Eat. Sleep. Wrestling Thread. Repeat. - Part 140

[bullets]

I disagree.

The reason the crowd's behavior comes across as childish and obnoxious boils down to this:
Daniel Bryan has been getting major focus on a fairly consistent basis since the WWE elevated him to main event status by giving him the Money in the Bank briefcase in 2011, regardless of whether or not he's holding a title.

It's 2014 , don't you think by now the most popular guy on the roster deserves a wrestlemania moment.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

According to pwinsider.com, Pro Wrestling NOAH's KENTA arrived at the WWE Performance Center for a tryout with the company. William Regal made the suggestion for WWE to bring him in for the tryout.

Read more at http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/n...ce-Center-For-Try-Out.htm#bxu7kDWwuhHGISP4.99



Regal keeps giving me reasons to love him.

I don't see this happening, but man this would be so ****ing cool!

 

[TheNextNolan22]

- According to F4WOnline.com, while Vince McMahon and WWE officials did take note, and respond to the Royal Rumble reaction, it's being said the crowd response will not change WWE's current creative plan of featuring Batista vs Randy Orton for the WWE World Title and Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus at WrestleMania 30.

As we noted moments ago, WWE is considering a heel turn for Batista after WrestleMania 30, and it remains unclear whether or not that was due to the Rumble reaction or if it was WWE's plan all along.

- 36 hours after the Royal Rumble match, fans are still furious as to why Daniel Bryan was not added into the match. PWInsider.com is reporting that there was never a thought in the mind of WWE officials to add Bryan into the match.
There were also plans for CM Punk to be involved in a Chamber qualifying bout, however the decision was made to hold off until next week so they could focus on Punk's story line with Kane.

To everything.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

For those interested, I created a WWE 2K15 thread.
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=27780213#post27780213

 

[DigificWriter]

It's 2014 , don't you think by now the most popular guy on the roster deserves a wrestlemania moment.

He doesn't have to be in the title match to get one.

Edited to add: There is a serious level of disconnect between what fans think the WWE has been doing and what they've actually been doing.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Does he need to beat ****in' Sheamus to get one?

 

[bullets]

He doesn't have to be in the title match to get pne.

Edited to add: There is a serious level of disconnect between what fans think the WWE has been doing and what they've actually been doing.

What have they been doing. People have been continuously disappointed for month now.

 

[TX85]

For those interested, I created a WWE 2K15 thread.
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=27780213#post27780213

I always make them,you stole that away from me!?

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Can't believe I missed this.

WWE security removed a "WWE CREATIVE SUCKS" sign before the RAW went live last night. The sign appeared on TV at least once during the beginning of the show.

 

[DigificWriter]

What have they been doing.

Giving him major focus on a main event level regardless of whether or not he's chasing or holding a title.

People have been continuously disappointed for month now.

And I don't understand why, because Daniel Bryan has been a bonafide main event player for nearly 3 years, but it's apparently become all about titles and actually being in the main event of a show every single day.

And no, I'm not being naive here.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

And I don't understand why, because Daniel Bryan has been a bonafide main event player for nearly 3 years, but it's apparently become all about titles and actually being in the main event of a show every single day.

And no, I'm not being naive here.

Bryan a bonafide main event player for nearly 3 years? When he had MITB he was constantly jobbed. When he won the I-C, I mean WHC he was jobbed and made to look like a joke.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Daniel Bryan is the new Shawn Michaels. He doesn't have to be in the title match to get his 'Mania moment, and I really wish people would realize that sooner rather than later because I swear that if childish fans hijack 'Mania, I'm done with being a fan for a while.

Fans paying obscene amounts of money to watch WM and not be given the matches they want to see? I say hijack away. Fans chanting, booing, and singing will be more entertaining than a Batista main event at WM.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Fans paying obscene amounts of money to watch WM and not be given the matches they want to see? I say hijack away. Fans chanting, booing, and singing will be more entertaining than a Batista main event at WM.

I'm already ahead of you on that. It almost sucks that I can't refund airplane tickets. :/

 

[Dr. Evil]

I'm not buying the WM 30 rumors quite yet.

 

[H.U.S.T.L.E.]

Bryan a bonafide main event player for nearly 3 years? When he had MITB he was constantly jobbed. When he won the I-C, I mean WHC he was jobbed and made to look like a joke.

Exactly. He was a mid-carder & it was completely unexpected when he won MITB. What was the follow-up? A losing streak angle, a couple shots at the WHC to show Henry is a monster, his eventual cash-in (which they used to give us the worst part of Cole's heel run), followed by his heel turn as champ.

Personally, I don't have a huge issue with how he was booked during his heel run because he's supposed to connive & cheat his way to wins, but he was never at any point considered a threat (mainly because he was feuding with Big Show & Mark Henry) and he was certainly never given "the main event treatment" during that time. I'm almost 100% positive that he was supposed to be a transitional champ on the way to giving Sheamus the title... the problem was, his annoying mannerisms as a heel started to catch on with the crowd & coupled with the smarks at Mania 28 & the night after, having Sheamus squash him backfired.

