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burningdoom:
Did you guys watch the after show? Sounds like Cena is going heel.
I was hoping for Balor to win, oh well. Stroman was awesome.
kamikazekeeg:
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--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on February 25, 2018, 10:41:19 pm ---Anyone else kinda annoyed by the "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey thing? Like it makes no sense to attach her to Piper other than it seems he was just her favorite wrestler. Sure, the alliteration works, but it's not like she's Curtis Axel who could do a Mr. Perfect throwback being his son, and it was considered a joke gimmick when he was acting like Hulk Hogan. Is it because she doesn't have much going on character wise since she understandably doesn't have much mic/character experience? Oh well...
At least we can expect a mixed team match of Kurt and Ronda vs HHH and Stephanie eventually. Kurt and Ronda should call their team "The Olympians" lol
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Her nickname in the UFC was Rowdy Ronda Rousey... so they are just carrying it over.
http://fightland.vice.com/blog/rowdy-roddy-piper-talks-about-handing-his-nickname-over-to-ronda-rousey (Jan 3rd 2014)
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Ah, I never knew anything about her from UFC, so that would explain it. Still don't really like it, as it was fine for UFC as a personal homage, but it's not really a big deal in the end. I kinda just need to see her do something that makes me actually like her.
Didn't see the aftershow, but I knew for awhile that Reigns would win, it was pretty clear that he would to set up Lesnar vs Reigns. Not looking forward to another Reigns run with the belt, but it'll at least get it off Lesnar, which is the most important thing. There's talk of him going back to UFC, so that'll be a good thing to see him gone.
kamikazekeeg:
Interesting thought that came up while watching some wrestling lists on Youtube, but why don't we have managers/valets anymore? Lesnar has one with Heyman, and that's a big reason he gets over as much as he does. Sure, Lesnar will always be the one in the ring, but Heyman gets him over with the big talk all the time about being the Conqueror and all that. Otherwise Lesnar is just a dull meathead who suplexes people a bunch.
It doesn't always need to be done in a way to make someone seem tough or mysterious, it works for the cowardly heel, or maybe just creating a dynamic to work off of, like kinda seen with some of that Tidus Worldwide thing, where they brought in Dana Brooke to play like a "statistician" or whatever it is she does, and Tidus kinda playing the guy in charge. Another would be Paul Ellering who is with Authors of Pain. Lana used to be good for Rusev, who's been great with other stuff lately.
We don't get as much of this anymore...Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Paul Bearer (Who I didn't know worked as a manager named Percy Pringle III before Undertaker), this kind of stuff can be great and can help take some of the workload off wrestlers who struggle with the mic. Best thing about it is that it's a great thing for wrestlers who maybe retired or can't wrestle like they use too anymore. Like it's unlikely we'll see Sting wrestle again, but him managing some younger hotshot? That's a good way to bolster someone up, especially if they got a good gimmick to work with. Shawn Michaels would be another as he's regularly showing up at events. Mick Foley when he comes back would perfect to have back after he's all rested up from all of his surgeries last year.
It's just an element that I think has fun aspects to it if done right and would kinda throw in some fresh voices into promos and backstage segments.
kamikazekeeg:
Surprising bit of news, but WWE actually medically cleared Daniel Bryan to wrestle! I hope he can stay safe this time, but I wonder if he'll actually fit into more of a part time role than full time. He may be cleared, but he's had a few too many concussions and had a seizure after one before. We also know of the major dangers that come from too many concussions, so I feel like they'll use him sparingly. There's no way he could risk a full time schedule. This wouldn't something as barely used as Lesnar, but probably very few house shows and not wresting every single week.
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2018/3/20/17144382/daniel-bryan-cleared-in-ring-return-wwe-doctors-wrestlemania-34-smackdown
burningdoom:
Don't know if any of you would be interested, but I posted on my Auction Thread here on the boards about it:
Ultimate Warrior Signed Program Guide/Match Card from 1988 House Show where he main-evented:
https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,4552.75.html
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