I'm finally on the right side of history.

I don't know how true this is. Apparently she did pull rank in NXT. If true, she is more trouble than she's worth.

I just want to say that this is music to my ears.

So finally someone stands up for their character and says no to 50/50 booking and that person is a problem for it? Make up your mind dude

:rofl:

I kinda get Nia's politicking. I'm against it on principle because I hated how HHH and the likes allegedly politicked because it led to shit t.v. (if the rumours were true). But as a wish washy son of a bitch if they aren't going to shit can her why not play her cards?

It's simply leverage and a bargaining tactic. I have no issues with it at all.

I'm fine with the right people pulling rank. I'm not okay with below-averagely talented rookies relying on nepotism to get ahead.

Nia Jax is gonna main event Mania someday against Ronda Rhousey. Below average my ass.

she's not perfect but they've booked her well and is one of the few ladies to get a consistent reaction. There is something "unique" about her, even with her deficiencies

Well, she's not like most girls.

I'm watching WWECW from the beginning, and it really was a very entertaining show at first. Kevin Thorn's theme was tight as fuck.

Kurt Angle was otherworldly around this time.

Nia's thoughts make sense to me. She's close to triple the weight of all the other girls on the roster. There is no reason for her to lose clean on some random show. When she loses, it has to be a big deal. Andre The Giant of the women's division.

If I were booking, she would have dominated the Royal Rumble after entering late and eliminated a ton.

She's still a fucking garbage promo.

I want to start a rumor
Clearly Johnny Gargano got popped

The Velveteen Dream did most likely. It was rumored at the time and this coming out probably cements it. Gargano is still working house shows, so unlikely.

Wow, I googled and The Velveteen Dream is actually really a wrestler's name.

Nice, WWE. Keep up the good work.

Umm, who's the guy in the foreground?

Aleister Black

Its Patrick Clark from the most recent but still a while ago Tough Enough

Not that it means anything to me.

Bayley's face is just screaming "retard".

I thought it screamed "ugly as fuck"

was thinking about how if I ever met Vince McMahon, I'd probably kiss his ass big time. Like if I happened to be lucky enough to get an interview with him, even if I wanted to ask him "hard hitting" questions, I'd probably just soft ball him.

He is one scary fucking dude if you think about it.

Meltzer sheep,,,,,

Weirder still that the CCTV footage of this event has the word “ROCKSTAR” scrolling over it in big fucking letters.

I was checking Twitter to see if anyone else caught it and had someone to say about it and instead, I've found out that the shopping centre like to blast out WWE themes every now and then.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They're playing Bray Wyatt's theme over the speakers in the Overgate centre.</p>&mdash; Dave Taylor (@PointClickDave) <a href="https://twitter.com/PointClickDave/status/775682225715179520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why the fuck is the John Cena theme tune playing in the overgate</p>&mdash; Rae (@nutshellhut) <a href="https://twitter.com/nutshellhut/status/787299551975710720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Overgate is playing John Cena's entrance theme and I am very confused</p>&mdash; Sam (@samjadefraser) <a href="https://twitter.com/samjadefraser/status/793405988191764480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Overgate have got the John Cena theme tune blaring out.. most bizarre thing ever</p>&mdash; Zander Smith (@ZanderSmith2) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZanderSmith2/status/902511870824898560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Pretty good mini-documentary on British Indy wrestler Eddie Dennis if of interest to anyone: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...stling-a-dream

Featuring footage from former TPWW Poster Dave Youell's Pro Wrestling Chaos promotion.

No idea if anyone outside the UK will be able to watch it, but may be of interest to others.

I randomly turned on ROH for the first time in about 7-8 years and that was the match I saw.

So, they are letting their fans both wrestle AND referee?

And even then, I feel like Sasha should have a higher "rank" to pull. Because I would argue that Snoop is a bigger celebrity than the Rock.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When I was 5 I said when I grew up I wanted to be a Barbie Doll ... here’s to my teacher who said I couldn’t �������� <a href="https://t.co/Jugt1JKciU">pic.twitter.com/Jugt1JKciU</a></p>&mdash; Alexa Bliss (@AlexaBliss_WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE/status/965375466096926721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Why did they make the doll look nothing like her?

I think it’s just a Barbie dressed up to look like Alexa Bliss

Yah, if you google "Alexa Bliss Barbie doll" this post (tweet?) of hers is the only thing that comes up. Well, this and her action figures. So no Alexa Bliss Barbie doll apparently.

Velveteen Dream is fairly dope.

I'm not judging his abilities, charisma or anything as I've never seen him perform. I'm just saying that's a one dumbass name.

It fits the gimmick perfectly.

"The Rock" is a pretty fucking stupid name, if you think about it. He made it work, though.

Perfectly.

And btw fan. Say my name.

Not as stupid as Velveteen Dream. And not as long. They gonna start calling him just "Dream" in no time I assume.

They'd probably drop the Dream and just call him Velveteen.

Veneral Disease.

Long? It's four syllables. It's shorter than Johnny Gargano.

Yeah, but just Gargano works, just Dream is stupid.

Well, whatever. I'll check him out on youtube later to see what's all the fuss about.

