https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRr1boAj6KA

I love wrestling so much.

At 2/10/16 01:40 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Given how many coaches the PC seems to go through, I could see Bryan taking a teaching role to stay involved. Could even follow in the steps of is mentor, William Regal as an on-air figurehead for NXT. A master like Bryan could produce some amazing students...

He talks about how he never felt he had any flare for teaching in his book, but I guess we'll see. Dusty left some big shoes to fill down in Full Sail.

At 2/10/16 04:05 PM, TheMaster wrote: Dusty left some big shoes to fill down in Full Sail.

Dusty had a great impact on Wrestling. It is too bad his sons are stuck as midcarder jokes.

At 2/10/16 04:05 PM, TheMaster wrote:
He talks about how he never felt he had any flare for teaching in his book, but I guess we'll see. Dusty left some big shoes to fill down in Full Sail.

Yeah. It really will depend on how he can let go of the business. You have guys like Stone Cold and Shawn Michaels that struggled with retirement at first, but grew to love it and all the new things they could do with their time. Then you have guys like Ric Flair that just can't seem to exist without some involvement. Or you go the Mick Foley route, where you are involved, but more as an observer, writing books and such.

Bryan always struck me as the kind of guy who IRL could be super content as a hermit, so he may be happy never getting back into the business once he's acclimated to 'civilian' life.

On the other hand, his wife is still working and will be on the road a lot. So it's almost impossible for him to not constantly be connected to the business. He may need something to fill that hole, at least until Brie retires too.

Smackdown had one or two average matches , but plenty of D. B. retirement coverage. Just in case you didn't get enough of it on RAW. Trust me, I was over it before it started.

At 2/12/16 01:09 AM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: Im also really enjoying Bubba going into Bully Ray mode. Kinda feels like they've been wrapping things up before this WrestleMania, I'm hopeful that they'll pull through after so many recent injuries.

Any chance they will let Bully bring back the Aces and Eights? Nothing wrong with a good heel stable.

At 2/12/16 01:37 PM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: Would be fun to see. It looks like the dudleyz are going heel already, its probably going to showcase the usos a lot more, I'm convinced they're really talented behind that gimmick.

I feel the Usos are way overrated. If not for being related to the Rock, they would probably not have enough talent to even be on TV matches.

I was happy to see Dean Ambrose lose his belt to Kevin Owens. That was the big highlight of RAW.

God damn it, Dean's gonna win the belt soon, isn't he?

At 2/16/16 03:39 AM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: I'm totally speechless what with Ambrose. Absolute stillness,
and that takedown from aj was beautiful

Owens makes a much better champion. He would be much bigger if they wouldn't of buried him after beating Cena on his first night.

At 2/16/16 12:50 PM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: Cena was untouchable in how he's been booked at that time its only very recently that the crowd has taken a liking to him again, myself included. It was a necessary move so that Finn could tell his story after beating owens for the NXT belt in Japan.

I am in no hurry for Cena to return. Most fans are tired of him winning every match.

At 2/16/16 01:08 PM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: For sure but he's almost 40, and its only recently that he's been improving. I'm still upset at his attempt to bury Rusev. But compared to how well Cena elevated the US title again goes to show how much more he's still capable of.

I think Cena is better than Roman Reigns. I will give him that.

Edge & Christian > The Ascension > The New Day

While i wanted Lesnar to win tonight, Roman winning is much better for me than Dean, sort of like a swerve that wasn't really a swerve? I'm guessing they had him lose the title before Fastlane so people would think he was gonna win the match tonight? It worked, i was already thinking that it would be Dean vs Triple H at Wrestlemania.
I swear, the more i see of Dean the more i dislike the character itself, Roman's kinda in the meh for me so i'd rather him have it for now at least.

I'm a bit disappointed that The Wyatts didn't attack Brock during the match, i was thinking that they were gonna have Bray and Brock face at 'Mania, while the surprise Wyatt attack's been done to death, i think that would be a clearer way of getting them to face eachother and have a month+ of build-up.

At 2/21/16 11:16 PM, Radaketor wrote: While i wanted Lesnar to win tonight, Roman winning is much better for me than Dean,

Lesnar winning would of made more sense. He is stronger, has more experience, and actually has fans.

I swear, the more i see of Dean the more i dislike the character itself, Roman's kinda in the meh for me so i'd rather him have it for now at least.

Dean is lame, but Reigns is just dreadful. Neither one of them have the charisma to be the face of the company.

This announcement was the highlight of RAW. Shane vs. Undertaker at Wrestlemania in a Hell in the Cell match for control of RAW.

My predictions, Shane will win and control RAW. It will probably be Undertaker's last match.

At 2/23/16 12:43 AM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: The highlight of raw for me has been the Dudleyz it was good seeing the ascension again after bubba put on another great promo.

