Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 417: The Abominable Strowman

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Why is my gut reaction to Corbin deciding to be Owens's special referee that he is going to get utterly buried in the main event?
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Didn't Corbin learn already that he has difficulty doing things three times
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/wweromanreigns/status/900154255138488320

This is a pretty solid comeback

I love Reigns reaction
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I dunno about Carmella's new choice of wardrobe. If Lana isn't wrestling for a while, fine, but it's kinda chinzy.
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Strife2 posted...

I dunno about Carmella's new choice of wardrobe. If Lana isn't wrestling for a while, fine, but it's kinda chinzy.

This post seems a little bit sexist.
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My hands are up! Look at them, they're up! I'm nowhere near that one!
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Seriously, though, Carmella's looks good compared to American Alpha making their singlets out of Grandma's curtains
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Fucking wave
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Does...does this mean Natalya will hold the title more than a week?

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/wweromanreigns/status/900154255138488320

This is a pretty solid comeback

I didn't watch the video but I would say that that tweet does a pretty good job of answering the question.
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Corbin has quite the choice, here! Which will he choose?!

A. Owens
B. Styles
C. The Miz

"I'll choose D. Get buried."
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So on second listen that Corbin song isn't horrible but the intro sucks.
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I would say the last Corbin song is way better even without the new one's intro.
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JetJaguar posted...

I didn't watch the video but I would say that that tweet does a pretty good job of answering the question.

It's a bunch of mid-20s chubby dudes with belts talking about how real fans don't like Roman because he has no moves and is shoved down our throats

Which I'm sure is about what you'd imagine
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I think this is the most I've ever enjoyed Corbin.
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I thought it was fine but man bad acting
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that was so much fun
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This is the Smackdown missing since Mania. So good.
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I am legit upset that Shane came down, it ruined the entire stip.

I dont think thats what they wanted the reaction to be
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...So Enzo's on 205 Live now. That's a thing.
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StealThisSheen posted...

...So Enzo's on 205 Live now. That's a thing.

Was bound to happen.
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Jesus, it's about time they put him there. It might actually get people more interested in it now.
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http://botchedspot.com/blog/comic/205-pounds-cant-teach/
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He's now the top face in the division!
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Guess Jon Jones can now join 205 live
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voltch posted...

Guess Jon Jones can now join 205 live

Nah just let Brock and Jones take whatever PEDs they want and go fight on a RIZIN show
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So they're for sure not trying to back-pedal on Corbin's cash-in? They're just gonna leave him looking like a chump?
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lol
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http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/big-cass-knee-surgery-enzo-amore-wwe-raw/

RIP
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To be honest if he's missing a ton of time he should just come back as Enzo's buddy and pretend this never happened.
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I can see it now. Enzo tries to a badass against the Revival and Big Cass comes in for the save.
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They won't put Enzo back with Cass because they like Cass and think Enzo is a swirling toxic dumpster fire.
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So does that make him better or worse than Corbin right now? "Swirling toxic" does sound worse than "overrated and overhyped."

But dumpster fire is right on both counts.
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Enzo sells a lot more merch than Corbin so that's a plus
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Cornette arrives

Low Ki departs

Cycle of wrestling
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https://twitter.com/chazzydeane/status/900409747681284096
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voltch posted...

Cornette arrives

Low Ki departs

Cycle of wrestling

LOL GFW. We almost had El Patron vs. Low Ki for their top title, and now one's no longer in the company and the other one might as well not be there either.
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I'm listening to Wade Keller for the first time. I like the lack of cynicism and almost "defeatism," plus the intention of reviewing shows with an eye on character dynamics, but he's got serious issues.

"Is this guy over? Can this guy work as a face, even if his work predisposes him as a heel? What does the future hold for this guy?"

The problem is this is NOT as breezy nor informative as Wrestling Observer and almost all other shows. Breaking down who the characters or wrestlers are, but he sets up things, but leads guests into questions, instead of leaving things open.

I don't think I'm going to stick with this, given I have other, better ones that don't go nuts over the "two sides" things.
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I really like Wade Keller.

If I were watching more wrestling I would listen to him a lot more.

He and Todd on The Fix is basically the ideal balance of new and old school ideas without either of them being an asshole or having the charisma of a can of paint like you often get at the Observer
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I mean, he's fine as a guest on like Austin's podcasts, but his analysis and lines of questions to his own guests is seem to be like double time, as if he's fishing for a certain response instead of letting things trail off naturally like the more comedic podcasts do. That said, it's not as if the Observer is foolproof. Too much of Dave's speaking (does he have some sot of speech disorder or something?) can drive me up the wall.

Nothing beats the Retro Raw/Nitros though: nothing. It must feel like agony to relive utter shit that was pawned off as greatness because we were kids.
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So Corbin is getting depushed because Cena chewed his ass out, and Rusev and Lana asked for their release due to Rusev's recent booking but the WWE is making him finish out his contract. At least according to recent rumors.

I can see why Bobby Roode was pulled up because good lord the heel batch on Smackdown is looking bad. It goes Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens and then... Dolph Ziggler? I hope Roode's debut isn't an indication of him going face.
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TheRock1525 posted...

I can see why Bobby Roode was pulled up because good lord the heel batch on Smackdown is looking bad. It goes Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens and then... Dolph Ziggler? I hope Roode's debut isn't an indication of him going face.

Mike Kanellis!
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I didn't watch RAW, but I need to know if they did a segment with Braun just coming out and going "Brock Lesnar. I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOUUU"
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TheRock1525 posted...

Rusev and Lana asked for their release due to Rusev's recent booking but the WWE is making him finish out his contract.

This is apparently false.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/6vnht2/lana_and_rusev_did_not_request_to_be_released/
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davidponte posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

Rusev and Lana asked for their release due to Rusev's recent booking but the WWE is making him finish out his contract.

This is apparently false.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/6vnht2/lana_and_rusev_did_not_request_to_be_released/

Then they need to push Handsome Rusev.
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We switched to comcast today

No longer get East coast USA, so I have to wait til 8 to watch Raw and the like :(
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Eww cable
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Cena taking a dump on the product before he goes off to star in movies even The Rock wouldn't sign on for?
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how else would you watch raw without cable its not on the wwe network
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1.5 hour long Hulu Raw. Or do what apparently the majority does and watch the clips on YouTube.
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