Post by DrunkenBuzzsaw on Jan 27, 2014 0:25:28 GMT -5
Jesus fucking Christ, Bautista won the Rumble?
Why do they keepshitting on Bryan? I'm not a huge fan of his by any stretch of the imagination, but the crowd - EVERY crowd - fucking LOVES him. He's straight money, and they've done nothing with it. Instead let's see the same fuckers on top year in, year out.
The WWE is fucking retarded.
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Post by Ezekiel Pax on Jan 27, 2014 4:21:43 GMT -5
I'm thinking Punk fights Kane at Wrestlemania. Possibly, Punk is in the Elimination Chamber and gets screwed somehow. If that doesn't happen, it'll be Punk vs Kane at Elimination Chamber then Punk vs HHH at WM.
Your predictions were spot on, bro. Reigns broke the record for most eliminations which was awesome in my opinion. The crowd was going nuts for him the whole Rumble.
I also believe I heard a Jerry Lawler chant during the Cena/Orton match. It was bad. Orton made the STF look better than when Cena does it. Just a sad excuse for a match.
Post by T-Robosaurus Rex on Jan 27, 2014 5:46:08 GMT -5
Given the reaction this show seems to have been given, I wouldn't be surprised if theres some scrambling going on to try and change some plans (or vet and censor future audiences), cause at this rate WrestleMania XXX is gonna be a wash.
Hanson: "May Roberts' soul go to a better place, free of chunky Asians, who do flips."
Post by Lord Hastings on Jan 27, 2014 7:36:15 GMT -5
Crowds have been giving these sort of reactions for months. The behavior during the Rumble itself is new, but crowds have been shitting on the Cena/Orton feud since it started after Survivor Series.
Post by T-Robosaurus Rex on Jan 27, 2014 8:32:30 GMT -5
I'm aware reactions to Orton's matches have been like this for months (But if you will make him feud with big Show and Cena), but booing the winner of the Royal Rumble, who's meant to be a face and headlining the biggest show of the year, isn't the same sort of reaction by any means.
Like you say the Rumble has never been affected the way it was last night, it's a match that has been pretty well respected over the years, this is unheard of. It's a pretty damning indictment on WWE's current direction and plans, and even they can't be blind to that.
Surely they can't be THAT stupid to just ignore the obvious problems they are causing.
Hanson: "May Roberts' soul go to a better place, free of chunky Asians, who do flips."
Post by The Greater Evil on Jan 27, 2014 9:26:12 GMT -5
Sure they can. When recently has WWE shown that they give a damn what the fans want to see ? If they were any worse, they'd be called "TNA-Stamford". Their bookers are stuck in the early 2000s somewhere and when I do see it, it's painful to watch. Thankfully that isn't often. Personally I like Daniel Bryan. That could be because I remember him in the Indies, but one can't ignore how he's gotten over just by saying "Yes !" a lot. The last guy to do that was Steve Austin, and no, I'm not saying that Bryan is in that league. I enjoy his matches in spite of the WWE "style" of wrestling, which I generally hate because it's so repetitive. I'm a little surprised that they didn't break up "The Shield", because they've been teasing that for a couple of months now. WWE doesn't tend to be too good at the slow burn, unless it's something they should let die a quick and painless death...at which point they let it drag out for months.
I don't know what HHH, Steph, Vince and the other people that handle the booking and story writing are thinking, but they're obviously not paying attention to the crowd and what it wants.
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Post by Lord Hastings on Jan 27, 2014 20:50:46 GMT -5
So, curious to see how the crowd would behave, I watched the beginning of Raw, and Daniel Bryan's confrontation with the Authority and demand to be entered into the Elimination Chamber, and something struck me.
Wrestlemania is the first PPV to be carried on the network. The network is essentially $10 a month, with a six month commitment.
Wrestlemania typically is priced at a premium and is $60.
Ergo you are stupid to buy Wrestlemania and not just sign up for the network.
Ergo the last PPV you might ever buy is Elimination Chamber.
Ergo...when do they want you to spend your money??
Daniel Bryan is winning the title at Elimination Chamber, and that may have been the plan all along.
Post by Red Bull Icon on Jan 28, 2014 0:28:50 GMT -5
I think you're giving them way to much fucking credit there steve and it pains me to say because I fought through that mindset too thinking they were protecting dbry by holding off until the network so there'd be an easy out if ppv buyrates bit the big one because with the network you're functionally stupid if you buy a ppv and not the network, hence with the network the whole fucking business changes and becomes 100% percent gate and ad revenue gate and ad revenue both being sold by the brand and not the actual match I mean the wife and me and 3 fucking kids do you have any idea how much airfares gonna run me for 4 tickets and a lap child because Remy's, fucking wife heard my efed characters name and figured that'd be a good name to name my second son it's ok though cause she knows she's not allowed to drive until I call her lily, anyway it's aole from charlotte to san diego for comic con but we still looked at the sports arena got renamed after some indian casino but it's still the sports arena to me damnit to see if the wwe were going to be in town because fuck why not its vacation or holiday or whatever you want to call it. either way I know raw is on Mondays and house shows are fucking great. doesn't matter who's champ. ppv's with shitty main events suck though. like rr or probably mania at this point.
also finally I'm typing in this thread. th eE can't make fuckins anymore and anyone who says Punk I says nash says hi and he says too sweet and then fuck you they tried to have nash leech off punk to build for hhh nash post 2000? what the fuck. then ryback. fucking ryback they could have had him beat punk for the belt, punk flips his shit knowing it's now ryback rock at the rumble has Maddox interfiear and fail then the shield and fail, and finally like 2 weeks before the rumble have punk man up on raw beat ryback clean. ryback then gets eliminated in the rumble by the shield punk drops the belt to the rock and were' in the exact same fucking stop were got in but the months leading didn't neuter feed me more who was getting bryan pops before bryan was geeting the feedmore pops. then ziggler who got over aj before they took her and biggee and the belt from him and now he's shity again because he bumps too much. fucking tell that blonde dumb fuck to settle it fucking down, have him light up HBK like he did cena and aj by saying what is whay shawn hears enough sweet chin music duck under super kick to micheals and dolpsh got a new finisher that doesn't look like a sky fucking gone bad and maybe not a ic guy and nothing else ever. ever.
now bryan's getting fucked over because he's not fuck I don't even know what he's not because he's not cross over lead a new boom but god damnit if the entire entire fucking building doesn't want him to win. it makes no sense.