Re: The Official WWE Thread - Part 32

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

It's cool brah, i have dealt with it my whole life i don't mind talking about it.

Do you still suffer from it

I had one in 2013 (first time) and due to my negligence of stopping tablets without doctor's consent, I suffered another episode in 2015 otherwise I wouldve very much avoided this episode.

Feel good now though. Like I said, I'm taking phenytoin/eptoin tablets and would have to probably continue to take them for 4-5 years.

You've had seizures since you're birth going by what you're saying ?

Yeah it's from fathers side of the family, mine isn't particularly bad though compared to some cases. I have more issues with hazard control, which is why i'm not medically allowed to drive and i once chopped the top of my finger with a lawn mower.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Heidenrich

Unreal banter that was, goes from sticking Chlorform on the Undertaker to doing some train like gimmick smh.

[Firenze]

was worried Rusev would be the next Kozlov tbh but he's probably had the best 'foreign heel' gimmick I can remember, already 10x better than Del Rio ever was IMO

Bringing this up because Kozlov is another forgotten lad like Heidenrich that had big pushes

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I love Rusev, entertaining AF promo wise as well. Just a shame that he's not booked all that strongly from a wins and loss POV.

But Bray for a long time wasn't either, he's young enough where he could overcome it.

[RealGunner]

They should try book Rusev like Batista

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I want heel Kurt Angle (early 2000s) Rusev tbh, have him be like him from the stand point that he's arrogant AF and that he's better than everyone else.

He has the comedic chops to pull it off IMO, the recent segment where he said to Big Cass " Why are you called big i mean it's kind of obvious you are big, it would be like calling me Handsome Rusev " was *bleep* gold.

He would be entertaining to the point where you could eventually turn him face.

[Onyx]

Wonder how Reigns/Strowman is going to end.

Taker interference?

DQ?

Both of them need to look strong heading into WM imo.

[M99]

The few times I've watched UpUpDownDown Rusev was gold in it. The guy is legitimately funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSCum5E2SA

He is hilarious here.

[Onyx]

Also interested in Owens/Goldberg.

Lesnar/Goldberg doesn't exactly need the title and if Goldberg does win there's a chance he gets booed for beating a smark favourite.

Jericho/Owens - Jericho's leaving after WM and based on their booking in the last year it doesn't feel like a world title match.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Goldberg isn't going to get booed IMO.

He's probably the most popular babyface on RAW ( which is embarassing but it is what it is)

Plus after what Owens did to Jericho and the chorus of boos at RAW last week they have clearly achieved in getting heat on him so i don't feel he's the guy who would make people turn on Goldberg.

[M99]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN6ZBcN-veE&feature=share

[Kaladin]

MT why do you hate these people from indy backgrounds? Why always so agitated? I get the feeling you are threatened by them for some reason, dunno why. But whatever it is, it has no grounds, WWE's best stars over the past couple of years were vanilla midgets, Bryan, Punk, heck even Cena when he started out was completely trash and people hated him. Your hate for AJ Styles is misplaced, you can see he isn't that good of a talker, but to link that trash video of your dumbass cousins was facepalm. AJ is the best performer of 2016, period. His match with Cena? Phenomenal. His match with Dean? Amazing. His work throughout? Fantastic. Heck he even made Roman bearable, it was one of the best feud of the year even. When was the last time Roman was involved in an amazing feud? The match itself  was probably one of the best Roman was in since that TLC match against the Wyatts. So, mt, i know you will still not change your viewpoint. Let me ask you this: How are you trying to be a revolutionary when you are such a traditionalist? Think about it

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I'd like to add to that, ignore the matches and the mic work for a second.

Was there a single bad segment between him and Cena? they have unbelievably good chemistry together and hell most of the segments were great.

