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Wow, can't believe we're getting close to twenty years since WWE became the only major player in town AND since they lost out to the panda people that forced the name change.

Of course, there is that theory running around that Vince and company deliberately tanked that legal battle so that'd they'd have an excuse to have "entertainment" as part of the name.

I don't doubt that.

I can't remember who said it on the Ruthless Aggression show, but someone praised Vince for being "a visionary" for changing the name.

At this point the name change makes sense and seems "bigger" and yes certainly less "rasslin".

Thanks for making the thread. I'm considering trying to resub for a free Network trial so that I can watch The Rumble. The Adam Pearce booking sounds too good to miss. I always hoped this would happen for him but never thought it would come to fruition.

I have been off WWE since Mania. I won't be getting into Raw anytime soon it's just too long for me. But Smackdown has some stuff happening that sounds quite good. I wish there was a way to see the whole Roman/Uso saga without watching and skipping through entire episodes.

It makes me wonder why they didn't go with "World Entertainment Federation". Certainly with that label SmackDown! Records would have been a force with which we'd all still be reckoning.

tbh it would make more sense to simply make sub-forums in the Wrestling Forum... WWE forum, AEW forum, etc

but then it would dilute discussions even more so idk WWE bad amirite lads

I'd bet dollars to donuts that they welch on it and it ends up being yet another Kevin Owens match.

And I like KO a lot, but come on. The Rumble is the perfect time to put nonconventional title challengers in there because the Rumble itself is the draw. Also it frees up KO to have a nice babyface run in the Rumble itself instead of just having a match that could happen on any SmackDown.

We all know 4 letter companies are doomed to fail.

Roman and KO have had several matches at PPV in a row, so it's a good idea to have Roman face someone else.

I have zero knowledge of Adam Pearce, but fuck it. Could be fun

HOW DARE YOU MAKE A THREAD FOR EVIL WWE?!?!?!?!? THEY HELD AMBROSE BACK WITH GOOFY SHIT! AND CHRIS JERICHO SAYS BROCK LESNAR IS FAT!

THIS IS AN ALL ELITE SAFE SPACE!!!!!!!!! ADAM PAGE HAS A FREAKING HORSE MAAAAAAAAAAN!

He's like very similar to the fatter guy from FTR. Also he seems to be in much better shape now than when he was NWA/ROH Champ. He had a pretty epic feud with Colt Cabana on the indies which revolved around the NWA Championship. Very old school and simple but very solid worker. Since he's an agent and a big deal behind the scenes I'm expecting him to put on a great showing. I haven't been watching so I don't know the possibility of KO slipping in over Pearce but I really hope not.

That does seem the way it is being setup. Roman made a big deal about how Pearce got his friend K.O. hurt by putting him in a match the week before.

So is Pearce a babyface?

Are you eight?

I know that you seem to be joking and think this is humorous for some reason, but literally the only people on this entire forum who are incapable of engaging about the differences between the two companies are you and Noid. Every other conversation seems to be an entirely normal, mature conversation until either of you get involved. Have you ever considered that maybe you are the problem? This probably counts as feeding the troll though, so I'll stop.

This is extra funny to me because both of them claim to want to have "logical discussions" about rasslin, then have quasi-meltdowns when someone disagrees with them.

Damn that's unfortunate about Drew. Feel like Vince could work this into an angle to give Goldberg the title or some shit.

Not that I think they will do that, but I would not be shocked by it.

More like Aces and Eights, IMPACT AND AEW TEAMING UP IT'S ELITE BAYBAY!

It's what the forum requires, otherwise it would just be posting every tweet about AEW and then other people gleefully posting about how cool Tony Khan is for buying Jungle Boy themes. :rofl:

But yes, I've been saying for months this place should be renamed TPAEWW, because it is a cult following level of brainwashed fragile AEW fans who can't handle any criticism of their fave rasslin company and have to edit and/or delete posts, or randomly attack another poster who was very clearly joking.

These conversations you are referring to do not exist. Somebody posts something, a few people post in 100% agreement that the thing they love is the greatest thing ever. A few less people don't agree because they aren't blindly biased, then the original people come back and insult the ones not agreeing 100% in their view.

"GEEK OUT WITH THE SAME LEVEL I AM DOING, OR FUCK YOU!"

That is the problem, not being able to even jokingly speak ill of AEW without experiencing backlash. Even the more refined posters can't help it. You tried to make a civil reply, but you couldn't get through one paragraph without a personal insult.

I'm a troll because I made a joke, a joke that irrationally upset you enough that you had to reply and insult me. Maybe consider the problem is that.

