10-07-2015, 12:58 PM | #241 |
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"Why would they put someone cleanly over John Cena if they didn't have a long term angle for them?"
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10-07-2015, 01:11 PM | #242 |
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see: Dale Newstead's post 3 or so posts before yours
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10-07-2015, 02:41 PM | #243 |
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I got over excited an posted before reading the whole thread.
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10-07-2015, 06:45 PM | #244 | |
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10-09-2015, 07:19 PM | #245 | |
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Source?!?! How do you know that this was the case? Surely - if Cena needed some time off, there were other faces ahead of Bryan on the depth chart. Orton was still a face before the screw job, and CM Punk was a face if I recall correctly. So - why have Bryan go over Cena? Even if alllllll of what you said is true (which likely isn't), you have to take into account what Anybody Thrilla said: (i.e. If the WWE realized they fucked up, they made up for it by calling an audible and having Bryan go over at Mania......and so even then, they made things right). |
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10-09-2015, 07:24 PM | #246 | |
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Sorry guys - limits on my time but I'll try and respond to as many posts as possible. I would argue that the plan was brilliant, and that the time period between Summerslam 2013 and Wrestlemania 30 was probably the hottest that the WWE had been in years. Not sure if the ratings reflected this at all (haven't checked), but the Daniel Bryan 'Yes!' movement was probably the most over thing that the WWE had in about a decade or so. Daniel Bryan became even more popular after fans (both marks and IWC) perceived him being held back. Who knows where the business would be today if Bryan's career hadn't been derailed after Mania that year. |
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10-09-2015, 07:49 PM | #247 | |
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I agree with what you're saying Dale, but you guys are also making it sound like it's CyNick's stance that the WWE can't be improved in any shape or form, and that everything they are doing right now is perfect. I think CyNick is just saying that most fans are actually happy with the current product and that our opinion (IWC) is clearly in the minority. You can't use ratings as a 1:1 indicator since the product is consumed a lot differently in 2015 than say 1999-2005. Having said all that, I do think the WWE needs to find a way to protect their emerging mid-card talents. Guys like Bray Wyatt, Rusev, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, etc., aren't being maximized in my opinion. |
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10-09-2015, 07:50 PM | #248 | |
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...e-that-thought CM Punk had just recently turned face and was busy with the Lesnar feud at the time while Orton likely was turning regardless of Cena's health status. Bryan winning the belt just made it a lot more convenient for the turn to happen with the cash-in right there. The only real wildcard was how long Cena would be out since he has freakishly fast recovery and him wanting to be back as soon as possible. Think the WWE or Cena released videos of him training almost right after getting surgery. Once he actually came back, quickly replace Bryan as the focus of Authority and WWE title feuds. |
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10-09-2015, 10:00 PM | #249 | |
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In all honesty there are plenty of things I see on WWE TV that are not what I would book or want to see. There are times guys are pushed that I dont agree with. However I just look at the show as a whole, and this is just my opinion here, but I found WWE to be much more enjoyable when I stopped reading dirt sheets. And I firmly believe if you dont like something, you should stop watching. That sends a bigger message. But for some reason people prefer to complain than just sit back and enjoy WWE for what it is. |
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10-09-2015, 10:05 PM | #250 | |
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But I do honestly believe the talent is vastly inferior today than anytime in the history of sports entertainment. I dont know if its a by product of no competition, the whole thing about the millennium generation being uninspired to reach for success, or a combination of a bunch of things. |
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10-09-2015, 10:08 PM | #251 | |
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The problem is Dave Meltzer wrote 15,000 words about how "sources say Daniel was never supposed to go over, it heh heh, just sorta happened. And heh heh, ya know, plans change" |
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10-09-2015, 10:12 PM | #252 | |
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The thing I would have changed is actually have Bryan win at the Feb PPV to earn the shot, but I think they liked the concept of the fans forcing The Authority's hand. Which played in the idea of the "YES Movement" |
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10-09-2015, 10:14 PM | #253 | |
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10-09-2015, 10:19 PM | #254 | |
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If you dont want Bryan is the main event picture, you have him look good against Cena, but ultimately lose. Orton then cashes in MITB. Then and this is key, you would use Bryan to heat up Orton and put him over clean until Cena is back and can chase Orton. |
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10-09-2015, 10:23 PM | #255 | |
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10-10-2015, 02:26 AM | #256 |
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I think the issue isn't that Vince & Co. didn't see Bryan as a main event level talent at all, instead they just didn't see Bryan as a potential Wrestlemania main event headliner.
