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Jakyl25 posted...


That's what I thought, the ears are a massive giveaway

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Well, apparently the WWE was considering putting the belt on Bryan:

WWE officials reportedly were close to putting the WWE Title on Daniel Bryan at Sunday's Over the Limit pay-per-view.

The topic of Bryan winning the WWE Title was being discussed a lot over the past few weeks. Apparently the talks got "pretty serious" but the idea was nixed and they went with Punk retaining the title.

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At least this opens him up to winning it at No Way Out!!!

....after AJ interferes on his behalf because Punk spurns her advances

I'm ok with this!

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What? TNA is already PG-13 at best. They censor ass for crissakes.

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MartinFF7 posted...


I kinda assume they're going to put Punk in a pseudo-relationship with AJ with AJ ultimately screwing Punk out of the title and saying she did it all for Bryan.

In other words, I don't think AJ is going to screw Punk because Punk spurned her advances (by all accounts, that just seems to make her want the guy more >_>), but that she'll kinda gain Punk's trust only to screw him in the end.

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Yeah that makes more sense, scratch what I said because I never saw the scene she had w/ Punk on Raw. Seeing it now, yeah, he's not really spurning her...

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Except its no way out.

Interference in cage matches never really makes much sense (since thats the POINT of a cage match) so I am hoping they dont go with that

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I always thought the point of a cage match was to prevent escape/stalling first, interference second

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I always thought the point of a cage match was to prevent escape/stalling first</p>
That is how they were originally conceived, since the idea of "outside interference by allies" wasn't really a thing back then.

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hmmm no way out is at the meadowlands

what's the card looking like?

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Cena vs. Show
Jericho vs. Orton
Punk vs. Bryan

Don't know for sure yet who Sheamus will be defending against. Maybe ADR, but maybe him getting involved in the Cena/Ace stuff will lead to someone different? We'll probably know a lot more after SD.

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Oh and probably the Christian vs. Rhodes rematch.

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cody tweeted that he was taking time off.

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That was semi-confirmed to just be yesterday, as he's scheduled for the tapings tonight. <_<

Also there's a rumor that they want to fast-track Lesnar vs. Triple H to No Way Out instead of holding off until Summerslam but I think cooler heads will prevail there.

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DSAutoResponder posted...


Let me guess: he was injured during one of his matches with the Big Show.

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- While Cody Rhodes mentioned on Twitter that he was taking time off, it is nothing significant. Rhodes is booked on Smackdown tonight and was doing local media all morning promoting tonight's show in Wilkes-Barre.

The "time off" he was given was for last night, so that he could be in Wilkes-Barre to do early morning radio appearances in studio.

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com

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Wait, why does Bryan/Punk 2 have to be a cage match? I understand the name of the PPV is No Way Out, but hell, that could mean a number of things as well.

Like no way out... of a submission hold! Ultimate Submission Match gogogogogo!

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man that's hardly time off


"i'm not appearing on the brand i'm not assigned too! that's time off i guess"

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that's why everybody's beat up all the time

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Well back in olden times pre-Supershows, Raw would run house shows Friday-Sunday and then do Raw on Monday while SD would run house shows Saturday-Monday and tape on Tuesday, so having Monday off entirely is fairly uncommon.

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SO Id like to take this opportunity to talk about how much I love impact lately, especially because of how it contrasts with the WWE.

The show is about Bobby Roode. Hes the champ and basically no one in kayfabe wants him to be. He lucked out of avictories over a lot of tough competitors, most notably Sting, Jeff Hardy, AJ, and James Storm.

The only people left on the roster he hasnt taken down are like Abyss, Angle, Jarrett, and ANderson but basically no full timers

Hogan as the GM is no Sting as GM but storywise it makes sense. Roode going over sting like that was a great rub. No in the ring persay but intellectually, he defeated Sting. However, his cheap wins and attitude have made him a lot of enemies, some rather formidable, with the two he wronged most, Sting and Storm, in the wings, ready to come back and give Roode his comeuppance


The shows, even when we are treated to Eric Young, are relatively filler free. We get maybe one or two big promosa night but nothing like what the E has been up to and theyve generally been good. Hogan makes a good vanilla face GM and Roode is basically Dolph ZIggler, the Miz, and Cody Rhodes best qualities rolled up in one. We get some backstage segments, but theyre always just right in terms of length, like Bully Ray(the Kardashians) and Joseph Park this week

They have longrunning angles (even if they dont make a ton of sense) and the shows recently have been structured for exact purposes. like this weeks impact was basically all about the World Title even if Roode didnt play a huge role. On top of that, they are doing all of this by relying on the talent and letting them do what they do best all for the overall purpose of establishing Roode as the real deal, and if they do things right, Storm will join him.

tl;dr:Its just the best wrestling out there right now. Id sooner miss a month of WWE than a single episode of Impact and I will be purchasing Slammiversary FO SHO at this rate.

