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Yeah. That's the reason I'm pissed. I can't watch Smackdown. Also, Smackdown is the B show and in my perfect little world, Jericho would be champ and main eventing on the A show.
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I agree that Friday nights sucks.
I never catch Smackdown. I probably catch it once a month, if that, by chance (if I decide to stay in for some other reason and I'm free to watch TV). But, I'd rather the product be quality than have it cater to my social schedule. If Smackdown is good, it can create stars that I'll enjoy down the road, and as for immediate effects...it will lead to good fueds and matches that I can enjoy via youtube and of course the PPVs (via streams). Moving Smackdown to Wednesday or Friday nights would make me happy though. |
I wish WWE would replay Smackdowns.
I've noticed they replay Raws on UniversalHD. I wish there were Smackdown replays at other times during the week on MyNetwork. What the hell else do they show? I guess it's WWE controlling the exposure of the product. They probably would prefer not to have replays shown much, so theres more insentive for people to tune in to the actual timeslot. I'd like if it were available free on demand courtesy of the channel that carries it, like most other shows are. This is the value of a DVR box I guess, even though I don't have one and won't be springing for one. If I did, I'd definitely start recording Smackdown for later viewing. |
Does anyone get the feeling that Punk will put his MITB on the line and lose out, to say, Edge? Ultimate opportunist etc. etc. Or Punk may even win the title himself just to bring it back to SD. Having 2 titles on RAW doesn't make sense?
Anyway, I for one, would go week at the fucking knees for what I said first. |
Yeah I could see Smackdown being the far better show.
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TNA Impact didn't get any picks. :shifty:
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I caught last week's Smackdown on TPWW Vault several hours before it aired!
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tbh this lineup sounds more fun to me. it's not just the same old faces, looks like a few people will be getting pushed.
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Does this increase Edge's chances of leaving Backlash with the WHC? I can't see them slingshotting Punk straight into the title scene again, I mean it barely worked last time. Personally I would like to see Punk turn up sporadically on all the shows, taunting the champ on each show. Say have him make a random appearance on Raw one week after the champ has had a gruelling match, not cash in, but just let the champ know that he could have taken his title there and then if he wanted to. Play some mind games with the MitB case this time around. |
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So it was a shoot with Miz and Morrison?. Wow. Look forward to a suspension / release there then. |
Yeah like some other have said, I'm actually looking forward to how the ME scene unfolds on Smackdown.
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As for SmackDown!, it really always looks bleak for them, but they always end up being the better show. We still haven't seen the results of the supplementary draft. I'm still hoping that we get either John Cena or Shawn Michaels on SmackDown! (not both). The former World Champions on the brand are Edge, The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk and The Great Khali. You've also got some very strong mid-carders waiting in the wings, like Mr. Kennedy, Shelton Benjamin and Umaga. I believe that the WWE has got a few plans for pushing R-Truth, as well. There's also the chance that Christian or John Morrison will be drafted to SmackDown!. Oh, and the announcer switch this year should be Lilian Garcia for Justin Roberts. Garcia would work on SmackDown!, and Roberts is the best ring announcer the WWE has, so he should be working on the main brand. |
I fully expect Edge and CM Punk to get into a feud very soon. Probably with both men looking to bring a World Title back to SmackDown!. Have CM Punk bring the World Heavyweight Title over, and Edge gets insanely jealous.
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No. Don't have that. That's how they did it last time and it didn't work out well. Have Edge or Jericho bring the world title back over, and Jeff or Taker set their sights on it.
They have plenty of ammo for a fresh main event for a while. There's no need to jump the gun on CM Punk when he's back in position to start building momentum again. |
Well, the only one who can really do it is Edge.
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Why is that?
