Crazy Edgar presents the pre-Wretlemania Raw Thread for Cena's Heel Turn April Fools Day

[Droford]

Finally, the Rock is going back..TO HOLLYWOOD

oh wait, thats next week

[el bobbo]

I want to see Cena get curbstomped.

http://justinbettman.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/242339_1844084255298_1036350402_32007131_2725661_o.jpg

[Savio]

Hmm. I thought Rock and Cena would end the show for sure. Taker verbal evisceration for the end of the go home for WM?
No, Funkadactyls will end.

[Droford]

oh god

[Poit]

Woooooo Rock for President '16!

Wait...

[slik]

Whenever Big Vis gets mentioned, this clip needs to be shown.

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I still remember the pre-show for St. Valentine's Massacre after Viscera had debuted in the Ministry.

He was running in the ropes to squash an opponent when his pants fell down. The announcers no sold it and pretended Viscera was a serious monster.

[Cool King]

Great crowd tonight for The Rock.

[Corndad]

Hope Rock's run for President goes better then Hogan's did.

[#1-norm-fan]

Rock starting this promo with a nice 5 year old meme.

[Savio]

lol lil kid just said bitch

[#1-norm-fan]

lol. Looked like that black kid in the Rock shirt just said "Yeah, bitch!"

[#1-norm-fan]

Alright, these corny promos aren't doing it for me. More of last week, please.

[Keith]

I think WWE did the HOF Q&A with Rock and Cena a week too early.

[slik]

That can't be all we see of Rock and Cena in this show, can it?

[Corndad]

Cesaro. Coming to an Axxess Match near you next weekend :(

[#1-norm-fan]

I think WWE did the HOF Q&A with Rock and Cena a week too early.

[#1-norm-fan]

US Champ with the jobber entrance.

[Corndad]

Such a shocker with the stage all set up LOL

[slik]

So many blood feuds at WM this year it's insane.

[Keith]

Everytime I hear Fandango's music I smile :-)

[#1-norm-fan]

Jericho awkwardly looking back at Cesaro and then passing a message along to the ref. Camera probably should have just stayed on Fandango for all that. lol

[#1-norm-fan]

So many blood feuds at WM this year it's insane.

I guess they decided they needed the Rhodes Scholars/Bellas vs Tons of Funk/Funkadactyls match for a breather instead of Miz vs Barrett for the title.

[Corndad]

He's got numbers LOL

[Keith]

Haha! Fandango is scoring this match!

This is fucking awesome, yo.

[Savio]

Wooo Syracuse mention!

[#1-norm-fan]

HAH! Fandango scoring the moves!

[blak23]

props for a michinoku driver

[Cool King]

I hate that they've given Cesaro some shit yodeling gimmick now.

[Emperor Smeat]

Fandango must have learned from Bret Hart how to score a match

[#1-norm-fan]

Cesaro yodels now apparently.

[Savio]

Give him a 0 for that!

[#1-norm-fan]

HAHA! He dropped from a 4 to a 3! This is awesome.

[Droford]

wanna start a "You can dance!" chant

[slik]

The yodeling has got to go.

[Keith]

Hahaha loving that little pose.

[Corndad]

He needs to go pick a 10 up right now to be a Dick LOL

[Savio]

Whoa didnt knw jericho was a 6 time champ

[Droford]

Fahn..Dahn..gO...HOME

[Keith]

Well, those "You can't wrestle!" chants died off, huh?

[Corndad]

The fuck was that Rock App HAHAHAHA

[slik]

Not happy with Foley's HOF speech being delegated to the webcast.

smh.

[#1-norm-fan]

I can seriously see Fandango winning that match clean. A fluke roll-up or something just for shock value after a good match.

[slik]

I would love that #1-wwf-fan.

On a separate note:


Cccccrrrraaaaaaazzzzyyyyyyy Edgar is Ccccccrrrrraaaaaazzzzyyyy!

[Droford]

lol Steph inducting Trish

[Corndad]

Steph doing Trish. Lord that sounds like so many dreams I had back in the day.

[slik]

I guess Steph and Trish did feud before Trish became a wrestler, during the WMX7 build.

Still, so random.

[Cool King]

Hate Tout.

I don't want to see fans attempting to cut shit promos.

[Keith]

LOL random commercial break.

