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Post by dylan on Feb 16, 2016 16:11:04 GMT -5
TJ Perkins retweeted something about the tournament, maybe he's in.
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Post by Sleazyness on Feb 16, 2016 16:13:57 GMT -5
I don't think NJPW would allow for their talent to go there while under contract. I just wish this kind of wrestling would get exposure on tv rather than filler. Would be fantastic and would be an eye opening thing for the fans to witness. Regardless, I'm hype! They let Liger do it in August. True, but I thought the G1 was in July?
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Post by Mox on Feb 16, 2016 16:17:04 GMT -5
Swerved is horrible crap.
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Post by KeBen Owens on Feb 16, 2016 16:19:51 GMT -5
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Post by Casty on Feb 16, 2016 16:20:06 GMT -5
Hey uh, This is damn near perfect for Sydal.
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Post by dylan on Feb 16, 2016 16:23:49 GMT -5
And the rumors begin
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 16:27:42 GMT -5
Is 2016 even real?
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Feb 16, 2016 16:31:06 GMT -5
They let Liger do it in August. True, but I thought the G1 was in July? The G1 shouldn't impact KUSHIDA since it's usually a heavyweight tournament. Still, I don't see KUSHIDA being in.
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Post by Sleazyness on Feb 16, 2016 16:33:01 GMT -5
True, but I thought the G1 was in July? The G1 shouldn't impact KUSHIDA since it's usually a heavyweight tournament. Still, I don't see KUSHIDA being in. True. Cant wait for the G1 man. Its a good time to be a wrestling fan...unless you only watch RAW.
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Post by Kanenite on Feb 16, 2016 16:39:43 GMT -5
Ricochet in WWE would be soooooo sick!
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Post by Casty on Feb 16, 2016 16:44:53 GMT -5
So friends, what are your guesses for who will be asked/selected?
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Feb 16, 2016 16:45:01 GMT -5
The G1 shouldn't impact KUSHIDA since it's usually a heavyweight tournament. Still, I don't see KUSHIDA being in. True. Cant wait for the G1 man. Its a good time to be a wrestling fan...unless you only watch RAW. I'm mostly intrigued for the G1 because we'll have to see new guys with Nakamura, AJ, Gallows and Anderson gone. Also, if Tanahashi was for real going into WK10 when he said he wouldn't ever challenge for the Heavyweight Title again, he probably shouldn't be in either.
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Post by Daws on Feb 16, 2016 16:45:02 GMT -5
This is gonna be great! I really hope ZSJ is gonna be apart of this.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Feb 16, 2016 16:46:21 GMT -5
– Triple H spoke with Pwinsider.com about the Global Cruiserweight Series, which will air on the WWE Network starting in July. Here are some highlights…
On Talents That May Be On The Show: “I would say the vast majority [of talents on the series] will be non-contracted or long-term contracted WWE talents, ” explains Levesque. “We haven’t finalized the selection process, watching tapes and seeing who we want to work with and all of that. It’s going to be a discovery process. Look, I want to have the best in the world. I don’t want to negate anyone from that process because they are under contract to us. At the same time, I’m looking for the best in the world and the brightest around to give them a platform that they’ve never had. I’m certainly looking at the vast majority from being from the outside [of WWE.] When I say Global, I mean Global. We are recruiting from everywhere. UK, Japan, China, to find the best talent. That doesn’t mean we are going to find someone everywhere, but we are really trying to turn things over and really find someone from every part of the globe to be part of this and show the world who they are and what they can do.”
On Wanting to Make Stars With The Show: “This will be in-ring [series]”, said Levesque, “But there will be a lot of….if you just take talent that you don’t know anything about and it’s someone no one has heard of before, they can do anything they want in the ring, but it’s just not as exciting. You aren’t as emotionally invested into who they are as characters as performers, as people, as performers, as where they are trying to go in their careers. I want people to learn about these talents and learn about who these talents are. This is not just me saying I’m giving you a platform and you have eight minutes in the ring and ‘Go get ’em, kid.’ This is, ‘I’m going to tell the world who you are. I’m going to tell them what you do. I’m going to tell you bits and pieces about your journey so far in your career and I’m going to give you an opportunity with someone else to really shine in the ring and show everyone who you are and what you can do’ and really allow you to learn about these guys in this tournament.”
