The 2014 "Why the heck is there no Royal Rumble thread yet" Thread!

[Bad News Gertner]

Oh, look. Gertner is being a contrarian. That's odd.

Nope, just throwing out a line and seeing how many large mouth bass I can catch

[Nark Order]

You don't think that behavior is a little odd?

[Corndad]

Will have more tomorrow but never been apart of such an angry crowd. Between the Orton/Cena and Batista winning Rumble it was one pissed off crowd let me tell ya. Also the reports of Batista flipping fans off and mocking the Yes chant after the show are 100% True.

[Bad News Gertner]

I must admit, I have laughed to myself a few times over my posts.

[Savio]

I really hope they turn batista heel tomorrow, love heel batista

[slik]

Also the reports of Batista flipping fans off and mocking the Yes chant after the show are 100% True.

God I love that man.

[Tazz Dan]

It's alright guys, even Gertner had a meltdown.

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Preparing video response for Tout... is that thing still a thing?

[Tazz Dan]

Double post

[Bad News Gertner]

Hahaha! That's so amazing, I don't even care if it might be fake.

[dronepool]

http://i44.tinypic.com/nq1y1k.jpg

[Tazz Dan]

Hahaha! That's so amazing, I don't even care if it might be fake.

Is it the same guy from the 2013 video?

[Bad News Gertner]

Yeah, he may have gotten fatter. That chicks voice is the same from the other video.

[Tazz Dan]

Too many dill chips.

[Tazz Dan]

:kiss:

[rob11]

Mick Foley's post on Facebook.

"HEY WWE....WHAT THE F?

Yes, I'm going to put a brick through my TV. It's just going to have to wait until tomorrow. I had every intention of putting a brick through my TV tonight, after seeing that Daniel Bryan was not even entered in the Royal Rumble match, let alone going to win the thing. But, upon seeing their dad with a brick in his hand, my younger children got a little bit scared, thinking their dad had lost his mind. A rather spirited debate about the wisdom of following through on the promise to put a brick through my TV ensued with my wife - and, as is usually the case in marital debates, I, being the husband, did not emerge victorious. Honestly, the points she made about mercury and glass fragments everywhere were pretty good ones.

But I'm still going to put a brick through my TV. It's just going to have to wait until tomorrow - when the kids are in school, and I can take the TV outside the house for the actual throwing of the brick. Granted, it's not nearly as dramatic as doing it live, right after the Rumble, but at least I will be keeping my word.

As I mentioned on Twitter, I've never felt so disgusted at the conclusion of a WWE (or any) PPV. Like many of you out there, I just don't get it. This Daniel Bryan thing is a phenomenon. You get it. I get it. The fans in Pittsburgh (yes, I was thinking of writing "RIGHT TH...but I'm just not in a cheap pop mood) got it. But tonight, for the first time, I had to admit to myself that the powers that be are just not going to get it. And that makes me sad. I'm just honestly sad, just flat out fucking sad (yes, I dropped an F-bomb there to emphasize how F'ing sad I am for the guys who bust their butts night in and night out - Ziggler, Punk, Bryan, etc - with no hope of getting their shot at this year's Mania.

You know who else I'm sad for? Me. In my two years as an official WWE Ambassador, I never once had to lie about my enthusiasm for the company or the product. Now, although I am no longer officially an Ambassador for WWE (believe it or not, my only official role in WWE is as GM for Saturday Morning Slam, a contract that ends in one month) I was till looking forward to being part of the biggest event of the year. I'll probably end up going anyway. But I'm about 1/6th as excited about it as I was just a few hours ago. I wanted so badly to hear 75,000 WWE fans chanting "YES" - and seeing fans walk away absolutely ecstatic about the outcome of a PPV for the first time in a while...a long while. But when given the chance to make it happen (unless they've got something MAJOR up their sleeve) WWE's answer tonight was a resounding "NO, NO, NO".

[el bobbo]

This shit happened. Then the Dave Grohl/Josh Homme/Trent Reznor spot got cut short at the fucking Grammys. Tonight kind of sucked.

[Bad News Gertner]

Daft Punk was pretty awesome.

[el bobbo]

Daft Punk was pretty awesome.

The Daft Punk album was good. But, I mean, the Grammys are all about driving record sales for the musicians who are already established.

[MIZantine Empire]

I dont agree with that. If I ran a burger place and people were coming in screaming for Pizza I'd give them directions to Pizza Hut.



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I don't think it helps the argument.. If you go into mcdonalds looking for pizza you're a damn idiot..

[Droford]

It's alright guys, even Gertner had a meltdown.

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LOL same guy different house

he was looking for this:

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Can't wait for Part 3 Next year.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The WWE are either fucking idiots or absolute geniuses. We will see. Orton vs. Batista has always been a risky choice for WrestleMania, simply because the crowd there will be so fucking smarky. It is very possible that they will give that match the Orton/Sheamus treatment, much like they did Cena/Orton tonight. You can talk about Batista drawing all you like, there is a very good chance the audience at Mania will absolutely SHIT on that match.

