How Long Will Batista's Return to the WWE Last?
Batista will be in the WWE for at least one year. He wants to make one final run instead of just a WrestleMania appearance. Between his contract and merchandising, he is expected to make some big money too.
Credit Bryan Alvarez, Figure Four Weekly Newsletter
The Shield to Continue On With a Replacement Member Following Roman Reigns Face Turn?
There is a strong feeling with those in the company that the Shield will be given a new member after Reigns leaves. One name being mentioned is Mason Ryan.
Credit Bryan Alvarez, Figure Four Weekly Newsletter
WWE Releasing New WCW DVD
"WCW Greatest PPV Matches, Volume #1" will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on 3/11.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
Highspots Releases "Old School" with Rockin' Robin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76riKLyNUo
Batista will be in the WWE for at least one year. He wants to make one final run instead of just a WrestleMania appearance. Between his contract and merchandising, he is expected to make some big money too.
Credit Bryan Alvarez, Figure Four Weekly Newsletter
The Shield to Continue On With a Replacement Member Following Roman Reigns Face Turn?
There is a strong feeling with those in the company that the Shield will be given a new member after Reigns leaves. One name being mentioned is Mason Ryan.
Credit Bryan Alvarez, Figure Four Weekly Newsletter
WWE Releasing New WCW DVD
"WCW Greatest PPV Matches, Volume #1" will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on 3/11.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
Highspots Releases "Old School" with Rockin' Robin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76riKLyNUo
Mason Ryan?! Of ALL the NXT Guys? Mason Ryan?
ReplyDeleteHow they can have Mason Ryan on TV and claim they have a Wellness Policy is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteIt is just one of the names getting tossed around but yeah, he wouldn't be my first choice either.
ReplyDeleteReplacing Reigns with Ryan is basically turning the shield from the nwo into right to censor.
ReplyDeletegood comparison
ReplyDeleteHe's actually a lot smaller than he was, but he still sucks goat dicks in the ring.
ReplyDeleteDVD Sounds Interesting. If they can get Steamboat-Luger, Pillman-Liger (1992 Superbrawl) and Cactus/Sullivan vs. Nasty Boys on the same DVD, I'd buy it.
ReplyDeleteCorey Graves is right there, and it can changes the dynamic in an interesting way. Rollins and Graves could eventually split off from Ambrose and turn face into a Rockers/Hardyz-style face team. There really isn't a team like that right now in the division.
ReplyDeleteDamn, a full time Batista run. I'll take it. There are a lot of programs he could do that would interest me. Assuming he's gonna come in and stay a face?
ReplyDeleteI'm not here to kiss babies and hug fat girls, I'm here to make money.
ReplyDeleteI can't think of a better way to make Rollins and Ambrose irrelevant than to force them to carry a piece of luggage like Ryan.
ReplyDeleteSplitting them up entirely and letting Rollins be his metalcore-head heart throbby dude while Ambrose snaps and goes back to being the violent, crazy, scary loner is not a good plan because...?
If they feel like the Shield needs a big bruiser in it, what about Rusev instead?
ReplyDeleteGraves is pretty horrible, he has no charisma and sucks away charisma from all those he associates with. I'd take Ryan over Graves, although Ryan's pretty bad as well. Give them Leo Kruger or Colin Cassidy or even Rusov over those two.
ReplyDeleteMan I wish Brock would do the same Batista is doing. One final full year run with the OVW 4, the possible matchups are endless. Plus the 4 of them have never wrestled under the same brand since development, so it would be alot of fun. What do ya say Brock?? (pipe dream)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that Mason Ryan still has a job. Tits on a bull.
ReplyDeleteha i came in here to post the same thing.
ReplyDeleteAgree, Graves kinda sucks. He has been around then indies forever as Sterling James Keenan and wasnt much then either
ReplyDelete... a millionaire who should be a billionaire?
ReplyDeleteRusev might not fit the Shield well. He would be better off as a singles act. Cassidy and Enzo are great together too. Kruger is at least better than Ryan.
ReplyDeleteHave caesoro join the shield
ReplyDeleteGawd, if we get a HHH/Batista program at any point in the next year, I will not be a happy camper
ReplyDeleteBrock, Punk, Bryan, Orton, Cena. If those 5 guys can't get him through a year worth of programs...
