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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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Over Like Rover
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Y2KoTF
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Invisible Rhyno
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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Christopher Walken on steroids?
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Best Poster
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Wrestlemania doesn't make stars. It settles feuds. After Wrestlemania the reset button is hit.
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shisen sucks all the cock
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See Savage/Steamboat from WMIII See Shawn from WM12 See Steve Austin from WM13 See Edge/Xtian dudleys and hardys from 16 & 17 See the guy who won the main event from WM20 those men became made @ mania. your stature can grow leaps and bounds on that stage and it doesn't have to come from the ME position. So you can have your CM punk sucks and your HHH sucks gimmick to irk people all you wish around here but if you think stars aren't made @ mania your opinion becomes pretty useless |
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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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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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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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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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Rock/Cena was settled.
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Best Poster
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They're eating the dogs..
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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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Is Finkle
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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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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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Angel Headed Hipster
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Over Like Rover
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Is Finkle
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Feeling Oof-y
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Mania hasn't settled feuds for years now. They must have misplaced the reset button cos Backlash/Extreme Rules has been booked around Mania rematches for the most part for years.
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"Ask him!"
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The last time a guy got "made" at WrestleMania was probably WrestleMania 22 where Mysterio won the World Title and could finally be put into the category of a World Champion. But I suppose he was "legendary" before that, so I don't know. |
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Lol awesome
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Is Finkle
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![]() IT'S OVER (Bryan still has a belt, I guess, but a different one) |
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Look at all those 2.6 ratings!
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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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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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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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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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Butt Stallion says hello
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Hey Mister!
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Shut up. You don't know.
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I know everything, bro
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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Diamond Dallas Page is my spirit animal
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Hey Mister!
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I dare you to make less sense.
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Hey Mister!
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So maybe not just a one night appearance? |
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Fuck em' this is The War
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![]() Buncha virgins. |
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I was not paying attention, was doing some DDPYoga
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yeah nah good mate
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Crowd was awesome. And seemed like Rock once again got the crowd to be completely on his side by the end of the night when earlier in the match it looked like they were favouring Punk, or at least 50/50.
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I don't really care too much about ratings (although obviously The Rock being champ is going to get more casual fans watching again), I just watch to enjoy it and be entertained and The Rock is the best entertainer in the business. I'm a big fan of Punk, he's great, probably the best all round guy they have full time, but The Rock is entertainment.
All the people crying about Punk losing his streak would've cried no matter when it ended. I'm glad it was ended by The Rock and not some other guy on the roster I don't enjoy as much. |
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