Re: The Official WWE Thread - Part 18

[RealGunner]

Unreal kid lmao

All you have to do is bolieve

Paul bearer impression

Although I won't be surprised if he is reading off the cards

[Onyx]

Good interview. Bray part of the imo--vement. 6:40 and 7:40.

[Onyx]

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[Casciavit]

There is no way the person who beat the streak is going to lose it after his 2nd defense.

100% sure its gonna happen in WM.

[Onyx]

We noted before that there was some talk of having Bayley win the WWE NXT Women’s Title from Charlotte at Takeover 2 on September 11th as a way to bring Charlotte to the main roster. The idea behind this is that it would give Ric Flair a regular role on TV.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

[Onyx]

It appears “Shocked Undertaker Guy” Ellis Mbeh from WrestleMania XXX may be working online with WWE soon. WWE posted the following on Twitter yesterday with a cartoon of Mbeh:

“Something jaw-dropping is coming to http://WWE.com and @WWEonYouTube! What could it be? #ShockedUndertakerGuy”

[Onyx]

There’s no official word from WWE on how SmackDown moving back to Thursday nights will affect the international airings. The belief is Canada will also switch back to Thursdays. Some countries like Australia and the UK have been getting SmackDown almost a day early and that may no longer be possible due to timing.

It’s also expected that NXT and Superstars, as well as other first-run WWE Network shows such as a season 2 of Legends House, will also be moved to a new night. Speculation within WWE is that they would be moved to Wednesday.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

[Onyx]

We noted before that Daniel Bryan had been pulled from WWE’s European tour in November. Bad News Barrett is also no longer being advertised.

[Onyx]

Dave Meltzer on Cena turning heel:

From this week's Observer.
Cena was interviewed by Power Magazine this past week and said that he’s got a heel run in him, but says he does what the company tells him to do and that a heel turn will never happen. To me, never doesn’t exist in pro wrestling, because circumstances constantly change. That said, right now, the idea of turning Cena heel would be mind-bogglingly stupid. The key is merchandise. With Bryan and Punk gone, Cena’s merchandise was recently and may still be outselling the entire rest of the roster combined. Heel turns kill merch sales, not to mention ticket sales to kids, which make up a strong percentage of the WWE audience and the Cena shows this year were doing more than $60,000 above the non-Cena shows in ticket sales (and shows without Cena are doing well below the usual levels for house shows in the cities they have been in while Cena shows have not).

There is always the chance that Cena will get hotter as a ticket seller with a heel turn. Historically, with the exception of Hogan (whose merch sales were dead when he made the turn), modern era top babyface turns didn’t work unless you have the hotter babyface on the rise (like Austin was with Bret Hart when they did the double turn). Dwayne Johnson turned back-and-forth, but Austin’s turn, no matter how entertaining it was, led to huge drops in attendance, ratings and merch sales and the company never got back to previous levels. WCW attempted turns with Sting and Goldberg were such flops they flipped back every time within a few weeks. If Bryan, or Reigns, or someone, is at the point as champion where they are outdrawing Cena and selling at close to the same level, you could consider a turn, but even then, you still have the issues where Make-a-Wish and other corporate partners who bank on Cena as a spokesperson or face would get upset.

But today, with no Punk, no Bryan, and Reigns months from being ready, any suggestion of turning him today is up there with the ill-fated Austin turn. Austin’s turn failed for these reasons. The first was there was no super face to oppose him (the idea was HHH as the face, but then HHH decided against turning and forming a team with Austin, and if you remember that period, HHH was actually positioned equal or even ahead of him when they were together). The other is that there are some talents who bring new people into the game. When those people are faces and turn, and there are only a handful of them in the last 30 years and of them, only Hogan and Lawler (who was successful going back-and-forth) ever did for any length of time and with had success. I would call Hogan’s turn a success because the company did great business for two-and-a-half years, but the long-run of the cool heels killing the faces was not good in the long run.

Whether a percentage of the audience boos him, and they do at TV and PPVs and they don’t at house shows, those are already paying customers, many of whom came in before Cena. Of those who came in with Cena, their big favorites were Cena, Mysterio and maybe Batista, and Cena was No. 1 throughout and is the last one left. They are clearly building Reigns and Ambrose for a future, and Wyatt is probably going to be a face at some point as well. When the new characters are at the point they are carrying the ball, and Reigns may already be on track getting there, you absolutely could consider a Cena turn from a wrestling standpoint. But perhaps Make-a-Wish changes the game and it won’t happen even when the storyline time down the line could be right.

[Onyx]

[Tomwin Lannister]

'The big guy'

10x better 'mic skills' cutting a non promo whilst off his nut on medications. WWE making him scream 'feed me more'


Get well soon u beauty

[RealGunner]

he has won me back

[M99]

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Paige looks good on red and AJ on a tank top is perfection ffs

[Tomwin Lannister]

Wonder how far they'll take this implied lesbian story in thie era lmao

Pls Torrie Wilson Dawn Marie again plsplsplspslpslspsl

[RealGunner]

IMO to raise awareness of homosexuality, they need to run a full angle between Paige and AJ

[Tomwin Lannister]

Agreed

nothing less than a HD sex tape, anything less would just be WWE admitting they don't like homosexuals which in 2014 is bad ffs





I actually seen 2 lesbians in asda when I was pre-ordering fifa lol

Thought they were friends at first but it got a bit dicey, they weren't super butch but were in their 40s, one was pretty fat, one was chubby and one had short hair, was wearing a tank top type thing lmfao

were holding hands and shit in the queue. Not quite AJ - Paige level but my local equivalent.

[RealGunner]

I see quite around lately. Which is nice as they are openly coming out without fear.

Saw two girls making out in the bus. Wish the journey was 2 hours instead of 20 minutes

[Tomwin Lannister]

20 minute ride will feel like 2 hours when 2 obese blokes in short shorts sit in front of you and get down to business imo


Careful what you wish for

[RealGunner]

Agreed

[M99]

Looks like Prince Devitt and Kevin Steen will be a tag team

http://www.wearewrestling.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/steen.jpg

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Could be the new Shield imo

[Onyx]

Batista is Chris Jericho's guest on the latest episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast, which you can listen to here. During the interview, Batista talked about his latest WWE run being "bad from the start."

"It was just bad from right off the bat," Batista admitted (props to MStarz for the transcription). "They said, 'We want you to come out and do this thing with Hunter and Steph and Randy,' and I was like, 'First night back and you can't give me five minutes in the ring by myself in front if the fans?

"I told them from the very beginning [making me a babyface] isn't going to work. They said, 'Nah, man. They love you. They love you. They miss you.' That's going to last for 30 seconds. I said, 'They want to hate me and I'm good at that.'"

[Onyx]

Better version than his latest one imo.

[Onyx]

Anyone seen the Monday Night War series? The WWE network has it for 9.9...free on the internet.

[RealGunner]

who are the wrestlers involved?

[Onyx]

For what?

[RealGunner]

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