WHERE THE FUCK DID RHYNO'S BRILLIANCE COME FROM

Bob Backlund is an awesome guy to add on facebook. I sent him a couple questions about his WWWF career and he messaged me back within a couple days. He's very active on there and really interacts with his fans

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I've probably said this before, but Asuka's theme song is sooooooo fucking boss. Dig it the most. :y:

Also, fuck The Young Bucks. Spot monkey dip shits who look allergic to the gym. They are clearly gifted athletes, but all of their matches feel like they're just making fun of professional wrestling, and all of the Bullet Club mannerisms and such are BLATANT nWo ripoffs. Also, they make the superkick look completely pointless. Fuck those guys.

Theme is great cause it doesn't scream this music is for somebody from Japan. As good as Shinsukes and Itamis are they are pretty stereotypical.

Nia Jax theme is pretty dope to me as well

She's not like most girls

Lance Storm wrestling at Takeover Toronto would actually be really cool. Trying to think of who they'd want to give the rub to. Almas or Tye Dillinger would be good.

Agreed.

Tyson Dux.

Actually, yes, that would be awesome.

Clash of Champions spoilers:

More McMahon drama following by Foley probably getting fired and The Authority back to running the show.

SmackDown > Raw

Not his fault. He jumped way too high and quickly.

Rhyno needs to work on his waving skills.

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"Right here... in Dearborn, Michigan!" :cheap vote:

Also, I wish he would have just pointed. He looks like a besuited Buddy Christ.

Man, this is going to lead to Stephanie screaming "You're fired!" in the face on a fallen Mick Foley, isn't it?

The SmackDown tag tournament is a weird piece of business. All the teams that have advanced are babyfaces. The team that knocks out Slater & Rhyno is going to get booed. I have no clue why The Alpha Models aren't still in this tournament to go against Rhyno & Slater.

My guess is that The Usos beat American Alpha and then Rhyno & Slater beat The HB; they lose to The Usos; the WWE is confused as to why Jimmy & Jey are getting boos and then Rhyno spends the next few weeks visiting Slater at his house and petitioning for him to be given a contract.

Hmm. I think that would be counterproductive to Alpha. They were initially my pick to win the entire thing, but they've been pretty cold on SmackDown since debuting. They've been given none of the charm of their NXT run. As a result, I feel that pushing them as this undefeated super-force is just going to backfire. I see them getting more of a "journey" to the belts (WrestleMania next year).

The problem is, I can see the crowd being soooo into Slater & Rhyno at Backlash that whoever they go against is going to get booed. The Usos take less of a hit in that situation, since the Roman Reigns stank got them booed anyway. By putting the belts on Jimmy & Jey, you can also guarantee The Rock will tweet something out about it, and they'll get former champs breathing some cred into the new set of belts.

I imagine that they'll then drop them to Harper & Rowan (if the plan is to put them back together as a tag team, which would definitely be the best thing for Rowan), and then Alpha win them from The Reapers at Mania (probably in a match also involving The Usos and possibly a team like The Revival, Breezango or even Slater & Rhyno).

If Slater and Rhyno wins, the locker room better pile out for the celebrations and Slater cuts a promo saying he did it for all his children. Then he starts listing like 20+ kids.

Also feels like one of the tag teams remaining is going to turn heel. Usos would make the most sense out of the 4 remaining.

The problem with Slater & Rhyno as Tag Champs is that no one will take them seriously. They are fun, but Slater still has a long way to go before you can consider him credible. If they make it to the finals they show something, but Slater doesn't have that contract, which means his free agent stuff can keep going. Once he gets a contract his gimmick is different.

I can't imagine The Usos as heels to be honest. I know they've done it before, but they were so green then. Everything about The Usos -- from their look to their entrance is just so...babyface. You can just tell them are Vince and Kevin's ideal "babyface team." They've got the merchandise aimed at the kiddies and shit. I dunno, I just can't see it.

I do see them getting booed, but I see them as the John Cena/Roman Reigns team of the division. It'd fit their natural reactions to turn heel, but they won't pull the trigger.

Wouldn't take much to turn them since they've already thrown some subtle hints at being upset Reigns caused them to get booed by crowds and Alphas basically supplanted them as the top team of the brand. The head writer of Smackdown has shown several times in the past he's willing to change plans when things don't work or are needed.

Them turning heel gives the division more heels since on paper the champs are guaranteed to be faces. Right now its a 4-3 split in favor of faces for the division. Also they'd be a more effective turn than if it was the Hype Bros or Slater/Rhyno instead.

Could either turn them during the Alphas match with the idea of them being the tag champs or afterwards as part of a resentment/jealously type turn.

They could do it, I'm just not feeling that they will. I imagine Dolph is turning pretty soon, and I can honestly see them going back to babyface Bray too. If the division stayed exactly as it is now, I do agree that they need some heel teams, but I don't think it is beyond the realm of possibility to see Harper & Rowan back as a monster team, and they are going to need to be fed face teams. It'd be insane for The Revival to not be put with Alpha on the main roster too. I think that's where the heels are going to come from.

So what are Enzo & Cass going to do at Clash of Champions? The title matches seem pretty set, but is it Roman Reigns or Big Cass that challenges Rusev? If Enzo & Cass are free, who do they face?

And also, what the fuck is going on with Darren Young & Titus O'Neil's program? It's not just me that thinks they're drowning out there, right? How about the next time they fight, you send Mark Henry & Jack Swagger out there to beat the piss out of them? They're technically a tag team, but for some reason they are cast as faces despite being the largest team on the roster. As heels they can just be pro-American shit-kickers. They can chew up The Prime Time Players and then move on to Enzo & Cass at CoC?

Would be interesting to see John Cena vs. Baron Corbin at Backlash. The crowd reaction will be hilarious, but Cena is the sort of guy to really gauge how Corbin does as a WWE-style main event level talent. Corbin's stock goes up in the eye of the few casual fans that watch if he hangs with Cena, and it'd be a good way to bounce Cena back before he goes after Styles again.

I feel like WWE consistently forget that Jack Swagger is even employed.

And yeah this Young/Titus feud is a fucking abortion.

I go back and forth on Swagger. On one hand, I really want to like him; but on the other hand, there's a part of me that thinks reminding people he is a former World Heavyweight Champion is a bad idea. But why keep him employed when you don't even use him at all? At least a Swagger/Henry monster team serves some sort of purpose.

Since when are Mark Henry and Jack Swagger a tag team?

They've teamed on-and-off since the Royal Rumble.

I think they've won a few matches on Superstars.