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Post by Swarm on Jun 17, 2007 12:16:23 GMT -5
I hate the pick but after careful consideration...are they rewarding him for his devotion and loyalty to the business by putting him on RAW, the live show, the top show, for his last days in the ring? Kind of like they did with Flair...
I imagine he will be popular with the live crowd and have to wonder if this is a gesture by Vince we are overlooking.
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Post by anticonscience on Jun 17, 2007 12:22:39 GMT -5
we'll see his "reward" when he loses to Snitsky in 20 seconds this Monday, 30 seconds to UUUUUMAGA next Monday, and then the following weekend to Johnny Nitro on Heat
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Post by Secret Clown on Jun 17, 2007 12:23:09 GMT -5
Or it's so he can be put on Heat and forgotten about
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Post by Free Hat on Jun 17, 2007 12:23:23 GMT -5
I don't know. To be honest, I can't think of anything for him to actually do on Raw. I see him just getting squashed in the midcard on a weekly basis.
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Post by Old School Heel mark4Morishima on Jun 17, 2007 12:24:10 GMT -5
That's probably part of it.
Also, Sandman can't really wrestle much anymore, so probably it's part of the "addition by subtraction" strategy for ECW.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jun 17, 2007 12:24:18 GMT -5
Well, A-Train and Chuck Palumbo got drafted to Raw a few years ago via a draft like this, and they were Heat Bound and released.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jun 17, 2007 12:26:06 GMT -5
I'd like to stay positive and think that they have some plan for Sandman on Raw seeing as the guy still gets a pop from the crowd, but I seriously just think he's going to Raw as a jobber. Especially with Viscera gone.
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Post by EJS on Jun 17, 2007 12:29:05 GMT -5
Sandman and Eugene. A wacky odd couple tag team that competes exclusively on Heat.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jun 17, 2007 12:53:19 GMT -5
Sadly, I do see Sandman doing alot of jobs in the future. I honestly think alot of these guys are being brought to RAW to be overcome the odds fodder for Cena. However, Sandman could get involved in a feud with Orton, which might be fun.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 17, 2007 12:57:15 GMT -5
I hate the pick but after careful consideration...are they rewarding him for his devotion and loyalty to the business by putting him on RAW, the live show, the top show, for his last days in the ring? Kind of like they did with Flair... I imagine he will be popular with the live crowd and have to wonder if this is a gesture by Vince we are overlooking. If that were true, then Tommy would be there right beside him, since he's been as loyal to the business as Sandman, and has been with the company longer. I know you hate the guy, but is this incorrect? |
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Post by Swarm on Jun 17, 2007 13:00:51 GMT -5
I hate the pick but after careful consideration...are they rewarding him for his devotion and loyalty to the business by putting him on RAW, the live show, the top show, for his last days in the ring? Kind of like they did with Flair... I imagine he will be popular with the live crowd and have to wonder if this is a gesture by Vince we are overlooking. If that were true, then Tommy would be there right beside him, since he's been as loyal to the business as Sandman, and has been with the company longer. I know you hate the guy, but is this incorrect? No you are right. This makes sense. RAW just took Davari so unless they plan to push him like they pushed Hassan and not back down I don'rt get what the smurf is going on with this. Londrick and Dyksta - GREAT PICKS. After that...meh... |
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Jun 17, 2007 13:02:54 GMT -5
Sandman and Eugene. A wacky odd couple tag team that competes exclusively on Heat. lol, funny you should say that. a friend of mine put them together in EWR along with superdragon and they were actually pretty over. |
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 17, 2007 13:08:15 GMT -5
Sandman and Eugene. A wacky odd couple tag team that competes exclusively on Heat. lol, funny you should say that. a friend of mine put them together in EWR along with superdragon and they were actually pretty over. It makes sense. After all, Sandman caned Eugene to hell for being everythign that ECW was against... Waitaminit, that makes NO SMRUFING SENSE!! ;D |
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Jun 17, 2007 13:09:35 GMT -5
lol, funny you should say that. a friend of mine put them together in EWR along with superdragon and they were actually pretty over. It makes sense. After all, Sandman caned Eugene to hell for being everythign that ECW was against... Waitaminit, that makes NO SMRUFING SENSE!! ;D if I remember correctly, he told me that they all had like a cult gimmick since sandman became a born again in his game. |
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 17, 2007 13:11:35 GMT -5
If that were true, then Tommy would be there right beside him, since he's been as loyal to the business as Sandman, and has been with the company longer. I know you hate the guy, but is this incorrect? No you are right. This makes sense. RAW just took Davari so unless they plan to push him like they pushed Hassan and not back down I don'rt get what the smurf is going on with this. Londrick and Dyksta - GREAT PICKS. After that...meh... It seems like a lot of the guys getting picked are getting picked to be fed to the brand's respective champions more than giving them a shot at standing out. Holly will get his shot because he's so far up McMahon's ass, and Kenny and Miz could be developed to be midcard talent, but won't get anywhere because of their size. I think the only reason they brought Londrick over is just so they can feud with the Hardys, and because they have the stronger tag division. But I wouldn't expect a lot of wins for them in the future. |
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 17, 2007 13:12:52 GMT -5
It makes sense. After all, Sandman caned Eugene to hell for being everythign that ECW was against... Waitaminit, that makes NO SMRUFING SENSE!! ;D if I remember correctly, he told me that they all had like a cult gimmick since sandman became a born again in his game. Ha ha, that would be great. |
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Post by jzbadblood on Jun 17, 2007 13:14:15 GMT -5
Sandman IS ECW. This doesn't make sense to me, but I'm hoping for a push or at least give the guy a spot on the midcard to have garbage matches every week like in WCW.
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Post by leemir on Jun 17, 2007 13:49:19 GMT -5
Sandman is a reaction type of wrestler (if that makes any sense) He is kinda useless for matches & ECW was based on matches. On RAW he come out & do stuff besides wrestle & get his reactions.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jun 17, 2007 14:08:07 GMT -5
I like Sandman's wrestling. Ok, well, he's not a refined wrestler, but he's entertaining as hell to watch. And despite being jobbed out, he's over.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Jun 17, 2007 14:13:37 GMT -5
Sandman's on Raw now? Where've I been? you're not the only one. what the hell is going on. guess i missed the draft. i'll go check to see what else is going on then i'll fully respond. Did you guys think about Sandman tagging with Cena for a couple of matches. Talk about bizarro world. You'd mark deep down inside though. |
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