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At 4/17/13 11:03 PM, The-Great-One wrote: What they did to Ryback giving him this fucked up storyline, that was stupid... it makes sense and probably looked good on paper, but execution is everything. I liked Cena on Monday, Ryback shouldn't have backed down, we should have just had a brawl and have Ryback be a legitimate threat to Cena's title, even if Cena would win the belt back at Extreme Rules or another Pay-Per-View, at least Ryback would seem more intimidating and give Ryback the push he deserves.

Didn't they fuck up Umaga's push just like that a few years ago? Come on, it is the WWE that we are talking about. Vince has long lost the plot, all he does is sucking Cena's big fat juicy cock these days.

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At 4/18/13 10:26 AM, Dream-of-Duke wrote: Didn't they fuck up Umaga's push just like that a few years ago? Come on, it is the WWE that we are talking about. Vince has long lost the plot, all he does is sucking Cena's big fat juicy cock these days.

Yeah they did. They also fucked up The Great Khali the same way. To Vince, Cena is his Hulk Hogan. The only difference was that Hogan had some personality and character to himself. Cena has lost that. Although Monday I thought he was pretty good on the mic with Ryback... we can only see if he can keep it up.

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Last week's RAW = the single best RAW audience I've ever seen!

It's official: Fandango's theme has created something more powerful than the "YES!" chants. He's also been showing off his actual wrestling skills finally, so he's finally off to a good start.

Dolph is finally where he should be; congrats are in order. Now we just need Mike Mondo as ROH Champ, and the giant middle finger to the Spirit Squad will be complete. :P

Given Punk's shoot, I wonder if the end of his tenure is coming up? He has indeed done everything big in WWE, so yeah....

The Booker/Long situation is getting interesting. Long's been made to actually look like the heel in this situation, if there is one.

Show & Henry.....now THAT'S A TAG TEAM!

At 4/7/13 08:59 PM, Zachary wrote: Undertaker's intros are always spectacular. Those hands grabbing up at him looked boss as fuck.

No argument there. Definitely one of his best.

At 4/11/13 01:41 AM, aviewaskewed wrote: I was there for both the Hall and Mania. God I'm not sure if I hope me screaming for Cena to "die in a fire" when he won the belt should make the DVD.

That's our avie! :P

Mania was fun live, but the card was very lackluster, Taker/Punk easily best thing on the show, Lesnar/H a good brawl. Rock/Cena absolutely sucked until right at the end, but since Rock got so massively hurt that makes sense. The Hall was easily better and a really great night but both shows were wrongly paced. Mania throwing all the undercard out at first was pretty bizarre and hurt them I think. They definitely got hurt with the Hall in throwing all the names people had a connection with out first and then saving Trump, Backlund, then Bruno for last was a bad call as well I felt. Still, I really enjoyed myself at both events and it was great to see truly deserving talents honored on saturday, and two of my all time favorites steal the show sunday.

I was pissed that Backlund & Booker got their inductions cut short on the TV airing over Trump; that was utter bullshit. I loved Foley's induction, though, w/ Jericho letting Foley pin him. Oh, and congrats to Trish & her future little bundle of Stratusfaction.

I was very pleased that WWE took out the Tons of Funk match to let the more important stuff have more time, considering how some past WMs screwed over more important matches w/ pointless crap. Not to say that match would've been pointless crap, but it would've been a space-waster in comparison to the rest of the card.

I wasn't expecting Trips to win, but it was an awesome brawl. Awesome touch when Trips slapped the Komura Lock on Lesnar, and, of course, breakin' out the ol' sledgehammer.

Punk/Taker was awesome, just as I expected.

I didn't want Cena to win; although, considering the injury, it was probably for the best, I suppose. Cena did have some cool moments, though, like the Rock Bottom and when he faked the People's Elbow.

I wasn't expecting Hell No to retain. I loved Bryan chanting "YES!" w/ the fans at the end; that was just so awesome. ^_^

I feel cheated w/ Henry/Ryback; it should've been a dream match, but it wasn't. I don't care if they justify it as setting up the Cena feud; I STILL FEEL CHEATED. >:(

At 4/13/13 12:36 AM, mothballs wrote:

At 4/12/13 10:34 PM, omega88x wrote: I've just watched Smackdown and I was okay with the way it turned out, except for one thing, where the hell was sin cara.

