Howdy Blog O'Doomers,
Hope everyone had a great weekend and are gearing up for the December holidays. My husband thinks I go overboard during Christmas and he's right because I just love this time of year and god bless him he lets me indulge with our Christmas lights display and my need to have two Christmas trees in the house. The only thing he doesn't let me do is dress up our dobermans. As he said, no one fears a doberman wearing a collar with christmas bells on it. Fair enough.
Anyway we've got one hell of a football game for Monday Night and surely another RAW that might feature a good Punk or Bryan match and maybe good Punk AND Bryan matches if we're lucky.
My main concern with the WWE isn't so much about how bad the current product is but hoping that they don't fuck up the Royal Rumble. I still look forward to the Rumber, even more than Wrestlemania. I still think, in many ways, it's heavily under promoted and it's the best way to push someone. If these guys are serious about Reigns and Big E Langston getting real pushes that the crowd can get behind the Rumble is the easiest place to establish it. Whatever happens in December seems fairly irrelevant, I don't think there's been a relevant December angle since the HHH-Stephanie marriage stuff so waste whatever low buyrate show you have on Big Show but please don't fuck up the Rumble.
Anyway I hope all of you enjoy the show, come out swinging and try to keep it clean.
Hope everyone had a great weekend and are gearing up for the December holidays. My husband thinks I go overboard during Christmas and he's right because I just love this time of year and god bless him he lets me indulge with our Christmas lights display and my need to have two Christmas trees in the house. The only thing he doesn't let me do is dress up our dobermans. As he said, no one fears a doberman wearing a collar with christmas bells on it. Fair enough.
Anyway we've got one hell of a football game for Monday Night and surely another RAW that might feature a good Punk or Bryan match and maybe good Punk AND Bryan matches if we're lucky.
My main concern with the WWE isn't so much about how bad the current product is but hoping that they don't fuck up the Royal Rumble. I still look forward to the Rumber, even more than Wrestlemania. I still think, in many ways, it's heavily under promoted and it's the best way to push someone. If these guys are serious about Reigns and Big E Langston getting real pushes that the crowd can get behind the Rumble is the easiest place to establish it. Whatever happens in December seems fairly irrelevant, I don't think there's been a relevant December angle since the HHH-Stephanie marriage stuff so waste whatever low buyrate show you have on Big Show but please don't fuck up the Rumble.
Anyway I hope all of you enjoy the show, come out swinging and try to keep it clean.
My Wife's a bit nuts about Christmas. She decorates and buys gifts and such. Drives me nuts.
ReplyDeleteFor my part I put various pictures of Scrooges up in my cube at work, and just fashioned a noose from Christmas lights and hung the stupid singing Frosty that they have in the kitchen.
(sees a Doberman with a Santa hat and Christmas bell collar on)
ReplyDelete(slowly backs away, out of sight, then turns and RUNS MY ASS OFF, as far away from it as I can.)
Goddammit am I the only Jew around here or what
ReplyDeleteI was once mistaken for a Jew, does that count?
ReplyDeleteI'm creeping up the Ryan Murphy scale!!!
ReplyDeleteNo, you gotta try and make it into the top 6.
ReplyDeleteJudging from that second paragraph, you must be fun to work with.
ReplyDeleteI hold out no hope for the Rumble. Things have been complete shit since the end of Punk's reign at the Rumble last year and there's no reason at all to believe they're going to get any better. #WWEScrooge
ReplyDeleteBut, you gotta have a little hope for the Rumble.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, I am just hoping for a Rumble where we dont know the winner 16 months in advance.
ReplyDeleteJust for the record, how can we discuss RAW? Its not even been re-written yet.
ReplyDeleteas Fat Tony said, it's funny because it's true.
ReplyDeleteWe kind of do though, albeit not 16 months ahead.
ReplyDeleteReigns I would assume is the favorite at the moment.
I just put up a pole.
ReplyDeleteI find tinfoil distracting.
