Woody Invincible
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Shane McMahon returns to the WWE
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LyleLanley
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9 H's?
serenewarfare
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Guys, that Ticketmaster listing has been that way since December. Are we really thinking WWE has had some grand story with Shane planned out for that long?
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
He's gonna team up with the Undertaker and together they will take WWE from Vince' hands. Watch Taker lay down in the ring and let Shane pin him and then all hell breaks lose.
Liquidsnake
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Deleted member 47027
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So, "Part 2." Because it worked out so well the first time.Invasion
It was cool until Stephanie brought it down. Then again, she's been doing that for close to two decades now.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Yes?
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Deleted member 47027
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proof?
UberTag
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Man, there's a lot of marking out happening in this thread, isn't there? I'm not buying any of this. Not buying a brand split. Not buying an invasion redux. Not buying a return to the Attitude era (despite last night's F-bombs and blood capsules). Not buying any bold changes post-Mania (i.e. commentary being any better than garbage).
I am buying the idea that Shane could win the match while secretly being aligned with Triple H and Steph to get Vince off TV again because Vince likes to be written off TV in grand fashion; not that it ever matters because he won't leave gorilla and his TV persona is pretty much the one thing he still excels at.
I am buying the idea that Shane could win the match while secretly being aligned with Triple H and Steph to get Vince off TV again because Vince likes to be written off TV in grand fashion; not that it ever matters because he won't leave gorilla and his TV persona is pretty much the one thing he still excels at.
serenewarfare
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Both the guy who found that and posted it on Reddit and people in the comments of that post have said it has been that way for a while. The guy who posted it says he thought it was a typo when he saw it in December. Of course that guy could be lying, but he's the one who posted it, so why lie?
The Albatross
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Shane is going to align himself with and then turn on Roman, guys.
Brian_FETO
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December was 2 months ago lol
NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS
NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS
UberTag
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Will that finally get "The Big Dog" over? Will we finally cheer him then? I mean, it worked for Dwayne, right? It has to work for Roman.
Roman is going to turn heel and join Shane to create the newest world order.
Marvel
could never
serenewarfare
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Considering that was prior to Cena being hurt and Undertaker having to find a new opponent, and the fact that the Shane deal was made a few weeks ago, the idea that they knew this would happen in December seems extremely unlikely.
Brian_FETO
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I wasn't aware that the Shane deal happened that recently but the idea that 8 weeks is too far to start planning a potentially huge angle seems kinda crazy. The match itself could have been more recent if that's the case
serenewarfare
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Modern main-roster WWE lives by the idea of booking everything on the fly and rewriting shit at the last minute. Hell, one of the biggest angles they've done the past few years was the breakup of the SHIELD, which had months and months of fallout, and that was based on a decision made the afternoon before Raw where they just decided "why don't we breakup the SHIELD?"
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He has given you the good and the bad. Give him credit.
FreeMufasa
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They looks like pinheads
VanquishUK
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Was this the most shocking return in recent memory? Usually returns are leaked prior to the show.
BronsonLee
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I wasn't even watching and I shit a brick from the Twitter fallout
That caught EVERYONE off guard
The fact no one knew it was happening makes that a yes.
Lakershead22
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I was watching and completely caught me off guard. I lived it!
ThreePiMatt
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
It wasn't supposed to break at all, that was not a planned part of the match. They made their way up there and Shane suddenly said "throw me through that glass." It took more than one suplex because the glass wasn't breakaway glass and Angle didn't throw him hard enough to break it the first time.To be fair the glass was supposed to break, don't worry though, they got it right immediately after.
TemplaerDude
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I would bet that they've had this Shane thing planned out for as long as they were airing those Vincent K McMahon award promos.
So a week.
To be fair unless someone is harassing you, there is no need to no follow your brother/someone important in your company (Kayfabe)
Will be way different if she said "I'm so glad to see my brother back"
CreeperBlocks
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OK, now this is getting weirder.
Are we getting Another Brand Split?
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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And then Angle suplexes him into a second pane and it doesn't break... so he just tosses him head first through it.To be fair the glass was supposed to break, don't worry though, they got it right immediately after.
Probably Sting.
Pretty sure that was leaked as well. I remember people were expecting him at Survivor Series.
BreezyLimbo
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It would make sense if Shane beats Undertaker.
It would be Vince self-inserting himself into Shane and making him into a Mary Sue.
It would be Vince self-inserting himself into Shane and making him into a Mary Sue.
It was still shocking though.
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CliffyB's Cock Holster
With all the new arrivals they have lined up for NXT, its not hard to see where they could get the talent for a new "Invasion" angle.
Actually I guess a "Civil War" angle, because I suspect the best way to mount it in a post kayfabe-era is not to worry about who's the heel and who's the babyface faction.
For example in main-roster product HHH is a solid heel as always, whereas from the NXT angle he's Paul Levesque the mastermind of the hottest new brand in wrestling for years.
Its kind of messed up with HHH and Steph being married, as really if you looked at it in pure storytelling terms, Steph is the natural successor to Evil Vince. Whereas if you were to try and fold-in NXT talents, HHH would be more of a tweener.
Its frustrating really, they have so much talent and opportunity at their disposal, and yet they've never really gotten to grips with how to package the promotion post-kayfabe. The fundamental issue being that its no longer possible for them to pick a new "top guy" without blow-back from fans who feel like their favourites are being overlooked.
As Jim Cornette noted, traditionally the promotion is always babyface as they needed to be seen as serving the audience's interests. Whereas in main-product WWE the promotion is always "heel", which involves a convoluted double-game of antagonizing the audience in product, whilst trying to keep the product popular somehow with the same fans.
Actually I guess a "Civil War" angle, because I suspect the best way to mount it in a post kayfabe-era is not to worry about who's the heel and who's the babyface faction.
For example in main-roster product HHH is a solid heel as always, whereas from the NXT angle he's Paul Levesque the mastermind of the hottest new brand in wrestling for years.
Its kind of messed up with HHH and Steph being married, as really if you looked at it in pure storytelling terms, Steph is the natural successor to Evil Vince. Whereas if you were to try and fold-in NXT talents, HHH would be more of a tweener.
Its frustrating really, they have so much talent and opportunity at their disposal, and yet they've never really gotten to grips with how to package the promotion post-kayfabe. The fundamental issue being that its no longer possible for them to pick a new "top guy" without blow-back from fans who feel like their favourites are being overlooked.
As Jim Cornette noted, traditionally the promotion is always babyface as they needed to be seen as serving the audience's interests. Whereas in main-product WWE the promotion is always "heel", which involves a convoluted double-game of antagonizing the audience in product, whilst trying to keep the product popular somehow with the same fans.
The part of wrestling that can't be called fake.
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