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Seriously, can't these four people just want to fight each other?

Rusev and Dolph have to become a tag team and ditch the women

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4698092)

Triple H vs. Sting was the right call, but it was the wrong finish. The start of the match was great, but they lost it in the overbooking. Sting looks good, Triple H cheats a little and beats down Sting. Cue Sting comeback, Triple H begs off, uses heel shenanigans to make a comeback. Maybe there's one Pedigree and Sting kicks out. Triple H punches referee, goes to get the sledgehammer. Triple H goes to nail Sting, but he gets a baseball bat instead. Scorpion Death Drop, new referee down...1-2-3.

Looking back, there was no way Triple H wasn't gonna put himself over in that match. That's why I think maybe going in another direction with someone who has enough of a name to where it's not a COMPLETELY lopsided match but also doesn't stand to lose much from jobbing to STING would have been a better call.

Should have been Sting vs Rollins at mania, Orton vs HHH. Have the old guy put over the new guy, Piss break during Orton vs HHH, Orton finally gets a singles win over HHH.

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4698092)

Sometimes people miss the bigger picture.

The way WWE told the HHH v Sting story was this was the Monday Night Wars revisited and come back to life. This was done in part to sell one of the major features of the WWE Network. Which is the #1 priority for WWE through the rest of the decade.

Plus Kane isn't on the same level as HHH star power wise. Kane v Sting would have come off as far less of a high profile match. Would have been a good Survivor Series match, not a featured fight at Mania.

Back to the Monday Night Wars. Anytime you do something that pits the WWE brand vs the WCW brand, the WWE brand should always win. WWE should never be in the business of making those 3 letters inferior to any other brand. No matter who currenyly owns the other brands. It's just poor brand management to create a story where WCW rises from the ashes and beats WWE.

The angle also set up this current Sting storyline which plays into the larger and more important angle of Rollins v HHH. Rollins now has another challenge to face to prove his worth to HHH. Another thing that HHH already did that Rollins has to live up to. He's constantly trying to step out of the shadow that HHH casts as a mentor and a boss.

Sting winning would have been a nice moment for Sting, but HHH is the weekly character. Sting is going to have maybe 2-3 more matches in his WWE run. Putting over Sting would have been a mistake because there is no long term gain. Good on WWE to see the bigger picture.

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Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4698326)

WWE should never be in the business of making those 3 letters inferior to any other brand. No matter who currenyly owns the other brands. It's just poor brand management to create a story where WCW rises from the ashes and beats WWE.

I disagree the only time WCW had success was when it had the 2 WWF guys come over and make all the WCW stars look like fools against them.

Also, the feud should not have been about WWE vs WCW. Sting himself said that was stupid

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Originally Posted by Big Vic (Post 4698361)

The NWO literally makes the point I'm talking about WCW was careless with their brand image. NWO was cool WCW was uncool. They made a one night attempt to rebrand (they should have gone all the way with that) and then got cold feet because of one rating. They went on to devalue the NWO brand making it less cool than it was. But they did damage so much damage to the WCW brand it hurt them down the line

The storyline that should have been used fir Sting v HHH is up for debate. Point is they went with the Monday Night Wars angle to have a high profile way to promote an important aspect of the Network. Given the storyline idea they came up with, the outcome was the right one.

But if WCW had Nash and Hall job on their way in because "WCW has to look better than the WWF" then the nWo would have just be a miniscule footnote on the story of WCW. Not the ratings winner.

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Originally Posted by Big Vic (Post 4698422)

But if WCW had Nash and Hall job on their way in because "WCW has to look better than the WWF" then the nWo would have just be a miniscule footnote on the story of WCW. Not the ratings winner.

Was Sting planning to start a 5 year run on the road with WWE or was he there for 1 or 2 shots? Do you now see how your comparison makes no sense?

I'm not talking about stings case I'm talking about how you said "Brand A should always look better than Brand B if they are owned by Brand A"

In the case of Sting vs HHH its a wash, Sting winning made more sense storyline wise since after the match HHH seemed to drift away anyways.

However the is still more money to be made out of HHH than there is to be made out of Sting.

Financially it makes sense for HHH to go over.

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Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4698326)

Except they're now using Sting in a title match. Whoops.

Also, Sting vs. Triple H should NEVER have been about WCW vs. WWE. Why the fuck would Sting come to fight for WCW's pride and honor FOURTEEN YEARS after the company has sank? He clearly showed up because he had a problem with the abuse of power The Authority was wielding. At least, that should have been the reason he came back.

They also ran the nWo out there who were Sting's mortal enemies. Trust me, I've tried to rationalize this like you have, but it's just too much work and glossing over history to try and sell history. It was bad. Then Triple H came out in a suit later for a promo in the middle of the ring. Great war, dude.

Ric Flair has also come out and said he was not a fan of it.

The money may not be in Sting working every PPV -- but there would be more mystique, more credibility and more excitement behind every performance he didn't lose his first match and then shake hands with the guy he apparently started a war with.

Jim Cornette has also come out and said he was not a fan of it.

I'm sure Hiroshi Tanahashi was not a fan of it.

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According to this week’s episode of the WOOOOO! Nation podcast, Ric Flair stated that Bray Wyatt is currently dealing with a shoulder injury. Wyatt’s in ring time has been limited as of late, but he did work a dark match at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings. WWE has not commented on Wyatt’s status.

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Originally Posted by WrestleInc

I noted last week that 4-6 new talents were expected to start at the WWE Performance Center this month or next month. Two of those talents were waiting to pass physicals and have been talked about a lot online lately - Biff Busick and Rich Swann. Word now is that they are indeed signed to the company and expected to start in October. The whole "waiting for physicals" story may have just been a ruse put out.

