they'll obviously have Cena win the belt and Rollins win the MITB (though I was rooting for BNB, another rare bright spot on RAW) to set up Rollins as a mega heel and Cena VS Lesnar for the billionth time

HOWEVER

the smart thing to do is have Cena, Cesaro, or Reigns win the WWE WHC and then have Rollins cash in, winning the title. then Bryan can come back and get in the championship picture since he'd be against HHH's new golden boy (if they're still "sold" on Bryan). or, hell, even Kane could win it and give Bryan an immediate "in". if they're not going to do that, then let Cesaro win so we can do another Client VS Client. just please don't put it back on Cena (which, of course, is what they're going to do because it's easy, lazy booking)

6/25/2014 2:32:08 PM

TNA announced earlier today they'll hold Bound for Glory (their biggest show of the year normally) in Korakeun Hall in Tokyo as a joint show with Wrestle-1 (a splinter of All Japan, owned by Keiji Mutoh - the Great Muta - who will wrestle a match on TV in New York for them some Impact soon, Seiya Sanada who was the X Division champ is also a Wrestle-1 guy).

TNA are about to do a bunch of tapings from Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. (ECW's and ROH's stomping grounds in New York for big events) They're taping tonight for TV in the future Lashley vs. Jeff Hardy for the title. (Lashley though he was a heel beat Eric Young clean for the title last week.) Also, the six-sided ring is back.



[Edited on June 25, 2014 at 10:00 PM. Reason : /]

6/25/2014 9:57:59 PM

Daniel Bryan interview prior to the PPV:

Quote :

"They announced Daniel Bryan will be doing a live interview momentarily. Bryan in his interview said that he had no timetable for a return, that the strength has not come back in his arm and he made need a second surgery, which is bad news. He said that it bothered him how smug Stephanie was when she stripped him of the title and some day he'd be better than ever and wipe the smugness off her face."

Usos retained the tag titles over the Wyatts.
Paige retained the Divas title over Naomi (both I consider surprising).
Adam Rose beat Damien Sandow (dressed up as Paul Revere) in an unannounced match.

Rollins won the Money in the Bank briefcase when Kane came out and choke slammed Ambrose and then held the ladder for Rollins to climb.

Stardust & Goldust beat Axel & Ryback.

6/29/2014 9:51:28 PM

Quote :

"They are pushing the network really hard for people who ordered this on PPV. I wonder if that means they are afraid of being dropped completely."

And your winner...



Orton took a bad cut and had a crimson mask.

Quote :

"I don't understand the storyline, Authority = obsessed with best for business. Biggest draw/merch seller wins title. Authority mad. Doesn't make sense."

And Cena is one reign away from tying Flair's record.

[Edited on June 29, 2014 at 11:09 PM. Reason : .]

6/29/2014 10:58:55 PM

Quote :

"they'll obviously have Cena win the belt and Rollins win the MITB"

it was me, Austin! I was dolphinsfan all along!

6/29/2014 11:02:06 PM

AMBROSE4LYFE

poor ziggles hardly got any spots

6/30/2014 12:00:45 AM

Cena could win it 30 more times and he still will never be Ric Flair material

6/30/2014 12:28:21 AM

Bo is the heel who thinks he's a face.

Cena is the heel who Vince and creative thinks is a face.

6/30/2014 7:47:35 AM

it's a slight bummer to me that bryan has to be the one to introduce "bo, leave" to the wwe crowd

nxt crowd was on that right away

6/30/2014 7:54:44 PM

Fatal Fourway at next PPV: Cena against Reigns, Kane, and Orton.

I can't wait for Lesnar.

[Edited on June 30, 2014 at 8:17 PM. Reason : .]

6/30/2014 8:16:54 PM

Y2J!!!

6/30/2014 10:40:56 PM

so for the summer we have

face swagger vs. rusev
heel cesaro (w/ heyman) wins IC title and feuds with ?
y2j vs. wyatt/miz
face aj vs. heel paige
rollins vs. ambrose
cena vs. lesnar

etc. etc.

GOOD TIMES

7/1/2014 2:10:44 AM

This sums up my thoughts on last night's Raw:

7/1/2014 7:52:50 AM

friend of mine texted me about the shit going on last night. i thought about it tuning in, but along the lines of ^, i'm done for awhile.

7/1/2014 8:00:34 AM

same, I don't think even Jericho can get me to watch that shitshow until some things change. I resisted the urge to tune in last night so that's a step in the right direction

7/1/2014 9:34:27 AM

just have to say that i'm proud of this thread reaching 27 pages. even when the booking is complete shit.

7/1/2014 9:39:50 AM

Kinda bummed now. Turned off Raw after the opening segment and missed Jericho coming back and the Swagger face turn.

Stephanie's become her dad.



[Edited on July 1, 2014 at 6:44 PM. Reason : /]

7/1/2014 6:32:48 PM

Emma got arrested backstage at Raw Monday for minor theft.

Quote :

"-- So here is the deal with Emma according to an article in the Hartford Courant. She was charged with sixth-degree larceny for allegedly stealing -- get this -- not an iPod, but an iPod CASE valued at $20 from a local Wal-Mart. Her attorney states that she was going through the self-checkout line buying a bunch of stuff and accidentally forgot to scan the iPod case. Obviously I don't know what really happened, but I do know she told other people that same story, and it's not like something like that couldn't happen. If that is what actually went down, the idea that she was arrested and this is now a news story both online and all over the Hartford Courant website is pretty goofy. She appeared in community court Tuesday and the judge suggested she do community service. "

And today, WWE released her.

