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[Lobo]

Good Bobby Roode interview

 

[Lobo]

I was awake for the men's Chamber. All the results for each match went exactly as expected. Gonna give the ple a proper watch now

 

[Spider-Fan]

It really depends on the direction the company wants to go, so I can't call it. I feel like Cody "finishing the story" works good for short-term, but after that, how do you build around him when he has no credible heels to face? Then booking Roman to retain is better for the long term IMO because it helps scrub away Hogan and gives Roman a legacy.

But the fans love Cody, it won't hurt his credibility taking another loss.

Well, let's say Drew beats Seth. Roman maybe gets a rematch, thenCody has an easy rivalry to kick off with Randy you can easily do. AJ appears to be heel now, so you got AJ. Damien Priest can always opt to cash in on Cody cause Drew is a heel and makes more sense to send Priest after a baby face. Gunther has been tossed out by Cody twice. Drop the IC title and have him face Cody. There are definitely options, and that's not including anyone else who may turn heel or they may sign in the future.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I'm on the same page as you. Cody HAS to win at Mania. It's time. Delaying it another year, and people would probably be begging for Gunther or Bron or someone else who may have gotten red hot like LA Knight did this year. If Cody fails again he'll have shown he's not the guy. Where if he does win you have fresh new stories in a new direction. Romans legacy without a doubt is already cemented but please yes let's do Roman vs Rock at SummerSlam especially if you want it to be the WrestleMania of the summer.

As for who is the heel waiting for Cody after Roman? There's Gunther but he shouldn't lose either, and Cody shouldn't lose his first feud as champion so I'd hold off on that one. You can tell the legacy story with Randy. Damien Priest is a good option. Or really you go all in on Kross and give him the opportunity against Cody.

Cody vs any of Priest, Balor, Styles, AJ, Orton, Punk, Lashley, Kross or Knight would all be banger matches. You could even have Sheamus return as a heel and kick Cody's face off. And of course the eventual Gunther match. I'd throw Santos Escobar (my choice for next mitb winner) in there as well as I'm a fan of his and they could tear the house down

I agree Knight should become whc this year. But if they wanted he could go heel in 15 seconds with a microphone (I wouldn't do that right now, though)

With Cody as champ, guys like Kross and Escobar would at least have an opportunity at a main event match. That's never happening with Roman.

Agree with all that. I think what I would do though is have LA Knight take the IC Title off Gunther, then have Gunther feud with Cody. LA Knight needs a big win and a run with either the US or IC Title. Gunther vs Cody makes sense given the back to back Royal Rumble tosses. I wouldn't make this the first rivalry, though. Cody also doesn't have to necessarily have it for 12 months or something. Cody can easily be done like Austin as a baby face. Austin never had the title more than 8 months in his entire run, but he kept getting it back. I would be all for Cody has it, maybe drops it in like 6 months, wins a rematch a few months later, and so on.

 

[Lobo]

I just finished watching the Women's Chamber match. Tiffany was definitely the highlight of that match. Fans even booed when she got eliminated.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Tiffany Stratton is going to have her fans.

Also Omos needs a Mania match. Sure he's big and doesn't really have much talent, but he has his fanbase, the Omosapiens.

 

[Herolee10]

On another note, it looks like they're setting up a match between LA Knight and AJ Styles for WM 40. Personally, I'm kind of disappointed since I was hoping for LA Knight to challenge Logan Paul for the US Championship.

Seriously, most of the singles champions do not need their respective championships right now.

 

[Dr. Evil]

On another note, it looks like they're setting up a match between LA Knight and AJ Styles for WM 40. Personally, I'm kind of disappointed since I was hoping for LA Knight to challenge Logan Paul for the US Championship.

Seriously, most of the singles champions do not need their respective championships right now.

That will probably be a multiple man match to get Orton, Owens, Lashley (because his team vs. Kross AOP is not a Mania match), Santos Escobar (if Rey Mysterio doesn't return) and Bron Breakker all on the WrestleMania 40 Card.

