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[MUSC4EVER]

Booker T will be part of the Raw commentary team for the next six weeks, David Otunga is away doing something, don't know what.

Renee Young and Dean Ambrose are now married, they were married apparently in October but people started to notice them wearing rings on TV very recently, the wedding could be a part of Total Divas, congratulations to them both. 👍

 

[Stephan]

Spoiler

So um...they broke the ring once more. Probably this one doesn't top the first one because the first one really brought out the shock factor. But I would say Strowman superflexing Show to break the ring beats the one in Vengeance 2011.

Poor Big Show. Getting superflxed since 2003. Oh and gotta love the ref's overselling when the ring broke.

 

[Darla Starch]

http://www.wwe.com/article/rosey-passes-away

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Raw was pretty meh apart from the main event and the Women's match which i liked, Six-Pack challenge match on SD live tonight for the number one contender-ship for the WWE title, among those taking are Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler, Luke Harper and err....Jinder Mahal!

Sad to hear about Rosey's passing, i vagely remember him, he was Roman Reigns's brother, thought with him and his family

 

[m8h3r]

and err....Jinder Mahal!

Rumor has it he is the favourite.... VKM must hate Balor

Spoiler: Smackdown Spoiler

Ooops, should have spoiler tagged that

 

[Northstar]

Spoiler

Is it just me or did Jinder's post-match promo have a Muhammad Hassan vibe to it? Surely WWE wouldn't do something that stupid again, right?

Also, is Lana going to wrestle or are they just hyping up a manager?

 

[Darla Starch]

Spoiler

Jinder Mahal, possibly the next WWE Champion. Nope, this Universe mode playthrough is too unrealistic.

 

[Com Fox]

As long as it is not Tye Dillinger I don't care if it was anyone else.

Though he wasn't even in the match

I do find this interesting, new heel stable to takeover Smackdown maybe?

 

[NW48]

So remember 3MB how everyone mocked them and they were the biggest of jobbers back in 2013?

Well, roll on 2016/17 and...;
Heath Slater - Got a decent push, and became one half of the Smackdown Tag Team Champions
Jinder Mahal - Now the #1 Contender to the WWE Championship
Drew McIntyre - Hottest Indy talent of 2016, and future NXT Champion

Not too shabby of a turnaround, if we're honest.

 

[m8h3r]

I wouldn't mind seeing them reform as a dominant stable

 

[Stephan]

If WWE can book Mahal right as a heel then I am looking at the next Muhammad Hassan. I don't mind Mahal as champion. It can create a huge shock factor just like when Goldberg defeated Lesnar in less than 1 minute. But the shock factor is going to be more of a heel heat. A very huge heel heat.

 

[Com Fox]

If WWE can book Mahal right as a heel then I am looking at the next Muhammad Hassan. I don't mind Mahal as champion. It can create a huge shock factor just like when Goldberg defeated Lesnar in less than 1 minute. But the shock factor is going to be more of a heel heat. A very huge heel heat.

Hopefully it doesn't step over the line though.

The problem with the gimmicks of SJ foreigner heel, is that while it can create massive heel heat, too much can hit bad and might be seen as "too real" for some viewers OR if something majorally political happens that derials the gimmick for being to "insensitive".

Political Storylines are always dangerous especially when it comes to the crowd, remember the Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio storylie? Del Rio was a foreigner face with Jack Swagger being a Paitriotic heel, problem was that political opinions got involved and people rooted for them depending on their political views AND NOT on who the wrestlers are and what there actions are.

It's very thin ice, WWE are walking on but if they can make it through, it'll be brilliant I think.

 

[Stephan]

Hopefully it doesn't step over the line though.

The problem with the gimmicks of SJ foreigner heel, is that while it can create massive heel heat, too much can hit bad and might be seen as "too real" for some viewers OR if something majorally political happens that derials the gimmick for being to "insensitive".

Political Storylines are always dangerous especially when it comes to the crowd, remember the Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio storylie? Del Rio was a foreigner face with Jack Swagger being a Paitriotic heel, problem was that political opinions got involved and people rooted for them depending on their political views AND NOT on who the wrestlers are and what there actions are.

It's very thin ice, WWE are walking on but if they can make it through, it'll be brilliant I think.

As long they are able to book it right then yes we are looking at the next Muhammad Hassan or maybe heel Sgt. Slaughter.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Goldberg Streak Watch: Is it 155 or 173? When WCW built up Goldberg's streak, it is entirely possible that the 173 wins did come from house shows and events that he didn't wrestle.

But still, the streak may have been broken, depending on your perspective. Asuka, building on her impressive run as NXT Women's champion, now sits at 163 wins as of last weekend. This means that she has either broken the streak or is 11 wins away from breaking the streak.

 

[Stephan]

Goldberg Streak Watch: Is it 155 or 173? When WCW built up Goldberg's streak, it is entirely possible that the 173 wins did come from house shows and events that he didn't wrestle.

But still, the streak may have been broken, depending on your perspective. Asuka, building on her impressive run as NXT Women's champion, now sits at 163 wins as of last weekend. This means that she has either broken the streak or is 11 wins away from breaking the streak.

That Goldberg streak trivia reminds me of something:

How much water did Triple H wasted during his water spit?

 

[Stephan]

While I was looking around theme songs, I noticed that in WCW there were ton of ripoffs that Jimmy Hart made for wrestlers such as Chris Jericho, DDP, etc. and the two I mentioned are the more notable examples of themes that are a ripoff of a real song.

Take for Jericho and DDP for example:



Can you guess?

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Tomorrow night's Raw will have a Dumpster match between Brawn Strowman and Kalisto, haven't made that up!

 

[m8h3r]

Tomorrow night's Raw will have a Dumpster match between Brawn Strowman and Kalisto, haven't made that up!

Kayfabe news made the "announcement" about 4 days before WWE did

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Poor Kalisto, going to get destroyed by a man three times his size...

 

[Darla Starch]

Poor Kalisto, going to get destroyed by a man three times his size...

He could do good lucha things and win.

 

[Northstar]

My guess is a certain someone will interfere.

Spoiler

It would be odd for a PPV match to not get any build-up the week before the match. Although given the current circumstances I could understand.

 

[NW48]

Mauro Ranallo and WWE have reportedly come to terms and have officially parted ways.

And the WWE is allegedly interested in signing former UFC commentator, Mike Goldberg, to replace him.

 

[Northstar]

And the WWE is allegedly interested in signing former UFC commentator, Mike Goldberg, to replace him.

If that happens they need to introduce him using Bill Goldberg's entrance.

 

[Com Fox]

Mauro Ranallo and WWE have reportedly come to terms and have officially parted ways.

And the WWE is allegedly interested in signing former UFC commentator, Mike Goldberg, to replace him.

It's really such a shame, he was one of the best announcers.

I do hope Ranallo the best though, he seems to be enjoying outside WWE work.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Pretty good Raw, The Dumpster match was a bit predictable and so was after the match, not too much else happened tbh...

Smackdown tonight with the Women's title on the line, Naomi v Charlotte.

Bits of news today, there is to be movie on Vince McMahon's life, which sounds interesting, and WWE have released a few NXT talents, one of them most notably being Josh Bredl who won the last series of Tough Enough back in 2015, I think the only one from that series left now is Mandy Rose...

 

[Darla Starch]

Great Balls of Fire. That is an actual PPV name WWE is doing.

wut.jpg

 

[m8h3r]

Yep. Just why? Why oh why.

:censored:ing Vince

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Great name!

 

[DK]

I blame Corporate Kane.

 

[girabyt3]

Great name!

And great design... Really, great design!!