Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 448: Money in the Briefcase

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voltch posted...

Feels like the pair of them won't bother with wrestling ever again.

Enzo already has an indie booking
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Who would have guessed Carmella would have outlasted him and Enzo though?

She was always the most talented of the three!

Good riddance to Cass.
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On a positive note, his final match was his best ever singles outing.

Put him in there with the best wrestler of the millennium multiple times and eventually you can get ** out of Cass
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Give Bryan a pay rise.....oh wait no he'd stay with the company longer if you did that!
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New NXT tag champs
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Wonder what Carmella does now. Does she get a depush by association, does she get out as quickly as she can like AJ did, or does she stick around?
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https://twitter.com/trevordame/status/1009151901764497408?s=21

Who is going to be first to book Swoggle vs. Cass?

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Might want to spoiler tag that XIII. Doesnt air until next week
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Carmella and Cass broke up months ago
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God damnit XIII
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Roman wishes he was as big of a heel as XIII is.
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Oh shit. Sorry. It was all over twitter, on WWE's official feed even
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I'm not even sure under what context you'd think that wasn't a spoiler

Do you think NXT has a live show on Tuesdays at 3pm or what.
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I didn't think it was televized - thought it was a house show or something
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If it's on the WWE Twitter feed I could see it not counting as spoilers.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Carmella and Cass broke up months ago

Oh, they did? Well nevermind me then!
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More evidence the WWE Twitter feed hurts the product imo
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Is it wrong to play this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZkYGcz1DgI" data-time="
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Yeah I never thought Carmella and Bliss would be the most successful members of their teams.

At least Buddy Murphy is a top heel on 205 Live nowadays
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Buddy Murphy is putting on fantastic matches
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Jakyl25 posted...

voltch posted...

Feels like the pair of them won't bother with wrestling ever again.

Enzo already has an indie booking

Honestly, Cass should get on the phone with Enzo and beg for Enzo to take him back because together is the only way he is going to make money on the indy scene.
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XIII_rocks posted...

I didn't think it was televized - thought it was a house show or something

The NXT UK launch specials. Day 1 was taped yesterday, Day 2 today, both will air one week later.
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Its funny, the NXT UK stuff was originally supposed to air live, but they fucked up and scheduled Day 1 during an England World Cup match so ticket sales were slow, so they wanted the opportunity to post-produce it to make it not seem like no one cares.
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I don't think Heel Roman would be any better. If anything, heel Roman would be even more insufferable at this point because Face Roman now is just him whining or attempting to be a badass. And what could heel Roman be that is any different?

the issue is being allowed to boo him. it's being allowed to cheer for the person he's against, making a wrestling match that you can care about. the framing of roman as a face despite the fans wishes to boo him is emblematic of the disconnect wwe has with its audience and what has ultimately put me off the product
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Alvarezs sources told him that Cass was being pouty about losing to Bryan again on Sunday
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Steiner posted...

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I don't think Heel Roman would be any better. If anything, heel Roman would be even more insufferable at this point because Face Roman now is just him whining or attempting to be a badass. And what could heel Roman be that is any different?

the issue is being allowed to boo him. it's being allowed to cheer for the person he's against, making a wrestling match that you can care about. the framing of roman as a face despite the fans wishes to boo him is emblematic of the disconnect wwe has with its audience and what has ultimately put me off the product

You know, I totally forgot about this aspect. And I'm usually complaining that the faces we have are difficult to cheer for sometimes and that they bury all the legitimately good ones. I would love to boo a heel Roman and feel good about it and get lost in the energy of a match if I were at a show.
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ROH/NJPW had a date booked at Madison Square Garden for WM weekend next year, but WWE successfully pressured MSG to dump them

Big bullies
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That's wild. I can't believe they would dump Cass so quickly.
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Apparently Vince called a meeting backstage specifically to fire Big Cass. Lol

Was he trying to make an example of him or something? Jesus. What did this moron do?
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Apparently Vince called a meeting backstage specifically to fire Big Cass. Lol

Was he trying to make an example of him or something? Jesus. What did this moron do?

i assume this just means, a meeting with cass, where he told him that he was fired.
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Looks like, at the end of the day, Enzo and Cass were the sawft ones after all.
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This was a really great use of the first two months of Bryans comeback
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Clearly Bryan beat him so badly that WWE had no choice but to fire him
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you'd think like, if this is solely because of the going off script a couple a few weeks back, they would have had bryan bury the guy on the way out maybe just don't wanna give bryan that big a win lol
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Steiner posted...

