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But they didn't think the #CancelWWEN was bad. First, they mocked it the next night on RAW, and secondly, it wasn't bad. After a day or two, it faded away, and I'm willing to bet a substantial amount of money that the vast majority of people who protested either never did cancel, or re subbed by the Feb. PPV that year

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01-13-2017 , 09:57 AM

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Is anyone planning to organize/escrow a Royal Rumble pool?

I did it last year. Will probably do again this year if people want.

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01-13-2017 , 11:37 AM

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In for pool

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01-13-2017 , 01:42 PM

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Punker - that would be great. I'm in if you do it.

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-Rollins- I'm really not sure where they can go with him. It appears they're really trying to keep him as a face but they don't seem to have any clue what kind of face they want him to be. He's kinda just a tryhard right now with no mic skills. The thing is they've given us 0 reason to care about a potential him/KO Mania. For these reasons I really think they need to cool it with him and let him get hot again lower on the card. He has proven he can be a title contender, I just think now's not the time for another Rollins push.
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I'd argue Seth Rollins is one of the best on the mic, but I do agree he is less good as a face. As a heel he is pretty amazing on the stick imo. I think being a heel is easier when it comes to being good on the mic. Owens is great on the mic as a heel, but if he ever became a full fledged face I think he also wouldn't be as good. Even Jericho is way better as a heel on the mic.

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01-13-2017 , 01:48 PM

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It's his voice. Dude sounds like one of the weasels from Roger Rabbit, which works as a heel and is insufferable as a face. It's the exact opposite of his wrestling style.

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01-13-2017 , 02:05 PM

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I don't get why anyone should be any different whether they're heel or face on the mic - the only difference should be who you're talking to, not how you're talking to them.

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01-13-2017 , 08:08 PM

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I think it is that heels have more free range to do what they want. Obviously these days the line between heel and face is more grey than it used to be for some of these guys, but the faces usually have more restrictions on what they can say. Heels can pretty much say anything and if they start getting too many cheers they can easily re-direct the audience by insulting their city or intelligence etc. If faces start getting booed it is much harder for them to get the fans back on their side. So they have to be more selective with what they say and what they do.*

*None of this applies to Cena.

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01-13-2017 , 10:06 PM

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Heels can pretty much say anything and if they start getting too many cheers they can easily re-direct the audience by insulting their city or intelligence etc.

Or WWE can completely neuter their character like they did with BNB.

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01-13-2017 , 10:15 PM

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Of all the guys who have left WWE over the last year, BNB is the one with the most legitimate gripe about being sabotaged by higher ups yet he's the most quiet by a lot.

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01-13-2017 , 11:20 PM

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He's definitely the one that I'm most bitter about. He looked great with The Nexxus and then got vanquished. He continued to come back afterward and then always shut down. His injuries didn't help him but there was a lot of untapped potential there.

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01-13-2017 , 11:45 PM

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Of all the guys who have left WWE over the last year, BNB is the one with the most legitimate gripe about being sabotaged by higher ups yet he's the most quiet by a lot.

Cause he's pure class

The two things are definitely related imo. I wonder if there is a case for him being the most underutilised wrestler of all time? Probably not but he wouldn't be far off the conversation.

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01-14-2017 , 02:44 AM

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BNB wants to be an actor but the only decent speaking roles he's had is with WWE films so probably doesn't want to burn that bridge. His biggest role was just released and he's billed as Wade Barrett.

I'm surprised Ryback hasn't gone to Japan yet, they'd love him.

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01-14-2017 , 12:29 PM

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This is the year of the great khali

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01-15-2017 , 04:29 PM

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Who does he wrestle though? He's already had high profile matches with KO and Reigns. I know WWE likes to recycle but seems a little too close and risky to do it at WM.

Balor/AJ would be an awesome WM Main Event. They haven't explicitly said that they will be using the same system where the Rumble winner gets to choose which brand title he will be going after, but I don't see why they wouldn't. Two free weeks of drama are hard to pass up.

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01-16-2017 , 01:31 AM

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Balor in any WM main event right now would be far from awesome.

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01-18-2017 , 04:30 AM

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What % chance is there of Punk returning at this rumble? I mean his UFC career is gone now, but he still has the name recognition in the E

Edit: Fwiw I think it's definitely less than 2%, but not sure it's less than 1%

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01-18-2017 , 04:40 AM

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I have it at literal 0% and think Punk is like 1% to ever return in any capacity.

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01-18-2017 , 12:14 PM

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Pretty sure every person who was 0% to ever come to the wwe did

I think there's no chance punk ever comes back as a full-timer but give him a part-time schedule and there's a shot. This is a dude who made his career ****ting all over Vince and his family when he was out the door. The wwe will gladly take him back if there's money in it

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01-18-2017 , 12:39 PM

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Punk won't come back unless he needs the money and he seems like a bright enough guy to not go broke.

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01-18-2017 , 01:27 PM

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What are the odds Vince sells the company and every family member leaves? Probably roughly that.

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01-18-2017 , 02:16 PM

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I don't think the problem is with the WWE. Punk seems like a pretty vindictive person. Colt Cabana was one of his best friends and apparently they don't talk anymore because Colt visited backstage at a WWE show last year.