We are going to have title matches where there will be multiple people or multiple teams. Both tag matches and the US Title match.

 

[Lobo]

The U.S championship match is going to be Logan Paul vs Kevin Owens vs Randy Orton. I'd bet on it.

They've been setting up LA vs AJ since AJ returned. First thing he did was attack Knight. LA Knight should win that match, he's still very over and AJ is already a legend. Knight needs that win.

As for Omos he should be there since he's extra large and this is WrestleMania XL. You could always have him win the Andre the Giant memorial Battle Royal. But they usually put that on SmackDown now, so I'd suggest putting him against Gunther who has no obvious opponent at the moment since Jey is gonna wrestle Jimmy. Bron is on Smackdown so he won't wrestle Gunther, but he could be another option for Omos since he eliminated him from the Rumble.

If Sheamus is ready, he should face Gunther.

 

[NDX]

Man, the nap I took during that PPV was really good.

The women's EC was good, but Naomi looked like she didn't belong with the rest in the match. Tiffany Stratton definitely shined and will be a major star sometime soon. I'm not a Morgan fan but she looked food. The Man and Belair are still top notch. And Rodriguez looked like a beast and worked like a hoss and this is the direction she needs to keep. I need them to push her seriously.

The tag match was my nap time.

I skipped the talk segment because it's a ****ing PPV not RAW.

And the rest of the show just felt meh. I missed part of the men's EC because I has to ffw through those obnoxiously long entrances. And I just can't put time into caring about anything with Jax in it, even against Ripley.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Man, the nap I took during that PPV was really good.

The women's EC was good, but Naomi looked like she didn't belong with the rest in the match. Tiffany Stratton definitely shined and will be a major star sometime soon. I'm not a Morgan fan but she looked food. The Man and Belair are still top notch. And Rodriguez looked like a beast and worked like a hoss and this is the direction she needs to keep. I need them to push her seriously.

The tag match was my nap time.

I skipped the talk segment because it's a ****ing PPV not RAW.

And the rest of the show just felt meh. I missed part of the men's EC because I has to ffw through those obnoxiously long entrances. And I just can't put time into caring about anything with Jax in it, even against Ripley.

I agree with you for the most part. The women’s elimination chamber match was definitely the highlight of the night and Tiffany Stratton has my complete attention.

But seriously, Naomi is a superstar and the woman deserved more time in the chamber. And I like Becky, she’s a helluva worker but that should’ve been Liv’s time to shine. And yall know I worship Bianca so there’s that.

Totally agree with you about that boring ass segment with Grayson Waller/Seth/Cody. I swear I thought the Rock would’ve came out or some kind of surprise.

Very predictable PPV.

 

[Spider-Fan]

The one thing that sucked about both chambers was we knew who was winning them. They have been building to Becky vs Rhea and Drew vs Seth for weeks now, so those were not in doubt. There wasn't even a compelling B candidate in either match cause there was no story for anyone else. Even if result was the same in both, I wish there was some drama and doubt seeded into the stories

 

[Dr. Evil]

They were not going to put Jade Cargill in there if she wasn't going to win. Bianca is at a point in her career now where a clean loss doesn't hurt her. Liv, Raquel and Naomi have had many losses before. Also Tiffany has lost in NXT before. No way Cargill takes a pin this early. She didn't win the Rumble, but the WWE seems like they will give her a streak where she has yet to be pinned or submitted. Jade can be protected in losses where she doesn't take the pin, like tag matches or multiple women's matches. If she was in the Chamber, she would have had to have won it.

 

[NDX]

LA Knight would have been the only other viable option in the mens match only because he's been in the hunt again Roman recently.

No one else in that match had anything to do with Seth so no one would have a real storyline reason to win except McIntyre. And while he deserves it, Seth should be beating off contenders with a crutch being the wounded dog he is. Everyone should want a piece. Should want the gold. As well as be working their storylines.