you'd think like, if this is solely because of the going off script a couple a few weeks back, they would have had bryan bury the guy on the way out maybe just don't wanna give bryan that big a win lol

It feels to me like this is more an accumulation of attitude problems combined with poor performance finally reaching a breaking point.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Alvarezs sources told him that Cass was being pouty about losing to Bryan again on Sunday

I guess I could see that. His entire gimmick was "hurrr durrr I'm 7 feet tall big is good little guys suck lol" and then he taps twice to a little guy.

Dude should try being more of a professional. Did he honestly expect they were going to give him a huge win after he went off script in direct defiance to Vince? That old man is one of the most stubborn people on the planet.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Alvarezs sources told him that Cass was being pouty about losing to Bryan again on Sunday

oh i missed this yeah this sort of thing is exactly what i was expecting must have happened
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1009147537268314119?s=09

So uh, while I want to feel bad for Big Cass, the dude sucked, was in developmental for a year, and deliberately disobeyed Vince in a dumb way for nothing. I honestly think this is no loss at all for WWE. They have many big sweaty men that are more talented than Cass.

Who would have guessed Carmella would have outlasted him and Enzo though?

How big of a blessing was it for trips to say We're keeping her behind because she can be big on her own

Also I am very confident in what I said that Cass and Enzo as a unit going to a rival promotion could increase viewership and they could legit be a leading team, face or heel. Big Fish in a small pond setting
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what a ride its been for their careers since their breakup

i mean, almost entirely a downhill one, but a ride nonetheless
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What are good starting points for NXT, 205 live, and the UK stuff? (I didnt watch the UK tournament from last year)
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https://prowresmatt.com/2018/06/19/njpw-g128-matches-announced-june-19/

Day one main event: Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White

Day two main event: Kenny Omega vs Tetsuya Naito

oh my fucking god.
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ScareChan posted...

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1009147537268314119?s=09

So uh, while I want to feel bad for Big Cass, the dude sucked, was in developmental for a year, and deliberately disobeyed Vince in a dumb way for nothing. I honestly think this is no loss at all for WWE. They have many big sweaty men that are more talented than Cass.

Who would have guessed Carmella would have outlasted him and Enzo though?

How big of a blessing was it for trips to say We're keeping her behind because she can be big on her own

Also I am very confident in what I said that Cass and Enzo as a unit going to a rival promotion could increase viewership and they could legit be a leading team, face or heel. Big Fish in a small pond setting

Cass has refused to answer any of his texts since he got injured including well wishes and positivity on Christmas. So not likely unless Cass comes begging to freaking Enzo.
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ScareChan posted...

What are good starting points for NXT, 205 live, and the UK stuff? (I didnt watch the UK tournament from last year)

for NXT, start from the first TakeOver in May 2014. The UK stuff, I believe there's only been the UK tournament and two more shows, with other matches taking place on NXT. More UK shows are next week, the ones being recorded as i'm typing this.
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For UK stuff, you really just need to watch the three specials plus Bate vs Dunnes two NXT matches

205 Live you want to start from the first Triple H episode (its got Drake Maverick in the thumbnail on the Network because it was his debut)

NXT it really depends on how much effort you want to put in
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Why would he have ill will towards Enzo? Didnt his injury have nothing to do with him?
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ExThaNemesis posted...

https://prowresmatt.com/2018/06/19/njpw-g128-matches-announced-june-19/

Day one main event: Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White

Day two main event: Kenny Omega vs Tetsuya Naito

oh my fucking god.

you're not even gonna mention ZSJ/Ibushi 3 on day 2 there? what a day
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also day 18 isn't listed
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Yeah no way not going to do since 2014 for nxt. Meant more for recent and relevant stuff. I guess just start with next week since its post takeover.

I will rewatch the DIY saga at some point though.
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honestly just watch every takeover it's the best wwe content anyway
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ScareChan posted...

Why would he have ill will towards Enzo? Didnt his injury have nothing to do with him?

Because Enzo was on Twitter calling Cass a bitch for not finishing the match since, you know, they hated each other in storyline. But apparently he texted him well wishes and such that Cass didn't reply to.
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