Howdy Blog O'Doomers! I hope everyone had a great weekend and stayed warm if you were in an area that got chilly or down right cold.
Before I got all sickly I remember we were talking about promos and naturally some Jake Roberts stuff, especially his promo from Wrestlemania VI where he just completely broke down everything about his feud with DiBiase in 90 seconds and ended with "wallowing in the muck of avarice.
And then I watched the Roberts-Savage stuff at this Tuesday in Texas, his awesome hell promo after slapping Elizabeth and Savage's EVEN BETTER disheveled rambling about how "it was my fault".
There's something to be said for passion. I find that even the most mundane promo can work if there's passion behind it. I remember another promo from Wrestlemania VI and one that's really kind of hidden in the background because, let's face it, there were some great pitchmen on that card. But the Big Bossman was about to have his blowoff match with Akeem and he cut a promo about how he was proud to walk alone without Slick and be his own man and proud that he couldn't be bought and he was proud to be an American.
It wasn't a great promo but I remember the passion in which it was delivered and as a teenager it sold me on wanting Bossman to win. Because he made me feel like it was more than just a match to him, it was the final step in him being liberated from his past and if he was proud of who he was, damn it I'm genuinely happy for him. \Hell Bossman-Akeem was a total filler match that lasted three minutes but damn if Ray Traylor didn't make me watch those three minutes.
Passion, pass it on. And enjoy tonight's post-PPV RAW or the Ravens-Lions if you care about NFL games with playoff implications or have some fantasy guys going. Whatever you do, come out swinging but make sure to keep it clean!
Before I got all sickly I remember we were talking about promos and naturally some Jake Roberts stuff, especially his promo from Wrestlemania VI where he just completely broke down everything about his feud with DiBiase in 90 seconds and ended with "wallowing in the muck of avarice.
And then I watched the Roberts-Savage stuff at this Tuesday in Texas, his awesome hell promo after slapping Elizabeth and Savage's EVEN BETTER disheveled rambling about how "it was my fault".
There's something to be said for passion. I find that even the most mundane promo can work if there's passion behind it. I remember another promo from Wrestlemania VI and one that's really kind of hidden in the background because, let's face it, there were some great pitchmen on that card. But the Big Bossman was about to have his blowoff match with Akeem and he cut a promo about how he was proud to walk alone without Slick and be his own man and proud that he couldn't be bought and he was proud to be an American.
It wasn't a great promo but I remember the passion in which it was delivered and as a teenager it sold me on wanting Bossman to win. Because he made me feel like it was more than just a match to him, it was the final step in him being liberated from his past and if he was proud of who he was, damn it I'm genuinely happy for him. \Hell Bossman-Akeem was a total filler match that lasted three minutes but damn if Ray Traylor didn't make me watch those three minutes.
Passion, pass it on. And enjoy tonight's post-PPV RAW or the Ravens-Lions if you care about NFL games with playoff implications or have some fantasy guys going. Whatever you do, come out swinging but make sure to keep it clean!
I can only access this thread ony phone for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI might as well put this here, since I'm going to be away this evening on business: Randy Orton has been booked so terribly, so perversely terribly as a directionless stooge for the 'Authority' that can't decide if it wants to back him or attack him that the crowd wants nothing to do with him. At least with Cena, the fans know that the title is important, especially for the one who unseats Cena down the line. With Orton? The title is almost nondescript, much like its holder, killing much of the specialness that the company was angling for last night.
ReplyDeleteBottom line, I think they made the wrong call putting Orton over like they did. The time to start booking him as a world-beater came and went several months ago into this whole insipid storyline.
Ditto
ReplyDeleteYou are clearly a Smart smark. Orton on top is terrible for business. And his being HHH's avatar doesn't help because we're not interested in HIM, either. At least with Cena, yeah, the guy who unseats him would have been made a bigger deal because of it. I mean, Bryan has beaten Orton clean as a sheet, and they screw him over then book Bryan like a joke. What is that doing for the guy who finally beats Orton?
ReplyDeleteI was so excited for this show coming out of the end of last week's Raw. But the end of TLC pretty much let all of the air out of that balloon.
ReplyDeleteSee you guys after MNF!
Come here, it is now fixed. Unlike WWE, we still respect tradition. Sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI actually would before it gets too out of hand. Or lock it and put it in abeyance.