The Dudley Boys did do a good job last night. They are great as heels.

Shane o Mac returning was absolutely amazing! As much as seeing Roman Reigns striking blood at triple H's offence, i guess he'll bear the brunt of the company once more

Shane's return was great.

So, who do you guys think is gonna be Shane's replacement for Wrestlemania?

At 2/24/16 09:43 AM, Radaketor wrote: So, who do you guys think is gonna be Shane's replacement for Wrestlemania?

I don't think he'll have a replacement, but he may have some kind of back up. The match is going to have to tell the story of him being smarter than Vince and Steph.

Maybe a new talent, or someone who's been passed over too many times could run down to the cell with a pair of bolt cutters. HIAC is a no DQ match, so any number of guys could show up to lend Shane-O a hand.

It's a tough call though. It will be VERY hard to buy Shane winning clean unless he's done some insane training we are unaware if. But not winning clean gets into heel territory, and it's obvious they are using him as a babyface right now.

The only guy I see doing a run-in without it looking like a heel tactic is Sting. I can picture the end of the match. Shane put up a good fight, but he's down, and Taker is just about to finish him. Lights go dark, then they come back on and Sting hits Taker with the scorpion death drop. He doesn't have to take any other bumps, so his current health isn't a barrier. He just has to throw Shane on Taker for the 1-2-3 and it's completely within his vigilante character to do so.

Whatever happens, it would be a waste if it doesn't set up Taker's next big feud at the same time.

At 2/24/16 10:28 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: I don't think he'll have a replacement, but he may have some kind of back up. The match is going to have to tell the story of him being smarter than Vince and Steph.

The only guy I see doing a run-in without it looking like a heel tactic is Sting. Shane put up a good fight, but he's down, and Taker is just about to finish him. Lights go dark, then they come back on and Sting hits Taker with the scorpion death drop. He doesn't have to take any other bumps, so his current health isn't a barrier.

Whatever happens, it would be a waste if it doesn't set up Taker's next big feud at the same time.

Shane did own WCW back in the day. Sting is a nice guy and a good wrestler. I would enjoy seeing him helping Shane, and then fighting Undertaker in the future.

At 2/24/16 03:54 PM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: Texas Red vs Bruiser Brody

Thank god for modern wrestling.

Smackdown tonight should at least twelve minutes of RAW clips and Fastlane results. Probably a good night to skip it.

Why is Reigns the main event at Wrestlemania 32? Don't WWE understand people want him to be a heel not a face. For fuck sake, they were booing him! Give Ambrose the title, please..

At 2/25/16 03:33 PM, wolfe wrote: Why is Reigns the main event at Wrestlemania 32? Don't WWE understand people want him to be a heel not a face. For fuck sake, they were booing him! Give Ambrose the title, please..

Vince loves Reigns for some reason. The fans continue to boo him, but Vince will keep pushing Roman. I hate Reigns as well.

At 2/26/16 01:16 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 2/25/16 03:33 PM, wolfe wrote: Why is Reigns the main event at Wrestlemania 32? Don't WWE understand people want him to be a heel not a face. For fuck sake, they were booing him! Give Ambrose the title, please..

Vince loves Reigns for some reason. The fans continue to boo him, but Vince will keep pushing Roman. I hate Reigns as well.

I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate him. He can put on an entertaining match and is getting stronger as a storyteller. His promo work is still quite weak, but no worse than a lot of other guys. He's a hard worker, and a lot less prone to injury, making him more dependable as a top star than some of the guys hardcore fans gravitate towards. He also appeals to the younger audience (who will be making WWE all their money when our crusty asses are dead) and sells a lot of merchandise. I totally get why Vince loves the guy. He's money.

If you can ignore that "MY FAVORITE GUY IS OVERLOOKED" mentality, and look purely at Roman's career, the problem is not with Reigns himself, but how creative has used him, and a lot of that even stems from Rollins being injured. The story they wanted to tell was the 2 top guys in the Sheild finally settling their differences with the biggest prize on the line, and I think the history between those guys would have made that an exciting payoff.

Instead, they had to use emergency plan B, wich was put the belt on another superstar. Cena wasn't available for the part, they didn't want to eat up Lesnar's contract too early, and no other full-timers are really established enough to be a credible threat. So they just grabbed the biggest heel with championship experience they could. Unfortunately it was also a guy they have booked so badly over the years fans no longer took him seriously.

Fans loved it when Roman took the belt of Shamus, and they really should have let him keep it for a while at that point. Play the part of the proud champion. Generate a fresh new rivalry. But they went back to the well AGAIN with the over-used authority angle. They missed the opportunity to build a new top heel.