That being said, if Batista comes out tonight and mocks Daniel Bryan, with Bryan then coming out and confronting Batista, you could have a huge angle on your hands.

[MIZantine Empire]

2 out of the last 3 runner ups have kinda faded into oblivion.. Hope that doesn't happen to reigns.. He has grown on me..

[Droford]

the more I think about it, the more I think we're totally getting Lesnar (C) vs Batista for Wrestlemmania

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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First and maybe only Tout ever. Sort of a pain because it wouldn't let me load from my phone directly to Tout since it wouldn't let me sign on the Twitter part of the App. Enjoy!

[#1-norm-fan]

What's lost in this lolDaniel Bryan stuff is the fact that Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan put on a fucking awesome match.

[#1-norm-fan]

And the A+ player won. So all is right with that part at least.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

And the A+ player won. So all is right with that part at least.

A+ player? He wasn't even that good when he was 35. That's why he got demoted to Smackdown in favor of John Cena. He needed Triple H to get him over and when the feud was over so was all of his momentum.

[#1-norm-fan]

I wasn't talking about Batista...

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol at fan.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, Wyatt and Bryan had a really good match. I don't mind Wyatt winning, because it makes him look savvy and credible. It could have been a case similar to WrestleMania X, where Owen Hart defeated Bret Hart in the opening match, with Bret then winning the WWE Championship in the main event. But the rest of the booking of the show sucked a pretty fierce one.

[#1-norm-fan]

;)

[#1-norm-fan]

I thought Lesnar and Show was booked perfectly, too.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I wasn't talking about Batista...

Either way an A+ player was going to win that match.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lesnar/Show was alright. I'm not sure if I liked Show walking out or the right connecting with Brock, but whatever.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I wonder if people demanded refunds for the show tonight?

[#1-norm-fan]

Cena should have won the title and Bray Wyatt the rumble. That's your money WrestleMania title match. Orton gets pissed after losing to Cena and costs Batista the rumble claiming that the Authority didn't help him out because they wanted to replace him as the face of the company by winning the title at WrestleMania. Same two matches except the good, interesting one actually has the title on the line and the more shitty one at least has a good back story and won't get shit on for being the main event title match.

[owenbrown]

I wonder if people demanded refunds for the show tonight?

Sarcasm, Noid, or a legit question?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Everything of the PPV was great until the final seconds of match. Horrible ending to a great Rumble ruins the Rumble match but not the PPV overall.The WWE title match was horrible except for the fans shitting all over it. Loved DB/Wyatt's match and they both came out looking like the future of the WWE.

New Age Outlaws being the tag team champions means that somebody who is a face can chase for the titles. A face chasing the titles is always best for business. Even though New Age Outlaws are the WORST tag team in WWE history trying to play heels when they are supposed to be heels. This might cause some problems for the tag team division. Still happy for them getting another title run if the Dudley Boyz can have 18+ the New Age Outlaws deserve a 6th (and 15+ more to be honest.)

I did like how the Brock/Big Show match went down also. Big Show didn't look particularly weak even though he was in a diaper like five weeks ago. Brock beat the hell out of him with a chair but didn't even try the Kimura lock. Sort of weird he didn't try it. Would be good in a rematch to take out Big Show's WMD. Brock taking the full WMD and only being staggered was a work of genius.

Great PPV besides the final moments of the PPV that were disappointing to say the very least.

[#1-norm-fan]

Like I said before, WWE's biggest mistake in this whole thing is acting like Batista is a bigger deal than he actually is. He's getting Rock treatment and he's nowhere NEAR Rock's level in any way, shape or form. You can't put his name on the marquee and instantly sell tickets and it seems like that's what they think he's gonna do.

[The Rogerer]

In the middle of a pre-show match they did a trailer for "Oooh order the Royal Rumble" and it had a flash of superstars in it, the third of which was a quick flash to Daniel Bryan. Seemed implicit that he was in the event.

Batista comes back looking like a roided up Jasper Carrot and is a rustier version of a old wrestler. Oh, except he's in royalty because he's got a part in a marvel film that absolutely no-one has heard of or has any affection for.

[rockman725]

I'm kinda on the fence about this, but in the end, I'm glad that Bryan wasn't in the rumble at all. It was a smart move to keep him out if they weren't going to put the strap on him at Mania. Batista winning was a given when the reports of Cena/Wyatt and Batista/Orton at Mania started. I knew either Orton or Cena was going to walk in with the belt, but didn't see Wyatt as a strong Heavyweight championship contender just yet, so Batista was the obvious answer. I kept trying to come up with ways that Bryan could win the Rumble and still get the belt, but outside of a Triple Threat, there really isn't any other way. Bryan/Orton/Batista to me is just a waste of time.

As for the Batista/Orton reaction, I agree with what others said above, the crowd will shit all over it. Therefore, I now believe that if Sting comes in to face Taker, Lesnar SHOULD be added to Batista/Orton to make it a triple threat and WIN. Batista faces Lesnar at Extreme Rules and gets the belt that way.