That's when he finally started to get the main event treatment & was allowed to look like the equal to Sheamus & then he proceeded to feud with Punk through the summer of 2012 (with AJ as the focal point, mind you). The irony of his WM 28 loss is that I doubt he'd be nearly as popular as he is now without it - for many die-hard wrestling fans, all they wanted to see was Bryan & Sheamus tear the house down at Mania & they were shafted of that moment. We know they were capable of it considering the follow-up.

Overall, I think there are 3 main reasons why so many people want to see Daniel Bryan as "the guy":

1) They want change. Cena & Orton (and now with Batista back) represent the status quo & the fans want something new. Bryan represents that to them... Hell, Roman Reigns is another the fans have chosen (and he's more of a WWE guy than about any other potential main eventer than anyone else who's come up in recent years), just not on Bryan's level. Know why? It's because he represents hope for someone other than Cena & Orton.

2) I truly believe that fans want someone who will deliver something exciting in-ring every time the title is on the line. How many times have we seen the same 'Cena-insert heel x' match since 2005? It's not that Cena is terrible (and his work in the last year proves it when he has fresh opponents), but the fact that nearly everything about him is stale. When's the last time Bryan had a match over 10 minutes where the crowd was uninterested?

3) The fans see more of themselves in Bryan than anyone else on the roster. He's just an ordinary guy who followed his dream, no matter what. His size makes him the underdog & goes against the stereotype that WWE has perpetuated for decades. He tirelessly worked on his craft & his passion pours into every match.

 

[Donnie Darko]

My little brother (who hasn't watched wrestling in probably a decade) texted me last night "what the **** happened last night that everybody is so pissed about?" so I had to break it all down for him. I love that news of the Daniel Bryan love is reaching people who don't even watch wrestling anymore.

 

[The Apocalypse]

- According to F4WOnline.com, while Vince McMahon and WWE officials did take note, and respond to the Royal Rumble reaction, it's being said the crowd response will not change WWE's current creative plan of featuring Batista vs Randy Orton for the WWE World Title and Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus at WrestleMania 30.

As we noted moments ago, WWE is considering a heel turn for Batista after WrestleMania 30, and it remains unclear whether or not that was due to the Rumble reaction or if it was WWE's plan all along.

- 36 hours after the Royal Rumble match, fans are still furious as to why Daniel Bryan was not added into the match. PWInsider.com is reporting that there was never a thought in the mind of WWE officials to add Bryan into the match.

Furthermore, Xavier Woods and Bad News Barrett were replaced the day of the event by JBL and El Torito.

The head agent of the match is Jamie Noble, who may be taking some blame for the lack of interesting spots. Other than Kofi Kingston, who always seems to have a big highlight in the match, backstage officials are saying that there was nothing memorable. A major reason to potentially look at is that WWE officials did not start mapping out the plan for the match until 6pm, which was only a few hours before the show went live from Pittsburgh.

- According to PWInsider.com, original plans for Raw last night called for the show to feature a series of Elimination Chamber qualifying matches, but when Vince McMahon ordered that the show be written yesterday, the decision was made to instead feature the 6 man tag team match as a qualifying bout.

There were also plans for CM Punk to be involved in a Chamber qualifying bout, however the decision was made to hold off until next week so they could focus on Punk's story line with Kane.

Well...at least we have the Network to look forward to.

 

[Kaleb]

 

[Donnie Darko]

You wouldn't believe my excitement... until I saw the date of this article.

http://www.examiner.com/article/it-...star-sting-signs-with-wwe?cid=taboola_inbound

 

[Slushy]

Fans wants Bryan to have at the very least a decent WWE Championship reign. That is not too much to ask for, but McMahon just won't give it to him.

 

[X Knight]

You wouldn't believe my excitement... until I saw the date of this article.

http://www.examiner.com/article/it-...star-sting-signs-with-wwe?cid=taboola_inbound

lol

 

[sweetre15]

It's ridiculous how defiant WWE is towards Fans wanting Bryan on top.

To people defending this with "Bryan doesnt need the title".

Let me ask one question:If Daniel Bryan was 6ft 5 and built like a Brick Sh__T House and was as popular as he is now, Would we even be having this conversation?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Lilian has signed a new contract with WWE.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Is Lilian Garcia a vampire or something? I swear she hasn't aged a day. If not for Summer Rae, she might be in the lead for best legs in WWE.

 

[sweetre15]

Is Lilian Garcia a vampire or something? I swear she hasn't aged a day. If not for Summer Rae, she might be in the lead for best legs in WWE.

You might want to put Renee Young in the category for that as well.