[Cool King]

So HOF inductees get to ask people to induct them now?

[Droford]

This is about the only WM match I could care less about

[Keith]

So HOF inductees get to ask people to induct them now?

As long as WWE tells them to play along in kayfabe, yes.

[#1-norm-fan]

Seriously can't believe this match is getting a spot on the card over the IC Title match. Riiiiidiculous.

[Cool King]

http://www.oocities.org/lovelylitax/stephtrish.jpg

♥ BFF ♥

[Droford]

wonder who inducts trump

[#1-norm-fan]

Apparently no AJ-Kaitlyn divas title match either.

[Skippord]

Tout is literally the worst

[Corndad]

Hate John Cena and Daniel Bryan so bad at this moment.

Signed my inner horny self

[Cool King]

Lawler with the wank joke there.

[#1-norm-fan]

wonder who inducts trump

Vince seems like the obvious choice considering they haven't announced someone by this point.

[Keith]

wonder who indcuts trump

*HBK voice*

"Vinnie McMannequin"

[Droford]

The Bella's outfits remind me of Demolition for some reason

[Keith]

Wow, Lawler's just on fire tonight, isn't he?

[Cool King]

Cole snorts on a weekly basis now.

[#1-norm-fan]

Damn. THIS bitch!

[Innovator]

I think two hours into a three hour show is the breaking point for JBL on commentary before he stops giving a fuck.

[Cool King]

"Large Rhythmic Tomatoes". :lol:

[Droford]

Gotta be the only one that looks at the bella twins in their outfits and sees

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc9w0xmYPl1qzx70zo1_500.jpg

[#1-norm-fan]

Two of the most legit tag teams in the company in this match right now.

[el bobbo]

This audience almost cares as little as the announcing team right now.

[Cool King]

I think two hours into a three hour show is the breaking point for JBL on commentary before he stops giving a fuck.

The last two hours of WrestleMania is going to be fun then.

[blak23]

naomi killin it

[Keith]

LOL black referee working the match involving Naomi and Cameron.

[Skippord]

Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes deserve so much better than this.

[Cool King]

I'm going to miss all the sign pointing after WrestleMania.

[#1-norm-fan]

So this is a really long divas match...

[Cool King]

Wait, that was the main event!?

[el bobbo]

Cardinals - 1
Diamondbacks - 0

[el bobbo]

Wait, that was the main event!?

We still get to witness the evisceration.

[Keith]

Cole, Lawler and JBL were pretty annoying during that match.

Making inside jokes and shit.

[#1-norm-fan]

After everything Punk as said, he'll pay the price.

... via a verbal evisceration.

[slik]

VERBAL EVISCERATION IS NEXT!!!

[GD]

Did anyone else notice Kurt Angle in the Pain and Gain ad?

[BigCrippyZ]

This RAW has been really weak for the final "A" show going into the company's biggest event of the year

[Droford]

finally, wwe has come back to times square

[Cool King]

It's time to get verbal!

[KyleEmmott]

This promo needs to be really good.

[Poit]

EVISCERATION!

[DaVe]

Taker looking good with Just for Men

[el bobbo]

Think we'll see a #pipebomb?

[Droford]

Punk should have said

"You will..GO TO SLEEP"

[Keith]

This RAW has been really weak for the final "A" show going into the company's biggest event of the year

The entire WrestleMania 29 build-up has been lackluster.

[el bobbo]

#pipevisceration

[#1-norm-fan]

Taker should just roast Punk. And after every joke, just go "BAM, EVISCERATED!"

[slik]

EVISCERATION.

[Corndad]

Oh shit just got real.

[#1-norm-fan]

An eternity!? BAM, EVISCERATED!

[Cool King]

I like that normal arena lights are on and the graphics around the arena are off too.

[Frank Drebin]

YES. Druids

[#1-norm-fan]

He'll suffer!?! BAM, EVISCERATED!

[#1-norm-fan]

The streak may end!?! BAM, EVISCERATED!

[Frank Drebin]

What I would give for a virtual Paul Bearer during 'Takers entrance on Sunday.

[Keith]

In b4 Paul Bearer shows up!

[Corndad]

Paul Bearer is alive. April Fools lol

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Heyman

[Droford]

lol, jesus

[Corndad]

FUCKIN Beyond amazing LOL

[Keith]

Kane is some brother, huh?