ReplyDeleteI really wish The Shield would still be undefeated. Imagine them going into Mania and facing Cena, Batista and Undertaker in a six man tag with Undertaker's streak on the line. Watch Cena get pinned by the Shield to end the streak thus giving The Shield a giant rub and a huge feud between Cena and Undertaker for next year's Mania with Undertaker angry that Cena lost the streak for him.
ReplyDeleteno one would buy that match, especially the shield winning.
ReplyDeleteI wish they'd put this on a t shirt. I'd buy it
ReplyDeleteThat is probably the worst streak ending idea I have ever heard.
ReplyDeleteSpit ballin here but why not give Ambrose a huge meat head lackey like Ryback (or any huge lug)? Let's Ambrose become the clear cut leader of the shield, gets him over more as an individual heel, and will eventually set up a big break up angle. Let's face it, as soon as Reigns leaves they're gonna have to change the dynamic, why not do something like this?
ReplyDeleteHe will be a heel... beat whoever he faces at 'Rumble, beat HHH at Summerslam, lose to him at next 'Mania, then beat him with the help of a manager at Extreme rules.
ReplyDeleteYou will not be a happy camper
ReplyDeleteGreat, so now the crowd can work up new "Batista" chants at him. Be weird when he actually faces Batista!
ReplyDeleteIf they touch each other they will both disappear like Ron Silver in Timecop
ReplyDeleteWWE CREATIVE: " thats sooo 1998. It all sounds ok but it needs an authority figure, iron clad contracts, lawyers or Rollins being broke to realllly make it sell in today's climate."
ReplyDeleteWhat about Camacho? Now that Hunico is running around as Sin Cara they might as well do something with him. Of course that's replacing one Pacific Islander with another but it's the WWE so what do you expect.
ReplyDeleteAt least he didn't say that the Undertaker gets DQed for making an extra save and loses his streak by DQ.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Chris Hero?? .... Oh yeah.... nvm
ReplyDeleteOr the match was a six-man tag bra and panties match.
ReplyDeleteIf they do continue the Shield with a replacement for Reigns, I think it will bomb.
ReplyDeleteThey tried to make Mason Ryan the muscle guy three years ago and it didn't work.
ReplyDeleteAlso, does Alvarez have credibility or does he just make shit up like Meltzer?
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's already starting to wear a little thin, at least for me. They've been the same thing for 15 months, which is cool, but if they just think Reigns and another guy would just be interchangeable parts, they're nuts.
ReplyDeleteThe gimmick still has legs for me, but they're gonna have to change the dynamic and tweak the gimmick once Reigns splits.
They had the right idea with Ryan on the last ep of NXT- job him out in like a minute to Tyler Breeze.
ReplyDeleteI'd put Sheamus in the Shield. It's not a particularly obvious fit, but Sheamus badly needs some kind of edge to his character. He'd keep the Shield's credibility level up, too. Maybe.
ReplyDeleteI don't like Sheamus but I'm intrigued by this idea
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting idea.
ReplyDeleteI think that Sheamus and Del Rio should form a tag-team. Give them Heyman and a run with the tag-titles
He does have sources.
ReplyDeleteThe weird thing about wrestling fans and rumors is how they react. Sports fans do not react to trade rumors thrown out by beat writers (and lets face it, Meltzer and those like him are essentially beat writers when they are trying to break news. They go about it the same way) the same way. Lets say a local guy mentions a few trade targets and they do not end up with anyone at the deadline, do fans start accusing the beat writer of making stuff up or did stuff behind the scenes prevent the deal from happening? With wrestling fans, it seems like it is always the result of someone like Meltzer and never due to behind the scene stuff or last minute changes.
Sure,Meltzer is a Bret Hart apologist and favors Japanese wrestling way too much and nothing was more laughable than his attempt to tout Bob Sapp as a potential megastar (that was Meltzer at his worst if you ask me). He is actually gotten better in regard to match workrate (read his stuff from the 80's, he was vicious against the WWF and complaining why bores like Brian Blair were not getting pushed in 1984). Meltzer deserves much more criticism about that than he does about something he reported, especially when the outcome his changed constantly. Watch shoot interviews, guys are asked about rumors (usually that came from the ""dirt sheets") and more often than not, they will tell you what happened. Hell, Cornette said himself that if you want to learn about the Montreal Incident, just read Meltzer's piece on the situation because it was detailed and correct.