As for Bryan, I unfortunately see it this way....

Bryan Promo: "Something's been bothering me for a long time and that is an 18 second loss to Sheamus at WM 2 years ago. Sheamus, I challenge you to a WM rematch."

Bryan then goes to WM and beats Sheamus in 17 seconds and gets the Yes! chant and crowd going before whatever main event they go with. In other words, Bryan's momentum will be just a filler. Triple H & Vince say to Bryan when he comes back from the ring, "Maybe next year, kid."

On a side note, I feel really bad for Sheamus, Reigns, Mysterio, and in some cases, Batista. Wasn't their fault that the booking was horrible.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Like I said before, WWE's biggest mistake in this whole thing is acting like Batista is a bigger deal than he actually is. He's getting Rock treatment and he's nowhere NEAR Rock's level in any way, shape or form. You can't put his name on the marquee and instantly sell tickets and it seems like that's what they think he's gonna do.

He's going to be in the next big Marvel blockbuster. That's why he's being booked like such a big deal.

[el bobbo]

2 out of the last 3 runner ups have kinda faded into oblivion.. Hope that doesn't happen to reigns.. He has grown on me..

with his awesome hair, and great smile, unbelievable athleticism, and spectacular body...

I'm not gay. But these things are very true. This dude is the future of our sport.

[el bobbo]

Fuck. Let's have Roman vs. Batista at the Wrestlemania.

[#1-norm-fan]

Also, Batista just looks so fucking weird now for some reason. I don't get it. Like a giant baby.

[Volare]

The boots threw me off. That and his dojo trunks.

[The Fraze]

I'm glad Khali was in the match though. :mad:

[The Rogerer]

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[Volare]

I'm pretty certain Tyler Breeze would've gotten an amazing pop.

[Droford]

I want to see someone with a WM ticket so pissed off over this that they burn the ticket in a youtube video. The more expensive the ticket the more awesome...

[el bobbo]

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[MIZantine Empire]

with his awesome hair, and great smile, unbelievable athleticism, and spectacular body...

I'm not gay. But these things are very true. This dude is the future of our sport.

He is a beautiful man.. Droppin my no-home S.H.I.E.L.D as well lol

[el bobbo]

He is a beautiful man.. Droppin my no-home S.H.I.E.L.D as well lol

No Homo, but I would let Roman Reigns spear the shit out of me.

[el bobbo]

The Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt match was stellar.

The Brock vs. Big Show match did what it had to do.

The fans shit all over the Cena vs. Orton match because it deserved it. But in hindsight, it was a decent bout.

The Rumble was fucking great until the last 3 people. After that the fans started to shit all over it and I started to shit all over it.

No one gives a fuck about Batista returning. I hope they save this at Elimination Chamber. Have Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns added to the main event at WM. The fans are sick of fucking Randy and Cena, and Batista. We want new blood.

Keep Cena in a feud with the Duck Dynasty. That's the best way to generate ratings amongst the retarded people you crave as your audience.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[el bobbo]

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That was a sick match. Those two can deliver in the ring together.

Pair Randy with someone who can deliver like that and Randy is one of the best wrestlers on the roster. Pair him with someone who is milquetoast and people start to shit on him.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Well I only posted it because of the great chants from the crowd like Go Fuck Cena. Great match yes.

[Poit]

Going to end up missing the Rumble tonight but won't be surprised if Batista really wins it and the crowd just shits all over whoever #30 is if Bryan doesn't show up.

How prophetic of you. :-\

[Poit]

Cena grows out his beard and joins the Wyatt family.

At some point, will the Bellas be revealed as somehow making people susceptible to brainwashing?

[Poit]

Better theme, no Lana, no brown rag trunks- overall an improvement for Rusev.

I disliked his new theme and missed his leather skirt. *shrug*

[#1-norm-fan]

I just realized... Jake Roberts could have easily taken that spot JBL took that served no purpose. What the hell, WWE?

[#1-norm-fan]

Also, Jake Roberts probably would have been a better choice to win the thing.

[MIZantine Empire]

No Homo, but I would let Roman Reigns spear the shit out of me.

Would be "roman" for his "reigns" if you know what I'm sayin..and that's my cap on homo- erotic fan fiction lol

[DaVe]

Well this was disappointing.

[Blonde Moment]

Could we end up seeing Punk/Kane and Bryan/HHH at WM 30?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I just realized... Jake Roberts could have easily taken that spot JBL took that served no purpose. What the hell, WWE?

Maybe they didn't want to risk giving Jake's dream goal yet. After achieving it maybe he might get lazy and relapse.

[Krimzon7]

was looking for some reaction to the rumble that would adequately reflect my disgust for the way this was booked. In my search, I found this gif.

http://i.imgur.com/GZUKvFD.gif

[Mr. Nerfect]

This could turn into quite the movement for Daniel Bryan if the WWE play their cards right.

[BigCrippyZ]

I posted this in another thread as well but...

