10-18-2018, 08:58 PM | #45801 |
TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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1 year, Vince.
You got 1 year to make Smackdown a better show than Raw. |
10-18-2018, 09:06 PM | #45802 |
Spammy Certified
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It already is.
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10-18-2018, 09:54 PM | #45803 | |
king of sucks
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10-18-2018, 09:59 PM | #45804 |
Hey Mister!
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10-18-2018, 10:00 PM | #45805 |
Let me talk to ya
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Sounds like Fox wants NXT. Smackdown has the talent to be more sport oriented though.
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10-18-2018, 10:46 PM | #45806 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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Looks like writing a book about their lives is about to bite Ric and Charlotte Flair back really badly. Well mostly just Charlotte based on documents from their defamation lawsuit by Charlotte's ex-husband.
Supposedly there is police reports and video evidence of Charlotte saying racist stuff against black people. https://www.scribd.com/document/3911...an-Shields-WWE |
10-19-2018, 12:54 AM | #45807 |
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This is ridiculously adorable.
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10-19-2018, 12:54 AM | #45808 |
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Daniel Vidot has been on WWE's radar for quite a while.
I don't know why FOX would buy a Vince McMahon product if they did not want a Vince McMahon product. |
10-19-2018, 12:57 AM | #45809 |
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Ugh! There was so much potential in Bayley to become the female version of what John Cena represented.
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10-19-2018, 01:05 AM | #45810 |
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It's a complicated issue. Yeah, there was more potential there than they got out of her on the main roster, but she is neither the ring worker or promo that Cena is.
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10-19-2018, 01:14 AM | #45811 |
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Cena wasn't a ring general during his initial reigns as WWE Champion. He was thrusted into the main event picture and he learned to thrive. While Bayley cannot be directly compared to him, she has a ton of potential. She had some of the best (WWE) matches of 2015 (along with Banks).
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10-19-2018, 02:43 AM | #45812 |
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She did, but they were produced so heavily and had the safety net of being a pet project. They could have done a similar thing on the main roster, but to some extent, you have to put the blame at the foot of the talent too. She didn't really get herself into position to get the same courtesies Cena did.
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10-19-2018, 03:18 AM | #45813 | |
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10-19-2018, 12:33 PM | #45814 | |
Resident drug enabler
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10-19-2018, 12:35 PM | #45815 |
Resident drug enabler
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Bailey definitely should have been handled better on the main roster but her mic skills also would have held her back from “female Cena” level.
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10-19-2018, 01:39 PM | #45816 |
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Cena had a relatively slow burn. He main evented a Smackdown pov against Brock after mania, had a run against Taker, turned face prior to survivor series, etc etc. They spent over 2 years building him into winning his first top title against JBL.
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10-19-2018, 02:57 PM | #45817 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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10-19-2018, 03:09 PM | #45818 |
President of Freedonia
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Anyone want to make waffles that look like the WWE Championship?
https://uncannybrands.com/products/wwe-waffle-maker |
10-19-2018, 09:48 PM | #45819 |
President of Freedonia
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There is a rumor making the rounds that Chris Jericho and Jim Ross are working on launching a new promotion, backed financially by Shad Khan, the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes are currently rumored to have agreed to be part of the company, and they are negotiating with AXS TV for a television deal.
Kenny Omega's status is apparently still up in the air, but I would imagine that if Cody and the Bucks are signing, the rest of their friend group will probably follow suit as they’ve pledged to stay together. I’ll believe it when I see it, but Khan has billions and if he’s serious, this could be interesting. |
10-19-2018, 10:26 PM | #45820 |
Trickster Demon
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"Sobriety Shaming"
That's a new one.
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10-19-2018, 10:34 PM | #45821 |
Let me talk to ya
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That's just a stupid tweet. All three have talked about it and Hardy even had a WWE special this year that was heavily about it.
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10-19-2018, 10:51 PM | #45822 | |
Taller than Adam Cole
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10-19-2018, 11:01 PM | #45823 | |
dirty irani
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10-20-2018, 12:04 AM | #45824 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnn
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10-20-2018, 04:29 AM | #45825 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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WWE has not said Saudi Arabia when discussing Crown Jewel in weeks. hmm
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10-20-2018, 05:46 AM | #45826 |
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10-20-2018, 05:46 AM | #45827 |
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10-20-2018, 06:51 AM | #45828 |
#R.I.P.U.S.A.
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10-20-2018, 10:36 AM | #45829 | |
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10-20-2018, 10:38 AM | #45830 |
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If I win the $1.6 billion mega millions on Tuesday I'll be a financial backer for it though. Couldn't go asbad as the last guy who won the lottery big and started a wrestling company (Wrestleliscious)
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10-20-2018, 10:45 AM | #45831 |
King K Cool
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10-20-2018, 01:25 PM | #45832 |
King K Cool
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10-20-2018, 04:31 PM | #45833 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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WWE is on a roll with the amount of bad PR decisions they have made this year so far. Newest blunder is using the Warrior brand to support GLAAD while completely forgetting how much of a homophobe Warrior was in real life.
WWE has pretty much become the equivalent of Sideshow Bob this year with the amount of PR goofs made. |
10-20-2018, 05:30 PM | #45834 |
King K Cool
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Man, I can imagine Warrior must be spinning in his grave at that.
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10-20-2018, 05:30 PM | #45835 |
King K Cool
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That's if he wasn't cremated.
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10-20-2018, 07:35 PM | #45836 |
Prince Of The Forum
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We all know he is with the other Warriors, climbing to the top of the temple of the Warriors, which is so high up, only the Warriors can breathe the air of that Altitude.
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10-20-2018, 09:09 PM | #45838 |
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It would have been nice if there were serious money offers being made to a guys like Bryan Danielson and Nick Nemeth before they re-signed with WWE though. Ultimately, I don't believe it -- especially since AXS is denying it. It's such an odd rumor to just...create though. I hope there is smoke to the fire, or at the very least it gives them the idea now.
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10-20-2018, 09:39 PM | #45839 |
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Just looking at the New Japan freelancers. If they made serious money offers to them, you'd have a core roster of:
* Beretta * Chase Owens * Chris Jericho * Chuck Taylor * Cody Rhodes * Haku * Hangman Page * Kenny Omega * Kota Ibushi * Matt Jackson * Minoru Suzuki * Nick Jackson * Sanada * Shingo Takagi * Tomoaki Honma * Yoshinobu Kanemaru * Zack Sabre, Jr. Not bad for a starting point. Of course Brandi would go, and I'm sure Jericho would give agent spots to his friends in the business, like Don Callis and Lance Storm. I could see DDP being involved. He's probably got a lot of money he could potentially invest too. Jericho and Cornette get along, but I don't see them trying to get him to adapt to people's flavors. The door would probably be open to guys leaving ROH and New Japan too. I can see Bully Ray and Shane Helms being given player/coach roles. You've instantly got a nice little roster going. I could see them working out something to do with Dragon Gate, bringing in PAC and emphasizing that style as its own division. If plans were in motion by January, then you could probably woo over Gallows & Anderson from WWE, for whatever that's worth. |
10-20-2018, 09:45 PM | #45840 |
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They could probably poach from All Japan too. The current Triple Crown Champion is this dude named Zeus. He looks like a fucking beast.
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