FAR5222
El Dandy
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Post by FAR5222 on Mar 6, 2015 13:40:34 GMT -5
The creative team down at NXT are doing a pretty good job of making Riley seem likable and an actual face that wants revenge unlike Orton who is "trying to gain trust.... lolRKOouttaNoWhere"
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Professor Chaos
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Mar 6, 2015 13:43:21 GMT -5
I'd rather see Alex Riley vs Brock Lesnar as the WrestleMania Main Event.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 6, 2015 13:46:44 GMT -5
Shhhh
If you talk too loud, WWE's writers might notice that NXT exists and try to book it
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FAR5222
El Dandy
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Post by FAR5222 on Mar 6, 2015 13:48:20 GMT -5
Shhhh If you talk too loud, WWE's writers might notice that NXT exists and try to book it They did last night during a taping for one match.
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Mar 6, 2015 13:55:37 GMT -5
Shhhh If you talk too loud, WWE's writers might notice that NXT exists and try to book it They did last night during a taping for one match. They did a great job on Neville vs. Cesaro.
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SAJ Forth
Wade Wilson
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Post by SAJ Forth on Mar 6, 2015 14:15:34 GMT -5
This is both the usual MRLRS stuff and the lake of promo work. This match isn't helped that the only person willing to AND talented enough to put it over isn't wrestling in the match.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Mar 6, 2015 14:48:04 GMT -5
Part of the issue is that half of the main event hasn't been on tv in weeks and the one week he was supposed to show up, he decided to walk out.
I want to see what they do with Lesnar/Reigns on Monday first.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2015 14:57:10 GMT -5
I've never seen a main event of Wrestlemania booked so bad. That half-assed build to Bryan/Reigns was booked better than this.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 6, 2015 15:04:34 GMT -5
I've never seem a main event of Wrestlemania booked so bad. That half-assed build to Bryan/Reigns was booked better than this. I've never seen a WrestleMania booked this badly, much less the main event. If anything, the main event has been the best-booked aspect of the show... And that's setting the bar incredibly low.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 6, 2015 15:24:47 GMT -5
Nah, WWE knows best.
It'll be awesome!
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Post by Push R Truth on Mar 6, 2015 15:41:36 GMT -5
yeah, but Alex Riley still sucks in the end
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2015 17:25:35 GMT -5
I think the bigger issue is that they're not building towards PPVs anymore. Why bother trying to build an amazing card for WM when what they're REALLY selling now is the Network and house show tickets.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 6, 2015 17:29:00 GMT -5
I think the bigger issue is that they're not building towards PPVs anymore. Why bother trying to build an amazing card for WM when what they're REALLY selling now is the Network and house show tickets. At this point those two things are one in the same. They have all this material for the network but figure the average fan will buy the Network solely for the ability to buy PPVs for cheap. Unfortunately WWE has rationalized that since these shows are cheap, they don't have to put as much effort into them and will use the lower price of PPVs to justify putting on poor quality shows
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Post by bmfjules on Mar 6, 2015 17:35:45 GMT -5
I've never seem a main event of Wrestlemania booked so bad. That half-assed build to Bryan/Reigns was booked better than this. I've never seen a WrestleMania booked this badly, much less the main event. If anything, the main event has been the best-booked aspect of the show... And that's setting the bar incredibly low. It wasn't THE main event but Bret vs. Vince was amazingly botched. They took the hottest, most organic "fall in your lap" kind of reality angle you could get and then imposed their "storytelling" on it and in a manner of weeks it went from one of the most talked about matches (even if it never was going to be a good match mind you) in recent memory to a complete afterthought.
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Jeff Mangum PI
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Jeff Mangum PI on Mar 6, 2015 17:45:47 GMT -5
Now I would love to see A-Ry squash Roman Reigns.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2015 23:25:47 GMT -5
Problem is the three main events of Lesnar vs. Reigns, HHH vs. Sting, and Wyatt vs. Undertaker is just a series of one guy cutting promo's by himself. Hell the entire build up of Wyatt vs. Undertaker is literally Bray Wyatt talking to himself. No Undertaker returning teases, no vignettes, no Bray Wyatt causing chaos in the ring it's just literally one guy talking to himself.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Mar 6, 2015 23:48:35 GMT -5
Problem is the three main events of Lesnar vs. Reigns, HHH vs. Sting, and Wyatt vs. Undertaker is just a series of one guy cutting promo's by himself. Hell the entire build up of Wyatt vs. Undertaker is literally Bray Wyatt talking to himself. No Undertaker returning teases, no vignettes, no Bray Wyatt causing chaos in the ring it's just literally one guy talking to himself. Another problem is that it's a heat vacuum. I mean John Cena, Daniel Bryan (even though he was out most of the year, the parts he were there were over), and Seth Rollins are the biggest segments for the past year since last Mania, with Dolph, Ryback, Russev being the hottest things picking up steam and they are all just there. Wyatt maybe really good but he's not set the year on fire. Roman is the best case since early Randy Orton of death by booking. Have you invested the last year in WWE? Well here enjoy the Andre Battle Royal and try not to think about what happened after last years. The big main event payoff for a year of getting into the product is hoping the MITB case makes an appearance.
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StuntGranny®
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Post by StuntGranny® on Mar 6, 2015 23:56:38 GMT -5
I think the bigger issue is that they're not building towards PPVs anymore. Why bother trying to build an amazing card for WM when what they're REALLY selling now is the Network and house show tickets. Unfortunately WWE has rationalized that since these shows are cheap, they don't have to put as much effort into them and will use the lower price of PPVs to justify putting on poor quality shows I may end up being very wrong (And I probably will), but this is going to come back to bite them in the ass eventually. I would like to think that the majority will get real sick of shows that range from 'f***ing sewer garbage' to 'Painfully mediocre'. As a lifelong wrestling fan, I find it all pretty depressing. WrestleMania is always exciting, but not this year. In my lifetime, I can't think of one other WrestleMania that was more unappealing. The only things I find remotely intriguing would be Sting's first WWE match and how much the crowd will shit on Roman Reigns.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Mar 7, 2015 0:56:41 GMT -5
Problem is the three main events of Lesnar vs. Reigns, HHH vs. Sting, and Wyatt vs. Undertaker is just a series of one guy cutting promo's by himself. Hell the entire build up of Wyatt vs. Undertaker is literally Bray Wyatt talking to himself. No Undertaker returning teases, no vignettes, no Bray Wyatt causing chaos in the ring it's just literally one guy talking to himself. HEY, it's not just Wyatt talking to himself...he's also building caskets, sitting in caskets & burning caskets while talking to himself.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2015 1:15:20 GMT -5
Problem is the three main events of Lesnar vs. Reigns, HHH vs. Sting, and Wyatt vs. Undertaker is just a series of one guy cutting promo's by himself. Hell the entire build up of Wyatt vs. Undertaker is literally Bray Wyatt talking to himself. No Undertaker returning teases, no vignettes, no Bray Wyatt causing chaos in the ring it's just literally one guy talking to himself. The match at WM should be Undertaker just standing there in the corner while Bray beats himself up.
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