Taker getting beat up, and he won't even show up!

[Droford]

hocus pocus

[Corndad]

CMon Hocus Pocus

[slik]

CM PUNK chants!

[Droford]

Dueling chants lol

[#1-norm-fan]

PAUL BEARER LIVES!!!

[Frank Drebin]

NO NOT SAND!!!

[Corndad]

OMG

[el bobbo]

Dude. This is fucked up.

[Skippord]

lol Punk antiquing the Undertaker with ashes

[GD]

lol CM Punk!

[Corndad]

Punk you bad ass you lol

[Keith]

I wonder what WWE would've done with this feud had Bearer not died.

I mean, they've based it solely on his death.

[el bobbo]

Not that it's real, just symbolically fucked up.

[Savio]

lol at someone saying Lebron James

[Frank Drebin]

Heymans gonna go across the street to be an extra in Walking Dead and get two paychecks today.

[VSG]

Well shit.

[Droford]

Dude. This is fucked up.

Of all the things the WWE has done..this ranks kinda low on the "fucked up" scale.

[slik]

Punk-Taker is more interesting than HHH-Lesnar and Cena-Rock.

[#1-norm-fan]

... EVISCERATED!

[Cool King]

I thought that Heyman looked more like Hector Guerrero in the face, than Paul Bearer.

[DaVe]

wow, dayum. Can't wait to see Taker and Punk live Sunday.

[Frank Drebin]

Punk-Taker is more interesting than HHH-Lesnar and Cena-Rock.

It is, but going into the show that's the match with the most obvious outcome.......it is, right?

[el bobbo]

Of all the things the WWE has done..this ranks kinda low on the "fucked up" scale.

In this era it's pretty out there.

[slik]

I would like to take a moment to thank Crazy Edgar for hosting this thread.

It has been SO CRAZY!!!

[Frank Drebin]

only 10 pages for the show before Wrestlemania. Not crazy enough.

[#1-norm-fan]

Last week the last segment took Rock-Cena to the next level.

This week the last segment took Punk-Taker to the next level.

And I'm so glad Cena didn't even the score with Rock after last week's Rock Bottom. Rock continuing to just always get one up on Cena makes me a little more confident Cena's going to win.

[KyleEmmott]

Even with the lackluster buildup, I've found myself excited for all 3 of the main events.

[Frank Drebin]

Is Rock is hanging around after next Mondays Raw?

[#1-norm-fan]

I can honestly say I'm looking forward to every match (including the pre-show match) with the exception of the 8 person tag.

[Frank Drebin]

I can honestly say I'm looking forward to every match (including the pre-show match) with the exception of the 8 person tag.

I have low expectations going into the show. Not really that excited for it honestly. It'l probably be a good show though, surpassing my said expectations.

[Frank Drebin]

The Jericho/Fandangoo match has me intrigued. If these two put on a solid match and Johnny Curtis gets the dub it could get him off to a good start.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Ouch.

[el bobbo]

I have low expectations going into the show. Not really that excited for it honestly. It'l probably be a good show though, surpassing my said expectations.

Kind of glad that this is the one time of the year where people will actually have a "party" so I don't have to pay the full 60-70 bucks.

[#1-norm-fan]

The Jericho/Fandangoo match has me intrigued. If these two put on a solid match and Johnny Curtis gets the dub it could get him off to a good start.

It's like the 6th most hyped match on the card and I'm excited as fuck for it. Pretty good sign. If only Miz-Barrett were on there too. :-\

[#1-norm-fan]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/5eef176388aa407f53415d9587cbb7d8/tumblr_mklwkfpn5p1qlbj1bo1_500.png

Ouch.

Goddamn

[Keith]

As lackluster as this WrestleMania 29 build-up has been, JR would've saved the day on commentary and made everything seem much bigger and important.

Just sayin'.

[James Steele]

Good RAW. Excited for WrestleMania.

Anyone know the deal on the WM on XBox Live thing yet? I assume it is like the UFC PPVs, but I'm worried it will be a clusterfuck and no better than an illegal stream. My cable provider doesn't offer the HD PPV feed, so I'd like to get it on XBL if it is in "glorious" HD.

[Damndirty]

Heymans gonna go across the street to be an extra in Walking Dead and get two paychecks today.