Needs to have a LIST ONLY sub forum in the sub forum

Anybody got ideas what will happen with Goldberg/Drew now that Drew has covfefe?

I guess there is a chance Drew can still do the match. If not though, would they just delay til the next PPV?

I think they will likely push it to E.C. I guess the Rumble still being 2 weeks out means they may still be able to do it there, but if I was betting is think they will push it to the next PPV.

I mean would they think Goldberg could help draw the February show so he isn't "wasted" at the Rumble?

(I'm guessing he's got limited dates.)

i woulda wuhved to watch me some of that WEF'wing

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Dennis Knight tested positive for Covid a couple of weeks after being in the ring for Taker's Retirement after Survivor Series

Well a couple of weeks is pretty much the timeline right? Hopefully everyone is healthy. Kishi and Savio and all those guys can't take a blow like that.

omg


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What a weird head on that guy.

It's like an IRL photoshop

I said in some board that the breakout star for WWE was Adam Pearce. Someone tried to argue Keith Lee or Bianca Belair. Maybe you could make a case for "The EST" (what a bizarre nickname), but Lee has lost all momentum.

Lee looked so good in the rumble last yr. Is he evenprimed for a big storyline going into mania?

No, but ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN RIGHT HERE IN WWE!!!

Eh I think I'd be fine

/horny

Is anyone?

Adam Pearce is so fucking good.

Is anyone still following 205 Live? Does it serve a purpose now that the Cruiserweight title is a part of the NXT brand?

Also, (not that it matters) I won't be making PPV threads anymore. Feel like other posters should get the chance to create them...dunno.

They're apparently putting Dusty Classic tag matches on 205, so that means that I might tune in, maybe.

Shinsuke Nakamura is a better worker than anyone in AEW.

This is truly one of the worst gimmicks on the board. Has no redeeming quality.

According to a post on /r/SquaredCircle, during a recent Twitch stream, Lita revealed that WWE threatened to fire her if she did not go along with the "Live Sex Celebration" segment.

And look what WWE have done with him...

Noid has admitted to not watching AEW, but can't stop telling people how bad it is.

Watched last week's SD yesterday. With how the gauntlet ended, it could set up his feud with Roman. I think that would be a really good program.

But with how WWE has used Nakamura, this will probably never be mentioned again.

Yeah it could. Seemingly an out of the blue face turn in there too. All signs pointed to them setting up Daniel Bryan for Roman and that could very well some down the line despite him losing to an already tired Nakamura.

If anything they’ll swap Pearce out for Naks for the Rumble or put him in there with Roman at one of the shows between Rumble and Mania.

Does booking him well for a few weeks cancel out the indifferent booking he’s received for the last number of years?

And yes, I know Noid will rationalise why they’ve “wasted” him, or that they’ve brought him in specifically to fill a spot on the card and thus they’ve got out of him exactly what they wanted.

He also really hasn't had a lot of stand out matches.

Nakamura reminds me of Del Rio in that he's a great worker who phones it in 95% of the time.

Not meant to be a knock on him either, no sense in killing yourself in random matches when you're a good enough worker to get by half assing it unless it's a really big match.

Going all out in NXT where you might have a TV match every other week plus the takeovers made sense. Doing in WWE with their previous touring schedule was a death wish.

The fact that he can phone in it and still do good work is pretty great, really.

I’ve never seen Nakamura “phone it in.” Don’t watch every week, obvs, but whenever I see him I see a dude in the moment working exactly how he needs to work.

He’s not punching a dude as hard as he can in the fucking neck anymore. But his timing, facial expressions, how smooth some of his shit looks — he’s sublime. As far as his choices go in the ring (say what you want about his look, size, booking, the language barrier, etc.), does he have a single flaw?

The guy doesn’t look lazy at all. He always looks like he’s there to be in a fight. Del Rio seemed almost hypnotized half the time. Del Rio was silky smooth too, but nowhere near as good as Naks.

The quality is shit, but this is still one of my favorite NXT matches.


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That match was fucking stellar

I saw this live, was sitting in the last row at the top of the arena and it's one of my favorite wrestling memories

Nakamura has to be the greatest Japanese wrestler in WWE canon outside of Yokozuna.

Funaki?

How are we defining "Greatest Japanese wrestler".

Mr. Fuji arguably had a better WWF career than Nakamura (I'm aware he's Hawaiian)

Nakamura is this era's Kenzo Suzuki. Tons of hype, jobbed out in title programs, then permanently moved into midcard obscurity. The one plus is Nakamura actually got a title shot at Mania, which was the beginning of his end.

