WWE Day 1 - 1.1.22
 

The only match worth watching just got cancelled.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/BrockLesnar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrockLesnar</a> to challenge for WWE Championship tonight in Fatal 5-Way Match at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEDay1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEDay1</a> following <a href="https://twitter.com/WWERomanReigns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWERomanReigns</a> testing positive for COVID-19. <a href="https://t.co/wXmr4kzcz5">https://t.co/wXmr4kzcz5</a> <a href="https://t.co/WrRFmDSRjR">pic.twitter.com/WrRFmDSRjR</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1477416158504665093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

yo is miz fucking wasted? This is the must rambling incoherent promo Ive ever heard him cut I think.

That is a newer thing they started doing with heels. Becky is always stuttering and/or repeating the same word. Seth too. I think they figured if the heels stutter and repeat themselves the promos last longer and they (Vince/writers) dont have to work as hard.

Brock already front and center in the graphic

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Holland busted open

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uhg ricochet broke Hollands nose accidentally.

Lol, the commentators trying to spin what was clearly meant to be a leg drop into a spinning knee like thats what he intended..:roll:

lmfao what was that about someone vomitting up ryan seacrest?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ridge Holland removed from the kickoff show match due to an apparent broken nose after this. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEDay1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEDay1</a> <a href="https://t.co/5cWAGNYWlO">pic.twitter.com/5cWAGNYWlO</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1477440507416494083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That injury resulted in Cesaro looking like he got ultra buried here. Nice rub for Sheamus though.

Im not sure if it was overspin on a legdrop or if he underspun what was supposed to be a splash.

Belt the Brock

Looked like a legdrop to me considering where his legs ended up.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So far no 'official' announcement has been made in the arena on Roman, just the 'sudden' insertion of Lesnar into the title match.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Day1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Day1</a></p>&mdash; Kavontae Smalls (@KavontaeSmalls) <a href="https://twitter.com/KavontaeSmalls/status/1477446083211104259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sounds like they are now PREMIERE LIVE EVENTS and not PPVs</p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1477446627681914881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hold up....if Roman tested positive how are the Usos not quarantined? Seems reckless to not hold them out too at least considering their close proximity to the tribal chief at all times. Will be interesting to see if Heyman has anything to do with the fatal 5-way.

lmfao did he just call COVID "The Big Homie-omie"?

Pat McAfee's become one fucked up human being since joining WWE.

Case closed, Seph.

=P

Fun tag match. Big Homie Omi the star of the show.

Now imagine if instead of apologizing, Ricochet instead gets a bunch of his friends to tweet how he has always been safe with them in the ring :lol:

Jesus… I love Big E and he deserves better. Really hope he retains.

Was Brock gonna beat Roman tonight? If not, why would he get thrown into this 5-way to win the belt? They could just move Brock vs Roman to Royal Rumble.


Am i making to much sense?

drew not coming across as someone who should face reigns or lesnar

Cesaro and Ricochet was actually kind of a team in my brain last week. Not sure whether tonight did them favors, but ideally they’d be good outside promos.

Brock should win the title tonight. I don’t know how they change his match and don’t do this.

I'm not sure fans will boo Orton when he inevitiably turns on Riddle. He's at the point in his career where the crowd just wants to cheer for him.

street profits working like they are turning heel soon

good rko

On a serious note, researching the links between cancer and COVID makes me concerned for Reigns. I hope he’s okay.

I’m not entirely convinced Orton will be the one who turns. Riddle seems like the natural babyface in the equation, but it’s so…predictable. And I think there’s a ceiling on stoner Riddle as a face. I can see him being the asshole and becoming an obnoxious version of himself to get him into main events.

I say becoming obnoxious. I can see them leaning into that as a heel trait. Maybe he picks up Alpha Academy as stooges? I dunno. I can see him turning heel and being let loose in that way. Riddle could use the “change.” Orton is going to be Orton no matter what.

random superstar video packages to fill time

Orton should not be the one turning

Farmer Brock is great

Match - Backstage Segment - Video Package - Commercial - Backstage Segment - Commercials - Commentators - Match

I say all that stuff while only loosely following the product, lol. But I think heel Riddle is just more…interesting. Plus, since he keeps putting his foot in his mouth and a lot of the top guys (who happen to be babyfaces) don’t want to work with him, being a heel means he can get his ass kicked and it’s supposed to be the desirable outcome. As a face, you’ve got to push him, otherwise it looks bad on you.