ReplyDeleteAlright, I deleted the other thread to prevent confusion
ReplyDeleteUnsurprisingly, Ray Lewis is pretty great at giving opinions before the game.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efFl_EDXCW0
ReplyDeleteThey're probably building up to Cena overcoming the odds to beat him and all that crap.
ReplyDeleteHow many of them involve himself?
ReplyDeleteIt's not really sour grapes at this point; though I love kicking the WWE while it's down creatively speaking, almost everyone here would be happier with a product that at least made an inkling of sense. For starters, why would Orton NOT kick the crap out of Triple H for the Pedigree last week? Must the new undisputed,unified, coagulated, conjoined, first-time-in-a-decade WWE World Heavyweight Champion of the Known Universe and Bubble Universes that attach to it look like such a whipped puss?
ReplyDeleteRandy Orton isn't over as a badass because he's been booked as a chump that needs help to win at every turn, but he's not a sniveling heel because that's not the character they've given him to play. They want the Orton that has become established as a main event player for the last decade, but also want to fit him into their pre-rendered mold for a heel. The result is a bland and directionless champion that hasn't been moving the needle any more with John Cena, the REAL face of the WWE brand than he was with Bryan or Big Show before that.
Even MNF is a bit of a snooze.
ReplyDeleteLong day. Time to relax and get pissed off at illogical booking. How's everyone doing? Good? That's good. Read any good stories lately? Any good cartoons?
ReplyDeleteOpinions are like plea deals to avoid murder charges, everybody has one
ReplyDeleteUm... okay?
ReplyDeleteWhatever they do, they'd best not try and shovel that up as the main event of WrestleMania XXX, unless they feel like investing in some serious audio techs to dub out the 'boring' and 'bullshit' chants that the smark-laden 'Mania crowd will dole out during the match. Knowing how stone cold fuck crazy people in New Orleans are, Cena and Orton would be lucky to escape with their lives before being scalded with boiling-hot jumbo.
ReplyDeleteWatched some of the Brutus Beefcake Timeline and found out that my copy of the July 1985 MSG show is incomplete. Other than that, it involved too much AJ.
ReplyDeleteEh, not a Lewis fan and was going for a vague round-about way of calling Ray an asshole
ReplyDeleteTonight, on how we will anger and disappoint our fans theater..
ReplyDeleteYou know even if all 3 hours were awesome every week RAW starting at 8 still complicates the shit out of my schedule/evening.
ReplyDeleteGee, not like we had this 2 months ago.
ReplyDeleteThat was quite the vortex
ReplyDeleteSo overusing the whole roster bj stand-by this year
ReplyDeleteWhy are Cody, Goldust and Big E wearing their championships around their waists? They aren't belts, damn it!
ReplyDeleteSo....... goodbye big gold belt. :(
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't they have Orton walk around with both belts for a while?
I was really hoping we would start with the authority in the ring!
ReplyDeleteSteph's looking mighty bangable
ReplyDeleteAn AJ cartoon. Drawn by the guys that made Home Movies.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only the one who notices CM Punk is never on stage whenever they have the entire roster out there?
ReplyDeleteBetter than the floor tile she was wearing last night.
ReplyDeleteKeep up with the "yes" chants!
ReplyDeleteIt is on purpose I think
ReplyDeleteQuick, someone tell AJ to check where he is.
ReplyDeleteListen here, partner; you can't rush a man in the sack. He's got standards.
ReplyDeleteBut no you are not
ReplyDeleteBecause fuck you wwe---CM Punk
ReplyDeleteLet's go Lions! Hell yeah
ReplyDeleteHHH has one weird looking head for that hair cut. Corporate look shouldn't have me questioning why his parents put him in a vice as a child
ReplyDeleteThe whole roster should just do a massive beatdown.
ReplyDeleteYes, and the seeds are being planted.
ReplyDeleteAt least Orton has both belts. God I love the big gold belt.
ReplyDeleteI liked it.
ReplyDeleteSwinging for the comment of the night fences early?
ReplyDeleteHe's underneath her.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's 1am and I have to be up early.
ReplyDeleteFind the nearest artist.
ReplyDeleteI don't see Cena, Punk or Bryan out there.
ReplyDeletePay honor to the man that I just made to look like a bitch last week...
ReplyDeleteWhat standing ovation Michael Cole?
ReplyDeleteGreat visual there, one one side Orton holds the WWE title in the face of Bryan (the man he stole it from) and holds the WHC in front of Cena who he beat last night for it.