Excluding Hogan because of his age and abilities at this point, if your name is not Austin or Rock, you should never just be able to come in and get a World title shot or win a match or the Rumble to headline a WM.

There is even an exception to this rule and this rule is even more true when you have a phenomenon like Daniel Bryan who is as over as he is and getting the reactions he has been getting.

[rob11]

This was taken by a guy on Twitter. Batista flipped off a fan.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Be9UQQ_IUAAg3G1.jpg

[Shadrick]

This could turn into quite the movement for Daniel Bryan if the WWE play their cards right.

Lol, DB's movement started a while ago. I have no faith in WWE capitalizing on anything.

[JimmyMess]

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I swear there was another video of this fat kid from a couple years ago when a similar situation happened.

[Volare]

When Rock beat Punk I believe.

[Volare]

FOUND IT!!

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[Corndad]

My Live Thoughts:

Both NAO and Rhodes Bros were over. Not sure how long NAO will hold on to the titles going into Mania season but I figured would be about the time Goldy and Cody break up in time for a match at Mania coming up. Good match.

Nothing could follow Bryan/Bray. What a match. Early match of the year candidate for sure, although by December may be over looked by then. I understood Bray going over as it leads him to be a bigger threat to Cena and how the match played our Bryan was set up strong, especially if he was going to be in the Rumble later. (We will get to all that)

Brock/Big Show was what it was. If Show did have a broken hand, it makes sense how it played out. Also explains the reason the first match got so much time. Builds Brock up for Mania, etc but I was bored.

Speaking of boring, Cena-Orton. Going into this I had no desire at all to see it for the billionth time and I was delighted that I was joined by LOTS of people who felt the same way. Our crowd, I hope was a message to WWE that we are tired of the same bullshit, although I'm sure was for naught. I found it hilarious they turned all the lights off around the crowd when we were doing the Wave. Chants were pretty amazing. The We want Angle and This is Awful started in my section and I'm glad to have been apart of that. It's not even Cena and Orton. It's the BOOKING of it.

Rumble is my favorite match of the year for a reason. I enjoyed it, as many did till the last few mins. I knew as soon as we got to about 27 there was no chance at Bryan coming out as they aired a Pre video with Big E, Rey, etc, before the match even started. I knew there was going to be a lot of pissed off people. Batista looked slow and old in the ring quite frankly and if WWE thought the reaction was bad for Cena/Orton, wait till you get an even smarkier crowd at Mania for Batista/Orton.

Batista came off as a dick as he left after the PPV, as I'm sure he was annoyed by the response, but there is no reason to respond to a fan like that and to pretty much mock an entire crowd after that. Came off pretty unprofessional.

Overall, I don't see Pittsburgh getting a PPV for a long time, Smackdowns and House Shows after that Anger tonight lol but at least I can say I went to my Favorite PPV once in my life.

[CSL]

It is beyond startling how out of touch WWE are with their audience. It's not even an IWC thing. An entire fucking arena voiced the exact same opinion. Good lord nobody wants to see Orton/Batista.

entire arena to an extent but that was the smarkiest crowd since last years RAW after Mania. The exact same layout gets a different response in a different town aka when the crowd isn't full of knobs (not for the Bryan love, the general boo Cena/chanting boring 15 seconds into a match/the usual)

was definitely pulling for Bryan to be in the Rumble but really for the "romanticism" of it/"the moment". But thinking about it logically for 5 seconds, Bryan wins the Rumble and without hotshotting the belt to somebody at the next PPV/a pretty ho hum ending to everything Orton has done over the last 5-6 months, that sets up one of two main events, Bryan/Orton or Bryan/Cena, both of which have been done recently and decisively. Whether they booked themselves into that position or not, neither of those really work for your Mania main event. So I understand him not winning/being in it (personally would have loved to see him enter at 30 anyway just to see the crowd's reaction to him being eliminated) "the rumours" state that it'll be Bryan/Sheamus at Mania, which is fine, they've shown previously they can tear the house down. That said, for the crowd interaction it would create, the setting, the perfect ending it would give to the "ultimate underdog"/against the odds story etc, Orton/Batista/Bryan would be great. Not gonna happen but still great.

[CSL]

thought the show was fine also, all the matches were pretty good, Orton/Cena did well with what they had to work with and if the crowd would have just shut the fuck up and gone with it, they probably would have found themselves really enjoying the finish. Brock/Big Show was what it needed to be (Show is a beast for taking that beating, clearly wasn't enjoying it) Bryan/Wyatt was good, Rumble was the Rumble, fun, had a few nice surprises etc. Didn't think for a second Kofi was going to make that jump.

[CSL]

Batista looked slow and old in the ring quite frankly and if WWE thought the reaction was bad for Cena/Orton, wait till you get an even smarkier crowd at Mania for Batista/Orton.

nah, the smart crowd is much more diluted at Mania with 1. the acoustics and 2. being a smaller percentage. The post Mania/"hardcore" crowd tho, different story.

