Re: The Official WWE Thread - Part 25

[Jay29]

Binging on DX stuff now. Actually got back into wrestling because of these guys.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

They were amazing lol, suffice to say they were probably the highlight of 2006 tbh.

[RealGunner]

Yea DX were also one of the biggest reasons I got into WWE. Other than the obvious.

Absolutely love them.

[M99]

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Seems like this Shane angle is going to run a while.

He's booked to be on the European tour and I assumed because the next Raw is in London that this might be the end of it.

But if he's on the Raw in London I'm gonna assume that it's gonna run a while.

[Kaladin]

Triple HHH is also going to partake in the tour, according to his twitter account

[Casciavit]

He's going to be facing Ambrose

[Casciavit]

Why does nobody punch like that anymore ffs

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I don't even know, strange thing is it can't be a Vince thing as he's obsessed with the punching thing. Men punch has always been his thing and if you don't do it properly he historically doesn't like you.

I don't mind it most of the time, but the one who really gets to me is Ambrose he looks like an uncoordinated child.

[Casciavit]

The punches in that match look so good. I think the reason they don't punch like that anymore is because the style of wrestling has changed. Now it's more of an athletic contest while back then it was more of a 'fight'.

Ambrose's punches look stupid because they're gimmick punches lol. He never used to punch like that.

[RealGunner]

I don't really think they planned that far ahead with Shane. Not sure they expected him to be this popular. Authority angle thankfully seems to be done so they probably will continue with vince vs shane for a while without actually going anywhere till they think of something

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I don't really think they planned that far ahead with Shane. Not sure they expected him to be this popular. Authority angle thankfully seems to be done so they probably will continue with vince vs shane for a while without actually going anywhere till they think of something

I agree, also apparently according to some Reddit Internet Bullshit Artist who broke the Shane news to begin with the Authority angle is ending soon. ( though he said that after WM)

So there's that, with that said i don't really care regardless if they continue to try and build guys who are not established guys.

No point like last year of making it all about Rollins and the rest of the show utterly pointless.

[RealGunner]

Yea it's nice to have a bit of balance atm. Enjoying shane's presence so lets keep it that way. last thing we need is stephanie to open RAW again.

[Casciavit]

Adam Rose and Konnor (Ascension) have both been suspended for 60 days due to a violation of the WWE wellness system. It's the second time for both men.

[Casciavit]

Having a Face authority figure is so refreshing. Either way, I think the Authority thing needs to die. It's been on screen in some type of way for like 20 years

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Yeah despite the fact Vince is clearly still running things ( shockingly) it's nice to have a Neutral GM type figure instead of the Authority who just shit on the talent from a storyline POV and make the same promos every week.

[Onyx]

Only thing I can't take seriously is how Vince/Shane were basically telling each other to die prior to WM and now suddenly it's brushed off as banter and Shane's running RAW.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Only thing I can't take seriously is how Vince/Shane were basically telling each other to die prior to WM and now suddenly it's brushed off as banter and Shane's running RAW.

Yeah there's that, it doesn't make any sense mind you none of WM storylines does.

I'd rather just forget it ever happened and focus on the current stuff tbh. Pretty much everything is better off for just flat out ignoring Wrestlemania.

[Onyx]

Mourinho trying his luck in the WWE.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I wonder who that is

Probably some scrub.

[Onyx]

Better than his current theme imo.

[Onyx]

This week, Monday Night RAW saw yet another drop from the week before, as Showbuzz Daily revealed in the weekly ratings.

It brought in an average of 3.529 million viewers and a rating of 2.5 which is down from the previous episode.

On the night after WrestleMania 32, WWE had to compete with the NCAA Basketball Championship Game, and that may have hurt the ratings some. This week, there was no serious competition for RAW and yet it still fell in the ratings.

[Casciavit]

Lack of stars = lack of ratings

[Onyx]

Too many randomers on the roster imo. Need some familiar faces back, hopefully Cena returns as a main eventer.

Also need something big to get people talking. Nothing going on currently. Then again nothing extremely interesting has happened in over 2 years.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Ratings haven't been good for years lol, even when their so called stars come back it hardly effected anything.

When Bryan was announced to be on RAW for his retirement the ratings actually dropped, not his fault mind you I'm just saying that star power isn't the only reason.

I don't even think they care tbh, seeing as they get paid by the networks regardless of good or bad ratings. They make their money elsewhere.

But if there isn't any stars that's their own problem, they haven't even attempted to build any for years.

[Onyx]

Saw a pretty good idea to revive Smackdown.

Basically you would have all good wrestlers on Smackdown, while RAW would for the traditional WWE/entertainment guys.

RAW: Reigns, Cena, Jericho, Sheamus, Ambrose, Wyatt, Orton, Ryback etc

Smackdown: Rollins, Cesaro, Zayn, Styles, Neville, Crews, Itami, Balor, Nakamura - Shane as GM.

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