He was planned to have a match for the US title against Cesaro at WM, but he got injured for the 1000th time which prevented that whole thing from happening (also left Cesaro without a match on the card). They need to release him already, he can't stop getting injured and he keeps fucking up WWE's plans. Rey Mysterio never got injured this much in WCW.

*facepalm* BLARGH.......

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At 4/20/13 04:15 PM, Swackman wrote: Last week's RAW = the single best RAW audience I've ever seen!

It was a hot crowd, the thing I love about the UK is they love their wrestling and that usually leads to more wrestling on shows they do there and less stupid.

It's official: Fandango's theme has created something more powerful than the "YES!" chants. He's also been showing off his actual wrestling skills finally, so he's finally off to a good start.

Gimmick still sucks, but he's very over in the UK. Fandangoing doesn't really matter or work in the US though so...I think the jury is still out on him. I did like we got some more wrestling and they've gotten away from the top rope leg drop and such as a finish. Maybe there's still hope.

Dolph is finally where he should be; congrats are in order.

Nah, one week isn't going to get the job done. I thought he looked good this week, and I really hope AJ gets the divas belt as having them as a "power couple" in the WWE could be fantastic.

Given Punk's shoot, I wonder if the end of his tenure is coming up? He has indeed done everything big in WWE, so yeah....

That was NOT a shoot. In no way was that situation a shoot. Punk is taking time off because he has been working hurt and that hellacious bump he took at Mania onto the announce table screwed his knees good. He needs to rest up (I was in the house and that bump looked sick.

The Booker/Long situation is getting interesting. Long's been made to actually look like the heel in this situation, if there is one.

I'm on the fence about turning Teddy (clearly that's where we're going). I mean, I know he can do the job, but honestly? Would he really be a heel here? Yeah you can say that even though he was the boss, Book is now, and Book has never dissed him so he should accept that things changed and he should be happy. But considering how badly Teddy has been fucked around and fucked out of his "job" in the storylines over the last 3 or better years, I think he would actually make sense if he starts saying "goddamn I was the longest tenured GM here, I did a damn good job, and I got fucked!"

Show & Henry.....now THAT'S A TAG TEAM!

I'd stay away from it. Just because it's like having Kane and Taker together as a regular team, there's no team that could realistically beat these guys. Since it seems The Shield are being positioned to ultimately go after the tag belts (or maybe I'm just assuming shit, next week they've got Cena and Ryback) I'd hate to have a team like Show and Henry around for them to try and take...then again, maybe it'll make them look even more bad ass.

That's our avie! :P

Also, if he says "The Ryback" one more time, I'm reaching through the TV and smacking him. That kind of shit needs to stop, if he stopped doing that, the promos he's cut on Ryback of late would be much more believable and credible for me. When he resorts to that stuff it makes me think he's trying to be funny and this should not be a situation where he should trying to be funny. Ryback is a beast, who beat his ass, and wants his belt. Cena should be pissed and concerned at all times when dealing with Ryback until the issue is settled.

I was pissed that Backlund & Booker got their inductions cut short on the TV airing over Trump; that was utter bullshit. I loved Foley's induction, though, w/ Jericho letting Foley pin him. Oh, and congrats to Trish & her future little bundle of Stratusfaction.

We popped big for Foley going over Jericho. Backlunds induction was a bit of a mess since Menuonos went long and pissed the audience off, then some people wanted to be idiots and get Bob to do "Mr. Backlund"

I was very pleased that WWE took out the Tons of Funk match to let the more important stuff have more time, considering how some past WMs screwed over more important matches w/ pointless crap. Not to say that match would've been pointless crap, but it would've been a space-waster in comparison to the rest of the card.

I think they could have gotten on the show if WWE knew how to properly time out their damn shows and cut it out with all the "look at us, look at us! We're so great!" video packages and other stuff.

