What Kinda Wrestling Thread You Runnin' Here? - Part 193

[DarthSkywalker]

At least the title match was great.

Sorry, I keep trying to find the silver lining to last night.

I always said Rollins was the best of that group.

 

[cyclone]

So Mania is......

Lesnar vs Reigns
Sting vs HHH
Cena vs Rusev

What about Rollins, Ziggler, Bryan, Wyatt, Orton etc? There going to be some kind of Battle Royal event for a shot at the title? I don't see Taker vs Wyatt happening as I think Taker is truly done.

Best thing they can do is press with Lesnar vs Reigns, but Rollins HAS to cash in and has to win. Give Roman his Rumble and Mania moment, but have it short lived. Then let's just get what we want. Ex-SHIELD triple threat for the belt at the next Mania. Split the damn belts too and have Bryan vs Ziggler for the Heavyweight belt.

 

[The Sage]

I always said Rollins was the best of that group.

Always knew he was. The cream, if allowed, will rise to the top. As Vince used to say before going insane.

Two years in a row. If I'm a member of the board, I'm digging into Vince the next day, questioning his decisions and asking about plans for him to step down or put him solely on the business end of things and leave the creative side alone. In fact I'm teleconferencing that in if I can't get to the office.

 

[Barefoot Doctor]

So Mania is......

Lesnar vs Reigns
Sting vs HHH
Cena vs Rusev

What about Rollins, Ziggler, Bryan, Wyatt, Orton etc? There going to be some kind of Battle Royal event for a shot at the title? I don't see Taker vs Wyatt happening as I think Taker is truly done.

Best thing they can do is press with Lesnar vs Reigns, but Rollins HAS to cash in and has to win. Give Roman his Rumble and Mania moment, but have it short lived. Then let's just get what we want. Ex-SHIELD triple threat for the belt at the next Mania. Split the damn belts too and have Bryan vs Ziggler for the Heavyweight belt.

Maybe Rollins/Bryan/Orton/Ambrose for the briefcase? Four great workers and stories aplenty.

 

[runawayboulder]

I can't wait for the Botchamania on this one. Here's the one that covered last year's Rumble:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1aswr7_botchamania-242_sport

 

[LOBO3315a]

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a bit. Belee Dat!

 

[runawayboulder]

Add USA Today to the list of mainstream media outlets picking up on the backlash.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/wwe-daniel-bryant-royal-rumble-eliminated-reaction

 

[Bat Brain]

NextNolan's gotta be ripping up his Wrestlemania tickets after that finish. Oh wait...

 

[Pink Ranger]

Add USA Today to the list of mainstream media outlets picking up on the backlash.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/wwe-daniel-bryant-royal-rumble-eliminated-reaction

Since mainstream media are picking this up, maybe finally Vince will pay attention.

 

[Benstamania]

Maybe finally Vince will be forced out...

 

[Wheels]

Watch, they're going to stick Bryan with Sheamus this year in a match they won't promote because they've got Lesnar vs Reigns, Undertaker vs Wyatt, Sting vs Triple H and Cena vs Rusev to build. Rollins will probably face Orton.

 

[nite-owl]

Since mainstream media are picking this up, maybe finally Vince will pay attention.

I' am sure Vince is waiting at his office for the telegram to arrive.

 

[Lobo]

And Rollins vs Orton and Sheamus vs Bryan will steal the show. But what do you do with Ambrose and Ziggler? Dean and Dolph vs Kane/Show?

Hell, I'm Reigns biggest fan and mind this much less than the majority of you. I will be glad when he's champ. Believe that. I do however have no doubt that the Monday after Mania, Seth cashes in successfully.

 

[Keyser Soze]

At the rate WWE are screaming "F YOU!" to the fans, it genuinely wouldn't shock me if, at WrestleMania, Reigns beats Lesnar, then Rollins cashes in, and Reigns makes a Herculean comeback and beats him too in like a minute.

