The Comedian

Vince was already sowing the seeds for Mr. McMahon before Montreal. Without Shawn what you get is: - Bizarro Mr McMahon who's pro-Bret Hart/Hart Foundation because they're "respectable". His heel turn is accelerated and he starts openly feuding with Austin post-Rumble instead of post-Mania. - WM Main Event XIV main event is a Bret/Austin rematch with Austin winning the title, Tyson still gets brought in as enforcer, but with Vince inferring strongly that he's there to screw Austin. Tyson still ultimately helps Stone Cold. - Bret never gets kicked in the head by Goldberg and Davey Boy never lands on a trap door, prolonging their careers and possibly extending Davey's life. Owen probably never does the Blue Blazer so he's still alive - Most other stuff plays out slightly differently but Rock and Triple H were always gonna be stars. It probably takes Triple H a little longer in this scenario.

I want this to be a reality show so much. There needs to be an episode where they refuse to practice because the ghost of Wayman Tisdale is haunting their gym...

LEGITIMACY!

It's a great match...Shawn using pro wrestling grappling (via the repeated side headlock takedowns) at the beginning to offset Kurt's amateur grappling skills is pretty cool, and the overall story of whether or not Kurt over-scouted the superkick while underestimating the rest of HBK's arsenal works well..

Kinda sad that once he makes the main roster, they'll make him do it every match...

Well I do too. Of course - I literally keep movies for like a year at a time since I am too lazy to watch them I was the same way, that's why I eventually ditched the service. Although with me part of it is that I'm too analytical, so watching a movie is a several-hour chore for me. Like, every 10-15 minute interval it's "pause/analyze/write recap of plot thusfar in head" for me...

Personally I've never had a problem with finisher kick-outs. I just see it as WWE's take on Strong Style and Fighting Spirit and whatnot...

Glad it happened. Any apprehension I might have had over another center is gone. 100% all in and looking forward to Summer League. Right now on @SiriusXMNBA, Brett Brown says he got to the gym at 6:30 this morning & Okafor was already there working out. #Sixers — Jared Greenberg (@NBATVJared) June 29, 2015 I love the pick, despite all the typical Philly-haters (not to mention the doom prophets in our own fanbase) suddenly deciding that Okafor is a one-dimensional bum the moment we got him. The only real problem is that it makes the MCW trade look even dumber than it did before.

That goth loli made a hell of a catch at the fence...

It's like ya'll forgot that just last year they took a clip of Embiid looking upset and blew it up into "EMBIID PISSED OFF THE SIXERS DRAFTED HIM"...

Big fat heels who use splashes as their finish Imagine the additional pathos if the Authority had a big fat guy splash Daniel Bryan a bunch of times and he broke out the Ken Shamrock internal bleeding gimmick...

I wish I could find the clip from Talk Soup of Dick Van Patten and John Henson watching Mummenschanz...

I suspect that if Dolph did leave WWE, the moveset problem could be solved. I mean, the same "his offense sucks" complaints people make about Dolph here also get made about Rollins, Ambrose, Reigns, Wyatt, Miz, etc... so at some point maybe you figure its not all those guys' fault, its WWE's.

I agree with Seej that anyone insinuating that Brock was buried is being silly, but I also understand people being pissed that fucking Kane is still being used in that role while Luke Harper is barely getting TV time...

One of the things I really like about Owens is that when he says he doesn't care about the fans, it's in a matter-of-fact way, not the Snidely Whiplash moustache-twirling over-the-top cheap heat way WWE generally has its heels talk about the fans...

Well I guess thats how you make it look like Seth has a ghost of a chance at Battleground

Honestly, this is what should have happened with Bischoff the moment he went NWO.

This talk of Dario doing "heel promoter" in a different way made me think about other ways you might be able to put a fresh spin on the concept. What if someone did a Hunter Zolomon-type gimmick where they helped the heels and hurt the faces with the notion that overcoming adversity would make the faces stronger and better heroes?

This is such a weird statement considering how dynasty-friendly the NBA has traditionally been. Really though, the last truly dominant "everyone knows they're winning the title before the season even begins" team was the Shaq/Kobe Lakers in their threepeat prime. Even the Miami Big Three only went 2-2 in the Finals.

Well, you could probably condense it into "everything Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn believe about professional wrestling"...

The Philly media does all the time. There was just another video recently commemorating his game one performance floating around online. Former Philly mayor/PA governor Ed Rendell did a piece in the paper recently remembering it. Of course the difference is that Lebron is built like a taller Rock and Iverson is built like a taller Rey Mysterio, so of course what Iverson did seems more impressive.

The sad thing is that it wouldn't be that hard to dig your way out of all this Bella-Paige stuff... 1. Bellas dis Paige backstage...Nikki leaves, Brie trails behind, and Paige asks her, "Do you ever get tired of being Nikki's lapdog?" 2. Next show Brie confronts Paige alone, asks about the "lapdog" comment. Paige reminds her of how Nikki betrayed her last summer. Brie says she forgave Nikki. Paige responds that you forgive someone when they're sorry, but Nikki has never shown any remorse, and she was essentially still bragging about stabbing Brie in the back to curry the Authority's favor on the 6/15 Raw. Then Paige really drives the nail home by pointing out that, if the Bellas are truly Authority-approved, then Brie is cooperating with the people who made her husband's life a living hell. Later Nikki confronts Brie about the conversation with Paige, but Brie tells her not to worry. 3. Nikki offers Paige a non-title match with the stips: Paige wins, she gets a title shot, she loses she's out of the title picture for good. Brie's botched interference causes Nikki to lose. Nikki berates Brie afterwards, tells her she can't trust her, and that Nikki will always be the dominant twin. Brie sulks off. 4. Come title match time, Nikki comes out with, oh, say Alicia Fox or whoever for her corner. Paige fights valiantly, seems to have the match won, Fox interferes, turns the tide, it looks like Nikki's gonna win, and HERE'S BRIE...She takes out Fox, distracts Nikki, Paige wins the title. 5. Paige moves on to the next NXT Diva they wanna bring up, the Bellas rekindle their feud with a more satisfactory conclusion (Brie going over) Of course, this will not actually happen, but it would be nice...

All those suplexes attack your core, making it harder for you to find the strength to crawl to the ropes/do a rolling counter. The anklelock is MMA-approved, so it doesn't require pre-softening. Sometimes ya just gotta read between the lines and come up with your own answers...

Counters/contrived set-up maneuvers as regular parts of people's movesets (eg. Kidman's power bomb reversal, Rey's 619, Orton's rope-hung DDT, Ambrose's rebound clothesline) WWE's "get yer moves in" match-calling style in general, particularly in TV matches where squeezing two guys' movesets in leaves little time for any variation

He also posted a bunch of emojis The WWE might want to chat with their "celebs" before doing angles with them Given that MGK was supposed to be the face, his no-selling the attack and playing to the fans afterward is actually company policy...