I wasn't expecting Trips to win, but it was an awesome brawl. Awesome touch when Trips slapped the Komura Lock on Lesnar, and, of course, breakin' out the ol' sledgehammer.

First time was great. When he kept doing that my section at least turned on it and we were yelling at Lesnar to just move so he could stop applying it over and over already.

Punk/Taker was awesome, just as I expected.

Just fantastic stuff there.

I didn't want Cena to win; although, considering the injury, it was probably for the best, I suppose. Cena did have some cool moments, though, like the Rock Bottom and when he faked the People's Elbow.

I think the whole thing was a big mistake. Putting the belt on Rock seemed like a good idea on paper (even I could see some benefit) but it didn't work at all in practice because Rock was on junket after junket for GI Joe and the studio absolutely didn't need him promoting WWE. Cena wasn't over, Rock is over but to put him over Punk hurt him, and I think this was something the fans didn't want. WWE is definitely scared and nervous about the Mania buyrates.

I wasn't expecting Hell No to retain. I loved Bryan chanting "YES!" w/ the fans at the end; that was just so awesome. ^_^

I didn't either, but I don't think that was the bad call though. The bad call was Ziggler being ineffective at cheating and eating the pin.

I feel cheated w/ Henry/Ryback; it should've been a dream match, but it wasn't. I don't care if they justify it as setting up the Cena feud; I STILL FEEL CHEATED. >:(

Henry is very good, Ryback is still young. Neither one can really carry a dude, but I thought the work would be better then it was. At one point I believe I yelled something like "I paid for wrestling, not hugging, the fuck?"

*facepalm* BLARGH.......

I know they hoped this guy would replace Mysterio as the masked super hero guy for the kids but...yeah, I don't think it's going to work for them. If they want that, perhaps they should go grab a guy like Sanjay Dutt or some such and just put him under a hood.

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At 4/17/13 10:15 PM, aviewaskewed wrote:

At 4/16/13 10:29 PM, Piemix wrote: cena needs a push off a bridge.

Fixed it!

Hopefully Ryback eats him. I thought Cena going back to dork land on monday hurt Ryback, also Ryback walking away and seeming to back down on him was a bad call.

lmao. yeah it was a bad decision, especially if they want to go for that dominant heel figure again like mark henry in 2011.

He did outstanding work with foley last night though. feel free to disagree. I've also noticed that cena's a little bit back to his old arrogant 2005 self again. I'd like to see more you can't see me's as we've been missing them since 2007. However, at this point, it's probably going to piss the audience off even more. Seems like the only fans he has left are the screaming 8-year olds, women, Indians/Middle-Easterns, and 30-60 year old virgins.

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At 4/23/13 09:00 PM, aviewaskewed wrote: I'd stay away from it. Just because it's like having Kane and Taker together as a regular team, there's no team that could realistically beat these guys. Since it seems The Shield are being positioned to ultimately go after the tag belts (or maybe I'm just assuming shit, next week they've got Cena and Ryback) I'd hate to have a team like Show and Henry around for them to try and take...then again, maybe it'll make them look even more bad ass.

With Big Show and Mark Henry, that's a dominating team, no questions about it. If they have The Shield beat Big Show and Mark Henry, that would put The Shield over the top. However as far as I see The Shield, they're playing the cowards card. Now the nWo would do the same thing, but let me tell you something, at least they would stay around for the fight.

I see The Shield try to gang up on The Undertaker. Kane and Daniel Bryan run down and they back off. The Shield have no personality to them, they really need someone to represent them on the mic. I still believe that if Paul Heyman was on the mic and Brock Lesnar was the leader, then The Shield would be very impressive and truly seem unstoppable. However we can't have that, because Lesnar and Triple H have got to have this "feud".

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The Shield left the Undertaker for dead tonight....The Shield left The Undertaker for dead...they beat his ass, they messed him up, and they left him broken and all indications are he won't be popping back up until probably next year.

Yeah, these guys are made. I think more promo time is in order. But honestly, what more character do you need? They've explained themselves as the guys that come out, destroy anybody they don't like, and then leave. Works for me.

