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03-22-2016 , 05:21 AM

#43901

darO

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An underrated plot point at this moment is New Day reverting back into AIDS

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03-22-2016 , 05:55 AM

#43902

sportsjefe

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Originally Posted by Dylan E08

Everything was mostly forgettable except for the opening bout. I love wrestling and I will never give up on it, but man, this is tough.

Well don't worry, they took 'wrestling' out of the name of the show you're watching a few years ago. You can quit this.

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03-22-2016 , 08:08 AM

#43903

LarryHoover

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Yup, the eventual New Day face turn was bound to be aids...They are already starting to be unbearable, although i'm not sure how long they would hav elasted as heels either

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03-22-2016 , 09:28 AM

#43904

gusmahler

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Why exactly is Strowman out of developmental? They sent KENTA, Prince Devitt, and Shinsuke Nakamura to NXT to learn the WWE style, but Strowman doesn't need to learn anything besides a shoulder pinch? Seriously, a shoulder pinch! That move wouldn't go over in the 50s and Strowman is using it now.

I get the thinking behind a Strowman/Ambrose match--WWE needs to show that Ambrose is a threat to a larger opponent. But why Strowman, a person who can't wrestle and who nobody cares about? Why not Luke Harper or some other guy who can actually work?

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03-22-2016 , 09:54 AM

#43905

StoppedRainingMen

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Originally Posted by darO

An underrated plot point at this moment is New Day reverting back into AIDS

A WWE face sucks?

I, for one, am shocked

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03-22-2016 , 09:59 AM

#43906

StoppedRainingMen

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Im reading the results and im just amazed how little effort they're putting into this

No matter how many times h wants to say ratings don't matter and no matter how much Vince wants this to be an entertainment company and not a wrestling company and no matter how much they're making in things that aren't direct raw gate the fact remains that every single source of income the wwe has is directly impacted by the success or failure of raw. Even if the former takes a while to be reflected by the latter, inevitably it will be reflected

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03-22-2016 , 10:47 AM

#43907

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Originally Posted by gusmahler

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Watch your tounge, mister. No one did the trapezius nerve hold like Mr. Fuji.

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03-22-2016 , 11:12 AM

#43908

El Kabong

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Zack Ryder and Sin Cara have an IC title shot at WM. Ryback has a singles match. Usos vs Dudleys.

I've got nothing.

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03-22-2016 , 12:08 PM

#43909

moorobot

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New Day didn't even turn; they just started feuding with heels. Unless now being generally poor constitutes a face turn.

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03-22-2016 , 12:14 PM

#43910

LKJ

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They seem to have stopped taking shots at the cities they're in. Otherwise it's true that not much has changed in their overall character, though they're becoming harder to enjoy.

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03-22-2016 , 12:34 PM

#43911

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On that subject sometimes I wonder about the method of taking shots at the city they are in as a villain tactic on a national or global TV show. Most of the people watching the show aren't from that area, so although it gets some rather cheap boos in the arena, much of the home audience will agree with the criticisms and/or find them funny.

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03-22-2016 , 12:37 PM

#43912

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Fan video of the post-Raw dark match. Right at the beginning of the video, Luke Harper goes down holding his ankle and is later helped to the back. Hope he's just selling again and it's nothing serious.

Also, at about 1:23, a fan attacks Braun Strowman. Props to Braun for just calmly alerting security, but part of me wishes we had a Gregor Clegane/Oberyn Martell reenactment there.

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03-22-2016 , 12:40 PM

#43913

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I saw a picture of the trainer with Harper prior to seeing this video and was reserving judgment but he looks to be in a helluva lot of pain. Big guys do not take leg injuries well.

edit: finishing video and ****ing Braun comes about two inches from landing on the poor guy. ****ing Braun. fire him.

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03-22-2016 , 12:54 PM

#43914

darO

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GG Harper

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03-22-2016 , 12:56 PM

#43915

.isolated

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@davemeltzer WON looks like Luke Harper tore an acl doing pretty much nothing in the dark match in philly pic.twitter.com/sr7ls8TOFZ

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03-22-2016 , 12:58 PM

#43916

LKJ

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Originally Posted by moorobot

Yeah, I'm sure I've said it a number of times, but it's very stupid for TV and should purely be a house show thing, especially taking shots at the local sports teams.

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03-22-2016 , 01:54 PM

#43917

chucksim

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Originally Posted by .isolated

edit: finishing video and ****ing Braun comes about two inches from landing on the poor guy. ****ing Braun. fire him.

I actually give him credit handling both incidents the way he did. Obviously the superkick was a planned spot and there wasn't supposed to be anyone on the floor behind him so that was good awareness even if he did sell both that and the fan issue awkwardly. Two things he didn't expect in 30 seconds and he got them both right.

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03-22-2016 , 01:58 PM

#43918

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Originally Posted by LKJ

Yeah, I'm sure I've said it a number of times, but it's very stupid for TV and should purely be a house show thing, especially taking shots at the local sports teams.

Yeah I'm in the stupid for TV camp other than if it would generate nuclear arena heat that will translate to TV. That's completely missing today.

Frankly and more generally I don't get why people pay $$$ to not get into the show, but to be fair the show (writers and performers both) has a responsibility to generate crowd reaction, and no one has that ability anymore.

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03-22-2016 , 02:02 PM

#43919

LKJ

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I will walk my comment back as far as to say that I don't want to live in a world where Rocky didn't once cause the city of Sacramento to lose their **** at "I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May."

But most sports-inspired trolling is just too hackish and obvious to the live crowd to actually cause a massive reaction like that.

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03-22-2016 , 02:16 PM

#43920

.isolated

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Originally Posted by chucksim

It was a planned spot. But he clearly knew Harper was badly hurt before taking the spot. A seasoned vet would've set themselves to go through the ropes where Rowan was because there was no follow-up from the face to Braun. Braun just walked back.

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03-22-2016 , 02:32 PM

#43921

chucksim

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Originally Posted by .isolated

This is true. But a seasoned vet this guy is not.

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03-22-2016 , 02:40 PM

#43922

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Originally Posted by moorobot

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Yeah, I'm sure I've said it a number of times, but it's very stupid for TV and should purely be a house show thing, especially taking shots at the local sports teams.

It's lowest common denominator booking at its finest. I'm just glad they didn't go the "Country Music Sucks" route when they were in Nashville a couple weeks ago. They went all in on it the previous trip to Nashville, and it screamed of lazy writing. Terrible.

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03-22-2016 , 04:59 PM

#43923

El Kabong

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03-22-2016 , 05:26 PM

#43924

StoppedRainingMen

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What am I missing with the appeal of Luke harper?

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03-22-2016 , 05:30 PM

#43925

JimHalpert

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youre not missing anything, i think its a meme from when D1...11.1.1.D$ was here because harper was his favorite. harper is a generic mediocre big guy