Without the Wrestling Thread, There Is...No...You! - - Part 187

[Lantern Venom]

You know a thought came to me. What if HHH is the Annoymous GM this go around and he's there to cause Michief and mayhem until John Cena says HHH and Steph can come back until it is revealed that HHH was the Annoymous GM.

The GM should be Juan Cena, in a purple and gold suit to match his mask.

 

[Dugath]

A few thoughts on Raw.

1:Like everyone else ..anonymous GM(sigh)
2:Rowan does not like bullies ? What have I been watching for the last year?
3:Was not Rusev either supposed to pledge to the flag or defend the belt? I did not see any defending.

Very disappointing Raw, I am so glad I PVR this stuff so I can FF.

 

[Donnie Darko]

A few thoughts on Raw.

1:Like everyone else ..anonymous GM(sigh)
2:Rowan does not like bullies ? What have I been watching for the last year?
3:Was not Rusev either supposed to pledge to the flag or defend the belt? I did not see any defending.

Very disappointing Raw, I am so glad I PVR this stuff so I can FF.

Yeah, those things threw me off as well. I was expecting the battle royal when he refused the pledge.


Also, unless this Bunny reveal is going to be the most amazing thing ever (like the bunny is actually the ghost of Owen Hart), they need to drop it immediately. The whole thing is so bad.

 

[runawayboulder]

So to recap Raw, we are once again getting:

Anonymous Raw GM - that no one wants or cares about

Ambrose vs Wyatt - a feud no one cares about

Swagger vs Rusev - a feud we've seen that no one cares about

a Big Show feud no one cares about

a Kane feud no one cares about


And we still have yet ANOTHER build up to Cena/Lesnar at TLC coming.

 

[vantheman77]

So to recap Raw, we are once again getting:

Anonymous Raw GM - that no one wants or cares about

Ambrose vs Wyatt - a feud no one cares about

Swagger vs Rusev - a feud we've seen that no one cares about

a Big Show feud no one cares about

a Kane feud no one cares about


And we still have yet ANOTHER build up to Cena/Lesnar at TLC coming.

That right there sums it all up.

Also, there has not been a mention of WWE Champion Brock Lesnar for some time either.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Ambrose vs Wyatt - a feud no one cares about

The other grips make sense, but saying no one cares about it (despite its lackluster booking) is just false.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

So to recap Raw, we are once again getting:

Anonymous Raw GM - that no one wants or cares about

Ambrose vs Wyatt - a feud no one cares about

Swagger vs Rusev - a feud we've seen that no one cares about

a Big Show feud no one cares about

a Kane feud no one cares about


And we still have yet ANOTHER build up to Cena/Lesnar at TLC coming.

Yup, that about sums it up. Though, I think the Anonymous Raw GM is going to be the loophole that brings Triple H back.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

AXS will start airing a Best of series for New Japan starting January 16th.


It will feature matches from January 2013 - May 2014 (Tokyo Dome, G1, Ect.), will run thirteen weeks and have commentary by Josh Barnett and Mauro Ranallo. If it gets over on the network, we will see more and that MIGHT lead to a new weekly NJPW show on American TV, but that's a long shot.

 

[the dmg]

So Raw was bleh. HHH cut a good promo, the parts with AmDrag were good (tough to see him as you can tell his hand is having issues), and who the hell thought it was a good idea to bring back the Laptop GM? Like it would have worked better if they announce team didn't act so shocked when the GM podium was right next to them. ****ing stupid.

Of course, they turn Show because why not? At least he'll work a program with Rowan, which is a good thing. I like that Kane and Ryback will be potentially feuding because that means it will keep him away from the top.

WWE just seems like it has a complete lack of direction on what they want to do.

Am I the only one that thinks Ziggler was kinda undercut tonight?

I think that was the point. He kind of shook his head in frustration when Cena cut him off in their promo, maybe laying the groundwork for a heel turn?

She's her father's daughter without a doubt.

Her shock before the meltdown was great. She was telling Hunter that it's not over repeatedly.

AXS will start airing a Best of series for New Japan starting January 16th.


It will feature matches from January 2013 - May 2014 (Tokyo Dome, G1, Ect.), will run thirteen weeks and have commentary by Josh Barnett and Mauro Ranallo. If it gets over on the network, we will see more and that MIGHT lead to a new weekly NJPW show on American TV, but that's a long shot.

Fuuuuu....I hope people tune in. Would be great to have a different product than people are used to on TV.

 

[Donnie Darko]

You know... If Ziggler does get really pissed off about not getting the spotlight after beating three guys at Survivor Series, he could do a slow burn to a heel turn, eventually causing Cena to lose his title match at Royal Rumble.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Also, I thought they said that Bad News Barrett was back after Survivor Series. What the hell?!

