Ace Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 It's a pity they didn't announce the new teams on the Network so we could get a Graves live reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Trocar Slush Weasel said: Did anybody else see Rusev's promo on the Network show? Has to be one of the promos of the year, "Who's Dean Ambrose? A lunatic with a fridge?" Since those WWE dipshits are trying to hold the Rusev down, I had to upload that promo. https://streamable.com/ls4q 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: It didn't specifically say WWE debut. It did, but it was the WWE logo instead of the letters "WWE." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligerbusa Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 hour ago, nofuture said: Asuka and Nia's face tell the story. Never mind that, Ho Ho Lun is sitting next to Hideo. They must have signed him! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 The biggest thing I wanted from this show is Jerry Lawler gone. I'm so happy I may cry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 If Graves doesn't do NXT shows anymore he's a bigger loss for NXT than any of the wrestlers who were drafted. Shane bringing that hip new product by having JBL call Cena, Orton, and Kane matches. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Man, as usual Smackdown got the shit end of the stick in these drafts. Oh sure they got a couple of great picks at the start to get peoples hope's up. But as it went on the company was like "just remember who's they A show around here pal". Daniel Bryan so far is proving to be a horrible GM. Terrible draft management. I mean storywise we understand that on RAW, Stephanie is calling 99.9% of the shots. So Mick is just there for the paycheck. But there were plenty of good people up for grabs and Bryan didn't take them. Shane should be pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Did Michael Cole say, "I'm glad this is only for one night," after Mauro made fun of his "vintage" bullshit? If so, Mauro wins. If not, Mauro still probably wins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I figured out the Mojo call up. He is in the Ray Jackson roll and Rusev is Chong Li. And Zack is Frank Dux... I'm aware Braun was there to be Jackson, but you play the cards you're dealt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Nia Jax should not be a heel. She's such a softie in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 3 hours ago, El Dragon said: Can we talk about how Raw was going to get a Cruiserweight division, and the only guy on their roster that I think fits as being under 205 are Neville, Enzo, and Woods? Presumably they'll be getting all the CWs signed with WWE after the CWC ends. It wouldn't make much sense for guys to get drafted tonight and ruin the illusion of there being an ongoing tournament. I mean if Ibushi, Alexander and Dorado get drafted tonight to Raw, it kind of ruins the suspense of running the tournament, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Cesaro'so interview was completely from the heart. You can sense his frustration. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I just had a horrifying thought... What if Lawler replaces Graves on NXT? Also, the draft was stupid and made no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Well, that's what happens when you have a month to plan and you only do a week of work (in reality probably only a couple of days or knowing Vince they re-did the whole thing the day of). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin's Beard Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 12 minutes ago, Go2Sleep said: I just had a horrifying thought... What if Lawler replaces Graves on NXT? Also, the draft was stupid and made no sense. Ugh. NXT is the only weekly WWE show I watch. Please don't do that to me. From an entirely selfish perspective, I was hoping you'd get a Smackdown where the guys I like to watch wrestle are all stuck, because then I'd have considered watching some main roster WWE. But most of them are on Raw & 3 hours is an hour more than I'm willing to spend on a wrestling show, and there's not enough on Smackdown to make those 2 hours worth wasting on wrestling either. They probably should have kept the women together on one show, and have the Cruiserweights on the other show. There's also not enough tag teams to make splitting the tag division across 2 shows make any sense either. If I try to be an optimist, I guess it's interesting to see how it all falls together (or apart) in the long-term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Daniel Bryan's reaction: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Other random thing - at least one of the NXT refs got called up to RAW Of course I can't find the tweets now to remember which one (it wasn't Drake) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 By my albeit shaky memory - biggest pops were for Balor, AA and the Crossface Chicken Wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Harms Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Man, did Shane-O and D-Bry come off as incompetent idiots. Some of the picks were baffling. From a kayfabe perspective it just made no sense. And I could get used to IDGAF Cesaro. Hope Vince didn't see that interview or he'll he jobbi... Oh he does that already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Hopefully this brand split will die a lot sooner than the last one. I haven't really commented on it since they announced it, but I did come to a realization in the past weeks. I stopped watching WWE on a regular basis around the tail end of the Attitude era and didn't start watching weekly again until I caught Punk's "pipe bomb" and it piqued my interest. I'd always credited my loss of interest solely to Triple H, but as I thought about it I realized that it was just as much my loathing for the brand split concept. It was a stupid fucking idea then, it's a stupid fucking idea now. WWE creative is terrible enough without limiting the amount of feuds each wrestler can have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I haven't read all 11 pages of comments, but what about that guy in the "Brand Split 2.0" thread who suggested Mojo Rawley would get drafted out of NXT? That guy...he's something. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 2 minutes ago, Marty Sugar said: I haven't read all 11 pages of comments, but what about that guy in the "Brand Split 2.0" thread who suggested Mojo Rawley would get drafted out of NXT? That guy...he's something. Marty we are all just gonna blame you when he is IC champ in a month 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 And clearly RAW picking Sami Zayn immediately after being choke slammed by Kane was the worst pick of the night 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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