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Post by marino13 on Feb 28, 2019 22:05:20 GMT -5
DIY are teaming up again in NXT too. There's a whole story line involved. Nothing they've done on the main roster has voided that.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Feb 28, 2019 22:36:17 GMT -5
Kofi will either get added to the Fastlane match or get a shot at WM. They way they’re getting their is clunky as hell. I’m fine with the NXT guys getting wins. What I’m not a fan of is them having no stories what so ever. Why are DIY buddies again? Why should we care about Black and Richocet when they have yet to reveal anything about their characters to the mass audience except that “they’re great in-ring guys!” Having them win pointless matches is what will kill them before they have a real shot on the main roster. Watch NXT and the DIY thing makes total sense |
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Post by cordless2016 on Feb 28, 2019 23:28:54 GMT -5
Kofi will either get added to the Fastlane match or get a shot at WM. They way they’re getting their is clunky as hell. I’m fine with the NXT guys getting wins. What I’m not a fan of is them having no stories what so ever. Why are DIY buddies again? Why should we care about Black and Richocet when they have yet to reveal anything about their characters to the mass audience except that “they’re great in-ring guys!” Having them win pointless matches is what will kill them before they have a real shot on the main roster. Watch NXT and the DIY thing makes total sense I watch NXT. Johnny has been acting heelish/tweenerish. But they haven’t been full on buddies again like they are being portrayed as on the main roster. |
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Post by Tim of thee on Mar 1, 2019 0:54:17 GMT -5
Kofi should win the title and New Day should platoon the defense. Keep the title on them for a while too.
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Post by marino13 on Mar 1, 2019 10:00:20 GMT -5
Watch NXT and the DIY thing makes total sense I watch NXT. Johnny has been acting heelish/tweenerish. But they haven’t been full on buddies again like they are being portrayed as on the main roster. They just confirmed that they will be entering the Rhodes classic as a team. It's the next chapter of their storyline. |
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Mar 1, 2019 12:35:05 GMT -5
It’s all leading them to pushing out Vince. Mr McMahon is consistently undermining HHH, Steph, and Shane. They made a pledge to listen to the fans and Vince continues to ignore them. Kofi being removed from Fastlane is all part of an ongoing storyline. Just let it play out. I think it's going this way too, hopefully its legit and Vince hands over the business so he can invest his time fully in the XFL. |
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Post by Dan on Mar 3, 2019 14:49:30 GMT -5
WWE has clearly decided to go with Bryan vs Kofi at WM. This should be applauded. Even if you don't like Kofi, the crowd is hot for him and WWE is giving him the push. They listened. People complain we don't get surprises. Welp, ya just got two on SD. It's nice in the day and age of the internet, that we can still be surprised from time to time. This thread is equally as random and could easily have been put in the SD thread with everyone else's opinions of the show. That's the whole point of having stickied threads. Yeah, this is pretty much it. I still think the original plan was to have Daniel Bryan vs The Miz, with the role reversal of heel and face, but Miz just hasn't really got there, and I also think it was too drawn out over too long a period of time for it to work. Since there has been no real direction over the past few months, or seemingly any bigger picture set in stone, it has allowed them to take a punt on something fresh and currently hot, which just so happens to be Kofi Kingston. Wether they go all the way and give him the strap I'm not so sure, but at least it's fresh. |
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Mar 3, 2019 15:33:23 GMT -5
