Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 460: Crowned Fools

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I deleted the Trips injury post. Sorry guys. I didn't think it looked so disgusting, honestly, but I can see why it could gross people out more.
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https://twitter.com/HEELZiggler/status/1059804710759215104?s=19
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I was mostly just making a jab at Triple H's appearance. I wasn't actually grossed out
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https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/1059659372115030016?s=20

Who was saying "family" is code for "money" when it comes to the Young Bucks?
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Title history update!

WWE Championship - AJ Styles will pass the year mark in his second reign tomorrow, and currently has 504 combined days as champ, putting him in 12th place out of 50. He only needs 17 more days to pass Randy Savage for 11th and 27 to pass Austin for the top 10!

Universal - Roman Reigns vacated the title after 64 days, which is good enough for 3rd on the all time list (out of 5). Brock Lesnar's second reign of terror begins and now has 507 total days as Universal Champion under his belt.

IC - Seth Rollins works his way up the ranks, now in 37th (out of 80) with 150 total days. Next up is Ric Flair with 155.

US - Shinsuke Nakamura now has 113 days as US champ, which puts him in 46th place (out of 92). He can pass the three time Canadian Heavyweight Champion Lance Storm this Thursday!

Raw Tag - A lot of updates here. Out of 83 total champions, Dolph Ziggler finished in 66th with 49 days, Drew McIntyre finished in 47th with 84 days, Seth Rollins finished in 13th with 274 days, and Dean Ambrose finished tied for 43rd (with David Otunga) with 92 days. Finally, Akam and Rezar become the 82nd and 83rd Raw Tag Team champions! They're currently tied for last with Cena, Strowman, and Nicholas.

SD Tag - The New Day's third reign as SD tag champs helped them get a combined 110 days and tied for 5th place (out of 15) with each other. Sheamus and Cesaro are in their first reign as SD champs together and have 21 days each. In 3 days, they can pass Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton.

Raw Women's - Ronda Rousey passes Bayley for 4th place (out of 6) and now has 79 days as champion. Next up is Sasha Banks with 82 days, then it's a long road ahead to reach Charlotte (242) and Alexa Bliss (398)

SD Women's - Becky Lynch passes Carmella to claim 3rd place (out of 6) with 135 days. In two weeks, she can pass Naomi for 2nd place.

Cruiserweight - Cedric Alexander finished in 2nd with 181 days, falling 51 days short of dethroning the King of the Cruiserweights. Buddy Murphy becomes the 9th Cruiserweight champion under the new title and has 31 days as champion, putting him ahead of The Brian Kendrick, Kalisto, and Akira Tozawa.

Other titles us/The PWB keep up with
The Man: Becky Lynch (it's only right. Not only did she declare the title herself first before anyone else could after Reigns' vacancy, but she also went as far as making that her Twitter name and her recent wins speak volumes).
Raw Jobber Champion: Jinder Mahal
SD Jobber Champion: R Truth
Raw Women's Jobber Champion: Liv Morgan
SD Women's Jobber Champion: Lana
Cruiserweight Jobber Champion: Cedric Alexander
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We live in an era where The Man is most likely going to end up being Ronda Rousey for a while. How cool is that?
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scarletspeed7 posted...

We live in an era where The Man is most likely going to end up being Ronda Rousey for a while. How cool is that?

Cool

Until it ends up on stephanie
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ScareChan posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

We live in an era where The Man is most likely going to end up being Ronda Rousey for a while. How cool is that?

Cool

Until it ends up on stephanie

And it will remain there forever.
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ScareChan posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

We live in an era where The Man is most likely going to end up being Ronda Rousey for a while. How cool is that?

Cool

Until it ends up on stephanie

Probably a repeat of her beating Jacqueline, only instead of Tori, it'll be a Bella interfering.
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https://botchedspot.com/blog/comic/the-new-face-of-wwe/
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Why did I read that?

Confession: I did get a mild guffaw

Anyhow, SD proves to be Superior show this week. First half anyway.
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Completely forgot about the SvS Tag Team match, though that's probably cause they didn't have one last year. My predictions on who gets in that match...

