How Does WWE Talent Feel About the Current Booking?
One of the top talents in the company has said that there is no enthusiasm from talent when it comes to booking. While talent is told the "we are having fun, goddammit" type of speech from Vince, they are comparing it to forcing POW's to sing and dance and pretend that everyone is happy.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Undertaker in Rough Shape?
According to someone who recently saw the Undertaker, they were shocked as he looked like he was 60 years old and moved around like his knees were totally shot.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
WWE Management's Feelings on Charlotte
There are some in management that are really high on Charlotte while others do not feel that she fits the mold of what it takes to be a diva on the main roster.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Radio
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One of the top talents in the company has said that there is no enthusiasm from talent when it comes to booking. While talent is told the "we are having fun, goddammit" type of speech from Vince, they are comparing it to forcing POW's to sing and dance and pretend that everyone is happy.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Undertaker in Rough Shape?
According to someone who recently saw the Undertaker, they were shocked as he looked like he was 60 years old and moved around like his knees were totally shot.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
WWE Management's Feelings on Charlotte
There are some in management that are really high on Charlotte while others do not feel that she fits the mold of what it takes to be a diva on the main roster.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Radio
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If he can't wrestle, don't have him wrestle Bray.
ReplyDeleteI wonder who said that about Charlotte.
ReplyDeleteThere are some in management that are really high on Charlotte while Vince's cock not feel that she fits the mold of what it takes to be a diva
ReplyDeleteon the main roster.
FIFY
According to random, unnamed sources, some stuff might be happening backstage. On the other hand, other stuff might also be happening instead.
ReplyDeleteSo current roster...over exaggerating a little.
ReplyDeleteUndertaker...so exactly how he looked last year
Everyone but Vince likes Charlotte
Well..on the bright side Bray likes his rest holds
ReplyDeleteCharlotte doesn't even have any twin magic skills. How can she be expected to compete
ReplyDeleteThat pisses me off about Charlotte. This is the same company that employs Rosa Mendes, Cameron, and Alicia Fox.
ReplyDeleteIf Taker can't go, would anyone have a problem with the HHH/Sting confrontation at Fast Lane ending with a Bray sneak attack and beatdown, setting up a Bray/Sting Mania match?
ReplyDeleteTaker stands outside on one side of the ring and Bray on the other and they just conger lightening bolts and holograms to fight each other.
ReplyDeleteI really want to know who said that about Charlotte. Whoever it was should be pedigreed pronto. That's just ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteOPEN QUESTION: When was the moment Vince officially lost it?
ReplyDelete(I'm going with the Bret buildup for WM26. The match no one needed but those two, and it took over a ton of TV time on Raw. Though I'm willing to hear arguments he lost it much sooner.)
yes and they are all "fit the mold of what it takes to be a main roster diva" than Charlotte. Forget all this work rate and effort shit and spend more time in the tanning bed, or getting implants or plastic surgery
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I'm not necessarily against that, but how does HHH get a payday?
ReplyDeleteRemember that scene in Big Trouble in Little China, when Egg uses "peasant magic" to fight Lo Pan? It would be like that, except with less of an Asian motif.
ReplyDeleteI can't agree to that because the build to Mania 26 was really sensational. Maybe 2012 or so because that's when reliance on part timers began and 3 hour Raw started.
ReplyDeleteOf course Charlotte doesn't belong on WWE's current main wrestling shows...
ReplyDeleteShe can actually wrestle.
I'm sure the only person not high on Charlotte is that fuckhead Dunn
ReplyDeleteThe free money giveaway on RAW and when he couldn't work a phone.
ReplyDeleteThat's not too bad a call. That Bret/Vince match was the worst booked match I've ever seen. It made Starcade 97 look good.
ReplyDeleteIf he can't wrestle, don't have him wrestle.
ReplyDeleteIf Taker can't go WWE shouldn't force it. Last year was a fitting way to end.
As a general rule making anything more Big Trouble in Little China is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for whatever gets Bray a good payday and a spotlight.
ReplyDelete4 way Brock/Bryan/Reigns/HHH
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like something "Iron" Mike Tenay would say.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the one not high on Charlotte now is that fuckhead Dunn, purely because she's a legit athlete and not an insta-character like Paige or the Bellas, and the fact that her ability makes you think of fighters like Rousey, which makes that little prick insecure about the dopey bullshit TV that he produces which makes him insecure about his needle dick, which reminds him of how the kids would make fun of his Bucky Beaver ass teeth........
