WWE Discussion thread- Raw/SD/PPV

[duwal]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Bringing Strowman back just 1 week after dying is stupid. I get he's the so called Monster Among Men but he's not immortal. Makes Reed look weak and a waste of a good story line plot.

I mean Chad Gable was killed by the Wyatt Sicks and then was on TV ready to go in a week or two. WWE medical must be very highly underrated

[ThatGuyPal]

https://www.wrestleview.com/top-stor...-fired-by-wwe/

Bye Bye Jones, wtf is up with the wrestling-related DV this week....two successful guys basically throwing their careers away as in this day no one is hiring people with these accusations. Even if they are somehow innocent these guys aren't Michael Jordan, it's less headache to just not deal with them ala Velveteen Dream. Even Brock a huge star has been off tv since just being associated with the Vince thing.

[ThatGuyPal]

Rosemary is the NXT/TNA crossover I didn't know I needed. Her character is perfect for a bigger stage, it looks like she does WWE style pretty well, and she definitely deserves it. I think she's injured but Su Yung would be the perfect third to make them a trio.

[jmarascojr]

Originally Posted by ThatGuyPal

https://www.wrestleview.com/top-stor...-fired-by-wwe/

Bye Bye Jones, wtf is up with the wrestling-related DV this week....two successful guys basically throwing their careers away as in this day no one is hiring people with these accusations. Even if they are somehow innocent these guys aren't Michael Jordan, it's less headache to just not deal with them ala Velveteen Dream. Even Brock a huge star has been off tv since just being associated with the Vince thing.

Supposedly there was an account on Twitter/X/IG who was commenting on anything Odyssey Jones related for months with remarks about DV...

So if anybody was reviewing those, and there were a lot of them, this could've happened a lot sooner...

[packman80]

See on X that Titan Towers is up for sale. Never even knew the WWE moved out of the building after the merger.

[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by ThatGuyPal

Rosemary is the NXT/TNA crossover I didn't know I needed. Her character is perfect for a bigger stage, it looks like she does WWE style pretty well, and she definitely deserves it. I think she's injured but Su Yung would be the perfect third to make them a trio.

Her and the Bunny's storyline was vintage TNA Schick

Unfortunately for her, injuries have taken a toll and she'll be 41 in a few months. Almost little to late...but the exposure is long overdue

[Cracktoast]

Sounds like WWE and NBC have come to some agreement to do a Live Saturday Night Main Event type show before the end of the year.

“WWE is set to announce a live primetime special on @NBC in the next few days. While the location remains unknown, sources say tickets are set to go on sale next Friday. We’ve heard some internal speculation about a Saturday night in December. This will be WWE’s first primetime NBC special since August 2, 2008,” WrestleVotes said in a post.

[Cracktoast]

the first SD on USA this coming Friday will be 3 hours and is said to be packed to the gills with surprises. Probably the usual sad retired guys from the 90's they roll out for all these type events but we shall see.


Also Raw will be commercial free for the 1st hour tonight with the Wyatt/American Made Street Fight kicking off the show. Probably best to get them on and out of peoples minds as quick as possible. They are also really pushing the return of Brett Hart so expect some type of Angle involving him be it with McIntyre or a returning pissed off Bronson Reed because he was replaced in the IC Tourney and Hart is one of if not the most notable IC Champs of all time.

[Jericho]

I like Priest enough, but I just cant get excited for a Priest/Balor match honestly

[Jaypers]

Announced: Starting 10/7, Raw to go back to 2 hours for the remainder of their time on USA.

Makes me wonder if this will still be the case when they move to Netflix.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by Jaypers

Announced: Starting 10/7, Raw to go back to 2 hours for the remainder of their time on USA.

Makes me wonder if this will still be the case when they move to Netflix.

2 hours with no commercials would be fine. They can run over with no issues. With Netflix, they won't necessarily be time constrained

SmackDown has more stars right now, good that they are adding an hour.

[no10pin]

Originally Posted by Jaypers

Announced: Starting 10/7, Raw to go back to 2 hours for the remainder of their time on USA.

Makes me wonder if this will still be the case when they move to Netflix.

I'm a big fan of this, 3 hours is too much, and it seems like half of the extra hour is recapping other things anyway.

[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by Jaypers

Announced: Starting 10/7, Raw to go back to 2 hours for the remainder of their time on USA.

Makes me wonder if this will still be the case when they move to Netflix.

Originally Posted by no10pin

I'm a big fan of this, 3 hours is too much, and it seems like half of the extra hour is recapping other things anyway.

