Bray Wyatt has back injury? *Update: Already back in action

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Mar 16, 2016 21:31:38 GMT -5 Doctor Of Style said:

Mar 16, 2016 20:03:10 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

More than any other year, this one should show the benefits of giving guys some sort of off-season.

I'd give everyone on the roster 2-3 months time off a year, just not everyone at once. Rotate people in and out, give them a break physically and mentally. It might help some acts not feel so stale, with absence making the heart grow fonder and/or minor tweaking of the character when they return.

Is the best way to do it. Give everyone a month or two off in a steady rotation on a set schedule, with room for tweaks to that schedule if needed but still with an assurance that at some point when manageable the person will get the time off, then make the time around Mania the all-hands-on-deck period of the year.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Mar 16, 2016 20:48:44 GMT -5 @tacticalsneakman said:

Mar 16, 2016 20:03:10 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

More than any other year, this one should show the benefits of giving guys some sort of off-season.

Damn right. The WWE style could be the safest on the planet and it wouldn't matter worth a damn if you had guys still working the hellacious schedule that they do.

Idk about an off season, but they should honestly cut that schedule a bit.

- Cut back on house shows. Maybe 1-2 every other week instead of three shows every week.
- Use more of the roster so that the top guys aren't carrying such a heavy workload. People like Sandow and Fandango can fill time on the shows so that bigger, more valuable guys don't have to work as long.
- Stop trying to shoehorn every over act onto every single show.

[Milkman Norm]

I liked Brain Zane's idea rotating the roster so you stagger the time off. An off season would really hurt them but it's clear they need to do something.

[Hobby Drifter]

Mar 16, 2016 20:59:54 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

I don't think any wrestler would really give up a Mania payday because they're salty about not going over.

HI, Colt Cabana.

[sonofblaine]

Wonder if we've seen the last of his spider walk.

[Joe Neglia]

Mar 16, 2016 22:27:38 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

I liked Brain Zane's idea rotating the roster so you stagger the time off. An off season would really hurt them but it's clear they need to do something.

Staggered leaves are something I've been advocating on here for a good while now. A complete off-season would kill the company.

[Psy]

Seriously though, hope he can get through this without surgery. Back pain is f***ing terrible.

[ManInGauze]

And nothing of value was lost.

Definitely not wishing injury on anyone, but I'm more than happy to have a couple of months without that bearded loser.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Every time he does the upside down spider walk, it's really just him trying to crack his back.

[Dean-o]

This is the end result of years of such terrible booking and production. The dudes are killing each other in the ring trying to salvage the product, but they can only take so much with such a hectic schedule.

[Push R Truth]

Don't worry guys, even if he's hurt long term he'll still travel to cut promos and babble about inane shit while Harper goes and wrestles his balls off.


We probably won't be able to even tell the difference.

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Mar 17, 2016 2:23:42 GMT -5 DZ: WF Legacy said:

Every time he does the upside down spider walk, it's really just him trying to crack his back.

That kind of bending is terrible for your back. I doubt it's the cause because he doesn't do it often, but that's something he absolutely shouldn't be doing right now.

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Meltzer said this today

"The back injury, I'm not sure but uh it's not super serious but it's serious enough that he couldn't work over the weekend but I don't think it's that bad that he's going to be out for any kind of lengthy period of time and they still, the plans for Bray for the Summer and Fall are pretty big. He's supposed to do something with Lesnar at one point, he's still to do something with Roman Reigns again, they're supposed to go back to that, so there's big plans. It sounds like Bray's going to be the top heel down the line and that hasn't changed"

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, man I hate any and every Wyatt plan.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

I can't wait for him to attack Roman Reigns randomly and for creepy and vague reasons...

or he'll suddenly remember he didn't want Reigns to be the champion the last time... for reasons....

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Mar 17, 2016 11:34:17 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

I can't wait for him to attack Roman Reigns randomly and for creepy and vague reasons...

or he'll suddenly remember he didn't want Reigns to be the champion the last time... for reasons....

And he'll beat Ambrose again and lose to Reigns in another gimmick match. Let's not forget getting his ass kicked by Brock as well. Ridiculous.

[Andy Martin]

Mar 17, 2016 11:34:17 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

I can't wait for him to attack Roman Reigns randomly and for creepy and vague reasons...

or he'll suddenly remember he didn't want Reigns to be the champion the last time... for reasons....

He'll say some words into the microphone, too. Few, if any, will make any sense.

[spagett]

The idea of heel Bray Wyatt facing babyface Roman Reigns in 2016 as the main title feud.

That's Diesel vs Mabel 1995 levels of suck, even worse probably. Dearie me

[audiencewatching]

Mar 16, 2016 20:16:58 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'm running out of room!

That alone would be a fantastic roster!

[魔界5号]

WWE seriously needs to re-think their schedule. It just isn't physically possible for someone to come to work 300 days a year, wrestle a 10+ minute match, get on a plane, fly to the next town, wrestle another 10+ minute match, and do it all again every following day, on top of Raw, Smackdown, Main Event, Superstars, house shows, overseas tours and more. No man can take that for longer than maybe 3 months before they crack due to pain and stress. NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and basically all other professional sportsmen have an offseason. The workload and schedule is just too heavy.

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Mar 17, 2016 3:12:07 GMT -5 Dean-o said:

This is the end result of years of such terrible booking and production. The dudes are killing each other in the ring trying to salvage the product, but they can only take so much with such a hectic schedule.

I wonder how much truth there is in that. I can certainly see a scenario that they can tell the crowd is dead, so they go extra hard to try and make up for it. Rather than have consistent stories that lead to louder crowds, where they don't have to destroy themselves to get a reaction.