[JimmyMess]

FOUND IT!!

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I knew I wasn't crazy!!!!

[Volare]

Dude has some serious rage problems....or is that much of a fucking goofy ass "actor."

[The Fraze]

Even though I think he's complete garbage, it was pretty funny hearing the entire room sing his them when he came out. I laughed and then immediately expressed my distaste for him being back.

[Shadrick]

The real crime here, is no Heath Slater.

[Volare]

And Russev's amazing debut is getting over-shadowed by all this bullshit. WHAT A FUCKING DISAPPOINTMENT!!

[Fignuts]

Fucking christ, Rusev's leg is bigger than my waist.

DUDES A BEAST

[Innovator]

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[The Rogerer]

Laissez les bon temps roulez

[Emperor Smeat]

Got around to watching the Rumble earlier.

Bit surprised New Age Outlaws actually won.

Bray vs Bryan was amazing.

Lesnar vs Big Show was meh but not that bad considering its purpose.

Orton vs Cena was boring but :lol: at the booing towards Cena and the random chants. No real confidence that Bray vs Cena feud is going to end well.

:lol: at the booing towards Batista and the final part of the Rumble. Crazy how dead set the WWE is on not wanting to truly commit to Bryan as their next mega-star nor caring at how much passion the crowd has for him.

[MIZantine Empire]

I knew I wasn't crazy!!!!

All you had to do was go back like 1 or 2 pages.. Already had been posted

[GD]

BBC baby

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/25911039

[Anybody Thrilla]

Orton v. Cena wasn't even a bad match, for real.

[Hanso Amore]

It was probably their best match IMHO

[CSL]

yah, match was fine.

lol @ this

http://www.wrestlingrumors.net/we-want-bryan/17205/

WRESTLINGFANSSSSSSSS

[Fignuts]

ooooooo I'm gonna go check out gamefaqs. Probably some real good stuff over there.

[Impeccable]

Just watching the replay

I really enjoyed the lesnar/big show beating. Told a story. Thought Lesnar sold the knock out punch really well.

[XL]

I'm less "pissed off my guy didn't win" and more "perplexed by the booking decisions".

There were enough people on here that realised that keeping Bryan out of the Rumble match would end with some pissed off fans, surely Vince/HHH knew that would happen too.

Why put beloved and perennial good guy Rey Mysterio at #30? Why not put a heel in there so they could at least play off the boos?

It's not even like DB HAD to win. He could have been #30, the roof would have come off the place - especially with the speculation that he wouldn't be in there - then you have him eliminated in some nefarious way (by Bray/The Wyatts/The Shield/The Outlaws/anyone) and Batista wins anyway. Holding him out of the match was just needless.

[Droford]

was looking for some reaction to the rumble that would adequately reflect my disgust for the way this was booked. In my search, I found this gif.

http://i.imgur.com/GZUKvFD.gif
Intersperse pics of Lesnar/Batista/Roman Reigns/Big show in for the WBF body stars and you have Vince's reaction of his dream wrestlemania big man main event...

[The Fraze]

I don't know why people are being so ridiculous about Batista winning. We all pretty much knew he was the likely winner. Sure, I would have liked to see Reigns win but Batista winning last night was not the problem. The Rumble match sucked in my opinion. This year probably had the least amount of people that I cared about. And the surprises? Most of them were a waste. The problem was the misuse of Daniel Bryan and not having him in the Rumble match, not that Batista won it. I really enjoyed the altercation between he and Reigns. I'd love to see them have a one on one match.

Shut up.

[XL]

Also, probably worth mentioning that if all the IWC fanboys had put their hands in their pockets and PAID for any of the PPVs during Bryan's run instead of continuing to stream, maybe Vince would have a little more faith in him.

Unfortunately massive crowd reactions don't put any money in the WWE's bank account.

[Bad News Gertner]

I'm less "pissed off my guy didn't win" and more "perplexed by the booking decisions".

There were enough people on here that realised that keeping Bryan out of the Rumble match would end with some pissed off fans, surely Vince/HHH knew that would happen too.

Why put beloved and perennial good guy Rey Mysterio at #30? Why not put a heel in there so they could at least play off the boos?

It's not even like DB HAD to win. He could have been #30, the roof would have come off the place - especially with the speculation that he wouldn't be in there - then you have him eliminated in some nefarious way (by Bray/The Wyatts/The Shield/The Outlaws/anyone) and Batista wins anyway. Holding him out of the match was just needless.

I posted this in Heyman's thread: it depends. If Bryan goes on and is main eventing wrestlemania, then it's smart because it has Bryan fans foaming at the mouth right now and it has riled up the fanbase in a way where they could make this big. If he doesn't, then yeah it's stupid. Nice situation the company is in right now. Will be an interesting two months.

[XL]

I'm gonna go ahead and assume that he won't be main eventing Mania.

[Bad News Gertner]

Tonight will speak volumes

[KIRA]

I'm willing to believe all this support for DB is headed somewhere huge and that the WWE is just feeding the flames until the right time.I mean they just can't be that oblivious to the insane amount of support this guy has.

