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The Champ is Here!
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Oh yeah, updating the thread, that's a thing.
Covering NXT, Impact, and Raw. Plus light dashes of Smackdown & Main Event. --------------------------------- Question Of The Week: Kill, Fuck, Marry: Evolution |
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Marry - Batista. Get me some of that Guardians of the Galaxy money!
Fuck - Randy. Because fuck Randy. Kill - Triple H. No real reason. He's just the last one left. Almost did Marry for him, but his family business is losing money like crazy. |
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As over as Crystal Pepsi
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Marry- Triple H. This means you're part of the most important family in wrestling history.
Fuck- Batista. He seems like a gentle lover. Kill- Randy. Get him off my tv. |
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As over as Crystal Pepsi
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...there needs to be a deadline for the question of the week... Alundra Blayze was a good answer....
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The Champ is Here!
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We generally start recording at 6 PM Eastern every Tuesday.
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#6 |
The Champ is Here!
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Covering NXT Takeover, Impact, Payback, and Raw. Plus light dashes of Smackdown & Main Event.
--------------------------------- Question Of The Week: In one sentence, explain why Seth Rollins turned on the Shield. |
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#7 |
The Champ is Here!
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Covering NXT, Impact, and Raw, plus light dashes of Smackdown and Main Event.
--------------------------------- Question Of The Week: Which three wrestlers would you have join Del Rio, Orton, Sheamus, and Cesaro in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship ladder match at Money in the Bank? |
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Bray Wyatt - Gets added as a way to try to foil Cena and stretch out their feud for a bit longer before Bray moves on. Brock Lesnar - Treat him as the surprise entrant to the point he only gets revealed well into the match itself with Heyman proclaiming his client has arrived. Also can be used to segue into the rumored Lesnar-Bryan feud once Bryan returns assuming Lesnar takes the title. Had Sandow not been stuck with the random weekly comedic filler thing, he'd replace Lesnar's spot. Would treat as him wanting redemption for the injustice of his foiled cash in the year before. |
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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He wanted to have copious amounts of sex with the McMahon family (Steph, Paul, Shane, Vince, and of course, Linda)
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Reigning Tipsters Champ!
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He knew Evolution would never give up until The Shield were gone, so he joined them.
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Was promised the ownership of Triple H's Sledgehammer of Destiny to help him dismantle the House of Shield.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Cayse's rant on Rollins is exactly why I stopped watching wrestling. I just. couldn't. take. the nonsense anymore.
As for the QotW: "Rollins is going to turn on them next week like Bryan did to the Wyatts." |
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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He probably thought Reigns being the chosen one in The Shield was the biggest injustice there was. So, he took Batista spot in Evolution after curb-stomping him out of the WWE at the PPV.
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Yeah, it makes complete sense to become enraged at something that may happen. It makes sense to end The Shield now and keep Rollins in a stable. What is left for The Shield to do? Reigns is ready for his push and Ambrose will be fine on his own. Rollins still needs some work and letting him work with main eventers and a different type of heel will help flesh him out until he is ready fly solo. From Rollins standpoint, he has busted his ass to keep The Shield together and yet he is still perceived as the 3rd in the hierarchy and why keep fighting what you can't truly defeat? Rollins found the greatest injustice worth fighting for was him not becoming the breakout star of The Shield. FFS if you overthink every heel/face turn in wrestling history, they'll never make sense. The whole point of turning a guy is to give a dramatic and major shift/change in their character.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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So, he goes from 3rd in the hierarchy of the Shield to 3rd in the hierarchy of Evolution. That's a pretty lateral move, if not a step back - since the two guys ahead of him are multiple-time World Champions.
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How is being associated with a group of world champions a lateral move?
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In theory, his motivation is that he is going to reap what Batista wasn't patient enough to get.
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So fucking sexy.
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Still doesn't make sense. H had this "plan B" before Batista walked out on Evolution, so Seth wouldn't have made the deal expecting anything related to Batista's position.
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The Champ is Here!
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Inno Knows.
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"Heyuuuuuh Seth, if you join Evolution, I will give you Dave's spot. Not just his spot in the group, but all the spots in matches where you get to take a nap while Randy and myself bump all over the building. You also get access to Papa Smurf's ring gear."
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Joining Evolution makes sense. Why keep fighting if even when you beat the shit out of them you still don't "win"? Especially when you were the guy working so hard to keep the group from falling apart to begin with. Batista leaving was just the last thing needed to convince Rollins to make the switch because now Evolution needs a 3rd man and more desperate than ever and willing to offer him even more.
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So fucking sexy.
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The fact that Batista left couldn't have had anything to do with Rollins joing because, again, H said that Plan B was in the works before Batista quit, which meant that Rollins was already going to join. Oh, and none of this actually explains Rollins' motivation. |
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Do seriously expect WWE to have Rollins and HHH reveal some convoluted master plan? Why is selling out for power and money not good enough motivation? Why keep fighting a war you can't win? Booker T's reasoning on the post show was perfect enough for the story.
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Now. Here. Man.
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And like I said in the 'cast, it runs completely counter to what we've seen of Rollins' character-- "Hey, you know all that stuff I said and did to show that I was the guy always willing to put my life on the line for the group and our cause? Turns out all that was a lie and I was just a greedy asshole all along. Though really if all I was looking for was money and power I wouldn't have left the Authority in the first fucking place but hey, who needs sensible motivations?" And no, joining Evolution doesn't 'make sense' if you've already beaten them to the point where one of them walks out. WWE's nebulously complicated authority-figure structure means that Trips wouldn't be able to just fire the Shield without Vince or the Board of Directors or whoever the fuck coming out to overturn it (and if he could just can them, he would've done it as soon as they turned on him). And they've annihilated every goon squad Trips has thrown at them. So again, why jump ship right when you're winning to be the lowest man on a totem pole that you're already chopping down? |
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So fucking sexy.
