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It's weird how the WWE sometimes books like things don't matter -- there is no rhyme or reason, and if you try to look for logic or some sort of emotional hook you're a nerd who takes things too seriously -- and other times Vince really wants to try and use booking to make a star.

Maybe things like Reigns beating Cena would work a lot better if all the babyfaces weren't being burnt out and made to look like they wouldn't be able to pass Einstein's insanity test on SmackDown?

James Steele

09-28-2017 07:56 AM

What are they gonna do when they've put Roman over everybody clean, and he still isn't over? They will have sacrificed Undertaker, Cena, and Lesnar and it will still not give them the desired result.

Schlomey

09-28-2017 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by James Steele (Post 5020748)

What are they gonna do when they've put Roman over everybody clean, and he still isn't over? They will have sacrificed Undertaker, Cena, and Lesnar and it will still not give them the desired result.

The only thing they can do at that point is turn him into the biggest heel in the company and probably biggest heel since the McMahon character.

Maluco

09-28-2017 10:48 AM

They are sucking the life out of everything.

I try to avoid ranting but I started off skipping shows but never missed PPV, then I decided to only watch PPV, then I wasnt that bothered about missing them. Then I realised wrestling wasn't a thing for me anymore and tried to force myself back in. Finally, after years of "struggle", I cancelled network after Mania, and nowadays I barely even look at results.

It is a sad state of affairs and the empty arenas show that people are tired of it. Instead of being defensive and coming up with excuses, HHH should be worried about what state he inherits the company in.

#BROKEN Hasney

09-28-2017 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Maluco (Post 5020772)

suck it.

Cease and Desist please

Big Vic

09-28-2017 11:08 AM

I think Vince is trying to kill his own creation with a LETHAL DOSE OF POISON

Maluco

09-28-2017 12:06 PM

That lethal poison is being delivered via Super Man Puncb

Cool King

09-28-2017 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5020716)

From this week's Observer Newsletter on Vince's mentality for Reigns-Cena and Strowman-Lesnar matches at No Mercy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer

Vince McMahon came in with a very distinct vision for No Mercy, that this show and what would happen in the two key matches were not about now, or the day, but about telling the story of getting to WrestleMania, which is all about Lesnar and Reigns being the two superior guys in the company, and nobody else is on their level. Lesnar is being kept super strong so Reigns beating him means the most. Reigns is put over everyone clean so he’s the strongest challenger possible.

The idea was Cena would hit Reigns with every big move, over-and-over, and he couldn’t beat him, while Reigns would beat Cena with his usual stand-byes, the Superman punch and spear.

Similarly, Lesnar would survive multiple Strowman powerslams, and win clean with one F-5. He also wanted Lesnar vs. Strowman to be kept inside the ring (other than the one spot outside the ring involving the post, but nothing with tables and such), which kind of exposed Strowman, who got over on doing stunts outside the ring. The mentality, whether it’s right or not, was the short-term not so great match (I’m sure he was expecting a far better crowd response for the main event when he had the vision but going in it was going to be a short match with one F-5 as the finish) was the small picture and the big picture was both guys being as strong as possible for Mania.

I'm sure the majority of fans are going to love that.

Emperor Smeat

09-28-2017 04:55 PM

Gets even worse since Observer stated the original plan prior to Strowman getting hurt was for Lesnar to steamroll over Rollins, Balor, and Strowman with 1-hit F5 moves for wins.

Idea was to make Lesnar go back into Beast/Final Boss status and Reigns getting the Super treatment against Lesnar and the F5 move for Mania.

Gerard

09-28-2017 05:11 PM

The sooner Vince the "entrepreneur and genius" (that has only ever had success in wrestling, so much for those 2 tags) steps down the better, woefully out of touch and his ideas more often than not fall flat on their face. You know you've hit the creative brick wall when you have to give money away on live tv to get people to watch the show ffs, and that was a few years ago.

Heisenberg

09-28-2017 05:22 PM

IT'S EVEN STEVEN DUDE WHENEVER VINCE GOES, IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WILL HE GO DOWN FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS DUDE, BUT HE DESERVES TO GO OUT HIGH ON RATINGS AND MORPHINE BROTHER!!! NEVER FORGET THAT ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS JUST PUT HIS FINGER BACK ON THE PULSE OF HIS FANS DUDE!!! -HH

Lock Jaw

09-28-2017 07:13 PM

meme

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GD	09-28-2017 08:18 PM

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Emperor Smeat

09-28-2017 09:12 PM

Apparently Bray Wyatt's divorce process managed to drag the WWE into it and only because they refused to pay court fees associated with documents requested.

Also claimed to have intimidated Bray's wife in order for her to not find out about Bray's true net worth and having his contract be made public.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Fightful.com and Chris Harrington have an article on Samantha Rotunda, who is filing for divorce from Windham Rotunda (Bray Wyatt), and has requested all of his pay records from 201 to the present. WWE agreed to produce his 1099's, booking contracts and some licensing contracts but claimed the cost of compliance with the subpoena would be between $247,500 and $483,000. On 9/22, the lawyers for Samantha Rotunda filed a motion in Superior Court in Stamford, CT saying that the WWE was acting in bad faith and attempting to intimidate the litigant from going through discovery and finding out her husband's true financial picture.

Schlomey

09-29-2017 09:16 AM

I wonder if the Shining Stars of Puerto Rico will be on TV handing out pamphlets this week? Seems like something Vince would do since..ya know...news.

