08-21-2018, 10:01 PM | #161 |
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Main event was really great.
Pretty much night and day the difference between Smackdown's great tag division and RAW's joke of a division. |
08-21-2018, 10:03 PM | #162 | |
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I did hear something about Harper doing a horror film role or something? Maybe Vince didn't like his deal in that? Vince has always been funny with guys doing movies and that sort of thing. But now he's back and getting a "push." Like, he's winning all his matches and has been a champion since WrestleMania. It's just...cold. Something feels odd about it. Like, TV main or not this week, The Bludgeon Brothers don't feel emphasized. Maybe it's just a symptom of the company? |
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08-21-2018, 10:04 PM | #163 |
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Came in here to post that I Becky Lynch
Was a hot segment |
08-21-2018, 11:14 PM | #164 |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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08-21-2018, 11:19 PM | #165 | |
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But for $10 I've never once felt like I was wasting my money. |
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08-22-2018, 12:11 AM | #166 | |
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I disagree with one thing - it isn't carny. Carny would be better than this. At least with carny, there is the pretense of wrestling. This is bad television loosely disguised as wrestling. WWE is more interested in creating Hollywood stars and spin-off shows that it forgot how the guys who became Hollywood stars got popular enough to do so. |
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08-22-2018, 12:19 AM | #167 | |
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He desires mainstream appeal, but he doesn't want his guys getting mainstream appeal UNLESS he has an active hand in it. Ziggler was initally discouraged from doing his comedy thing and potenial acting on the side, but when it came time to do that one WWE cop movie (he wasn't bad, either... just... the movie itself wasn't great. Kane did rule as the police chief, though), they were all over that. He prob'ly could've found better roles on his own. Hell, he prob'ly did and had to turn them down because they weren't company approved. |
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08-22-2018, 05:15 AM | #168 | |
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08-22-2018, 07:17 AM | #169 |
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damn. sounds like i missed a good show.
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08-22-2018, 08:00 AM | #170 |
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Becky was giving such a great promo until she did the cheap heat stuff.
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08-22-2018, 08:30 AM | #171 |
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When did Rowan get injured?
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08-22-2018, 08:45 AM | #172 |
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08-22-2018, 02:45 PM | #173 |
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08-22-2018, 02:54 PM | #174 |
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Bob Roode is a face
Bex Lynch is a heel Strange booking |
08-22-2018, 03:06 PM | #175 |
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08-22-2018, 03:12 PM | #176 |
Inno Knows.
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08-22-2018, 03:17 PM | #177 |
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WWE goes out of their way to do the opposite of what the crowd wants. This should come as a surprise to nobody.
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08-22-2018, 03:18 PM | #178 |
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My favorite heel turn of probably the last decade was Enzo Amore. Didn't change a thing about his character or promos just continued to act like himself and let the fans organically turn on him.
No one would dislike a Face vs Face match. Becky can just be super frustrated against Charlotte (and maybe show some heel tendencies? I dunno she was super over as a face on tuesday). |
08-22-2018, 03:32 PM | #179 |
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08-22-2018, 06:05 PM | #180 | |
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The new People's Champion, The Beck ended up being a ratings draw this week.
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08-23-2018, 06:42 AM | #181 |
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This is absolutely insane though. Not surprising, haha, but insane.
This is like trying to turn Daniel Bryan heel against Roman Reigns. Maybe not to that extreme, but it's clearly an insane idea that is asking people to walk their emotions to their opposite conclusions. And their logic. The logic of the turn isn't the thing that offends me. I don't care if a heel is right or wrong in their actions. It can be all about how someone acts. But it's the emotional lack of sense that is just flabbergasting. That being said, if this is used to make Becky the babyface and Charlotte is the entitled heel then this could sneak up on people brilliantly. But yeah, it's probably not good for Charlotte, who is who they want it to be good for. In a weird sort of way, even though she's not a heel, think of Ronda Rousey like heel Triple H in 2004/2005. Think of Charlotte as babyface Randy Orton. Becky Lynch is Batista. That's the only way that this is going to work out good for any of them. But they don't want that, and they know longer feel like they have to adapt their plans. So we'll see what this does to women's wrestling. Hey, equality -- it's got the right to be as detested and rejected as the men's. |
08-23-2018, 12:49 PM | #182 |
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The thing is that it doesn't matter. At all. They can tell the stories they want and it doesn't make a difference. It literally comes down to Vince's whim and his goals.
He looks at Roman and he goes "THE BIG DOG" and will stop at nothing until Roman is everything he wants him to be. Same goes for Charlotte. Same goes for Becky. He doesn't like her that much, therefore she's now heel because she was never going to be a top face as she doesn't fit his image. |