Supposedly Reigns will get the Diesel push this year, which means he will throw out Dolph, Kofi, etc. only to be eliminated by Del Rio or someone equally heatless.
ReplyDeleteThose bored before the show could do worse than check out this live Opeth performance... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNaknTgIbIg
ReplyDeleteActually, Maven drop kicking Taker out is probably one of my fav Rumble moments. Of course Taker then bounced him off every popcorn machine in the arena, but I digress.
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming Punk is winning, slim outside chance of Bryan winning.
ReplyDeleteOdds are they do Triple H/Bryan and Punk/Orton.
Christmas is not complete without chugging a HUGE punch bowl of egg nog while listening to "Dogs Barking Jingle Bells".
ReplyDeleteWWE needs a reality that follows what happens in the Creative team.
ReplyDeleteI heard a rumor Punk/Orton is going to be a thing, didn't mention for a title or not.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwc1Wi-mlCI
ReplyDeleteXanax, Alcohol, hair loss. Repeat.
ReplyDeleteI imagine Vince talks to creative the way Malcolm Tuckers talks to MPs
ReplyDeletehttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOlBsls-C0
I'll be disappointed if he does drop at least one F bomb as the Doctor.
ReplyDeleteActually, I just envision 60 minutes of "WHO THE #$^@# IS DANIEL BRYAN??"
ReplyDeleteYou'd almost certainly enjoy my company more than the withered gang of hens that I'm harassing.
ReplyDeleteForget Raw tonight. Forget Monday Night Football. What am I watching at 8 pm Eastern tonight? A Charlie Brown Christmas on ABC. I've had a crappy day, and I think the Peanuts gang will cheer me up.
ReplyDeleteThat and the meatball sub my awesome girlfriend made for dinner should bring me out of my funk.
Good evening.
ReplyDeletePretty sure it might play out like the early rounds of American Idol.
ReplyDeleteYour Girlfriend works at Subway???
ReplyDeleteOK. I'm sorry.
you could watch the highlights of Chris Stewart's career as a yankee...
ReplyDeleteYou jest, but if they had a reality show where the prize was joining the WWE Creative team, I'd SO watch. Most epic trainwreck ever!
ReplyDelete"This week, our remaining contestants must write a segment featuring Santino, Natalya, and Hornswoggle and make sure to somehow fit in bowel movements."
I'm just glad he isn't an actor you can pin some teeny romance shit on. If Daleks and Cybermen are going to war on the streets I don't want to see the Doctor wasting time crying over Billie Piper.
ReplyDeleteYou know, that'll probably help, too.
ReplyDeleteTHATS NOT A MCMAHON?!?!?
ReplyDeleteUp vote for egg nog.
ReplyDeleteAs much fun as it is to banter, that MNF game is way too good to miss for whatever dreck "Creative" has come up with.
ReplyDeleteindeed. all 0.08 seconds of it.
ReplyDeleteI downvoted you, because my girlfriend came by my laptop at the wrong time. Otherwise, touche.
ReplyDelete....I deserved that downvote.
ReplyDeleteHey, that's never stopped me from commenting.
ReplyDeleteThat's okay. All of this got changed before the show anyway.
ReplyDeleteSomebody is gonna be fired tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry I am here.
ReplyDeleteMicks Daughter set you up.
ReplyDeletesomewhere a married woman is not being hit on...
ReplyDeleteWhat, me worry?
ReplyDeleteSorry, no fantasy life left in MNF tonight. Still pulling Eric Decker out of my ass.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but I hate commenting without context.
ReplyDeleteDecker and Jeffrey both obliterated me this week.
ReplyDeleteTriple H mention and the crowd goes mild...
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOO PLEASE KEEP PUNK OUT OF THIS
ReplyDeleteshoot comments that aren't supposed...
ReplyDelete....at a truckstop.
