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I don’t know when ‘cut a promo backstage on the way to your entrance’ became a thing but when the promo is good that is ****ing fantastic

A+ to LA Knight

Step 1 was getting rid of Kevin Dunn.

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08-10-2024 , 10:39 AM

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It took literally a decade but Roman Reigns is finally megaover as the top face in the company

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08-10-2024 , 02:26 PM

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Yah, hope they don't ruin it with him going Super Cena through the entire Bloodline single handedly. It's one of the reasons fans turned on him initially.

Hopefully, the next thing that happens is he needs to be beaten down when Jacob Fatu returns and then realize he needs help. Fatu seems to be the guy they're protecting from Roman.

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08-10-2024 , 02:42 PM

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Considering the state of WWE currently if there’s one thing im confident in its that H is too smart to **** this up

The programming is just so so good right now

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08-10-2024 , 02:47 PM

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Too smart to **** it up? They were pretty close to botching Wrestlemania entirely. They got lucky with a few things that forced them in the right direction, such as Punk’s injury and crowd reactions to Rock.

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08-10-2024 , 04:25 PM

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In their defense though, HHH & Rock quickly pivoted, something Vince would have never done. He would have told them what they want and jammed it down their throat. But yah, the Punk injury actually made the build so good that the match itself could probably never live up to it. Let's hope that was just for the first match though. This thing is far from over.

I still have some faith in HHH, but more so Heyman to not **** it up. My hope is that they were protecting Jacob Fatu for a reason.

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08-10-2024 , 07:42 PM

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In their defense though, HHH & Rock quickly pivoted, something Vince would have never done.

Vince has a history of correct pivots when it comes to WM main events (i.e. reversing course on Lex Luger winning the WWF Title, and slotting Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston into championship matches from forced crowd reactions)

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08-10-2024 , 09:35 PM

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Kofi-mania was Vince manufactured. It was plotted for somebody else (Ali?), who ended up getting injured, so they just swapped Kofi in.

And he resisted Bryan as long as possible. He had to have his Bluetista taken away kicking and screaming.

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08-11-2024 , 12:57 AM

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Kofi-mania was Vince manufactured. It was plotted for somebody else (Ali?), who ended up getting injured, so they just swapped Kofi in.

It was Ali.

Wasn't it Vince that pivoted from having Sami as a few week angle with The Bloodline into what happened and letting him have his moment (kind of).

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08-11-2024 , 01:04 PM

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Depends on who you thought had creative control at the time

But even with that being the case and even giving Vince that, for every 1 thing you’d want to give him credit for in the last 5 years I can give you 10 things where I’m just like what the actual ****

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08-11-2024 , 01:14 PM

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I’m very curious all things being equal what their original plan for Cody was. I have a hard time believing, no matter what’s been said, that it wasn’t what it ended up being

The only thing the punk injury did was involve Seth in the main feud. The Cody reaction would have happened regardless and I have a hard time believing they would have booked cody to with the RR then proceeded to have zero plan of what to do with him at WM

I really think how it ended up happening was plan 1, and the backup plan was no reaction to Cody giving up the spot and going forward with Rock v Roman and finding something else for Cody if they had to

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09-02-2024 , 09:16 PM

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Sonya Deville cutting a promo on RAW just now with Shayna Bazler and Zoey Stark saying "no man can take us home" was funnier than it should have been

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09-03-2024 , 01:29 AM

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I’ve discovered the one thing I don’t enjoy watching Rhea Ripley do.

Yeeting

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09-03-2024 , 09:58 PM

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I ****ing hate Jey Uso

Where I stand on the current raw product:

1. Gunther’s awesome, and I want him to just become German Drago so bad

2. Rhea and Priest, yesterday not withstanding, are ****ing awesome. Complete 180 on Priest, the guy kinda rules

3. Still curious what the payoff to Punk v Drew ultimately will be, thought SS and Berlin was pretty ****ing mid but I still absolutely love this feud

4. Howdy et al, still delivering. Really glad they abandoned the supernatural elements of it and have it more grounded and insane. Bo is crushing it. Would prefer this angle with not Angle ends sooner than later but enjoying the slow burn of it all

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09-03-2024 , 10:56 PM

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4. Howdy et al, still delivering. Really glad they abandoned the supernatural elements of it and have it more grounded and insane. Bo is crushing it. Would prefer this angle with not Angle ends sooner than later but enjoying the slow burn of it all

8-person mixed tag street fight (how does a tag match work if there's no DQs?) next week seems like a feud blowoff of Wyatt Sicks vs American Made to me

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09-03-2024 , 11:02 PM

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I dunno seems unlikely

For one thing there are 5 Wyatts so I’m guessing the other 4 fight while bo sits in chair

For another I’ve never seen a program go this long absorbing the raw main event for so long without a single ppv match

I’m guessing the street fight sets up the ppv match and I’m hoping that’s the end of this program

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09-03-2024 , 11:48 PM

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Punk/Drew has to end Hell in Cell, maybe as a third cage match at SS?

The strap match would have been much better than the first match if not for the stupid objective that makes you touch all four corners. You don't really have to "drag" your opponent anywhere if they're in the middle of the ring. It's such a stupid goal. They'd be much better if strap matches were just regular matches with straps.

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09-04-2024 , 12:05 AM

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Shouldn't they add a 6th member, so the Wyatt Sicks would also be the Wyatt 6?

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09-04-2024 , 12:45 AM

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Shouldn't they add a 6th member, so the Wyatt Sicks would also be the Wyatt 6?

That would be bliss

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09-04-2024 , 06:30 AM

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I thought the idea was that Bray is the sixth member?

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09-06-2024 , 02:20 PM

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Xavier Woods was right about that no good Odyssey Jones.

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09-09-2024 , 09:47 PM

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Wait, two-hour Raw is coming back? That really might cause me to try again.

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09-16-2024 , 03:47 PM

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Wait, two-hour Raw is coming back? That really might cause me to try again.

Back to 3 when it goes to netflix though I think.

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Sheamus dead-naming Pete Dunne seems like a throwback to Vince's "face who is actually being a massive heel" face

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