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Inno Knows.
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I forgot Triple H existed until after Bryan won the match. He wasn't a focal point at all until he started lingering behind Bryan POST MATCH.
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The Champ is Here!
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I actually noticed and enjoyed Triple H's refereeing. For instance, after Cena & Bryan hit each other with leaping clotheslines, and they were both down, Triple H didn't even bother starting a 10-count. It was like he personally wanted to make sure there was a real finish to the match.
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#3 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Dude. He's the reason he lost the WWE Championship.
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Inno Knows.
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After the match with Cena ended, and Bryan pinned him clean. Triple H screwed him to let Orton win. We know have a #1 heel that WWE was lacking, the figurehead in HHH backing him, and a sympathetic babyface who the crowd is completely behind.
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#5 |
wekasauce
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The difference being that Triple H's insertion into these angles is actually enjoyable, since he's actually, y'know, still kinda good at what he does.
As much ire as this is going to draw, I can't choose any words other than to say that Triple H is in an "unfair" position. Due to the nature of his relationship with the boss/management/etc, any insertion into any storyline he is involved with is going to be scrutinized. Obviously part of that is going to ring true, but it's unfair to blanketly label him as some power hungry egotist at this point in his career simply for being in a big storyline. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt to know what's best for the company at this stage in his career, especially if he's trying to endear himself to Vince for the long run. Also, I really really really enjoyed his matches with the Undertaker. So there's that too. crossrine |
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#6 |
Fuck em' this is The War
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I think people grant that Trips has complete control of his character. I don't think that's true. He's been relatively uninvolved in the past 6 months. They've been talking about this McMahon angle that's going to culminate at Wrestlemania, so I think this was the perfect way to hit two birds with one stone. Bryan gets to chase heel Orton, and Trips is assumingly set for an angle that I don't believe is going to be Bryan-centric
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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the heartbreak king
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it all hinges on whether or not you think this chase will happen or not. if you are convinced it won't, of course you'll hate this. the guy you're rooting for "got screwed." i believe they know what they've got here and they are playing it out for the even bigger win. bryan beat cena clean last night. that is huge. look past what happened after, and that's a big moment for him. but then to get screwed by the boss? well worth the risk, and i think that wwe knows it. daniel bryan will not be denied after this. yes, they generally suck at long term story telling. but that doesn't mean they can't start to get it right once in a while. i choose to hope for the best instead of getting pissed off about hypothetical future scenarios in professional wrestling. this will be fun, and i will enjoy the ride.
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#9 |
Fuck em' this is The War
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I honestly thought Vince would have been involved in the match last night in some capacity to plant the seed for his Mania feud with Triple H. Didn't happen, but it's probably coming.
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#10 |
the heartbreak king
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isn't it in HHH's best interest to get "new" talent over? wouldn't that make him look better in his actual role? i see no reason why he wouldn't use this opportunity to put bryan over. he's not an idiot.
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#11 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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#12 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Why not have the turn on Raw instead of SummerSlam? Let Daniel Bryan have his celebration on Raw and then have it then? No reason to rob Daniel Bryan he's been fucked over enough.
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#13 |
the heartbreak king
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#14 |
Fuck em' this is The War
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Hey Fraze when are you going to the gym
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#15 |
Fuck em' this is The War
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Right now.
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#16 |
Fuck em' this is The War
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Okay I should probably get dressed
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#17 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Well enjoyable is subjective. I can't really enjoy it because I know what him still being in the main event means for the company. And depends what you mean. Some of it has been pretty solid with Taker but there is no excuse for what happened with Punk. I mean, come on. What productive came out of that? As far as this angle goes, the swerve was done well I guess but have we forgotten that we had to sit through 2 solid months of garbage McMahon backstage segments for this? This took so much fucking airtime. Id say as a whole, the McMahon presence in this angle has not been enjoyable.