7/2/2014 5:34:39 PM

I love Emma, but she was going nowhere with the awkward gimmick. "My entrance is to skin the cat with the least possible grace" is not a way to sell tickets.

7/2/2014 6:03:46 PM

YOU GUYS, EMMA'S BACK

http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwe-reinstates-emma-26450666

7/2/2014 6:36:17 PM

Santino Marella announced tonight at the house show in Toronto that he'd suffered his third neck injury and was retiring.

Posted in his honor is the Honk-a-Meter.



And the finish to the 2011 Royal Rumble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnENevSuisw

7/6/2014 8:57:49 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V49EqlsOU

"YOU'RE NOT BAT-MAN!"

7/7/2014 7:35:59 AM

I ask you to watch Cody Rhodes' backstage promo tonight. Does it remind you of Mark Hamill's Joker?

[Edited on July 7, 2014 at 9:41 PM. Reason : /]

7/7/2014 9:39:34 PM

Quote :

"@Sting 07.14.14"

Guess it's probably referring to the DVD coming out in a few months, but IDK

7/8/2014 1:48:55 PM

So Wrestlemania Rewind this week is Punk's MITB wins at WM24 and 25, and the Slam City episodes with Punk have mysteriously reappeared on the Network.

Is this a peace offering, an indication of something bigger, or just a facet of the desperation involved in upping Network subscriptions (see, all the Punk content is here!)?

7/10/2014 7:52:06 PM

^For wrestling fans, all the Lebron speculation seems pretty normal after the last 7 months of over-analyzing anything related to Walking Dead enthusiast Phil Brooks.

7/11/2014 8:41:34 AM

Lebron when he went to South Beach was Hogan joining the Outsiders (Wade & Bosh) to form the NWO. Now that he's going back to Cleveland it's like when Hogan came back to WWF and turned face after wrestling Rock.

7/11/2014 12:30:52 PM

Related:

https://twitter.com/JR1383/status/487039376161923072/photo/1

7/11/2014 1:19:07 PM

http://www.wwe.com/inside/superstar-cat-heads-photos

wut

7/14/2014 2:39:49 PM

Current TNA World Champion Bobby Lashley will be having an MMA match in September with Bellator, fighting "King Mo" Muhammad Lawal.

Also, the Swagger/Rusev segment on Raw Monday night was A+.

7/16/2014 5:41:32 PM

Quote :

"--NBC will be doing a one hour WWE special on 8/3, a Sunday, at 7 p.m. from WrestleMania. What is notable is what isn't on the show, and that's Daniel Bryan, which speaks volumes about what either WWE or NBC thinks is the most important and marketable part of this past year's show. What will air is the segment with Hulk Hogan, The Rock and Steve Austin, Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar and John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt."

Remember how Daniel Bryan was pretty much the one great thing on that show?

7/16/2014 6:25:17 PM

The only way to tell the Bryan story to a non-fan with enough material for it to make sense is with a Bryan special like the one they did on the Network. NBC wants names. I'll bet that whole opening segment is on the NBC special, even though it'll take 12 of the 44 minutes of running time.

7/16/2014 10:55:01 PM

Leaving out Bryan and The Shield, aka the primary reasons I even started watching again last year. Nice

7/17/2014 1:01:20 PM

I saw a WWE truck here in fayetteville yesterday...is there something going on that I should know about

found out why

Quote :

"7/15: SD TV Taping - Fayetville, NC"

I have no idea what that means though

[Edited on July 18, 2014 at 12:41 AM. Reason : reason why]

7/18/2014 12:39:51 AM

It means they taped Smackdown in Fayetteville on the 15th.

Which is, you know, what it says.

7/18/2014 2:22:23 AM

^^i thought you lived in Greensboro now. Why do you keep going back!?

7/18/2014 8:18:41 AM

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/u1gh7p/cover-up-in-the-air

jump to 3:50

Also, looking forward to Brock destroying Cena.

[Edited on July 22, 2014 at 7:24 PM. Reason : .]

7/22/2014 7:24:19 PM

I'm going to put a piece of plexiglass in front of my TV for Summerslam, in case Cena kicks out of 3 F-5s and I try to throw my remote through the screen.

7/23/2014 9:26:15 AM

remember that time Lesnar came back, beat the ever loving shit out of Cena, and still lost the match? expect that to happen again.

7/23/2014 9:33:12 AM

Lesnar following up a win over the Undertaker at WM with a loss to Cena at SS doesn't seem possible, but I guess it is with these shitty bookers. My network subscription expires about a week after SS, and I do not plan to renew it.

7/23/2014 10:26:26 AM

they should bring back doink

7/23/2014 10:40:15 AM

^Only if Dink comes back too.

7/23/2014 12:42:36 PM

Doink is dead, yo

7/23/2014 1:22:50 PM

HE'S STILL REAL TO ME

7/23/2014 1:57:19 PM

Broke last night that Spike won't renew TNA's TV deal when it expires in October. So they have a couple months to try and get on somewhere else.

7/28/2014 9:07:58 AM

Oh well, cya later TNA!

7/28/2014 9:24:18 AM

maybe they can get Michael Sam's slot on the Oprah channel

7/28/2014 9:30:49 AM

Or the WWE Network

7/28/2014 9:43:46 AM

So at least until the American AAA promotion and Jeff Jarrett's Global Force promotion get going...

Ring of Honor - number two wrestling company in North America!

7/28/2014 12:22:52 PM

what about Gouge Wrestling? Because I got to see the Gouge Wrestling heavyweight belt match Saturday outside of Raleigh Brewing.

7/28/2014 12:50:10 PM