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[teeray]

8 minutes ago, Lomez said:

Couldn't find any Lana Panther photos, but I did stumble across this:

Too bad her old man relinquished his fan card in 2013.

 

Maybe that is what I saw.  WWE tweeted it out and I thought both was Lana.  But I didnt look but for a second.

[Kramerica]

In case you missed Daniel Bryan's retirement:

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/maybe-my-brain-wasnt-as-ok-as-i-thought-it-was-danie-1757976315

Good article with all the video and such. Very emotional night. As I told a friend yesterday, my biggest regret as a pro wrasslin' fan is missing out on the peak of CM Punk and Daniel Bryan's respective careers.

[Kramerica]

On 1/23/2016 at 1:32 PM, teeray said:

Trying not to get too excited, but last night at the NXT taping (I don't want to give away any spoilers but...)  they teased a possible Bayley vs Asuka storyline and crowd reportedly ate it up. 

This aired last night, and it was awesome. Regardless of how the match turns out, I really hope Bayley makes an appearance on RAW the night following Wrestlemania. The crowd would go nuts.

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16 minutes ago, Lomez said:

This aired last night, and it was awesome. Regardless of how the match turns out, I really hope Bayley makes an appearance on RAW the night following Wrestlemania. The crowd would go nuts.

Yes it was.

I honestly think this should be the main event of the Dallas show.  It probably wont be and I dont want to give away spoilers.

But the other two major matches that have been announced for Dallas.  One is a rematch that will be good, but we have  already seen it.  One is with a guy that will be new in NXT, and not for a title.

This is the #1 match to look forward to on this card.

They are both super over and the two best female wrestlers on the NXT roster.

I can already hear the dueling chants:

"ASUKA'S GONNA KILL YOU"

"BAYLEY'S GONNA HUG YOU"

Cant wait.  Gonna be awesome 

[Zaximus]

There are a lot of people thinking the Daniel Bryan thing could be a ploy.  I'm not sure though.  I mean, on one hand he kept saying if WWE wouldn't let him wrestle he would go somewhere else and he's been saying that since the beginning but maybe the WWE made him an offer to be a part of the company in some other way if he'd just bow out.   We'll see.  

[Kramerica]

11 hours ago, Zaximus said:

There are a lot of people thinking the Daniel Bryan thing could be a ploy.  I'm not sure though.  I mean, on one hand he kept saying if WWE wouldn't let him wrestle he would go somewhere else and he's been saying that since the beginning but maybe the WWE made him an offer to be a part of the company in some other way if he'd just bow out.   We'll see.  

If it was a work, it would've been revealed during the speech. They're also dealing with a very delicate issue these days in concussions/CTE, which also presumably caused a former wrestler-who-must-not-be-named to murder his family. When he mentioned brain stuff in the promo, any sliver of hope died. I hate to see Bryan go, but it is what it is.

[Kramerica]

Well, that Fastlane main event just got a little bit more interesting. I knew that there was no way Ambrose could win on Sunday or challenge Triple H without dropping the IC title, and that's exactly what he did on RAW. The five-way match was entertaining, and I'm glad to see KO with some gold again.

The show was pretty underwhelming overall, though. The final segment was a huge letdown, and good lord that Strowman/Big Show match was just hard to watch. Hopefully Lesnar's appearance on Smackdown actually yields something cool.

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39 minutes ago, Lomez said:

Well, that Fastlane main event just got a little bit more interesting. I knew that there was no way Ambrose could win on Sunday or challenge Triple H without dropping the IC title, and that's exactly what he did on RAW. The five-way match was entertaining, and I'm glad to see KO with some gold again.

The show was pretty underwhelming overall, though. The final segment was a huge letdown, and good lord that Strowman/Big Show match was just hard to watch. Hopefully Lesnar's appearance on Smackdown actually yields something cool.

Ambrose is the hero WWE needs.

 Recently WWE has gotten his character finally right.  Not the "derp crazy and stupid Ambrose who does silly things" like he has been booked most of last year, to more crazy like a fox Ambrose.

 He is crazy because he has no fear for his own well being.   He gets an F5 from Lesnar but walks right back into the bears den and asks for another.  He is crazy because he is not scared even though he should be.  And that makes him a threat.

He has actually made Reigns feel like an afterthought in this match.  He has been fantastic leading up to this match.

Also, I like what the divas are doing and Sasha is getting huge pops lately, which makes me happy.

Sasha vs Charlotte or a triple threat with those two and Becky Lynch could be a good Wrestlemania angle.  

 

[teeray]

8 reasons Dean Ambrose must be in the Wrestlemania main event.  I agree with all of this

http://411mania.com/wrestling/the-8-ball-top-8-reasons-dean-ambrose-must-main-event-wrestlemania-32/

Because Ambrose taps into our larger cultural frustration with authority, he’s become the most over guy on the roster. Back when Roman Reigns was feuding with the Wyatt Family, the E stuck him back together with Ambrose in a fairly ham-handed attempt to get the spillover cheers from Ambrose to land on Reigns. They recognize Ambrose has the kind of popularity they’d kill to get for Reigns. Yet the wrestling business thrives on giving the people what they want. When they keep telling you they want Dean Ambrose, a smart business ought to listen. On top of that, you get the Daniel Bryan 2014 effect of fans being thrilled and amazed the WWE actually listened. Suddenly there’s a payoff for you showing up and being vocal. You feel like YOU made this happen. That’s a satisfied customer, the kind who will come back for more. Trying to make Reigns as popular as Ambrose didn’t work. The WWE worked every angle on that without success. But you know who is as popular as Dean Ambrose? Dean Ambrose. Give the people what they want.

