Re: The Official WWE Thread - Part 15

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Rusev ffs what a legend.

Uses her legs for powerlifting

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WWE stars were glued to the monitors backstage at WWE's Extreme Rules pay-per-view for the Hornswoggle vs. El Torito WeeLC match on the pre-show.

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Payback, which is the next PPV is in Chicago next month.

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Sister A-BO-gail with them.

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Link

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So now that WWE have pushed CM Punk and Bryan in the past few years, who should/will be next?

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So now that WWE have pushed CM Punk and Bryan in the past few years, who should/will be next?

Cesaro and Roman Reigns will be next.

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Bah gawd its zizzle.

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Payback, which is the next PPV is in Chicago next month.

OMG IF THIS HAPPENS

holy shit I will make BNB my no 1 ahead of Cena ffs

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That will just anger fans. They will have to do something that distracts them. Maybe bring in Hogan or something.

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I don't think Cesaro and Reigns are over enough or good enough yet to be pushed. Bryan and Punk's pushes happened organically, whereas Cesaro and Reigns' push seem forced.

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John Cena spoke with The Washington Post while in Washington, DC for this weekend's Susan G. Komen race. Below are some highlights:

You take part in charity and cause events more than anyone else in WWE, it seems, and you've been doing it for more than a decade now. Does it still have the same sense of fulfillment after all these years?

Absolutely. Especially something like this, the Global Race for the Cure in D.C. is enormous. I get to pretty much grand marshal the race, get to rile everybody up, get them set to run a good one. When I talk about that instance with my brother, my goal is to help people. When you walk down this career path — you say I've been doing this close to a decade — your goals change as your career goes on. You want to spend your time making a difference after you've become successful. I guess that's the easiest way to say it. With this, early detection is the way to fight and beat this thing. D.C. has the highest mortality rate in breast cancer. So to be able to grand marshal the Global Race in D.C., it makes a difference. Hopefully it will help save some people's lives.

When dealing with your own body, how do you take care of yourself in an industry that's dangerous and also gets its share of public bad news every so often?

I think that bad news is relative. You hear bad news through all of sports, in all of life. It's not just entertainers or athletes. There are people with problems in life. The way I stay on top of that is, honestly, regularly scheduled check-ups, listening to my body, making sure I push myself to the limit and not beyond. You can only do what you handle.

A lot has changed with WWE in the past decade in terms of health and well-being, do you think the younger wrestlers are now better informed and know their limits?

With the addition of impact testing, the addition of drug testing, the formulation of developmental territories where these younger WWE superstars are getting the best medical attention, the best financial advice, getting future advice — the company has literally leaps and bounds improved the work environment to the best it's ever been. Being a WWE superstar is now a greater achievement and a greater luxury than it's ever been.

Your status with the fans is kind of split these days and has been for a little while. Does that every impact the things you do outside of the ring?

Dude. You say a little while. On April 6 we just celebrated the 30th anniversary of Wrestlemania. I distinctly remember Wrestlemania 22 in Chicago, hearing the loudest one-sided reaction opposite me I've ever heard. Since then it's been like that. It's been eight years now. That stuff doesn't transfer. The few audience members that it does transfer, they don't have a proper sense of what's going on.

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Cesaro's push is nowhere near forced. He was getting cheered when he was a heel, got a huge reaction on Mania and RAW after that, the crowd copies his gestures and bring signs reading Cesaro Section, his signatures moves especially the swing gets huge pops, the internet loves him too just like Punk and Bryan.

Imo pairing him up with Heyman was a mistake. At Mania he effectively turned face by attacking Swagger and shaking hands with Big Show. Having him do a 180 and Heyman continually bring up Lesnar has hampered his development.

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Nah, it was due to the Real Americans chant and the swing he kinda got cheered. The post WM crowd chant for any heel. Now that he's with Heyman, he barely gets a reaction. Now WWE are forcing his push by trying to show he's a heel, but still handing out Cesaro signs.

He won't get far without any unique character traits and passable mic skills like Bryan/Punk have.

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Hey guys, i havnt been watching for the last 3 weeks, i read the results of Extreme Rules and it looks like i missed some good feuds and matches. Any major news i should know ? anything on Sting's return ? Taker's retirement ?

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