WWE is also looking for Latino referees and New Jersey indie talent Bandido Jr. has either signed already or is very close to signing with the company. He will be working as a referee.

Regarding the other indie talents expected to start with WWE soon, I was told that top stars Johnny Gargano, Drew Gulak and Chuck Taylor are about to sign deals.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Apparently there was a push within WWE at one point for Roman Reigns to be on the cover of the upcoming WWE 2K16 video game. However, there was a feeling that Steve Austin would mean more for the game when it came to promoting it, so they went with him.

2K Sports sources noted to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that John Cena is the best out of any other WWE talent when they have them do the unscripted old-school style interviews with bullet points. They also said the Superstar who can hang with Cena on the old-school promos is Xavier Woods.

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The Monday, August 31 edition of WWE Raw did the best numbers for the show since June 15 of this year -- likely due a boost coming from the buzz created by the show the previous Monday.

The show did 3.89 million viewers, up 170,000 from the show the day after SummerSlam. The audience stayed relatively steady throughout the show.

The three hours were:
* 8 p.m. 3.87 million viewers
* 9 p.m. 3.99 million viewers
* 10 p.m. 3.83 million viewers

Probably the last good rating and viewership show for the rest of the year now that football season starts next week.

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Originally Posted by Observer

For the first time in American history, a company sold out an NBA arena three straight nights when WWE was at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn last week. They announced 15,589 fans for NXT "Takeover: Brooklyn", 15,702 fans for SummerSlam and 15,597 fans for RAW. It should be noted that the arena was set up for just 13,438 fans. There could have been more seats released at the last minute but not more than a few hundred. WWE usually adds around 2,000 to their public attendance announcements and word is that there were actually a little over 13,000 fans in attendance each night.

Probably the one time the WWE didn't need to actually fib the numbers since they had already legit broke a record.

Some other sheet news includes:

WrestlingDVDNetwork managed to get the official preview trailer for Owen Hart's upcoming DVD release. Video itself is unlisted likely because the WWE would take it down since it wasn't meant for official release yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIUiWmaX1cg
Tyler Breeze is currently selling some of his match worn NXT gear on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/191679535367
Chris Jericho revealed he will be wrestling Kevin Owens for the upcoming MGS house show special on the WWE Network. https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/statu...35151381204992
Sports Illustrated had a recent article about their wishlist of indie guys they'd hope to get signed by the WWE in the near future. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015...ndie-wrestlers
Daniel Bryan is currently supporting the #JustKeepDancing movement for the Pediatric Cancer Awareness and Connor's Cure charities. https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan/s...946933760?s=03
Newest episode of TPWW's TLP podcast was released today. http://tablesladderspodcast.podbean....st-119-090215/

Didn't Sting say he was fighting Triple H because he didn't respect him and thought he was a power-hungry megalomaniac who needed to be stopped (while everyone else ignored his stated reasons and said it was because of WCW vs WWE)

But now he is all respecting Triple H, and pretty much James Steeling him...

Imagine the heat Triple H/Seth Rollins tension they are trying to build would have if Rollins was trying to beat the guy that beat Triple H? As it stands, Rollins NEEDS to beat a guy that Triple H beat in order to be as good as the guy who stands around in a suit, even though he's meant to be the fucking champion.

They could have had Seth Rollins beat Sting, causing an insecure rift to develop between Triple H and Seth Rollins -- leading to Triple H turning on his prodigy and having clearly defined face/heel lines. As it stands, if Seth loses the World Title to Sting and Triple H and Stephanie McMahon drop him, how does Seth really have any sympathy or credibility?

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4698609)

Yeah, but let's forget that to tell a story about the nWo vs. DX...because that will apparently sell the Network.

I love you CyNick, sorry; but I just refuse to accept Triple H going over was the right choice. And I don't blame Triple H. His NXT guys had the sense to put Jushin Liger over Tyler Breeze. Reports say that it was Sting's wish, but someone needed to tell that dude to shut the fuck up and make some money. Be humble when you're against a young guy in a few months.

Pleasantly surprised, and pleased, to learn that Xavier Woods might be the second best true promo in the company.

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4698649)

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Meme

I thought he was Bill Kazmeier's love child with Eugene.

Let strauman kill everyone and then bring in the mountain to challenge him in hoss fest 2016

Current card for the special MSG show on the Network next month:

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* Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show

* WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins vs. John Cena with just the WWE United States Title on the line

* Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho (changed from Owens vs. Cesaro)

* Rusev vs. Dolph Ziggler

* Sheamus vs. Randy Orton

* Appearances by The Dudley Boyz, Mark Henry, The New Day, Team Bella, Stardust and others

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4698609)

Supposedly Sting was just playing mind games with Rollins to put a bigger wedge between him and HHH and I guess the rumors of Rollins vs HHH in the future could be true.

Apparently John Laurinitis now engaged to Mom Bella.....

Nice family they found....

Looks like Dean is picturing himself having a family with Renee.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4698692)

Current card for the special MSG show on the Network next month:

So basically summerslam on repeat

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4698702)

Apparently John Laurinitis now engaged to Mom Bella.....

Needs to be an angle with Big Johnny coming back to TV and behaving like 50s/60s sitcom dad to Daniel Bryan and John Cena.....

Can start calling Cena "Little Johnny" or "John Junior".

"Now Little Johnny, I told you... no title shot until you clean your locker room, mister! Maybe afterwards we can go play some catch, would you like that, sport?"

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4698713)

With special guest appearance by little Jimmy