Hanging above this Wrestling Thread is my absolution!

[E-Man]

Annnnnd I'm out.

What happened now? I forgot that Raw was tonight.

 

[SpideyFan866]

Ziggy Stardust debuted, Kevin Hart proved he was a rosebud, Roman Reigns resorted to cartoon gags to get a MITB spot, and John Cena once again proved that the Attitude Adjustment is the most devasting move in the history of professional wrestling.

 

[Wheels]

Cody will make Stardust work because he always makes his stuff work, and yet WWE doesn't notice him at all.

 

[DarkSentinel]

There's No Crying in the Wrestling Thread!

The Wrestling Thread Works in Such Mysterious Ways

 

[Keyser Soze]

It's so annoying to see Daniel Bryan get buried in his absence. "Oh, he's a B+ player who was a fluke champion." I thought Bryan beating Triple H, Orton and Batista on the same night would end this B+ Player crap. Of course HHH and Steph will trash-talk him, but by now you'd at least think they'd take him seriously rather than continue to devalue him, especially when Bryan being unable to compete makes then right, from a kayfabe perspective.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

It's so annoying to see Daniel Bryan get buried in his absence. "Oh, he's a B+ player who was a fluke champion." I thought Bryan beating Triple H, Orton and Batista on the same night would end this B+ Player crap. Of course HHH and Steph will trash-talk him, but by now you'd at least think they'd take him seriously rather than continue to devalue him, especially when Bryan being unable to compete makes then right, from a kayfabe perspective.

What are they supposed to say? They're heels, they hate him, and they hate admitting they're wrong. They knew all the way back at Summerslam what Bryan was capable of and that their poster boy Orton was inferior, otherwise why would Triple H have pedigreed Bryan to soften him up? This was always about his size and appearance, though they pretend it's about his in-ring ability.

 

[Wheels]

Cody Rhodes is bizzaro Del Rio: He gets all his characters to work and has no world titles.

 

[LoganGambit87]

 

[Darkness Falls]

i really liked that reveal/entrance

 

[Donnie Darko]

First half of Raw was pretty decent, second half was utter garbage bar the mini showdown between Reigns and Rusev. Overall the WWE product is dreadful right now.

I don't think it was ALL bad. I managed to find some good in there.

They finally let Paige win a match without getting beaten up for 80% of the match. She also got to show some good intensity/aggression.

I'm going to get behind this Stardust idea and see where it goes.

 

[Wheels]

At least we're seeing the best feud in the history of WWE developmental in some form on the main roster. Rollins vs Ambrose was one of the best things about wrestling in 2011, and I hope their MITB match steals the show. Man, all Ambrose did was have awesome feuds in FCW. One with Rollins and one with Regal ; Rollins also had a good feud with Sandow in FCW. Damn I miss the 15 championship..........

 

[NDX]

Since the comp is in for repairs, I can't catch up on RAW. Anyone want to give me a quick recap of the Larry hour? Did I miss anything good? Did Cena and Reigns get their obvious wins?

 

[NDX]

... what?

 

[Wheels]

So Matt Hardy is going back to TNA.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

A lot of the stuff on Raw last night, be it intentionally or unintentionally funny, I found to be enjoyable. Yeah, it was a weird episode.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

 

[TheNextNolan22]

F4WOnline verified a report from SEScoops.com earlier today stating that the budget at NXT has been slashed (production, post-production) as part of WWE's ongoing cost cutting measures. WWE is evaluating the NXT roster this week and will be releasing talent over the next month. WWE is staggering the cuts so as to not alarm Wall Street. With huge losses this year, WWE is looking to cut costs wherever possible.

 

[runawayboulder]

Was she on Raw last night? I was looking but didn't see her...

F4WOnline verified a report from SEScoops.com earlier today stating that the budget at NXT has been slashed (production, post-production) as part of WWE's ongoing cost cutting measures. WWE is evaluating the NXT roster this week and will be releasing talent over the next month. WWE is staggering the cuts so as to not alarm Wall Street. With huge losses this year, WWE is looking to cut costs wherever possible.

That's the last place they should be cutting costs.

 

[runawayboulder]

Call me crazy but I enjoyed this.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Call me crazy but I enjoyed this.

I did too, (do we call them the Dust Brothers now?) but if the fans don't buy into it, it will be sunk. Though they have an easy exit strategy of Cody turning heel, I hope they get the tag belts back under this new gimmick.

 

[chamber-music]

I knew Cody would come with a goldust gimmick as soon as he started talking about a worthy partner for his brother last week.

Source: PWInsider Elite

It's said that a big part of why Dolph Ziggler isn't getting pushed is one of the same reasons that Christian isn't being used - his history of injuries and concussions.
It was said that WWE can't push Ziggler and trust him a top guy because he's injury prone and had a history of taking time off. This applies to a few other talents as well. There's a feeling that some talents are just "snakebit" in that regard.


Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news...nt-pushing-dolph-ziggler/#Ey4T10pydy0I4SXW.99

This has got to be BS...How many times has Cena been injured in his career?

The only times Ziggler has been concussed has been in fluke fashions when working with guys like Swagger and Ryback. Which has only been twice and both times his returns were quick in comparison to guys like Christian once they are injured.

Christian on the other hand gets a concussion almost every other week when he's on TV.

That is crazy. The concussions Ziggler got have been from working Del Botcho and others.

Kane still getting pushed in 2014? Why is that still a thing?

The last time Kane was interesting was in Hell No with Daniel Bryan.

 

[SpideyFan866]

Call me crazy but I enjoyed this.

I enjoyed it too.

Cody was definitely channeling Old School Goldust.

 

[Wheels]

I did too, (do we call them the Dust Brothers now?) but if the fans don't buy into it, it will be sunk. Though they have an easy exit strategy of Cody turning heel, I hope they get the tag belts back under this new gimmick.

Team Gold Sta. Cody will get it over because that's what Cody has always done.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Naito must be pissed at Cody. There's only one Stardust and that's the Stardust Genius.

 

[chamber-music]

Big E doesn't get hug life!

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