Nah, it will go longer than that. Roman will play with his food a bit and Logan will get some hope spots in. He’ll look valiant in losing and the story will be that he took the match too early on in his career so they can come back to it. If they want to be cute, they can shove AJ Styles out there to bang the mat for him and check on him after the match as his trainer to set up Reigns vs. Styles for Survivor Series or something.

What a career Tigermask could of had if he wasn't such a giant asshole. Guy made Bret Hart seem humble.

Did Sayama have a bad one? Didn’t he write a book exposing things or something. I’ve never thought of the guy as anything other than a pretty revered figure though.

I can see Survivor Series having:

* Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles for the World Title
* Gunther vs. John Cena for the IC Title (please!)
* Damage Ctrl vs. Sasha Banks & Naomi got the Tag Titles
* Sami Zayn & The Bloodline vs. Drew and the gang

Pretty stonkers card.

Elias could be returning as himself in the future, instead of pretending to be a fake twin brother named Ezekiel or whatever. If he does, I only hope they give him back his classic theme:

The Elias gimmick fucking sucked. It’s peak “groan WWE” for me. Encapsulates that 2015-2017 wtf are they doing shit. Ezekiel was at least a way to segue into him being a wrestler. The guy pretending to be his own brother to fuck with people had legs.

Just repackage him under a new identity in NXT. Or use him as Ezekiel Samson down there, since he’d technically be a rookie. I’ve got zero desire for the guy strumming his guitar on Raw or SmackDown.

I’d be fine with him showing up as Elias for the Halloween Raw, but he’s Ezekiel playing Elias because it’s Halloween. If he can segue that into something (EE Samson?) then fine. But Elias is a step back.

Agreed. Feels like Elias ran out of steam, hence the trouble trying to repackage him. Really not interested in another main roster run for that character.

Yeah, stupid. ALLLLLLLL the other people on the roster, and this. A HUGE reason I stopped watching was when they did this shit. "Special attraction" or whatever. Well, Logan Paul is not a special attraction, and Reigns should absolutely obliterate him, hands down.

Can see it leading to a big Survivor Series match. Roman/Usos/Sikoa/Zayn vs Paul/Styles/some other dudes from Raw (assuming they keep the “one night of the year Raw and SmackDown go head to head” stuff)

It is an easy Main Event that isn't necessarily for our consumption. Casual folks who heard of Logan Paul? They'll eat this shit up. And you get the "Who is this God of a man beating up my Logan!?" Reaction. Logan will be able to do his shit, and Reigns will carry him and make him look good.

It is a brilliant move, financially.

Ok, you’re allowed not to like it. Logan Paul has had two matches so far and both have been good. He absolutely is a special attraction.

:y:

It sets up a story for Logan Paul entering the Rumble and a feud with whoever gets in between him and that goal too.

Only mistake is doing it in Saudi Arabia (Re: Paul v Reigns).

Very excited to see what song Paul sings after losing.

Sugar sugar, do-do-do-do-do-do, Oh honey honey, do-do-do-do-do-do,

I think he should break out into a gospel hymn.

"I wanna get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus.
I wanna feel his hot salvation all over my face."

Why would you say that? I mean, other than the Saudi shows arguably being an ethical mistake.

They are just such weird shows. Nothing ever really works that well on them.

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Yeah, fair point. I can see Triple H and Stephanie trying to give them more focus, which could help in one aspect. The talent being jet-lagged, the familiarity the crowd has with the product, the heat, etc. are all still going to be factors. It’s a tough situation for Logan actually.

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FINALLY, something that can make Survivor Series interesting again.

And he confirmed it won't be Raw vs. SmackDown nonsense either so that's great.

The Bloodline should be in this shit.

I get why people are excited. Triple H’s heart is in the right place. I’m not feeling the timing of this though. And I think the stip should come about from the feuds and not be announced so far out ahead of time. And there isn’t going to be blood, so it won’t feel like authentic War Games.

It’s a step in some sort of direction though.

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Sometimes I think about how things would have been different if Cornette had stuck around for SmackDown. He’d probably have gone insane. You need him to have different DNA. But he was getting out at the time Vince Russo was getting out too. It’d have been interesting hearing Cornette calling Angle, Jericho, Benoit and Guerrero matches, and being there alongside the rise of Triple H.

He’d have eaten himself to death

Mysterious thing on WWE website...guessing Kross via the hourglass symbol but people on Twitter desperately want it to be Bray...

https://www.wwe.com/comewithme

That’s the most Bray Wyatt thing I’ve ever seen.

It also seems to reference Karrion Kross and Finn Balor too. Maybe it’s something between them or Bray is going to target Judgment Day.

We’ve only got to wait til Friday to find out!

I don’t think it’s Kross. Definitely feels like a Bray thing. Not sure who he’s go after though. Braun?

Agreed about the stip just being announced instead of working to it. Though I get it, if you can’t have Regal come out and shout “WAR GAMES!” what’s the point?

They’re promoting 3 different events now, which is just a little confusing.

Or.

It’s “Hangman” Adam Page. Kenny and the Bucks killed his world so he’s off to WWE.

They seem to be getting loose with the roster split, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Friday is his debut and he ends up teaming with Edge & Rey against Judgment Day in Saudi Arabia. There’s probably something to the “DEMON” being the first letter guesses and crossed out like the letters in Balor’s logo.

I can see Triple H being a mark for the idea of The Demon vs. The Fiend.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Bray puts together a new family to go against The Judgment Day either. Bo Dallas & Erick Rowan? Dijakovic? Then you can do The Wyatt Family vs. The Judgment Day at Survivor Series.

The group name “Judgment Day” refers to the end of the world. Who killed the world?

I can see the white rabbit and hourglass just being red herrings or something that comes up later. Maybe Kross and Dijakovic are the new family?

According to a website called “Irish Central,” “white rabbit” is something that children often say to the first person they encounter on the first day of a month for good luck.

I remember saying that over here after a “pinch and a punch for the first day of the month.”

I can definitely see it being Bray going after Finn.

I didn’t catch the Demon thing. That’s nice. I’d be surprised if we just get The Fiend back. I could see him wanting to evolve it again. That said apparently there was a hint from Bliss too and the music they’ve been playing in the breaks in the show. Although people could just be adding 2 + 2 and getting 7.

I really, REALLY hope we don’t get The Fiend back. That being said, it apparently moved a lot of merch. Triple H seems to be having fun, but at the end of the day, he is going to want it punctuated by success so he can keep doing the things he wants to do. The Fiend, or at least that being a “side” to Bray Wyatt could be one of his tentpoles.

Finn Balor & Rhea Ripley
Karrion Kross & Scarlett
Bray & Alexa

I think his “base form” will be something slightly altered though. Probably closer to cult leader Bray, but with a different aesthetic.