The title, any title, should always be the goal.

 

[Lobo]

Does Damien cash in on Drew at Mania?

 

[DeadlyWest]

Does Damien cash in on Drew at Mania?

I think he should. Good way of telling two different stories with the titles in terms of how it goes at Mania.

 

[Lobo]

LA Knight would have been the only other viable option in the mens match only because he's been in the hunt again Roman recently.

No one else in that match had anything to do with Seth so no one would have a real storyline reason to win except McIntyre. And while he deserves it, Seth should be beating off contenders with a crutch being the wounded dog he is. Everyone should want a piece. Should want the gold. As well as be working their storylines.

The title, any title, should always be the goal.

He's also the only one from that group that Seth has never wrestled, so it would have been a completely fresh match.

 

[DeadlyWest]

I do genuinely think Drew facing Seth 1v1 was the wrong call, though. Or at the very least LA Knight facing AJ was the wrong call.

There's so much more you can do with character focused rivalries with this new heel version of Drew. Meanwhile LA Knight has lowkey been getting stale ever since he lost to Roman at Crown Jewel. But he doesn't have to. LA Knight's the only one who has naturally gotten to the point of a title run or at least a title rivalry being the only thing that makes sense for where he is right now. He doesn't need to be elevated by AJ putting him over at Mania (as amazing as that match is gonna be). Even if you're insistent on it being Drew who faces Seth, I think it should've been LA Knight that Logan punched rather than Randy. Randy can elevate the US title, for sure. But he doesn't need the title or a title at this point in his career. It doesn't really evolve Randy that much. It'd kill two birds with one stone if you put it on LA Knight. It elevates him and it elevates the US championship to something a megastar (pun intended) like LA Knight would legitimately care about and would defend like a work horse.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Bayley and Iyo can keep hope alive, but we all know Rhea/Becky is headlining night one.

Hope Bianca and Stratton have a match and they steal the show. Just keep Bianca's streak alive, she joins the ranks with women like Sable and Madusa who are undefeated at Mania (lol).

I do genuinely think Drew facing Seth 1v1 was the wrong call, though. Or at the very least LA Knight facing AJ was the wrong call.

There's so much more you can do with character focused rivalries with this new heel version of Drew. Meanwhile LA Knight has lowkey been getting stale ever since he lost to Roman at Crown Jewel. But he doesn't have to. LA Knight's the only one who has naturally gotten to the point of a title run or at least a title rivalry being the only thing that makes sense for where he is right now. He doesn't need to be elevated by AJ putting him over at Mania (as amazing as that match is gonna be). Even if you're insistent on it being Drew who faces Seth, I think it should've been LA Knight that Logan punched rather than Randy. Randy can elevate the US title, for sure. But he doesn't need the title or a title at this point in his career. It doesn't really evolve Randy that much. It'd kill two birds with one stone if you put it on LA Knight. It elevates him and it elevates the US championship to something a megastar (pun intended) like LA Knight would legitimately care about and would defend like a work horse.

That part. I mean Logan/Randy will be entertaining sure, but LA Knight would've been better and made sense.

But look, Punk is out, Seth is doing his damndest to hold it together for Mania, you gotta put the belt on Drew. He's been on FIRE since the Rumble and the man has been working for a minute. I'd like to see something between him and Priest after Mania.

 

[Lobo]

As an Orton fan I'm just gonna go ahead and say this, I want him to beat Flair's record. WWE is all about updating record books right now. Romans reign, Gunther breaking HTM record, Usos thousand plus days as tag champs etc. So why not let Randy have this one? He's already a 14 time champion and there's two world championships to go after.

Bayley should get to close night 1 but I think it'll be Seth and Drew.

