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Trickster Demon
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raw was pretty boring...I think The OC killed the crowd at the top of the show and they struggled to get them back the whole time
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Minus The OC sounds like a good show.... still don't watch it cause just the sheer amount of time that it takes... and I may just be crazy..... but WWE seeming pretty good lately... might start tuning in to more PPVs outside of WM/Rumble.....
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Feeling Oof-y
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If you’re going to add anyone to that group, you could do worse than Flair.
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Trickster Demon
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The PPVs pretty much always deliver so that's a safe bet
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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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No thread, so I will post here.
There goes Mr. MITB. Theory buried. Absolutely buried. And now he has no contract to hold over people. Womp wwaaaaahhhhhhhh. |
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Shelly Martinez = Ratings
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I'll probably watch it tomorrow but I'm trying to imagine the commentary team having to act super excited about Theory using MITB on the US title.
Bleak. |
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Trickster Demon
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He didn't even need to cash in, it was an open challenge, it made no sense.
His MITB wasn't expiring tomorrow, they still had months and months to go |
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eh, they're not missing anything. give him something else to do.
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It's a blood match!
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Is Triple H giving Theory "HHH post curtain call" style treatment for some reason? As some kind of a fuck you to Vince, but also perhaps a challenge to Theory to see if he can overcome like The Game did?
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It's a blood match!
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Can we be honest about Austin Theory for a minute though?
Dude can go in the ring, there's no question. Beyond his "A-Town Down" (which makes no fucking sense for him btw, or how he uses it) what was he? Sounded like he was young and had accolades. Moving on........ I feel as though the MITB Briefcase was weighing him down, and he was always going to be known "as that guy". He definitely has something, but personally, his gimmick grew stale ages ago. He has the potential to be really damn good (longevity wise), let's see what happens. |
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Feeling Oof-y
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I suppose it’s them getting it out of the way but bleh. Also can’t believe they brought the 24/7 Championship back, thought that had been totally forgotten about. Also, HHH with that TK surprise debut booking again.
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I think it’s a deliberate ploy. There wasn’t any room for Theory to cash in on a main eventer and succeed. You could have had him use it in NXT, lose the briefcase or sell it to someone, but I think they’re playing with the meta of how people think about Austin Theory. The internet is self-destructing over how talented and misused he is now.
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RIP SABU
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RIP SABU
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He cashed in and lost a match for the U.S. Championship against Seth “Freakin’ ”Rollins in the main event of RAW, ya ninny.
Also, lest we forget, there was a certain superstar by the name of Damien Sandow who lost his cash-in match as well. |
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Theory could have been targeted by Sami Zayn, looking to get the briefcase out of play for Roman. Could have added a new tool to play with in The Bloodline storyline. JBL could have paid Theory for the shot. Corbin could have then cashed it in and lost (again). You didn’t have to have him cash in and lose himself. But I guess the point is to have him do something stupid on purpose, and it’s pretty clear they want the briefcase out of play. |
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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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Should have taken the shot on Bron and won so they could bring Bron up to the main roster instead.
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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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Or hell, like Noid said, sell it to someone. Cameron Grimes maybe, and have him cash in on Bron instead. Then again Cameron is rumored for the main roster as well so I wouldn't be surprised if he comes up and joins JBL/Corbin at this point either. Seems like that would be a good fit for him.
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The way it actually happened makes more sense than some of the sensationalist respones I read made it seem. But there was a window to make something more out of it and still use Theory the same way.
I’d have been down for him as NXT Champion. I’ve liked the idea of putting him together with Alpha Academy officially and putting Mandy Rose in the group too. You could have them dominate NXT. Eventually Theory starts smooching up to Mandy and Otis gets jealous. You also have the thing where Theory cashed in MITB successfully whereas Otis didn’t. Throw Damon Kemp or a heel Apollo Crews into the Academy and you could have built to a War Games between them and Bron Breakker, Wes Lee & The Creeds. |
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You know that’s right
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I just think it’s funny he used his contract to challenge for a title on a guy who was currently issuing open challenges for his title.
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That part was stupid. Should have just been a scheduled match.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Well I think the idea was that he is cashing it in after the champ was beat up and vulnerable, at a time where, theoretically, the champ would not be accepting open challenges.
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RIP SABU
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Anyway, I kinda think keeping him in NXT would be the right call for now. Let the poor guy have at least a transitional NXT Championship run as a thank you, then call him up. |
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king of sucks
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whoops
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Feeling Oof-y
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Totally missed that they literally binned the 24/7 belt.
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