Feel The Power Of The Wrestling Thread! - Part 136

[sweetre15]

Source: F4WOnline


- For those wondering, internal communication within WWE indicates that WrestleMania will always be free on the WWE Network, not just this year.

- Emma being called up to WWE TV this past week had nothing to do with Kaitlyn's departure. There has been talk for a while of bringing Emma and Paige to the main roster.

- WWE officials are hoping to get 75,000 fans chanting "YES!" at WrestleMania XXX. The previous big idea involving the crowd was to do Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara with everyone wearing lucha masks but that's been nixed.

- When WWE first had Daniel Bryan join The Wyatt Family on RAW a few weeks back, they had two matches lined up for him at WrestleMania XXX - one that would see him still a member of the group and one that would have had him back to being a babyface. There was no real solid plan on turning Bryan back babyface but it was not supposed to happen just two weeks later, like they ended up doing.

The idea was that Bryan would either turn back at Elimination Chamber, setting up Bryan vs. Bray at WrestleMania XXX, or he would turn at WrestleMania after coming out for a tag match with Wyatt. This would have guaranteed the big babyface reaction at WrestleMania.

Word within WWE is that the company was "100% fully embarrassed" by the footage of the Michigan State crowd all chanting "yes!" in unison. The footage ended up everywhere online and on TV shows, with Bryan and WWE getting a mention. WWE wanted to run with the Daniel Wyatt storyline but, "when you have a whole college arena doing "yes!" chants and most likely others will, plus NFL stars in the post-season doing it," WWE felt they had no choice but to hurry and turn Bryan back on RAW.

 

[Lobo]

With Paige I always just figured they were waiting for her to turn 21. Which she is now.

 

[Hunter Rider]

So how do we break the Angle and Lesnar tie......Let them have a rubber match in the next round or what?

Winners in bold.

Hogan vs Savage -

Flair vs Steamboat -

HBK vs Jericho -

Stone Cold vs The Rock -

Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect -

CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan -

Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar -

John Cena vs Batista -

Edge vs Undertaker -

Orton vs Christian -

 

[sweetre15]

Winners in bold.

Hogan vs Savage -

Flair vs Steamboat -

HBK vs Jericho -

Stone Cold vs The Rock -

Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect -

CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan -

Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar -

John Cena vs Batista -

Edge vs Undertaker -

Orton vs Christian -

Thanks..I knew you'd be awesome enough to come through for me.t:

 

[Hunter Rider]

- When WWE first had Daniel Bryan join The Wyatt Family on RAW a few weeks back, they had two matches lined up for him at WrestleMania XXX - one that would see him still a member of the group and one that would have had him back to being a babyface. There was no real solid plan on turning Bryan back babyface but it was not supposed to happen just two weeks later, like they ended up doing.

The idea was that Bryan would either turn back at Elimination Chamber, setting up Bryan vs. Bray at WrestleMania XXX, or he would turn at WrestleMania after coming out for a tag match with Wyatt. This would have guaranteed the big babyface reaction at WrestleMania.

Word within WWE is that the company was "100% fully embarrassed" by the footage of the Michigan State crowd all chanting "yes!" in unison. The footage ended up everywhere online and on TV shows, with Bryan and WWE getting a mention. WWE wanted to run with the Daniel Wyatt storyline but, "when you have a whole college arena doing "yes!" chants and most likely others will, plus NFL stars in the post-season doing it," WWE felt they had no choice but to hurry and turn Bryan back on RAW.

How could any of this possibly have been seen as a good plan? I am curious which NFL players are doing the YES chant.

Thanks..I knew you'd be awesome enough to come through for me.t:

 

[sweetre15]

Now the Winners:

Hogan vs Savage - Savage

Flair vs Steamboat - Flair

HBK vs Jericho - HBK

Stone Cold vs The Rock - Stone Cold

Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect - Bret Hart

CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan - CM Punk

Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar - Lesnar

John Cena vs Batista - Cena

Edge vs Undertaker - Undertaker

Orton vs Christian - Orton

Now it's time for me to develop some engaging matches for the new bracket

 

[sweetre15]

ROUND 2:

CM Punk vs Randy Savage -

Ric Flair vs John Cena -

HBK vs Brock Lesnar -

Orton vs Bret Hart -

Taker vs Austin -

Rules are the same as the last round.