[The Rogerer]

It's a bit like that time I got too drunk to go home with a girl and vomitted over myself in the taxi home. All just feeding the flames of lust. I did eventually get there in the end.

[XL]

Just remembered that Cole said Kane had been in 15 straight Rumble matches. Didn't he miss the one where he headlined with Cena?

Unless he meant 15 straight Rumble events.

[VSG]

Ya, tonight will be key for me.

[The Rogerer]

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Fueling the flames

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Watched this just before. Solidified my decision to swerve wrestling. It's just all so boring now. New Age Outlaws are the most charismatic wrestlers in WWE in 2014. That probably shouldn't be the case. Was there supposed to be some kind of drama with CM Punk? Is he anti-corporation? Cause that all fell pretty flat.

[#1-norm-fan]

I was thinking that the bad decision in all of this came back in August when the decision to put Daniel Bryan in the World Title picture first came up. It set up an expectation that WWE actually wanted to push a guy like Bryan as "the man" and that's where this all started. They could have kept him away from the title but still involved in stuff like the Wyatt angle and he'd still get the same reactions but it wouldn't fuck up other matches because the crowds wouldn't have been given the idea that he can be a WrestleMania main event caliber guy. They would have been content with him just being on the card doing awesome stuff like they were before.

[Blue Demon]

Fangel reacts to the Rumble:

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[CSL]

nahhh, Fangel would have just walked away and claimed he had no idea what happened

[CSL]

#whatwhattt

[Razzamajazz]

holy shit how many times has that video been posted?

[VSG]

That guy is excellent at working his own audience and getting YouTube hits.

[KIRA]

Orton v. Cena wasn't even a bad match, for real.

My thoughts exactly in fact I rather enjoyed it.

[Frank Drebin]

It was a good match, made more interesting by the pithy crowd.

[Frank Drebin]

Trying to figure out how a Daniel Bryan championship makes more $$ for WWE. Honestly have no idea. Making people angry over him chasing it gets more buzz.

Someone said it above: Yes! chants don't generate cash.

[#1-norm-fan]

Exactly. People who are THAT obsessed with Daniel Bryan are gonna watch the show, buy his merchandise (Maybe even MORE so) and chant loudly because they're mostly just huge wrestling nerds. Meanwhile WWE can reap the benefits while looking for way to bring in more fans.

[Corndad]

Trying to figure out how a Daniel Bryan championship makes more $$ for WWE. Honestly have no idea. Making people angry over him chasing it gets more buzz.

Someone said it above: Yes! chants don't generate cash.

Sure gets buzz but pretty soon the people screaming those Yes! chants won't be handing cash over to WWE. It's just dumb business IMO. What would people have done if they never gave Austin the ball when he was getting similar reactions? They would have become disinterested and been completely turned off.

[#1-norm-fan]

Austin was a guy who could and did bring in a shitload of new wrestling fans. If they didn't think he had the ability to make the company bigger, they would have kept the title off of him, reaped the benefits of the rabid crowd for him that already exists, and focused on someone they thought could bring in a new audience to push as their champion.

[VSG]

So Bryan is not a cash cow, but Batista will be? :roll:

[#1-norm-fan]

... No. lol

Bryan DOES make money and is gonna make the company money regardless. He's not gonna sell any more shirts or get louder pops with a belt around his waist and people aren't likely to tune in in droves to see the homeless midget with the generic sounding name that they've never heard of before hold a title.

And I mentioned nothing about Batista. I'm not a fan and having him go for the title at WrestleMania seems like a shit idea as well.

So pretty much the exact opposite of what you just said.

[Crimson]

Its hilarious how they are doing everything in their power to not give the fans what they want. I guess they welcome the Bryan chants in any main event he's not participating in.

[CSL]

actively encouraging the chants in the opening segment of your flagship TV show knowing full well they could continue throughout is not "doing everything in their power to not give the fans what they want"

[owenbrown]

lol Deadspin posted the video of the guy spazzing out that Batista won the Rumble

http://deadspin.com/dude-is-so-pissed-batista-won-the-royal-rumble-1510306413?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

[OssMan]

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First and maybe only Tout ever. Sort of a pain because it wouldn't let me load from my phone directly to Tout since it wouldn't let me sign on the Twitter part of the App. Enjoy!

[VSG]

How was that post missed by everyone? That is the greatest post in the history of this forum.

[ron the dial]

along with:
Ermaximus posting it made it for me. Might regret it but anyway:

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Decided to go all out.. The violin is just a hobby I am picking up, and that is a set of japanese swords on the dresser.
too bad the pic is gone.

[VSG]

Too bad but I am sure Narc still has his photoshopped version lying around.

[Nark Order]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/100/vsgsword.jpg

[VSG]

There you go!