ReplyDeleteI really don't like Kevin Dunn.
I'd be happier with Reigns/HHH and Brock/Bryan. Get Reigns out of that main event but still give him something "big" to do.
ReplyDeleteI can see why Undertaker would want to show up at Mania. A fat payday for 20 minutes of work.
ReplyDeleteBut WHY would Vince, who supposedly reveres Taker as his favourite, want to put his guy through that kind of torture? It's not like Calloway will add that many buys to the PPV or network subscriptions.
I linked it to the main post as well
ReplyDeleteJust like his father. I wonder if Rotundo punished him by putting him in the abdominal stretch while holding the bed post. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks bud.
ReplyDeleteNo way...the worst booked match is Cole vs. Lawler at Mania. That abomination went on forever!
ReplyDeleteTaker shouldn't work. Maybe he can "host" Mania. All people want to see is the entrance one last time.
ReplyDeleteAnd moreover it isn't like Taker needs the payday desperately. I'm sure Taker still has the love and desire to do it but the last thing I want to see is another one of my favorites struggling down the ramp and wrestling after their body has quit on them.
ReplyDeleteBayless, what's for lunch? Snow sandwich with a snow salad? Oh, and snow on the side please. Can you even find your car nowadays?
ReplyDeleteOH I wasn't saying what I wanted just the next logical step in their mind. also wouldn't HHH the COO of the company get a bigger payday for you know.....making the company better the other 11 months of the year than he does for wrestling at mania?
ReplyDeleteMore like Vince doesn't feel Charlotte fits the mold of what it takes to be a diva. On second thought, they're right. She has great matches AND is attractive.
ReplyDeleteSo to get ready for Wm I'm watching one match from each of the previous 30. I don't care about doubling up, just want to be entertained and reminisce. Here's my list, I've only watched 1 and 2 thus far so I'm open to suggestions.
ReplyDelete1- bundy v SD Jones
2- nfl battle Royale
3 hogan/andre
4 demolition/strike force
5 hogan/savage
6 hogan/warrior
7 savage/warrior
8 bret/piper
9 ramon/backlund. (Debated hogan/yoko but that's cheating. At least this gets me out of Wm 9 in 4 minutes
10 bret/Owen or the ladder. Depends on my mood that day
11 gunns v owen/yoke
12 hhh/warrior
13 bret/Austin
14 kane/taker
15 rocky/Austin
16 triangle ladder match
17 rock/Austin
18 rock/hogan
19 Brock/angle
20 hhh/hbk/Benoit
21 hbk/angle
22 mickie/Trish
23
24hbk/flair
25 hbk/taker
27 hbk/taker
27
28 rock/Cena
29 punk/taker
30 bryan/hhh
Need help on 23 and 27. Leaning hbk/Cena for 23.
Well that did suck all the balls. But at least they didn't try and turn Cole face. Or whatever I heard the motivation behind the Bret/Vince match was.
ReplyDeleteAnd it begins.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte isn't a 'diva'
What an asshole Vince is.
Yeah I don't think he wants literal pay either, but I do think he likes having big epic Wrestlemania matches.
ReplyDeleteXXIII: Taker vs. Batista. XXVII: Um.....
ReplyDeleteHBK-Cena or Batista-Undertaker is good for 23.
ReplyDelete27 is tough because that show was evil. How about Cody Rhodes and Rey?
23 definitely Shawn/Cena.
ReplyDelete27 Rey/Cody or Punk/Orton. Both quality matches.
He's right. She can actually wrestle
ReplyDeleteYou really breezed through Mania 1 huh? You need to sit there and watch all 45 minutes of Beefcake vs Sanmartino!
ReplyDeleteOne guess who it is that feels Charlotte doesn't have what it takes to be a diva.
ReplyDeleteHint: It rhymes with "Fuck You, Kevin Dunn."
I would say this past Rumble
ReplyDeleteIt would actually be more comical if they still used an Asian motif.
ReplyDelete23: Taker/Batista. Yeah HBK/Cena is technically better and more important, but few power matches ever work as good as UT/Dave did, and it's really fun.
ReplyDelete27: You can go with HHH/Taker II, but personally I've really come around on the Punk/Orton match. I really think it's a lost classic.
''they are comparing it to forcing POW's to sing and dance and pretend that everyone is happy.''
ReplyDeleteFuckin' 'ell.
Duck you, Seven won.