ReplyDeleteWow that made me crack up big time
ReplyDeleteNOOOOO NOT CM PUNK/HHH AGAIN NOOOOOO
ReplyDeleteHe is still more liked than HHH
ReplyDeletetime for Punk to return the favor of being allowed to kick out of one Pedigree!
ReplyDeleteOH GOD IT'S WORSE THAN HHH.
ReplyDeletePunk playing the Jericho role, circa 2000.
ReplyDeleteMrs. H? Or is Trips Mr. Stephanie?
ReplyDeleteWatch? Shit, I'd do everything in my power to get on that show.
ReplyDeleteThis is much better than building to Punk/Lesnar 2...or not
ReplyDeleteGOD NO! WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!!?!?!?
ReplyDeleteTuned in.
ReplyDeleteyou didn't give HHH his great ovation after he tapped out to Lesnar.
ReplyDeleteYay. More comments about how cool we were in 1998.
ReplyDeleteSidejack: The @midnight Twitter account is taking #RealOrJabroni queries for The Iron Sheik right now! This is a better use of social media than anything WWE can come up with.
ReplyDeleteI see Steph is a heel this week,
ReplyDeleteright now. Once HHH comes out, they'll play to the crowd.
ReplyDeleteAh, shit. I came on here for Tessmacher photos. The holiday got me screwed up on what day it is.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, she'll be a face within this segment
ReplyDeleteNational Pie Day was yesterday.
ReplyDeleteOh, joy. Contract signing. Glad I'm watching.
ReplyDeleteSorry you'll probably have to deal with AJ and Naomi pictures
ReplyDeleteOH THAT IS EVEN WORSE
ReplyDeleteANOTHER ONE??? You cannot be serious!
ReplyDeleteA contract signing that is unprecedented? So it will just be 2 guys signing a piece of paper amicably?
ReplyDeleteAuthoriKane is here.
ReplyDeletePutting Iron Sheik on @midnight may actually make that show watchable.
ReplyDeleteIs Kane injured and/or still filming? Just seems the weirdest use of him
ReplyDeleteSo thats what his hair looks like.
ReplyDeleteShe just mentioned it. Not sure if it will be on the broadcast.
ReplyDeleteok, I'm cracking up at this Kane promo. Ivy MBA all the way!
ReplyDeleteAnd as the comments become about what's going on with Raw, I will stop paying attention for awhile, as I watch Linus school Charlie Brown on the true meaning of Christmas. Maybe I'll try and catch up with the DVR in 20 minutes or so.
ReplyDeleteok, this Kane thing is funny.
ReplyDeleteKane is pretty damn good in this role
ReplyDeleteNope and nope, but he is wanting to retire and move into politics soon
ReplyDeleteKane is amazing
ReplyDeleteI'm so tired of contract signings. Only one was that was good was Andre-Hogan, which they filmed in the Jack Tunney's office, for WM 3.
ReplyDeleteRemember, this is what they said was "perfect" before go live time.
ReplyDeleteHow many contract signing segments does that make for 2013? That has to be a record.
ReplyDeleteJBL would be 1000x better as Director of Authority or whatever Kane is.
ReplyDeleteSo....Kane couldn't talk. Then he had a voicebox. Then he could kind of talk. THen he could talk like an angry monster. Then one in therapy. Now he talks like a business guy.
ReplyDeleteDa. Fuq.
He's actually well spoken and his long sentences make perfect sense.
ReplyDeleteLIBERTARIAN KANE ~!
ReplyDeleteI really really like it
ReplyDeleteSo Kane is Agent Smith from the matrix?
ReplyDeleteJohnny Ace would have been perfect for this.
ReplyDeleteNote: Steph got to dress down punk, but Kane has to take his retort
ReplyDeleteToo damn many.
ReplyDeleteTheir telling stories.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
ReplyDeleteThat gets an upvote.
ReplyDeleteKane no longer rapes corpses, just your finances!
ReplyDeleteAh. Of course. Silly me.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget all of the "awful scars" he endured as a child from the fire.