Lock Jaw

09-29-2017 11:59 AM

@Cool King

Kaitlyn training for a possible return to the ring

Evil Vito

09-29-2017 01:04 PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKimfAIXUAA98uv.jpg

GD	09-29-2017 02:41 PM

Greg Hamilton and Nakamura

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Cool King

09-29-2017 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 5021116)

@Cool King

Kaitlyn training for a possible return to the ring

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Emperor Smeat

09-29-2017 04:53 PM

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Triple A

09-29-2017 05:49 PM

good video

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Ol Dirty Dastard

09-29-2017 06:42 PM

a cup of coffee in the big time!

Bad News Gertner

09-29-2017 08:21 PM

Muraco and Fuji doing stand up comedy on TNT is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in wrestling. Lol @ Mean Gene giving Muraco the finger after a bald joke.

owenbrown

09-29-2017 08:43 PM

lol.. how did Mean Gene get away with that?

Bad News Gertner

09-29-2017 08:50 PM

I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard lol

Emperor Smeat

09-29-2017 09:28 PM

The concussion/CTE lawsuits against the WWE could be over as early as the first week of November due to the judge for the cases ordered the lawsuits to be amended or else risk them being tossed out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer

Judge Vanessa Bryant made a ruling earlier today regarding three different CTE lawsuits against WWE and Vince McMahon, saying the opposition lawyers have 35 days to amend their complaints and that she is requiring the opposing attorneys to submit affidavits from each plaintiff regarding the claims, under penalty of perjury. She said failure to comply will mean in 35 days she will dismiss all three suits.

Been rumored or speculated for months these lawsuits were the main reason why WWE has been very hesitant on the idea of Daniel Bryan making a possible in-ring return before his contract expires.

Bad News Gertner

09-29-2017 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 5021205)

Muraco and Fuji doing stand up comedy on TNT is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in wrestling. Lol @ Mean Gene giving Muraco the finger after a bald joke.

Im bumping this because it's that amazing.

Triple A

09-30-2017 01:43 AM

Mean Gene is the best

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Fignuts

09-30-2017 06:20 AM

Fuji had me in tears in that video.

Rammsteinmad

09-30-2017 06:55 AM

God bless Jack Swagger. :y:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Swagger

“Cesaro should be world champ. I’m not afraid to say it, Cesaro is my favorite wrestler. It used to be Kurt Angle, but it’s now Antonio Cesaro. He’s the strongest guy there, he can go with anybody, and he is a guy that a company can invest in.

In addition to being gifted athletically and being the strongest guy in the room, Cesaro is very smart upstairs. He can go in the back and wrestle a match out in his head, then he’ll add his Cesaro-isms in the ring to really make the match special. He knows exactly where to put things and make a match explosive. ‘Sell, sell, sell, then holy sh–, explosion!’ He’s so flexible, and he’s made all his tag team partners better. He made Tyson Kidd better, and he was the driving force for me in the Real Americans tag team. His big swing is gold. He’s very hungry, and coming from the indies, he has a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove. He uses that as fuel to keep getting better and not get complacent, and he would be the perfect guy to be world champ.”

Rammsteinmad

09-30-2017 06:56 AM

Also, that Neville Tweet is brilliant.

Bad News Gertner

09-30-2017 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5021309)

Fuji had me in tears in that video.

"Tropical Stuff" lol

Cool King

09-30-2017 11:45 AM

So SportsDirect seem to be selling WWE merchandise now.

I don't even know if the merchandise is authentic or if they even have an agreement with WWE about selling this stuff, but who wouldn't want a T-shirt of Dean Ambrose dying in an exploding ambulance?

https://images.sportsdirect.com/imag...059504_xxl.jpg

Emperor Smeat

09-30-2017 12:40 PM

Vastardikai

09-30-2017 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triple A (Post 5021169)

good video

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I am convinced that Savage did his promos like this:

*snorts a line of cocaine*

I need to do a promo? Yeah... ok, I need a prop...

*steals something from the break room*

I'm good to go... wait a minute, not quite...

*snorts another line of cocaine*

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Swiss Ultimate

09-30-2017 03:53 PM

First time seeing this.

Neat.

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Emperor Smeat

09-30-2017 06:13 PM

The rumored Vince McMahon biofilm appears to be slowly moving back into production.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PWI

There has been some movement on the planned cinematic biopic on WWE's Vince McMahon, Pandemonium, which is being put together by TriStar and WWE Studios.

The current strategy is to try and attach an "A" level name to the project in order to fast track the project. An offer was made several weeks ago to representatives of Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper with the idea of Cooper starring as McMahon, according to a well placed source familiar with the project. Whether Cooper is receptive to the idea remains to be seen, but PWInsider.com has confirmed the offer was made.

Sixx	09-30-2017 07:05 PM

Bradley Cooper as Vince McMahon? Really?

GD	09-30-2017 08:26 PM

Emperor Smeat

09-30-2017 11:12 PM

Apparently Randy Orton was against the idea of taking the World title off of Christian just days after Edge's retirement. Him, Edge, and Christian tried to plead with Vince to let the title change happen at a later date and let Christian enjoy being a world champ for a while. Instead Vince wasn't willing to budge and Christian only had 2 days as champ.

Got revealed during the recent episode of Edge & Christian podcast show with Orton as the guest.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Highlight via r/SquaredCircle

As far as the famous 2011 feud Orton had with Christian goes, that was set in stone the night Christian beat Alberto for the title. Vince was going to tell him the situation going forward beforehand, but Edge convinced him to let Christian enjoy the moment first. Christian says Vince reasoned that since Smackdown was starting fresh at the time, he needed them as the top guys to keep the ship afloat until Summerslam. Orton tried to insist that Christian keep the title longer and didn't want to cut his moment off so fast, Christian wanted to make this known since some speculated at the time that politics where involved. In a classic Vince move, they were going to change their minds about Summerslam and crown Mark Henry then instead. Both guys argued against it with Vince and got their way in the end.

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