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[JabarR]

If Jericho faces Fandango at WM AND puts him over..I'll pissed&depressed for Jericho,It'd be such a crime!

Ya'll need to stop overreacting about this!!! This might be a good thing for Jericho's Y2J character to stay as a face!!!!!

 

[Wheels]

Oh yeah, I mean I would rather see Brock keep winning, because losing to a semi-retired guy is pointless, but what can we do? I'd rather see Sheamus vs Lesnar myself.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Ya'll need to stop overreacting about this!!! This might be a good thing for Jericho's Y2J character to stay as a face!!!!!

Fandango needs a consistent cheating mechanism along the lines of Adrian Adonis' atomizer or Mr. Fuji's cane.

I suggest a form of glitter-bomb meets pepper spray.

 

[OnTheAir]

Disappointing...WWE is here in Springfield about a week before Wrestlemania. I was going to check out the show just to see Punk again. Now, I'm not so sure:

(from PWTorch.com)

WWE NEWS: Punk officially pulled from pre-WM29 tours

Mar 19, 2013 - 12:11:40 PMBy James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

C.M. Punk has been pulled from the final two house show tours before WrestleMania Week. Punk was still listed on the event rosters as of Monday, but WWE pulled Punk from advertising on Tuesday.

Punk was scheduled to face Kofi Kingston in a singles match on this coming weekend's Raw tour in Virginia and Maryland.

Last weekend, Punk made a non-wrestling appearance at Friday's Raw house show, then he was completely pulled from the Saturday and Sunday shows without an announcement being made to the live audience.

Punk is still scheduled for the final two Raw TV tapings before WrestleMania, and he is still listed for the European Tour that begins the week after WrestleMania.

[Torch art credit Travis Beaven (c) PWTorch.com]

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_69398.shtml

 

[Wheels]

I hate Fandango but his entrance on RAW was fantastic. Too bad when you strip it all away he's still Johnny Curtis.

 

[UnionJack]

I hate Fandango but his entrance on RAW was fantastic. Too bad when you strip it all away he's still Johnny Curtis.

I've never seen much of NXT so what's wrong with Johnny Curtis?!

 

[Pink Ranger]

They should have at least sent Curtis to one or two dance lessons so he can at least fake his character. The cha-cha-cha is the easiest ballroom or latin dance to learn if you're a beginner.

 

[SpideyFan866]

This apparently got some heat backstage. People in the back felt it was a bit tasteless compared to how they handled the segments last monday.

 

[Metallo]

Originally Posted by venom892
I don't think what makes this Wrestlemania lackluster is its predictability as much as the fact that there is no reason to get emotionally invested in any of the matches. I remember when a main event at wrestlemania was teased and built for months.Even the undercard got weeks of build up. It seems WWE is really confident in the drawing power of Cena/Rock II, so much so that they have put no effort in building any other matches. The Paul Bearer stuff should have been the focus of one promo, not the entire fued. Ziggler deserves more than a tag match and Jericho deserves way more than Fandago. I would have loved a Ziggler/Jericho match up for the briefcase. Aw this mania is going to blow.

Agreed. No real effort has been put into Rock/Cena II to really make it mean something more. Except for that and a couple of other top matches the card looks and feels like it was thrown together at the last minute. It used to be that more matches were must see with longer term stories that got you invested. Even Taker vs Punk seems like a last minute deal even though we know they've planned it for months. Punk being chosen to face Taker in a four way match when we've had years of strong builds to streak matches makes this match feel underwhelming. Punk and Takers issues should have been much more direct and personal. The build to this match should have been more obvious months ago. The seeds more firmly planted.

The match that feels like its had the best long term build is HHH vs Lesnar II and some people still don't want to see that.

Originally Posted by Pink Ranger
Fandango needs a consistent cheating mechanism along the lines of Adrian Adonis' atomizer or Mr. Fuji's cane.

I suggest a form of glitter-bomb meets pepper spray.

LOL...sounds like something the Beautiful People would use to cheat. That's about right for Fandango then.

 

[Wheels]

I've never seen much of NXT so what's wrong with Johnny Curtis?!