 

[Wheels]

WWE really needs the audience to beat them over the head with something before they get it. Thanks Michigan State and Rhode Island.

 

[Hunter Rider]

CM Punk vs Randy Savage -

Ric Flair vs John Cena -

HBK vs Brock Lesnar -

Orton vs Bret Hart -

Taker vs Austin -

 

[The Sage]

Source: F4WOnline


- For those wondering, internal communication within WWE indicates that WrestleMania will always be free on the WWE Network, not just this year.

- Emma being called up to WWE TV this past week had nothing to do with Kaitlyn's departure. There has been talk for a while of bringing Emma and Paige to the main roster.

- WWE officials are hoping to get 75,000 fans chanting "YES!" at WrestleMania XXX. The previous big idea involving the crowd was to do Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara with everyone wearing lucha masks but that's been nixed.

- When WWE first had Daniel Bryan join The Wyatt Family on RAW a few weeks back, they had two matches lined up for him at WrestleMania XXX - one that would see him still a member of the group and one that would have had him back to being a babyface. There was no real solid plan on turning Bryan back babyface but it was not supposed to happen just two weeks later, like they ended up doing.

The idea was that Bryan would either turn back at Elimination Chamber, setting up Bryan vs. Bray at WrestleMania XXX, or he would turn at WrestleMania after coming out for a tag match with Wyatt. This would have guaranteed the big babyface reaction at WrestleMania.

Word within WWE is that the company was "100% fully embarrassed" by the footage of the Michigan State crowd all chanting "yes!" in unison. The footage ended up everywhere online and on TV shows, with Bryan and WWE getting a mention. WWE wanted to run with the Daniel Wyatt storyline but, "when you have a whole college arena doing "yes!" chants and most likely others will, plus NFL stars in the post-season doing it," WWE felt they had no choice but to hurry and turn Bryan back on RAW.

That is hilarious. But, it does show how the mainstream can influence the company. I guess they either underestimated or ignored Bryan's popularity.

They want 75,000 people at Mania to chant "Yes"? There's only one way to guarantee that...MAIN EVENT WIN BRUTHA!

 

[Wheels]

ROUND 2:

CM Punk vs Randy Savage -

Ric Flair vs John Cena -

HBK vs Brock Lesnar -

Orton vs Bret Hart -

Taker vs Austin -

Rules are the same as the last round.

Punk
Flair
HBK
Bret Hart
Austin

 

[TheNextNolan22]

WWE really needs the audience to beat them over the head with something before they get it. Thanks Michigan State and Rhode Island.

 

[The Sage]

ROUND 2:

CM Punk vs Randy Savage -

Ric Flair vs John Cena -

HBK vs Brock Lesnar -

Orton vs Bret Hart -

Taker vs Austin -

Rules are the same as the last round.

CM Punk
Ric Flair
HBK
Bret Hart
Austin

 

[E-Man]

ROUND 2:

CM Punk vs Randy Savage -

Ric Flair vs John Cena -

HBK vs Brock Lesnar -

Orton vs Bret Hart -

Taker vs Austin -

Rules are the same as the last round.

Macho Man ooooooooh YEAH!

Flair. WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

HBK Showstopping.

Orton....yeah. I know I'm a bad person.

Stone Cold all the way.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

ROUND 2:

CM Punk vs Randy Savage -

Ric Flair vs John Cena -

HBK vs Brock Lesnar -

Orton vs Bret Hart -

Taker vs Austin -

Rules are the same as the last round.

Punk
Cena
HBK
Bret Hart
Austin

 

[Specter313]

Punk
Flair
HBK
Hart
Austin

 

[OnTheAir]

ROUND 2:

CM Punk vs Randy Savage -

Ric Flair vs John Cena -

HBK vs Brock Lesnar -

Orton vs Bret Hart -

Taker vs Austin -

Rules are the same as the last round.

