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tugs · Post #1561 » by **tugs** » Sat Dec 9, 2017 10:29 am

Woken Mickie though

Dr Positivity · Post #1562 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sat Dec 9, 2017 11:24 pm

Not only do they use Lana's real voice in Total Divas ads but now they even have a "Sneak Peek" during Raw with her speaking in it? Think of the kayfabe.

Dr Positivity · Post #1563 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 3:39 am

Random Wrestlemania prediction

Rich Swann (c) vs Hideo Itami - Cruiserweight title
The Usos (c) vs The Authors of Pain vs The Revival vs The New Day vs Rusev and Aiden English vs Benjamin and Gable - Smackdown tag titles (ladder match)
The Bar (c) vs Woken Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt - Raw tag titles
Samoa Joe (c) vs Finn Balor - Intercontinental Title
Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose
Jinder Mahal (c) vs John Cena - US title
Kurt Angle vs The Miz
Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn
Alexa Bliss (c) vs Asuka - Raw women's title
Charlotte (c) vs Natalya vs Ruby Riott vs Naomi vs Carmella vs Becky Lynch - Smackdown women's title
Shane McMahon vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Triple H vs Braun Strowman
AJ Styles (c) vs Randy Orton - WWE title
Brock Lesnar (c) vs Roman Reigns- Universal Title

Storylines
- Dean turns heel on Rollins
- Shane turns heel at Clash of Champions
- Zayn/Owens recycles the Orton/Wyatt storyline where Zayn was faking it and hates KO forever, KO has a friend blindside him instead of the other way around
- Probably a reach but Woken Matt and Bray storyline ends up with them a face tag team

tugs · Post #1564 » by **tugs** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 4:26 am

Now I know this is Triple H's way of putting over talent (previously Reigns and now Jinder), but regardless if scripted or not, this got me when Jinder got a bit emotional.

Watch on YouTube

iMoreland · Post #1565 » by **iMoreland** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:08 am

Rich Swann arrested on battery/false imprisonment/kidnapping charges.

http://www.mugshotsgainesville.com/Details.aspx?BookingID=ASO17JBN008034

improper · Post #1566 » by **improper** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:11 am

iMoreland wrote:Rich Swann arrested on battery/false imprisonment/kidnapping charges.

http://www.mugshotsgainesville.com/Details.aspx?BookingID=ASO17JBN008034

And just hours after Dr Positivity predicted he'd challenge for the cruiserweight belt at 'Mania.

Dr Positivity · Post #1567 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:31 pm

WRau1 · Post #1568 » by **WRau1** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:34 pm

I'm trying to find it but Neville suggested that Swann was a "garbage human being". The host laughed it off and I assumed it was a joke but now I wonder.

improper · Post #1569 » by **improper** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:37 pm

WRau1 wrote:I'm trying to find it but Neville suggested that Swann was a "garbage human being". The host laughed it off and I assumed it was a joke but now I wonder.

He probably laughed it off because Swann's character just seems to chill and likable, and his character just seems like an extension of his personality. He's one of the last guys I would have expected to get arrested for something like that.

bestnamezRtaken · Post #1570 » by **bestnamezRtaken** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:52 pm

Curious to see what they do now and how they address it. WWE.com just says they have a zero tolerance for domestic violence. Didn't mention the false imprisonment or battery or anything.

Post #1571 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:07 pm

improper wrote:
WRau1 wrote:I'm trying to find it but Neville suggested that Swann was a "garbage human being". The host laughed it off and I assumed it was a joke but now I wonder.

He probably laughed it off because Swann's character just seems to chill and likable, and his character just seems like an extension of his personality. He's one of the last guys I would have expected to get arrested for something like that.

I've always thought Swann's character was annoying more than entertaining, but obviously had no idea about his personal issues.

Does this mean Drew Gulak gets a title shot against Enzo? I think they need to get Cedric Alexander in there as champ - the sooner the better.

improper · Post #1572 » by **improper** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:07 pm

Ruzious wrote:
improper wrote:
WRau1 wrote:I'm trying to find it but Neville suggested that Swann was a "garbage human being". The host laughed it off and I assumed it was a joke but now I wonder.

He probably laughed it off because Swann's character just seems to chill and likable, and his character just seems like an extension of his personality. He's one of the last guys I would have expected to get arrested for something like that.

I've always thought Swann's character was annoying more than entertaining, but obviously had no idea about his personal issues.

Does this mean Drew Gulak gets a title shot against Enzo? I think they need to get Cedric Alexander in there as champ - the sooner the better.

Pretty sure Itami will end up being the next champ.

tugs · Post #1573 » by **tugs** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:25 pm

Y2J attacking Omega was weird.

jakecronus8 · Post #1574 » by **jakecronus8** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:05 am

tugs wrote:Y2J attacking Omega was weird.

Jericho is reaching Sting levels of old. Just doesn't look good in the ring anymore.

Dr Positivity · Post #1575 » by **Dr Positivity** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:55 pm

It's interesting watching the difference between Braun/Big Show and Braun/Kane storylines. I loved the Show matches and Kane ones were almost unwatchable for me. In general I just enjoy Show in the ring a lot more than Kane. But Show had no build up, while they had an easier time with Kane's built in character to have this month long storyline and make him seem like a dangerous sadistic threat. I think for the two signature old slow guys, they have different strengths/weaknesses. I kind of wish he was healthy and "welll it's the Big Show" played during the ending of this week's Raw because I would have enjoyed a 4 way monster battle more than the inevitable Brock-Braun-Kane triple threat

Post #1576 » by **loserX** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 12:30 am

Huh.

http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21840316/vince-mcmahon-sells-some-wwe-shares-fund-alpha-entertainment-llc

McMahon is chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, which filed details with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about McMahon's sale of 3.34 million shares of WWE, equaling about $100 million.

iMoreland · Post #1577 » by **iMoreland** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:38 am

XFL is coming back boys

Post #1578 » by **Stanford** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:52 am

He's officially lost his mind.

I'm so excited.

Post #1579 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 6:45 pm

iMoreland wrote:XFL is coming back boys

No chance! That's what it's got.

No chance in hell!

Seriously.

Vini Vichi Virdi. Vince came, Vince saw, Vince is gonna f up again?

skbucks1985 · Post #1580 » by **skbucks1985** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 11:14 pm

I'm not sure we should start fitting Vince for a straight jacket quite yet. This is either a pretty smart long-term investment or its incomprehensibly stupid. For what it was, the Big 3 basketball league was quite successful in its first year. And in its 2nd season, the games will all be live now instead of live-to-tape so I assume the league's getting more in rights fees this season.

Live content is even more valuable now and if you can create a league that is what the Area Football League should have been but never could because it has always been run by buffoons, a product that is still football but is completely different from the NFL, then I think this could actually work.

If however he's bought into the failing NFL narrative and thinks he can re-create the core of what the XFL was, which was to be a competitor to the NFL and eventually beat the NFL, well then he has indeed lost his mind.