Fuck, I'd do that bro even without a paycheck! Love Walking Dead!

[Lock Jaw]

I am very disappointing in this RAW and how they flip-flopped into making it a verbal evisceration halfway through the show.

I was looking forward to seeing some guts and intestines.

[#1-norm-fan]

I am very disappointing in this RAW and how they flip-flopped into making it a verbal evisceration halfway through the show.

I feel like there had to have been an actual moment mid-show where someone was like "You think we should clarify that it will only be a verbal evisceration? Don't wanna give the wrong idea. I mean... we've already decided on the word 'evisceration' for this segment. That took us all weekend to settle on so we can't change that part..."

[Lock Jaw]

There was definitely someone who made the call to add "verbally" in there.

The first time they showed the graphic and said it without the "verbally" part, I just burst out laughing at the screen.

[Lock Jaw]

Imagined Taker just walking up to Punk in the ring with a tiny little shiv and just gutting him.

[#1-norm-fan]

How was it even decided to have it WITHOUT the "verbally"??? lol

[#1-norm-fan]

I imagine Vince being like "We'll show that Glenn Beck we aren't dumb hicks! Let's use a big word for tonight's final segment! Like... EVISCERATE!"

Then halfway through the show they looked up the definition and scurried to fix it.

[el bobbo]

If anything, Undertaker did say that CM Punk would not make it past Wrestlemania.

Perhaps when/if CM Punk loses the match, we get the evisceration there and the live crowd will get the opportunity to bid on the consumption of his flesh to help support WWE's charity initiatives. #BeAStar

[el bobbo]

I imagine Vince being like "We'll show that Glenn Beck we aren't dumb hicks! Let's use a big word for tonight's final segment! Like... EVISCERATE!"

Then halfway through the show they looked up the definition and scurried to fix it.

hahaha

[#1-norm-fan]

CM Punk's liver. Completely untainted. Great for life-long alcoholics. Bidding starts at $3,000.

[el bobbo]

I've had the darkest night of posting on TPPW in my own history.

[el bobbo]

Seriously, his organs are probably all top-notch.

[#1-norm-fan]

http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/photo_large/public/photo/image/2013/04/RAW_04012013jg_1018.jpg

[el bobbo]

You've got to admit that "eviscerate" is a pretty cool sounding word that most of the fans do not know or do not have the mental capacity to look up.

[#1-norm-fan]

It would still be oddly biased toward Taker.

It's like if they had a graphic before Jericho vs. Cesaro that was like "Up next: Chris Jericho beats the fuck out of Antonio Cesaro!"

[el bobbo]

Up Next: The Undertaker disembowels CM Punk... verbally.

[Bad News Gertner]

Pretty solid Raw

[#1-norm-fan]

"Coming up... John Cena rapes The Rock's asshole until it bleeds... verbally."

[el bobbo]

http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/photo_large/public/photo/image/2013/04/RAW_04012013jg_1018.jpg

Oh YEEEEEESSSSSSSS

[Droford]

Punk wins but taker takes punk out for the Summer of No Punk to give him time off to heal up and get everything together. Take out punk in this case would be to make him just disappear somehow. Somehow manage to keep punk secluded for a couple months..no tweets, no touts no nothing..

[#1-norm-fan]

I thought it was cute when Taker said "The streak may come to an end". Poor guy's trying to convince us.

[Lock Jaw]

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FALSE ADVERTISING

[Frank Drebin]

Only a couple of months though because the payback ppv is in Chicago in June. If he's gone for a while and returns then the roof will explode.

[Droford]

Only a couple of months though because the payback ppv is in Chicago in June. If he's gone for a while and returns then the roof will explode.

Fake CM Punk! Which leads to punk vs punk at summer slam! Yeah

[Frank Drebin]

Which reminds me, ill be signing TPWW merch before the show for only $20 at Shoeless Joes. So come out and meet Frank Drebin.

[Lock Jaw]

I am imagining Frank Drebin sitting alone at a table with a big sign that reads "Frank Drebin: TPWW Poster". Pretty lonely.

[Droford]

I should be doing that somewhere this weekend

$5

[The Condor]

I am imagining Frank Drebin sitting alone at a table with a big sign that reads "Frank Drebin: TPWW Poster". Pretty lonely.