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Oh my god that SlickyTrickyDamon video.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Exactly how I pictured him

[Poit]

Also, probably worth mentioning that if all the IWC fanboys had put their hands in their pockets and PAID for any of the PPVs during Bryan's run instead of continuing to stream, maybe Vince would have a little more faith in him.

Unfortunately massive crowd reactions don't put any money in the WWE's bank account.

I purchase every PPV, except the ones I watch at Tb1's place.

[XL]

Well that's one.

Unfortunately the buy rates were down on year for all of the shows headlined by DB. Granted the booking leading to some of those shows was a bit iffy, but the long and short of it is that DB going for the title didn't draw people in.

[Krimzon7]

Well that's one.

Unfortunately the buy rates were down on year for all of the shows headlined by DB. Granted the booking leading to some of those shows was a bit iffy, but the long and short of it is that DB going for the title didn't draw people in.

He didnt draw people in? So how in the fuck can WWE explain an entire arena full of people gong to watch A COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME end up doing his chant?

[Bad News Gertner]

Soccer matches in Engalnd were doing the Fandango for a while.

[#1-norm-fan]

He didnt draw people in? So how in the fuck can WWE explain an entire arena full of people gong to watch A COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME end up doing his chant?

I don't think people doing someone's chant at a basketball game gets factored into the PPV buyrate. Gonna have to double check on that.

[Corndad]

DB also Main Evented in the "Down Time" of the year. It wasn't like he crapped the Mania Buy Rate or something. Those PPVs always get lower numbers then say Rumble or Chamber.

[Emperor Smeat]

Also, probably worth mentioning that if all the IWC fanboys had put their hands in their pockets and PAID for any of the PPVs during Bryan's run instead of continuing to stream, maybe Vince would have a little more faith in him.

Unfortunately massive crowd reactions don't put any money in the WWE's bank account.

Assuming Meltzer from the Observer is correct, Bryan was in a lose-lose situation regardless what happened since its very likely the WWE uses confirmation bias for those types of decisions.

Had the buys been up, more likely Randy would have been given more credit either because he was the champion and/or because the WWE views him as more important. Since they weren't, Bryan took the full blame while the horrible booking and Randy didn't.

Bryan's case is almost the same as Punk in the sense it took the WWE a long time to finally realize how popular he was and only did it because Punk managed one of the best ever years for merchandise sales for a wrestler.

[XL]

DB also Main Evented in the "Down Time" of the year. It wasn't like he crapped the Mania Buy Rate or something. Those PPVs always get lower numbers then say Rumble or Chamber.

Yes but nobody is comparing them to Rumble figures. The numbers were down like for like on the previous year. Don't get me wrong, it pains me to be "that guy" quoting ratings/buyrates but you can see why WWE would be hesitant from a business perspective to go all in on Bryan.

[Shadrick]

Yes but nobody is comparing them to Rumble figures. The numbers were down like for like on the previous year. Don't get me wrong, it pains me to be "that guy" quoting ratings/buyrates but you can see why WWE would be hesitant from a business perspective to go all in on Bryan.

To be fair, the writing was especially subpar during that time period.

[Lock Jaw]

Watched this PPV. The D-Bry/Wyatt match was incredibly awesome.

The Lesnar/Show "match" served its purpose of making Lesnar look like a beast.

The crowd was more entertaining than the Cena/Orton match.

The Rumble was better than last year's, but you could just feel how the life was sucked out of the fans with no Daniel Bryan.

I'm hoping that they have big plans for Daniel Bryan at Mania. Such as wrestling and defeating The Undertaker. Does seem incredibly dumb to have your fanbase going so crazy over a dude and not give him a main spot on your biggest card. I'd even put a hypothetical Bryan/Taker match on after the title match since it would be "the highlight of the night".

[CSL]

I've liked the idea of having one world title for a while but now they've actually done it, this is one of the few times they could have legitimately done with still having 2 around

[Lock Jaw]

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[VSG]

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Smash your daughter's TV using your son's autographed baseball bat :rofl:

[Lock Jaw]

http://www.wrestlecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/271.jpg

[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

Bad Spear/Good Spear

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[Lock Jaw]

Also, Kane looks in pretty great shape

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[Lock Jaw]

For Heisenberg (no one else look):

http://24.media.tumblr.com/36e859fb634c2237182c5dafdea03045/tumblr_n02eowaofs1sbzhteo1_400.gif

[VSG]

Wait what? Did he run in off the ground? Was he eliminated already or not?

[Lock Jaw]

If you are talking about the dropkick, that was his entrance into the match.

Of course, I assume you aren't talking about it, because I told you not to look at it.

[XL]

Just remembered Reigns hit his glorious drop kick where he lands on the apron when he made his entrance. I marked out.

[XL]

Also, Ryback had Iron Man on his attire.

[VSG]

If you are talking about the dropkick, that was his entrance into the match.

Of course, I assume you aren't talking about it, because I told you not to look at it.

What dropkick? :shifty:

[Lock Jaw]

Oh yeah, wanted to comment about Alexander Rusev. No idea why they took away his boiled leather skirt thing. Gave him a unique look that also made him look more "foreign and menacing".

