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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 20, 2018 14:17:06 GMT -5
Ronda being by no sensible external metric a "mega draw" makes this hurt the division even f***ing more. I think she’s been better than expected but for them to actually think she’s a draw is laughable. Ratings keep getting worse & is she even selling a lot of merchandise? I never once heard that her merchandise sales are through the roof or anything about it. She’s just a recognizable name that hasn’t been at her peak in going on 3 or 4 years now. Well Big Dave Meltz tweeted that he believes Brock does great quarterly rating even if the rating for the show as a whole is poor. Could be the same case for Ronda.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 23:54:48 GMT -5
Do you really want to see PPV matches restarted as a tag team match?
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 23:53:55 GMT -5
I don't watch NXT but as an outside perspective they do a much better job highlighting their stars and maximizing their stories but they don't have to worry about fitting 18 people on a card consistently. They have an advantage of being able to cycle people out before they are either stale or expose which makes it seem like a fresher show.
The WWE has a lot more balls to juggle in terms of who gets screen time and more importantly, making sure wrestlers are getting booked so they get paid.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 23:48:34 GMT -5
Or Enzo and Rusev, for that matter, where the guy leering Lana inappropriately was the one we were supposed to root for. damn they've gone to that well a lot more than I realized... Well at least it has slowly gotten better since the time Kane was the babyface against his ex wife whom he had just recently sexually assaulted.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:48:03 GMT -5
He should have eaten the case.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:45:32 GMT -5
Does Finn Balor now move up the heel foodchain on raw and feuds with Dolph Ziggler?
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:35:33 GMT -5
I hope the next match Daniel Bryan does not try to search Maryse's bra.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:26:32 GMT -5
If they wanted to do a lengthy program then one of these 2 needed to turn heel because WWE rarely if ever do face vs face program. Charlotte has done a lot as a heel already so I guess they figure Becky makes more sense.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:21:25 GMT -5
This was such an obvious heel turn that I am confident they expected a pop from it. Nah the company is too out of touch. They expected sympathy for Charlotte. They did it at SS to get a big pop. We have seen the WWE troll the smarks before so I am pretty sure they can predict how people will react.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:09:33 GMT -5
I will say if not Joe... then who's taking the title off of him? Nakamura's had his chance, Rusev is losing on the pre-show, and with the controversy with Orton, who knows if they'll stick the title on him or not. Everyone suggesting Miz defeating him in late fall, early winter seemed like wishful thinking, but its looking more likely now than it was yesterday. Well this Joe program seems to have 2 more PPV matches in it so maybe him.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:07:57 GMT -5
This was such an obvious heel turn that I am confident they expected a pop from it.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:06:43 GMT -5
The start of the match was very fun.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 22:05:43 GMT -5
Nak needed the heel turn anyways.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 20:48:47 GMT -5
I like the finish. The program makes more sense if Miz wins the first one.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 19:39:20 GMT -5
If these morons really think people are gonna boo Becky over Charlotte, they've got another thing coming. Not a chance in the world in almost any building. But what if that ISN'T what we're thinking? I know 'let's see how this plays out' is a meme here but maybe we should let it play out. At least see what happens on Smackdown. Right there is threatening to kill Ric Flair heel and I am just angry being overlooked tweener status. Not like her being a heel will prevent fans from cheering her.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 19, 2018 19:10:33 GMT -5
Well either Kevin was hurt or they realized they booked too many matches so one of them had to go short.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 18, 2018 21:33:55 GMT -5
The other question is... Where does this leave Lita, because the regular assumption was that it'd be Stratus and Lita teaming up against someone. I mean, one name comes to mind for me, and that's Becky Lynch, who with her general unconventional look and babyface underdog tendencies is as close to a modern Lita as I can think of right now. But that would mean she doesn't win the SmackDown women's belt before this show. Maybe team up with Sasha/Bailey vs the Riot Squad.
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 18, 2018 18:36:06 GMT -5
That's only because Brock Lesnar did not want to work Tuesdays. That was Trips. If he retains against Joe, then WWE should consider turning Styles heel to set up a program with Daniel Bryan. Bryan winning the rumble and taking on Styles at Mania would be awesome.
And if he does, then none of the "Dream Match" build like they did with Nakamura and AJ. Just a Face/Heel match with AJ willing to do anything to retain the title, and Bryan wanting to get back the title that was taken from him in 2014.
Well my comment was a reference to HHH not wanting to work tuesdays
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 16, 2018 9:37:32 GMT -5
I don't think anybody wanted a 36 minute apology from Dave Meltzer
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Post by Sparkybob on Aug 15, 2018 14:56:19 GMT -5
I will say JBL's boobs amused me.
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