Much like "Virgil, Wrestling Superstar"

[Frank Drebin]

Itl be just like that. Then, on to the subway.

Can't wait to have my own headlines on the front page written by Mr. Clark himself.

[MIZantine Empire]

I had a dream last night that wwe repackaged jinder mahal as jintaur.. He was dressed as a centaur..and every time he talked he kept saying "I'm mother fucking ready" I could get behind that character..

[el bobbo]

I would buy Frank Derbin merch.

[James Steele]

I'm starting to buy into the Cena heel turn idea. The past 2 weeks have been very different kind of promos from Cena. I don't know if it is just them recognizing that 95% of the crowd in these towns (and especially at WM) will boo the ever loving fuck out of him and so he is playing heel for the purposes of this feud.

The crowd tonight was good initially, but then it just turned into dipshit smarks hollering and stuff. Seriously, why the fuck would you cheer CM Punk during that closing segment? I'm very interested to see the crowd reaction at WrestleMania for Punk/Taker. Punk is struggling to get boo'd now and he is an amazing fucking heel. Is he close to where Triple H got to where he could beat the shit out of a crippled child with a sledgehammer and still get cheered?

[BigCrippyZ]

I'm starting to buy into the Cena heel turn idea. The past 2 weeks have been very different kind of promos from Cena. I don't know if it is just them recognizing that 95% of the crowd in these towns (and especially at WM) will boo the ever loving fuck out of him and so he is playing heel for the purposes of this feud.

The crowd tonight was good initially, but then it just turned into dipshit smarks hollering and stuff. Seriously, why the fuck would you cheer CM Punk during that closing segment? I'm very interested to see the crowd reaction at WrestleMania for Punk/Taker. Punk is struggling to get boo'd now and he is an amazing fucking heel. Is he close to where Triple H got to where he could beat the shit out of a crippled child with a sledgehammer and still get cheered?

:yes:

The folks cheering for heel Punk were dip shits.

I do feel like Punk is getting to that point, where he's such an incredible heel, folks are beginning to like him for that, and I'm guilty of it as well. He is incredible as a heel. Punk going away for a while and coming back as a surprise face against a heel Cena would be awesome I think. Only if Punk didn't really change his personality/character too much though and he didn't play the goofy face character.

[#1-norm-fan]

I feel like Cena just winning at WrestleMania, even though the Cena haters already got their way last year so evening things up for the Cena fans seems the way to go, is not as much of a lock as people make it out to be and something else big is gonna happen. It just seems like the crowd is gonna be so pro Rock, WWE is gonna be hesitant to pull the trigger on putting Cena over him.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Punk is such a heel, but he's so fucking good that people will cheer him anyway. I'm so interested in hearing the crowd for The Undertaker vs. Punk. I have a feeling that the "big reveal" Vince has promised might end up being some sort of stipulation that makes CM Punk shit himself on SmackDown. I was thinking last night that even though Punk has been such a bad guy that there is absolutely no way the face should lose this match, Punk has been in such good form and used such a good strategy against Undertaker that he almost deserves to win. You could have CM Punk defeat The Undertaker and then announce on RAW that he's leaving because there is nothing left for him to conquer in WWE. Cue his return a few months later in time for Payback, where he would presumably return to a massive pop.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm also interested in hearing the crowd for Triple H vs. Lesnar. Brock is also such a heel, but the WrestleMania crowd can be quite smarky. They might just mark out for Brock being there. Could you imagine the crowd turning on Triple H in what might be his last match?

[#1-norm-fan]

Remember the "you tapped out" chants at the end of SummerSlam? lol

I would not be surprised at all to see a pro-Lesnar crowd.

[#1-norm-fan]

I wonder how they would have put some heat behind Taker-Punk if Bearer hadn't died. Because the way it started was far from promising.

[MIZantine Empire]

Lol that nigglet totally said "yea bitch" and lol at the "jack thwagger" sign

[Droford]

You think they'd close the show with Punk v Taker? Cena winning clean would be more tolerable if it doesn't end the show and instead punk beats taker and some craziness happens at the end...

I dunno

[#1-norm-fan]

Not a chance WrestleMania ends with anything other than Rock-Cena.

[Shadrick]

It would still be oddly biased toward Taker.

