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Post by JTG on Mar 19, 2018 9:35:49 GMT -5
They must have paid them a shitload of a shitload of trucks of money
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Post by CeilingFan on Mar 20, 2018 8:09:06 GMT -5
All the titles will be defended except the Women's Championships. I wonder why
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 20, 2018 8:16:15 GMT -5
Given the absence of the women’s roster for this card for, let’s generously call it “cultural differences”, I wonder if they’d end up getting more featured on the Backlash card as a result. Even accounting for the show being cross-brand, there may be at least three women’s matches on that (two title matches and a likely singles blowoff for Banks v Bayley).
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Post by Jotaro Kujo on Mar 20, 2018 13:39:43 GMT -5
A big time wrestling event held in front of an authoritarian regime for a huge payday? I'm having WCW flashbacks!
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Post by Reflecto on Mar 20, 2018 14:14:26 GMT -5
Given the absence of the women’s roster for this card for, let’s generously call it “cultural differences”, I wonder if they’d end up getting more featured on the Backlash card as a result. Even accounting for the show being cross-brand, there may be at least three women’s matches on that (two title matches and a likely singles blowoff for Banks v Bayley). Heck, going further from that from earlier in the thread: The Jeddah show was a _very_ recent development that came completely out of the blue - as in, folks in Halifax and Saint John had already bought tickets for those nights and now the ticket sales are on hold. This feels as though WWE got a _huge_ guarantee for this show to justify postponing and possibly cancelling two nights of live shows, two shows in a market which loves its wrestling and to which WWE may come around once a year per brand if that market's lucky. The makeup shows for those had better be better than originally offered if they have to postpone or cancel; and they'd do better to postpone or cancel than hold a skeleton show. The last time a major promoter came to Halifax on a skeleton crew was in 1989 or 1990 and WCW couldn't make a dent in Canada for years afterwards. This is not a good look for WWE to do this on such short notice; they had the venues booked and tickets were moving. Hope the Jeddah money's very, very good. If WWE were to make those two Halifax and Saint John shows two all-women's cards and use the women from Raw, Smackdown, and NXT to compensate the fans in those towns, that would probably be a great way to counter the skeleton show factor and test the market to see if WWE fans will accept an all-women's card. If it happened, screw just being a good counter for the Halifax/Saint John markets, those would be Network special-quality on their own!
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Post by cjh on Mar 21, 2018 17:51:37 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler said on his podcast today that he and Jim Ross will be doing the commentary for this show.
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Post by fw91 on Mar 21, 2018 17:56:50 GMT -5
somewhat looking forward to this, but can't help but think it'll end up as one of those things that were "good in theory."
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Post by MiLB Fan on Mar 21, 2018 18:19:29 GMT -5
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 21, 2018 18:28:13 GMT -5
I’m gonna need a couple of pots of coffee for this one... First, not a friendly time zone for Australia (8pm Saudi time is about 3am-4am in the morning here). Second, scoring this bloody massive-ass Rumble match for the points rankings.
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Post by hbkid718 on Mar 21, 2018 22:59:03 GMT -5
I’m gonna need a couple of pots of coffee for this one... First, not a friendly time zone for Australia (8pm Saudi time is about 3am-4am in the morning here). Second, scoring this bloody massive-ass Rumble match for the points rankings. I'll count it toward my records as a Network Special, but it won't be part of my Royal Rumble Records since I only count the ones that take place on the Royal Rumble PPV and not any of the ones that have taken place at live events back in the day.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Mar 22, 2018 9:43:58 GMT -5
I'm surprised something where men touch eachother is allowed in that country.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Mar 26, 2018 10:12:36 GMT -5
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Post by msc on Mar 26, 2018 11:14:27 GMT -5
So 7 title matches (one a ladder), a HHH/Cena match and a 50 man rumble?
Show is going to be 10 hours long.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 26, 2018 11:41:36 GMT -5
So 7 title matches (one a ladder), a HHH/Cena match and a 50 man rumble? Show is going to be 10 hours long. The Rumble will probably be an entry every 60 seconds.
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Post by thetower52 on Mar 26, 2018 11:44:13 GMT -5
This show is going to be insanity. Are they going to add a Hell in the cell match ?
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Post by msc on Mar 26, 2018 13:23:05 GMT -5
This show is going to be insanity. Are they going to add a Hell in the cell match ? First Royal Rumble inside the Hell in a Cell structure. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 26, 2018 16:10:01 GMT -5
This sounds like an absolutely insanely stacked show. Very glad it will be a Network special.
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Post by thetower52 on Mar 26, 2018 16:26:14 GMT -5
This show is going to be insanity. Are they going to add a Hell in the cell match ? First Royal Rumble inside the Hell in a Cell structure. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) That be so cool
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 14:01:29 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler said on his podcast today that he and Jim Ross will be doing the commentary for this show. He flat out teased that he'll be in it, too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 14:06:19 GMT -5
The Muhammad Hassan Memorial Royal Rumble sounds like it will be better than Wrestlemania. lol
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