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It's crazy there are clips on YouTube where Bayley literally couldn't do a promo in the ring because crowds wouldn't stop singing at her. She would start to talk but they wouldn't stop doing the "will you be my girl" one.

Oh how the mighty have fallen...

...except to me. Bayley 444 lyfe

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04-17-2019 , 07:19 AM

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Since Asuka just beat Becky clean three months ago, it makes perfect sense to demote her to the tag team division when Becky is so desperate for serious challengers that they're having Natalya, Lacey Evans, Bayley and Ember Moon come out to get in her face.

I think they're holding that off for SummerSlam. Facing those 4 over two or three months will cool her off considerably though.

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04-17-2019 , 07:48 AM

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kdub72

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Mick Foley made a post about how "The Viking Experience" is a weird name, but he understands it had to be done because the networks want to distance themselves from anything with the word "War" in it.

Tonight on Smackdown: It's Ember Moon, the War Goddess!

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04-17-2019 , 08:26 AM

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People keep trying to spin that. WWE can't just admit it was a mistake. They had War Games last year and some short lived stable with the word War in it that feuded with The Shield last fall or winter.

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04-17-2019 , 09:28 AM

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master3004

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Also their premier show was called Raw is War for like 20 years.

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04-17-2019 , 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by kdub72

You sure it's not Ember Moon: The Vampire Experience?

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04-17-2019 , 11:48 AM

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Night after WM RAW and draft RAW viewership down 26.x% from last year

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04-17-2019 , 05:13 PM

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Kind of want to see Bayley do a female-version of what Sami is doing, would make sense

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04-17-2019 , 07:41 PM

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Did they reveal which brand the demon dino-bird thing is going to?

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04-17-2019 , 08:27 PM

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MMSS

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How many weeks until Roman has the title?

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04-17-2019 , 09:39 PM

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Did they reveal which brand the demon dino-bird thing is going to?

I didn't see Raw, did they show it there as well? Otherwise I would assume it'll be on SD. Also, that dino-bird is Bray's new gimmick, isn't it?

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04-17-2019 , 09:43 PM

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I didn't see Raw, did they show it there as well? Otherwise I would assume it'll be on SD. Also, that dino-bird is Bray's new gimmick, isn't it?

It's been on both shows.

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04-17-2019 , 10:13 PM

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So, as a distant lurker of this sub-forum (I dropped cable so don't see Raw/SD anymore), I went to SD last night.

The crowd was very lively at the beginning with KO getting a big pop (as expected) opening the show. I liked his whole "Pot Limit 5-card Omaha 8" gimmick (a.k.a. Big O).
Afterward though, the crowd cooled off pretty quickly because the majority of the card was pretty meh (to remain polite).
That 8 women clusterf*ck was painful to watch. I don't know if introducing Kairi Sane was supposed to be a big deal, but it didn't transpire in the crowd.
Lars Whatever beating on R-Truth wasn't impressive. I mean, who can't beat R-Truth?
Finn vs Ali was ok I guess?
I liked the Vince/Elias/Roman thing, but I didn't stay for the announced dark match between Roman and Randy Orton because I had enough after a 4-way 205 match.
Is there such a thing as pumping fake boos in the speakers? Because I didn't really hear the crowd booing Bayley. I mean, they didn't cheer her loudly either, since the crowd wasn't really into that segment.

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04-22-2019 , 05:47 PM

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This is going here instead of NVG just cuz. The name The War Raiders The Viking Experience is no more. It has been changed to something much better and likely to have fans embrace the name change:

Spoiler:

They do listen to the people!!!

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04-22-2019 , 05:50 PM

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At this rate we're probably about four weeks away from them having undergone four more name changes and finally being spit out on the other side with a comedy dancing gimmick.

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04-22-2019 , 06:15 PM

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What about the Raiding Vikings? :|

On that note, I had forgotten, but when at was at Smackdown last Tuesday, there was some guy a couple rows behind us who randomly shouted "Viking Experience!!!" and somehow I found it hilarious.

Edit: When Vince announced that it would be Smackdown's biggest acquisition, we thought for a minute it would be GSP.

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04-22-2019 , 08:19 PM

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This is off to a train wreck cluster **** start. Announce two three-man matches for #1 contender, but then still have all the guys come out and talk about nothing anyway.

Still don't know what Seth is burning down? WWE's ratings? Hopefully the room where all the promos were scripted?

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04-22-2019 , 08:26 PM

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As soon as Seth said a word I muted it. I'll just use my imagination. Seeing a match here that we could've seen on SD! two weeks ago is hilarious. #shakeup

I believe Seth's "burn it down" phrase came from burning down HHH's kingdom during the RTWM last year or year before whatever ****ing year their match was.

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04-22-2019 , 08:41 PM

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OneOut

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Obviously, the guy with the belt is gonna eat the pin there.

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04-22-2019 , 09:36 PM

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They broke up the Bar? Yet Cesaro is retaining Sheamus's music. Would it be too much to hope that he gets some singles momentum?

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04-22-2019 , 09:39 PM

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Cesaro moving to Raw was a recent decision as an exchange for Fox wanting Andrade on SD.

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04-22-2019 , 09:41 PM

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Was not aware Alicea Fox had that kind of pull.

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04-22-2019 , 09:46 PM

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"The Viking Raiders" is still a ****ty name.

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04-22-2019 , 09:48 PM

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Cole already burying these ****ers. Why? "These guys had the WWE fans talking last week in more ways than one. Nonetheless, they weren't fired for our ****ty decision of changing their name.".