In closing, the hatred towards Meltzer when a proposed rumor does not come to fruition is laughable.
I could get behind that. Sheamus is way better as an ass-kicking heel. I was even thinking a Wade Barrett could benefit from the Shield, but he's saddled with a shit gimmick at the moment.
ReplyDeleteRyback could be a solid option for sure
ReplyDeleteI think them just being a tag team would work fine. Ambrose and Rollins would be an amazing tag team.
ReplyDeleteShame they got rid of Chris Hero. I think he'd fit in with them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with almost everything you said here, Brian. The only part I'm on the other side of is that no one attacks beat writers when they report a rumor on a trade. That happens all the time, and will continue to be more common with social media and more commenting. I see it when I read baseball sites all the time.
ReplyDeleteAnother example, my paper last week reported on some political rumors in NYC, and a bunch of people went bat shit on us about whether the story we ran was legit. What happens with Meltzer and the others happens with EVERYTHING now. Just a part of the world now.
Sheamus, Barrett, McIntyre, Del Rio managed by William Regal.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the sports beat writers stuff happens but the hatred from wrestling fans is much more severe. You have columns written by jerkoffs like Justin Watry about the rumors.
ReplyDeleteDont know how Del Rio fits in there but a solid idea.
ReplyDeleteDoes 411 just seek out guys that will create some serious heel heat on that site? It's Watry now, there was the other guy before him that did the 5 in 1. I don't understand why people continue to click on links just to complain about someone's POV.
ReplyDeleteI read Watry's first 2 or 3 Ask411 Wrestling columns, was put off by the fact that he wasn't answering questions and was just destroying the column Sforcina built up for so long and stopped clicking, until Mat came back a few weeks ago. Just stop reading him and the site will eventually drop him.
Its the easiest way to get viewers. At the end though, talent will stick around longer. Guys like Watry are a dime a dozen
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of it, but sports fans absolutely do accuse beat writers of making stuff up. Sometimes it's benign ("writer x wrote an article about the Jays being interested in trading for Albert Pujols to fill column space, they can't possibly afford him and already have Encarnacion") sometimes it's more specific (it's commonly said that Jon Heyman is on the payroll of Scott Boras, so if Heyman reports that a Boras client has an impressive offer from a mystery team, it's commonly dismissed as the baseball equivalent of newz).
ReplyDeleteWrestling fans are just far more enthusiastic about it. Part of it might be the paid subscription model. If you (or someone else) is paying money each month for inside news and what's reported doesn't happen, you're probably more upset than if you read an article online or in the paper and nothing happens.
I was being facetious.
ReplyDeleteAnd then you compared me to Justin Watry, so fuck you Bayless.
I agree that the Shield gimmick (music, flak jacket gear, entering through the crowd) is too good to just let go by having the three guys break up. I'm all for it carrying on, though does Rollins need to be part of the next group? It seems like he's being positioned for a face turn as well....Ambrose was the one who was frothing and jealous during Punk's promo last week, whereas Reigns and Rollins were both respectful of each other and it was Seth who made the challenge man-to-man. I also can't help but notice that it was Rollins who got the big featured main event-level matches against Cena and Punk within the last week, so he's being tested against the top guys.
ReplyDeleteIf the next Shield is just Ambrose and two new NXT guys, that would be fine, even if it makes the Shield less a three-man unit than it does "Ambrose and two semi-lackeys." It still makes Dean the clear singles threat in the group and the other two can work as the primary tag team. I'm not sure who on the current NXT roster really fits as a potential new Shield guy --- the Ascension is perhaps a logical fit, though I wouldn't want to lose their own awesome gimmick to make them Shield. Maybe you (ugh) bring up Ryan as the new power guy and then make Adrian Neville the new speed/crazy moves guy.
Having Ambrose bring up two new lackeys to "continue" being the Shield after Rollins and Reigns turn on him is probably the best way to go with the group, as it establishes Ambrose as a "leader," brings in some new talent and lets Rollins and Reigns go off and do their own thing (or defeat the new Shield team in some sort of blowoff).
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't go with the Ascension either, as they seem to have carved their own niche and should get the chance to use it on the main roster. Which means that this is exactly what WWE will do.
Just wait. We're now only 5 months away from his next repackaging.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's learned something in three years?
ReplyDeleteI hope so!
