The General Wrestling Thread

[JayDizzle]

Cena-Orton was not really a bad match .... thats just not want ant one wants to buy right now.

I'd rather see a Hogan/Piper rematch.

From today.

After Piper spends the night in Alcatraz again and Hogan has to spend half his match check on alimony he owes to Linda.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Having Reigns win wouldn't have salvaged anything...the crowd wanted anyone BUT Batista to win it. Crowd would have popped for Erick Rowan if he was the last one left with Batista.

 

[PP]

Usually RR is one of the better PPVs but dissapointed in the quality.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Hahaha fuck this company. So bad. So dumb.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Having Reigns win wouldn't have salvaged anything...the crowd wanted anyone BUT Batista to win it. Crowd would have popped for Erick Rowan if he was the last one left with Batista.

They were chanting for Reigns after they were through booing Sheamus. And he's getting the rocket pack anyway. But yeah, pick anybody you want, but they should have audibled out of that finish. Make it a heel for fucks sake so the boos look natural.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I can see Vince back there now...like ECW December to Dismember....

"It was a great show with a great finish."

Tone deaf. World's dumbest millionaire/part time billionaire.

 

[EmpireWF]

Of course, with their shitty booking, they don't have any real heels the crowd enjoys seeing get his ass kicked.

 

[Leftwich]

I've never seen a crowd do this at a Royal Rumble before (boo the match after the 30th entry and boo the face winner). WWE fucked up like Empire said. The main event of Wrestlemania is gonna be a shit show.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Nope, they are just completely tone deaf.

Forget Orton/Cena, we knew nobody cared about that.

The Rumble match layout was pretty bad and showed how tone deaf they really are. I have no problem with Bryan not being in the match because they never said he would be. The problem is they were too stupid to realize that they put Sheamus, Mysterio,and Batista in a death spot but not only not delivering Bryan, but having those guys come in late when people were getting nervous about not getting him. As a result, Sheamus looked like a geek for his big return, and Batista looked like a geek for winning.

Should have called an audible at around #20 when it was obvious they were getting nervous about Bryan. They wanted Reigns when Bryan never came out, so give 'em Reigns. You have two months to book yourself out of it.

They are a tone deaf company, and tonight they paid.

Those late spots were where they should have put guys like Sandow, Ziggler, etc. in. Either guys they want getting boo'd for any reason or guys that maybe the crowd pops for just because. They couldn't have had a worse final four guys come out (Del Rio, Batista, Langston, and Mysterio). And, you were right...around #20, the crowd collectively realized Bryan probably isn't coming out and that last 9 guys or so...nothing. And it couldn't have been a group of guys the crowd cared less about.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Of course, with their shitty booking, they don't have any real heels the crowd enjoys seeing get his ass kicked.

They do but the WWE books them as faces.

 

[dave]

The other problem I had with the RR itself was the surprise entrants. It was just a weak year. Kevin Nash, all the Internet marks knew he was there, and Nash just looks old and disinterested. His first surprise entry, even if spoiled by the Internet, was a much, more interesting affair. The midget Mexican wrestler was actually impressive for what it was, but not a good surprise entrant. And JBL's spot was an utter and complete waste of time. I get that he doesn't want to work anymore and won't risk anything, but that spot tonight was a complete waste of a spot.
I kept hoping for a really good surprise entrant.

 

[Spidey]

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

They were chanting for Reigns after they were through booing Sheamus. And he's getting the rocket pack anyway. But yeah, pick anybody you want, but they should have audibled out of that finish. Make it a heel for fucks sake so the boos look natural.

Batista showing up a week ago and winning the Rumble is an awful way to present to fans that your product isn't worth watching from May to December...but then they act surprised when they try and push talent in September and they get some historically bad buys for pay per views.

We're not talking about The Rock here, we're talking about Batista, for fucks sake. Yeah, I know he is going to be in a huge movie this summer...but we're talkin about Batista. E-list Hollywood celebrity, Fourth Tier WWE-star over the past 40 years.

When Del Rio won the Rumble...crowd shit on it too, but like you said, he was a heel and the boos looked natural. This fucko, Batista comes out and no one gives a fuck about him in 2014. Outside of 5 minutes 10 years ago, no one has ever given a fuck about Batista.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Also Reigns is a face after tonight.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Bryan is still mega over, obviously...but putting this guy against Sheamus at Mania, even if you give'em 20 minutes and let'em "steal the show" takes a ton of momentum out from him.

Put the guy against The Undertaker. Win or lose. Its about that prime spot.

 

[BigBiss]

lots of poor booking, why in the fuck would Nash go after Shield and not go after Punk ... your going to put Great Khali and R-truth out there for meaningless spots but the best suprise you have is Nash?

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Also Reigns is a face after tonight.

The plan has clearly been to have Reigns come out the face, Ambrose the dirty heel, and Rollins the tweener for a while. Reigns has been getting good face reactions He's got a face moveset (Spear, Superman Punch) with a heel charm...he has a lot to work on in regards to his overall character, but he's firmly strapped in the rocket pack.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Let's not lose sight of the fact that Torito was fucking awesome.

Ole!

 

[TheImmortalGoud]