the landing. Of course, anyone can have a bad night and this whole thing could turn into a botch fest riddled with bad booking or worse, over booking from multiple McMahons. The worst case scenario has to be Vince stopping Becky from winning, to Shane then coming out to stop Ronda from winning, to Steph then coming out to stop Charlotte from winning (because who the fuck knows why), to Linda returning to stop Becky from winning and then Ronda ultimately wins. It's either that, or Becky turns heel and aligns herself with Vince to win the title because that worked so well the last time the company tried that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 The post-show promo: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 3 hours ago, RIPPA said: Side Note - the fact that Joe hasn't choked out Rey's kid yet is stunning to me They could be saving it for Monday during the Rey vs. Angle match but yeah before the tag Gauntlet was made I was sure Joe was choking out Rey's Kid after Cathy Kelly on wwe.com made mention of will Joe's downward spiral continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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