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#1202 |
#YesMovement
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Personally Rock winning would have been great.... if Cena didn't win Rumble.
Also wanted to add being a traditionalist hated seeing Rumble match in middle of card. I realized why it was done but I hated it the year they had Angle/Henry end it one year too. |
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#1203 | |
The black Corey Graves
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#1204 |
President of Freedonia
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C&P'ed from the other thread but whatever.
I was pissed off about Rock/Cena initially...not because they're bad performers or anything. Far from it. But I thought Rock/Cena last year was a disappointment, I'm not a fan of the same exact match closing out consecutive WrestleManias, and it's blatantly obvious Cena will be getting his win back. But...the crowd will be shit hot for the match and will probably be a fun environment. I'll get to see an Undertaker streak match live, possibly against CM Punk. Jericho might now be in the fold. Team Hell No will do something fun. Cody/Goldust or some variant of that might happen. Orton could be a heel by then and way more interesting as a result. HHH/Lesnar, if it happens, has a chance at being much better if they actually get a chance to wrestle and not try to make it a shoot. And most importantly, I've got the luxury of going to WM without having to spend an exorbitant amount on travel, since I can drive there. Just gonna sit back and enjoy the build up. |
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#1205 |
Angel Headed Hipster
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Manage to draw Ziggler and Ryback in my Rumble pool, so of course Cena wins. Damn it.
lol at people who thought Punk was actually winning. |
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#1206 |
Angel Headed Hipster
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Wish Miz and Cesaro had made it on the show.
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#1207 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Royal Rumble was total BS!
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#1208 |
1-0 TPWW Chess Master
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I dont know if anyone else recognized this, but when the Rock was getting beat up, someone snapped a picture and the light was bright and it was long enough for the Rock and whoever was taking him down to be in it. Might provide a clue if it was the shield or someone else.
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The black Corey Graves
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#1210 |
Over Like Rover
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#1211 |
Y2KoTF
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Invisible Rhyno
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#1212 |
TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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Christopher Walken on steroids?
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#1213 | |
He's Here
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WWE should be worrying about making guys actually matter instead of relying on the past for a temporary bump. Because once the Rocks, Takers, Triple Hs, and Lesnars are no longer there, the temporary boost will be non-existent and they will fall down the shitter. If there is no future outside of Cena, which is pretty clear what WWE's stance is after Punk's reign was overshadowed by the likes of fucking Lauinitis vs Cena, then five years down the line there's a problem. |
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#1214 |
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Wrestlemania doesn't make stars. It settles feuds. After Wrestlemania the reset button is hit.
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#1215 |
They're eating the dogs..
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Rasslemania is only there to set up Backlash which is like 1000000000000000 times better. AMIRITE?
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#1216 |
He's Here
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And ratings plummet. WWE has proven that they can draw 4 million on RAW. But outside of Mania season they struggle to keep above 3.
Maybe use that time when there are more eyes on the product to also make a guy or two. It wouldn't hurt and makes perfect business sense. |
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#1217 |
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There's nobody to make. Wrestlemania makes a TON of money.why wouldn't they focus on a proven commodity? Punk wasn't doing shit as champ. Rock v Cena 2 for the belt, Punk vs Taker , HHH vs Lesnar and Orton vs Sheamus are your big money matches. You HAVE to do it. Just like you said "what are you gonna do when they retire"? How about "how can we squeeze every ounce of revenue out of them before they retire""
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#1218 |
TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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Rock/Cena was settled.
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#1219 |
He's Here
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So basically WWE is fucked once the last of the old guard leave for good and there is absolutely no way to turn it around?
By your logic, WWE dies in 10 years. |
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#1220 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Nah, eventually they will realize that they need to make new stars. Only when they are absolutely forced to at the last minute.
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#1221 |
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Sheamus, Orton, Cena, Punk, Ryback are all going to be around for a long time. They are putting on the matches people want.
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#1222 |
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#1223 | |
Over Like Rover
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#1224 |
They're eating the dogs..
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#1225 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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#1226 |
Angel Headed Hipster
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#1227 |
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Lol awesome
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#1228 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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![]() IT'S OVER (Bryan still has a belt, I guess, but a different one) |
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#1230 |
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Look at all those 2.6 ratings!
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#1232 |
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Punk's going to hire nougat to sue to get rock's win overturned since it couldn't be proven shield interfered and there was no authority to restart the match. Undefeated at lawyering lol.
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#1233 |
Large Marge sent me
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Torn about which side of the "ratings" fence I want go to. It makes sense for the WWE to put the belt on the guy who will probably walk around with it to movie premiers and talk shows and generate more buys than anyone else at this point. You've got to imagine they have crunched numbers and determined the best thing for business is the huge number of buys mania gets and that they need to max that out. #shortterm
On the other hand, how'd those cards look when Cena/Punk went down due to injuries? What did those injuries result in? Emergency pushes. That's a warning sign as to what main event level depth they currently have outside of the road to mania. #longterm Either way, we have three weeks worth of tv and a ppv before the real build to mania to see what route they have chosen to take. |
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#1234 |
Hey Mister!
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Why are people bitching about the people's elbow?
That's how he beat hogan. |
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#1235 |
I'm Mr. White Christmas
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after like 15 Rock Bottoms
just felt kind of lame to end a monstrous title rain without any sort of Rock Bottom |
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#1236 |
Hey Mister!
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Shut up. You don't know.
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#1237 |
I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I know everything, bro
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#1238 |
I'm Mr. White Christmas
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Diamond Dallas Page is my spirit animal
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#1239 |
Hey Mister!
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I dare you to make less sense.
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#1240 |
Hey Mister!
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So maybe not just a one night appearance? |
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