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rovert
Jun 10, 2013

Kvantum posted:

This is the first Takeover where I can look at the pre-tapes and I'd rather see all three of them on the main card instead of most of the others.

With the build all taped two months prior to Takeover you have to assume they put on together those three matches/pairings together in case someone on the intended main card gets hurt in the interim.

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rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Like everywhere else there isn't much passion on the betting markets for Stomping Grounds

https://twitter.com/WWELeaksDotOrg/status/1142714736183844871

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/WWELeaksDotOrg/status/1144003632989450245

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1145039043257950209

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
People couldn't be told that Alex wasn't retiring.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

flashy_mcflash posted:

Alex Shelley is great but Friday's show was the last dollar I will ever spend on ROH.

ROH's best hope is that their ROH Dojo starts producing prospects. However now their prospects don't the likes of Daniels and Kaz & The Undisputed Era to help them improve as needed.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

flashy_mcflash posted:

It's not even the talent. Jeff Cobb is in their main event and they have good guys up and down the card. They just don't have a clue what to do with any of them.

That's true too.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
As you'd expect

https://twitter.com/WWELeaksDotOrg/status/1149269633653977088

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
I genuinely think it is just a typo.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

DarkstarIV posted:

https://twitter.com/MrJacobCohen/status/1162139037920088068

:suicide:

I mean...Shayna isn't wrong. They managed to get a 1.5 star match rating from Dave, which is the first time an NXT Women's Title match has been rated that low.

Why in the everliving gently caress is this feud continuing? It's heatless, and just awful.

It is standard NXT booking after a taping. You know this.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

DarkstarIV posted:

https://twitter.com/MrJacobCohen/status/1162181783976402946

I can't believe they are going to attempt Rhea vs Shayna at Takeover: Wargames (from the look of things).

Especially considering Rhea is still fairly green and Shayna isn't exactly known for being able to carry talents to great matches. Hopefully they run another Io vs Candice match, with Io killing Candice (again). Because otherwise oof.

So they aren't Joshis and you are mad about it?

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Corporate approved scoops
https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/1162191316085891073

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

Jerusalem posted:

Don't make personal attacks on other posters, you don't like it when people do it to you, lead by example. Also please don't make me have to read the spoiler thread.

I understand just it is just the same thing over and over and over again, it is just wearing and frames the discussion in the most negative way possible. I don't know how to reply to Darkstar's bias otherwise. Rhea is a breath of fresh air and kayfabe wise one of the few strong enough to knock Shayna off.

DarkstarIV posted:

Seems like the only new feud we may be getting is whoever steps up to feud with Adam Cole next. And I guess Rhea vs Shayna is new as well. :shrug:

Rhea vs Shayna has been well received elsewhere online. Rhea deserves the shot. Has served her time in NXT UK and was picked out to be a star by WWE since she was 15 years old.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

Psychepath posted:

Yeah Rhea's cool and deserves a shot and served her time and also said to someone on a live twitch stream "yeah, you know you're a fuckin' oval office, you stupid motherfucking human being" so her work ethic is great.

I called it out here and elsewhere at the time as completely idiotic and career suicide. And she did apologise. If she does something so stupid again for a bet or not I'll completely wash my hands of her trust me. I had 4chan and Manny and Brennan's Discord come after me over that situation.

Her work ethic hasn't changed before or after the incident. That's why she has gotten the push and opportunities she has had.

To me, it is just it is weird and dishonest to cancel Rhea when you stan Asuka who has worn a Nazi uniform in the past and has never acknowledged/apologised for it.

DarkstarIV posted:

Kairi's main roster credibility is already shot to pieces, and I don't see either of them (Asuka or Kairi) getting a title any time soon, if ever. The longer they keep Shirai out of the title picture, the less likely it is she'll ever be a champion or find real success in WWE. Because Vince is a racist piece of poo poo and will bury her on the main roster the moment he realizes she can't cut the same 15 minute promo every week.

I don't think that makes Vince racist more so he has a set way of formatting TV. Bryan Alvarez posted the same on his forum this week.

rovert fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Aug 16, 2019

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

mearn posted:

We also may be getting Johnny Gargano and Shane Thorne which is...something.

Thorne seems to be NXT's Bob Holly.

To me Gargano staying in NXT is sign the FS1 show is happening.

Wish there was a Mae Young Classic-esque announcement tonight. After this taping, the year is kinda over in terms of scheduling shows and putting tickets on sale.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

MJeff posted:

Rhea's apology kinda sucked, though.

I mean, she didn't double down, I guess, at least, but it wasn't much better than "sorry you were offended".

I don't really care one way or the other if she gets a shot as Baszler because she's probably not even winning. Way worse people than her who have said and done way worse poo poo than her have gotten, are getting and will continue to get much bigger pushes.

I'll never understand people not seeing her apology as something written in haste. And that "sorry if you were offended" is something people say/write reflexively without knowing what they are actually saying. I find it hard to believe she sat down rubbed her hands and decided let's pull the wool over people's eyes here. Especially when her WWE contract and her US visa is on the line.

We are talking about someone who was willing to jeopardise her career for a $20 online bet too not some mastermind.

Djarum posted:

Man that would be a shame. She is something special and WWE will never give her a chance.

Kris Statlander is another one who has real talent but will never go anywhere in that system. She isn’t WWE attractive and her gimmick is too weird for them.

WWE has given Shotzi chances though. She couldn't pass the medical a few years ago due to heart issues. I assume she failed medical this time around.

Erm, what this space on Kris.

rovert fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Aug 16, 2019

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1162227565559341058

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

DarkstarIV posted:

I would argue it makes less sense than Dunne, simply because he at least had an established history on NXT. You could also argue that he had unfinished business with Roddy at the time. Where Rhea's NXT US debut came out of nowhere, and she's being injected right into a title feud. All because they are desperate to find ways to keep Shayna at the top of the division despite people getting sick of her reign and because ~whoops~ she cleared out the entire division in NA, so now they have to bring over folks from NXT UK to give her more challengers to run over. And her reign is at the point where the non-title women's feud is significantly more interesting and likely drawing more eyes to the product than whatever the champion is doing. Which seems backwards.

Full Sail most likely popped huge for Rhea. You are focusing on stuff that doesn't really matter. She's over and has further built cred during her NXT UK title run. Was a big deal in both Mae Young Classics. She does not come from nowhere.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Corbin is the betting favourite then Ricochet and so on. Read left to right

https://twitter.com/WWELeaksDotOrg/status/1166373696321331203

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Wasn't sure if I should post this in the WWE thread or not. I don't know much about it personally to be honest. I just know there's smoke to the fire. Meltzer has reported they are keeping Liv Morgan off TV to repackage her and she has a new look.

There have been talk/fan theories for quite some time that they are putting Liv Morgan together with Bray Wyatt. MAYBE she costs Seth night.

https://twitter.com/livorleave/status/1176700836308770821

EDIT: Well that answers that
https://twitter.com/livorleave/status/1180962814837612545

rovert fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Oct 6, 2019

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
NO ONE wants Sami to retain over Tessa.

Tessa vs Cage would split the fanbase.

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rovert
Jun 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1192804175689719809

Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel, WALTER and Alexander Wolfe

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