ReplyDeleteI've never understood that has Rotundo's go to rest hold or why wrestlers have GO TO REST HOLDS... I mean 95% of them anybody can do why do guys fall back on the exact same one every time. In rotundo's case...the Abdominal stretch doesn't even seem like much of a rest for either guy and Mike needed to conserve as much hydration as possible.
ReplyDeletePunk-Orton is good
ReplyDeleteLeaning towards the bullshit match with the corre vs kane and 3 dopes cause its over in 2 minutes
ReplyDeleteI agree on Orton/Punk. Best match on the show and in my mind criminally under appreciated.
ReplyDeleteGuess who else did a heel turn on Paul Roma besides Scott? Check out Rock Star Gary's rant on SuperBrawl V! And it's on Scott's blog! Enjoy! rspwfaq.boards.net/thread/227/rock-star-gary-reflects-superbrawl
ReplyDeleteWhere's Danimal?
Main Roster Diva = has fake tits or would translate well on Total Divas. A combo of both would be ideal.
ReplyDeleteWho will be the Rambo to free them all??? WHO?!
ReplyDeleteWhy are flowers so damn expensive?
ReplyDeleteI just spent 200 bucks on Valentine's Day for flowers and stuff to be delivered to my fiance.
Baron Corbin?
ReplyDeletewhich if he can still go he should be used in some way. He was used fine to put Bryan over last year..and he could be used to put Roman over this year.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, if you were a florist, you would totally hike up your prices on V-Day.
ReplyDeleteWow you got ripped off man. 1800 flowers?
ReplyDeleteWait until you have to buy flowers for your wedding.
ReplyDeleteA main event anywhere in the country
ReplyDeleteI may put wedding flowers on my wedding registry. See if anyone catches on.
ReplyDeleteE! producer "This Charlotte chick...only wants to talk about wrestling....not even sports entertainment...WRESTLING! what am I suppose to do with that?"
ReplyDeletetrue.
ReplyDeleteWhat I want to know is what their reaction is about last night's NXT show
ReplyDeleteWaited too long. If you are doing the V-Day gimmick, book em in January.
ReplyDeleteFlower delivery is for the birds, man. Just get down the supermarket and get a bunch for a fiver.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of that viral video a few years back of the Filipino prison doing "Thriller"
ReplyDeleteNope. I am getting them delivered tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll try taker/batista. I see a lot of hbk on the list already.
ReplyDeleteI keep forgetting to look up that Everlong song. The only Foo Fighters song that I thought I knew turns out to be by another band.
ReplyDeleteHA! Not for this one. She likes nice shit.
ReplyDeleteYou aren't watching Savage Steamboat?
ReplyDeleteProbably too much wrestling, not enough sports entertainment.
ReplyDeleteWe're having fun Maggle!
ReplyDeleteWhy do I get the feeling "one top talent in the company" = Orton
ReplyDeleteFlowers from Shop Rite and candy from Target is my go to as a last resort. Luckily this year I just got her some kickboxing shit so she can kick the shit out of me and not feel bad.
ReplyDeleteYou are screwed.
ReplyDeleteYou're gonna have to live up to this every year, man. Why set the bar so high!
ReplyDeleteDude buy her a ticket to 50 shades of grey.. sender with all her friends...she will come home looking to bang..you are out 15$ and don't even have to watch the movie.
ReplyDeleteOrton's never struck me as the type to use anonymity. I've seen him make some brash remarks with his name fully behind them.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was Dolph. He neeeever voices his opinion...
In what universe is Charlotte not main roster diva material, Kevin Dunn? Because you fucking know that buck-toothed motherfucker is against her.
ReplyDeleteI've watched that more.recently than hulk/andre. Very tough call though.
ReplyDeleteI don't even do flowers for her anymore. I just get them for my mom and her mom. After almost 10 years she just said don't bother they just die anyway.
ReplyDeleteTrue and I guess if Orton was feeling like a POW he would have just escaped and gone AWOL.
ReplyDeletehmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteGoddammit pal that's how you do it.
ReplyDeleteBetween NXT and New Japan, yesterday was fantastic day for wrestling. Five **** or higher matches by my count. And just great booking all round.
ReplyDeleteWell she goes uh insanely wild in uh places...........
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting at home tonight eating ribs and watching network....she is going to come home from being out with her friends having spent two hours watching chick porn looking to score.
ReplyDeleteOrton vs Punk
ReplyDeleteThat's very pragmatic of her. My wife does still like flowers. If there was anywhere that sold flowers on my way home from work I'd buy them her all the time. But there isn't. So I rarely do. This is actually our first VDay as married people, which thinking about it, means I probably should be doing a bit more special than just flowers and a card. Eh, what are you gonna do?