I don't even know how there can be any debate over whether it is a stupid name. It's terrible and he will never go anywhere with the name.

It's ok to have as a nickname, but an actual name, no way jose.

Call him The Purple Dream or something, better than "Velveteen"

There's nothing wrong with the name. His name could be Fart Dick. It's not important. It's the person behind the name that makes it work, which was my point with The Rock.

Daniel Bryan was almost Lloyd Boner, and he would have made that work too.

It's not like they're pretending it's his real name or anything. He's a self-absorbed artist who gave himself a brand. It's not far-fetched, and if he's doomed, it's not because of the name at all.

Chilly McFreeze or even The Ringmaster would have been fine if he was doing all of the same things that Stone Cold was doing.

Nobody has even shortened his name. This is a silly thing to talk about.

The Rock could have been Jizz McFruitjuice if he was still smacking jabronis down.

AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE CHILLY MCFREEZE SAID SO


If you wanna see Chilly McFreeze open up a can of whooass on Vince McMahon gimmie me a HEELLLLLLLLL YEAH!

ICE DAGGER 3:16 JUST WHOOPED YOUR ASS AND THAT's ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT

That actually sounds better...

:shifty:

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Welp.....looks like Paige is wearing gloves whenever she appears onscreen.

I think she does that already anyways..... but I guess now she has to wear gloves at any public event now.

Seriously thinking of Steve Austin saying "Chilly McFreeze" in place of any time he ever said "Stone Cold" lmao... That would be some Austin/Angle level humor from the beginning.

I'm pretty excited to watch Elimination Chamber. I haven't watched anything WWE since Royal Rumble, except some clips and recaps here and there. Sometimes watching Raw and Smackdown on the Road to Wrestlemania can be condensed into watching the 5 minute pre match promo that we'll get before every match.

I'm hoping the men's Chamber is fun, even if the outcome is inevitable.

Hm, so they wanted to make Strowman look very strong, only to ultimately get pinned by Reigns. Eh.

Yeah. After Reigns jobs basically every other week on Raw. It's all pretty nonsensical.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I didn't book this year <a href="https://t.co/Zcc8zSMC6o">https://t.co/Zcc8zSMC6o</a></p>&mdash; Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) <a href="https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/968054512207388672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I don't believe that. No way a guy from the outside could have the scoops Meltzer does.

Lots of peeps have the scoops Meltz is just the best known one (and has the longest track record)...

I recommend following these people as well:

https://twitter.com/TheBradShepard
https://twitter.com/WrestlingTrews
https://twitter.com/TicketDrew
https://twitter.com/chillhartman

and maybe
https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock
https://twitter.com/wnwnews

I don't think you read the Tweet Meltzer was replying to

Ha, just read it

That's great

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Sasha Banks seems way better as a character and has way more personality than Alexa Bliss. Kinda ridiculous that Bliss is the champion instead of her.

Supposedly its a mix of Vince not seeing top star potential in Sasha and thinking she's injury prone.

When Bliss drops the belt, she needs a good break from the title scene considering she's been in every one possible for her since getting called up. Not even Charlotte got this treatment when she was called up and had a big break from the title scene after her undefeated PPV streak was done.

I don't want to dig up the "All In" thread for this, but it was something I wanted to mention in reference to the Ugly Ducklings.

They were on an AWE show in Waynesboro, VA. The top attractions were the second iteration of the Horsemen in attendance (Flair, Arn, Tully, JJ, and Luger), as were Animal, Simon Gotch, and Teddy Long.

The attendance? 2500.

Obviously, getting to meet Flair was the draw. But still, that's an insane number of people for a show that's roughly 15 miles west of Charlottesville.

Why not put them on the card?

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My first thought was "that must hurt rolling all that way on that ramp". Then my second thought was "wait, they are wrestlers, that probably hurts the least out of anything they did"

Think so or at the very least was an option when entrances became completely customizable.

It's obvious they are trying to go the way of WM 20, when everyone knew Goldberg and Lesnar were leaving after the match so it meant nothing and every farted on it. Except they think that that kind of heat for Lesnar will make Reigns babyface for the night. It is a good angle but it won't work like they want.

Observer speculating Strowman having no clear path or plan for Mania might be due to WWE wanting him as an emergency plan for Reigns in case they can't do Lesnar-Reigns at Mania. Same for being an emergency plan for Lesnar in case the Reigns roid story becomes a serious PR issue for the company.

Also teased WWE is fully aware of Reigns issues and struggles as a top star but are not actually interested in fixing it.

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Gulak should make a PowerPoint about everything wrong with that poster.

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Forgot if a cousin owned the game or only rented it but had some fun during the very brief time I played it.

Never bothered to buy a copy afterwards since I'm not that interested in the genre or racing games in general. Probably also due to Mania 19 arriving a few months later.

Seems NBC is preparing to cut back on the amount of commercial breaks allowed on their primetime shows across all their channels.

RAW and Smackdown would see around 20% less ads since they are shown in primetime. In return, they would get a special break spot worth more money than a typical commercial break.

Supposedly the video incriminating Roman Reigns and others in the WWE is expected to be released very soon. The maker of the video tagged a lot of media organizations to get them to notice.

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