I'm worried that RAW going to 2 hours is the mistake (I never thought I'd say that). Smackdown currently lacks by far the starpower that RAW has. Gonna be tough getting everyone on RAW in 2 hours, Smackdown drags too much as it is with the current roster.

[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by whitmm

2 hours with no commercials would be fine. They can run over with no issues. With Netflix, they won't necessarily be time constrained

SmackDown has more stars right now, good that they are adding an hour.

Per reports...

January on Netflix will be back to 3 hours.

The move to 2 hours was a USA call. The deal was originally supposed to end in September, the only resolution was to air at 2 hours on USA or 3 hours on Peacock

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Per reports...

January on Netflix will be back to 3 hours.

The move to 2 hours was a USA call. The deal was originally supposed to end in September, the only resolution was to air at 2 hours on USA or 3 hours on Peacock

That's fine, I wonder if we'll get longer matches or more matches? Or will it be Jey Uso standing in the ring for 3 minutes while his music plays during what would have been a commercial break? (Sorry, that's my least favorite thing, having one entrance followed by a commercial break before bringing the second wrestler out.)

[whitmm]

So, when does American Made get a victory in this feud?

[packman80]

Originally Posted by whitmm

So, when does American Made get a victory in this feud?

Probably they don't with the fans popping for the jobbers all the time they probably just use them to try to move onto something else. Gable deserves better then to be stuck in this. Without him I don't think anyone would care about American Made or the Wyatts.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by packman80

Probably they don't with the fans popping for the jobbers all the time they probably just use them to try to move onto something else. Gable deserves better then to be stuck in this. Without him I don't think anyone would care about American Made or the Wyatts.

Just continue to bury them I guess? Heel Gable is a great character, and I see to remember a lot of people pushing for the Creed Bros to be in the tag title picture. That's long gone now.

Do they continue the same old story with Gable? He abandoned AA because they couldn't get him the belt. So, how long do you stick with AM while losing every match?

Look, I'm all for long form story telling, I'm just struggling to see where this one is going.

[Cracktoast]

if Punk/McIntyre isn't like Hangman/Swerve was there is no need to call it a HIAC match. Sadly AEW has mastered the definition of what HIAC is and what it once was. When your red headed step brother does it better than you do it's time to take a look in the mirror and figure out where the hell you went wrong.

[DrZman]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

if Punk/McIntyre isn't like Hangman/Swerve was there is no need to call it a HIAC match. Sadly AEW has mastered the definition of what HIAC is and what it once was. When your red headed step brother does it better than you do it's time to take a look in the mirror and figure out where the hell you went wrong.

As someone that really enjoyed Swerve Hangman I gotta say I very much disagree. Punk and Drew are more than capable of having their own type of match, there's been plenty of HIAC matches that were brutal without going overtop. I love Swerve but that dudes a different level of sick when it comes to hardcore spots, can't really expect others to be like it. I think as long as it's hard hitting and heated itll be fine. I don't see anyone that's gonna stop Punk from bleeding buckets in a big blood match like this. I expect something more long the lines of Taker Brock HIAC, just beat the piss out of each other.

[packman80]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

if Punk/McIntyre isn't like Hangman/Swerve was there is no need to call it a HIAC match. Sadly AEW has mastered the definition of what HIAC is and what it once was. When your red headed step brother does it better than you do it's time to take a look in the mirror and figure out where the hell you went wrong.

AEW does not care about violence or their talent. WWE is not going to do anything that can risk their talent getting hurt or their long term health. If I was a AEW wrestler and asked to do some of this stuff they do I would tell Tony to stick it up his ass. My long term health is more important then money when my body so broken or mind shot

[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

if Punk/McIntyre isn't like Hangman/Swerve was there is no need to call it a HIAC match. Sadly AEW has mastered the definition of what HIAC is and what it once was. When your red headed step brother does it better than you do it's time to take a look in the mirror and figure out where the hell you went wrong.

This is silly.

[Gurds]

Originally Posted by packman80

AEW does not care about violence or their talent. WWE is not going to do anything that can risk their talent getting hurt or their long term health. If I was a AEW wrestler and asked to do some of this stuff they do I would tell Tony to stick it up his ass. My long term health is more important then money when my body so broken or mind shot

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[packman80]

Originally Posted by Gurds

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Laugh all you want. We know you are a AEW mark but the crap they do they do not look out for their talent. Chair shots to the head? Yeah they really care about their guys.

[Gurds]

Originally Posted by packman80

Laugh all you want. We know you are a AEW mark but the crap they do they do not look out for their talent. Chair shots to the head? Yeah they really care about their guys.

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