ReplyDeleteJK, there's Cena.
ReplyDeleteSo, anybody else totally pumped for the MNF game? Or is it just the super Lion fan in me? Yeah, I blindly cheer for Stafford, Bush and Megatron. So?
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was a nice one.
ReplyDeleteGood point.
ReplyDeleteHe hears voices in his head too.
ReplyDeleteSo is Bryan.
ReplyDeleteEverytime they bring the entire locker room out to respect the Authority, and they just stand there for 15 minutes, it makes them look like a bunch of jobbers.
ReplyDeleteWWE probably didn't even know it.
ReplyDeleteWhatever, he's short.
ReplyDeleteThat would be Vince's voice he hears.
ReplyDeleteExactly, it's overplayed
ReplyDeleteHHH
ReplyDelete.
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Everybody else.
I've been spacing out for 5 minutes and haven't missed a thing. Thanks, WWE.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to think they did, the placement was very specific, and the camera focused on all three men in particular.
ReplyDeleteWWE: We're subtle when we feel like it.
ReplyDeleteTALK ABOUT THE APP YOU LITTLE SHIT!
ReplyDelete*chirp*
ReplyDeleteI had Jamaal Charles on my fantasy team, so MNF doesn't interest me.
ReplyDeleteYes crowd, "What!" the SHIT out of this promo please.
ReplyDeleteThis could be salvaged slightly if he jumps HHH right now. Then thrown right back in the trash when HHH beats him for the belt
ReplyDeleteOrton is butchering his lines here.
ReplyDeleteIf this just leads back to Orton hanging out with the Authority, then....that was the biggest waste of 3 months in WWE history
ReplyDeleteCan't see Punk in the crowd...
ReplyDeleteI never care for calling out the entire roster anyway. They did that in 1998 when they announced the Deadly Game tournament, but why did the whole roster need to be there? It wasn't like Headbanger Mosh was in the tournament. I always hated when ECW had all the guys come out of the back to watch a match too. Dumb.
ReplyDelete" Must the new undisputed,unified, coagulated, conjoined,
ReplyDeletefirst-time-in-a-decade WWE World Heavyweight Champion of the Known
Universe and Bubble Universes that attach to it look like such a whipped
puss?"
Paging Chris Jericho.
Orton is a bit more of a head-scratcher though, since they never viewed Jericho as a 'franchise' guy the same way they do with Orton.
Water is still wet.
ReplyDeleterabble Rabble RABBLE RABBLE!!!!
ReplyDelete- Randy Orton
True dat.
ReplyDeleteSo...is Trips the new champ yet?
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing we are getting Orton vs Cena vs Bryan at royal rumble.
ReplyDeleteThey need to put the gold front plate of the WHT behind the WWE logo where the black leather is.
ReplyDeleteAND I WILL SHIT IN YOUR BAG.
ReplyDeleteWe still have 3 hours.
ReplyDeleteAnd tell them black folk they'll be dancing!
ReplyDeleteI really don't mind Orton. I kinda dig him. His legs have been cut out from under him (in terms of credibility) almost as many times as Bryan. Don't forget he's been HHH's bitch for the last few months... and if he doesn't turn on HHH after last week's pedigree, he's even worse.
ReplyDeletehaha Cena
ReplyDeleteWho is that on the other mic? The guy that lost last night? Why is he here?
ReplyDeleteOr at least somehow replace the black with more gold.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I marked out when Cena called Orton an idiot.
ReplyDeleteCena is growing balls.
ReplyDeleteYes Cena, please save this segment.
ReplyDeleteIt would be kinda cool for Jericho to come out and challenge Orton at Royal Rumble..
ReplyDeleteWhen trips doesn't cut his nuts of forts can really heel it up.
ReplyDeleteAs a Dolphins fan, I hope Detroit drop 50 points on the Ravens tonight.
ReplyDeleteTHank you, John.
ReplyDeleteCena is owning,not bad.
ReplyDeleteOrton and Triple H are the two guys I'd root for Cena against.
ReplyDeleteIf Cena did just save us from 20 minutes of Orton/HHH ranting that will make him the biggest babyface since Austin.
ReplyDeleteThere's some solid intensity from Orton tonight. I'll grant him that.
ReplyDeleteCena seems to be getting some face heat. Brace yourself, we could be deep in mark territory tonight.