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At 4/26/13 10:48 PM, aviewaskewed wrote:
Yeah, these guys are made. I think more promo time is in order. But honestly, what more character do you need? They've explained themselves as the guys that come out, destroy anybody they don't like, and then leave. Works for me.

Amen to that preacher!

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And a double-amen from me!

The WWE has finally done something truly right with these 3 guys. BELIEVE IN THE SHIELD!!!!!!!

At 4/23/13 09:00 PM, aviewaskewed wrote:

At 4/20/13 04:15 PM, Swackman wrote: It's official: Fandango's theme has created something more powerful than the "YES!" chants. He's also been showing off his actual wrestling skills finally, so he's finally off to a good start.

Gimmick still sucks, but he's very over in the UK. Fandangoing doesn't really matter or work in the US though so...I think the jury is still out on him. I did like we got some more wrestling and they've gotten away from the top rope leg drop and such as a finish. Maybe there's still hope.

Well, Fandango-ing does still seem to be a thing, but he can't exactly live off of that forever, especially if he's as good as he's actually supposed to be in-ring.

Dolph is finally where he should be; congrats are in order.

Nah, one week isn't going to get the job done. I thought he looked good this week, and I really hope AJ gets the divas belt as having them as a "power couple" in the WWE could be fantastic.

Me, too; they'd be the best power couple in recent years. ^_^

Given Punk's shoot, I wonder if the end of his tenure is coming up? He has indeed done everything big in WWE, so yeah....

That was NOT a shoot. In no way was that situation a shoot. Punk is taking time off because he has been working hurt and that hellacious bump he took at Mania onto the announce table screwed his knees good. He needs to rest up (I was in the house and that bump looked sick.

Ah, ok; didn't realize he re-fucked up that knees again. :/ Well, fugnuts..... I must've not realized he legitimately hurt himself during the match; I should look it over again since I have it recorded.

The Booker/Long situation is getting interesting. Long's been made to actually look like the heel in this situation, if there is one.

I'm on the fence about turning Teddy (clearly that's where we're going). I mean, I know he can do the job, but honestly? Would he really be a heel here? Yeah you can say that even though he was the boss, Book is now, and Book has never dissed him so he should accept that things changed and he should be happy. But considering how badly Teddy has been fucked around and fucked out of his "job" in the storylines over the last 3 or better years, I think he would actually make sense if he starts saying "goddamn I was the longest tenured GM here, I did a damn good job, and I got fucked!"

Well, given the grief the poor bastard has gone through over the last several years, one can't blame him if he does turn. I forget that he was actually a heel at one time, since he's been a face for so long.

Show & Henry.....now THAT'S A TAG TEAM!

I'd stay away from it. Just because it's like having Kane and Taker together as a regular team, there's no team that could realistically beat these guys. Since it seems The Shield are being positioned to ultimately go after the tag belts (or maybe I'm just assuming shit, next week they've got Cena and Ryback) I'd hate to have a team like Show and Henry around for them to try and take...then again, maybe it'll make them look even more bad ass.

Those two would be frigging AWESOME for a future Shield match, since those 3 are running a tad low on opponents. :P

That's our avie! :P

Also, if he says "The Ryback" one more time, I'm reaching through the TV and smacking him. That kind of shit needs to stop, if he stopped doing that, the promos he's cut on Ryback of late would be much more believable and credible for me. When he resorts to that stuff it makes me think he's trying to be funny and this should not be a situation where he should trying to be funny. Ryback is a beast, who beat his ass, and wants his belt. Cena should be pissed and concerned at all times when dealing with Ryback until the issue is settled.

I really hope Ryback gets the title off of Cen, although I'm still questioning why he was turned heel; god forbid a face not named The Rock faces Cena for the title!

I was pissed that Backlund & Booker got their inductions cut short on the TV airing over Trump; that was utter bullshit. I loved Foley's induction, though, w/ Jericho letting Foley pin him. Oh, and congrats to Trish & her future little bundle of Stratusfaction.

We popped big for Foley going over Jericho. Backlunds induction was a bit of a mess since Menuonos went long and pissed the audience off, then some people wanted to be idiots and get Bob to do "Mr. Backlund"

Guess I should be glad the Backlund induction was cut short for me, then. :/

I was very pleased that WWE took out the Tons of Funk match to let the more important stuff have more time, considering how some past WMs screwed over more important matches w/ pointless crap. Not to say that match would've been pointless crap, but it would've been a space-waster in comparison to the rest of the card.