Last week on NXT he was in generic black trunks.... at the Rumble he got a red stripe on his generic black trunks. His old gear added so much character.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Also, Kane looks in pretty great shape

http://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1609631_453677041428358_124589805_n.jpg

Jesus, huge difference

[Shadrick]

good for Kane

[The Rogerer]

Yeah he has been looking better since he lost 190lbs

[/trollpww]

[The Fraze]

I'm sure this has been mentioned but I am not going through the entire thread to find it. After some contemplation, I hope we all realize that this Daniel Bryan thing is all a big work. WWE knows exactly what they're doing and I assure you that Bryan is in on it. What's happening is exactly what WWE wants to happen. Everybody is talking about it. People are tuning into Raw to see what they do, and they're going to order the PPV to see if Bryan gets what we all want. The chase always generates more buzz than when the babyface actually has the strap. We need to enjoy this for what it is. The YES movement is unreal and so awesome to watch. I love watching the chase. We all better start buying Bryan merch and get on board with the Network while he is on top if we want him to stay there.

Now, if Bryan faces Sheamus at Mania still then I will be utterly confused. That would be a stupid idea. We'll see how it goes. Having said all that, I really think this is a huge work and they have us in the palm of their hands.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

No it wasn't a work lol, they did not expect the fans to react the way they did. They reacted well with Bryan's tweets and whatnot, but believe me, they did not expect the fans to boo Batista out of the building, and boo Rey Misterio to boot.

[The Fraze]

No it wasn't a work lol, they did not expect the fans to react the way they did. They reacted well with Bryan's tweets and whatnot, but believe me, they did not expect the fans to boo Batista out of the building, and boo Rey Misterio to boot.

Not expecting the fan reaction to Batista and Rey doesn't have anything to do with it being a work. I agree with that part. I still however think they have a plan. Although, after talking to Tb1 at the gym today I could be giving them too much credit. The excitement is in the chase though.

[Jura]

Also, Kane looks in pretty great shape

http://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1609631_453677041428358_124589805_n.jpg
He looked pretty jacked when his outfit changed for the 3rd or 4th time. Hold on, brb.

[McLegend]

He looks fantastic.

I bet that's all natural.

[Jura]

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[screech]

Kane is the best.

[Fignuts]

That's obviously not the same gay playing Kane. He's like the 5th one they've gotten for the role.

[Fignuts]

lol whoops

[Tazz Dan]

Can't believe they've had so many different gays play Kane.

[Bad News Gertner]

Jake the Snake Roberts snke bit the original Kane and killed him two years ago.

[Innovator]

The other Kanes live in a condo in Hawaii with the other Undertakers and Ultimate Warriors.

[VSG]

I hear the other Sin Caras help with maintenance of the condo.

[Fignuts]

I still think it's funny that there no dumb "That's a new Mysterio" comments when he came to WWE. Dude doubled in girth, and got a bunch of new tatoos.

[NormanSmiley]

I'm sure this has been mentioned but I am not going through the entire thread to find it. After some contemplation, I hope we all realize that this Daniel Bryan thing is all a big work. WWE knows exactly what they're doing and I assure you that Bryan is in on it. What's happening is exactly what WWE wants to happen. Everybody is talking about it. People are tuning into Raw to see what they do, and they're going to order the PPV to see if Bryan gets what we all want. The chase always generates more buzz than when the babyface actually has the strap. We need to enjoy this for what it is. The YES movement is unreal and so awesome to watch. I love watching the chase. We all better start buying Bryan merch and get on board with the Network while he is on top if we want him to stay there.

Now, if Bryan faces Sheamus at Mania still then I will be utterly confused. That would be a stupid idea. We'll see how it goes. Having said all that, I really think this is a huge work and they have us in the palm of their hands.


your first rodeo huh?

[The Fraze]

your first rodeo huh?

Nope.

[BigCrippyZ]

I still think it's funny that there no dumb "That's a new Mysterio" comments when he came to WWE. Dude doubled in girth, and got a bunch of new tatoos.

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed this.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

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First and maybe only Tout ever. Sort of a pain because it wouldn't let me load from my phone directly to Tout since it wouldn't let me sign on the Twitter part of the App. Enjoy!

#POTY

[Skippord]

I've never loved anything more than I love that

[Cool King]

lol that video.

[Cool King]

I'm glad Iginfest did his "#POTY" thing. If he didn't, I probably would have never seen that gem of a video.

[CSL]

definitely going to start adding #POTY in black font to half of my posts

[VSG]

I was wondering why this got bumped. At least it was a worthy one.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

definitely going to start adding #POTY in black font to half of my posts

Search by username: Iginfest :cool:

[VSG]

BRB creating multiple socks Iginfest1, Iginfest2 and so on.

[CSL]

Search by username: Iginfest :cool:

SEARCH BY USERNAME: YOUR MOM

[Shadrick]

OH SNAP HE FUCKIN BURNED YOU IGIN