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I really like that lately TNA has had a good grasp on who should be on their shows. Like the last few weeks you've had the same few people on the show consistently, and all of their heavy hitters (RVD, Angle, Anderson, Hardy, Roode, Styles.. Even Bully Ray and Austin Aries) in prominent roles. Like it seems they may finally have realized that the way to build guys is to have them on TV more than once every few weeks.

Though I guess they've sorta realized this for a few months, and their main problem had been putting the wrong people into the "consistent" roles like ODB/Ey and Garrett Bischoff. Seems they've all but abandoned the former and abandoned the latter for the moment-- we can only hope this continues.

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Like it seems they may finally have realized that the way to build guys is to have them on TV more than once every few weeks.</p>
I just wish they realized this when it came to MCMG before Shelley just bolted. :-(

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Wait did Shelley quit? That sucks.

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Yeah, took an offer from WWE

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Well I can't say I blame him. WWE's going to misuse him just as much but I assume the pay will at least be better.

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What will his WWE name be?

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Sheldon Alex

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I like it.

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Anyway the rumor going around is that they intend to use him on this mythical WWE Network cruiserweight show.

I kinda hope it falls through because I would love to see him mix it up with their FCW/recently promoted bunch.

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Interesting that they passed on Aries but snapped up Shelley ASAP.

People on Other Feds theorize that it could be due to Shelley being younger, or his connections with Nash (who obviously has connections with Hunter).

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or maybe they know him as a board 8 posting super star

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But anyway, I digress.

I've said it before, but IMO one thing I think TNA desperately needs is a legitimate B-show.

You're absolutely right that they are a lot more focused lately, but that in part comes at the expense of a lot of people under their employ that they just aren't using.

A 1-hour B-show on Spike on Saturdays or something would solve that, and going live every week gives them ample chance to tape after (or maybe even before) every show.

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Isn't Xplosion a legitimate B-show... in England?

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One match per week with no storyline implications is not a legitimate B-show, that's a C-show!

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Although I guess I understand Spike's hesitation.

The last time they gave TNA an extra hour, they decided to fill it with a weekly hour of PROMOS.

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Hey I thought you were one of the few people who actually ENJOYED that show?

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I did, but I'm Jakyl.

Given the choice I would GLADLY take an hour of matches over an hour of talking, but if you give me an hour of talking I'll still watch it.

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I mean heck, I watched WWE's YouTube show about Alex Riley's shoe collection.

I think I have a problem. <_<

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<p>From: Jakyl25 | #236
But anyway, I digress.

I've said it before, but IMO one thing I think TNA desperately needs is a legitimate B-show.

You're absolutely right that they are a lot more focused lately, but that in part comes at the expense of a lot of people under their employ that they just aren't using.

A 1-hour B-show on Spike on Saturdays or something would solve that, and going live every week gives them ample chance to tape after (or maybe even before) every show.</p>
I could see that. They are putting on a really tightly focused show around 2 titles and a lot of personal rivalries. I dont exactly mind the TV, Tag and X Division titles going to waste very much because of how solid the shows have been but an extra hour a week would help the lesser divisions see some TV time. Not that they have much of a tag or X division.

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I hear ya bro, I'd watch anything wrestling.

Sucks that Shelley left. But I hope the best for him in WWE.

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I guess this frees up Sabin to pursue Aries and hes one of the only guys they have that I would but going over Aries in that division so hey.

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It makes sense. I mean, Sabin's the one with the all-time record as X-Division Champ, but Aries is closing in!

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Remember the TNA classics show that lasted for like one week?

I actually thought that was a good idea.

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I'm not sure TNA has a good grasp of its own history,

These TNA10 retrospective moments would basically have you believe that the timeline of the company went:

First show-->Unbreakable '05 triple threat-->Kurt Angle arrives-->HOGANHOGANHOGAN

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I actually dont!

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How did it go?

Is it worth doing a PPV watchthrough of TNA from conception to BFG last year where I came in?

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