Ongoing Wrestling Discussion thread

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Night Shift, Nov 28, 2005.

  1. Lumpy

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    everyone but the Bella's I agree with. Nikki and Brie have improved significantly in the ring over the years, brie especially. You can literally see how her and DB's relationship has led to more training for her. She's got some of the same exact moves and ferosity of DB, and I applaud them both for it.

    that ridiculous. DB and Brie got together in 2011ish. This is the same year that DB got bumped to a preshow match that ended up a battle Royale anyway. He was definitely nowhere close to a top guy. Nikki is a possibility, but I'm guessing that's more along the lines of Cena is a big muscle guy, which she likes, and Nikki had good looks and good boobs, which he likes. End of story.
     
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    Fun time at smackdown last night. I didn't know they filmed Main Event show during smackdown also
     
  3. LadyStarscream

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    Glad you had fun! Did you have a decent view of the ring?
     
  4. Shelfwarmercon

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    I think any woman working for WWE who becomes John Cena's girlfriend would be slut-shamed as a "gold digger", by those who don't know any better.

    WWE wrestlers are on the road what, 300 days a year? Their dating options are already severely limited by their work schedule. That's why we have wrestlers dating and marrying each other, like Brie and Daniel, or Edge and Phoenix, or Naomi and Jimmy, or Natalya and Tyson, or Triple H and Stephanie, or Maryse and Miz, or Michelle and Undertaker, or Magnus and Mickie, or Matt and Lita, or Punk and AJ (well, Punk and X female wrestler).
     
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    They should drop the WWE Diva moniker all together. In NXT it is the Womens championship.

    Take Paige and Natalya as an example. In WWE we get face licking. In NXT we get great wrestling like the link below.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVYBz7kszso
     
  6. Shelfwarmercon

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    Triple H has creative control over NXT. If/when he takes over running WWE, we should expect similar stuff appearing on their main shows.

    The question is when Vince finally steps down. Which could be decades away.
     
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    You know what, you're probably right. Any employee who hooks up with Cena would be seen that way, similar to how HHH was perceived when it came out that him and Steph were dating IRL.

    If Cena and Nikki really love each other, that's great. I just can't shake the feeling that there's more to it.
     
  8. Lumpy

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    Divas and Superstars will be around forever. They can be trademarked. Women and wrestlers can't be. That's simple brand management. What they're called is irrelevant. But I do wish they had more time to wrestle. However, the more casual fans love the Cena schtick we're so bored of. They love Reigns. They love Orton and Batista and The Rock and Brock. And they're a bigger percentage of the audience most nights. It all has its place and serves its purpose, whether we like it or not.
     
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    Agreed on the divas and superstars labels. Vince was forward-thinking about that, though wanting to push WWE as sports entertainment rather than a pro wrestling league also factored into that.

    That's also why it's pretty common to have WWE wrestlers address each other by their full names in promos, like "Bret 'the Hitman' Hart, I am going to kick your butt this Sunday!" It's annoying at times, but it helps with name recognition.

    I'm not sure if there's any significant difference between "casual" and "smark" nowadays. The information about wrestling angles and backstage shenanigans is readily available online. Wrestling lingo like "no sell" or "push" have seeped into mainstream jargon. Talent are more willing to be public with their complaints about management.
     
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    I know what you mean. Their relationship seems very fake to me.
     
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    Triple H has only gotten to where he's at thanks to others. He kissed Shawn Michaels ass and wormed his way into the Kilq. Then leached onto Steph. He's never gotten anywhere by working his ass off like others have.
     
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    I finally took myself out of the long hiatus by watching a bunch of matches on YouTube, particularly ones with CM Punk and AJ Lee, then found out that they are married IRL. Heh. Punk is one lucky dude.

    I may start watching matches with other wrestlers like Daniel Bryan and Rollins. Still hate Cena with a passion but I'll watch the matches that he lost in.
     
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    I like Triple H as a performer and for his work with NXT but I have to agree with you here!
     
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    The part that sucks the most is, after he put over D-Bry, and Evolution put over the shield, and Haitch did his good work with NXT I was just getting to like and respect him again, this this crap had to happen at WM this year and just killed it..
     
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    I honestly think this was Vince and not HHH
     
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    It's both but more on HHH.
    They advertised the Hall of Fame with Macho Man as the headliner but gave the ending to Kevin Nash and the Cliq and then at WM HHH ends up going over Sting with the help of DX.
     
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    big poppa pump was banned from WM 31 in altercation with hogans wife
     
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    Figured HH would have been in front of every camera possible stating what he'll do to Steiner....... Oh wait ya don't think old HH fears BBP do ya?
     
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