It’s all leading them to pushing out Vince. Mr McMahon is consistently undermining HHH, Steph, and Shane. They made a pledge to listen to the fans and Vince continues to ignore them. Kofi being removed from Fastlane is all part of an ongoing storyline. Just let it play out. I think it's going this way too, hopefully its legit and Vince hands over the business so he can invest his time fully in the XFL. Vince isn’t letting go until he croaks |
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Mar 3, 2019 23:13:40 GMT -5
I think it's going this way too, hopefully its legit and Vince hands over the business so he can invest his time fully in the XFL. Vince isn’t letting go until he croaks That's been the general thought for a long time, Triple H having great sucess with NXT proves the company is in safe hands without Vince at the helm I think Vince is more worried about the XFL failing for the second time and doesn't want to be seen as a failure again. Side note: I still expect Mojo Rawley to go to the XFL when its up and running. |
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Post by RuthlessFigs on Mar 3, 2019 23:20:32 GMT -5
Kofi will either get added to the Fastlane match or get a shot at WM. They way they’re getting their is clunky as hell. I’m fine with the NXT guys getting wins. What I’m not a fan of is them having no stories what so ever. Why are DIY buddies again? Why should we care about Black and Richocet when they have yet to reveal anything about their characters to the mass audience except that “they’re great in-ring guys!” Having them win pointless matches is what will kill them before they have a real shot on the main roster. They've shown quite a bit of Black's character, they've done the pre-match promo for him once or twice i think, but the rest are shown as "Great in-ring guys" like you said, Black is clearly the long term investment at the moment. Gargano/Ciampa teaming up again just seems odd and it's not helping their rivalry at all, and Black/Ricochet teaming up just seems lazy, but at least they're getting wins. I'd say the 2 nights after Mania is when they'll have definite brands and storylines to go forward with, it's not much use throwing them into meaningful storylines at the moment when they're still finishing up rivalries and storylines in NXT. |
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Post by BØRNS on Mar 4, 2019 4:48:18 GMT -5
Kofi will either get added to the Fastlane match or get a shot at WM. They way they’re getting their is clunky as hell. I’m fine with the NXT guys getting wins. What I’m not a fan of is them having no stories what so ever. Why are DIY buddies again? Why should we care about Black and Richocet when they have yet to reveal anything about their characters to the mass audience except that “they’re great in-ring guys!” Having them win pointless matches is what will kill them before they have a real shot on the main roster. They've shown quite a bit of Black's character, they've done the pre-match promo for him once or twice i think, but the rest are shown as "Great in-ring guys" like you said, Black is clearly the long term investment at the moment. Gargano/Ciampa teaming up again just seems odd and it's not helping their rivalry at all, and Black/Ricochet teaming up just seems lazy, but at least they're getting wins. I'd say the 2 nights after Mania is when they'll have definite brands and storylines to go forward with, it's not much use throwing them into meaningful storylines at the moment when they're still finishing up rivalries and storylines in NXT. These callups were done in such haste to no one's benefit. You're right, they won't be inserted into anything on the main roster until after WM and will be at TakeOver (since 2 are champions). They seriously couldn't have waited a month? The general audience will have lost interest in them before they're even given any reason to care about them. This was totally not thought through. |
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Post by Funk The Revival on Mar 4, 2019 11:18:33 GMT -5
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Post by Cassa Nova Kid on Mar 4, 2019 11:32:55 GMT -5
Every one calm down , John Cena will show up and win the title again don’t worry.