Savage

Flair

HBK

Hart

Austin

 

[sweetre15]

Bah gawd, this tournament is looking to be a slobberknocker!!!

 

[IamDave81]

CM Punk vs Randy Savage - Cm Punk just barely beats macho man, after a long, hard fought battle, and the two hug in the middle of the ring afterward, and Randy holds up Punks hand, and all that.

Ric Flair vs John Cena - Flair nearly submits to the STF, until JJ Dillon distracts the ref, and Arn Anderson throws Ric a piece of Kryptonite while the ref's back is turned. Winner: Ric Flair.

HBK vs Brock Lesnar - HBK

Orton vs Bret Hart - BRET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taker vs Austin - Taker.

 

[sweetre15]

Ric Flair vs John Cena - Flair nearly submits to the STF, until JJ Dillon distracts the ref, and Arn Anderson throws Ric a piece of Kryptonite while the ref's back is turned. Winner: Ric Flair.

 

[TheVileOne]

Source: F4WOnline


- For those wondering, internal communication within WWE indicates that WrestleMania will always be free on the WWE Network, not just this year.

- Emma being called up to WWE TV this past week had nothing to do with Kaitlyn's departure. There has been talk for a while of bringing Emma and Paige to the main roster.

- WWE officials are hoping to get 75,000 fans chanting "YES!" at WrestleMania XXX. The previous big idea involving the crowd was to do Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara with everyone wearing lucha masks but that's been nixed.

- When WWE first had Daniel Bryan join The Wyatt Family on RAW a few weeks back, they had two matches lined up for him at WrestleMania XXX - one that would see him still a member of the group and one that would have had him back to being a babyface. There was no real solid plan on turning Bryan back babyface but it was not supposed to happen just two weeks later, like they ended up doing.

The idea was that Bryan would either turn back at Elimination Chamber, setting up Bryan vs. Bray at WrestleMania XXX, or he would turn at WrestleMania after coming out for a tag match with Wyatt. This would have guaranteed the big babyface reaction at WrestleMania.

Word within WWE is that the company was "100% fully embarrassed" by the footage of the Michigan State crowd all chanting "yes!" in unison. The footage ended up everywhere online and on TV shows, with Bryan and WWE getting a mention. WWE wanted to run with the Daniel Wyatt storyline but, "when you have a whole college arena doing "yes!" chants and most likely others will, plus NFL stars in the post-season doing it," WWE felt they had no choice but to hurry and turn Bryan back on RAW.

I don't trust any of these reports. A couple weeks ago the same outlets were saying that Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena was the WrestleMania 30 main event. And Vince McMahon said that Cena has to be in the main event because "John Cena feeds us."

BS.

Also, not saying this is a lie, but why would WWE be embarrassed by people chanting Yes? Shouldn't they be happy that it's caught on and that Yes has like become a part of the zeitgeist of our culture? Are they embarrassed that they've booked Daniel Bryan so terribly and how that this Wyatt feud was ridiculous when people want to see him as a main event player instead of the 100th Cena/Orton match?

 

[sweetre15]

I don't trust any of these reports. A couple weeks ago the same outlets were saying that Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena was the WrestleMania 30 main event. And Vince McMahon said that Cena has to be in the main event because "John Cena feeds us."

BS.

Also, not saying this is a lie, but why would WWE be embarrassed by people chanting Yes? Shouldn't they be happy that it's caught on and that Yes has like become a part of the zeitgeist of our culture?

"Embarassed" by the fact that they were turning a blind eye to Bryan's huge popularity while it was becoming more and more transcendent. Especially since Vince has been on a mission to bury Bryan for the longest time.

 

[sweetre15]

Just to keep you updated:

The winners so far are -

Punk

Flair

Hart

Austin

HBK

 

[sweetre15]

Now how should I handle the semi-finals at the PPV?

A singles match and a Three Way Dance and then have both victors face each other in the same night, a full on Gauntlet to end it all at the PPV, or do I use a random wildcard to bring back a runner-up for the sake of filling out the PPV with three marquee matches and end that with a three way elimination?

 

[IamDave81]

listen to your heart, sweet, lol