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The triple logo mash up shirt is..weird..Batista's radiation symbol doesn't jump out much and the snake looks oddly twisted up

The b&w mafia shirt probably looks cool in theory but it screams of the hideous shirts they put out in the 90s

Droford

05-15-2014 04:06 AM

What do Bo Dallas, Roman Reigns, Alberto Del Rio and Me all have in common?

SPOILER: show

Kinda cool

XL	05-15-2014 04:13 AM

I'M GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA (REVENGE TOUR), BABY!!

XL	05-15-2014 05:51 AM

Sucks that Bryan is injured though.

Mr. Nerfect

05-15-2014 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4428303)

I liked Raven during his time in the WWE. I liked him a lot. I thought he had a really cool look, cool theme, cool name, cool titantron, cool attitude, cool everything. His matches were great too. Even though he was a big name in the Hardcore division at the time, his non-Hardcore matches were quite entertaining too.

I liked the way he was really innovative when it came to Hardcore matches, bringing in bowling balls, shopping trolleys (cart), potted plants and even a Frankenstein Doll into his Hardcore matches. When he debuted in the WWF in 2000, I was 11 years old and I was familiar with who he was but I only knew him as being a "WCW guy" and that was about it. I didn't know at the time that he had a past with ECW and Hardcore Wrestling, so when it came to him having Hardcore matches in the WWF, it was all new to me and I thought it was great, and it made me love Raven more and more.

Then there was a period where he drastically changed his look. He had blonde dreadlocks, no facial hair and began wearing some kind of Kilt thing. I liked it, but not as much as his previous look, but it was still a pretty badass look. He also got a new theme, which again, was pretty badass to me at the time. I still list to it occasionally today, along with the theme posted above.

Then came his move to commentating on Heat, but that was pretty short lived. He was a pretty good commentator though, I enjoyed listening to him and he didn't have an annoying voice like some commentators do. Not long after that he was released.

I think one of my fondest memories of Raven during his time in the WWE, is his Hardcore match against Kane and Big Show at WrestleMania X-Seven. That was such a great entertaining match. It's stuff like that, that makes me miss the Hardcore Division. The Hardcore Division was a nice escape from your usual wrestling show of "good guy vs bad guy in the ring" thing. You would have just this random assortment of guys beating the hell out of each other in the most random places with the most random objects and the majority of the time, they would manage to insert a good amount of comedy moments into them, even though Hardcore matches are supposed to be these brutal serious matches.

I was thinking about Raven the other day. I was too much of a mark to really appreciate him at the time, but he seemed like a guy who really lost out by a change in creative processes after WrestleMania X-7. I think I read somewhere that the head writer at the time had everything pretty much set out until Mania in 2001, but then Stephanie McMahon took over as head of creative or something?

Raven dropped the Hardcore Title in that Triple Threat you mentioned at Mania, and then, from memory, I seem to remember him going after Eddie Guerrero and the European Title. But then Matt Hardy (who I was a giant mark for at the time) cut in front of Raven and won the Euro Title off Eddie. To me it seemed like there might have been loose plans for Raven to become the European Champion, or at least move out of the Hardcore Division and into some serious rasslin'.

Imagine if Perry Saturn had turned on Eddie Guerrero during the feud and aligned with his former Flock leader? Or imagine if it had led to The Radicalz going at it with a group put together by Raven? Or just imagine Eddie Guerrero and Raven trying to get into each other's head. It seemed like a lot of guys who got the European Title for a while would then move up to the IC Title scene, so we might have seen Eddie Guerrero get a bit of a push after dropping the title to Raven and Raven then get a push a bit later on in the year. Had it all worked out, of course. Fun to speculate about.

Vastardikai

05-15-2014 11:20 AM

Dumb idea I had for Monday, since they are in the UK.

Have Lana (what is her name spelled backwards, again?) run down England, and have that bring out Regal. They share some barbs. Rusev attacks, is about to go for the Camel Clutch of extreme boredom, and out comes Big E. Rusev releases, goes for a big kick, this time E avoids it. Then there's a big stare down before Lana calls off her charge. It'd get some massive heat.

Cool King

05-15-2014 11:39 AM

I was thinking about what Lana could say to get heat on Monday as they are in London.

My dumb idea was that Lana would talk about the Independence Referendum that's happening here in Scotland in September. As Vince seems to like having Lana talk about current political things, she could basically say something along the lines of England sucks, and it sucks so much that even Scotland doesn't want to be associated with them anymore, and that makes Scotland the better country because of it. But to bring it back to Rusev, she could say that the United Kingdom as a whole can't hold a candle to Russia. Something like that.

I don't think having Lana only doing her usual "Putin/Russia is better than your leader/country" thing would have much effect, as the UK isn't really as patriotic as America is. It would have to be something closer to home to get a response, and the England/Scotland "rivalry" is probably the best thing to go for.

But I don't know if there is some kind of rule here where you can't talk about stuff like that on television, as it could be seen as "influencing the vote" or whatever.

whiteyford

05-15-2014 11:54 AM

Raven is God, that's my contribution to the Raven themed posts above.

Heisenberg

05-15-2014 11:56 AM

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Pretty fresh dropkick

Emperor Smeat

05-15-2014 02:23 PM

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Black Widow

05-15-2014 02:59 PM

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Optimus Bone 69

05-15-2014 03:06 PM

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Got in the ring in Glasgow last night

Razzamajazz

05-15-2014 03:15 PM

i didn't know you were charles robinson

Razzamajazz

05-15-2014 03:16 PM

just watched the ICP youshoot. I thought it would be ridiculous and they would talk like idiots the whole time, but they only talk like idiots half the time and have a couple hilarious stories. not as bad as i expected

Optimus Bone 69

05-15-2014 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Razzamajazz (Post 4429509)

i didn't know you were charles robinson

What a guy
got brought out on the ramp by mark henry

Lock Jaw

05-15-2014 03:18 PM

Which one are you? If you are the one in the Warrior shirt, then you get cudos.

Emperor Smeat

05-15-2014 03:19 PM

Dirtsheets:

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Originally Posted by Variety.com

WWE is finalizing a new deal with NBCUniversal to keep its flagship shows “Raw” and “SmackDown” on USA Network and Syfy, respectively, Variety has confirmed.

Although financial details of the deal have not yet been disclosed, analysts on Wall Street believe WWE has been able to double the licensing fees for its shows. In 2013, it earned $160.9 million from broadcast rights around the world, and $139.5 million in 2012. Just how long the shows will air on NBCUniversal’s channels also has not yet been revealed.

As of Thursday morning, a new contract had not yet officially been signed, but sources close to the talks said it should be completed shortly.

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