As far as Reigns goes that storyline of Usos/Club and Styles finally blowing up attacking Reigns and Usos was one of the more intriguing storylines Reigns has been apart of in god knows how long. (it also proved that Face vs Heel isn't necessary for a good feud)

As far as the Ambrose feud goes who else on the main roster apart from maybe Jericho and Owens could actually make the Ellsworth storyline work? ( Ambrose deserves an immense amount of credit for it also)

It's not just the great matches but also he's been involved in entertaining segments with main event guys with ever evolving storylines and character development. ( His Character from Reigns to Cena to Ambrose and back to Cena again to now where all different)

[M99]

Some random predictions for the next year.

AJ Styles will retire next year. His retirement match at Mania will be against either Balor or Omega. Outside chance of Cena or Joe.

Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, and Kyle O Reilly will all be in WWE on 2018. Young Bucks on 2019.

Wrestle Kingdom 12 will be headlined by Okada vs Naito and Omega vs Ibushi. Omega's winning the world title before the NA tour and dropping it back to Okada by the end of the year.

On the next draft, Styles, Alexa and Nakamura will move to RAW. Rollins, Cesaro, Charlotte, Owens on Smackdown.

Kurt Angle's gonna put Rusev on the Ankle Lock while Hogan bodyslams Jinder on Mania.

If Reigns keeps getting booed he's turning heel especially if they push Balor as the top face.

Baron Corbin is winning MITB (sorry Cas).

Next RR winner is gonna be either Balor or Zayn.

[Kaladin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbQT8WAWHl4

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I don't think AJ has as much left as we would like, but next year would be too soon IMO.

Maybe in 3 or so years, i would be surprised if he's still wrestling in 5 years though.

Also the only reason i disagree with Corbin winning MITB is because it's too obvious.

[Tomwin Lannister]

AJ loooool his work after beating Cena was *bleep* brilliant

[Firenze]

the face that runs the place



damn shame he didn't join WWE 3-5 years ago tbh since he's old, hope he stays injury free until he retires

[Firenze]

also read this recently

Vince is a madman, can't wait for him to retire

Mick Foley recently appeared on Lilian Garcia's podcast. During the interview, Foley brought up an incident where Vince McMahon yelled at Braun Strowman:

"I was about to go out there a couple weeks ago, and I heard Braun Strowman say, I want a title shot. Mr. McMahon's behind the curtain, at the board watching the monitor, and he goes, oh god, it's not a title shot. I was thinking to myself, then what is it? That's exactly what I would go to call it when I would go out there. You want a title shot? He's like, it's a title match. It's a match! So if you ever wonder what it's like to see a six-foot-eight, three hundred pound behemoth get chewed out, you should've been there."

[Tomwin Lannister]

Think he's lucky Braun is 20x more friendly in real life than he is on screen


P.S just seen that Heidenreich v clown vid lmaoooo, that's where I want to be in life in my 40's.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Braun in real life basically sounds like the nicest guy imaginable loool whenever i have listened to various podcasts.

I bet it was a challenge for him initially to act like the intimidating bad guy.

[S]

HBK wrestled until 45

Angle until 47-48

AJ can definitely carry on for a few more years. Also he's doing DDP yoga which has helped him prolong his career and which is why he's able to deliver 5 star matches even now.

No way he's retiring anytime soon. If you say he's going to fade away from the main event/championship scene in a year or two or maybe even more, then that's more realistic but after that, I still expect him to carry on and have storyline heavy feuds, one that don't involve championships.

[Onyx]

MT why do you hate these people from indy backgrounds? Why always so agitated? I get the feeling you are threatened by them for some reason, dunno why. But whatever it is, it has no grounds, WWE's best stars over the past couple of years were vanilla midgets, Bryan, Punk, heck even Cena when he started out was completely trash and people hated him. Your hate for AJ Styles is misplaced, you can see he isn't that good of a talker, but to link that trash video of your dumbass cousins was facepalm. AJ is the best performer of 2016, period. His match with Cena? Phenomenal. His match with Dean? Amazing. His work throughout? Fantastic. Heck he even made Roman bearable, it was one of the best feud of the year even. When was the last time Roman was involved in an amazing feud? The match itself  was probably one of the best Roman was in since that TLC match against the Wyatts. So, mt, i know you will still not change your viewpoint. Let me ask you this: How are you trying to be a revolutionary when you are such a traditionalist? Think about it

That's mainly the issue though. Smarks think that just because a guy has 'good matches' and a solid indy background it automatically makes them a main event talent.