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Post by MKSavage on Mar 4, 2019 11:35:01 GMT -5
Kofi should win the title and New Day should platoon the defense. Keep the title on them for a while too. It would not surprise me if Kofi won the title at Mania. Seems like they are building to a Kofi/Owens/Bryan triple threat match and they are really trying to get Kofi over with the sympathy vote (so to speak) by screwing him out of the title picture at Fastlane - kind of like what they did with Becky Lynch, making it look like they are screwing them to get them sympathy to get them more over. |
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Post by theMOESIAH on Mar 5, 2019 1:42:24 GMT -5
It’s all leading them to pushing out Vince. Mr McMahon is consistently undermining HHH, Steph, and Shane. They made a pledge to listen to the fans and Vince continues to ignore them. Kofi being removed from Fastlane is all part of an ongoing storyline. Just let it play out. I think it's going this way too, hopefully its legit and Vince hands over the business so he can invest his time fully in the XFL. What happens when XFL gets cancelled after its first season again? |
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Post by BØRNS on Mar 5, 2019 5:37:22 GMT -5
I think it's going this way too, hopefully its legit and Vince hands over the business so he can invest his time fully in the XFL. What happens when XFL gets cancelled after its first season again? Resume as a senile tyrant in charge of filming a band of underwear clad grown men on nationwide tv! |
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Post by crashholly2002 on Mar 7, 2019 1:27:36 GMT -5
and so it begins for smarks to turn their backs on Kevin Owens because a wrestler, who was in the WWE for a long time, got stiffed out of a title shot.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Mar 7, 2019 14:26:11 GMT -5
Vince isn’t letting go until he croaks That's been the general thought for a long time, Triple H having great sucess with NXT proves the company is in safe hands without Vince at the helm I think Vince is more worried about the XFL failing for the second time and doesn't want to be seen as a failure again. Side note: I still expect Mojo Rawley to go to the XFL when its up and running. I don't think Triple H has proven much to Vince. I don't think Vince watches NXT and NXT doesn't make money for the company. It's been said that NXT loses money yearly like clockwork but the value of having a place for new signings to go is more valuable than its bottom line. Pair this with how poorly treated the NXT call-ups generally are and I can't see Vince leaving to run the XFL. At the very least he'll still have final say on most WWE things. |
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Post by BØRNS on Mar 7, 2019 20:34:51 GMT -5
That's been the general thought for a long time, Triple H having great sucess with NXT proves the company is in safe hands without Vince at the helm I think Vince is more worried about the XFL failing for the second time and doesn't want to be seen as a failure again. Side note: I still expect Mojo Rawley to go to the XFL when its up and running. I don't think Triple H has proven much to Vince. I don't think Vince watches NXT and NXT doesn't make money for the company. It's been said that NXT loses money yearly like clockwork but the value of having a place for new signings to go is more valuable than its bottom line. Pair this with how poorly treated the NXT call-ups generally are and I can't see Vince leaving to run the XFL. At the very least he'll still have final say on most WWE things. I don't buy that for a second. NXT is far from a net loss for the company. A financial loss for the company (i.e. tax credit = win)? Yes. But it definitely pays off when they have 25 ready-to-go, known wrestlers at a moment's notice, get to experiment in-house at live events, and give reason for more Network subscriptions? Not to mention NXT has low-cost contracts. And NXT generates a bunch of merch revenue, don't fool yourself! You could make the case that NXT lends to the profitability of the conpany and the icing on the cake for the fans. |
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Mar 7, 2019 20:53:35 GMT -5
I don't think Triple H has proven much to Vince. I don't think Vince watches NXT and NXT doesn't make money for the company. It's been said that NXT loses money yearly like clockwork but the value of having a place for new signings to go is more valuable than its bottom line.[b/]
Pair this with how poorly treated the NXT call-ups generally are and I can't see Vince leaving to run the XFL. At the very least he'll still have final say on most WWE things.I don't buy that for a second. NXT is far from a net loss for the company. A financial loss for the company (i.e. tax credit = win)? Yes. But it definitely pays off when they have 25 ready-to-go, known wrestlers at a moment's notice, get to experiment in-house at live events, and give reason for Network subscriptions? Not to mention NXT has lost-cost contracts. And NXT generates a bunch of merch revenue, don't fool yourself! You could make the case that NXT lends to the profitability of the conpany and the icing on the cake for the fans. I agree that it's value is worth more than it loses in dollars. I believe I said that. I'd be interested to see the solid viewing numbers but I heard across various "insider reports" that the dollar cost to run weekly tv and specials is definitely higher than what they make on admission. Add in the fact they have house shows and that's even more of a cost. I think it's mostly unknown how subscription revenue is divided up or dispursed throughout the company so we won't know for sure until people start shooting on that. NXT is great TV and provides a feeder system for WWE. I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon no matter how much overhead they might lose. I still stick to my belief that I highly doubt Vince has anytime to watch most network shows, let alone NXT. I was also only speaking in terms of financial loss. Not in any way meant to be dumping on NXT. |
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