DjZonk
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Post by DjZonk on Mar 12, 2015 1:33:25 GMT -5
Undertaker will probably win. I can't see him losing two in a row. But there's always the chance it could happen to set up his retirement next year against Cena.
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JCBaggee
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Post by JCBaggee on Mar 12, 2015 2:05:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 2:44:32 GMT -5
I don't understand the hypocrisy of appreciating storytelling in the ring, but then pre-judging and writing off a match because of some bizarre, preconceived notion of what people think the aftermath will be. How stupid is that? Taker is a veteran storyteller and Bray Wyatt's ring psychology is clearly underrated here. They will tell a story in the match and have really cool moments we'll see in highlights for decades. Everyone just let the streak go, incase you haven't noticed, these two are VERY similar characters so the match is going to be a passing of the torch, of sorts. It's a showdown of two generations of demons. Period. Neither has to win here and neither will look bad losing. It's a spectacle no matter what and these two will sell the story better than most on the card. Goddamn. This is a dream match as far as I'm concerned and people shit all over it. Nobody will ever be pleased. First off - just because other people don't agree with you that it's a dream match doesn't mean they're unable to be pleased. Second, there's nothing hypocritical about what you're describing. Like, at all. Third, I really can't see any chance in hell the match'll be any good. Bray really isn't very good at all and has mostly had some pretty awful matches during his run with just a handful anyone's really eager to stand up and say they liked, and any times in the past five years or so Taker's faced someone who couldn't carry him - like Lesnar or the Kane feud - it's been awful. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 12, 2015 6:47:54 GMT -5
Undertaker winning, and people trying to justify it by saying "being in the ring with Undertaker is an honor" or some junk. Because it is. |
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Mar 12, 2015 7:36:02 GMT -5
Undertaker taking Bray out to the desert to ride motorcycles, but Taker making sure that Wyatt's doesn't have enough gas to get back.
Then cutting some torturous rambling promo about it.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Mar 12, 2015 7:43:51 GMT -5
I don't understand the hypocrisy of appreciating storytelling in the ring, but then pre-judging and writing off a match because of some bizarre, preconceived notion of what people think the aftermath will be. How stupid is that? Taker is a veteran storyteller and Bray Wyatt's ring psychology is clearly underrated here. They will tell a story in the match and have really cool moments we'll see in highlights for decades. Everyone just let the streak go, incase you haven't noticed, these two are VERY similar characters so the match is going to be a passing of the torch, of sorts. It's a showdown of two generations of demons. Period. Neither has to win here and neither will look bad losing. It's a spectacle no matter what and these two will sell the story better than most on the card. Goddamn. This is a dream match as far as I'm concerned and people shit all over it. Nobody will ever be pleased. Because the story around the match is bad. The only guy who's around to say anything isn't explaining his motivations, he's rambling a bunch of cool nonsense and lighting things on fire, which works when there is somebody to react to it, but there isn't. The story going into this match is "  " and generally, the best stories told in the ring work off the story out of the ring. If two guys go out there and kill it (and given Taker's showing last year and Bray being nowhere near Brock's level, that remains to be seen) for no stakes or payoff or even really purpose far as we can tell, then it hurts the investment in the match and the ability to get into it. Just because we're not as invested in a match whose reason is "because" doesn't reflect on anybody's refusal to be happy. |
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Post by ICBM on Mar 12, 2015 8:47:37 GMT -5
Undertaker winning, and people trying to justify it by saying "being in the ring with Undertaker is an honor" or some junk. Because it is. Some folks don't get it. That's ok, I didn't completely understand it when I was younger either. You don't have to win to get over or to be put over. Bret Hart put Austin over at WM 13 and Austin was unconscious. If you leave with the bullet point of Austin lost to Bret Hart,than it sounds like he was outclassed or nothing important happened except for Bret Hart winning. But if you look at how he lost than far more is gained by Austin from that match. Some people think you have to win clean as a sheet. Those folks will learn just as a lot of ushave, that that just isn't true |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 12, 2015 9:02:28 GMT -5
Some percentage of $9.99 I think.
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Dang!
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Post by Dang! on Mar 12, 2015 10:09:45 GMT -5
What if it ends in a huge shock like Undertaker's last match? What if Undertaker wins, then kills and buries the Bray Wyatt character?
I'd actually mark for that, especially if it's Undertaker's last match and he does what he does: burying people. It's not that Bray Wyatt is that great a gimmick anyway. Thoughts?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 10:32:23 GMT -5
heck man, I'm not even 100% sure about what the build up/storyline is for Taker/Wyatt so I can't even begin to speculate what the payoff would be.
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Post by bigjohnsons on Mar 12, 2015 10:53:04 GMT -5
heck man, I'm not even 100% sure about what the build up/storyline is for Taker/Wyatt so I can't even begin to speculate what the payoff would be. "undertaker man , HAHAHAHAHA , see man HAHAHA , Under...:Taker HAHAHAHAHA man" |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 10:55:07 GMT -5
heck man, I'm not even 100% sure about what the build up/storyline is for Taker/Wyatt so I can't even begin to speculate what the payoff would be. "undertaker man , HAHAHAHAHA , see man HAHAHA , Under...:Taker HAHAHAHAHA man" And that brings up something else. I think Bray does amazing work, but whether he wins or loses at WM, his reaction will be the same: "undertaker man , HAHAHAHAHA , see man HAHAHA , Under...:Taker HAHAHAHAHA man" |
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" and generally, the best stories told in the ring work off the story out of the ring. If two guys go out there and kill it (and given Taker's showing last year and Bray being nowhere near Brock's level, that remains to be seen) for no stakes or payoff or even really purpose far as we can tell, then it hurts the investment in the match and the ability to get into it. Just because we're not as invested in a match whose reason is "because" doesn't reflect on anybody's refusal to be happy.
