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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 4, 2024 11:27:58 GMT -5
20: Benoit/HHH/HBK 30: Bryan/Orton/Batista 40: Cody/Rock/Reigns Was there a lot of triple threat matches back in 1994? Because if not you could also say 10: Bret/Yoko/Luger was probably a different era booking decision away from being a triple threat as well.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 4, 2024 2:13:16 GMT -5
- The Rock appears on SmackDown Friday, Cody and Rock shake hands, hug and a few words that wasn't heard, which Cody and Rock are up to something. Cody and The Rock are playing chess while Roman is playing checkers. Lol so let me get this right, you give me S#!t in the Cody thread for suggesting that Cody is working towards something outsmarting Reigns saying that idea is crap. And now here you are attempting to grasp at straws for your own self indulgence, giving yourself a pat on the back for the same concept? So here's how i'd book this as a possible way out. Seth already offered Cody a match at Mania for the World Title. Cody "accepts Seths challenge" and its important to state it that way so the Main Event Night 1 is Cody vs. Seth. Cody wins the World Title, and continues the "Cody beats Seth everytime" storyline and ends Night 1. Night 2 Main Event - Roman vs. Rock. Roman gets his win over Rock, fireworks go off and you think that the night is over. Cody interrupts during the end credits and reveals he outmaneuvered Roman. When Seth challenged Cody he did not have to use his Rumble Title Shot. Therefore after an exhausted Roman beats Rock we get Roman vs. Cody and Cody finally takes the WWE Title from Roman to end Night 2 as the dual champion. Seth gets his break due to injury (can come back as heel to fight Rhodes), Roman gets to face Rock, Cody more than finishes his story with both titles. And to boot if you don't want Cody as a double champion for long - you could still use Priest to cash in for the World Title down the road and not damage Cody as the WWE champion. This idea is crap Do everyone a favor If this is true and not dirtsheet bullcrap I will jot watch WrestleMania this year. Get a jumpstart and stop watching now if you're that offended.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 23:37:06 GMT -5
Rockamania is running wild, brother! NGL, Rockster kinda has a ring to it tho...
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 23:36:02 GMT -5
Best solution to this in my mind is Roman fights the rock on night 1 and the winner faces Cody on night 2 where he finally gets to finish his story I wouldn't "fantasy book" on here right now. You'll be chastised for any suggestion that doesnt end with Cody Rhodes running over Rock with a truck on the way to the ring and beating Roman in 8 seconds for the title.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 17:22:42 GMT -5
I agree that I think what saves Brock in the game is the already announced 40 Years of Mania showcase. Lets look at the lineup of what else you could go with. Mania 19 - Rock/Austin & ?? (can't do Jericho/HBK, Hogan/McMahon has the same issue, Triple H/Booker? seems weak but possible) Mania 20 - Eddie/Angle & Taker/Kane (prob ok to remove Brock here against Goldberg) Mania 29 - Rock/Cena & ?? (you'd have to get Punk back in the game quickly to do Punk/Taker if you can't do Brock/Triple H) Mania 30 - Bryan/Batista/Orton & Bryan/Triple H? (could be ok to remove Brock/Taker but a huge moment loss) Mania 31 - Idk what you do here - EDIT (I guess you do Orton/Rollins)(Can't do Sting/Triple H, Cant' do Seth/Roman/Brock, Probably too soon to do Wyatt if he was pulled by Mattel) Mania 32 - Roman/Trips, Taker/Shane (Has to be ok because you weren't going to have access to Ambrose anyways) Mania 33 - Styles/Shane, Roman/Taker, Trips/Rollins (probably enough to get rid of Brock) Mania 34 - Taker/Cena, Styles/Nakamura, Charlotte/Asuka (probably have enough to get rid of Brock) Mania 35 - Trips/Batista, Styles/Orton, Becky/Charlotte/Rousey (if they still have Ronda) (probably have enough to get rid of Brock) Mania 36 - Seth/KO, Taker/Styles? (wonder if this confirms Boneyard Match? Can't do Edge/Orton, most other matches are guys who left) Mania 38 - Seth/Cody, Austin/KO, Bianca/Becky (probably have enough to get rid of Brock) Mania 39 - Cody/Roman, Seth/Logan, Rey/Dominik, Rhea/Charlotte, KO & Sami/Usos (more than enough to get rid of Brock, Brock/Omos wasnt making the game anyways) So most events I think you can get away with if you're going to do multiple matches from each. I'd question Mania 31 the most out of all though. Not sure outside Orton/Rollins what else you can use. I could be wrong and I hope I am but I don't think they're doing every single WM. I think Brock/Taker Wrestlemania 30 is in there and maybe Brock and Drew at WM 36. I just think it's harder to take someone out of the base game when you're a month away unlike dlc which would be much easier as 2k has done in the past. Guess we find out soon though, really really looking forward to the Showcase and hope we get WM9 with the Steiners and Headshrinkers. Yea I mean 40 matches is a lot for showcase but just solely basing off 2k14 where they did all 30 and multiple matches for each.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 13:19:28 GMT -5
Wrestlemania V
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 12:43:15 GMT -5
There was no reason Shane should have ever won the WWE Title. He had his place on the card, but headlining PPV's? No thanks.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 11:22:27 GMT -5
I agree that I think what saves Brock in the game is the already announced 40 Years of Mania showcase.