Jerkass Riddle is evergreen heel. You keep him in place that way. Much harder to treat him like a face on the cusp of something.

I think Riddle turns heel and Orton wins their match.

Good Brood entrance for Edge

I had a theory the Miz/Edge program lasts until Mania. We’ll see what happens.

Crazy prediction: The Miz is going to have an amazing 2022. Not the dude’s biggest fan, but I think he does blockbuster stuff.

My guess is Miz gets Goldberg's final match at WM and Edge faces AJ Styles

Beth Phoenix has been playing Cyberpunk I see.

LOL that was so awkward. Just standing there for like a minute waiting for her music to start.

beth phoenix just standing at the top of the ramp until her music hits so she can walk to the ring, awkward

Not a bad guess. Likely, actually. Not the specifics but the matches. I think Goldberg works the Saudi show and not WrestleMania. I think the Saudi government likes putting a Jewish guy over on their shows.

Edge and AJ is not a bad shout. I consider it likely. But my bold prediction is that Miz wins, eliminates Edge in the Rumble, is a thorn in his side. They have a “Hardcore Match” at WrestleMania (they’ll call it whatever, but comparisons are drawn between Edge and Foley and Miz being in the Edge role). Edge wins that. Then he can get back on his quest for the belt or whatever.

My bold, bold, bold prediction is that Miz interrupts a Steve Austin segment on night two of Mania (having lost the night before). He eats a Stunner. Miz does the old “call out the legend, they no-show, heel claims the forfeit win). Austin does actually show up to Stunner Miz in Texas, cost him Money in the Bank (looks like he’s about to win, Austin kicks out the ladder, Stunner). Miz and Austin in the UK for WrestleGala or HyperBrawl or whatever they call it.

It’s crazy. But I’ve got an inkling.

0% chance of that happening, haha. I dunno. I’m just feeling something.

Wtf is this with Beth? She’s canceling out Maryse?

Didn't Liv Morgan have like 5 title match losses against Becky Lynch on Raw in the past 2 months before this PPV title match

AEW! AEW! AEW! AEW!

? Are you retarded?

wish gail kim would run out right now and make this a triple threat

Liv.....ohhhhhh myyyyyyyyy

She might be the hottest girl in WWE history*

*not named Stacy Kiebler

Wish Liv would ditch the bedazzled tears on her face. Looks like a sad clown.

No one thinks Liv is going to win this

He looks wasted

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No but I hoped she would.

boring

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For those wondering, no mention of Roman to the live crowd.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEDay1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEDay1</a></p>&mdash; Kavontae Smalls (@KavontaeSmalls) <a href="https://twitter.com/KavontaeSmalls/status/1477480681806733312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"Fatal Five Way" mad stupid name lol, have they ever done 1 before

You know what? I think KO wins this tonight and shocks everyone.

Brock entering last

lol Lesnar coming out after Big E.

I need Lashley v Lesnar at WM. That spot right there was all I needed to know that.

They should call this match a Ménage à Cinq

Holy shit. Roman getting THE BIG HOMIE OMIE really changed plans

:| Big E's WWE title reign ends via WWE panic booking.

WWE title match was amazing for the brief time it had but holy hell, Lesnar winning the belt left a big sour feeling afterwards.

Wonder what was the original plan for that match and the Universal title match had Reigns not gotten COVID.

Did they change his name to "Seth Freakin Rollins"... why do they keep repeatedly saying that...

Correct me if I am wrong, but Brock got absolutely zero offense on Lashley. Really feels like they just set it up for Brock vs Lashley.

Feel like Brock was guaranteed the title in his contract and they didnt want to take it off Roman yet so they faked him having COVID because its believable and gave the WWE title to Brock instead. *hits blunt*

lol @ beating Big E with a guy who wasn't supposed to be in the match

Oh yeah they 100% just set that up for Mania. That's clearly the plan for RAW going forward.

