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Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
We're talking about bringing back an incredibly iconic event like Starrcade, not some random house show.

WWE didn't air the Last Throw At The Joe which had its own merchandise and Brock showing up. The Starrcade card looks kinda bad tbh. When thyink of Starrcade you think of guys like Magnum TA Road Warriors Dusty Flair Chief Wahoo.. a taser..WCW kinda killed off Starrcade after Goldbeg lost.

If WWE really wanted to capitalize on a WCW property, they would call the Smackdown on Halloween, Halloween Havoc or call the live events during the summer The Great American Bash (another tour that turned into a ppv)
 
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I know that Cena vs Orton image is handpicked to make people upset but

Let's just go back to Alberto/Sheamus to be happy. Now that was a good image.

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THE GUY

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HHH has honestly been focused on making stars by putting them over him (with the exception of Stang, obviously...)

He's doing his part.
Definitely.

I enjoy his presence for that reason. He's so much better at character work now than he ever was 15 years ago. More confident and comfortable. That's experience.

I just think he needs to go back to sub-20 minute matches and stop working old school. You can put on great matches that feel epic that are only 17 or 18 minutes. It's a thing. And he's obviously good at working the story of the feud when he wants to.

Batista/HHH is a great example of that. Feud was all about whether HHH would be able to use his wrestling skills to tame his wild student. Match began with Triple H taking the fight to Batista, only to be overwhelmed, busted open, and destroyed.

The man has a good eye for storytelling. But I feel since he's now part-time, he sometimes ignores the story of the feud in the match to put on the match he likes. And since he's a huge fan of traditional wrestling, that's where he ends up going.
 

somedevil

Member
Hey, hey....Chill. Chill out. Let's turn back while we can.


Gotcha. All I did was look at her Twitter profile and wonder why she wasn't covering something...better.

Well one of her stories was on a soccer player while shaving his legs led to a injury and him missing a game.
 
Holy shit, this is what happened on SD tonight?

Fucking christ.

What the fuck?! That is fucking egregious.

Remember when R-Truth had a top of the card heel run and came out to no entrance music?

I actually kind of dug it



Wait this shit actually happened?


it was "you always rook the same" as the exact line, using the same same titantron video expression him over and over again, along with the Singh brothers with Saturday morning cartoon levels of exaggerations for hysterically laughing at all this
 
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sometimes i forget how much they tried to make del rio a thing

Honestly, he is a thing, and he was a "big thing, real quick" if I remember that story that WWE fucked up posting him on their site early on.

He's a great talent, honestly.
 

Mahonay

Banned
Sheamus vs Christian was a match up that happened a lot when I got back into watching WWE in 2013. But those matches were great.
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Bronx-Man

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Miz and Truth tbh
Eh, they didn’t have that much time to establish themselves. M&M were on top of the tag division for like a year.

You know I’m right, Sunny.

The thing is that they actually had some personality thanks to the Dirt Sheet and everything. I feel like most tag teams are just uninteresting because they're just 2 guys you barely hear talking.
Yep. Plus they just felt like natural friends, like I can buy these guys as a well-oiled machine instead of just 2 dudes randomly paired up.
 
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League of Nations could have been a great thing but then Wade Barruh decided to leave. :(
 

Mahonay

Banned
League of Nations could have been a great thing but then Wade Barruh decided to leave. :(
When they shifted over to being "The Lads" they got good. But yeah, then Barrett left right after.
Honestly, he is a thing, and he was a "big thing, real quick" if I remember that story that WWE fucked up posting him on their site early on.

He's a great talent, honestly.
When he decides to care.

Or to show up, at all.
 
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You know I’m right, Sunny.

Yep. Plus they just felt like natural friends, like I can buy these guys as a well-oiled machine instead of just 2 dudes randomly paired up.

Yknow, you're mostly right. I wouldn't say they're one of the best, but they had clear characters (two shitheads) and were good at it.

I remember when the brand split broke them up, we all assumed that was it for Miz. Who knew?
 

THE GUY

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Sheamus vs Christian was a match up that happened a lot when I got back into watching WWE in 2013. But those matches were great.
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I always liked Christian more than Edge. Sucked when he decided to leave in 2005.

Felt Edge relied on heat magnets like Lita and Vickie way too much. Got real bored of his gimmick by 2007. Still shocked he managed to get 6 world title reigns, let alone 11 or whatever stupid number he ended up at. Dark days those were.
 
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Ok, I'm back to thinking her boss hates her lol.



Finishing up Raw, and I know I probably say this every week, but Elias is amazing.

He's doing a hell of a lot better than I expected him to do on the main roster. Really enjoying him, and his catchphrase is pretty great as well.
 

Mahonay

Banned
I always liked Christian more than Edge. Sucked when he decided to leave in 2005.

Felt Edge relied on heat magnets like Lita and Vickie way too much. Got real bored of his gimmick by 2007. Still shocked he managed to get 6 world title reigns, let alone 11 or whatever stupid number he ended up at. Dark days those were.
I mean they still throw title changes around constantly. Just look at the Women's division right now. They're all like 5 time champs after 2 years.

Unless you're Jinder Mahal. Then you get to keep your title no matter what.
 
I just caught up on SD. Why the heck did they debut Rooooooo in nothing matches when the hours they're devoting to Ziggler in order to bore the shit out of the audience whilst he whines is probably going to lead to Rooooooooooo's first feud?

Also, blatant racism...
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean they still throw title changes around constantly. Just look at the Women's division right now. They're all like 5 time champs after 2 years.

Unless you're Jinder Mahal. Then you get to keep your title no matter what.

They kind of slowed it down a lot with the world titles. At least since the late 2000s where you'd win it at the PPV and lose it on Raw the next night.
 

Zach

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Christian and Edge were both okay. I wouldn't want either as my world champion, though.

P.S. The Hardyz were better in the Attitude Era, I don't care what THE INTERNET says.
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Imagine if Nak doesn't win the belt at HIAC after that promo

HHH/Booker 2.0

At this point there's nobody left on SD to take it off him so I can only assume Nak is going over and that the match will probably be in the Cell. Orton lost to Mahal a billion times (plus Orton put Nak over), Styles has the US title, Owens is already a heel and stuck with Shane for a bit (unless he comes out of this face somehow).

After that you pretty much need implausible scenarios like Sami Zayn getting world title shots. After they already gave Nak clean wins over Cena and Orton.
 

Mahonay

Banned
At this point there's nobody left on SD to take it off him. Orton lost to Mahal a billion times, Styles has the US title, Owens is already a heel and stuck with Shane for a bit (unless he comes out of this face somehow).

After that you pretty much need implausible scenarios like Sami Zayn getting world title shots.
Mahal will feud with Sami next and call him a Jihadist.
 
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Apparently they didn't upload Jinder's promo to Youtube

How fucking convenient

How convenient, nobody will ever be able to track it down if they didn't upload it to Youtube
 
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