SD: Usos, New Day, Good Brothers, Sanity, The Colons (literally reaching, but unless a new team comes out of nowhere, this is all I got since The Bar will be facing Authors of Pain)
Raw: Revival, Gable/Roode, B Team, Slater/Rhyno, and The Ascension
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ZeroSignal620 posted...

Completely forgot about the SvS Tag Team match, though that's probably cause they didn't have one last year. My predictions on who gets in that match...

SD: Usos, New Day, Good Brothers, Sanity, The Colons (literally reaching, but unless a new team comes out of nowhere, this is all I got since The Bar will be facing Authors of Pain)
Raw: Revival, Gable/Roode, B Team, Slater/Rhyno, and The Ascension

If you combine the New Day and Sanity stragglers, you get another team without using the Colons
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I hope SVS18 is as enjoyable as SVS16.
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Jakyl25 posted...

If you combine the New Day and Sanity stragglers, you get another team without using the Colons

That sounds like a better idea, cause there are no other teams on SD. Rowan's still injured, so unless they ship Wyatt back to SD and reunite him and Harper again (only a rumor for now), then there's not much else.

However, the other catch is that if either Sanity or New Day get pinned, that's instantly 3 people lost at once.

Predictions now on my end are...
Styles > Lesnar
Rollins > Nakamura
Rousey > Lynch
Bar > Authors
Raw Tag > SD Tag
SD Women > Raw Women
SD > Raw in main event, SD wins 4-3, Shane takes all credit for the win
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I think the only way Styles beats Lesnar is via interference by Braun or something.

That way Lesnar can come down and get Braun elimited from team Raw, since they seem intent on protecting Braun while still refusing to give him a shot.
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i feel good about styles beating lesnar clean. vince really likes aj and lesnar is clearly only going to be there now to put someone over, and aj's the best they have for that. plus obviously, wwe booking dictates 50-50

STElNER posted...

and lesnar is clearly only going to be there now to put someone over,

Ah, yes. I remember when people first started saying this four years ago
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STElNER posted...

i feel good about styles beating lesnar clean. vince really likes aj and lesnar is clearly only going to be there now to put someone over, and aj's the best they have for that. plus obviously, wwe booking dictates 50-50

50-50 doesn't apply to Lesnar though. If it didn't apply with Roman, why would it apply with AJ? You can't be saying Vince loves AJ more than Roman.

If Lesnar was just there to put someone over, they would have had him put over Braun at Crown Jewel. I think they're going to hope he holds the UFC and Universal titles at the same time to make the Universal title seem more "legitimate." He's not dropping the belt until Mania at the earliest.
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HashtagSEP posted...

STElNER posted...

and lesnar is clearly only going to be there now to put someone over,

Ah, yes. I remember when people first started saying this four years ago

he had a what, 3 year contract? i never thought he'd be putting anyone but roman over during that. the fact they botched pulling the trigger on that for so long is a different issue.

Last time, even in defeat, AJ looked like a million bucks. I don't know if a loss will do the same thing this time, however.
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Rumor mill is stating Lesnar's new contract runs through Wrestlemania. If that's true, I think it has to be Strowman, Drew, or Rollins.
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HashtagSEP posted...

STElNER posted...

and lesnar is clearly only going to be there now to put someone over,

Ah, yes. I remember when people first started saying this four years ago

To be fair he did put over Goldberg who stayed for two matches.

And then Roman. Four years in when it meant absolutely nothing and was totally mired in shenanigans, who is now on a very extended leave.

But this time I have a good feeling too.
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this time he has a short contract. it didn't make sense for them to put anyone over brock before.

I feel like brock and Roman will look like a better feud in time in a vacuum and just having to sit through it has been shitty
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Oh, I'm not saying Brock's never gonna put anybody over

But it sure isn't gonna be Styles after he just became Universal Champ again.
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i wouldn't expect it either if this exact match didn't happen last year - as really, the only person you should be paying brock to put over is the next raw champ.

Maybe AJ Styles is going to be the next Raw Champ.

Return of the Undisputed Champion coming this Mania
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Lopen posted...

Maybe AJ Styles is going to be the next Raw Champ.