The Mania matches we know so far:

Cody vs Roman
Seth vs Drew
Bayley vs Iyo
Becky vs Rhea

Unannounced for now but extremely likely

Cody/Seth vs Roman/Rock

Jey vs Jimmy

LA Knight vs AJ Styles (if AJ wins we know the company has no faith in Knight)

Logan Paul vs Kevin Owens vs Randy Orton. I think a ladder match so Paul can win and neither Randy nor KO has to eat a pin

Judgement Day vs Awesome Truth

Gunther vs Sammi Zayn

Bobby Lashley vs Karrion Kross

Santos Escobar vs Rey Mysterio (if Rey is healthy)

My hunches for the other girls

Jade Cargill vs Nia with Jade squashing Nia Goldberg style. Two minute match

Naomi vs Tiffany Stratton (the fans already love Tiffy time, I wonder how long they can keep her heel?)

Kabuki Warriors vs Liv/Raquel vs Fyre/Dawn vs Indi/Candace vs Natalya/Random partner vs KC2 vs Zoey/Shayna (two night tournament like 37. Might need to throw one more team in)

Bianca could and probably should face Jade but I want Bianca to keep her streak going and Jade needs to win her first singles match.

 

[DeadlyWest]

As an Orton fan I'm just gonna go ahead and say this, I want him to beat Flair's record. WWE is all about updating record books right now. Romans reign, Gunther breaking HTM record, Usos thousand plus days as tag champs etc. So why not let Randy have this one? He's already a 14 time champion and there's two world championships to go after.

Bayley should get to close night 1 but I think it'll be Seth and Drew.

The Mania matches we know so far:

Cody vs Roman
Seth vs Drew
Bayley vs Iyo
Becky vs Rhea

Unannounced for now but extremely likely

Cody/Seth vs Roman/Rock

Jey vs Jimmy

LA Knight vs AJ Styles (if AJ wins we know the company has no faith in Knight)

Logan Paul vs Kevin Owens vs Randy Orton. I think a ladder match so Paul can win and neither Randy nor KO has to eat a pin

Judgement Day vs Awesome Truth

Gunther vs Sammi Zayn

Bobby Lashley vs Karrion Kross

Santos Escobar vs Rey Mysterio (if Rey is healthy)

My hunches for the other girls

Jade Cargill vs Nia with Jade squashing Nia Goldberg style. Two minute match

Naomi vs Tiffany Stratton (the fans already love Tiffy time, I wonder how long they can keep her heel?)

Kabuki Warriors vs Liv/Raquel vs Fyre/Dawn vs Indi/Candace vs Natalya/Random partner vs KC2 vs Zoey/Shayna (two night tournament like 37. Might need to throw one more team in)

Bianca could and probably should face Jade but I want Bianca to keep her streak going and Jade needs to win her first singles match.

Cody/Seth vs Roman/Rock on Day 1, where Rock pins Cody meanwhile Cody wins Day 2 for the title, ala Bret Hart at WM10. Calling it now

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Cody/Seth vs Roman/Rock on Day 1, where Rock pins Cody meanwhile Cody wins Day 2 for the title, ala Bret Hart at WM10. Calling it now

If you really want Cody to look like Bret, have him take on The Rock on Night 1, then Roman on Night 2. Both singles matches.

I don’t think poor Seth could hang in there for a tag team match and a title defense with Drew.

 

[Lobo]

 

[DeadlyWest]

If you really want Cody to look like Bret, have him take on The Rock on Night 1, then Roman on Night 2. Both singles matches.

I don’t think poor Seth could hang in there for a tag team match and a title defense with Drew.

Also works perfectly fine

Either way, have Cody lose to Rock (not cleanly or via a WM 28 style loss where Rock just hits him out of nowhere with a Rock Bottom he wasn't expecting) Night 1, but beat Roman Night 2. It makes all the sense in the world and further enriches the storytelling via another Rock match at Summerslam potentially, enriches the Downfall of the Bloodline story with the fight for the Head position from Roman and Rock at Wrestlemania next year.

3 Michelin starred level cooking.

 

[vantheman77]

RIP Ole Anderson. Original member of the Four Horsemen and Pro Wrestling Hall of Famer. He was 81.