Re: The Official WWE Thread - Part 34

[Casciavit]

Last 5 mins of Goldberg-Taker was pretty sad to see.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Every Taker match since his HIAC with HHH has been sad to see lol.

As for Goldberg, he's never had a good match in his life if it wasn't a squash.

Larger than Life doe.

[Onyx]

Stone Cold Jon Moxley.

[RealGunner]

"Who are you two roody poos?" pic.twitter.com/gAf2bh4i6i

— 90s WWE (@90sWWE) June 8, 2019

[silver]

He's dead

[M99]

Dean Ambrose, KENTA, Will Ospreay, Shingo, Jeff Cobb all confirmed to be on G1 :banderas: Jericho hinted at it too.

[Casciavit]

[Casciavit]

[Casciavit]

Every Taker match since his HIAC with HHH has been sad to see lol.

As for Goldberg, he's never had a good match in his life if it wasn't a squash.

Larger than Life doe.

Ngl their faceoff before the bell rung had me hyped though.

Even though they're legends and peaked decades ago, it still shows what's lacking with today's product.

There was a kind of hype to their faceoff that you rarely see....that's what happens when you have protected two strongly booked wrestlers. The crowd gets excited before the bell even rings since they don't know who will go over.

How often do you get that anymore? Lesnar-Reigns WM31 was the last one I remember. Wrestling needs more larger than life superstar matchups. Need more supermen matchups.

[Casciavit]

Shield vs Wyatt family too. The anticipation from their first face-off had the crowd chanting "this is awesome"

I guess Ronda vs Becky had that too

Hopefully AEW can create that level of heat with Mox-Omega

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Every Taker match since his HIAC with HHH has been sad to see lol.

As for Goldberg, he's never had a good match in his life if it wasn't a squash.

Larger than Life doe.

Ngl their faceoff before the bell rung had me hyped though.

Even though they're legends and peaked decades ago, it still shows what's lacking with today's product.

There was a kind of hype to their faceoff that you rarely see....that's what happens when you have protected two strongly booked wrestlers. The crowd gets excited before the bell even rings since they don't know who will go over.

How often do you get that anymore? Lesnar-Reigns WM31 was the last one I remember. Wrestling needs more larger than life superstar matchups. Need more supermen matchups.

I couldn't care less tbh AJ vs Cena when it first happened was 100x more hype than two old men who can hardly move anymore.

Larger than Life is never meant anything to me, i want to be entertained and care about something and i really don't care how you do it.

[RealGunner]

After 30 years, WWE is moving to BT Sports. Not sure if Sky didn't try hard enough or there wasn't much profit in it.

[M99]

AEW is very likely heading to ITV also.

[RealGunner]

AEW is very likely heading to ITV also.

That's great news. Won't be surprised if the ratings are high since it's free TV compared to BT.

[silver]

Saw this on another forum:

Undertaker's promo next week:

"This is not my yard anymore... This is HIS yard!"

*Roman's music hits*

Oh my! You heard The Phenom! It is now DA BIG DOG's yard! Short, sweet and to the point! What a moment! What a sign of respect from The Undertaker!




Could totally see this happening.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Breaking: WWE names Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff as Executive Directors.

Heyman is set to become Executive Director of Raw, while Bischoff will fill the same role for SmackDown Live. Both will report directly to WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. https://t.co/SIjW3G8v8T

— Justin Barrasso (@JustinBarrasso) June 27, 2019

[Kaladin]

Is this a good thing or?

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Depends how much power they are afforded.

But it can't be any worse.

[Jay29]

The words "directly report to Vince McMahon" suggest nothing is going to change.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

That's what i thought too tbh.

[M99]

The announcement today that Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff have signed on with WWE to become Executive Directors of the Raw and Smackdown brands is a legitimate announcement, not a storyline situation.

WWE has been pursuing Heyman to come on board officially in their corporate circles as far back as February, PWInsider.com can exclusively confirm. An offer was issued to Heyman to come on board full-time as a top member of the creative team around the same time Bruce Prichard was brought back as a Senior Vice President but the conversations were slow in progressing. Heyman had been working on certain storylines and with certain talents, including Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar, Alexa Bliss and many others dating back far before that point. He's been in the inner circle when it comes to the creative process for some time without an official title. He and WWE have been circling around this deal for a long time and finally came to terms recently.

The Eric Bischoff deal came together within the last several weeks. Bischoff has been working on pre-production of the planned Netflix Hulk Hogan biography film and had a slew of personal appearances booked. Over the last week, he quietly began canceling those appearance dates, so that is likely when he came to official terms with WWE. We are told he will be working directly with FOX as WWE builds their relationship with Smackdown's new home. To say this is a massive return to form for Bischoff is a grand understatement. We are told that WWE approached him about the role and that his previous work in collaborating with Turner Broadcasting. Spike and other networks in building past TV series was one of the reasons Bischoff was pitched for the position.

We are told that they will be overseeing all aspects of their individual series, answering directly to Vince McMahon. They are now the top of the pyramid, respectively, for Raw and Smackdown but obviously McMahon will always have the last say. One WWE source compared their roles to Paul Levesque's in NXT in that they will be in charge, but it's still Vince's company.

Heyman is expected to continue his role as Brock Lesnar's advocate.

There is no word yet whether Bischoff will appear on camera, but given how good of a performer he is, one would think it's just a matter of time.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

If the NXT comparison is legit then it might be ok as HHH literally does run that show.

[silver]

Not sure if 2019 or 2003

[Jay29]

Did anyone see AEW Fyter Fest?

I feel like I've just been sent back to the late 90s. Unprotected chair shots and a classic hardcore match involving barbed wire and thumbtacks.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I didn't because i read it was conjuction with the festival so i knew it wasn't a serious show.

[M99]

If anyone is looking for an alternate, I'd recommend to really try out NJPW. Consistently has the best wrestling and long term storylines. Fyter Fest was good but a random NJPW show in Australia that happened in the same day blew it out of the water.

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