BleedTheClock Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Just now, ttitansfan4life said: It is because Batista is boring as hell. meh...I always liked him. Especially in his movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 All 4 new callups are wrestling for the 4th show in a row. Tonight it looks like a couple will go over The Bar. While EC3 is stuck on Main Event losing to Apollo. Am not liking in the slightest whats being done with these new callups. Theres no build in desire to see them because theyre being crammed in every show while putting down decent talent along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr LBC Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, PARROTHEAD said: All 4 new callups are wrestling for the 4th show in a row. Tonight it looks like a couple will go over The Bar. While EC3 is stuck on Main Event losing to Apollo. Am not liking in the slightest whats being done with these new callups. Theres no build in desire to see them because theyre being crammed in every show while putting down decent talent along the way. The build in desire to see them is debatable Is it not what it could/should be? Absolutely. Is it non-existent? No, it's not. As to them actually winning consistently when coming up to the main roster, that's what should happen. Are there other teams they could be going over than Revival and the Bar? Absolutely (though I'd argue the only reason they shouldn't be going over the Revival is that they just put the belts on them), but if you're going to put them in matches at this point they need to be winning - the 50/50 booking was trash and was more responsible for screwing up the build of most of the guys they've brought up from NXT since Owens (who if people will recall, beat Cena clean on his first night on the main roster). These were the 4 who were considered to be the Top 4 guys in NXT (Dream is likely #5) - which is what Vince asked for (I can pretty much guarantee he doesn't know why or hadn't been following them); he just told Hunter, bring up your Top 4 guys. EC3 was below them even before his promotion. He'll be in purgatory for a while and eventually ask for his release unless Bruce goes to bat for him (and I don't know that Bruce is going to pick him as the first guy he sticks his neck out for). It's just a case of bad timing and circumstance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, The LBC said: The build in desire to see them is debatable Is it not what it could/should be? Absolutely. Is it non-existent? No, it's not. As to them actually winning consistently when coming up to the main roster, that's what should happen. Are there other teams they could be going over than Revival and the Bar? Absolutely (though I'd argue the only reason they shouldn't be going over the Revival is that they just put the belts on them), but if you're going to put them in matches at this point they need to be winning - the 50/50 booking was trash and was more responsible for screwing up the build of most of the guys they've brought up from NXT since Owens (who if people will recall, beat Cena clean on his first night on the main roster). These were the 4 who were considered to be the Top 4 guys in NXT (Dream is likely #5) - which is what Vince asked for (I can pretty much guarantee he doesn't know why or hadn't been following them); he just told Hunter, bring up your Top 4 guys. EC3 was below them even before his promotion. He'll be in purgatory for a while and eventually ask for his release unless Bruce goes to bat for him (and I don't know that Bruce is going to pick him as the first guy he sticks his neck out for). It's just a case of bad timing and circumstance. Rusuv has grown to be white hot a couple times. And they crush it. EC3 who can make buildup for matches better than near anyone with mic ability getting cast aside. Naka won the rumble and was heading for a WC match at Mania just last year. The Bar multiple time tag champs now. (Rusuv/Naka in tag action against NXT guys tonight) The rosters are loaded. Im not seeing these guys just called up being in any different state as those mentioned this time next year. Maybe 1 of the 4 will work himself up to Finns level to getting title shots here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr LBC Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, PARROTHEAD said: Rusuv has grown to be white hot a couple times. And they crush it. EC3 who can make buildup for matches better than near anyone with mic ability getting cast aside. Naka won the rumble and was heading for a WC match at Mania just last year. The Bar multiple time tag champs now. (Rusuv/Naka in tag action against NXT guys tonight) The rosters are loaded. Im not seeing these guys just called up being in any different state as those mentioned this time next year. Maybe 1 of the 4 will work himself up to Finns level to getting title shots here and there. Well, I feel the need to point out that you've kind of pre-conditioned yourself against these guys because of their size - so that is kind of relevant. But that aside, those guys you mentioned were all victims of the BS 50/50 booking that's been rampant in WWE for freakin' ever. They made it to where wins don't mean squat anymore because even if a guy wins to start a feud, there's no reason to take them seriously because you can bet like clockwork that they're going to lose to the same opponent they just beat the following week.They did it with Nakamura and Dolph. They did it with EC3 and Ambrose (and then flipped EC3 from babyface to heel for no apparent reason). They're doing (mind you, baby-steps because it's only been two weeks) the logical thing in booking so far with the new call-ups. That in itself is progress that we haven't seen in close to a decade, outside of The Shield and Balor (pre-injury, and we don't know what the outcome would have been had he not injured his shoulder - though we do know that Vince always had an eye to get the Universal Title onto Roman). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 lol vince mcmahon is en epic troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KManX89 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 9 hours ago, ttitansfan4life said: It is because Batista is boring as hell. Triple H is one of the few people he actually works hard against (the other being Taker). But yeah, it'll be interesting to see how they book Rollins vs. Lesnar at WM since we all know Reigns will get the belt back sooner or later (that he never technically lost). Hotshotting a program with Rollins in which he'll almost assuredly get the belt back might take away his return pops. On the other hand, putting him in another program with Lesnar for the belt will get him (near?) unanimous cheers after his big comeback from leukemia, but it'll leave Rollins' title hopes very much up in the air for the forseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgX Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 34 minutes ago, Texansfan713 said: lol vince mcmahon is en epic troll I missed the first part of Smackdown. What happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinneasGage Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 minute ago, DawgX said: I missed the first part of Smackdown. What happened? KO replaced Kofi at Fastlane. They're building Kofi into a mega-face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinneasGage Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 it's silly how they're just throwing all the NXT guys in random *** matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Hopefully Owens isn’t going to be a face. Doesn’t fit him at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgX Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, ttitansfan4life said: Hopefully Owens isn’t going to be a face. Doesn’t fit him at all. Kind of looks like it. And I heard rumors that he was going to be brought back as a babyface. But it's kind of weird for him to come back as a babyface when he's "stealing" another babyface's title opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 THE GOATS GOING IN THE HALL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr LBC Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 hours ago, PARROTHEAD said: THE GOATS GOING IN THE HALL!!! Guess they must have finally paid for his flight. (Inside joke, but not really. Honkey is notorious for taking the Mania appearance payday and showing up and eating the bejesus out of the free food and open bar.) If anyone other than Lawler or Jimmy Hart induct him, someone needs to be taken out behind the shed and given the Ol' Yeller treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NcFinest9erFan Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 13 hours ago, FinneasGage said: KO replaced Kofi at Fastlane. They're building Kofi into a mega-face here comes KOFIMANIA. He's getting the DB treatment from a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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