In other words, Vince & Co. realized they needed someone to fill the Cena void while he was out. They decided to have Bryan main event and beat Cena at Summerslam. Then they said, we'll screw Bryan out of the title for Bryan to have a brief main event program with Orton, "Authority", etc. until Cena gets back and then we'll move Bryan into another non-main event program or two (Wyatt and then Sheamus) in time for Mania. Again, not that they didn't see Bryan as main event material at all, they just didn't view him as Wrestlemania main event, top of the card, headliner material. |
10-10-2015, 02:44 AM | #257 |
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crippy has it right
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10-11-2015, 08:36 PM | #258 | |
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If you go and watch the Daniel Bryan "Monster" video, they don't even include the Cena vs. Bryan match in there. It cuts from Bryan "challenging" for the WWE Title (with no previous mention of his World Heavyweight Title win or subsequent WWE Title wins either), to getting screwed to his issues with The Authority. It's not one big glorious story. |
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10-12-2015, 09:44 AM | #259 | |
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10-12-2015, 12:52 PM | #260 |
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10-12-2015, 12:54 PM | #261 | |
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But whatever, yo're not going to change your mind despite a mountain of evidence. Its cool. |
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10-12-2015, 12:57 PM | #262 | |
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10-12-2015, 01:01 PM | #263 | |
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10-12-2015, 01:19 PM | #264 |
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10-12-2015, 01:20 PM | #265 |
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10-12-2015, 01:21 PM | #266 |
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We aren't discussing if WrestleMania 30 happened.
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10-12-2015, 08:08 PM | #267 |
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how is this thread still going on?
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10-12-2015, 08:53 PM | #268 |
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I don't know. You, or whoever said it, was right. CyNick has a way, whether he's serious or not, of getting you to keep trying to reason with him long after it's clear that that isn't possible. Before you know it you're on page 7.
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10-12-2015, 09:00 PM | #269 |
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I dont need people to reason with me. When I read guys like you bitch about the product non stop, it makes me glad that I dont agree with you, because I still look forward to watching RAW every week, hence why I continue to watch.
The ironic thing is guys like you actually cant take that I dont agree with the IWC sheep mentality that you buy into. Thats not meant as an insult to you individually, rather the group you. |
10-12-2015, 09:09 PM | #270 |
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*Meltzer sheep
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10-12-2015, 09:14 PM | #271 |
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In all honesty, it's fine that you enjoy the product. No one has a problem with that. But when you start to argue actual points about the merits of product and then do stuff like you're doing in that Rollins thread below (see: CyNick thread #217), people are going to point out how troll-ish you come off.
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10-12-2015, 09:16 PM | #272 |
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I come off trollish for defending why I enjoy the product? Or why I dont buy into the theory that WWE is terrible at booking even though they continue to be wildly successful?
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10-12-2015, 09:23 PM | #273 |
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WWE sheep.
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10-12-2015, 09:36 PM | #274 |
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10-12-2015, 09:46 PM | #275 |
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Yeah, I'm big on reading the Observer.
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10-12-2015, 10:08 PM | #276 | |
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10-12-2015, 10:13 PM | #277 |
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Also it's perfectly fine that you enjoy the product, it's the fact that you feel the need to attack our stance and opinion and completely generalize that makes you a cast off.
For instance, I'd say Anybody Thrilla as a whole LOVES the product, sure he throws in random jibes at it, but he generally is quite positive. Yet, we don't have these absolutely ridiculous arguments with him. You come off as some kind of robot. You don't really pay attention to what we're actually saying, you just say we read Dave Meltzer. I assure you, 90 per cent of the posters here don't read f4w, nor do they like Dave Meltzer. He's actually a bit irritating. |
10-12-2015, 10:41 PM | #278 |
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Noid as well is actually pretty positive. I rarely see him be overly critical... but he also doesn't make ludicrous generalizations against those who disagree with him, and doesn't have so weird ego centric agenda against the IWC.
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10-12-2015, 11:24 PM | #279 |
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I don't listen to any wrestling podcast at the moment and have given up because I don't see these stories going anywhere nothing is really attractive to me about the product. I do enjoy watching lesnar wrestle but no interested in seeing him fight Big Show for the 30th time or Taker again. He should be destroying Taker, nothing short of that.
I didn't watch tonight did Cesaro continue his program with Big Show? |
10-12-2015, 11:50 PM | #280 |
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No him and Neville jobbed to Barrett and Sheamus. Cesaro did most the work and Neville took the pin.
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