ReplyDeleteI think if you are a new third and position Rollins and the third guy clearly behind Ambrose in the pecking order, it will be different enough to extend the life of the gimmick.
ReplyDeleteThey want to push Ambrose as a single. Ambrose as the clear leader of the Shield with Rollins and whoever as his lackeys is money.
ReplyDeleteBut isn't Batista a HOSS, by GAWD?
ReplyDeleteI'm okay with HHH/Batista happening. I am in the minority here, but I'm not really excited about Batista coming back... Especially if it's to take the belt off of Orton.
The New Shield = Samoa Joe, Austin Aries, Dean Ambrose
ReplyDeleteI'm not totally sold on the Shield idea for him, but Sheamus absolutely needs to be a shit kicking heel. The Smiling Irish Fella just doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteI think that could work.
ReplyDeleteActually, what IS Bull Buchanan doing these days? He'd be a better option than Mason Ryan.
ReplyDeleteIt could be worse. We could have the return of Bam Neely or Jackson Andrews.
No way would I compare you to Watry. That is a low insult
ReplyDeleteBring in Paige to join Ambrose and Rollins, and she can right the injustice of the Divas division.
ReplyDeleteI'm somy Mat took back Ask411
ReplyDeleteYea. I don't think you have to change the entire gimmick. I wrote below that Ambrose should just get a meat head lackey (Ryback maybe) to further establish him as the leader and get him more over as a heel. Think just that tweak in their dynamic would be enough to prolong it
ReplyDeleteWatry is in a class all by himself.
ReplyDeleteYou could always make a few yourself. Wear one and throw the rest up on the Ebay.
ReplyDeleteTeam ECK revisited?
ReplyDeleteThe United Kingdom! (with Del Rio)
ReplyDeleteThe shield still has a little mileage left but once they do the split they should just let each guy move along to a new role. He wouldn't take much to establish any of the 3 guys as top solo stars and then feuding with each other is guaranteed to be awesome.
ReplyDeleteIt's 300, I'm going on no sleep and crushing adult beverages. On that note, gimme Batista/Brock and officerfarva is a happy guy
ReplyDeleteAnd let Reigns split off but give Ambrose the reigns as the leader. It'll establish him more as a character and get him over as a heel.
ReplyDeleteFish, Chips, and Salsa.
ReplyDeleteBatista: Positive: He'll be around enough to matter.
ReplyDeleteShield: Would someone please hurt Mason? Permanently? Last I checked, he still sucks. A lot. You know who might... just might... have fit in that role? Chris Masters.
WCW: Pass
Highspots: "Robin, how bad was your America The Beautiful rendition at WM5? Any answer better than 'Not good' will be laughed at."
They would need to bring Masters back, but then how would he do his dancing pecs gimmick?
ReplyDeleteMan I've been going back and forth on both of these games all day. Im leaning towards doing 4 bet tease with both o/u but I legit don't know. I'm feeling colts a little (I truly believe smith is garbage) but the other game could go either way
ReplyDeleteIsn't Camacho from Mexico or America?
ReplyDeleteDude, I have 0 idea on these games either. It's because I think all 4 teams kinda suck. Igonna tease both dogs and maybe throw in a cheap 4 way parlay with the over and eagles and chiefs. Non idea tho.
ReplyDeleteIsn't ambrose the leader anyways though. I legit have been assuming he was the leader. He always stands in the middle and seems to talk the most.
ReplyDelete#YourPointStillStandsThough
You'd be surprised with how many guys still have jobs in the company.
ReplyDeleteYea, I agree. I think they position Reigns as the muscle but Ambrose is portrayed as the leader if they expanded his role he could be really interesting
ReplyDeleteHe should say that in his return promo.
ReplyDeleteMy gf came over here all sick on Thursday despite my gentle protests and sure enough last night out at a friends and sure enough I started to get sick. I'm on a tammaflu and weed jolly ranchers. Shit sucks
ReplyDeleteMasters comes back pissed off, ready to kill, for his new friend, Dean Ambrose. Since Dean was nice enough to help him back in. Miss the Dancing Pecs? Blame yourself for not supporting him enough before.
ReplyDelete(His return promo, not my opinion)
That would be a great return promo.
ReplyDeleteI hate that. You know she just wanted to be comforted and be taken care of, damn the consequences to you. In my youger, care free days I used to eat an Addie or get some booger sugar to kill colds. They're the HHH to upcoming talent. Squash!