ReplyDeleteSo......morale is incredibly low, and someone compares it to dancing as a POW?
ReplyDeleteIs anyone really surprised here?
Add to that what NXT has done, and I don't know how you don't have a riot.
another foot Saturday!
ReplyDeleteProceed with the flower buying.
ReplyDeleteHave they announced the next NXT special's date yet? I'm guessing around April-May.
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't surprise me if the Undertaker is helped into the ring by "druids".
ReplyDeleteHow many inches has it been already?
ReplyDeleteMy wife likes flowers but we don't even do cards on V-day and she certainly doesn't want me to spend our money on over priced flowers at this time of year. Would rather have them once in a while on the cheap.
ReplyDeleteIt won't surprise me if wrestlers from the main roster try to get moved to NXT.
ReplyDeleteWell for what they expect of main roster divas it doesn't surprise me she doesn't fit their mold. Main Roster divas are there to hype Total Divas not put on wrestling clinics. Which is a shame but that's what it is.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reddit post making the rounds today about the Simpsons, and how everything that's happened in the 22 years since "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" has all been an invention of Homer's imagination since he never really woke up from the coma at the end of that episode. Now I'm wondering if the Who Killed Vince McMahon storyline is still actually going on and the events of the last 8 years have just been Vince's life flashing before his eyes...
ReplyDelete"200 bucks on Valentine's Day for flowers"
ReplyDeleteThis is all you need to know. You should just hit the cemetary at night and got some roses for free.
One if the most depressing daily updates I've seen in a while.
ReplyDeleteWell are you taking her out for dinner or a movie or something? Or making dinner? You don't really have to woo her since you already won.
ReplyDeleteTHEY'RE HAVING FUN, MAGGLE!
ReplyDeleteSuddenly, this line is a lot less funny to me.
Who doesn't like Charlotte? Probably any female wrestler not sucking off John Cena.
ReplyDeleteI love that everyone's knee jerk reaction (mine included) to "Unnamed management source down on NXT wrestler/diva" automatically triggers Dunn/McMahon hate. I'd be sad to learn it was someone like Michael Hayes who wasn't sold on her or something.
ReplyDeleteI'm certain the Sam Adams brewery turned off the freezer and just shoveled in the snow to keep the beer cold.
ReplyDeleteWell. We're going out for a double date meal tomorrow night, and we'll have a nice meal in on Saturday night. And I am getting flowers tonight. It'll all work out fine. It'll be nice to buy a card with Wife on it.
ReplyDeleteDruids aka a Tom Kruse Hoveround?
ReplyDeletehttps://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10461476_10202239918309557_7682451539580141615_n.jpg?oh=fcd6959383d45a04d72566c855b6b682&oe=5559594A
ReplyDeleteThis is me with Taker back in October. Didn't look so bad then. I feel like most of these stories about him are just trolling.
"There are some in management that are really high on Charlotte while
ReplyDeleteothers do not feel that she fits the mold of what it takes to be a diva
on the main roster."
Translation: Kevin Dunn doesn't think she looks slutty enough
OH CRAP! You're right. Maybe I will dig up graves too and find some jewelry to give her.
ReplyDeleteNice Pancrase shirt on Taker!
ReplyDeleteMost 50 year old 7 footers will look a little rough, even if they haven't spent a career dropping to their knees while carrying weight.
ReplyDeleteStarts with 'K' and ends with 'evin Dunn'?
ReplyDeleteThe fact that she puts together coherent wrestling matches doesn't help her cause either.
ReplyDeleteI mean you waited to long to book them. If you order in January and schedule for this week, it is usually a bit cheaper. They hike the prices the last couple weeks.
ReplyDeleteOr just tell her you well get flowers a couple weeks later... that works just as well.
Maybe it's McCool that's killing him.
ReplyDeleteTGGI
ReplyDeleteI've never seen Charlotte. Does she have fake boobs?
ReplyDeleteSomeone in WWE is a biiiiiiig fan of fake boobs.
Why doesn't this company just dress up Brian Lee and have him work like Taker again?
ReplyDeleteIt has worked before.
Yeah, but that's just ear pain.
ReplyDeleteMy wife bought me a replica tank top like Jack Burton's. I married well.
ReplyDeleteWell, it came off as an excellent sport, and I was entertained. So there you go!
ReplyDeleteShe's not Jane Doe off the street though. She's a legacy as Flair's daughter. Surely they're not so stupid as to not see the money in her,
ReplyDelete"Someone in WWE is a biiiiiiig fan of biiiiiiig fake boobs."
