John from Cincinnati Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 And since I wasn't paying super close attention tonight: Who's Lesnar's next challenger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, DreamBroken said: Styles/Orton seg was some good pro wrestling. It really wasn't. Styles' lame bully insult bit went on way too long. And why did Orton need to bait him in to begin with? I love both guys as performers, but this was flat for me. That said, Orton's lame kayfabe angle invoking Edge, considering the rumours surrounding him, got my ears to poke up. We'll see what comes of it. Edited December 31, 2019 by West Newbury Bad Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIShane Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 26 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: I'm happy they haven't made those characters a response to the 2016 election. The Americans lucked into it by being a show about Russian spies that started a few years too early, and even they never steered into the skid. I know we shouldn't hold wrestling to too high a standard, but fuck all of that. We already have enough lazy "art" about Trump and Putin. I don't need it in my wrestling. The Americans was also brilliant and multi-faceted. On the whole I think WWE has done well in not incorporating political themes into their storylines in recent years, their past record shows that its generally very tacky when they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, RIShane said: The Americans was also brilliant and multi-faceted. On the whole I think WWE has done well in not incorporating political themes into their storylines in recent years, their past record shows that its generally very tacky when they do. Their current bland, sanitized product couldn't handle a political voice. If I read their goals correctly, they're right not to touch the hot stove. The Americans was more about family life than espionage. The only people who wanted the show to respond to Putin and Trumpism didn't understand it to begin with. Thank fuck FX (before the Disney acquisition at least...) let creative voices just tell their stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 44 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: I'm happy they haven't made those characters a response to the 2016 election. The Americans lucked into it by being a show about Russian spies that started a few years too early, and even they never steered into the skid. I know we shouldn't hold wrestling to too high a standard, but fuck all of that. We already have enough lazy "art" about Trump and Putin. I don't need it in my wrestling. I guess that SBA appointment for Linda had some upside for the on-screen product in the WWE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) also congrats to Rusev on living the dream of being inside of a cake for way too long.. Edited December 31, 2019 by Cobra Commander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Lost in all this, it seemed like Lana and Liv were stiffing the hell out of each other. It could be a fun brawl. Maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Cobra Commander said: I guess that SBA appointment for Linda had some upside for the on-screen product in the WWE. No upside will ever balance out the money they pissed away on those senate runs. Bloomberg 2020. Edited December 31, 2019 by West Newbury Bad Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Cobra Commander said: also congrats to Rusev on living the dream of being inside of a cake for way too long.. They should have had a batchelor party for Bobby. I mean then the giant cake would have made sense. Though I suppose for Rusev it's a good thing he wasn't in it before it got baked. Rowan: was Rusev in that cake before you baked it? Seriously though I was expecting a bad wedding but nothing like this. The odd thing is they could have a compelling angle with Lana and Liv. I saw someone say on Twitter in the Lana trends that "Lana got married so much because she's in denial about herself". I can't blame the writers for this though. I'm sure some of them probably could come up with a decent lesbian story line. But you gotta remember who they are writing for. Not us the viewers. A 74 year old Monty Burns-esq madman who only runs on probably two hours of sleep while trying to start a football company in the new year. That's who this was written for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 4 hours ago, The Natural said: "...now watch me flip this guy over with my magical cock." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 They broke up the Riott Squad for this shit? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 40 minutes ago, Casey said: They broke up the Riott Squad for this shit? Bloody good point that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RIShane Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, The Natural said: Bloody good point that. In fairness, I think the real catalyst was Ruby needing surgery. And yes, I miss the Riotts’ low-stakes mischief too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Natural said: Bloody good point that. You know if they wanted to go for the comedy trifecta, Sarah Logan as the Lana lesbian (??) stalker would be have been the cherry on that sundae We can argue about Heyman as a creative genius all we want but I think we can agree is that Heyman has some serious sexual or relationship issues lately based on the last year of booking Edited December 31, 2019 by hammerva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamal Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 4 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Lost in all this, it seemed like Lana and Liv were stiffing the hell out of each other. It could be a fun brawl. Maybe. That’s what I noticed too. One of the more realistic looking “cat fights” since Gail Kim and the Bellas were beating each other up over Daniel Bryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, RIShane said: In fairness, I think the real catalyst was Ruby needing surgery. And yes, I miss the Riotts’ low-stakes mischief too. Yeah, that's true, but there was also no reason to not keep Sarah and Liv together as a tag team if they actually cared about the Women's Tag titles. Where's the harm in that? Maybe it's not as "interesting" as whatever Liv is doing now, but I highly doubt she's going to come out on the other side of this any better than when she came into it. The only person that will is Rusev because he's like fucking teflon when it comes to bad storylines. I don't even watch NXT on the regular but I really hope when Ruby comes back, she goes there. Sarah Logan, too. All three deserve better than what they've been given. Liv isn't the world's best wrestler or anything by any means, but she's also not Lana levels bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 8 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: hey at least the show ended with Liv standing tall Liv tapes her fingers like The Great Muta. I’m a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Pretty sure that's cake, my guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 The twitterverse are sounding off on Sonya not being in Liv's position, which, yeah I get it I suppose, but what's the difference between Liv and Sonya being LGBTQ represented in WWE's make believe land? Are we supposed to believe Lana is into polyamory as well? Just shows that WWE fans are a bunch of spoiled children. I liked the wedding. Rusev popped out of the cake. Lana ate the cake. Lashley was hilarious throughout and got his comeuppance at the end. Liv now has a character outside of having a blue tongue and being a shitty wrestler. 5 stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 3 hours ago, For Great Justice said: Liv tapes her fingers like The Great Muta. I’m a fan. if only we could dare hope that's how she's hiding her gig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 hours ago, RIShane said: In fairness, I think the real catalyst was Ruby needing surgery. And yes, I miss the Riotts’ low-stakes mischief too. didn't Logan get a bad concussion almost immediately after the split as well (against Bayley I think?) splitting the act was going to be death for all of them in the long run anyway but the injury bug did them no favors either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Oh and Zelina turned up the HEAT last night in that dress, wow. No I will NOT settle down. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Twitter is always wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Just noticed @BobbyWhioux's location for the first time. That's awesome! Said Iiconics promo you reference from this year's Royal Rumble is one I find myself revisiting as it's hilarious and Cathy Kelley cracking up. Here it is again: 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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