You suggest CM Punk doing it. When would that cash in occur? There's no reason why a GM can't order a match with Cena defending due to the belt situation on Raw after Backlash. Logically, Edge will just do it. But there's no reason why it couldn't be someone else. You'll book Burchill to the world title, but you can't stretch your imagination enough to picture them hotshotting the title back over to Smackdown on someone other than Edge? C'mon. Jericho could win the MITB briefcase at tonights Smackdown tapings for all we know. |
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Jericho could win the MITB briefcase on RAW, but how does that build up CM Punk? It just makes him look like a joke who can't hold onto his briefcase. The only way I can see Jericho getting it done, is if he slowly builds a feud with Orton, Triple H or Cena after Backlash, to an eventual pay-off on either PPV or Superstars. |
I didn't suggest it, I just said "for all we know". Big difference. What I was responding to wasa your mindset that if CM Punk doesn't do it, only Edge could.
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Anyone could. CM Punk should be the last person to do it IMO. Why would you want them to do the same thing twice after last time?
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It also wouldn't be exactly the same thing with Punk. It'd be a higher profile win to take the WWE Title from Triple H or Randy Orton, or take the WHT from Cena than Edge. Also, I feel that a big problem with Punk winning the title was not how he won it, but how he was booked during his reign. The guy didn't have much of a resume behind him, either. Now he's much more padded out. |
Are you a sock?
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I just don't think doing that to Punk again would be anything near a good idea. Also, in kayfabe it would make perfect sense for one of the GMs to complain about not having their world title and get something ordered.
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In fact, with Teddy Long back on SmackDown!, I would actually mark out if Long came out with the SmackDown! Championship and announced a Battle Royal or something to crown the first-ever champion. Have it come down to Jericho and The Undertaker. I'd also mark out if Theodore Long came out on SmackDown! with the old WWE Championship belt and said that he hated to do it, but he had to put his brand's interests before that of Triple H, so he stripped Triple H of the WWE Championship when he left SmackDown!, and will hold some sort of event to crown a new WWE Champion. |
So you're all for Punk donking the title again out of nowhere just when he's recovering from the first time, a 4th world title on tv, and a Dolph Ziggler push? Gotcha.
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If Randy Orton wins the WWE Title at Backlash (which seems like a good bet, according to reports), then a random segment where CM Punk runs in the ring while Orton is talking shit about Triple H, or something, -- taking out all three members of Legacy with the briefcase, before cashing in and winning the WWE Title for SmackDown! -- could be my favourite segment of the year. |
MITB is made for that? Really? Last time I checked it was just a guarunteed title shot.
Did RVD use it in that fashion? No. Only Edge has, and he's a HEEL. |
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Sure, they can build it up, and talk about how prestigious a championship is, and they want to win it against a fresh opponent. But then anyone who does cash in the smart (and really quite exciting) way MITB allows is going to look like a coward. There are ways to pull off either win for Punk, but the more the WWE builds to it, the more chance they have to fuck up. The more chances Punk has of actually losing, and that is just going to do no one any good. Take your Punk win and be happy with it. |
Yeah but the whole point of being a face (usually) is to do stuff with honor. They're supposed to be the role models for the kiddies. They're supposed to be the heroes. It's like why doesn't Superman just smash Lex Luther's skull and be done with it? Because he's a hero and that's not how it's done.
If faces acted like heels then there would be no reason for the distinction, and thus no conflict. It'd just be two people having a disagreement. That's not interesting. |
^What Supreme said.
Naming your date and fighting the champion one-on-one and winning is a sure fire way to book a face. Winning the title from a battered champion is a sure fire way to book a heel. In all honesty they managed to pull it off with Punk last time, but only cos it was on Edge - the guy who made his name taking advantage of a fallen opponent. Shame they fudged it with Punk's run. I hope they go with the slow burn approach this time round with Punk eventually naming his time, place and stipulations for his shot. |
Yea, if you're going to start applying that logic then you need to call face champions who defend the title cleanly and don't sneak weapons or get themselves disqualified/counted out "idiots."
Welcome to wrestling. you can't try to apply that logic in one place and look the other way the rest of the time. |
I agree it's too soon, but I really do think Edge gets the belt at Backlash, and Punk immediately cashes in and wins it. That would be twice in as many years that the Ultimate Opportunist gets "opportuned" out of the Big Gold Belt. It'd make for a hella feud - the hottest face on SD! vs the biggest heel on SD!
And 5 years and 4 months later, I finally get 1,000 posts! Woot me! |
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