Well Pearce is out if the Rumble, KO is in.

WWE are the absolute kings of making something into nothing. I remember tuning in just out of intrigue to see this match and I was blown away. His entrance, his charisma and just how good he looked.

Once Vince gets his hands on someone, he makes sure he strips away whatever energy they have built up and WWE’s them (50/50 booking, nothing feuds, comedy skits etc...) until there is nothing to see anymore.

Lmao of course they were gonna welch on that

Probably because Drew has the rona so they have to take their other big title match seriously now

Adam Pierce v Roman Reigns was easily the most interesting program they could've run for Rumble. Hasn't Owens been feuding (and losing) to Reigns for a few months now?

Tbf he’s lost twice and not been pinned/made to submit.

I know he lost a ladder match. Idk what the other match was, but back to back losses? Even if there hasn't been a definitive loss, seems like overkill with a fresh match right in front of them and an event perfect for that type of match.

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Imagine AEW being good enough to announce a show 2+ years in the future...THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY AREN'T THAT GOOD AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Imagine a WWE thread that is for everything WWE period...and can't get more than 2 pages in more than 2 days.

Yet AEW hits 4-6 in here weekly....preaching to the wrong choir sir.

They're gonna have mania in a 65k seater this yr? Why? Maybe they're really optimistic about a combo of vaccine distribution and Florida being a lot more lax on large gatherings. But still, why hold it in such a give venue when the livelihood you're gonna be able to pack is prob slim at best?

To be fair, they're prioritizing giving vaccines to seniors first. Given that makes up the majority of WWE's fanbase nowadays, they should be able to fill it okay

BOOOOOOOM!

Verbose with a bomb. It'll be interesting to see how many people they can pack in.

Was thinking if they hadn't already blown the match, and if he was available, a heel Reigns w/Heyman taking on a returning Cena would be a fun little story for Mania.

Because posters like you bump AEW threads with literally ANYTHING you can. Example from the AEW thread:

No comment, no reason, just a random YouTube video that you HAD to share because "YEAH AEW!"

I can bump every WWE thread with random things too.

This week...

RAW 18-34 =.35
AEW 18-34 =.15

AEW totally drawing ALL those young fans lmao. :rofl:

you can bump any thread you want with Asuka videos tbh

Can we take a moment to acknowledge and appreciate the 8K upgrade/presentation on Smackdown?

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No because it is blocked in my country

I bet you’ll bump them with AEW posts instead though since AEW is your obsession.

Even in a strictly WWE thread you can only seem to talk about AEW.

“BUT MAH AEW CRITIQUES HAVING WWE SHOEHORNED IN THEM!!!”

lol so we're up to complaining about random wrestling videos being posted now?

Fucking mark. This gimmick is so boring.

Fastlane has been added as a ppv on March 21

WrestleMania will have a 3 week build

I don't like it, but this also does not surprise me. They've been "on to the next" for quite some time.

USA! USA! USA!

I remember when they booked Cena vs Rock a year in advance and I naively thought Vince remembered that long-term booking sells.

Lol No

Can’t imagine why anybody feels like WrestleMania is just another show.

I am glad they at least are splitting Mania across two nights. I’d love for that to be the norm. They only announced one day for 2022/2023 but it can always change.

But I imagine it’s mostly to try to offset the fact that there will probably only be 50% capacity in the building this year, two nights allows them to take home the same gate as if it was a regular year.

Yes!

I noticed this and loved it.

That said, I loved it because it gave SmackDown a slightly different look. I’ll be less enamoured when they also use it on Raw.

Mania needs to stay a 2 day event for as long as they can sell tickets to the 2 nights. 7 hour + show is far too much for one night.

As always, you completely missed the point.

I am not upset with videos being posted.

Bumping AEW threads with every random video or tweet, then saying AEW gets more posts than WWE because of said random posts is just a weird flex.

Post away, it's a wrestling forum, but using post count as proof when it doesn't mean anything is absurd. As I said, a few people posting any random thing because "YEAH AEW!" doesn't mean anything other than they like posting random things because "YEAH AEW!".

lol watch it become a permanent 2 night event but both nights manage to be 7 hours instead of reasonable length like last year

Believe it was your pal Noid who said that 2 (maybe 3?) pages for a WWE PPV was "weak as shit".


Someone with more time than me will find the quote.

P sure this was not long after a WWE PPV thread went just 3 pages.

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God now I wish I won KOTWF...just to shut down xrod and have a reason to do so.

The mute button is a powerful ally

Wait I have the power to do that?