I think they could have gotten on the show if WWE knew how to properly time out their damn shows and cut it out with all the "look at us, look at us! We're so great!" video packages and other stuff.

Yeah, dem video packages are getting a little annoying. That being said, the match wasn't necessary in the grand scheme, really.

I wasn't expecting Trips to win, but it was an awesome brawl. Awesome touch when Trips slapped the Komura Lock on Lesnar, and, of course, breakin' out the ol' sledgehammer.

First time was great. When he kept doing that my section at least turned on it and we were yelling at Lesnar to just move so he could stop applying it over and over already.

It probably made Trips slapping it on Lesnar more awesome, though, as a way of saying, "Alright, ya wanna keep using that shit? LET'S SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT, ASSHOLE!"

I wasn't expecting Hell No to retain. I loved Bryan chanting "YES!" w/ the fans at the end; that was just so awesome. ^_^

I didn't either, but I don't think that was the bad call though. The bad call was Ziggler being ineffective at cheating and eating the pin.

Oh, no, not a bad call at all, just surprising.

I feel cheated w/ Henry/Ryback; it should've been a dream match, but it wasn't. I don't care if they justify it as setting up the Cena feud; I STILL FEEL CHEATED. >:(

Henry is very good, Ryback is still young. Neither one can really carry a dude, but I thought the work would be better then it was. At one point I believe I yelled something like "I paid for wrestling, not hugging, the fuck?"

Yeah, it SHOULD'VE been the most underrated match on the card, but it wasn't. The ball was seriously dropped with that match.

*facepalm* BLARGH.......

I know they hoped this guy would replace Mysterio as the masked super hero guy for the kids but...yeah, I don't think it's going to work for them.

You'd think that a guy who had his own friggin' comic book series would be perfect for that role; alas, it doesn't seem to be going as planned, and that's a damn shame.

If they want that, perhaps they should go grab a guy like Sanjay Dutt or some such and just put him under a hood.

Chances of Sonjay ever leaving TNA = ZERO. They've stuck to him like glue, probably because he's the one Indian wrestler on TV who isn't either (1) currently a joke wrestler or (2) merely a big dude who doesn't have much in-ring ability.

If WWE actually bothers to give Mahal his due, he'd give Sonjay a run for his money.

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Getting drunk, watching Barbed Wire City (latest ECW documentary) got another stack of Hardcore TV to watch after...let's have some mother fucking fun up in here!

And a double-amen from me!

Thank you both. Always nice to see things I say being validated and enjoyed by other fans. I'm only pissed most of the time cause I love this shit so much.

The WWE has finally done something truly right with these 3 guys. BELIEVE IN THE SHIELD!!!!!!!

The only thing I can criticize from monday is frankly? All respect to Kofi and the Usos, but they a) shouldn't be in the ring with The Shield, and b) they should be running them the fuck over. I'm not ready to ring the bell and say "everybody panic!" but that was not a good sign for me. Everything I hear is they're behind this...but man I just hope they're not in "let's kill time till Punk gets back and we can turn these guys into his boys". I hope...I can think of four or five way better angles then that, all due respect to everybody mentioned (Punk should come back a face, especially now that Ryback has been raped by the useless shit heads in creative...they aren't bookers, they aren't creative, fuck them!)

Well, Fandango-ing does still seem to be a thing, but he can't exactly live off of that forever, especially if he's as good as he's actually supposed to be in-ring.

It's a meme man. Memes die, we're internet people, we know that. That's why I won't get behind it, well that and he's a fucking heel. So what is the point promoting it, there's no push to turn him, there's no way to capitilize or monetize this from what I can see. It's kind of like the twitter thing comes off to me...it's just "hey look, we're hip, we're cool". No wait, I take that back, they apparently have some idea to monetize the twitter. But Fandango? Nope. So to me, find a way to make money off it already dammit! Because I sat with the second biggest crowd WWE ever drew (and we were close to being the biggest) and know what we chanted at this kid? "You can't wrestle". FIX HIM.