It's like if they had a graphic before Jericho vs. Cesaro that was like "Up next: Chris Jericho beats the fuck out of Antonio Cesaro!"

i lol'd

[James Steele]

Remember the "you tapped out" chants at the end of SummerSlam? lol

I would not be surprised at all to see a pro-Lesnar crowd.

Those were just a handful of dipshits who deserve to have their testicles ripped off, dipped in rotting cheese, and force fed to them as they sit on a glowing hot steel rod that goes up their ass and burns a hole in their liver.

[Shadrick]

If Cena doesn't turn Sunday, fuck the WWE for teasing it today.

[owenbrown]

graphic but lol Steele

[James Steele]

Not a chance WrestleMania ends with anything other than Rock-Cena.

I dunno. IF CM Punk does end the streak (highly unlikely), that has to end WrestleMania. Nothing can follow The Streak being broken. I do agree with what was said earlier that Undertaker should win just based of the story being told.

[#1-norm-fan]

Those were just a handful of dipshits who deserve to have their testicles ripped off, dipped in rotting cheese, and force fed to them as they sit on a glowing hot steel rod that goes up their ass and burns a hole in their liver.

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49:06

"handful" lol

[#1-norm-fan]

Do you have abnormally giant hands? Big enough to fit the majority of a packed crowd in the Staples Center? Do you use them to beat women, James "The Giant-handed Misogynist" Steele?

[James Steele]

Fuck off and die a thousand painful deaths you wretched sack of rat vomit and dog shit.

[#1-norm-fan]

:D

[James Steele]

Hey mother fucker, how about at 49:29 when the 5 second "you tapped out" chant turns into a massive tidal wave of passionate cheering? Didn't post that now did you, you green-puss leaking cunt.

[#1-norm-fan]

I hope that after Triple H taps out again, Alberto del Rio comes out, rolls him face down and ties his feet together with duct tape and then lets Tony Romo shove fresh hundred dollar bills from his new contract up Triple H's ass.

[#1-norm-fan]

HHH having to pretend that he just wrestled his last match to milk enough sympathy to stop nearly the entire crowd from chanting "you tapped out". :nono:

[James Steele]

I will find out where you live, and I will pedigree you into a pile of your mother's own used maxi pads.

[James Steele]

I will then shove them up your ass.

[James Steele]

Then, I'm making <s>love to you. :kiss:</s></s> you drive me back home to Texas.

[owenbrown]

wow this is getting ugly

[itsmeJD]

All I had to read were Steele's last two posts to know what was going on, lol

[James Steele]

...and you'll be driving me back home to Texas in WCW/Sting's infamous Hummer and you'll be paying for the gas.

[James Steele]

I don't fuck around when it comes to TRIPLE H.

[itsmeJD]

...and you'll be driving me back home to Texas in WCW/Sting's infamous Hummer and you'll be paying for the gas.

White or Black...

[itsmeJD]

I only fuck and cum to TRIPLE H.

:D

[#1-norm-fan]

My apologies, James Steele. Here's a hot pic to make up for it.

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m538/xenobbq3/album%202/triple-h.gif

[James Steele]

I really want to see Daniel Bryan vs Triple H down the road.

[James Steele]

My apologies, James Steele. Here's a hot pic to make up for it.

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[James Steele]

Do you really want to engage in a Triple H image war?

[James Steele]

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[James Steele]

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[#1-norm-fan]

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4:58

[Savio]

I can honestly say I'm looking forward to every match (including the pre-show match) with the exception of the 8 person tag.
people need to pee some time.

[Schlomey]

Well it came down to the wire but WWE pulled out some stops and made me actually look forward to this WM.

[parkmania]

Random thoughts time:

1) As Zeb was beating Del Rio with the broken crutch I was saying "Be careful you don't accidentally cut him open like Bob Holly did RVD."

2) Does anyone else think that we might get swerved in the HHH/Lesnar match and Lesnar wins? I could see it happening and Heyman come out on Raw and say something like "Oh, you thought I meant your WRESTLING career? No, no, no - Ladies and gentlemen allow me to introduce the new COO of WWE - Brrrock Lesnar!"

3) I really wish Dutch had been allowed to get in a bit of "real" offense in his match, but I understand that it wouldn't have made much sense storywise. Hopefully down the road he'll have a chance to get "dirty", maybe even this Sunday.

