Ziggy Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 4 hours ago, The Natural said: Roman Reigns goes to Smackdown. I can see Revival, Drew, Ember and Sasha moving as well. Once the superstar shake-up is done, I hope it's enforced so only the build to Survivor Series, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and say WrestleMania is where you get RAW vs. Smackdown Live at it. I hope Ember goes to SDLive she's the best worker of all the women besides Asuka plus I'd like to see them on the Same brand. I could see them moving Finn and the Revival though I'd like to see them and the Uso's on the same Brand both teams need a few new teams to work same with New Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 If over the next few weeks they just shorten it to TVE it’ll be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Thank goodness the Undisputed Experience didn't get called up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 For what it's worth - on this morning's radio show, Meltzer said that "everyone thinks" that Paige's team will be the Sky Pirates Of course - the way he said it, he could have meant "everyone" as "twitter fans" so take a lot of grains of salt with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 And I guess if anyone was still wondering if somehow Sanity was still together I mean Dain to NXT UK would make sense but you would also think they would keep him and Nikki together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 I could see Pete Dunne moving over to Smackdown Live but NXT UK needs him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY, HEY BAYLEY! OOOOOOOOOOOOH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I WANNA KNOW OH OH OH! WHERE DID YA PARTNER GO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Townsend Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 9 hours ago, The Natural said: AJ Styles beard as was stayed on Smackdown Live. I assume Vince thought there were too many guys with long hair and beards on RAW (and a bunch of them in that match) and decided people wouldn't be able to tell the wrestlers apart. Honestly, Rollins kinda is the long-haired flippy guy with a beard you try to book if you can't get AJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebreaker Chip Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I don't think it's any exaggeration to say Hanson and Rowe should have immediately asked for their release on being told the new name, and then violently killed Vince if he refused 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Timestamped - the IIconics are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 One of the things I've been kinda enjoying about WWE in the past few years is them not being so strict in renaming guys who've made their name elsewhere (Ricochet, Walter, EC3 for instance) I like that acknowledgement of a wrestling world outside the company. I can see why they changed the War Machine name, but always thought War Raiders was shite. Of course, this new one is far worse. Who was the last main roster callup/signing to get a name change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w. josh Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 As far as signings, Tommy End to Aleister Black, Donovan Dijak to that but with more syllables, and now Punishment Martinez to Damien Priest. This is the first callup in a while to come with a full name change, though - they've just shortened/edited for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Damien Priest is an improvement over Punishment Martinez, fight me 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I liked the War Raiders name. I didn't think there was a thing wrong with that. While I liked the Tommy End name more, Aleister Black is still a pretty dope name and I'm sure HHH didn't want people to keep chanting "TOMMY! TOMMY! TOMMY FUCKIN END!" Biff taking the name of Oney Lorcan is completely on him so I can't really fault the company much there. I mean, HHH or Bloom could have said, "that's way worse than the options we gave you and we don't even know what that means." But until now, Dominik Dijakovic (no "ich" at the end too) was the worst name change I saw especially since he was already going by Chris Dijak. Now his name is so much more complicated and it's just going to get shortened to Dijakovic. Plus, if you're from around here, or Chicago, or a bunch of parts of Ohio, and really a lot of places in this country, if you see "vic" at the end of someone's name you're already used to pronouncing that as "vich." This Viking Experience name is now the worst name change I've ever seen. It's such a shit name and no matter how good Hanson and Rowe are in the ring, that name makes them sound like jobbers. It really is a name you give to local jobbers who you brought in to be squashed by Braun Strowman. Ultimately, it's just a big reminder that this company is incredibly disappointing and masterful and pissing off its audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: I mean Dain to NXT UK would make sense but you would also think they would keep him and Nikki together For what it's worth, Nikki terrorizing NXT UK would be super fine with me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 She (Cross) and Heavy Machinery, one would assume, would be officially assigned to SDL tonight since they are the only NXT folks still not anywhere However - Heavy Machinery worked the Main Event tapings last night which might mean they are sticking to RAW purgatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 WWE.com is saying Vince himself will be on Smackdown Live tonight to announce "The biggest acquisition in Smackdown history". So, yeah... Spoiler I'd be astonished if it was anyone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 On the subject of names, Dolph Ziggler is likely the best example of a successful career (whatever anyone here thinks) despite being saddled with a shitty WWE name. Is Samoa Joe the best example of a successful career despite saddling himself with a shitty name? (Dunno if he gave himself the name but he likely could've changed it at any point early on) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: WWE.com is saying Vince himself will be on Smackdown Live tonight to announce "The biggest acquisition in Smackdown history". So, yeah... Reveal hidden contents I'd be astonished if it was anyone else. I like how you aren't even bother to read the thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I'M VERY BUSY PHILIP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, Swiftian said: Is Samoa Joe the best example of a successful career despite saddling himself with a shitty name? (Dunno if he gave himself the name but he likely could've changed it at any point early on) I am not sure why he would have wanted to since Joe is his real name and he is very proud of his Samoan ancestry Plus I am not sure how many would agree with you on it being a "shitty" name 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Oh feck. The last handful of replies make me think that the SDL "big name" may be Ziggler. And the only way that's ok is if he brings PUPPEHS!!! 3 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, RIPPA said: I am not sure why he would have wanted to since Joe is his real name and he is very proud of his Samoan ancestry Plus I am not sure how many would agree with you on it being a "shitty" name You ever have the name “Samoa Joe” come up in non-wrestling fan company? It always gets a hearty chuckle from outside the wrestling bubble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Sorry if that has been mentioned but what is so weird is that not since OVW have they so radically changed names like this. I mean, we all roll our eyes at guys losing first names or nicknames or stuff like that but to completely change the team name and ring names of a pretty established act is something out of the pre-NXT days and is kind of concerning. I mean, this isn't far off from Adam Cole coming out as like Bobby BayBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 22 minutes ago, Swiftian said: On the subject of names, Dolph Ziggler is likely the best example of a successful career (whatever anyone here thinks) despite being saddled with a shitty WWE name. Is Samoa Joe the best example of a successful career despite saddling himself with a shitty name? (Dunno if he gave himself the name but he likely could've changed it at any point early on) Go ahead and tell Joe it's a shitty name and see what happens. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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