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Started off great. Promos, matches, the theme, everything was great. It helped to propel Orton and Batista into stars, then it just became HHH burying everyone.

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04-14-2014 , 11:13 PM

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Prawney

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Wrestlemania and the last 2 raws have been soo good.

Evolution return

Evolution vs Shield.

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04-14-2014 , 11:15 PM

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StoppedRainingMen

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Originally Posted by Dylan

Started off great. Promos, matches, the theme, everything was great. It helped to propel Orton and Batista into stars, then it just became HHH burying everyone.

ya pretty accurate assessment. stopped watching wrestling for a few years because of it

not to say i'm still not stoked for this though

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04-14-2014 , 11:15 PM

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LKJ

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I do find myself wishing that they would just do 4-on-4 with Kane & Evolution vs. Bryan & Shield, because Kane just isn't a credible title contender and that title match will feel second-rate compared to the 6-man.

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04-14-2014 , 11:17 PM

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polishandproud

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Too bad not even 10% of the crowd recognized the Evolution theme, definitely got a pop out of me.

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04-14-2014 , 11:20 PM

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Dylan

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Originally Posted by JimHalpert

That was great

everything is clicking on the show. storylines are good on all levels, crowd gives a ****. I'm excited again!

Yup. This is the most excited I've been about wrestling since HBK returned in 2002.

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04-14-2014 , 11:22 PM

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Bigdaddydvo

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Originally Posted by Prawney

Wrestlemania and the last 2 raws have been soo good.

Evolution return

Evolution vs Shield.

Not to mention 3MB in the main event!

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04-14-2014 , 11:23 PM

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LKJ

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Kind of amazing, two straight three-hour Raws where I was not even remotely tempted to tune out. Neither felt overly long.

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04-14-2014 , 11:24 PM

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StoppedRainingMen

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Originally Posted by LKJ

pretty much

the kane-headlines-ppv era shoulda ended with that ryder on a pole match vs cena

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04-14-2014 , 11:27 PM

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darO

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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

pretty much

the kane-headlines-ppv era shoulda ended with that ryder on a pole match vs cena

I feel that there is 0 chance that Shield v Evolution is not the headlining match of extreme rules

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04-14-2014 , 11:28 PM

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Dylan

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Kind of amazing, two straight three-hour Raws where I was not even remotely tempted to tune out. Neither felt overly long.

I wonder if there's been a big shift in creative. Maybe Vince has let HHH and Steph have the finally say as of late.

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04-14-2014 , 11:38 PM

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.isolated

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As a massive mark of Bryan's, I'm ok with this for one ppv.

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04-14-2014 , 11:38 PM

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LKJ

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Originally Posted by darO

I feel that there is 0 chance that Shield v Evolution is not the headlining match of extreme rules

This would be the prime reason they should just add Bryan and Kane to the match. They don't need to be starting Bryan's reign off by jobbing his title match to a 6-man tag on the card. The War Games idea Judy mentioned earlier would be perfect and would justify making it a 30+-minute match.

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04-14-2014 , 11:39 PM

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JimHalpert

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Originally Posted by Dylan

I wonder if there's been a big shift in creative. Maybe Vince has let HHH and Steph have the finally say as of late.

I remember reading a thing somewhere after wrestlemania that it was HHH's first WM that he was mainly responsible for booking, so it would make sense that the continued strength is because he got the Raws too.

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04-14-2014 , 11:40 PM

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LKJ

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Originally Posted by .isolated

As a massive mark of Bryan's, I'm ok with this for one ppv.

Bigger stuff is at stake than just Bryan though, really. They've done well at building up the unified title as being the most important thing. It not only damages Bryan but the belt also to put it on the undercard.

Anyway, we'll see how things develop.

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04-14-2014 , 11:59 PM

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wesrwood

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Watching the end again. Did ryback get hurt? When evolution came out he was on the ground outside when everyone was inside the ring

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04-14-2014 , 11:59 PM

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Bigdaddydvo

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My only problem with this is that it violates the cardinal rule of whenever John Cena isn't on screen, the other characters need to be asking, "Where's Cena?"

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04-15-2014 , 12:05 AM

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LKJ

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Originally Posted by Bigdaddydvo

My only problem with this is that it violates the cardinal rule of whenever John Cena isn't on screen, the other characters need to be asking, "Where's Cena?"

That's been phased out. People won't be wondering that after he loses to Bray Wyatt anyway.

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04-15-2014 , 12:08 AM

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Chris DolMeth

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Absolutely pathetic crowd tonight. No originality with their JBL and Jerry chants in the opening match and silent throughout the rest including Evolution return.

Couldn't even muster up a yes chant without ****ing it up