He's just there. Maybe he's better than he was allowed be on NXT, but he never showed any mic skill or impressive wrestling ability.

 

[Pink Ranger]

He's just there. Maybe he's better than he was allowed be on NXT, but he never showed any mic skill or impressive wrestling ability.

Think about it this way: Curtis got saddled with the Fandango character so Ambrose wouldn't.

 

[Wheels]

Think about it this way: Curtis got saddled with the Fandango character so Ambrose wouldn't.

Hahaha true.. Fandango could be a mid-card staple for years though. Vince gave average guys memorable gimmicks and it has worked in the past.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Is Santino still floating around or is he gone? I loved that guy when I was consistently watching.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Also, I know this is probably a topic that gets brought up all the time, but is Vince still hardcore against bringing in War Games? I think that, scaffold matches, and the Jim Crockett Memorial Cup tag tournament were my favorite things about the old NWA/early WCW.

 

[Wheels]

Is Santino still floating around or is he gone? I loved that guy when I was consistently watching.

Santino is injured right now.

 

[Kaleb]

This apparently got some heat backstage. People in the back felt it was a bit tasteless compared to how they handled the segments last monday.

If taker was fine with it then so should everyone else in the backstage, and I cant imagine every promo regarding Paul Bearer not getting Takers approval first.

 

[Kaleb]

Also, I know this is probably a topic that gets brought up all the time, but is Vince still hardcore against bringing in War Games? I think that, scaffold matches, and the Jim Crockett Memorial Cup tag tournament were my favorite things about the old NWA/early WCW.

This is why HHH needs to take over asap, as he was a huge fan of this

 

[venom892]

The Shield vs. Show/Sheamus/Orton in War games would be special.

 

[Anno_Domini]

This apparently got some heat backstage. People in the back felt it was a bit tasteless compared to how they handled the segments last monday.

Dropping an urn with nothing inside was tasteless? Lol.

I liked that bit to be honest. Just helped Punk get some more heat which is pretty hard to do such when half the crowd still chants Punk's name.

 

[Van Petrol]

Part of me wants to see the Fandango thing work. I feel sorry for Curtis. It's hard enough to get over as it is without a gimmick like this making it even harder.

 

[Donnie Darko]

This is why HHH needs to take over asap, as he was a huge fan of this

That's what I thought. Didn't he push several times to get Evolution involved in one?

 

[Slushy]

Vince was against using War Games as it wasn't his idea so The Elimination Chamber was invented.

Shawn Michaels was fired in early 2001 for abusing painkillers after he passed out in Vince's office.

I'm currently reading Jericho's Undisputed book.

And yeah if he loses to a rookie at Wrestlemania, the very event he headlined a few of, I'll be pissed off.

 

[The Sage]

- CM Punk has been pulled from all live events until WrestleMania 29 for a number of reasons including him being physically banged up. People, including Punk, are still downplaying the arm injury that he suffered in the RAW match against Kane last week. WWE officials want him fresh and ready for the big match at WrestleMania 29.

Speaking of Punk, there were a lot of people not happy with his backstage segment at last night's RAW where he juggled around Paul Bearer's urn to taunt The Undertaker. The feeling was that it wasn't as good as the Punk-Bearer-Taker stuff from the week before and that this one was bad for WWE and just bad in general. On a related note, it's said there is some kind of issue between Punk and WWE creative right now but we don't know what those problems might be.

- There has been some talk of having Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns go over Randy Orton, Sheamus and Big Show at WrestleMania 29, leading to the long-awaited Orton heel turn.

- Another big heel turn in the works may be Kofi Kingston.

- The Divas match at WrestleMania 29 may end up being eight-Divas action The Bella Twins, Layla and Tamina Snuka vs. Kaitlyn, Cameron, Naomi and TV personality Maria Menounos.

Partial source: F4Wonline.com

ESPN's article also took a shot at last night's Raw, stating that it "will go down as one of the historically bad nights in wrestling television (and a clear signal that they need to end the three-hour experiment)."

http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/365706732.php
http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/365731573.php
http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/365731347.php

 

[Lobo]

I'm sure Punk's issue with creative is that he knows how much they suck, and isn't afraid to tell them or Vince

 

[The Sage]

Well...