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Post by Rican on Apr 4, 2019 17:55:16 GMT -5
This could have been something if they had put...any effort into it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 4, 2019 17:56:52 GMT -5
I want to dispute the idea there's no build because, Ryder and Curt are only teaming again because of coming into conflict with The Revival to begin with, but we're too far removed from when this happened that people just got collective amnesia, I guess. Which is still ultimately WWE's fault, granted, an angle needs babysitting, or people will forget it ever happened. I mean fair, but that happened months ago, since then there's been multiple PPVs and The Revival have had other feuds while the Major Bros have been wrestled two televised matches, losses to Lucha House Party and then to Heavy Machinery. I'm loathe to call this any kind of build when it feels like an afterthought and there's zero momentum for either party. Build's a bad word for it, I suppose, a better way of putting it would say this isn't without precedence.
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Post by fw91 on Apr 4, 2019 19:11:57 GMT -5
This could have been something if they had put...any effort into it. this. I'm all for the Major Brothers getting a nice moment and hope they do. But they could have had a compelling story going on.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 4, 2019 19:18:42 GMT -5
Another nothing Mania Title win for Ryder Revival will lose to Hawkins making the Tag Belts and division the lowest it's basically been in years Absolutely no build to this match at all Revival are probably out of the company after this is over WOOHOO WRESTLEMANIA!! Jokes on you if they do win lol
That's going be a fun trivia question one day
Zack Ryder has won more titles at Mania than Kofi Kingston? True or False
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 4, 2019 19:28:59 GMT -5
Another nothing Mania Title win for Ryder Revival will lose to Hawkins making the Tag Belts and division the lowest it's basically been in years Absolutely no build to this match at all Revival are probably out of the company after this is over WOOHOO WRESTLEMANIA!! Jokes on you if they do win lol That's going be a fun trivia question one day
Zack Ryder has won more titles at Mania than Kofi Kingston? True or False
It’s already true now. Kingston’s only WM win so far was a non-title tag match at WM27. The scary thing is, if Ryder wins here, he has more title wins at WM than Roman Reigns does.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 4, 2019 19:31:10 GMT -5
Jokes on you if they do win lol That's going be a fun trivia question one day
Zack Ryder has won more titles at Mania than Kofi Kingston? True or False
It’s already true now. Kingston’s only WM win so far was a non-title tag match at WM27. The scary thing is, if Ryder wins here, he has more title wins at WM than Roman Reigns does. Well f*** I was only half joking but I didn't think he really would surpass Kofi or Roman for that matter
Big Match Zack
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 19:33:34 GMT -5
y tho
Seriously. Why not Usos vs Revival... Champions vs Champions. I see no appeal in both the 4 Way and these matches.
I guess they’re gonna have Hawkins finally win. Which will be a nice moment for him but eh... nobody will care due to the lack of build.
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Post by captainhindsite on Apr 4, 2019 19:36:33 GMT -5
Happy to hear modern-day Dennis Stamp was booked. If he was booked then he is no Dennis Stamp
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Apr 4, 2019 19:38:43 GMT -5
Happy to hear modern-day Dennis Stamp was booked. If he was booked then he is no Dennis Stamp Even Dennis Stamp got his time to shine haha.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Apr 4, 2019 19:38:59 GMT -5
It’s like, they actually had a storyline going into this, months and months in the making if you take Hawkin’s losing streak gimmick into consideration..and then forgot all about it for like the last month.
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Post by chrom on Apr 4, 2019 19:52:27 GMT -5
Give it 3 minutes tops
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Post by Dub H on Apr 4, 2019 19:59:55 GMT -5
Would be nice if they built to this. At all. If they built Hawkins losing streak properly he would leave mania a very hot mid-carder.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 4, 2019 20:32:29 GMT -5
I like the idea of the match, and honestly, they did have a solid opening gambit for the angle there should have been to build this up, what with Hawkins being the single most competent referee they've ever had and Revival being frustrated at that because they didn't win the titles, which led to Ryder making the save. That's a decent start to an angle. I don't know if they just got confused and couldn't figure out how to build an angle that doesn't involve just winning matches for two months straight or there was just too much on the plate already, but... come on. At least have Ryder win a battle royal for the title shot, because him being surprisingly great at battle royals is a consistent character trait to bring up.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Apr 4, 2019 20:35:17 GMT -5
I don't think that The Revival are deserving of any titles at this point.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 4, 2019 20:36:27 GMT -5
I like the idea of the match, and honestly, they did have a solid opening gambit for the angle there should have been to build this up, what with Hawkins being the single most competent referee they've ever had and Revival being frustrated at that because they didn't win the titles, which led to Ryder making the save. That's a decent start to an angle. I don't know if they just got confused and couldn't figure out how to build an angle that doesn't involve just winning matches for two months straight or there was just too much on the plate already, but... come on. At least have Ryder win a battle royal for the title shot, because him being surprisingly great at battle royals is a consistent character trait to bring up. Yea, something along the lines of Battle Royal to determine who gets a tag title shot and everyone assumes whoever wins is picking a name like Strowman but Ryder wins and picks Hawkins while the Revival just laughs thinking this is a cake walk
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Post by RI Richmark on Apr 4, 2019 20:58:33 GMT -5
Looks like WWE's program printers were right on the ball! Would it surprise anyone if it's revealed that creative forgot about this match until they saw the program and were like "OH SHIT! We gotta make the match!"