Brock is New Day's kryptonite during title reigns. My guess is this sets up Brock vs Roman vs Lashley for WM.

the match we have been waiting 15 years for brock vs bob lashley at mania

That would be one sure way to having everyone right back on the despising Reigns train if that ever got revealed to be true.

Screw over Big E's reign all because WWE booked themselves into a big corner if that was ever the actual case.

Its not like Lesnar was made to look weak during the match since they had several outs for him done during it if they needed to remove him from the finish and potentially setup a Lashley vs. Lesnar feud down the line.

No way. I hope not at least.

If that's the case then Lashley is winning the Rumble. How else do you book that? Then what do you do with the EC?

I just had a strange kinda unrelated thought trying to figure out what they do here. What if they've been cutting the roster so much not because they are going to sell the company but because they are going to merge the rosters again? It's a possibility if you think about it.

They've supposedly upset NBC and FOX both at times for doing better stuff and having better people on the other show. Merging the rosters eliminates that issue because all talent and angles will be available to all shows and they can give both NBC and FOX better shit to keep them happier. Also frees up things in terms of booking, lets them keep things fresher with more options for programs.

I say this because if they are going to merge rosters then what better time to do it then right after Mania on the season premiere and kicking it off by unifying the titles at Mania with Brock v Roman v RR winner Lashley?

Great language.

Brock was always winning when he was put in the match. Whatever their plans are now, they’ve factored this in. He’s the biggest the babyface and he got a moment in sour circumstances.

That’s the conventional booking rule. The sub wins. Should it be? I dunno. But that’s been the rule.

This is why I believed people shitting on a Rock return. Entitled bastards will shit on anything. If Big E retained? “Why’d they even put Lesnar in the match?” Guaranteed.

They got hit hard by real life shit. They made decisions. One of them was to put their biggest star over in the main event. Deal with it.

Or they could have just taken him out from the finish without him needing to actually win the belt since they set that up as a possibility a couple times during the match.

If Reigns' ends up being away longer than expected due to COVID, that 5-way set up two different roads for Lesnar with him vs. Lashley or him vs. Rollins & Owens as a mini-feud to buy some time while Big E goes on with whatever WWE's plans were for him with the belt after Day 1.

According to FOX, looks like the original plan was for Big E to retain his belt via their original results page they forgot to update before posting.

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Could just be a mistake. In fact, I’d bet it is. But Big E retaining would have made sense. It just didn’t given the circumstances.

They could have crowned an interim champion. They could have used it as an angle. They could have done a bunch of things. But this is what they WANTED to do. And it means something to some people. They saw a WWE Title change. It means more now it’s on Brock. And when does that end? The Rumble? On TV? That could be huge.

I just don’t agree with calling it a “panic move”. For all we know, Roman is out indefinitely. There could be seriously smart creative plans in place. I doubt this went over Heyman’s head. Just chill out and stop the “WWE Bad” narrative in this circumstance. They wanted a moment for a weird show. They may have a way in and out…or to run this further than any of us expect.

Is this over yet? I'm just getting home.

Brock won the WWE Title. Now Big E is dead.

Lol they should have taken advantage of Big E being black and make him cut promos on AEW while retaining the title.

They could have also just given Lesnar the night off due to Reigns' COVID issue and kept all their existing plans in place instead of screwing up whatever they had set for after Day 1.

Inserting a guy at the very last minute into a title match and giving him said title is a "panic move" and its not like WWE doesn't have a past history with these type of puzzling booking decisions whenever a serious wrench is thrown into their plans.

You probably thing Becky Lynch's title win at SummerSlam was this smart creative plan when both her and Bianca have mentioned in past interviews about it being a last minute decision once Sasha Banks was pulled from the show with no prior announcement given.

Plus "smart creative plans" and Bruce Prichard in charge of creative is an oxymoron at this point considering how bad WWE's overall booking has become ever since he took control, especially on the RAW side.

:lol:

If they had done what you suggest, you’d be right on here talking about how WWE got hit by COVID and had to scrap matches and had nothing good planned. Sorry to make a hasty generalization, but it’s true. They can do no right in this situation with you.