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Power and money isn't good enough motivation because it runs against Rollins' character. They did win the war. Booker T hasn't been interesting since he split from Goldust and post-shows don't matter. |
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Feeling Oof-y
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Expecting at least 15 minutes on Jason Jordan's finisher being called the "Jordan Slam" next week.
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Inno Knows.
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It's great to see Troy and Abed make it as a tag team
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#28 |
The Champ is Here!
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Power and money does work. You are just being difficult. I get this isn't what you wanted, but it really isn't bad. Ambrose and Reigns are already ready for singles runs and Rollins needs a it of work. Putting him with Trips works. And as I said on the podcast, if he came out and was like "Triple H gave me a million dollars and a future title shot," I would buy it and it would make sense. Also, If Rollins truly believes he's a master group architect, why wouldn't he wants to form an alliance with two of the Kayfabe best guys in the company? Not to mention he's got a guy with power on his side now. It works. You just aren't letting it work.
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What does being an "architect" even have to do with that? How does being the core of The Shield benefit him when working with two guys who have been working together for so long, now? All H has to do is tell Randy he wants an apology, and Orton immediately gets on his knees, so what does Rollins have to do with their relationship? Quote:
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#31 |
Resident drug enabler
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The guy in charge that he was thrashing has decided he can't beat him so he's used his money and power to get him to "join the dark side" and fight FOR him. Rollins once stood for justice and now he's a sellout turning on his friends to do what's best for himself. It's a wrestling heel turn. Ever seen one?
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Rollins took the money from the Authority before. Why is it that hard to believe that he came back to it?
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Resident drug enabler
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... You're asking why a pro wrestling character would become evil and corrupt. Jesus Christ.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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And it's that sort or dismissive attitude that is why WWE will never have consistent internal logic in their storytelling. No other fiction medium gets this response. If midway through Episode VII, Han Solo - former smuggler and overall scoundrel-turned-hero of the Rebellion that overthrew the Empire - decided to shoot Luke and Chewie and align himself with the regional governor holding on to the last vestige of Imperial power for no reason other than "he paid me more than Mon Mothma," people would be fucking furious and calling for JJ's head.
Yet, because it's pro wrestling "... You're asking why a pro wrestling character would become evil and corrupt. Jesus Christ." is somehow a "winning" argument. |
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Resident drug enabler
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Hulk Hogan was the greatest good guy wrestling had ever seen. He had everything he could have possibly wanted and he became evil and corrupt. Did that drive you as nuts? Rollins wasn't even that far removed from being a heel henchman for the authority, FFS. How is it so hard to buy him turning his back on his friends and turning into a selfish prick for money and power? Something just about every wrestler has done at some point in the history of the business to keep stories and characters progressing. |
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Rollins did not need work, in my opinion.... he was fantastic as a face, and I think he had easily become #2 in the hierarchy, possibly on his way to becoming #1 in the eyes of the fans. He had that Daniel Bryan-esque "frenzy" about him that the fans really got behind, and top that off with his crazy dives....
I have a wild conspiracy theory that they chose to turn him heel now, so that he wouldn't gain even more steam and outshine their chosen one Roman Reigns. |
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Hulk Hogan's heel turn probably would have driven him nuts if he had fought Scott Hall and Kevin Nash for two months beforehand, having brutal battles that he won decisively.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Hogan's heel turn was completely logical.
He had everything. He was the conquering hero. He was adored by millions. Except the boos were starting to creep in. The old-school fans hated him, because he brought up-north Sports Entertainment down and replaced their Wrasslin with it. He'd driven out their favorites and replaced them with his. Now, suddenly, here are are these fresh new faces. Young blood, hungry for a shot they feel like they never got. They want to upset the status quo and they want to take over. If Hulk hitches his wagon to them, he's the megastar again. He's the draw. He can make the rules, and if the fans are going to boo him, he's gonna give em something to fucking boo! Add to that the fact that Hall and Nash had soundly disrupted every broadcast they'd been a part of. Everyone who'd stood in their way had been demolished. If Hogan and his pals couldn't beat them, why not join them? Now, imagine that story the exact opposite and you have a pretty close approximation of the Rollins heel turn. |
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Resident drug enabler
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Hogan had his reasons to turn into the bad guy. Rolling had his.
He could stay as a member of a three man group winning matches but always being against the guys in charge and held back because of it... Or he could break away on his own, join up with the authority and become the golden child of THE GUY WHO RUNS THE FUCKING COMPANY and make a shitload more money. And he chose to do that. Because sometimes... in wrestling... good guys... turn bad... Hogan was the ultimate good guy and when there were immoral things that came along that he could profit off of, he took them. Rollins wasn't even that much of a good guy. He was freshly removed from being an evil fuck. And lo and behold, when the offer to turn his back and join the dark side for promises of money and the chance to be the "chosen one" of the owner of the company came up, he took it. |
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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And if that winds up being the story they tell, that's great. But right now it looks like he went from being the lackey for the evil corporation, eighth on the totem pole (behind Steph, Evolution, The demon Kane, Ambrose, and Reigns) doing their dirty work until he grew a conscience, keeping together the only group to put a chink in the Authority's armor, and positioning himself as a breakout star to... being a lackey for the evil corporation, sixth on the totem pole.
If this turns into a "this guy is the future of the business" story with Rollins getting unfair title shots and the like i.e. Corporate Rock (now with 70% less charisma!) then I may get onboard. As it stands now, he just looks like he went from being #3 in the stable that's consistently beating the powers that be to being just another henchman on the losing side. |
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