WWE General Discussion III: Bigger! Better! Badder!

[iMoreland]

I guess we're about to find out

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Incredible f****** news

[tugs]

This'll be very challenging for Trips. Will he favor his NXT kids, or will he finally reward the good soldiers?

Either is good, but if he can do both? Man...

[Dominator83]

Make NXT great again. Being back Gargano and go get Jonathan Gresham

[Dr Positivity]

My theory would be that identifying the top guys and bottom guys in WWE is pretty simplistic. They have TV ratings (can be split into individual segments), house shows, PPV numbers, merchandise, social media views, etc. A whole bunch of objective data you would be crazy not to use. Some people act like Reigns main evented 4 Wrestlemanias as a face cause he was Vince's hell or high water project, but I'd suspect it's more likely that it was staring them in the face that he was the clear top needle mover of full timers. On the other end for someone like Finn Balor who never took off on main roster, the most likely scenario is he was producing bad numbers the whole time. HHH presumably, should have similar take on future versions of Reigns and Balor as Vince would give or take, maybe he's slightly more kind to the Balor type but not making him a main eventer or anything.

Where it gets complicated is guys after that. How do you determine who is the best bet to push between say Rollins, McIntyre, Lashley, Owens, Styles and Orton? Most likely, it's a lot more murky who's more popular. All those guys have had their run as world champion. This is where if there's an HHH effect it could show up in my opinion. I don't know if McIntyre has proven he's a bigger star than people like Owens and AJ to make it a no brainer to push him more as Vince has the last few years. It's plausible that could flip around and HHH is really into Owens and ends up pushing McIntyre as the new Sheamus midcard heel or something.

[gambitx777]

I think that promo last night proved that Roman is the top guy they have. It's unfortunate that he might end up being a part timer now but they can just yank the tittles off him they have no choice but to make that. Big deal. Roman can loose on cable or at a low level PPV. Has to be at mania or maybe a summer slam but, can be against Brock.

So even if triple H wants a sea change I don't think it happens over night. I think the biggest thing we are gonna see is the weekly cable shows are gonna matter more. He's gonna make those matter more and feel more special.

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[Scott Hall]

Bruh that Ric Flair roast was wild

[The_Brecht]

Interesting to see what will be changing.

[Scott Hall]

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[Dominator83]

https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/wwe-lifts-ban-on-two-words-after-triple-h-takes-over-creative


It's about damn time! This one was fairly easy to see coming considering that HHH was, in fact, an actual wrestler that loves the sport.

[iMoreland]

Spoiler:

Among the pitches we've learned is that Kross would be inserted into the Drew McIntyre-Roman Reigns feud and be involved in a match for one of Roman Reigns' world titles, as opposed to both.

Fightful had also been informed that USA Network wanted a top title featured on WWE Raw more often, as Roman Reigns is rarely seen on their show since winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. One USA Network pitch was to even have an interim title, though we're not sure that was ever seriously considered by WWE.

[Dr Positivity]

I have to think that HHH will bring Gargano to main roster

[Dominator83]

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/dwayne-johnson-tales-from-the-territories-dark-side-of-the-ring-1235335777/

This should be fun to watch

[gambitx777]

I CAN NOT WAIT TO GET THE WAY!

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[Scott Hall]

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[Lord Eder]

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$2000-$20,000?! Jesus Christ.

The nostalgia though. This was my LJN Hogan.



From memory I also had Mean Gene, Junk Yard Dog, Jesse Ventura, One Man Gang, Special Delivery Jones, Bruno Sammartino, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy and George Steele… along with the Ring

Man I can smell the rubber lol

[Scott Hall]

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$2000-$20,000?! Jesus Christ.

The nostalgia though. This was my LJN Hogan.



From memory I also had Mean Gene, Junk Yard Dog, Jesse Ventura, One Man Gang, Special Delivery Jones, Bruno Sammartino, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy and George Steele… along with the Ring

Man I can smell the rubber lol

That's awesome did you also have the blue steel cage? I should still have all mine all beat up and chewed out
in a box at my dads garage. Going off memory I think I had everybody except for Vince McMahon. Since that
first ever WWF Toy line also had a rookie Bret Hart and Bruno in his last year of his career I wonder how much they
would go for?

[Scott Hall]

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[Lord Eder]

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$2000-$20,000?! Jesus Christ.

The nostalgia though. This was my LJN Hogan.



From memory I also had Mean Gene, Junk Yard Dog, Jesse Ventura, One Man Gang, Special Delivery Jones, Bruno Sammartino, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy and George Steele… along with the Ring

Man I can smell the rubber lol

That's awesome did you also have the blue steel cage? I should still have all mine all beat up and chewed out
in a box at my dads garage. Going off memory I think I had everybody except for Vince McMahon. Since that
first ever WWF Toy line also had a rookie Bret Hart and Bruno in his last year of his career I wonder how much they
would go for?

Nah, unfortunately I didn’t have the blue cage. I’d imagine the full set would be worth a pretty penny in good condition considering the price range of that Hogan. Going by eBay, a lot of them sold, out of package, are like $200+ for 1 figure. There’s one Har Foundation set, out of package, that went for $700 for the pair. They all seem to be in really good condition though. I don’t know how, mine were all chewed up too, missing noses and fingers lol.

[Scott Hall]

$2000-$20,000?! Jesus Christ.

The nostalgia though. This was my LJN Hogan.



From memory I also had Mean Gene, Junk Yard Dog, Jesse Ventura, One Man Gang, Special Delivery Jones, Bruno Sammartino, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy and George Steele… along with the Ring

Man I can smell the rubber lol

That's awesome did you also have the blue steel cage? I should still have all mine all beat up and chewed out
in a box at my dads garage. Going off memory I think I had everybody except for Vince McMahon. Since that
first ever WWF Toy line also had a rookie Bret Hart and Bruno in his last year of his career I wonder how much they
would go for?

Nah, unfortunately I didn’t have the blue cage. I’d imagine the full set would be worth a pretty penny in good condition considering the price range of that Hogan. Going by eBay, a lot of them sold, out of package, are like $200+ for 1 figure. There’s one Har Foundation set, out of package, that went for $700 for the pair. They all seem to be in really good condition though. I don’t know how, mine were all chewed up too, missing noses and fingers lol.

Seems like you gotta win the the lottery if you want to buy the whole collection straight out of the package or in good
condition same with the Hasbros from the early 90's that had that legendary roster. Wish I could go in a Hot Tub Time Machine
to back then and collect those when they were so cheap instead of all those baseball, hockey, basketball cards that ended
up worthless lol. I haven't seen mine in probably 25 years if not longer but I remember a lot of them also had missing noses
and fingers I think as toddlers/little kids we must've been teething and chewed on them because they were rubber? Either
that or they weren't built to last long. I still remember getting my parents to rent WWF Coliseum home videos from
a rental store like Blockbuster and watching while playing with the LJN figures on the ground having matches.

[Dr Positivity]

Not sure if WWE will be interested again but looks like Tenille/Emma is now a free agent