ReplyDeleteFTFY
I think you will see a few guys flat out quit soon like Gabriel did. And there might be something to Randy Orton's return keep getting pushed backed as well. He has been known to voice his opinions from time to time.
ReplyDeleteThey should do a skit where Bray Wyatt injures the Undertaker and puts him out of wrestling. He gets the rub of ending Takers career while Taker doesn't have to wrestle.
ReplyDeleteVince is still 12...........
ReplyDeleteLee probably looks worse than the Undertaker.
ReplyDeletePetrol station flowers FTW. And a bag of barbecue firelighters if you want to make her your wife.
ReplyDeleteVince getting Rick Rolled back when Rick Rolling was actually relevant is probably the only time WWE has had their finger on the pulse of pop culture
ReplyDeleteShe inherited her dad's nose.
ReplyDeleteWell that's true.Dinner is always nice. A few years back we had a family emergency and bad snowstorm so we couldn't do valentines day until the Sunday after and the only card left was "Wife" so I bought it and crossed it out and said "not yet". Luckily she has an awesome sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess I can see how some in WWE might not think Charlotte has what it takes to be a WWE Diva. After all, she doesn't have gigantic fake boobs and she can actually wrestle.
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me that WWE has a secret laboratory where they're trying to clone a bunch of additional Bellas, since they, you know, are the most awesomest divas ever.
Sigh.
It was getting hard to find decent cards addressed to Girlfriend and almost impossible the one year she was Feyonce.
ReplyDeleteTaker does his 25-minute goddamned entrance, removes the hat, takes 15 Sister Abigails and goes away forever. I hope he can do it.
ReplyDeleteAnd sadly not his moobs.
ReplyDelete....This
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Charlotte's last appearance on the main roster should tell us all we need to know about how the WWE feels about her.
ReplyDeleteGinsters pastys for dinner everybody!
ReplyDeleteDamn I don't know why I do not think of these things.
ReplyDeleteHe's too busy with LegalZoom.
ReplyDeleteHow many more people want to make the "Of course they don't think she fits the mold of a diva, she can actually wrestle" joke?
ReplyDeleteBecause so far we're up to "almost everyone."
And how Vince feels about NXT...oh everyone likes it..? BRING ME ONE OF THEM! Jobs her out...sends her backing.
ReplyDeleteIf you were in NXT and you hear all the drama that's been popping off would you really WANT to go to the main roster?
ReplyDeleteI think Vince still can't go over the fact that they're both good looking AND twins. Like that is some kind of magic formula for Diva greatness.
ReplyDeleteBackstage Guy: "Vince, neither one of the Bellas can talk or wrestle."
Vince: "But there's TWO of them!"
The Divas that get the biggest reactions from the fans are generally the ones that don't fit the mold of what a majority of the Divas look like.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine a lot of the people on the main roster are pretty miffed about what's going on in NXT. If I was Zack Ryder I'd be pretty pissed off. He would've thrived there but became a midcard joke through no fault of his own. You can bet a lot of guys see NXT and are like "Why can't we do what they're doing?"
ReplyDeleteI have phenomenally impressed with BOTH these theories.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure anyone in NXT would throw the NXT title in the garbage on RAW immediately if it meant getting the difference in pay.
ReplyDelete"We are having fun, goddammit"
ReplyDeleteVince is basically Clark Griswold at the end of Vacation when his family wants to go home and he tries to tell them how much fun they're having.
"I think you're all fucked in the head. We're ten weeks from the fucking WrestleMania and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something. This is no longer a promotion. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. You're gonna have fun, and I'm gonna have fun... We're all gonna have so much fucking fun we're gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! You'll be whistling 'RO-MAN REIGNS' out of your assholes! I must be crazy! I'm on a pilgrimage to see a Samoan. Praise Roman Reigns! Holy Shit!"
For the most part I go for the comedy/dirty cards for Valentine's day. It fits the motif I go for....at 26
ReplyDelete* standing ovation *
ReplyDeleteYou'd think they would figure out that having everyone look alike is not the way to go.
ReplyDeleteWhen Ryder was at his most popular how was NXT doing? Was it in as good shape as it is now?
ReplyDeleteThat Bray Wyatt is going to job to that crippled old fuck pisses me right the fuck off.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Charlotte thing, it doesn't bother me at all because I don't give a rat's ass about diva's wrestling so whatever.