[Savio]

Brock would probably be the worst COO of all time. To keep it kayfabe WWE should go out of business 5 months later.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I still think it makes NO sense for Paul Heyman not to have put some sort of reward for himself on the line. Heyman could have very easily have had Triple H put his status as Chief Operating Officer on the line. The only way I've been able to kayfabe rationalise this in my head is that control of the WWE would piss off investors and they would just fire Heyman because he didn't own majority shares and Heyman can't force Vince McMahon to put his stock on the line.

This feud probably should have had Vince McMahon more heavily involved, though, since Brock did F-5 him.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I really want to see Daniel Bryan vs Triple H down the road.

This would be marvellous and amazing. Bryan as an antagonising dick claiming to know Triple H "inside and out" because he studied under HBK would be my approach.

[Joesgonnakillyou]

I hate it when crowds cheer heels, because it leads to face turns and they're never as good. If someone's a great heel BOO the shit out of them.

[Lock Jaw]

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[#1-norm-fan]

It's sexual, baby.

[Shadrick]

Fan. I wanna give it all to you.

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah, right on.

[Shadrick]

*harmonizes*

[#1-norm-fan]

people need to pee some time.

Just once though I want a WrestleMania that causes bladders all over the world to burst.

[#1-norm-fan]

Also, I was planning to pee during Diddy.

[Juan]

Michael and Daniel Moody, sons of the late Paul Bearer, were not pleased with CM Punk and Paul Heyman's antics on RAW, with Heyman dressing up like Paul Bearer and CM Punk dumping ashes (implied to be those of Paul Bearer) on The Undertaker. Michael posted the following message on Facebook last night explaining what they were told in advance would happen on the show:

"If anyone is wondering, yes WWE did come to us wanting approval for tonight's storyline. The way it was presented to us was ok. Seeing it on screen was a different story. I don't even know what to say."

Michael's brother Daniel agreed that what went down on RAW was "Totally different" from what his family was told would occur on television.

[Frank Drebin]

They expected Vince to be classy about it in this case?

[James Steele]

#work

[#1-norm-fan]

I talked to Paul Bearer's ghost last night after the show. He said he's very happy to be part of such a major WWE storyline in the state he's in.

[James Steele]

The initial reaction by the crowd even shows how "whoaaaa now" that was. It is a shame the twats decided to cheer CM Punk because their cool and ruin the moment anyway.

I wonder how they could have misrepresented what they were going to do to his sons. Did they leave out that Heyman would dress as Paul Bearer? I can easily seeing it be a deal where on paper it seems OK, but once it became a reality it was far too much far too soon for his sons. I couldn't have handled any of the things WWE has done if I were in their situation.

[James Steele]

I watched a Lawler interview where he talked about the Heyman fake heart attack thing. He said it walked that fine line between controversial and offensive. If they had done it more slapstick (think Red Foxx) then it wouldn't have been all that big of deal.


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Obviously it is apples and oranges, but other than the initial shock from "OHHHHH YESSS!" and things, I didn't think it was anything more potentially offensive than what they've done lately. Either you are o.k. with them using Paul Bearer's death or you aren't.

[Juan]

I don't think people cheering Punk ruined it at all. It just made me even more excited for the WM environment

[James Steele]

CM Punk should have come off as Satan himself in that segment. The cheers ruined that.

[#1-norm-fan]

And Cena should come off as a hero and the boos ruin that. It happens. Punk's not the first example of the crowd fucking up face/heel plans.

[Juan]

CM Punk should have come off as Satan himself in that segment. The cheers ruined that.

Ruined it for who?

[Lock Jaw]

Steve

[Juan]

Courtesy of prowrestling.net, the following is a text message that was sent from William Moody's son Michael to WWE regarding his posting on Facebook last night:

"Hey. I woke up in time to watch the tail end of the show. What you explained would happen happened. Which is fine. Just it was a little difficult to watch it play out. I put a message on Facebook last night saying that we approved it but it wasn't what I envisioned. That I didn't have anything to say. Well woke up this morning and that quote is being used all over 'media outlets.' For the record. I was fine w(ith) it. Was hard to watch but y'all are professionals and I trust."

[James Steele]

Ruined it for who?

