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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 3, 2024 12:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Feb 3, 2024 12:01:48 GMT -5
If you’re to assume that the Vince situation is going to get worse and it likely will, it would be difficult to completely erase him from the company if his son-in-law is the head of creative.
Paul falling on the sword here was always gonna be a possibility.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 3, 2024 12:02:02 GMT -5
If reports are true and Rock is pushing his power around and TKO executives are fawning over him, then I can understand how this happened. I can’t imagine Triple H is very happy about it. He clearly wouldn’t have had Rhodes win the Rumble if he knew this a week ago.
Really curious if they’ll think of something different to pivot to. I would do the 2 nights thing if I was them. WrestleKingdom did it. Cody fights someone in a grudge match night 1, Rock mains against Roman. Cody faces the winner night 2
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 3, 2024 12:02:26 GMT -5
"Save Wrestlemania?"
Holy crap this is going to be one hell of a road to Wrestlemania now.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 3, 2024 12:08:45 GMT -5
What kind of response do we get on Monday about the "loser's bracket title" (should Cody challenge Rollins)? What type of fiery promo can Cody and Seth (and possibly Drew) deliver to invest fans in a match no one really wanted to see? Or do they swerve us again by having Cody take on Gunther or (heaven forbid) Dragunov? I really want to eat crow here, and maybe I will, but as it stands today? What a mess. Roman buried the title but it really isnt a lie. When the title first debuted it was basically the "Cant Beat Roman" World Title, there is nothing you can say to come back |
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Feb 3, 2024 12:09:24 GMT -5
At this point, I'm looking more forward to Stand & Deliver than WrestleMania. as you should, nxt doesn’t do this kind of shit to us |
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Post by cornettesracket on Feb 3, 2024 12:12:04 GMT -5
At this point, I'm looking more forward to Stand & Deliver than WrestleMania. as you should, nxt doesn’t do this kind of shit to us Shawn Michaels respects the hell out of us NXT fans. He gives us what we want, and it’s the best two hours of TV I watch. |
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Post by Kalmia on Feb 3, 2024 12:13:30 GMT -5
I don't know if that PWI report is true but it makes 100% sense.
I do think that Rock vs Reigns will make WM bigger than Cody vs Reigns. It'll get more mainstream attention, more social media interaction, and all of those other metrics that look great to corporate types but are absolutely useless in the long term.
And that's exactly what this is. It's TKO and the Rock doing that business thing of looking at short term gains instead of what's going to happen in six months and f*** the people who are there every week.
Plus, if they think that throwing out Rock vs Reigns will distract everyone from the Vince stuff they must think the WWE fans and the media are babies that can be distracted by jangling keys. I think Deadline et al have space on their website to talk about both.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Feb 3, 2024 12:15:20 GMT -5
as you should, nxt doesn’t do this kind of shit to us Shawn Michaels respects the hell out of us NXT fans. He gives us what we want, and it’s the best two hours of TV I watch. they’re lucky if I even stick with NXT at this point and I way prefer NXT over AEW. they screwed the pooch on this one |
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Feb 3, 2024 12:15:53 GMT -5
as you should, nxt doesn’t do this kind of shit to us Shawn Michaels respects the hell out of us NXT fans. He gives us what we want, and it’s the best two hours of TV I watch. I think if HHH is out, Shawn's out too. Rock doesn't exactly like him very much... |
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Post by Gawk Rivers on Feb 3, 2024 12:16:28 GMT -5
OH COOL SO HE LITERALLY PULLED A BLACK ADAM
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Post by ChitownKnight on Feb 3, 2024 12:18:36 GMT -5
Kinda crazy we are at the point where we like Hunter better than the Rock
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Feb 3, 2024 12:19:27 GMT -5
My little nephew just saw the segment and his first reaction was "aw hell no" and "Cody is dumb bro". Jey is his favorite wrestler but he still wanted Cody to finish his story. He basically called Rock an oldhead lol
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Feb 3, 2024 12:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by AndyUK on Feb 3, 2024 12:21:15 GMT -5
Cody winning last year would've solved any problems.
I don't blame them for doing this at all now, because this Mania was lacking something for me with Punk's injury because there's no big time challenger for Seth and at the end of the day, as much as it would be a great moment for Cody, Cody v Roman is a rematch from last year with an obvious result. This is their way of making it bigger.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 3, 2024 12:21:58 GMT -5
Brian Gerwitz
The Rock
TKO Creative
Man, who knew in 2024 these 3 would be the new reign of terror in WWE.
If you told someone this in 2024 that these people would be poison in this industry, they would tell you to point in Triple H's direction.
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Post by themagnificentmoo on Feb 3, 2024 12:23:33 GMT -5
I was disappointed I had to cancel the Peacock recently. Heh. I'm actually glad I did. I don't have to give any money to this crap.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 3, 2024 12:26:55 GMT -5
WWE has been gaining in the younger demo the last two years. They have to be careful not to rely too much on the nostalgia acts at the expense of someone the younger crowd loves right now.
Not that The Rock won’t pop huge ratings when he’s advertised right now because he will, but will it hurt the demo after Mania’s over if they’ve neutered Cody’s overness? That’s definitely possible.
They need to navigate this extremely carefully in order to maintain Cody’s overness and ability to lead the company. If it has to be like this, I’d have Cody and Seth build up their match to be something very meaningful (that’s tricky) so that Cody winning the title in the main event of Night 1 is seen as a big deal (but also don’t have Cody pivot and say anything about this finishing his story). Between Mania and MITB, Cody can get screwed out of the title (whether Priest, Drew or Gunther). He then wins MITB and does a preplanned cash in at Summerslam to main event against Roman.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Feb 3, 2024 12:31:47 GMT -5
How can you even back an up and coming face or a hot storyline in WWE now without the thought in the back of your mind that The Rock will pull a Hogan and just be like "doesn't work for me brother." Just dumbfounding to me.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 3, 2024 12:36:59 GMT -5
How can you even back an up and coming face or a hot storyline in WWE now without the thought in the back of your mind that The Rock will pull a Hogan and just be like "doesn't work for me brother." Just dumbfounding to me. I’m sure people will still have that thought in the back of their mind, as they have all along. But I can’t imagine Rock is going to be working much more (if at all) after Mania. |
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