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Post by Dan on Jan 28, 2015 15:36:48 GMT -5
I'm struggling to understand why they aren't holding this off until Wrestlemania, unless it's because we're going to get Rusev vs The Rock, but then what would Cena have to do? Maybe Cena will put his Career on the Line vs Rusev at Wrestlemania.
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Post by Dan on Jan 28, 2015 14:01:32 GMT -5
In my absolute honest opinion, the best option would have been;
Brock Lesnar vs Daniel Bryan for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 31. Bryan would scratch and claw and use everything in his being to finally overcome the Beast... only t have it all taken away from him with a cash in from Seth Rollins to close out Wrestlemania. The Match would be great, the Story would sell, there would be no risk as Bryan is already over and a Star, and it would instantly build a new Star in Seth Rollins, whilst also giving him the ultimate amount of heel heat by doing that to everyone's much loved Daniel Bryan. Then, Roman Reigns could have his moment at Summerslam when he has had an extra 8 months or so to get ready, not rushed, forced, unnatural.
Instead, we have a situation where we have Roman Reigns, a guy we can all see has potential and the credentials, but has been completely rushed and forced fed to us, vs Lesnar who we all know will be leaving. I have a bad feeling this could end up being Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg II.
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Post by Dan on Jan 28, 2015 13:52:31 GMT -5
Like it or not, it's going to be Roman Reigns. If they were going to have Rollins cash in, then they might aswell have just gone with Brock Lesnar vs Daniel Bryan to really get Rollins over as a Heel, and then hold Reigns' win off until Summerslam. They're not going to put all their stock into Reigns only to have him lose straight away. Unless of course, they have him beat both Lesnar and then ruin Rollins cash in attempt too, which really wouldn't surprise me.
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Post by Dan on Jan 26, 2015 16:04:04 GMT -5
First of all, that Triple Threat Match was so good, I'm still struggling to get over how good it was. Brock Lesnar is simply unbelievable. I also don't believe that it was a work when he got hurt outside of the Ring. If it was, they would of made a deal of it, but they didn't show Brock for quite sometime until it was clear that something was going on in the background and they inevitably had no choice but to show it. Also, you could see Cena and Rollins were trying to buy as much time in the Ring as they could, using J&J over and over again. I was genuinely bricking it that they were going to have to go with a Plan B and write Brock off. The way he came back was just ridiculous though.
Now, the Royal Rumble Match. Listen, the reason they wrote Bryan out fairly early was that they knew there would be boo's and were clearly hoping they would die down by the end of the Match when Roman wins. Even the three Guys that followed Bryan's exit were Titus O'Niel etc so they definitely prepared for a good 5 minutes or so and thought that would do the job. Was a good few surprises too which were enjoyable.
Here's the thing. If the WWE Board feel that they have to book The Rock, purely to try and get Reigns a good reaction for when he wins, then surely that says it all and he shouldn't be winning it right now. They have nobody but themselves to blame with the reaction Roman Reigns got tonight. The Crowd aren't trying to be smart. They aren't trying to s*it on him because it's the new 'cool' thing to do. We can all see his potential, we know he has blood in the WWE, is a fan and has charisma and a physique. But the way he's so well protected, everything is so forced, un-natural, it just doesn't get the fans a chance to get behind him and only puts us off. Even the way the booked Big Show and Kane to easily eliminate a handful of people only for Reigns to ultimately throw them both out with ease, and then add undefeated Rusev onto that, comes across so scripted it does him more harm than good.
There is no reason for him to be able to do this, so he shouldn't, that's the thing. If Brock Lesnar, a physical specimen, a UFC Heavyweight Champion of the World, an all round Wrestling Champion took out the Big Show and threw him out, I would buy into it as i would believe it could be possible. If a sneaky, slimey Seth Rollins Character was to quickly crawl up from behind, low blow the Big Show and tip him over, I would believe that. But why should/would Roman Reigns, be able to just tipple the likes of Kane & The Big Show out, it just isn't believable kayfabe wise. I just can't buy into it. Part of me is wondering if they are going to double-turn Lesnar & Reigns on this long road to Wrestlemania now, or even add in The Rock to make it a Triple Threat.
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Post by Dan on Jan 26, 2015 15:45:30 GMT -5
Yeah I literally cannot get over Brock Lesnar right now. If you're one of these people that insist on saying Lesnar is on a big money deal, never shows up and doesn't deserve to be Champion are deluded, need to wake up and enjoy it for every second while it lasts. He is without a doubt, the most believable WWE Champion of all time. He is almost too good for the WWE which even makes it hard for them to even find a realistic opponent to beat him.
The difference between Brock Lesnar getting endless finishers delivered to him and still getting up compared to a John Cena or Roman Reigns doing so, is that it's genuine and legitimate. He isn't just some physical powerhouse, but he is also a technically gifted wrestler. For me, he makes wrestling just seem that little more real.
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Post by Dan on Jan 24, 2015 13:11:12 GMT -5
WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero vs Big Show
WWE United States Championship John Cena vs JBL (This was the first time Bradshaw turned heel to JBL)
WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio vs Nunzio
Can't really remember the rest to be honest, but it was a Smackdown House Show just after Wrestlemania XX. The original Main Event was supposed to include Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar is as a Fatal Four Way.
