Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 488: Grand Theft Jericho

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Steiner posted...

Anthem (owners of Impact) have bought AXS TV

Impact will outlive us all
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Did they advertise Austin?

Im not watching but I follow enough social media that it should have came across me before time. I don't recall seeing anything ahead of time
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Yes they heavily advertised both Austin and first Raw at MSG in a long time

But the Texans/Saints game was incredible so oh well

Maybe theyll have better luck against the upcoming Jets/Browns shitshow next Monday, but the NY market and the hot new QB are involved so maybe it cancels out?

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https://twitter.com/_StarDESTROYER/status/1171627707978981378?s=19
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https://www.newsweek.com/triple-h-interview-nxt-usa-move-live-takeover-1458604

So 205 Live will sit under the NXT umbrella?
You'll start to see 205 begin to. I think it always existed as an island onto itself, a little bit, and it's become lost in this limbo. You'll begin to see it move more towards the NXT banner and the talent there. We have a lot of talent. For them to begin to compete either open against anyone or in the cruiserweight division, but have that title sit under the NXT brand is more meaningful. It creates more opportunities for more people.
As for RAW and SmackDown, it's an open division for them. When you're on both shows, everybody is competing against everybody.

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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

https://twitter.com/_StarDESTROYER/status/1171627707978981378?s=19

Cant say I blame Shamrock, Oney matches dont really do it for me either.
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https://twitter.com/WWERollins/status/1171594899122216960?s=19

Seth Rollins finds out through DNA testing he has a brother and sister.

That's uh... kinda strange.
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TheRock1525 posted...

https://twitter.com/WWERollins/status/1171594899122216960?s=19

Seth Rollins finds out through DNA testing he has a brother and sister.

That's uh... kinda strange.

That's cool af


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I was expecting to click on that and find out its Ambrose and Reigns
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Would Reigns be the sister?
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Depends if WWE is publishing the story. Vince calling Dean a girl seems right up his alley
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Iunno, it may be how they have Reigns be the one to stop Sasha
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If WWE is publishing the story, the sister is Becky Lynch

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That womens Tag was the worst match main roster this year... and potentially the worst televised match period any company this year.

That was deplorable.

It wasnt even funny bad, just terrible.

The only main roster women who matter are fighting for World Titles tonight, and that tag match showed why

Thats 7 PPV World Title match failures for Braun without winning one, finally tying him with Bulldog.

Too bad Samoa Joe already broke the record with 8!

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Jakyl25 posted...

Thats 7 PPV World Title match failures for Braun without winning one, finally tying him with Bulldog.

Too bad Samoa Joe already broke the record with 8!

I dont get why they keep trying to protect him at this time....

It took FIVE finishers to beat him while injuring himself.

But whats the point?

They just made him stronger than Brock, but then he lost, and he wont be in HiaC.

Corbin finishes the best month of his career with a King of the Ring victory. Who knew going back to wearing tank tops was all it took to make him dope again.
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Corbin's not dope at all.
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You're just jealous of the King
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if only we were all as handome as Corbin
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Mike Kanellis confirmed a beta cuck(stated by Corey Graves) whose wife Maria has slept with Rusev, Ricochet, and probably more people whose names begin with "R". She likes the letter R apparently. Also, Rusev's back.
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That wasn't Rusev that was someone far more buffer and with a hot mustache
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Man Corbin is like the worst choice for King.
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Maniac64 posted...

Man Corbin is like the worst choice for King.

yOu'rE jUsT geTTinG wOrKeD
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Worked into continuing to not watch.
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Yeah, the Corbin defenders never seem to have a comeback for that one.
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NBIceman posted...

Yeah, the Corbin defenders never seem to have a comeback for that one.

Oh yeah?

Well, anybody else could be king and it still wouldn't be worth watching, so there!

I'm such a good WWE defender
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yeah this gable thing should have been EASY long term booking

1- Gable unexpected wins tournament
2- Gable challenges Nakamura and eventually wins the feud
3- Gable feuds with the OC once AJ Style is WWE champ again
4- Have him lose but continue booking him in and around the main event have people clamoring for him to get another shot
5- Gable Rumble/Gable in the Bank
6- Gable Mania/Gableslam
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_PandaMaster_ posted...

Mike Kanellis confirmed a beta cuck(stated by Corey Graves) whose wife Maria has slept with Rusev, Ricochet, and probably more people whose names begin with "R". She likes the letter R apparently. Also, Rusev's back.