Lets look at the lineup of what else you could go with.
Mania 19 - Rock/Austin & ?? (can't do Jericho/HBK, Hogan/McMahon has the same issue, Triple H/Booker? seems weak but possible)
Mania 20 - Eddie/Angle & Taker/Kane (prob ok to remove Brock here against Goldberg)
Mania 29 - Rock/Cena & ?? (you'd have to get Punk back in the game quickly to do Punk/Taker if you can't do Brock/Triple H)
Mania 30 - Bryan/Batista/Orton & Bryan/Triple H? (could be ok to remove Brock/Taker but a huge moment loss)
Mania 31 - Idk what you do here - EDIT (I guess you do Orton/Rollins) (Can't do Sting/Triple H, Cant' do Seth/Roman/Brock, Probably too soon to do Wyatt if he was pulled by Mattel)
Mania 32 - Roman/Trips, Taker/Shane (Has to be ok because you weren't going to have access to Ambrose anyways)
Mania 33 - Styles/Shane, Roman/Taker, Trips/Rollins (probably enough to get rid of Brock)
Mania 34 - Taker/Cena, Styles/Nakamura, Charlotte/Asuka (probably have enough to get rid of Brock)
Mania 35 - Trips/Batista, Styles/Orton, Becky/Charlotte/Rousey (if they still have Ronda) (probably have enough to get rid of Brock)
Mania 36 - Seth/KO, Taker/Styles? (wonder if this confirms Boneyard Match? Can't do Edge/Orton, most other matches are guys who left)
Mania 38 - Seth/Cody, Austin/KO, Bianca/Becky (probably have enough to get rid of Brock)
Mania 39 - Cody/Roman, Seth/Logan, Rey/Dominik, Rhea/Charlotte, KO & Sami/Usos (more than enough to get rid of Brock, Brock/Omos wasnt making the game anyways)
So most events I think you can get away with if you're going to do multiple matches from each. I'd question Mania 31 the most out of all though. Not sure outside Orton/Rollins what else you can use.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 11:07:48 GMT -5
So here's how i'd book this as a possible way out. Seth already offered Cody a match at Mania for the World Title. Cody "accepts Seths challenge" and its important to state it that way so the Main Event Night 1 is Cody vs. Seth. Cody wins the World Title, and continues the "Cody beats Seth everytime" storyline and ends Night 1. Night 2 Main Event - Roman vs. Rock. Roman gets his win over Rock, fireworks go off and you think that the night is over. Cody interrupts during the end credits and reveals he outmaneuvered Roman. When Seth challenged Cody he did not have to use his Rumble Title Shot. Therefore after an exhausted Roman beats Rock we get Roman vs. Cody and Cody finally takes the WWE Title from Roman to end Night 2 as the dual champion. Seth gets his break due to injury (can come back as heel to fight Rhodes), Roman gets to face Rock, Cody more than finishes his story with both titles. And to boot if you don't want Cody as a double champion for long - you could still use Priest to cash in for the World Title down the road and not damage Cody as the WWE champion. So you make Cody look like gigantic wimp for needing to wait until Roman has already wrestled a match for him to beat him? That’s a sure fire way to absolutely kill Cody even further as “the guy” Or you make Cody look extremely intelligent for realizing he's not going to get a fair shake against Roman/Bloodline. Again, not ideal - trying to make the best of a bad situation here. I was not advocating for Rock/Roman.
