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I have tickets for the taping next Thursday. The last taping I went to was the night after Kevin Owens debuted and murdered Sami Zayn. Who are we thinking I might get to see debut this go-round? Hoping for Keith Lee and maybe one more...
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Unless you typod, there are no Thursday tapings and you'll be seeing a house show. But it's ok, house shows are good.
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Jun 12, 2018 18:22
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bradzilla posted:Unless you typod, there are no Thursday tapings and you'll be seeing a house show. But it's ok, house shows are good. There are tapings next Thursday at Full Sail for NXT.
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Jun 12, 2018 18:25
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DarkstarIV posted:There are tapings next Thursday at Full Sail for NXT. Ah, thought they usually do those on Wednesdays. Carry on.
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Jun 12, 2018 18:34
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bradzilla posted:Ah, thought they usually do those on Wednesdays. Carry on. Nope. Not this time. Next sets of tapings are on June 21st and July 18th. After that, the next set isn't until after Summerslam (Which is August 19th).
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Jun 12, 2018 18:38
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Julio Cruz posted:Ronda was good in very limited in-ring time at Mania but unless she's been training her socks off at the Performance Center she's still a very long way away from being able to have good 1 on 1 matches without all the storyline smoke and mirrors. I am just gonna reserve judgment and see what happens I thought she would look comically bad at Wrestlemania and she did an excellent job (even with the match being heavily choreographed ahead of time). I have no reason to believe she's incapable of exceeding expectations in a 1 on 1 match.
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Jun 12, 2018 19:55
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The problem with the Natalya/Ronda thing is that Natalya loving sucks
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Chris James 2 posted:Darkstar right now trying to do the math about how much of a chance Io has of not being hosed up in WWE It's like reverse Steiner math where somehow the number gets lower than 0%
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Jun 12, 2018 20:45
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Chris James 2 posted:Darkstar right now trying to do the math about how much of a chance Io has of not being hosed up in WWE io is coming to the usa specifically so she can be hosed up in wwe all the time due to less stringent laws
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Jun 12, 2018 21:31
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oh right thats why i dont watch wwe
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Jun 14, 2018 00:09
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James Ellsworth is officially on his way back to WWE. MKW said he is skipping out on them and they are offering refunds and pissed off at him.
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Jun 14, 2018 10:42
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DarkstarIV posted:James Ellsworth is officially on his way back to WWE. MKW said he is skipping out on them and they are offering refunds and pissed off at him. Seems really shortsighted on his part. Why burn a bridge for a company that's already dropped you once when you were already doing what they're bringing you back to do?
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3 A.M. Radio posted:Seems really shortsighted on his part. Why burn a bridge for a company that's already dropped you once when you were already doing what they're bringing you back to do? No. I am saying MKW is pissed at him. Not WWE. That being said, this looks incredibly bad on Ellsworth either way. MKW tried contacting him for six days pretty much nonstop, just for him to cancel at the last minute. So they had to scramble together a replacement for him.  While I'm sure he'll still have a career on the indies after his next WWE stint, people are probably going to be more hesitant to bring him in due to this. And it's going to damage his reputation to an extent as well.
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Jun 14, 2018 12:59
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I don't see how, he seemed to be brought in very last minute for Money in the Bank. He might have a short career on Smackdown or 205 Live
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RealFoxy posted:I don't see how, he seemed to be brought in very last minute for Money in the Bank. He might have a short career on Smackdown or 205 Live I think the kicker here is that Ellsworth has known for at least a week (if their statement is anything to go by), but he never said anything to them until the very last minute. And I guess the theory going around is that he's being brought back to be paired up with Carmella again in hopes of salvaging her reign. She's rapidly losing heat and can't wrestle. So expect a gently caress finish at MITB for Asuka vs Carmella. That being said, I imagine Ellsworth's stint will be a very short one. As Asuka is advertised as competing at Extreme Rules still. So I imagine she'll probably beat the poo poo out of Ellsworth between MITB and Extreme Rules and earn another title shot in the process. I don't see WWE letting Carmella enter Summerslam as champion. Or even in the title picture for that matter.
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DarkstarIV posted:So expect a gently caress finish at MITB for Hey look at this post from 2017 Also I could see Ellsworth being aligned with whoever wins MitB to get revenge on Carmella
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bradzilla posted:Hey look at this post from 2017 Jinder's push was due to trying to expand into India though. This was pretty well established. And it failed because WWE's marketing team failed to realize that India is a pretty poor country. Also if James wanted revenge on Carmella, he wouldn't need to align himself with the Women's Money in the Bank winner. Just cost Carmella the match at MITB. It's pretty obvious at this point WWE is desperately trying to salvage Carmella's reign (by bringing back Ellsworth, but I don't think his stint will last long, and the moment he leaves is the moment any heat she gains is lost again), considering she's pretty much been an unmitigated disaster as a champion. None of her singles matches she's had (including house shows) since winning the title have been even remotely decent, and the audience does not give a poo poo about her promos at all anymore. I'll get jumped on by the usual suspects for pointing that out, but its true. Also the Women's MitB winner is almost certainly a RAW superstar. I don't think they are giving Ronda a title run this early in her career. And Smackdown will probably win the men's case. Especially since the main event of Summerslam is apparently Roman vs Brock. Again. DarkstarIV fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Jun 14, 2018 |
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Jun 14, 2018 13:33
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DarkstarIV posted:I think the kicker here is that Ellsworth has known for at least a week (if their statement is anything to go by), but he never said anything to them until the very last minute. He also denied he could be at MITB, using the China booking as the reason.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:09
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I'm glad James Ellsworth is getting a payday and more international TV exposure to help provide for his family
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Ellsworth owns a promotion, a school, and gets his guys used as extras on RAW/SD all the time. He's not going to be hurt by canceling on a nothing promotion across the planet whose biggest star is Ho Ho Lun.
