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3 hours ago, Lomez said:

Assuming Charlotte drops the belt (most likely to Sasha), do you think it'll be a good time to call up Bayley?

C'mon man.  It is never a bad time to call up Bayley :-P

I think Bayley will be on main roster very, very soon.  Nikki may be done forever with her neck injury and Brie said she is leaving to start a family with Daniel Bryan.  So they will have a spot for her. 

Asuka is ready to be #1 and carry the torch in NXT as champion.

So I would be kinda shocked if Bayley isnt wrestling at SummerSlam, or at least on the main roster by then.

I am a little worried about Bayley on main roster.  Outside of the natural worry of WWE totally fugging her character up, she had a two year build that has led to her being the most popular woman in NXT history.

She started as a sweet, innocent, child like fangirl who was just happy to be there and wanted to hug everyone.  That period she really endeared herself to a lot of NXT fans.  But after 2 years of getting stabbed in the back and losing several title matches, she became more and more serious and eventually a worthy champion. 

But her roots at the beginning is what made the journey special and payoff so satisfying in Brooklyn.

With the shared audience of casual WWE fan and the diehards who watch NXT, it puts her in a weird place.  Does her character somewhat reboot to being the plucky fangirl to introduce her to casual fans?  Or does she arrive as the battle tested champion, but maybe lose out on that history (and the connection with the fans it created) with the casual fan?  

Plus, they have kind of run the Bayley storyline with Becky on the main roster.  The super nice babyface who keeps getting screwed over by the people who were supposed to be her friends.  

Can they recreate that with Bayley, and if not what story do you give her coming up to the main roster?

That is a long winded answer, and she is good enough and determined enough that she will figure it out.

But she will be there soon in my opinion.  Maybe as soon as the day after Wrestlemania.

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Okay.  This comment from an article on Cage Side Seats summed up perfectly why the Ambrose vs Lesnar match at Wrestlemania is awesome.

 

The two toughest kids in school going at it

The star jock that’s going to the University of Alabama on a full football scholarship vs. the guy who skips class half the time, spends all day working on his Trans-Am and got into his first bar fight at 15. This is gonna be awesome.

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SHANE MCMAHON IS BACK AND holy fug has he aged

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Shane O Mac is the best.  So glad he is back, and I hope it isn't just a one off for Wrestlemania, but a long term return.

Also, I want this stipulation to be legit.  I want official court documents that are signed and notarized that says if Shane wins Vince has to leave RAW alone forever.

Then I want Shane to win and WWE to be great again.  :-P

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Reigns has made HHH the biggest babyface in the company lol.

BTW, RAWs coming up in next 6 weeks include stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn.

This may get way worse for Reigns lol

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Funny tweet right here:

@cagesideseats: Entirely certain Triple H could have pulled out a shotgun and fans would have chanted "pull the trig-ger (clap clap clapclapclap)"

[carpanfan96]

lol, That was awesome. Shane o Mac is back and has a WM match against Undertaker in a HITC match.... wtf.... 

[carpanfan96]

I think Reigns was just wrote off of Raw for the next 5 weeks from that Triple H attack so they don't have a repeat of last 2 years. lol 

 

Some decent matches on WM card/ likely to be on the card. 

 

AJ vs KO, Shane vs Undertaker HITC, Ambrose vs Lesnar in no holds barred street fight. 

 

Only thing missing is a different main event. lol

[carpanfan96]

42 minutes ago, CCS said:

People are actually excited about Shane McMahon vs. Undertaker? That legit baffles me.

No reason to get excited for any Undertaker match, I mean lets be honest...when was his last actually good match? This at least has some interesting developments around it. 

 

It's better then most alternatives as well as long as we get a few crazy bumps in it. 

 

I don't think there is anyone in wrestling that can legitly carry undertaker through a match. 

[carpanfan96]

1 hour ago, CCS said:

That's 100% true. Even the Taker vs. Punk match was overrated to me. If they insist on doing old man vs. old man I'd still rather it be Undertaker vs. Sting though.

That was probably the original plan till the Seth Rollins match Neck injury. This is kinda like best of the rest with out a youngster loosing momentum and being buried by Undertaker at WM. 

 

I'm more so excited that Shane McMahon is back even if it turns into a short term tv ploy then I am the actual match itself.

 

The draw for WM is going to be Ambrose Vs Lesnar and AJ styles vs Kevin Owens if it happens.

 

It's just a damn shame that the Lesnar vs Ambrose match isn't the main event for the title.

[Zaximus]

I really get the feeling we're about to leave the PG era behind.  Shane coming out and actually talking about the stock and ratings drops in the ring makes me feel like this.  Vince now has to answer to his board so it may be time for a change.  Then again if that was the case, propping Reigns up again is stupid.  

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25 minutes ago, Zaximus said:

I really get the feeling we're about to leave the PG era behind.  Shane coming out and actually talking about the stock and ratings drops in the ring makes me feel like this.  Vince now has to answer to his board so it may be time for a change.  Then again if that was the case, propping Reigns up again is stupid.  

There were some hints about leaving PG last night.  

McMahan telling Shane it was a "publicly traded company so he cant do what he did 6 years ago (if he took over RAW)"

McMahan dropped an f-bomb that got dropped by censors

Blood for Roman's face as HHH destroyed him to the glee of a full house lol

Etc.

They wont ever go back to the over the top stuff if the early 2000's (and that is a good thing).  But a transition to more adult worthy storylines and characters would obviously be a good thing.

 

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19 hours ago, teeray said:

Reigns has made HHH the biggest babyface in the company lol.

BTW, RAWs coming up in next 6 weeks include stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn.

This may get way worse for Reigns lol

yea this might get uglier than Goldberg going against Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in north east house shows

[Kramerica]

This Wrestlemania card is starting to shape up. What did we knock them for? Predictability. Granted, Reigns is obviously going over Triple H, but they've added an element of unpredictability that has fans buzzing. Will Shane actually face Taker? Will someone interfere?  (It should be Austin, and he should do what he did for Mankind back in the day and then flip off Vince...then throw his hat for a nice touch).

What I like about this storyline with Shane/Vince/Steph/Triple H is that it's loosely based in reality. If Shane wins, perhaps the build to Summerslam is all about Shane contesting with Triple H on RAW. Perhaps this could lead to another brand split. Who knows. The most important thing is they're doing something no one expected, and we have no idea where it's going. Feels a little bit like the Attitude Era to me.