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Fuuuuu....I hope people tune in. Would be great to have a different product than people are used to on TV.

Indeed. Even if it's just essentially a clip series, they're going to play 2013 and I can say 2013 in NJPW had to be the most incredible year from any wrestling company I think I've ever seen in terms of the consistency.

 

[TX85]

While watching the end of the ppv,I was thinking that just when I was falling out of love with wrestling or at least with WWE they pull some good stuff and Sting finally debuted.. But then I watched Raw and yeah nah. Good thing I have NXT on the wwe network!

 

[Pink Ranger]

AXS will start airing a Best of series for New Japan starting January 16th.


It will feature matches from January 2013 - May 2014 (Tokyo Dome, G1, Ect.), will run thirteen weeks and have commentary by Josh Barnett and Mauro Ranallo. If it gets over on the network, we will see more and that MIGHT lead to a new weekly NJPW show on American TV, but that's a long shot.

Hey, cool, another Canadian wrestling network alumni.

For those who don't know, Renee Paquette (now known as Renee Young in the WWE), Arda Orcal (now known as Kyle Edwards in the WWE) and Mauro used to do a post-Smackdown smark-like panel discussion show on the Canadian sports channel that airs WWE programming. It's cool to see all three of them get further into the business now.

 

[SuperBatman]

You know... If Ziggler does get really pissed off about not getting the spotlight after beating three guys at Survivor Series, he could do a slow burn to a heel turn, eventually causing Cena to lose his title match at Royal Rumble.

That would then lead to a match at WM vs. Cena which would be another good thing for Ziggler. Facing Cena at WM even if he wins which WWE probably won't do.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Well, at least the one REALLY good thing about Cena facing Lesnar at Royal Rumble is that Cena can't WIN the Royal Rumble now.

 

[TX85]

So Ziggler seems to have taken Roman's spot. Where does that leave him? Although I guess Cena vs Ziggler at WM could be a upper card match while Roman faces Brock for the title. It just seems that if Roman was active he would have been in that SS match and got the push Ziggler got on it.

 

[Wheels]

The only plus side with an anonymous GM is less time devoted to authority figure storylines. The anonymous GM only made matches and settled disputes between talent. An anonymous GM doesn't have long promos, or backstage segments, or feuds/matches The actual active wrestlers can get more screen time. Having said that, the podium gimmick sucks and Michael Cole saying "and I quote" again every week will wear thin.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I want the Bunny to be on the receiving end of a Rock Bottom, through the Spanish Announce Table and The Rock doing his best Elmer Fudd impersonation and saying "Wabbit Season."

 

[zeroapoc]

 

[Hunter Rider]

So Mania 31 probably looks like this:

WWE Title Match
Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns

Sting vs The Undertaker

Hell in A Cell
Triple H vs Randy Orton

John Cena vs Seth Rollins or Dolph Ziggler (maybe #1 contender triple threat)

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Of course if WWE decided to push Dolph to the Moon and turn Reigns heel, putting him back with Rollins as a modern day Shawn & Diesel, it could be this:

WWE Title Match
Brock Lesnar vs Dolph Ziggler

John Cena vs Roman Reigns

Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins

Sting vs The Undertaker

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OR if Vince can't quite buy Dolph/Brock and is against turning Roman, then they could do this:

WWE Title Match
John Cena vs Dolph Ziggler

Randy Orton vs Brock Lesnar

Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins

Sting vs The Undertaker

 

[Pink Ranger]

I really hope they are rethinking Reigns vs. Lesnar. I just don't see how that match will work.

 

[Donnie Darko]

With all the negativity of the last couple days here, this was needed.

 

[the dmg]

You know... If Ziggler does get really pissed off about not getting the spotlight after beating three guys at Survivor Series, he could do a slow burn to a heel turn, eventually causing Cena to lose his title match at Royal Rumble.

Rollins already cost Cena the title last time he faced Lesnar, I'd rather not retread if they want to have Ziggler and Cena in a program with each other. The only problem is that Ziggler will be on the losing end of it since Cena will have to look strong for Lesnar. Hopefully, they book it so Ziggler will still come out of looking good as opposed to what they did with Wyatt.

Indeed. Even if it's just essentially a clip series, they're going to play 2013 and I can say 2013 in NJPW had to be the most incredible year from any wrestling company I think I've ever seen in terms of the consistency.

Yup. Plus, back-to-back G1's of epic proportions. It also helps that both ROH and GFW are putting the spotlight on NJPW as a really big deal, so I hope that can translate to the more common wrestling fan wanting to see what the fuss is about.

 

[runawayboulder]

With all the negativity of the last couple days here, this was needed.

I posted them yesterday before Raw but all you guys ignored it.