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Post by Dan on Jan 24, 2015 13:04:42 GMT -5
Mickey Mouse Cup anyway..
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Post by Dan on Jan 24, 2015 7:04:16 GMT -5
Stone Cold vs John Cena, or Stone Cold vs Brock Lesnar are the only two Headline Matches that they'd have a chance of doing this with. Still, even logistically, 100,000 woudl be near impossible, with the Stage taking up one end of the Stadium.
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Post by Dan on Jan 24, 2015 7:01:17 GMT -5
Yeah Benoit in 2004 was a big shocker for me, although they made it obvious when it was down to him and Big Show. I thought Goldberg was a lock to win that Rumble and face Brock Lesnar for the Title.
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Post by Dan on Jan 24, 2015 6:57:43 GMT -5
They haven't promoted it because it's not going to happen. They'll promote it and make a story of it when it's going to go down.
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Post by Dan on Jan 24, 2015 5:53:08 GMT -5
Some Odds on Paddy Power, Roman Reigns to win is 4/9, Daniel Bryan is 13/8 and Randy Orton is 12/1. Brock Lesnar 4/9, John Cena 17/10, Seth Rollins 6/1.
Double your money on a Reigns/Lesnar double isn't a bad bet at all.
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Post by Dan on Jan 24, 2015 5:24:10 GMT -5
Small gripe of mine with it so far. I wish when searching PPV's, you could select a year and it bring up all PPV's from that year, rather than having to go on the individual PPV and choose which year that way. I can't understand why they can't group them together like that since they are categorised under the same Tags.
Anyhow, I've actually found myself watching the majority of stuff I've already seen a lot of times before surprisingly enough. Watched the Heyman documentary straight away and been catching up on some NXT too. Can definitely say it's worth the money, however I think after a month or two I'd of watched most of the stuff I'd probably want to see.
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Post by Dan on Jan 22, 2015 15:03:22 GMT -5
Quick Question, will the Royal Rumble be straight up on the Network available to watch anytime once it's finished, as I'm planning on watching it after work Monday afternoon?
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Post by Dan on Jan 20, 2015 15:03:43 GMT -5
There are only two options if Brock wins at Rumble. 1) Reigns wins the Rumble, beats Brock at Mania, Reigns winz LOLz. 2) Bryan wins the Rumble, uses his entire being to take down the Beast and inches out the victory, just to have Seth Rollins march out to take it all away from him. They're going to make Reigns or Rollins a star at Mania, forever. We're going to know which guy it's going to be at the conclusion of the Rumble. On the off chance that Brock loses the title at Rumble, he's losing to Cena. At which point, we'll see a Rollins cash-in immediately. They've written themselves into a corner and it can only maneuver a handful of ways. Reigns is the most obvious route and I'm an Occam's razor type of dude when it comes to WWE. Unless the Philly crowd buries Reigns like nothing we've ever seen before, I expect to see Reigns vs Brock, with Reigns going over at Mania. Would love to see that Bryan scenario happen, it would be such great emotion, drama, a David vs Goliath story, a genuinely better Match and would build a Star. I just think it's a lock that Roman Reigns is winning at Wrestlemania, and by the time it comes around, it could quite easily become Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg II in terms of audience reaction. They have to be 100% set this year on what they want the Main Event to be though, as I don't want to see things get shuffled around and have us ending up with some strange Main Event like Lesnar vs Reigns vs Bryan.
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Post by Dan on Jan 20, 2015 14:57:52 GMT -5
They got destroyed last night for a cheap pop. That segment had potential. I don't like the Ascension but I really didn't like that segment either except for the APA spot, which was rather cool. Agree with this. It felt like it finally led up to that APA return, which a lot of us were kind of hoping somewhere along the line it might happen, but then The Outlaws came out and it just kind of made it pointless. I'm guessing they'll go over the Outlaws if they have any interest in taking them further though.
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Post by Dan on Jan 20, 2015 14:54:56 GMT -5
Glad it's finally happening, that Stadium is a beast. Stone Cold Main Eventing is about 95% certain in my opinion.
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Post by Dan on Jan 20, 2015 14:53:16 GMT -5
I think they are going to have to bank on Austin having a Match. Stone Cold vs John Cena is probably going to be the Main Event. Undertaker vs Sting would be a rough guess as the other high profile Match on the Card.
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Post by Dan on Jan 20, 2015 14:29:25 GMT -5
The end of that Raw was something out of the Attitude Era without a doubt. Those kind of moments don't happen often. Everything unfolded so quick, it was one thing to the next, the crowd errupted, there was carnage in the Ring, shocking appearances, and even after the Sting appearance, Lesnar came out and destroyed everyone. Really enjoyed that. Praying Lesnar retains at the Rumble.
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Post by Dan on Jan 20, 2015 14:26:44 GMT -5
Looks good, although I'd rather the Red was White, or even Blue.
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Post by Dan on Jan 19, 2015 11:28:41 GMT -5
I'm 99% sure the Card is going to be this;
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Brock Lesnar vs John Cena vs Roman Reigns
Triple H vs Sting
Undertaker vs Bray Wyatt
Daniel Bryan vs Rusev
Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins
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