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Ellsworth was never funny.
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Two more months, DarkStar.
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fatherofmustard posted:Ellsworth was never funny. i got a chuckle out of his chin lock immunity
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Ellsworth is like the one time your friend accidentally told a good joke and then kept repeating it over and over again until everyone got sick of it Also lol Darkstar
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ellsworth is cool and good and having a GOOD comedy character jobber is fun and something that has been missing, not his fault they let his run in the Ambrose/Styles feud last too long or thought him taking the briefcase was a good idea i don't think it would've been as bad if he just interfered to allow carmella to take the thing if that was their plan
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Find a new hobby guys https://twitter.com/SoDuTw/status/1007486099734876160
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:ellsworth is cool and good and having a GOOD comedy character jobber is fun and something that has been missing, not his fault they let his run in the Ambrose/Styles feud last too long or thought him taking the briefcase was a good idea It seems like they're bringing him back to try and salvage Carmella's title reign but it won't work. They need to get it off of her already.
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rovert posted:Find a new hobby guys We just need a multi-PPV Jinder/Reigns feud Then, and only Then, can Reigns truly be ready to conquer Brock while fans cheer
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Jun 15, 2018 10:09
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Why is that bad again? The Roman match was always going to be a bathroom break regardless of who else was involved and Bryan/Miz is an improvement over Bryan/Cass. That also frees up Lashley, Owens, and Zayn for something else.
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OTOH, Lashley, Owens and Zayn may just be left off of the PPV altogether.
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Jun 15, 2018 15:33
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Lmao goddamn I've dealt with all this for years and I'm so glad I'm finally done with this company. You guys please stop watching it's not worth it.
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I don't really understand why this of all things is the last straw but you do you I guess
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I haven't been watching for a while. I just wish you all can be free
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I don't really understand why this of all things is the last straw but you do you I guess I think there's been a lot of "last straws" in recent years, but on top of that the alternatives are getting more and more accessible. I still watch WWE due to NXT and I have a friend who I only really visit to watch Smackdown with, but other than that I've been slowly getting out of the WWE loop because how much easier it is to find stuff that doesn't make me miserable and scratches the wrestling itch.
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Yeah my friends still watch the ppvs together, mostly, but man is it becoming a chore. Takeovers are fun as hell, and we all dig the NJPW stuff we watch. I know it's recency bias but god drat is the WWE product bad right now. I think you have to actively hate yourself to watch the weekly shows at this point
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TV Zombie posted:OTOH, Lashley, Owens and Zayn may just be left off of the PPV altogether. Still an improvement over any match with Jinder, though I imagine Lashley/Zayn will have some sort of street fight variant at least.
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Bryan/Miz is going to be rad, who gives a poo poo what Jinder and Roman are doing. At least they're having one bad match with each other rather than two bad matches separately.
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I almost forgot there was a PPV on Sunday until I saw Lou Parper tweeting like a pervert. Let's look at some early betting odds because that's fun (the lower number is higher odds) Womens's MITB: Natalya: -130, Alexa: +290, Charlotte: +450 Men's MITB: Miz: -150, Braun: +350, Joe: +355 WWE Title: Shinsuke at -180, AJ at +140 is pretty close Smackdown Women's Title: Asuka only at -145, Carmella at +105 IC Title: Seff is at a very cool -825, Elias at +475 Smackdown Tag Titles: Bludgeon Perverts at -750, Good Brothers at +450 Ronda is at -420, Nia is sitting at +300 Bryan vs Cass is extremely close, with Cass at -130 and Bryan at -110 Lashley is at -675, Zayn is +425 as you'd probably expect And of course, the Biggest Dog is at -1545, and Jinder is hindered with +725
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The possibility of one/both of the title matches getting MitB'ed is probably loving around with the odds some.
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Julio Cruz posted:The possibility of both title matches getting MitB'ed is probably loving around with the odds some. Nah, the Smackdown Women's title match is likely low because people are unsure about what James Ellsworth's role is. I'm pretty sure Carmella is going to either get DQed or she'll win in a dirty fashion, extending the feud to Extreme Rules where its much more likely she drops the title (there is no one else credible enough to face her, and I don't think its a good idea to give her a Summerslam program considering ticket sales are slumping right now, along with the fact that there is a lot of anticipation around an Asuka/Charlotte rematch, and if that happens, ticket sales will likely pick up.). I don't see Ellsworth sticking around for long either way. I still think he has indie dates in July he hasn't cancelled. So I imagine if he costs Asuka the title, she'll spend the next two-three weeks destroying him and then he'll vanish again. That's provided that Asuka doesn't win the title in Japan, of course. There's also speculation floating around that Carmella may walk out as champion because they'll have her drop it during the Japan tour. WWE made quite a few changes to the Japan card over the past few days which is raising some red flags. At first it was Carmella vs Charlotte vs Asuka on the final night of the tour. It was then changed to Carmella vs Becky vs Asuka, since Charlotte is getting surgery after MITB for her ruptured implant. However the other day it was updated to just Carmella vs Asuka. Becky was slotted into a 2 on 2 match against the IIconics. Also Carmella vs Asuka on the Japan tour is being billed as a co-main event. And it's pretty likely they are going to announce Meiko as part of the MYC 2, and announce that Io Shirai has signed with WWE (and is part of the MYC 2 as well). If that's the case, WWE will probably put the title on Asuka so they can have a photo-op to plaster all over Japanese sports media (Tokyo Sports, Nikkei, etc.). And WWE has done this kind of stuff in the past as well. Hell in a Cell 2017 had Natalya get disqualified, just to drop the title two weeks later in Charlotte's hometown. DarkstarIV fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Jun 16, 2018 |
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