The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

The problem with this entire "re-chase" they want Bryan to do...the end game is beating Randy Orton...he's not a draw, never been one, will never be one...he's a glorified nobody who Bryan just got done beating two months ago in a mid-card feud. He's never drawn a dime. The collective fucks given for Randy Orton couldn't fill a pint. This isn't Mick Foley beating The Rock and Steve Austin...Bryan already beat the top guy...this would be a different story if you had him working with Brock Lesnar or The Rock...but its Randy Orton...no one cares about Randy Orton.

Orton isn't the lead heel, here. The McMahons are.

And Bryan tapping Orton two months ago ended up meaning something. It planted the seed that he's better than this guy, but is getting screwed.

For once, they booked something well in advance, and stuck with it. Bryan will emerge a top level player. He broke the glass ceiling. He even appears done acting like a complete Eric Young geek. Embrace this, it's good.

[JimLeavy59]

Orton isn't the lead heel, here. The McMahons are.

And Bryan tapping Orton two months ago ended up meaning something. It planted the seed that he's better than this guy, but is getting screwed.

For once, they booked something well in advance, and stuck with it. Bryan will emerge a top level player. He broke the glass ceiling. He even appears done acting like a complete Eric Young geek. Embrace this, it's good.

Sorry but no.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Sorry but no.

No to what?

[FedEx227]

Sorry but no.

You guys are insane if you can't see how this is a positive step for Bryan and the WWE. Sure, it's "McMahon-a-mania" but clearly the end result is to get Bryan over and that's a positive. They aren't going to give him an angle this important, this big, witht his many of their key players for nothing.

[JimLeavy59]

No to what?

To the whole re chase, Shit I'd rather see CM Punk corporate heel instead of boring ass Orton.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Orton isn't the lead heel, here. The McMahons are.

And Bryan tapping Orton two months ago ended up meaning something. It planted the seed that he's better than this guy, but is getting screwed.

For once, they booked something well in advance, and stuck with it. Bryan will emerge a top level player. He broke the glass ceiling. He even appears done acting like a complete Eric Young geek. Embrace this, it's good.

Triple H isn't really a draw...Vince McMahon is well past any expiration he had as a draw as a talent. Also, "McMahon versus" had one run where it was a good gimmick where going over meant something and it just so happened to be with the best draw of all timez. They've tried is several times since, and it hasn't gotten over.

Nothing here will put Bryan over more than he just was when he beat Cena.

This isn't one step back to take two steps forward. Its one step back to maybe take one step forward.

As I explained in an earlier post...this technique has never worked.

[Warner2BruceTD]

To the whole re chase, Shit I'd rather see CM Punk corporate heel instead of boring ass Orton.

Why are you focusing on Orton? He's positioned as a goof, a paper champion who won under the cheapest of circumstances and who Bryan already tapped out.

Bryan is in a much better position than Orton here. Are we watching the same show?

[FedEx227]

Except, Orton isn't the focal point... he's the pawn. Bryan, however, IS the main attraction.

Edit: sorry Warner beat me to it by a few seconds but yeah, Orton isn't the one to worry about here. It's Bryan vs. The McMahons

[JimLeavy59]

Because we all know Punk feuding with HHH got him more over.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

You guys are insane if you can't see how this is a positive step for Bryan and the WWE. Sure, it's "McMahon-a-mania" but clearly the end result is to get Bryan over and that's a positive. They aren't going to give him an angle this important, this big, witht his many of their key players for nothing.

Bryan was already a made man when he went over Cena, clean, at SummerSlam. All of this is taking one step back in hopes to get to the same place they were last night.

[EmpireWF]

I'm loving this whole direction they've taken Bryan. Sure, part of the cause is Cena's elbow apparently forcing him to be out x # of months, but so what. Bryan is the #1 babyface in the company right now and for the past 3 years, that would've drawn laughter.

The part with him & Steph was perfect.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Triple H isn't really a draw...Vince McMahon is well past any expiration he had as a draw as a talent. Also, "McMahon versus" had one run where it was a good gimmick where going over meant something and it just so happened to be with the best draw of all timez.

Nothing here will put Bryan over more than he just was when he beat Cena.

This isn't one step back to take two steps forward. Its one step back to maybe take one step forward.

As I explained in an earlier post...this technique has never worked.

I don't know what this means. He already beat Cena, and that moment made him.

He's now the lead babyface in the entire company while Cena is gone. He's the first universally mega over babyface to everybody, smarks, marks, mouth breathers, insiders, gen pop, everybody.

The bottom line is this story works much much better with Bryan chasing corporate Orton than it would with Orton chasing babyface Bryan.

We just saw Daniel Bryan elevated to legit top star in 48 hours. I'm not understanding why this is bad.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Because we all know Punk feuding with HHH got him more over.

I hate to side with Leavy here...but we've seen this same shit two years ago with Punk.

Guy is super over and hot, beats the top guy (Cena) and they take one step back so he can feud with Del Rio, HHH, and Kevin Nash. They needed to put the belt on him for over a year to re-establish him as a top guy.

[FedEx227]

Bryan was already a made man when he went over Cena, clean, at SummerSlam. All of this is taking one step back in hopes to get to the same place they were last night.

What are you doing with him then? So he wins and then what? This at least gives him something to do angle-wise, with the major players in the business and much like Austin, the big money and the big build comes in the chase and the champion getting the title he rightfully deserved yanked away from him.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Bryan was already a made man when he went over Cena, clean, at SummerSlam. All of this is taking one step back in hopes to get to the same place they were last night.

There. Is. No. Step. Back.

He's a made guy now.

This company generally books like shit. They nailed this one. Told a long term, multi layered story that worked.