WWE Discussion thread- Raw/SD/PPV

[Jaypers]

Giulia needs work on inflection and intonation in her promos. I realize she's just now getting acclimated to American wrestling, but last night showed she has a long way to go, as does Vaquer. The whole closing segment was flat, and the lack of reaction from the fans corroborated it.

Hope this gets fixed on the CW at some point soon.

[ThatGuyPal]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Lol WWE being WWE

despite letting the trademark lapse and not renewing it...and the fact he's been with TNA and using his name on air...

WWE has now filed a petition to oppose the trademark against TNA for the use of Santino Marella

It's def dumb considering they just had his daughter (WWE superstar) do a segment with him on TNA. However more than WWE being heavy-handed I'm guessing this is more a case of WWE trying to protect the trademark in the likely case he eventually returns under some role in the future. WWE seems to love to bring back people who show they can be successful on their own and Santino runs his own wrestling school, is in TNA, hasn't done anything to ruin his image and has a daughter in WWE. If he comes back even in a mostly off-screen role like Regal there could be issues if TNA has the trademark and they aren't on good terms anymore at the time . It's not his real name and his whole identity is under Santino it wouldnt make sense to have him come back as Anthony Carelli lol.

[Jericho]

Originally Posted by Jaypers

Giulia needs work on inflection and intonation in her promos. I realize she's just now getting acclimated to American wrestling, but last night showed she has a long way to go, as does Vaquer. The whole closing segment was flat, and the lack of reaction from the fans corroborated it.

Hope this gets fixed on the CW at some point soon.

Yeah that was an odd way to end the show I thought. And seems like they're hot shotting things kind of quickly too

[JustinVerlander07]

Anyone watched/watching the Vince doc on netflix? I'm on 4 of 6. A lot of it is stuff most of us have probably known about but getting Vince's perspective on it is real interesting. Dude is a total lunatic.

[Jaypers]

Just finished 5 of 6. He's definitely as much of an egomaniac as I figured, if not more.

[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

Anyone watched/watching the Vince doc on netflix? I'm on 4 of 6. A lot of it is stuff most of us have probably known about but getting Vince's perspective on it is real interesting. Dude is a total lunatic.

Reports say, he didn't like what he saw from the early cuts and tried to buy it from Netflix to shelve it...who refused

Ofc his rifgt hand man, Bruce, says it's nothing but a "hit piece"

[bblair_2002]

I just finished the Vince doc. Nothing that I didn't know about his persona already but it was an ok trip down memory lane. Vince was getting old and out of touch with the fans regarding the creative side so I'm glad he's no longer in charge of that. Triple H is doing a great job. I think the company will continue to thrive without him.

Tony Atlas shares my opinion of Vince's legacy. He's the greatest wrestling promoter of all time.

[JustinVerlander07]

Last two episodes were the best. Just wrapping it up. I can't say I'm surprised Prichard thought it was a hit piece, but I really didn't think it was until I guess the very end.

[whitmm]

It is kind of interesting that Netflix would do a hit piece on the former owner of the company they just got the broadcast rights to.

[no10pin]

I just finished episode 5. It's entertaining, although not too surprising. The most shocking thing to me so far was hearing Bob Costas say "I don't give a f%$!%&!".

On to the good stuff!

[Cracktoast]

So the one promo was for The Viking Raiders but they will have a name change to War Raiders. Sounds like a name change and not a full blown gimmick change

[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

So the one promo was for The Viking Raiders but they will have a name change to War Raiders. Sounds like a name change and not a full blown gimmick change

Well..to be fair that was their original name in NXT...supposedly they thought the word War wouldn't play to well on national TV, hence the change to Vikings

I personally prefer War Machine better...but Marvel would probably have something to say about that

[bblair_2002]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Well..to be fair that was their original name in NXT...supposedly they thought the word War wouldn't play to well on national TV, hence the change to Vikings

I personally prefer War Machine better...but Marvel would probably have something to say about that

Always thought War Machine was a great name. They got away with it in ROH so not sure why they can't use it in WWE. The Marvel reason makes sense though.

Fun fact: Ivar's brother Eric sets up at shows regularly in my area and yes,he specializes in wrestling cards.

[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by no10pin

I just finished episode 5. It's entertaining, although not too surprising. The most shocking thing to me so far was hearing Bob Costas say "I don't give a f%$!%&!".

On to the good stuff!

My take from Costas is he just hates the WWE.

[packman80]

See Vince was so crazy he suggested for real that his daughter's wedding be on PPV.

[Cracktoast]

Guesses on who Styles will feud with when he returns next week ? Everyone of relevance seems to already be in a story line at the moment.

[no10pin]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

My take from Costas is he just hates the WWE.

Me too, but it was more just hearing him drop F-bombs. I've always liked him, but he's always seemed pretty buttoned-up, so hearing him talk like that was interesting.

[packman80]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Guesses on who Styles will feud with when he returns next week ? Everyone of relevance seems to already be in a story line at the moment.

LA Knight. Can have a short thing with him until you are ready to go with the Andrade/Knight thing.

[thenightman]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Guesses on who Styles will feud with when he returns next week ? Everyone of relevance seems to already be in a story line at the moment.

I say it's Escobar and Phantasma. It'd be a good way to get the OC back on TV and HHH loves stable warfare.

[Cracktoast]

Ughhh please don't have the OC with him just leave them in NXT/TNA

[mtr]

Cody/KO/Randy vs the Bloodline is getting a little stale. Hopefully Roman commits to a more consistent schedule after Bad Blood so the Bloodline vs Bloodline angle can really get going.

[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by mtr

Cody/KO/Randy vs the Bloodline is getting a little stale. Hopefully Roman commits to a more consistent schedule after Bad Blood so the Bloodline vs Bloodline angle can really get going.

They're totally slow burning an Owens heel turn. Smackdown feels so thin on stars though a 3 hour show is gonna be a blood bath.

[packman80]

Originally Posted by mtr

Cody/KO/Randy vs the Bloodline is getting a little stale. Hopefully Roman commits to a more consistent schedule after Bad Blood so the Bloodline vs Bloodline angle can really get going.

After Bad Blood according to this Roman is on TV only 6 more times this year and nothing after SS.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by packman80

After Bad Blood according to this Roman is on TV only 6 more times this year and nothing after SS.

Was that posted as a "here's Roman's schedule the rest of the year" header?

Or just his schedule the next two months?

[packman80]

Originally Posted by whitmm

Was that posted as a "here's Roman's schedule the rest of the year" header?

Or just his schedule the next two months?

according to the tweet that said his TV schedule for rest of the year. He then probably has off until the RR and works thru WM.