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 3, 2024 10:58:45 GMT -5
So here's how i'd book this as a possible way out.
Seth already offered Cody a match at Mania for the World Title. Cody "accepts Seths challenge" and its important to state it that way so the Main Event Night 1 is Cody vs. Seth. Cody wins the World Title, and continues the "Cody beats Seth everytime" storyline and ends Night 1.
Night 2 Main Event - Roman vs. Rock. Roman gets his win over Rock, fireworks go off and you think that the night is over. Cody interrupts during the end credits and reveals he outmaneuvered Roman. When Seth challenged Cody he did not have to use his Rumble Title Shot. Therefore after an exhausted Roman beats Rock we get Roman vs. Cody and Cody finally takes the WWE Title from Roman to end Night 2 as the dual champion.
Seth gets his break due to injury (can come back as heel to fight Rhodes), Roman gets to face Rock, Cody more than finishes his story with both titles. And to boot if you don't want Cody as a double champion for long - you could still use Priest to cash in for the World Title down the road and not damage Cody as the WWE champion.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 31, 2024 19:17:53 GMT -5
What in the world is the card going to look like for Chamber? When you think about Roman isnt advertised, Seth can't wrestle, Punk is injured, Gunther can't travel, seemingly Rock isnt going.
The whole show is basically going to have to be the two chamber matches. And a great bathroom break for when Nia Jax's match inevitably goes on.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 31, 2024 19:11:32 GMT -5
Eh probably my least favorite Rhea look over her run, and her facial expressions during the entrance look really weird.
Combo'd with Bayley's odd looking haircut pic from the other day im really hoping a lot of this gets fixed before release.
Ambulance match looks ok. Hoping you can put someone through the roof. Cole's commentary kind of eluded to it. Would have been cool to see if its possible.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 31, 2024 16:16:19 GMT -5
Picked up Seth & Priest from 109 and Kane & X-Pac from Summerslam.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 30, 2024 19:20:55 GMT -5
They definitely missed the mark with Jericho a ton.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 29, 2024 23:20:44 GMT -5
Thought RAW was alright tonight. DIY and JD slapped hard with that match, great stuff. Gonna be interesting to see SmackDown after that Bron teaser. I was really hoping for a DIY win but I think in hindsight the way bigger moment is DIY chasing the titles. As long as the program continues (and it should after tonights awesome match) then I agree with the outcome.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 29, 2024 22:38:15 GMT -5
Remember that period of time where we didnt have to see Nia anymore? Ah the good days...
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 29, 2024 17:29:05 GMT -5
If this was 2021 or earlier I would have said yes. Nowadays I have no interest.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 29, 2024 17:18:04 GMT -5
I honestly wouldnt push Seth or Punk at this point to get to Mania and risk further injury. Hell have Priest cash in and build to Priest/Balor for the World Title at Mania. Becky/Rhea or Bayley/IYO (depending on better story) main events Night 1 now and the World Title can open Night 1 instead.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 28, 2024 22:52:11 GMT -5
Prob would end up getting the separation wrong so im just going to give my top 5 and bottom 5 general commentators
Best:
1. Jim Ross - Without him im not sure the Attitude Era sounds like anything other than a raunchy creep style table of Lawler running the booth. With all his accolades the man will still always be overlooked in my eyes of just how good he was.
2. Bobby Heenan 3. Gorilla Monsoon 4. Jesse Ventura 5. Mike Tenay
Honorable Mentions - Pat McAfee & Mauro Ranallo - loved the energy they brought to Smackdown/NXT. McAfee breathed life into Coles announcing which both before and after his time has seemed next to impossible.
Worst:
1. Mike Adamle - Whoever screen tested him and let him have a live headset should have been fired immediately.
2. Mark Madden - Ah the dying days of WCW, whoever put him behind a desk really was trying to kill it. 3. Kevin Patrick - Might be because its fresh in the mind, but his commentary was like listening to nails on a chalkboard for me. 4. Michael Cole - Hit his peak around 02/03 but its because of how long hes been around and sub-par why he's landed on this list. 5. Jonathan Coachman - You'd think by his energy he was Play-by-playing paint drying.
Honorable Mentions: David Otunga & Todd "It's Christian" Grisham. Again two folks that brought zero energy or wrestling knowledge to a position where those are basically the only two requirements.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 28, 2024 22:33:48 GMT -5
49ers you're my only hope...
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