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Post by Slanted and Enchanted on Aug 18, 2013 22:02:14 GMT -5
Not sure why this is getting so much grief. I thought we all knew for at least a month what was going to go down during the Summerslam main event.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Aug 18, 2013 22:02:15 GMT -5
I was going to go to the Sept 7th house show but no because why give my money to an organization that forces two boring assholes like Orton and HHH down my throat I learned my lesson HIAC when it was in Newark
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 22:02:36 GMT -5
There are way too many less than 10 minute title reigns. There's only two for the WWE title. Andre back in 1988 and Bryan tonight. Also Cena at Elimination Chamber, in a certain sense Punk at 2011's SummerSlam, and Yokozuna.
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Post by mo on Aug 18, 2013 22:02:38 GMT -5
Ending was well done, but having to put up with Orton and HHH to watch Bryan
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 22:03:00 GMT -5
There are way too many less than 10 minute title reigns. This. I'm beyond tired of cash-ins. I'm actually intrigued where this is going but it would've been even more heelish if we didn't know someone had a briefcase that gave him an automatic title shot.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 18, 2013 22:03:01 GMT -5
I wanted and Orton/HHH heel alliance, but not like this. They should've just let Cena win, then let Orton cash in on him. All this does is add another > 1 day reign to the belt's history and needlessly pad Bryan's reign count in the event that he does get the belt back down the line. No way. This was executed as a means to majorly put Daniel Bryan over while keeping him in the chase. Bryan could still be in the chase even if he lost. All they had to do was have Bryan cut a promo about how he underestimated Cena's ability, and Cena gave him the biggest match of his life and proved that he WAS a wrestler. Cena could fade away to heal up and Bryan would still still have reason to fight the big bad WWE machine and chase the title because A BRIEFCASE?!?!?!
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Post by stealthamo on Aug 18, 2013 22:03:19 GMT -5
There are way too many less than 10 minute title reigns. There's only two for the WWE title. Andre back in 1988 and Bryan tonight. Also Yokozuna at Wrestlemania IX. And Cena at Elimination Chamber 2010. There's also the Orton/HHH reigns from No Mercy '07 which were an hour or two at best, same with Mysterio from 2 years ago.
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Post by The Portable Stove on Aug 18, 2013 22:03:20 GMT -5
I mean, if it won't be Bryan, who is it going to be? Punk got decimated against Lesnar and Heyman and is looking for revenge. Henry and the Big Show are feuding with the Shield. Ziggler's looking to get the WHC back, and so is Christian. Sheamus is injured, Cena's going to have surgery.
...oh my god.
THEY'RE GONNA ELEVATE KOFI KINGSTON
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Post by canceled4truth on Aug 18, 2013 22:03:34 GMT -5
There's only two for the WWE title. Andre back in 1988 and Bryan tonight. Also Cena at Elimination Chamber, in a certain sense Punk at 2011's SummerSlam, and Yokozuna. My memory ain't what it used to be. Still, that's what, 4 or 5 out of 120?
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Post by Marvelously Mediocre on Aug 18, 2013 22:03:53 GMT -5
It was amazing booking and the crowd were absolutely losing their shit as was I.
Pro wrestling done right.
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Post by Crimson on Aug 18, 2013 22:04:18 GMT -5
No way. This was executed as a means to majorly put Daniel Bryan over while keeping him in the chase. Bryan could still be in the chase even if he lost. All they had to do was have Bryan cut a promo about how he underestimated Cena's ability, and Cena gave him the biggest match of his life and proved that he WAS a wrestler. Cena could fade away to heal up and Bryan would still still have reason to fight the big bad WWE machine and chase the title because A BRIEFCASE?!?!?! Oh, but then people would bitch and moan over how Cena didn't "do the job."
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Post by mizerable on Aug 18, 2013 22:04:26 GMT -5
I'm so f***ing sick of these under a day champs. I'd rather have Bryan not even f***ing win.
What a waste...
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Post by Lancers on Aug 18, 2013 22:04:36 GMT -5
I will admit, if this turns out that Bryan can't get the belt off of Orton and it requires Cena to face Orton at Wrestlemania XXX....they really do hold their fans in contempt.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Aug 18, 2013 22:04:42 GMT -5
This makes more logical sense than Nash/Del Rio 2 years ago.
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Post by mizerable on Aug 18, 2013 22:05:11 GMT -5
Predictable bullshit as usual.
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Post by Sicho100 on Aug 18, 2013 22:05:16 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm not as mad as I feel I should be. Bryan beating Cena clean made the night for me. And it's not like Bryan is just gone from the title scene because of this. Cena's probably gonna tend to his elbow, so it's going to be Bryan/Orton (and McMahons) for a while. Same here. I figured this would happen (Bryan beating Cena, HHH turning, Orton cashing in). Now, hopefully, they make a sort-of Corporation that they have Bryan go through the next few months (while not getting a rematch against Orton) - say Barrett, Miz, maybe the Shield, with Vince/HHH/Maddox basically f***ing over Bryan, culminating in Bryan winning the rumble (either as the #1 in the classic "authority figure tries screwing babyface, face stills succeeds" angle, or as a surprise #30 after Vince bans him from the rumble) and then beating Orton for the belt at Mania.
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Post by Ganon83 on Aug 18, 2013 22:05:48 GMT -5
Also, remember the last guy who broke the glass ceiling? A guy called CM Punk? Anybody remember how he did it? Oh yeah, because he became anti-authority babyface after getting screwed by the boss.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 18, 2013 22:05:49 GMT -5
Bryan could still be in the chase even if he lost. All they had to do was have Bryan cut a promo about how he underestimated Cena's ability, and Cena gave him the biggest match of his life and proved that he WAS a wrestler. Cena could fade away to heal up and Bryan would still still have reason to fight the big bad WWE machine and chase the title because A BRIEFCASE?!?!?! Oh, but then people would bitch and moan over how Cena didn't "do the job." Well there was no way that this was going to go down without any bitching. I just was hoping to to see either Bryan get his happy ending, or if Orton had to cash it in, it wouldn't be at Bryan's expense and he could still win the belt down the line.
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Post by stealthamo on Aug 18, 2013 22:05:50 GMT -5
Also Cena at Elimination Chamber, in a certain sense Punk at 2011's SummerSlam, and Yokozuna. My memory ain't what it used to be. Still, that's what, 4 or 5 out of 120? There are 7 reigns (out of 114) that are less than a day long (as in losing the title the same night they won it/were rewarded it).
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Post by Crimson on Aug 18, 2013 22:05:54 GMT -5
So in other words, Punk's run was the "beta test?"
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