ReplyDeleteHmmm...colts have won some big games this year and I think luck is legit and smith is shit but kcs defense plays good on the road. I have no feel for the other game.
ReplyDeleteI wish that when Batista comes back, he wins the WWE title and keeps the World title around for 3 months, just so when it retires again, he can say he held it longer in combined reigns than HHH did.
ReplyDeleteYup my place is way nicer than her shitty 1 bedroom. I'd probably try and sleep it out if the playoffs weren't on today.
ReplyDeleteYea, got no objective reason to like the chiefs. Seriously for the first 11 weeks I was SO excited to bey against KC in the divisional round. I'm just not a fan km this indy team at all tho. Weakest division, no explosive players on the outside, it's gonna be hard for them to score points I think.
ReplyDeleteSo what u going with?
ReplyDeleteGuess I'm doing this: teasing colts to +7, the o/u to 41, and the saints eagles o/u to 48.5
ReplyDeleteGood luck brotherrrrrr. The weather looming is killing me on that eagles over. It seems like vegas hedged low since they assumed bad weather but it's almost to low not to tease.
ReplyDeleteCould Masters be carrying the tree he ripped out from its roots that he used to save his grandma (I think?)?
ReplyDeleteAs a heel, I'd say no. Unless you want him to splatter some poor jobberish soul with it...
ReplyDeleteI believe he's the son of Haku, so I would firmly endorse him to be a part of a badass group given his genes.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying some adult beverages as well. And just wanna say fuck this cold weather, you know it's bad when you go into the freezer to smoke because it's actually warmer than standing outside. It was 1 degree with a -10 wind chill when I left for work yesterday. It's 30 now and windy as hell and it's like fucking Florida compared to the last week.
ReplyDeleteABeyAnce1.
ReplyDeleteHe'd be the only one.
ReplyDeleteI treat it like a little conspiracy, seeing how it was the only title HHH had complete control over.
ReplyDeleteYou're the coolest dougie!
ReplyDeleteThanks 'doc'!
ReplyDeleteNo problem. You know I'm here for you.
ReplyDeleteNow if only William Regal was on commentary to explain how Camacho met Ambrose.
ReplyDeleteMaybe culminating in a four-way? Cena vs. Orton vs. Lesnar vs. Batista?
ReplyDeleteI really hope & have to believe Flair will tag along and "manage" Batista. With all of Evolution on the active roster there is an angle somewhere, maybe Flair eating an RKO leading to a Batista feud.....
ReplyDeleteTotally feel Rybeck fits in PERFECTLY in The Shield. New "big man" allows them to retain the triple power bomb. Rybeck need ANY direction to go in & it's a perfect fit, getting recruited to eliminate Reigns. Rybeck's still pretty meh in singles matches, so it allows him to frequently tag, & just do random run-ins, sneak attacks & beat downs.
So the dude I just watched lose in two minutes to a girl that held her phone the entire time may join the Shield?
ReplyDeleteI give Batista two months before he's out over six with an injury.
ReplyDelete'furriners as opposed to just United Kingdomers.
ReplyDeleteI think a current guy just donning the Shield outfit will look goofy. It has to be a new guy, not just Malibu Stacy with a new hat.
ReplyDeleteAre they really going to have Batista and Mason Ryan at the same time? Isn't that kind of like producing movie that stars both Nick Nolte and Gary Busey?
ReplyDeleteAlso could the next WWE Films production be a buddy cop movie starring Nick Nolte and Gary Busey? They could call it Ah, Hell (Kane could get the token WWE role as a satanic libertarian drug lord).
I liked Bam Neely. Not sure why, but I did.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the last BoD, I wonder- is it too late to start a WM Angle/Undertaker rumor? Angle buys out his contract, shows up at the Rumble...That seems like it would feel like a fresh matchup (despite all the previous matches) that it would be Streak-worthy...
ReplyDeleteI'll put "injury" as a way of saying, he's going to promote his new Marvel movie.
ReplyDeleteI have Masters as an alternate for my 'Roid Monkey stable.
ReplyDeleteBatista working a regular schedule instead of a Lesnar-style appearance thing sounds good to me
ReplyDeletePerhaps Lesnar can put him on the shelf to build to a match between the two?
ReplyDeleteA Corporate version of Evolution would be tits.
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