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Post by Legion on Jan 30, 2013 14:48:27 GMT -5
Why is Khali getting the EC chamber spot? Surely there's somebody better.... Put Alex Riley in there and give him a freaking chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They gave him several chances, including large spots as part of a high profile, nay, the high profile storyline with Cena and Miz. And he screwed up. Give Justin Gabriel a chance. The guy can do crazy flips from the cage and all sorts. Or stick with Khali. The guy who cant even f***ing walk.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 30, 2013 16:15:40 GMT -5
Why is Khali getting the EC chamber spot? Surely there's somebody better.... Put Alex Riley in there and give him a freaking chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They gave him several chances, including large spots as part of a high profile, nay, the high profile storyline with Cena and Miz. And he screwed up. Give Justin Gabriel a chance. The guy can do crazy flips from the cage and all sorts. Or stick with Khali. The guy who cant even f***ing walk. He did screw up, but he buckled down, busted his ass and improved. THAT'S why he deserves another chance. And I don't really consider jobbing in squash matches as really a high profile storyline. During Riley's run with Miz, he was always "just there" for me. It wasn't like he was given any credibility. Riley even at his current jobber status is a much more credible competitor than he was booked to be back then.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 30, 2013 16:20:40 GMT -5
They gave him several chances, including large spots as part of a high profile, nay, the high profile storyline with Cena and Miz. And he screwed up. Give Justin Gabriel a chance. The guy can do crazy flips from the cage and all sorts. Or stick with Khali. The guy who cant even f***ing walk. He hasn't had several, he's had one maybe two and I can't remember him screwing up. During the feud with Miz he was very over but the WWE failed to capitalise on that. Even after getting jobbed out Riley gets reactions. People care about him so why not push him?
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Post by Error on Jan 30, 2013 16:21:10 GMT -5
Why is Khali getting the EC chamber spot? Surely there's somebody better.... Put Alex Riley in there and give him a freaking chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They gave him several chances, including large spots as part of a high profile, nay, the high profile storyline with Cena and Miz. And he screwed up. Give Justin Gabriel a chance. The guy can do crazy flips from the cage and all sorts. Or stick with Khali. The guy who cant even f***ing walk. What's Rilley screw up? I thought he was getting a good push until he got injured and rushed back making it worse.
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Post by Sparkybob on Jan 30, 2013 16:25:45 GMT -5
Off the top of my head uhm....the DUI? the seemingly sand bagging Swagger on the gutwrench? That is the only 2 things I can think off.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 30, 2013 16:29:37 GMT -5
Off the top of my head uhm....the DUI? the seemingly sand bagging Swagger on the gutwrench? That is the only 2 things I can think off. The DUI happened long before Riley's push. Swagger stiffed Riley with an elbow and knocked him loopy prior to the gutwrench, and Riley ended up beating Swagger the following week.
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Post by Legion on Jan 30, 2013 16:31:50 GMT -5
The fall out of the Royal Rumble that meant Cena missed doing a big spot and left him sat about for ten minutes with nothing to do cos Riley wasnt there to do anything with?
Plus the previously mentioned.
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Post by Sparkybob on Jan 30, 2013 16:32:49 GMT -5
Off the top of my head uhm....the DUI? the seemingly sand bagging Swagger on the gutwrench? That is the only 2 things I can think off. The DUI happened long before Riley's push. Swagger stiffed Riley with an elbow and knocked him loopy prior to the gutwrench, and Riley ended up beating Swagger the following week. Yea but that are the only 2 things i recall that could be called screw ups. I don't know what his screw up was unless for some reason you count injuries.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 30, 2013 16:39:03 GMT -5
The DUI happened long before Riley's push. Swagger stiffed Riley with an elbow and knocked him loopy prior to the gutwrench, and Riley ended up beating Swagger the following week. Yea but that are the only 2 things i recall that could be called screw ups. I don't know what his screw up was unless for some reason you count injuries. Admittedly, his ring work was quite sloppy, although not as bad as some detractors made him out to be. However, watching recent matches, you can see that he's a much more fluid performer than he was before. He's actually great at selling, psychology, and facial expressions. And he and Swagger actually have pretty underrated chemistry. For a guy of Riley's size, he actually excels at playing the "little man" role when booked against bigger opponents.