What were their plans for Day 1? And how do they pertain to a WrestleMania that may or may not happen as planned? Please tell. You don’t know. Imagine you are actually in this situation. You’re actually in it. Roman Reigns might die. Who fucking knows? You’re sitting on here claiming that they’re making hasty decisions creatively because they’re idiots. Cool. Maybe they know a bit more about the health situation, and maybe they’ve got a Plan B? Maybe they just wanted to get through an administrative nightmare with a way out should things be okay? You don’t fucking know.

If Adam Page calls in sick because he has an infant daughter, that company is going to get endless praise from you. Who cares what they did and didn’t advertise, good old AEW for letting a sick man stay at home. At least they didn’t…what? Do what WWE did?

This shit throws things into the air. For whatever you want to say about them, their plan for Roman/Brock was seemingly set. Now it’s in question. Idiots! Haha! Fuck them! Why would they make things DIFFERENT in the wake of this nonsense? Morons.

Just shut the fuck up about this and let it play out. I don’t know why you’re projecting Becky Lynch into this. It’s got literally nothing to do with it.

Jesus Christ, the fuck you go on this long tangent all because I didn't like the ending to the WWE title match nor the idea of killing Big E's reign in favor of just slapping the belt on Lesnar again.

You just wanted to bitch because someone didn't like how WWE handled the booking of Lesnar's late addition and the title match ending Are you bitching at everyone else on Twitter and online who's also upset over it, some who are upset that this was a piss poor way to end Big E's reign and others pointing out something similar happened to Kofi's reign when WWE had a popular new champ that they could have built up as a big new star going forward.

You complain that I don't know anything about what WWE has for creative but guess what, you don't either regardless of how much you try to portray yourself on these forums as someone who's smarter than everyone else here and online who has different views than you. You even think your smarter than experts when it comes to ratings stuff all because they say stuff that doesn't comprehend with your warped mind.

Seeing as just don't actually watch the shows and just claim you know all from reading results or whatever people are saying online, you should have noticed that Sasha Banks case was the last time WWE did something similar when it came to pulling someone off the show at the last minute involving a high profile match.

Take the advice about shutting the fuck up and apply it to yourself as well.

Actually fuck it, I'm putting this on the line unless your that much of a wuss to accept.

1 year ban from the forums for whoever is wrong about this situation since Fightful Select very likely will have news about why WWE decided to give Lesnar the belt soon.

Your claim is this is some sort of smart creative plan or a Plan B they have thought out going forward.

My claim is this is panic booking or something they did at the last minute with little to no care what they had planned before.

Edit: I'm going to sleep now since engaging with you has given me a big headache and for my own health's sake. You have 24 hours, if you refuse, the forums will forever know you as the giant wuss who is all talk and no bark.

Accept the challenge. I want Emperor Smeat banned for tampering with the Sheetys awards.

Having all the black wrestlers lose the day after all that AEW lack of diversity stuff is probably not the best timing. AEW should run with it.

Wait, Big E dropped the belt randomly as a knee jerk reaction to the Lesnar Reigns match getting canceled? Lmaoooooo any argument for Big E getting shafted is easily shot down by the fact that they didn’t have to put Lesnar in the match. It’s the same shit they did with Bianca. Not as bad. But still. Cutting the legs of your babyface champs with dumb last minute decisions is interesting booking to say the least.

They could’ve really rubbed it in by booking all their black wrestlers to win. What an easy way to stick it to the other guy.

Fucking terrible… there was no need for that.

You can still have him in the match and not eat the pin too. They could have had Big E not take the fall, but they did.


Personally, I understand the draw of the Brock Lesnar name. At the same time it's more "oh, it's this again". I find the idea of a Big E title reign more intriguing than Lesnar because we've seen Lesnar here before, for a VERY LONG TIME and its all rehashed, he just has a cute pony tail as a mid life crisis from going bald is all.


:wave:

make moose the belt collector let him take the wwe belt and the aew belt.

How long is Roman out? If its for awhile then I get it. Put Brock on both shows with the title instead of sitting on Smackdown! beating up the Usos for 6 months.

Smackdown revolved around Reigns. Brock needs someone to feud with. Now Lashley or Rollins/Owens can fill that gap while Big E, hopefully, continues to dominate.