All-Purpose News Thread Part II

[tp71]

At the end of the day, we are still fans of professional wrestling and remember a time when the WWE product was actually good and still hope it can return to what it once was. They still have some talent on the roster that they haven't yet released.

I would wager many of us aren't exactly watching as watching recaps via youtube the day after

It seems were all also masochists as well.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Dave says Ronda is in as a regular through next years Wrestlemania. Plan for her is CHARLOTTE this year at Wrestlemania and Becky NEXT year.

Nobody wanna see Charlotte vs Ronda lol.

 

[Megahab]

Brock vs. Reigns
Charlotte vs. Ronda
And I can't think of any other potential top matches that haven't already been done to death

This WrestleMania seems the least appealing in many years.

 

[BostonBob]

I don't know anyone over 40 that watches wrestling. This is really surprising.

Well I'm over 40 ( well over unfortunately ) and I still watch the current stuff even though I do FF through almost every TV show. To me the biggest difference between wrestling in the 1980's and early 90's vs today's product is back then there was a bit of crap mixed in with a lot of great stuff but now there's a bit of good stuff mixed in with a lot of crap.

 

[tp71]

Nobody wanna see Charlotte vs Ronda lol.

Total heel vs heel match. Just two absolutely unlikeable people.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Total heel vs heel match. Just two absolutely unlikeable people.

Yup, exactly my point.

 

[Megahab]

Well I'm over 40 ( well over unfortunately ) and I still watch the current stuff even though I do FF through almost every TV show. To me the biggest difference between wrestling in the 1980's and early 90's vs today's product is back then there was a bit of crap mixed in with a lot of great stuff but now there's a bit of good stuff mixed in with a lot of crap.

I'll be 40 in 4 years and I'm sure I'll still be watching then. But I just meant that most people in my network aren't wrestling fans. Even people my age - I only know maybe less than 10 that watch and follow wrestling.

 

[Megahab]

Nobody wanna see Charlotte vs Ronda lol.

Ronda got a big pop 2 nights ago but I'm sure the crowd is going to turn on her pretty soon. I'm saying this not having seen Raw tonight.

 

[GKJ]

One of the plans that changed was that Seth Rollins was supposed to lose clean to Roman and enter the rumble. Original goal there was to set Seth Rollins vs. Shane McMahon at Wrestlemania. The change was because they wanted Roman beating him up with chairs to be more devastating.

Shane was one of the main producers of the Rumble and apparently has heat I guess for rubbing people wrong. Brock was pushing to run over everyone except Drew, but they ran short on time so they didn’t do it. Anything that builds Roman vs. Brock as ‘the big match of the year.’ Dave thinks the agents don’t realize that the audience knows that no more than 2 or 3 people have a chance to win, especially after Brock dropped the title.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

One of the plans that changed was that Seth Rollins was supposed to lose clean to Roman and enter the rumble. Original goal there was to set Seth Rollins vs. Shane McMahon at Wrestlemania. The change was because they wanted Roman beating him up with chairs to be more devastating.

Shane was one of the main producers of the Rumble and apparently has heat I guess for rubbing people wrong. Brock was pushing to run over everyone except Drew, but they ran short on time so they didn’t do it. Anything that builds Roman vs. Brock as ‘the big match of the year.’ Dave thinks the agents don’t realize that the audience knows that no more than 2 or 3 people have a chance to win, especially after Brock dropped the title.

Seth Rollins vs Shane f***ing McMahon and Charlotte vs Ronda. Vince has totally lost it.

 

[GKJ]

Seth Rollins vs Shane f***ing McMahon and Charlotte vs Ronda. Vince has totally lost it.

Listen, Shawn Michaels had to work Vince at Wrestlemania once. If you're near the top, everyone's gotta do it.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Listen, Shawn Michaels had to work Vince at Wrestlemania once. If you're near the top, everyone's gotta do it.

I know, it is still stupid. Like... Shane and Seth... why?