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#18 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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I think the bigger issue is it could just as easily lead to a match at the next PPV where Orton goes over via chicanery, then a triple threat with Cena at the PPV after that where Orton pins Bryan clean as a sheet, then we'll have Cena-Orton part 3,343 from then on out.
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the heartbreak king
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i'm not going to let what happened 2 years ago change my opinion on how i feel this will be handled. again, i'd rather hope for the best than expect the worst.
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wekasauce
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Yeah damn, it's a shame Triple H beat CM Punk that time and now Punk is buried on the card and hardly over at all.
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Yeah, nothing productive came out of HHH vs Punk. Punk is only arguably the second most over guy in the company right now behind Bryan.
2 solid months? Wait, I thought you wanted long term booking? I've been incredibly critical of WWE in recent years, more than most probably, but to shit on it at this point or say that this is going to bomb, all because HHH is involved or Daniel Bryan didn't leave with the title, you might as well just stop watching because HHH is not going anywhere. Just like Daniel Bryan, HHH's going to be around for the foreseeable future. If you can't accept that and enjoy it, then quit watching so we don't have to listen to you bitch. |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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If Bryan is truly everything and every bit as "good" as folks bitching about him losing claim he is, he'll be able to get over and recover even if he does "job" to HHH in the future. It's not like his win/loss record, feuds or storylines were great to this point to get him as over as he is today. Much like Rock, HBK, Austin, HHH, Taker, Foley, Cena and Punk before him, Bryan's hard work and natural talent has gotten himself to this point and gotten himself as over as he is. It's up to him to keep himself over and fresh regardless of what booking/creative does. I'd bet my life those legends would say the same thing. |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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#25 |
King of Suplexes/Oxy
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This thread is everything I expected.
Carry on. |
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#26 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Well just don't say that there's no way he wouldn't let this opportunity to put Bryan over pass him by. Hes done it plenty of times before and even fairly recently. There is definitely a chance that he wont get Bryan over here if history is any indication.
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#27 |
the heartbreak king
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but the guy you used as an example is still massively over. i'm sure you'll say that HHH had nothing to do with that, and that's fine, but it certainly didn't stop him from holding the title for as long as he did.
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![]() ![]() ![]() Seriously, his argument that Bryan is going get buried is based on a guy who HHH "buried" and is still insanely over, arguably (and IMO) second only to Bryan. |
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#29 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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The whole Triple H/Orton/Bryan ending was perfect. Don't know why anyone who isn't a bitter jaded shriveled up sack of negativity would have an issue with it.
The real travesty on this show was Christian being SCREWED out of the World Heavyweight Title. #Screwjob2013 |
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I thought I took my rasslin' super seriously. Mingo takes his rasslin' way super seriously. It's still real to him damn it. So super seriously and real in fact, I don't think he actually enjoys it at all anymore.
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I'm glad the cash-in happened on PPV, it sucks for people who buy them and then the cash-in happens the following night on Raw instead.
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#32 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Guys. You are intentionally missing my point. Triple H didn't help Punk get over by beating him during the height of his popularity. Punk got over because of Punk and because of John Cena. Beating Triple H would've put him over the moon. Triple H beating Punk did nothing for Trips and only hurt Punk's rise. It obviously didn't murder his push but it certainly didn't help him get over.
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the heartbreak king
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but what's to say they didn't realize that and are trying to take a different route this time? that's all i'm saying.
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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They might. But to say I don't at least have a point or a reason for thinking this way is just ignoring history.
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#35 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Vince McMahon to Lock Jaw @ The Great Christian Screwjob
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#36 |
Hazardous to Your Health
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Everyone needs to fear the lethal tag team of STD n' Mingo.
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#37 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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What. I'm not agreeing or sharing talking points with STD. Stop it.
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#38 |
Hazardous to Your Health
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lol ok
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#39 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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#40 |
Spammy Certified
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Uh-oh Mingo is not fond of his tag team partner.
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