[Kramerica]

4 hours ago, teeray said:

Ambrose is the hero WWE needs.

 Recently WWE has gotten his character finally right.  Not the "derp crazy and stupid Ambrose who does silly things" like he has been booked most of last year, to more crazy like a fox Ambrose.

 He is crazy because he has no fear for his own well being.   He gets an F5 from Lesnar but walks right back into the bears den and asks for another.  He is crazy because he is not scared even though he should be.  And that makes him a threat.

He has actually made Reigns feel like an afterthought in this match.  He has been fantastic leading up to this match.

Also, I like what the divas are doing and Sasha is getting huge pops lately, which makes me happy.

Sasha vs Charlotte or a triple threat with those two and Becky Lynch could be a good Wrestlemania angle.  

 

Yeah, the more I read and think about this Ambrose stuff, the more it seems like destiny that he should face HHH at Wrestlemania. If they couple this with a Reigns heel turn, Wrestlemania becomes a whole lot more interesting and entertaining than we were expecting even a week ago.

If they turn Reigns heel at Fastlane, I see no better opponent for him at Mania than Undertaker in probably a retirement match. Fans want so badly to boo Roman, and having him defeat Taker and retire him will get him over as a heel tremendously.

The fellas over at What Culture suggested booking the main event as HHH vs. Ambrose with HBK as the special referee and Stone Cold as the special enforcer. Despite the injuries to top stars and whatnot, this would be a fantastic premise with a hell of a lot of star power and a TRUE underdog story that people would genuinely root for in Ambrose. I had to be reminded, honestly, of how many times Ambrose came within a fingertip of the title over the past year. Him walking away with the gold at Mania, possibly after sharing a beer with Steve Austin in the middle of the ring, would be fantastic.

The past couple of RAWs have been much more about Ambrose than Reigns. This is a good sign that some form of these ideas could very well play out. They have to know that the predictable, mundane main event and finish of HHH vs Reigns at Mania would be booed to eternal hell by everyone. You're right, Tee. WWE needs Ambrose really badly here because he can tell the story they wanted to tell so badly with Reigns and generate a genuinely positive reaction from the crowd, both young and old. Hell, I've talked myself into it. Ambrose wins this Sunday.

[carpanfan96]

Or it's all a swerve to make fans pull for Ambrose even more and when Roman turns on him and pins him to win at Fastlane = insta heat.

 

Just saying that lately WWE hasn't cared about heel vs face for the title and they want Roman to have the belt. At least Vince does.

 

Untill proven otherwise, I don't believe that Vince and creative will make a smart decision as far as the main title goes. 

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9 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Or it's all a swerve to make fans pull for Ambrose even more and when Roman turns on him and pins him to win at Fastlane = insta heat.

 

Just saying that lately WWE hasn't cared about heel vs fave for the title and they want Roman to have the belt. At least Vince does.

 

Untill proven otherwise, I don't believe that Vince and creative will make a smart decision as far as the main title goes. 

Crowd will be interesting this weekend.  Ambrose is from Ohio and Fastlane is in Cleveland.  

Reigns will easily be the least liked person in the ring and I expect him to get booed royally

[carpanfan96]

6 hours ago, teeray said:

Crowd will be interesting this weekend.  Ambrose is from Ohio and Fastlane is in Cleveland.  

Reigns will easily be the least liked person in the ring and I expect him to get booed royally

Yep, I hope they let Ambrose win at Fastlane and then WM. That would be awesome and probably get me to restart my subscription. Lol

[Kramerica]

11 hours ago, CCS said:

After getting my weekly WWE Network PLZ REJOIN email today, I realized something. The WWE Network has really fuged up the WWE's overall quality. Since they've been selling ppvs for $10 their effort has dropped tremendously. Before PPVs felt like a big deal and they were all usually guaranteed to have something entertaining on them. Now it's like "well we already have their $10 so there's no need to try anything entertaining". 

 

I wish wrestling would be good again, I enjoyed those days. I just don't think it's ever going to happen as long as the WWE is around.

Sid Vicious is a pretty good follow on Twitter. A few months back, he said something to the effect of: "bad ratings, complaining fans? Doesn't matter, Vince still gets your $10 and wins." I see that you've pulled the plug, which is commendable if you're doing so because of the current product. I just can't do it.

Is there any chance at all that we get Lesnar/HHH at Mania? The real swerve would be Wyatts actually helping Lesnar or some poo. But that wouldn't make much sense. Meltzer did report they're shooting for Lesnar/Strowman at Summerslam, though (ugh). 

Let's say the top two matches on the card are Lesnar/HHH and Reigns/Ambrose at Mania. I wouldn't hate it, but I don't see it happening.