Me, too; they'd be the best power couple in recent years. ^_^

Again, we could see how well this'd work...they can't. Stupid. So wasteful.

Ah, ok; didn't realize he re-fucked up that knees again. :/ Well, fugnuts..... I must've not realized he legitimately hurt himself during the match; I should look it over again since I have it recorded.

Check out the bump where he goes to dive on Taker and that table does not break. I turned to my buddy once that happened and I said "he is fucking hurt, there's no way he isn't hurt". So he's down to either take a rest, or get surgery, and he's smartly getting the rest. When he comes back too, he'll be worth so much more.

Well, given the grief the poor bastard has gone through over the last several years, one can't blame him if he does turn. I forget that he was actually a heel at one time, since he's been a face for so long.

That's the problem. A heel who is totally justified, is not a heel at all.

Those two would be frigging AWESOME for a future Shield match, since those 3 are running a tad low on opponents. :P

It is definitely an issue as they continue to book them as a six man. Hard to get other credible teams together to try and oppose them.

I really hope Ryback gets the title off of Cen, although I'm still questioning why he was turned heel; god forbid a face not named The Rock faces Cena for the title!

I really think this is a bigger strategy now that Vince is basically going to remove anyone who comes even close to getting over more then Cena. Punk was doing it, what happened? Turned heel and neutered to try and wreck him. Now it's Ryback. It's the only thing that makes any sense in my head. Vince wants Cena as THE guy, and instead of building up heels like Wade Barrett, it's "oh let's take headline babyfaces competitive to Cena and turn them" it's an insane strategy and this is the sad eulogy to Vince's career. The sad final years.

Guess I should be glad the Backlund induction was cut short for me, then. :/

I'm really curious to watch the DVD, but yeah, I felt like Backlunds induction was marred, and there was some half-retarded ass in front of us that kept yelling for the chicken wing. Great ceremony, but at some points I wanted to slap that crowd stupid.

Yeah, dem video packages are getting a little annoying. That being said, the match wasn't necessary in the grand scheme, really.

No but you know what? It was a Mania pay day for them, it's the ability to say "I worked Mania". That's more important to me then another Rock/Cena video package. It's a matter of respecting the talent, and their hard work dammit.

It probably made Trips slapping it on Lesnar more awesome, though, as a way of saying, "Alright, ya wanna keep using that shit? LET'S SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT, ASSHOLE!"

Like I say, the slow down of repeatedly doing that spot was a buzzkill live, especially after Punk/Taker and I've heard criticisms from people that watched on PPV that it didn't come across any better there.

Oh, no, not a bad call at all, just surprising.

If you don't think Ziggler getting fucked in that finish, then winning the World belt the next night was stupid, I just don't know what to say, or how to explain it to you. Because it seems common sense to me that that was a horrible idea.

Yeah, it SHOULD'VE been the most underrated match on the card, but it wasn't. The ball was seriously dropped with that match.

Horrible stuff. Just horrible.

You'd think that a guy who had his own friggin' comic book series would be perfect for that role; alas, it doesn't seem to be going as planned, and that's a damn shame.

They got Generico in developmental, so there you go.

If WWE actually bothers to give Mahal his due, he'd give Sonjay a run for his money.

Not happening. Honestly? 3MB should be turned face I think. You market to kids? Awesome. Turn them. Know what my 11 year old niece's favorite thing in the world is right now? Fucking 1 Direction. These guys are the wrestling equivalent of that. Turn them and make some money.

Just finished Barbed Wire City....buy it. www.highspots.com. BUY IT. I can never explain how privileged I feel to have been a fan of that company (for a little while anyway) and how it has still impacted my life in so many ways (some of the principles in that film I have had nothing but positive interactions with, and hey, I actually pitched a reunion show to Tony Lewis just before the company shut well before RVD! Lol). Good stuff, special time. Thank God I was an ECW fan.

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After watching this video of Daniel Bryant on commentary, I hope their comes a day where CM Punk and DB are the commentators for all of WWE. Maybe in like, 15 years?