The thing WWE keeps getting wrong is that need to have ONE top guy. That just kills any variety long-term because you know that one guy is always gonna come back again and again. People forget that Cena was (almost) never booed back when Lesnar, HHH, Batista, Orton and Shawn Michaels were also booked as top guys. We had enough variety that one guy didn't get stale as easily, and the PPVs has SO MUCH MORE going on.

Reigns isn't the problem, he's a symptom, and the fans are actually part of the problem.

Look at who else SHOULD be a top guy right now and look at what they all have in common. Daniel Bryan. Seth Rollins. Cesaro. Even CM Punk.

They are all guys why epitomized the high risk style that the fans think is the best thing ever. And they all keep getting injured (or worse, injuring other people) because of that style. I'm gonna go ahead and predict the same thing happens to AJ Styles sometime this year too.

You can't blame WWE one bit for not putting the guys that use that style in the top spots, because they are much more at risk to get hurt and fuck up all the plans. But when they don't use those guys, the fans get upset and just rage about how Vince only likes the big monster guys.

At 2/26/16 03:01 PM, slaughterMYdaughter wrote: For years Shane always wanted to identify as "one of the guys" in the lockerroom but had the stigma of being a McMahon. I like to think of him as corperate Tommy Dreamer.

Shane used to wrestle matches, so I am sure he will be able to wrestle again. He may not be the best, but he should be to look decent. I think at least one wrestler will assist Shane during his Wrestlemania match.

At 2/26/16 02:17 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote:

Reigns isn't the problem, he's a symptom, and the fans are actually part of the problem.

I think you're partially correct with that statement, the fans don't like being told who they should cheer for, which is very hard in this era of transparency and Hunter talked about this when he was on Austins podcast. It's very hard for them to put people over when smarks can decide that this performer is being pushed because of backstage event x. "They only gave Brie the belt because she's Daniel Bryans cum rag!!" and the vocal minority can yell very loud and get the crowd around them at events cheering what they cheer.

WWE seems reluctant to push the younger talent, they have Ambrose who the crowd loves (he has a match with Brock Lesnar, that's fucking awesome btw!) but Cesaro had great crowd support and didn't have much going on before he was injured. They just seem really cautious in taking chances or pulling the trigger on people and just seem content frustrating the fans, which should be used for building heels but they're doing it because they don't want to push people.

Maybe my last remark makes me just like the smarks as it's mostly speculation on my part, as I have no idea what goes on back stage. Those are just my thoughts.

My guess is that on Monday Taker will come out on RAW and refuse to wrestle in the match Vince has put him in because he's not some corporate stooge at Vince's beck and call. Vince will come out and tell him that he either does it or he's fired and if he loses he will be forced to retire.

This is the only way I see Undertaker actually doing this with the intent to win because otherwise it's completely out of character for him to just do it because 'Vince said so'.

I also think it will end with someone breaking into the cage with Shane knocked out to turn the tides in Shane's favor so that Shane doesn't come off as a heel and it's more some disgruntled superstar wants to take it into their own hands; perhaps even multiple superstars.

At 2/28/16 02:17 AM, Gobblemeister wrote: My guess is that on Monday Taker will come out on RAW and refuse to wrestle in the match Vince has put him in because he's not some corporate stooge at Vince's beck and call. Vince will come out and tell him that he either does it or he's fired and if he loses he will be forced to retire.

I agree That it will be Control the company versus forced to be retired. That will make the match more exciting.

I also think it will end with someone breaking into the cage with Shane knocked out to turn the tides in Shane's favor so that Shane doesn't come off as a heel and it's more some disgruntled superstar wants to take it into their own hands; perhaps even multiple superstars.

There are many wrestlers that would want Shane to win and control the company. Hopefully, nobody lame like Reigns.

At 2/29/16 01:43 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 2/28/16 02:17 AM, Gobblemeister wrote: My guess is that on Monday Taker will come out on RAW and refuse to wrestle in the match Vince has put him in because he's not some corporate stooge at Vince's beck and call. Vince will come out and tell him that he either does it or he's fired and if he loses he will be forced to retire.

I agree That it will be Control the company versus forced to be retired. That will make the match more exciting.

I also think it will end with someone breaking into the cage with Shane knocked out to turn the tides in Shane's favor so that Shane doesn't come off as a heel and it's more some disgruntled superstar wants to take it into their own hands; perhaps even multiple superstars.

There are many wrestlers that would want Shane to win and control the company. Hopefully, nobody lame like Reigns.

It'll be the Rock. They've been teasing a new Rock/HHH match for the past 3 years, and that would be a perfect catalyst.

RAW had the chance to be great, but once again let us down. The UnderTaker could of argued with Vince, or done something interesting. He walks to the ring very slow, and says , " Your son's blood is on your hands. "he then leaves. It was an okay quote, but it felt like a wasted opportunity. They copied the double count out gimmick from NXT that happened about a week ago.