On Making The Show Now: “There’s different ways at looking at things but the world changes on a daily basis and if you aren’t willing to grow, then it passes you by. I think we all have to grow and the look changes and the approach changes, ” said Levesque. “The guy that taught me that is the guy that everyone says can’t do that and that’s Vince [McMahon]. People don’t know him and they don’t know what they are talking about when it comes to him. We are…to do this business and to do it very well takes a long time and there’s a lot of reps. To have guys go and have places to go and have reps and show what they can do. It’s a wonderful opportunity. I’m selective as to who we want to associate with….I don’t even want to say ‘associate with’…who we promote and who we define things with. I know that if I go to certain groups, there are talents there working a certain style and genre and that’s what we are looking for and that’s what I’m going to gravitate towards. It’s good for the health of the business and the more people that are excited about the business, the more people want to get into it and the more people that want to work hard to excel at the business, the better the business is going to be as a whole. I’ve said this about NXT. Without college football, the NFL loses it’s feeder system and its a similar thing for us. I want that feeder system to be there and I want it to be healthy. I want them to have places to work and when they are ready, if its the right fit for them, if its their passion, and they are the right talent and right performer, we can give them that bigger global platform to get them to do what they do in front of the entire world. If that means making the independent undercurrent healthier, then that’s what we do. I just look at it as helping the business to succeed long-term.”
On Why He’s Doing The Show: At the end of the day, I was just having this conversation with my wife. I kind of approach this as I’m just a huge fan. I started out that way and I will be that way my whole life. I kind of do what I think I’m going to dig and that I’m going to like and that’s the way I approach it. There’s this talent that I like and I’d like to go and see what they can do. So, I push for going to see what I can do with that. I think it’s important for everything to always grow and become bigger. I’ve looked for a long time at that population of talent in that under 205 lb. category, the Cruiserweight category and thought, ‘Man, there’s a lot of really talented performers’ and I don’t mean guys that can just do flips. Really talented performers that have characters and can speak are really good. They are underutilized to me and they don’t have the platform to show what they can do. I feel like that’s a miss. Not intentionally a miss, but just something that we’ve left sitting on the table, and I don’t want to leave stuff sitting there on the table.”
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Post by Sleazyness on Feb 16, 2016 16:49:46 GMT -5
Triple H is a god.
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Feb 16, 2016 16:51:58 GMT -5
This looks interesting. They should grab about 10-12 wrestlers from all over the world, and hopefully the impressive ones could even be considered to be signed. I would like for some of the NJPW junior heavyweights to come in, but I doubt that'll happen. Weird that the weight limit is 205 lbs, should be about 220. Maybe this is why WWE wanted to do an agreement with Lucha Underground, even though a lot of the guys from Lucha are from AAA. Hopefully they can make a talent agreement with AAA/Lucha Underground.
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Post by slowgraffiti on Feb 16, 2016 16:52:17 GMT -5
Surely bringing back the title at the end would be better than just fighting for the right to be the best cruiser weight? Although I guess they're just testing the waters, hopefully it leads to the title coming back and/or a regular network show.
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Post by Boy Wonder on Feb 16, 2016 16:53:46 GMT -5
OMG. There's almost zero chance of this NOT being amazing. NXT is everything WWE SHOULD be.
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Post by Weemanv1 on Feb 16, 2016 16:58:59 GMT -5
Man, Ricochet's teasing going to WWE, Khary Payton is teasing a third season of Young Justice... STOP TEASING ME TWITTER. MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT.
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Post by HVMMONS on Feb 16, 2016 17:12:07 GMT -5
Swerved Season 2?! I can sleep at night. Stoked.
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