That's a fantastic analogy.
ReplyDeleteI meant BESIDES the pay increase.
ReplyDeleteOh, pay being equal, I'd never answer the phone if I were in NXT.
ReplyDeleteWhen he was thriving NXT wasn't what NXT is now. It was FCW and NXT was in it's original format.
ReplyDeleteHe means she looks manly, but not in a "freakishly large like Chyna" kind of way.
ReplyDeleteThank you, sir!
ReplyDeleteNo but a lot of guys like him were fed through the WWE meat grinder for no reason. Great young talented guys that are either gone or seen as a joke. Ryder is just the most egregious example.
ReplyDeleteI aim to please
ReplyDeleteIf you can get Xavier off of the subject of the Hulkster, he really is a tremendous BoD competitor.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte does not fit the mold for a WWE Diva. She fits the mold for a WWE Womens Wrestler.
ReplyDeleteThat is true. He got himself over and then was destroyed.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say that she really looks bad either. Remember what Nattie looked like when she showed up?
ReplyDeleteYou should tune into NXT for a few of them. Charlotte/Natalya, Charlotte/Banks, and this recent 4 way were all very good.
ReplyDeleteSo it's officially gone from joke to accurate observation. Being of service to Vince's erection is the only qualification in both divisions (Bella, N., Reigns, R.)
ReplyDeleteSome of his most entertaining stuff is about the Hulkster.
ReplyDeleteI usually don't like it either, but outside of a few years, I've generally only been presented with shit wrestling.
ReplyDeleteHell Big Cass and Enzo are pretty much doing the same gimmick now.
ReplyDeleteFucking Morons who like to have fun, god dammit!
ReplyDeleteIf they didn't figure that out when Kelly Kelly was champion and nobody cared, they never will. I cheered when Beth finally got that plastic woman's belt.
ReplyDeleteNo argument here. She isn't a champion, but is perfectly good.
ReplyDeleteIts a shallow place and this guy doesnt think people are attractive enough to be on TV
ReplyDeletehttp://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120208081100/prowrestling/images/7/74/Kevin_Dunn_VP.jpg
I headed into NXT with the same feeling. I was hearing the buzz about Charlotte, and heard that the Natty match was good, so I checked it out thinking, "Well the main roster girls aren't all that great... and the ones that aren't good enough for the main roster are on NXT... so I'm sure it's good for girls with 5 matches under their belt."
ReplyDeleteI was wrong. It's better than good women's wrestling. It's good wrestling, period.
Huh. I've never seen Kevin Dunn before. Kind disappointing. I expected him to be an even more weaselly, buck-toothed Mike Graham.
ReplyDeleteShe needs to work on being awkward and forced in her promos and working crappy matches that cause people to want to hit ffw and go take a leak
ReplyDelete"Buck-toothed motherfucker" - Jim Cornette
ReplyDeleteSide note: The week of April Fools day you should book BoD RAW in the style of Dunn or Russo.
80's Dunn
ReplyDeletehttp://markdeez.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kevin-dunn.jpg
I was more than a little underwhelmed going in, based on how excited I was for the Rumble this year, but man, what a great show. I'm not ready to call it the best show in a decade yet, but it was damn good top to bottom, and reminded me of their indy version X-7 or Canadian Stampede. Bravo to Trips and crew for executing.
ReplyDeleteIf NXT is truly a developmental place, holding back guys just to put on awesome shows when they could be doing that on Raw is stupid.
ReplyDeleteThis was overrated, NXT lacks entertainment. What the hell these fans see in this, women getting screen time, but we have dancing negroes in the main roster.
ReplyDeleteHunter, I'm very disappointed with you.
-VKM.
Great review Scott, I gave the ME ****1/2.
ReplyDeleteAt least he lost to Brock.
ReplyDeleteI thought the obvious follow-up here would be a Last Man Standing match.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. They money just be way better. And honestly, while they would be wrestling more, I'm sure they wouldn't mind doing a bunch of 3-5 minute matches for way more moolah.
ReplyDeleteA big part is because he's one being prepped to take over from Vince eventually and there's such a striking distance between NXT and Raw/Smackdown. I think most fans just want to feel good about the future -- like ok the last two Rumbles sucked, this year's Mania is looking good, Raw hasn't been good in forever, but when Triple H takes over we'll get the shows we want. Maybe it won't happen and maybe he's not as involved in the booking as we think, though that's hard to believe since NXT is clearly his pet project according to most in the company. He has to have the same role as Vince does on Raw/Smackdown.
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