Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 430: Rowdy Ronda Rusev

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FinalistCloud posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

So as of last week, Vince is hands-off on 205 Live

Health reasons?

Yeah, the show is ailing.
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FinalistCloud posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

So as of last week, Vince is hands-off on 205 Live

Health reasons?

Sorry, no. Now that his Enzo experiment is gone he thinks Triple H can do a better job with the roster they have.

eaedwards6400 posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

So as of last week, Vince is hands-off on 205 Live

Silly question, with Mix Match Challenge going on when are they recording 205 Live?

Its still live after Mixed Match Challenge I think
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Still, Trips getting full control over a part of the main roster, even the weakest part, is noteworthy
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Too bad he isn't hands off at least Raw so Braun can get the run he deserves. Better if he's hands off everything.
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Vince McMahon isnt pushing this big sweaty man enough is quite funny
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Jakyl25 posted...

Vince McMahon isnt pushing this big sweaty man enough is quite funny

To be fair, he's just pushing a different big sweaty man.

Although, neither Brock nor Roman is as big as Braun.
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He finally stumbled upon one we want!
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that only makes me think vince is even sicker

or in his old age he gets harder thinking about random samoan rock proxies than big sweaty men
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Vince must also like beautiful, wavy hair on men.
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https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2018/2/7/16986366/shelton-benjamin-tweet-budget-rental-car-loaded-gun-pic-randy-orton-response

Yikes

Orton's reaction made me chuckle
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I wish I could sig "Holy fuck dude"
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Dolph vs Corbin on SD to get added to Styles vs Zayn vs Owens

So can anyone even attempt an explanation of this Ziggler character arc and what it was meant to accomplish?
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Character arcs? In WWE?
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He's here to show the world........ Something...?
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It was designed to get Roman over, because that's what all of Vince's actions are attempting. We just haven't figured out the connection yet.
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

He's here to show the world........ Something...?

come onnnnn!!!!
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He had to go caddy for Kerwin White.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVhPZ01WkAEHiKQ?format=jpg&name=900x900

New Network numbers are out for the end of Q4

At the end of December, there were 1,471,000 paid subscribers, down from their all-time peak of 1,661,000 subscribers on WM 33 day.

Someday theyll get to 4 Million!!!! Not too much longer now!
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I was unaware Miz and Maryse were getting their own Total Divas spinoff
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I was
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https://twitter.com/davemeltzerwon/status/961713410176987136
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Jakyl25 posted...

Dolph vs Corbin on SD to get added to Styles vs Zayn vs Owens

So can anyone even attempt an explanation of this Ziggler character arc and what it was meant to accomplish?

It was meant to accomplish making sure you know better than to expect anything good to happen from a Dolph Ziggler story
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Someone on Reddit actually thinks they figured it out

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/7w8hm7/i_finally_understand_the_dolph_ziggler_walking/?st=JDF599V6&sh=39493303

He walked out because US Title was beneath him and came back because Shane agreed to his terms to get treated like a main eventer in line for main event title shots

Lol
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerwon/status/961713410176987136

Steph may be in charge of the company. But it's pretty obvious Hunter will be in charge of what we personally care about.

FinalistCloud posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerwon/status/961713410176987136

Steph may be in charge of the company. But it's pretty obvious Hunter will be in charge of what we personally care about.

It goes along with the rumor that one of Rouseys jobs will be to get Steph over as a mainstream star
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When I think of people that make sense as mainstream stars, it's executive vice presidents of executive vice presidency or whatever her title is
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To add to the injury list, Tamina has a torn rotator cuff.
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She will be missed.
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davidponte posted...

She will be missed.

In catering...

I almost wonder if WWE actually realizes Stephanie has negative charisma. Like as a face or a heel there's just a quality to her voice that is extremely grating.
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Well they keep letting her go out there and take credit for inventing womens wrestling
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I mean I'm not saying her face dialogue is particularly facey but she can be saying literally anything I will still put her on mute because of that voice.

She was pretty much only tolerable like 20 years ago when she was younger and intentionally acted like a brat. Not sure if her voice changed as she aged or she was doing a voice back then that was less annoying to listen to (despite intentionally being annoying), probably a bit of both, but yeah.
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I mean, WWE is pretty tone deaf and they think that people care about anything Stephanie says. People wanted a Women's Rumble because it would be fun, not because it was revolutionizing women's wrestling.
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Lopen posted...

I mean I'm not saying her face dialogue is particularly facey but she can be saying literally anything I will still put her on mute because of that voice.