I thought this was an MWC post and then I saw a summary post on r/squaredcircle

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Yeah nope, no need for MWC when we have Vincent Kennedy McMahon
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Eddv posted...

Yeah nope, no need for MWC when we have Vincent Kennedy McMahon

It was Paul Heyman.

Sure it was, buddy.
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Eddv posted...

Sure it was, buddy.

Vince and Hunter were not at the building and didnt change any writing on todays show.

So it was either Heyman, Prichard or another writer.

Unless you think Vince cares so much about a beta cuck storyline he called them to demand it be put in while not doing anything else for the show

Let me ask you this:

Do you think theres any chance Vince DOESNT care that much about a storyline about cuckolding?
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You're not listening, Ed.

It doesn't matter that it's the most VKM story ever.

It COULDN'T be him because he wasn't in the building. It's literally hard evidence.
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It was Rowan, obviously
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Oh right, silly me.
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Man, such great advertising tonight for AEW.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Man, such great advertising tonight for AEW.

So, if NXT PPVs go head to head with AEW PPVs, whats the excuse gonna be?

Cause so far Vince has said they arent competition, and the NXT tv thing had been in the works for a while, but it seems that kinda loses all that if they, you know, run the PPVs head to head.

All hail King Corbin!
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I mean Cody has said he generally won't be looking to challenge stuff like Summerslam and Wrestlemania head on which should mostly avoid coinciding with Takeover events.

If Vince starts going out of his way to counterprogram it yeah obviously its for a reason.
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no i gotta say, the cuck story seems incredibly Heyman

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Steiner posted...

no i gotta say, the cuck story seems incredibly Heyman

Yeah, I find it weird people really think this is a McMahon idea. He obviously approves it and may even love it but Heyman definitely created it.
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Really all the evidence you need is that it started on the very first Raw that Heyman had influence over.

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Listen. Baron Corbin bores me, every feud he is put into kills the other person's momentum for months, and his runs as authority figures are overdone and played out.

But that was the ****ing best Corbin match I've ever seen, and both him and Gable came out looking like stars. I dread whatever story and booking come next for Corbin, but I'll be damned if he didn't earn it last night.

I'm also bitterly happy Gable didn't get the win because he won't be burdened by absolute **** writing the last few kings got. Like, if I trusted WWE to be consistently good, Gable should've won. But hope this gets a Kofi/Ali/Alexander kind of momentum for Gable and he'll have some nice PPV feuds to come. Maybe he'll get drafted to FOX and they'll utilize him well.
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I've maintained that even when I did watch, Baron Corbin was so abysmally boring that I actively turned the channel until one of his crappy matches was over. Granted, this was a match they probably practiced and prepared for since the King of the Ring started, and it's Chad Gable, so I'm sure it's good. But I won't believe for a second that after tonight he's going to keep up any sort of quality.

The only other current WWE star that has ever been so boring and bad that I changed the channel was Nia Jax. For some reason they give both of them super pushes though.
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Bashing Big Banter will now get you the guillotine, peasant.
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TheRock1525 posted...

Bashing Big Banter will now get you the guillotine, peasant.

Hear, hear! These are fine times we live in!
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I've maintained that even when I did watch, Baron Corbin was so abysmally boring that I actively turned the channel until one of his crappy matches was over. Granted, this was a match they probably practiced and prepared for since the King of the Ring started, and it's Chad Gable, so I'm sure it's good. But I won't believe for a second that after tonight he's going to keep up any sort of quality.

The only other current WWE star that has ever been so boring and bad that I changed the channel was Nia Jax. For some reason they give both of them super pushes though.

Definitely. Baron Corbin is absolutely the ultimate bathroom break. And had it not been Gable (or perhaps Alexander or Miz) fighting Corbin for King, I would've skipped RAW entirely. I wanted Gable to win, but the match was so good I didn't care. And with the draft soon, I'm just happy Gable got a huge rub so close to it without any kind of year long anchor weighing him down.

Less complaining about King Corbin, more complaining about the ****ing Rusev return in another stupid extramarital plot that tried to ruin him with Summer Rae.

Like come onnnnnnnnnn

Yay Harper is back! Oh but he's with Rowan again? Rowan looked GREAT against Roman. Can they be drafted to separate shows again? I want solo pushes!! BOTH THESE MEN
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Have they confirmed the format of the Draft yet?

(I assume no because they dont know)

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