 

[LOBO3315a]

I don't hate Roman. I think he's got talent. But he is what he is. A big, strong, fast guy who can barely speak on the mike. He needs to learn a little bit more before becoming "The Man". They should have spent this year getting him ready. Team him up with wrestlers who do know how to cut promos. Hell, do a face version of the tag team Bryan did with Kane, where Roman is the ultra-focused monster face to Bryan's role of showing him that the path to becoming Champion, isn't always the straight one. Have Daniel channel Mr Myagi from the Karate Kid. It would be best for business! Belee Dat!

 

[Benstamania]

That's just it.. Reigns just isn't ready and the fans know it.

 

[The Sage]

Maybe finally Vince will be forced out...

At the minimum it's probably getting discussed.

Along with the media, folks are tweeting lines from the Pipebomb promo. Jim Cornette commented on the servers crashing because of cancelations.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Right now, somewhere, CM Punk is laughing his ass off. Belee Dat.

 

[nite-owl]

 

[Benstamania]

At the minimum it's probably getting discussed.

Along with the media, folks are tweeting lines from the Pipebomb promo. Jim Cornette commented on the servers crashing because of cancelations.

Yeah. I commented on canceling the WWE Network with the hastag and it's been retweeted and favorited multiple times now. Shareholders can't be happy about that.

 

[Urich Leeds]

 

[Dugath]

Even though the RR tends to be a waste of time and fairly predictable as you can eliminate about 20 guys just by the fact there is no way they would even be in the main event at WM.

This one was even worse as most people knew or assumed it would be Bryan or Reigns.

Bryan should not even have been in the RR or at least have him be one of the finalists and get eliminated in a way to set up a feud.

Reigns.. well it was pretty obvious once it came down to the 4 of them who was going to win. (Well I guess Rusev was still hanging around..but still.. oh and it was sort of funny the chants for Rusev.. the US hating Russian lol)

I am not a fan of Reigns, I do not hate him I just dislike the fact it is so obvious they are trying to make us like him. He is no where ready and the reaction is not surprising.

I do not like the fact some people are mad because DB did not win. Not really a reason to flip out about. Again the way and timing of it could have been better to move him in a direction.

I guess there was no one really primed for this win. IMO the only person close who should have won that might have made sense was Randy, but obviously he was not there.


Booo boooo Reigns.. booo!! oh the Rock!! YAY!!!! Boooo Reigns..boooo.

They need to turn this guy and fast. Perhaps something against the Rock (how dare you come out I can take care of myself) or Bryan (they turned on me because of you!!)

 

[Lobo]

This is the issue with the match. Reigns, is a big, strong, fast guy, oozing presence. Lesnar is a bigger, stronger, faster guy with even more presence. Whatever Reigns does well Lesnar is better at.

I thought when Reigns was doing promos before Vince took them over were just fine. Not great but there was no suffering succotash

 

[Urich Leeds]

Hey guys check out this "music video" for Vince McMahon:

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My primary reaction is....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Seriously it speaks the truth and it's way too funny.

 

[Urich Leeds]

Wrestling fans are so fickle. If the booking isn't exactly how you want it, you're ready to bail on it.

Someone earlier said there could be legit reasons for them not having Bryan win the Rumble. For example, he's not fully ready for that kind of program. The point is, we don't know the reason and all we can do is speculate. Would I have preferred to see Bryan win it, Hell yes I would have. Am I going to cry and go home over it, no. Seriously, If I did that every time the wrestler I was pulling for lost, I'd have stopped watching decades ago.

Also, even before Bryan left with his injury, there were plenty of rumors running around that Reigns was going to win the Rumble. This is something that's been in the works for a long time. Besides, if last year taught us anything, we really should never count Bryan out. Or, have you all forgotten how they ended up handling Batista winning the Rumble when everyone was begging for Bryan to win it?

This isn't even about Bryan in particular not winning. Though, it is a big part of it.

This issue here is that they're shoving a guy, who isn't ready, into the position of "The Guy" for WWE, when's there's at least six others who are more than ready (and are far more talented than Reigns).

And on top of that, they buried them all in the worst way on the way to putting Reigns over.