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Post by Manute Bol on Apr 4, 2019 21:59:13 GMT -5
No idea why they went with this over the obvious Revival/Ricochet & Black match. Those teams have been feuding on TV and would have the added story of Ricochet & Black going for both the NXT and RAW belts in the same weekend.
Plus then the recently-returned Hardyz could have been in the Smackdown 4-Way instead of being thrown in the battle royal.
Just doesn’t make sense.
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Post by robferatu on Apr 5, 2019 1:38:31 GMT -5
I'm more excited about this match than any other match on the card. To be completely honest, aside from Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan, this is legitimately the match I'm most excited for, but that's mostly because I'm a pretty big Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins fan, and with some build this could have been a nice, mini-feel good moment with Hawkins finally broke his defeated streak and won the titles for the former Edgeheads. However, in typical WWE fashion, they started this feud seemingly months ago and then dropped it two weeks later, only to go back to it the week before the biggest show of the year. With that said, I'm low-key pulling for the Prince of Queens and Long Island Iced Z to walk out of the MetLife Stadium as the Raw Tag Team Champions.
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Post by HonkyTonkMan on Apr 5, 2019 2:30:42 GMT -5
It's totally obvious to me that WWE will be booking Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder to win the RAW Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania 35. I really want The Revival to win at WrestleMania 35, but, I know that WWE will screw over The Revival at WrestleMania 35 by booking them to lose to such a complete loser of a tag team. Curt Hawkins has now lost at least 269 consecutive matches and has absolutely no credibility remaining at this stage of his career. Just like Hawkins, Ryder has also lost the vast majority of the matches that he's competed in during his WWE career. WWE is going to humiliate and embarrass The Revival at WrestleMania 35. The WWE careers of Hawkins and Ryder have both been underwhelming, atrocious and disastrous as far as I'm concerned. I wish that WWE would release both Hawkins and Ryder from their WWE contracts immediately following WrestleMania 35.
Seeing Hawkins and Ryder becoming Tag Team Champions for the second time is going to be absolutely pathetic. WWE is going to ruin The Revival beginning at WrestleMania 35.
The Revival losing to Hawkins and Ryder at WrestleMania 35 will be the moment that such an enormous amount of folks will remember the most regarding The Revival's WWE career.
The complete loser of a tag team Hawkins and Ryder really shouldn't ever be allowed to have a second title reign as a tag team.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 5, 2019 2:39:49 GMT -5
It's totally obvious to me that WWE will be booking Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder to win the RAW Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania 35. I really want The Revival to win at WrestleMania 35, but, I know that WWE will screw over The Revival at WrestleMania 35 by booking them to lose to such a complete loser of a tag team. Curt Hawkins has now lost at least 269 consecutive matches and has absolutely no credibility remaining at this stage of his career. Just like Hawkins, Ryder has also lost the vast majority of the matches that he's competed in during his WWE career. WWE is going to humiliate and embarrass The Revival at WrestleMania 35. The WWE careers of Hawkins and Ryder have both been underwhelming, atrocious and disastrous as far as I'm concerned. I wish that WWE would release both Hawkins and Ryder from their WWE contracts immediately following WrestleMania 35.
Seeing Hawkins and Ryder becoming Tag Team Champions for the second time is going to be absolutely pathetic. WWE is going to ruin The Revival beginning at WrestleMania 35.
The Revival losing to Hawkins and Ryder at WrestleMania 35 will be the moment that such an enormous amount of folks will remember the most regarding The Revival's WWE career.
The problem with all that is you make it seem like they have booked The Revival as credible champs so losing to Hawkins/Ryder in a throwaway match isn't as big a deal as you make it
Hell, if this had a proper story them losing to Major Bros would still be the right decision even if it is only for one night (Zack Ryder special)
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