Cena is funn hear but he also seems like a sore loser
ReplyDeleteTV Title?
ReplyDeletePunk is so smart to not be a part of this stupidity.
ReplyDelete"Put Up or Shut Up" needs to be retired as a phrase, along with "Go big or go home," and "I'm not here to make friends."
ReplyDeleteWill there ever be a day that Stone Cold's name doesn't pop the crowd??
ReplyDeleteECW was different, they did it to make a world title match seem like such a big deal that everyone wanted to watch it up close.
ReplyDeleteThis however is just consistently making them all look like goobers.
It is what it is.
ReplyDeleteooh, sneaky Kevin Dunn
ReplyDeleteChrist, another Bryan squash and they're trying to glom Cena onto his heat
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt complain if WWE Universe went away
ReplyDeleteAnd that's different from normal... how?
ReplyDeleteOther than him usually being a winner.
Good guy Cena giving Bryan the spotlight
ReplyDeletePlease don't waste a Bryan title match on Raw unless he wins it....
ReplyDelete"WWE World Heavyweight Champion"
ReplyDeleteUm, why even give the crowd the option of picking what you're going to call the new title if you're just going to be all "Meh, McFuck-it."
That is the worst phrase ever
ReplyDeleteWhen was the last time he got "squashed" exactly?
ReplyDeleteSo....Cena gets to make matches? Bully for him.
ReplyDeleteLet's play it out and see where it BLAHAHAHAHA.
ReplyDeleteR Truth??
ReplyDeleteCena was pointing to Titus O'Neil right?
ReplyDeleteNo idea. Before Mania?
ReplyDeleteJust take it one idiom at a time.
ReplyDeleteAnd we promise the Wyatt's won't interfere. For realz! Way Bryatt will not interfere
ReplyDeleteI don't disagree.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
That would be a nice early Christmas present.
ReplyDeleteYES! That phrase literally cancels itself out and means nothing
ReplyDeleteSpeak for yourself, I would like to enjoy a 4 star match tonight.
ReplyDeleteTease! Tease! They're teasing us!
ReplyDeleteBrodus Clay. He wants to distract him so he can get some time with the Funkadactyls.
ReplyDeleteRandy could not sound more scripted. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteI bet they'd have good chemistry.
ReplyDeleteThat's a sentence, not a phrase.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else find Cena stumping for Bryan obnoxious? It doesn't ever feel like he or the company is actually behind the guy. It just seems like a way to transfer heat to Cena, and it comes across as cheaper than dime-store condoms, and just as effective.
ReplyDeleteLast 3 months of crap endings.
ReplyDeleteLast night was pretty squishy "brave front against 3-1" or not. Though, point taken and retract my "another"...he's getting f'd up tonight though
ReplyDeleteOh fuck you Steph. Heels/faces at the same time
ReplyDeleteDid you just hear Stephanie?
ReplyDeleteYeah... people worry too much about the fucking booking and forget to enjoy the show
ReplyDeleteGoddammit. Are we back to THE AUTHORITY flip flopping?
ReplyDeleteEh, I can stand it. Better than Cena asking for another title shot.
ReplyDelete"Except us"... he shoulda snapped, "STFU, Bitch"
ReplyDeleteMind your manners.
ReplyDeleteYep, back to chopping Orton's balls off and such.
ReplyDeleteOrton as a lap dog for the McMahon.
ReplyDeleteClassic HHH
ReplyDeleteAtta boy. I'm starting to get impressed by the Dolphins. I always used to think Ryan Tannehill was a huge bust, but especially after yesterday, he's getting my attention
ReplyDeleteThe Authority are like that girl that wants to bang, then changes her mind 10 minutes later.
ReplyDeleteWhat the fuck was the point of Steph just making the top heel in the company her bitch? What did that just accomplish?
ReplyDeleteIt made HHH hard.
ReplyDeleteIt was for Stephanie to get more over. Duh
ReplyDeleteThe WWE World Heavyweight Champion of the World wrestling on free TV is never best for business.
ReplyDeleteUh, no you don't "
ReplyDeleteWatching Triple H and Stephanie get off on this angle is more brazenly erotic than the live Edge/Lite sex segment.
ReplyDeleteIt accomplished FUCK YOU, that's what. — VKM
ReplyDeleteAnd we're back to denigrating both Orton and Bryan at the same time! Wooo!