ReplyDeleteThe Shield is now a modern day Three Minute Warning.
ReplyDeleteStill like Punk being the sharpest tool in the shed. ....leaving may have been the better course but getting a chair's better than just watching them come down every week
ReplyDeleteMaybe they will get them faxed to each, read, notorised and then send the contracts to WWE's lawyers to have them processed and filed.
ReplyDeleteThe WWE Performance Center can fix everything!
ReplyDelete< facepalm >
ReplyDeleteStephanie's acting skills have not improved an iota over the past 14+ years. It's stunning how incompetent she is.
ReplyDeleteStill better than Dixie.
ReplyDeleteKane with a mask and no voice is a better actor.
ReplyDeleteI love how every week the Shield is wrestling in a handicap match. I swear we've had a record number of handicap matches these last 5 weeks.
ReplyDeleteUndisputed or Unified?
ReplyDeleteJesus fuck. Seriously, Im as die hard as they come, but I'm getting pretty darn close to turning off the TV
ReplyDeleteI think Kane needs a last name now. Kane Rand? Kane Taggert? Kane Paul?
ReplyDeleteShe only really knows how to do "bitchy brat"....everything else is a stretch
ReplyDeleteIt's the Shield and Punk so it should be good right? Yet its a 3 on 1 handicap match so it should be a shitty squash right? I'm confused
ReplyDeleteI remember when opening segments were directed to make you watch the rest of the show.
ReplyDelete"And one man will emerge as the other champion"
ReplyDeleteYou're not the only one.
ReplyDeleteI vote for a Street Fight.
ReplyDeleteLMAO, WWE has to issue a guarantee of one champion at TLC, because they know everyone is expecting a screwjob.
ReplyDeleteHow about this app: the WWE World Champion.
ReplyDeleteWe all know what the champion will be called: John Cena.
ReplyDeleteBOOM
ReplyDeleteWhich means there is no fucking way it will happen. Christ. It's pretty sad when I apply the same logic to wrestling, politics, and mainstream news.
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of like an SNL cold open with Victoria Jackson.
ReplyDeleteMinor Off topic threadjack. Jim Ross is doing a speaking show at the Grammercy Theater in NYC on March 1. I think I'm going to buy a ticket when they go on sale later this week.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? We have to vote for a new name?
ReplyDeleteThere's "fan interaction" and then there's plain laziness.
ReplyDeleteFigured they were responding to the IWC's reaction.
ReplyDeleteIn honour of my favourite era and promotion of wrestling I DEMAND it be called "The World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship" (allowed to be called The World'S. Heavyweight. Wrestling. Championship. if spoken by JR or Ric Flair).
ReplyDeleteRandy Orton and John Cena will split the titles, and then get surgery to become a conjoined twin. One Champion, guaranteed.
ReplyDeleteTHE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE!!!
ReplyDelete"Professional Wrestling Belt"
ReplyDeleteGood job sir
ReplyDeleteUnrelated post....Rush's new live album/film is damn sweet.
ReplyDeleteIT'S NOT A BELT! IT'S A TITLE! TITLE! TITLE! TITLE!
ReplyDeleteI'd call it...The Belt Meng Never Held.
ReplyDeleteNo this just shows how despite creative is that their going for the fans for help.
ReplyDeleteThey don't seem to realise that Vince, Austin, Rock and Foley were entertaining on the mic and didn't just waffle on redundantly.
ReplyDeleteBig Show/Giant used to call it the world heavyweight championship of the world.
ReplyDeleteTotally didn't read that closely enough...shame on me.
ReplyDeleteEh, just sad they probably spent 10 hours and 20 rewrites to make it sound iron clad and it still sounds vaguely screw jobbable
ReplyDeleteThe HHH championship.
ReplyDeleteMy selection for title name is not listed for voting:
ReplyDeleteProp #37.