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Post by Sparkybob on Jan 30, 2013 16:49:08 GMT -5
Yea but that are the only 2 things i recall that could be called screw ups. I don't know what his screw up was unless for some reason you count injuries. Admittedly, his ring work was quite sloppy, although not as bad as some detractors made him out to be. However, watching recent matches, you can see that he's a much more fluid performer than he was before. He's actually great at selling, psychology, and facial expressions. And he and Swagger actually have pretty underrated chemistry. For a guy of Riley's size, he actually excels at playing the "little man" role when booked against bigger opponents. I apologize because my memory is hazy for this time period, So Riley went from being part of the U.S title picture to being dropped down to the low card because they suddenly did not like his in ring abilities?
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Post by Error on Jan 30, 2013 16:57:45 GMT -5
The fall out of the Royal Rumble that meant Cena missed doing a big spot and left him sat about for ten minutes with nothing to do cos Riley wasnt there to do anything with? Plus the previously mentioned. A DUI while in FCW and an in ring accident is enough to never use someone again? Hell no wonder WWE is screwed.
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Post by Richard on Jan 30, 2013 17:33:01 GMT -5
It's not mentioned in the spoilers but supposedly they officially broke up Team Rhodes Scholars last night in their backstage segment.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 30, 2013 17:37:26 GMT -5
Off the top of my head uhm....the DUI? the seemingly sand bagging Swagger on the gutwrench? That is the only 2 things I can think off. The DUI happened long before Riley's push. Swagger stiffed Riley with an elbow and knocked him loopy prior to the gutwrench, and Riley ended up beating Swagger the following week. Yeh i sure you guys have inside info of how the sandbagging happened. Neither man have story of botches so it could go either way.
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Post by Sparkybob on Jan 30, 2013 17:40:47 GMT -5
It's not mentioned in the spoilers but supposedly they officially broke up Team Rhodes Scholars last night in their backstage segment. There run was ok. They tried to win the tag titles, failed, and now they go on there own for a while.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2013 16:07:19 GMT -5
Really wish Swagger would have came out with a new look...I still cant take wrestler Biff Tannen seriously
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Post by 543Y2J on Feb 1, 2013 18:59:28 GMT -5
Ziggler vs Del Rio is a f***ing incredible match
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Post by Steveweiser on Feb 1, 2013 19:00:11 GMT -5
Really liked Del Rio/Ziggler and Hell No/Team Wellness.
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Post by Fade on Feb 1, 2013 19:04:21 GMT -5
I thought the word was that Riley messed up by pissing off Cena Backstage.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Feb 1, 2013 19:35:39 GMT -5
I thought the word was that Riley messed up by pissing off Cena Backstage. I honestly don't believe that story. To me it seemed so random, because the story came out this past summer, and Riley was taken off of TV in Fall 2011, and was generally protected and kept winning matches until the turn of 2012. Also Cena doesn't seem like the kind of person to hold people down, and isn't Riley one of the boys who works out at Cena's gym? He doesn't complain about his spot, and looks happy whenever he comes out to the ring. Also, while Cena may have the power to say, "I don't want to work with this guy" or "I don't want to tag team with this guy", I don't think Cena has the power to say, "Demote this guy to the C-shows and make sure he hardly ever wins a match." He may have creative control over his own booking, but not anyone else's (unless it's in relation to his own).
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Post by trollrogue on Feb 2, 2013 2:30:25 GMT -5
I think it's safe to assume when you win the Royal Rumble more than once, you have some stroke with TPTB. Cena probably did have something to do with Riley not getting the torch passed onto him, especially considering the newfound faces like The Miz, ADR and Jericho all popping up lately as if to step in if/when Cena FINALLY turns heel against The Rock (I'm a true believer, don't kill my hope!)
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