There's nothing special about Styles other than the fact that he has good matches. The majority of the roster nowadays can have good matches if they're given the time. Styles seems to get all the credit for his matches against Reigns and Cena. However Reigns/Cena were just as good imo.

Bryan and Punk are 2 of my all time favourites. Punk because of his amazing promos and storyline in 2011 and Bryan with his underdog persona and quest to win the WWE title in 2013/14.

Styles? Character and story wise he's done nothing special to get people behind him. He joined and won the world title in 8 months. What did he do as an overall character in those 8 months to warrant a World title win? I mean you needed to have done something special if you're going to win a world title that soon imo.

That's just my philosophy on it all though. There's no right or wrong opinion here imo.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

HBK wrestled until 45

Angle until 47-48

AJ can definitely carry on for a few more years. Also he's doing DDP yoga which has helped him prolong his career and which is why he's able to deliver 5 star matches even now.

No way he's retiring anytime soon. If you say he's going to fade away from the main event/championship scene in a year or two or maybe even more, then that's more realistic but after that, I still expect him to carry on and have storyline heavy feuds, one that don't involve championships.

Neither of them wrestle at the pace and take the bumps AJ does on a nightly basis though.

Shawn was explosive as hell but he picked those moments more, AJ is in ridiculous shape for someone his age but I have a hard time believing he's going to be wrestling full time in 5 years.

[M99]

I predicted that because AJ repeatedly said he wants to retire at age 40. Maybe the WWE money will make him go for a few more years but he also actively talked about being a coach on NXT. He certainly still has retirement on his mind.

[M99]

MT why do you hate these people from indy backgrounds? Why always so agitated? I get the feeling you are threatened by them for some reason, dunno why. But whatever it is, it has no grounds, WWE's best stars over the past couple of years were vanilla midgets, Bryan, Punk, heck even Cena when he started out was completely trash and people hated him. Your hate for AJ Styles is misplaced, you can see he isn't that good of a talker, but to link that trash video of your dumbass cousins was facepalm. AJ is the best performer of 2016, period. His match with Cena? Phenomenal. His match with Dean? Amazing. His work throughout? Fantastic. Heck he even made Roman bearable, it was one of the best feud of the year even. When was the last time Roman was involved in an amazing feud? The match itself  was probably one of the best Roman was in since that TLC match against the Wyatts. So, mt, i know you will still not change your viewpoint. Let me ask you this: How are you trying to be a revolutionary when you are such a traditionalist? Think about it

That's mainly the issue though. Smarks think that just because a guy has 'good matches' and a solid indy background it automatically makes them a main event talent.

There's nothing special about Styles other than the fact that he has good matches. The majority of the roster nowadays can have good matches if they're given the time. Styles seems to get all the credit for his matches against Reigns and Cena. However Reigns/Cena were just as good imo.

Bryan and Punk are 2 of my all time favourites. Punk because of his amazing promos and storyline in 2011 and Bryan with his underdog persona and quest to win the WWE title in 2013/14.

Styles? Character and story wise he's done nothing special to get people behind him. He joined and won the world title in 8 months. What did he do as an overall character in those 8 months to warrant a World title win? I mean you needed to have done something special if you're going to win a world title that soon imo.

That's just my philosophy on it all though. There's no right or wrong opinion here imo.

You must be deluded to think that it's only smarks who thinks AJ is a main event talent. He gets the loudest cheers in every city he goes to, he is clearly over with the casuals too. He can be *bleep* hilarious and cut intense promos when the time calls for it. He can't cut pipe bombs but he can be a good heel talker. What he did in 8 months is be the best all round performer in the roster, certainly the best heel. Its no different to Ric Flair coming to WWE in the 90s and win the world title in a few months.

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