I thought that said adult film at first...very confused for a second
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean it sucked 37 dicks? Or each holder sucked McMahon? Penis chugging has to be involved.
ReplyDeleteI vote for calling the belt, John Cena's belt. Very accurate description.
ReplyDeleteHaha, yeah like I take either of these 2 jobbers as a threat to Big E.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I think Dolph might want to drop the diva-esque entrance if he ever wants Vince to take him seriously.
ReplyDeleteIs this the first televised matchup between Ziggler and Sandow?
ReplyDeleteBig Show inspired Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels? Christmas miracle, I tell ya!
ReplyDeleteSo far this week it is.
ReplyDeleteIn the last 6+ days, yes.
ReplyDeleteWhich is crazy. Either she's that devoid of charisma that no acting coach in the world could fix her over this period, or she's so oblivious of her ability that she thinks she's good. Obviously no one expects these people to be Daniel Day-Lewis, but we could surely do better than "All That."
ReplyDeleteDAMN!
ReplyDeleteNever heard Big E talk so clearly before.
ReplyDeleteI can see where it would be confusing.
ReplyDeleteScheduled recently but they needed more time for 3mb/Matadors
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised we didn't settle this feud with a Bunkhouse brawl or something.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the attitude era ABC Family Friendly weapons?
ReplyDeleteKane and Big E are speaking coherently and using complex sentences. I'm jumping off the balcony.
ReplyDeleteI miss Ahmed Johnson.
ReplyDeleteWhat? Clerks reference lost?
ReplyDeleteDoes Big E purposely try to sound like a white guy?
ReplyDeletePool noodles and tin foil turkey trays
ReplyDeleteIf one of them would pull out a Saints Row 3/4 Purple Dildo Bat... I would cheer.
ReplyDeleteWait, this isn't a Divas match. Carry on.
At this point, I am beginning to miss the Laptop GM.
ReplyDeleteHave they given them a reason for feuding yet, aside from "These guys have nothing else to do?"
ReplyDeleteIt's been about 20 years...so yes.
ReplyDeleteEAT A REEF!
ReplyDeleteBecause we said so. Fuck you.
ReplyDelete- WWE Creative
Thought you were lobbing one out there with the #37, sir.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really paying attention during that time, but that had the potential to be good. But like most things, zero payoff.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reason she can only do "bitchy brat" and it's because she's not acting.
ReplyDeleteWay to bury Ziggler JBL.
ReplyDeleteAhmed Johnson set the standard to avoid.
ReplyDeleteYou want MORE Cole speaking? Sick, sick man, you are.
ReplyDeleteVince told him to watch 20 hours of Bryant Gumbel.
ReplyDeleteWell, he is friends with Cena.
ReplyDeleteThey are going out of their way to convice the audience it's not going to be a screwjob. But I doubt it.
ReplyDeleteEverytime someone kicks out of the FameASSer, it reminds me of how talentless Billy Gunn was.
ReplyDeleteJobbers everywhere aren't missing being broken by him.
ReplyDeleteNOW GO STARE AT EACH OTHER
ReplyDeleteFive months ago Dolph was World Champion. Now he's losing #1 Contender to I-C Title matches. In another half a year he'll be where ever Zach Ryder is. Poor guy.
ReplyDeleteJBL is a pariah, this is the worst announcing crew of all time.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see the number of those title reigns I want to puke.
ReplyDeleteEverytime someone kicks out of a DDT, Jake Roberts takes a drink.
ReplyDeleteI think they did actually explain in storyline once that he "thought" he was scarred and that was part of the torture Paul Bearer put him through. I think it was the time he set Jim Ross on fire.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a Zach Ryder?
ReplyDeleteThat tale of the tapes is the best way to show why the company is so stale.
ReplyDeleteEPIC!
ReplyDeleteThey actually need to create some heat between Big E and Sandow if they...oh fuck it.
ReplyDeleteThey should make him director of corproate communications.
ReplyDelete