She was pretty much only tolerable like 20 years ago when she was younger and intentionally acted like a brat. Not sure if her voice changed as she aged or she was doing a voice back then that was less annoying to listen to (despite intentionally being annoying), probably a bit of both, but yeah.

Its largely that she rarely if ever gets whats coming to her as a heel

Vickie was intentionally annoying as fuck but we love her because she always used it to put other people over by ruining her plans

Stephs plans never get ruined except sometimes by accident
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Ill never get over Cena bringing back the Authority to save Edge, and then when it was a lie by Rollins, easily saved Edge anyway
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Sure.

There are myriad reasons to X-Pac heat hate Stephanie, and most of them are worse than her voice. I'm just saying even if none of those problems existed her voice would still be annoying as hell so I feel it's impossible to make her a real star as a result.

Then again I think Seth Rollins is almost as bad and he's fairly over as a face I guess (though he would be moreso if he was still a heel I think) so maybe not.
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Nothing is worse than the fire tights

nothing
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When you go down the path of BURN IT DOWNNNNNNN you might as well just go all the way I say.
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Should go back to this

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5c/47/84/5c47842ec008d853326273e6d5c86f2f--seth-rollins-girlfriend-wwe-funny.jpg
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Only if the hot dog is visibly burnt as one would expect from being burnt down.
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The difference is Vickie is dumb, Steph is smart.

How can you ever truly get one over someone who is 10-12 steps ahead of you?

Vickie as an authority figure reacts to situations and lets the emotions get the best of her.

Steph is playing 5D chess, if you think you've tricked her, she's actually just playing you all along.

Like you said, you can only beat Steph by accident with fluke moments and those are rare, because she's been built up as Batman levels of smart in her planning.

Her face stuff like creating women's wrestling is her in Bruce Wayne mode, making philantropy the future of marketing. Her heel persona, is just an evil version of Batman and Triple H is mostly a tool, she allows to have some degree of autonomy.

If Triple H and Steph ever divorce and come to blows, Steph would go full Jeanie Buss on him. Heck, I'm not sure her current character isn't partially based on what Buss projects.
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Well he sure burnt down that relationship

But at least he won the sexy ass lottery
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Jakyl25 posted...

Well he sure burnt down that relationship

But at least he won the sexy ass lottery

But didn't his new GF get busted for old Neo-Nazi tweets or something?
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Specifically Nazi My Little Pony art

But hes dumped her now too
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Jakyl25 posted...

Specifically Nazi My Little Pony art

But hes dumped her now too

Is there a new girl? I'm sorry I'm not up to date on my Seth Rollins Romantic History.
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Neither am I. I only know Zahras stuff since she still works on indies
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Plus shes still great friends with Paige

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNLaFsfVoAA898c?format=jpg&name=large
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@NBIceman

Okada vs. Sanada in an hour or so, predix on the match quality?

Also dunno if you know who this is, but yottsume is back, that's a major name for the western NJPW community.
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Hiromu better win BOSJ this year.

Conflicted about this match because EVIL is one of my favourites on the roster, but I dont think Goto should lose in his first defence.
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Predicting the rest of the cards for EC and Fastlane... (Italicized matches officially confirmed)

Elimination Chamber
BRAUN vs Elias vs Cena vs Reigns vs Miz vs TBA (Winner of Bray/Matt/Balor/Crews 4 way next Monday, probably Balor) - Elimination Chamber match. Winner faces Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania for Universal title
Alexa Bliss vs Mandy Rose vs Sonya Deville vs Sasha Banks vs Bayley vs Mickie James - First ever Women's Elimination Chamber match for the Raw Women's title
Asuka vs Nia Jax - If Nia wins, then she gets to face Asuka and the Raw Women's Champion at WrestleMania
My predictions for added matches...
- Bray Wyatt vs. Matt Hardy
- One more Rollins/Jordan vs. The Bar tag title match. If Jordan really is injured, then a throwaway title match between The Bar and Titus/Crews
- At least one Cruiserweight title tournament match
- Revival vs. Good Brothers to open the show because I got nothing else at mind here

Fastlane
AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Ziggler/Corbin winner (confirmed by Shane McMahon two days ago) - Fatal 4 way match for WWE title
My predictions for added matches
- Usos vs. Bludgeon Brothers for SD Tag titles (Chances are all four of these guys are in the ARMBAR at Mania, so they might as well get this match out of the way)
- Roode vs. Orton for the US title (maybe add Rusev for a triple threat match)
- Nakamura vs. someone to get him ready for WrestleMania. My prediction is either the loser of Ziggler/Corbin or Jinder Mahal
- Maybe a throwaway SD Women's title match between Charlotte and Ruby Riott.
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