ReplyDeleteThen again, Orton needed help every time to regain the belt against Bryan, who is being held back by the authority so in their stroyline, it kinda makes sense
ReplyDeleteHunter. Toss my salad.
ReplyDeleteHere comes another shocking Authority face turn..
ReplyDeleteIf HHH always listened to the WWE universe he wouldn't have buried Punk at Night of champions.
ReplyDeleteI have no problem with Cena/Orton/Bryan stuff. But HHH/Steph flopping from face to heel is soooooooo annoying
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see Orton win clean in the main event!
ReplyDeleteI see what you did there....
ReplyDeleteIs it for the title?
ReplyDeleteNo.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Hunter realizes it, but does anyone else in creative realize what a ginormous moron Orton has come off as the past 3 months randomly getting his feet cut out from under him by HHH?
ReplyDeleteIt would be half as annoying if they didn't put everyone down and make them ALL look like schmucks
ReplyDeleteBryan will job anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe pandering to the crowd and shitting on employees is just what an evil corporation does
ReplyDeleteWell, I think HHH's character is supposed to only be paying lip service to the idea of listening to the fans. But this angle has gone so far off the rails I have no idea what his motivation is supposed to be anymore.
ReplyDeleteYeah! The champion being booked strong! what a travesty.
ReplyDeleteI would actually do a title change tonight, even if it is only for a week or until the Rumble. Been awhile since we had a surprising title win on Raw and it would help put alittle unpredictability back into the show.
ReplyDeleteWhy play Hunter's music?? Ass kissing sound techs!!!
ReplyDelete.com? What about the app?
ReplyDeleteIt's a work if Ryback and Axel get more than 5% of the vote.
ReplyDeleteJust what we need to start the show off on a good note: a Big Show match!
ReplyDeleteThat's what I've been saying. We've been pissed off about Bryan so much we didn't really realize how shitty Orton has been treated and how much heat he's lost
ReplyDeleteYup. "Orton, you suck and are lucky as WWE champion. So we're going to force you into a match against the biggest jobber, who I have no idea why the fans cheer for him, Daniel Bryan!"
ReplyDeleteI read this out loud in Vince's voice, and I can't stop laughing
ReplyDeleteHis motivation, until it is shown concretely otherwise, is to do whatever it takes to make Steph horny for the after-show "private party".
ReplyDeleteHonestly, WWE Unified Champion just sounded dumb.
ReplyDeleteHow did the Big Show/Rey Mysterio even wind up in the title match last night anyway? That spot would have done much better for a team like the Prime Time Players or Usos, it could have gotten them major over as baby faces, instead of two old guys treading water.
ReplyDeleteTwist our heads.
ReplyDeleteUnpredictability? Shareholders don't like that! Say it with me: SAME OLD SHIT! SAME OLD SHIT!
ReplyDeleteThese rubes can't be trusted. It SHOULD be the Real Americans, but it'll be Showrey
ReplyDeleteOrton has been one of the Top 5 over guys in the company for the last 4 years and now...this
ReplyDeleteHmm, well fair enough. Seems like as good a motivation as any.
ReplyDeleteThe difference is I don't give two shits about Orton. I still say he looks like he's going through the motions. I have more passion during my bowel movements.
ReplyDeleteYep, and I don't even like Orton. But his booking is amazingly stupid. "The legend killer" being used as a pawn, one week as a weapon, the next just being thrown to the dogs
ReplyDeleteBetter that than two separate segments with Show and Rey, I guess
ReplyDeleteWWE.com has that easy to use Shop just in time for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteEdge/Lita at least had the good sense to show an accidental-on-purpose boob. *Sniff* I miss those days.
ReplyDeleteThe Wyatt's interfere and help Bryan win the title.
ReplyDeleteThis is a classic case of "Don't book the match in the first place."
ReplyDeleteIf Bryan wins, the champ looks weak.
If Orton wins, they're cutting off Bryan (he also lost last night, and he's lost to Orton A BUNCH of times).
It's a no-win scenario, so why do the match to begin with?
Silver linings, people.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a huge reboot to what should have happened after SS. Not a bad idea though
ReplyDeleteThe Croods,suprisingly great film of the year.
ReplyDeleteI have more passion during YOUR bowel movements.
ReplyDeleteShould have just made it for the title.
ReplyDeleteDesperate to pop a rating? You're implying they actually have any sort of coherent booking plans.
ReplyDelete