Return of the Undisputed Champion coming this Mania

This, possibly. Still going with the crazy prediction that Styles ties it up 1-1 with Brock, gets screwed out of the WWE title before Royal Rumble, only to win the Rumble and challenge Lesnar at WrestleMania 35
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I dont know if AJ needs the beating Lesnar boost though. As far as trying to create new stars, I think Drew would be the best option there.

Which means it wont be Drew.
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I don't know why anyone expects Brock to be effectively used to get anyone over. They suck at this. They haven't been able to get anyone over at all. Even when it's the easiest opportunity ever. No matter what they do with Brock, it will be underwhelming.
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I think part of that is because even though Brocks leaving, they probably wont have him lose clean. Itll be some kind of interference or distraction like when Roman beat him.
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I don't know why anyone expects Brock to be effectively used to get anyone over. They suck at this. They haven't been able to get anyone over at all. Even when it's the easiest opportunity ever. No matter what they do with Brock, it will be underwhelming.

now this i don't disagree with at all.

I mean they suck at it but that doesn't mean it can't be used effectively.

Like real talk, DREW MAC going 50/50 with Lesnar and winning clean would do wonders for him.
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For anyone that might care, apparently the season finale of LU is great
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So Johnny Gargano cut a promo and it seems the route is "heel who thinks he's a face."

Why, Johnny, why? Thats the question everyones asking me. Ive always been very open and very honest with the NXT Universe. So you ask, and I will tell.

Aleister, you talk about a path - a path youre on. Im on a path too. This look familiar? This is the path I took the night you were found laying. The end of that path leads me to Tommaso Ciampa. The end of that path leads me to writing a wrong, fulfilling a promise and me - me! - being the one to beat Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT championship. You got in the way. Its collatoral damage.

Its nothing personal. Id like to think youd appreciate that, seeing as you walk around here like you own the place, Black Mass whoever you want, no one bats an eye! Talking about no man is ever truly good. No man is ever truly evil. Hh, I feel bad for you! Youre confused. Thats sad. I know exactly who I am. Im the good guy - Im the hero at the end of this story! I do one thing, one little thing that some people may consider evil. And everyone freaks out! Let me calm your worries. Im still the same Johnny Gargano I always have been. I still fight for whats right. What Ive learned is, sometimes, around here, you gotta fight a little dirty.

So thats why, Aleister. Now I know you probably want to kick my face off now. And thats fine. I accept that. Maybe I deserve that. But after everything Ive been through? Im not scare of you. I live in a dark, dark place, Aleister. And Im not afraid of the dark any more. Actually, Im kind of starting to like it.

That look familiar? Thats the same spot I left you laying. TakeOver: WarGames - I leave you laying again.
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WWE's a company that likes to make people THINK they're going forward but in reality they're going like 10 steps back.
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Your man championship has a challenger as Rollins is calling himself the man on Instagram
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Becky vs. Seth happening when
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Melissa Santos is going to Impact.

Lucha Underground must truly be done forever :(
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https://twitter.com/rainmakerxokada/status/1060688426628919296

Presented without comment.
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Every day I get a little more sad that I'll never be best friends with Okada.
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Anybody mention that there is no overrun anymore for raw now?

Official hard cap going forward to Raw sameway Smackdown has one
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It only took them 17 years to figure out it was a pointless relic
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Melissa Santos is going to Impact.

Lucha Underground must truly be done forever :(

I'm really concerned about the future of Lucha Underground. That's exactly the sort of season finale they'd do and then get cancelled though. Very fitting.

Apparently the planned TLC main event is Strowman vs Corbin

Wowzers
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God wwe just because its tlc you don't need to give us a spotfest

Maybe well get lucky and itll be a Chairs match
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STElNER posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

Melissa Santos is going to Impact.

Lucha Underground must truly be done forever :(

I'm really concerned about the future of Lucha Underground. That's exactly the sort of season finale they'd do and then get cancelled though. Very fitting.

It was such a good finale. Just watched it tonight. BARRETT
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Jakyl25 posted...

Apparently the planned TLC main event is Strowman vs Corbin

Wowzers

I dunno how to feel about that.
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