 

[Sheppy]

One thing if we get Charlotte/Ronda, if Charlotte sandbags or no-sells like she normally f***ing does there's a chance she gets her teeth kicked in.

 

[Merci Saku]

Shane had a cool spot at Wrestlemania once but enough is enough

nobody wants to see him taking the spot of someone who wrestled all year, NOBODY

 

[Megahab]

One thing if we get Charlotte/Ronda, if Charlotte sandbags or no-sells like she normally f***ing does there's a chance she gets her teeth kicked in.

Shit, I'm pretty sure I asked you about this before and you provided examples... but does Charlotte actually do this non-cooperative stuff? I haven't noticed or just don't watch enough.

 

[Megahab]

In 2021, are people more likely to buy a PPV or watch on network because Shane McMahon is on it versus him not being on it?

4-6 years, he had some appeal but I think all of that is gone now.

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

In 2021, are people more likely to buy a PPV or watch on network because Shane McMahon is on it versus him not being on it?

4-6 years, he had some appeal but I think all of that is gone now.

I’d be interested if I thought he was going to do something apeshit crazy.

 

[Megahab]

I’d be interested if I thought he was going to do something apeshit crazy.

Like what though? Fall off the top of a cage? How many times do we need to see something like that? It's not worth the weeks of the program.

It was cool when he was playing the chickenshit boss' son 20 years ago. But now, they want us to believe he can actually hang in the ring with actual top wrestlers

 

[Sheppy]

Shit, I'm pretty sure I asked you about this before and you provided examples... but does Charlotte actually do this non-cooperative stuff? I haven't noticed or just don't watch enough.

Yeah, I just see her do so much shitty stuff and it annoys the bejesus out of me. I may be biased because I just hate her, I find her so unlikable.

I just notice her not make her opponents offense look good. She will make suplexes and everything look like trash because she's not about making anyone else look good but herself. Look at the Twist of Fate she took from Lita at the Rumble. Looked like she didn't give any sort of shit about selling it. There's reasons people don't like her and don't like working with her. She's not about making others look good and elevating them.

Another thing is her no-selling promos. She will mutter under her breath (much like Steph did) - Completely ignore them with a blank facial expression as if she doesn't give a shit. She just does nothing to make anyone look good.

She sucks. She flat out sucks and it's an absolute shit bag.

 

[GKJ]

Shane is still something of a draw. Just what it is, everyone knows he’s gonna do something stupid and people want to see it. He may have aged out of things, but he was also the billionaire boss’ son and could have lived that way but instead forced people to respect him.

 

[CDJ]

Apparently they’re releasing Shane????

 

[Megahab]

Yeah, I just see her do so much shitty stuff and it annoys the bejesus out of me. I may be biased because I just hate her, I find her so unlikable.

I just notice her not make her opponents offense look good. She will make suplexes and everything look like trash because she's not about making anyone else look good but herself. Look at the Twist of Fate she took from Lita at the Rumble. Looked like she didn't give any sort of shit about selling it. There's reasons people don't like her and don't like working with her. She's not about making others look good and elevating them.

Another thing is her no-selling promos. She will mutter under her breath (much like Steph did) - Completely ignore them with a blank facial expression as if she doesn't give a shit. She just does nothing to make anyone look good.

She sucks. She flat out sucks and it's an absolute shit bag.

Yeah I can't stand her. Not sure if I've noticed the underselling matches but she definitely gives me Stephanie vibes in promos where it seems she doesn't want the other person to one-up her.

I don't know if she does it anymore but I used to hate that she would almost cry after only getting a 2 count on opponents.

I don't know what WWE management sees in her. I used to think it's because of her dad but now I believe WWE and Ric Flair have a strained relationship.

 

[izzy]

lol wtf

 

[BostonBob]

Apparently they’re releasing Shane????

Yeah - he's gone. I wonder if he got a " We wish you the best in your future endeavors " e-mail ????

 

[Apex Predator]

Why?