Ruined it for me. The smarks were annoying all night because it was a handful of guys who went out of their way to show their asses and distract from the main product. I hate when there is one person who screams stupid shit and you can hear it over everybody else. The guy who kept yelling at The Rock, the jackass behind The Shield, etc.

[Heisenberg]

I talked to Paul Bearer's ghost last night after the show. He said he's very happy to be part of such a major WWE storyline in the state he's in.

:y:

[Savio]

Smarks ruined Brock Lesnars return for me too.

[parkmania]

I still think it makes NO sense for Paul Heyman not to have put some sort of reward for himself on the line. Heyman could have very easily have had Triple H put his status as Chief Operating Officer on the line. The only way I've been able to kayfabe rationalise this in my head is that control of the WWE would piss off investors and they would just fire Heyman because he didn't own majority shares and Heyman can't force Vince McMahon to put his stock on the line.

This feud probably should have had Vince McMahon more heavily involved, though, since Brock did F-5 him.

The more likely real-world reason that this isn't happening probably stems from what happened a few years ago when Donald Trump "bought" Raw - investors demanded to know what was going on to the point that the FTC started an investigation.

[Fox]

Ruined it for me. The smarks were annoying all night because it was a handful of guys who went out of their way to show their asses and distract from the main product. I hate when there is one person who screams stupid shit and you can hear it over everybody else. The guy who kept yelling at The Rock, the jackass behind The Shield, etc.

Come on. Seriously? What do you want - for everyone to just blindly react to every situation in the exact way that the WWE has intended, paying no attention to their own personal opinions, dislikes and likes?

The Cena reactions were more than a "handful of guys." It was the whole arena.

And if one or two fan reactions really is enough to ruin a segment for you, then you place far too much weight on unimportant details and the opinions of others. This isn't 90's Hulkamania.

[Juan]

Fox gets it

[James Steele]

John Cena getting boo'd is different because he sucks at his job as #1 babyface. You had a section chanting CM Punk when he was clearly being an evil bastard. Out of respect for CM Punk, you should boo him when he is clearly being an excellent evil bastard.

I also don't see how I am in the wrong for getting bothered by these jackasses. Like the one guy who kept yelling shit at The Rock during his promo. It is distracting.

[Fox]

Then get ready to be distracted as all hell at WrestleMania in New York - a throng of fans who are bound to yell shit at both The Rock and John Cena, possibly chant for CM Punk to end the streak, and most likely cheer on Dolph Ziggler when he potentially cashes in MITB and Randy Orton when he potentially RKO's Sheamus and Big Show.

You're not "in the wrong" for being bothered by these "jackasses." But these kind of fan reactions are the kind of thing that made ECW so great - the fans choosing who to boo and who to cheer, regardless of what the storyline was supposed to make them feel. I realize it's also part of what makes the Impact Zone such a shit place to shoot TV (as they will cheer anyone), but when the fans are cheering CM Punk as he busts Undertaker over the head with an urn filled with human remains, I think it just speaks to the fact that CM Punk is just that good. We love to hate him.

[Innovator]

John Cena getting boo'd is different because he sucks at his job as #1 babyface. You had a section chanting CM Punk when he was clearly being an evil bastard. Out of respect for CM Punk, you should boo him when he is clearly being an excellent evil bastard.

I also don't see how I am in the wrong for getting bothered by these jackasses. Like the one guy who kept yelling shit at The Rock during his promo. It is distracting.

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[James Steele]

Then get ready to be distracted as all hell at WrestleMania in New York - a throng of fans who are bound to yell shit at both The Rock and John Cena, possibly chant for CM Punk to end the streak, and most likely cheer on Dolph Ziggler when he potentially cashes in MITB and Randy Orton when he potentially RKO's Sheamus and Big Show.

You're not "in the wrong" for being bothered by these "jackasses." But these kind of fan reactions are the kind of thing that made ECW so great - the fans choosing who to boo and who to cheer, regardless of what the storyline was supposed to make them feel. I realize it's also part of what makes the Impact Zone such a shit place to shoot TV (as they will cheer anyone), but when the fans are cheering CM Punk as he busts Undertaker over the head with an urn filled with human remains, I think it just speaks to the fact that CM Punk is just that good. We love to hate him.

It is one thing if it is an organic reaction, but it was small enough to not seem organic and big enough to be annoying. It just seemed to be a bunch of pricks trying to be "cute little smarks".