The one man immune to the golden shovel of the reign of terror.
Plus Jericho doesn't need another 5 year run in WWE like he did in AEW. He's already a legend and a first ballot HOFer. Just around 1 year of Y2J. Hopefully Y2J will be more apprehensive towards Nose in getting his own creative get through to the WWE. Cena was too nice to just follow their orders with a shitty creative.
Think Brock's ploy was simply to get a bigger deal from WWE as he told later in 2019 that he was just too old for MMA at that point. And that tease for a switch back to UFC worked immensely in Brock's favor. Just one appearance at UFC and a picture with Dana White without even having filed for clearance of his name for PED testing fooled the whole world of wrestling and MMA into thinking he was going back.
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I noticed the same thing during his triple threat match against Ilja and JD and later on against Hayes as well. Some of spots are great but he somehow just disjointed in those matches too. Yet to watch his match against Punk though. Haven't been able to watch WWE properly for over a month now owing to the lack of excitement and stupid booking.
Hes lucky Orton respects him so much, and couldn’t really care about accolades so he’s happy to be ambassador / mascot or whatever. Unlike Kutta, he has actually evolved and grown mature with age.
So sad to see our childhood hero getting treated like a sideshow bob on his own podcast by a talentless chick who went anywhere only through her connection to him…
Maybe but Punk's usually the guy that gets the best out of others. But if you watch the triple threat from NXT Bron vs JD vs Ilja, the same thing happened there. Ilja and JD had insane in ring chemistry but Bron's spots sort of missed a bit. Could be the experience factor as Ilja and JD have years of indie experience which made them tango so well. Bron basically started his career from WWE.
AJ also said he was offered a deal by WWE back then but it was very less money.
Might be my favorite match of both men. Now admittedly I haven't seen a ton of Terry Funk matches, but I can't imagine that he has had too many matches better than this. I agree completely. It's so refreshing to see a match where the violence feels real, and there are no tables, barbed wire bats etc.
Brock could have continued on if he wasn’t suffering from such a severe case of diverticulitis back in 2011. Though I don't think he would have beaten Velasquez anyway, who was just an incredible fighter at his peak and an absolute beast. DC vs. Brock - it's interesting tbh. But I also think DC would have won just because Brock was past his prime when DC was at his. I enjoyed Brock's UFC run but I also thought his biggest weapon in UFC was his physicality. Even in the heavyweight division very few guys looked like him, or had that incredible athleticism and explosion. I don't think he needed to rely on his wrestling as much (especially when he was winning) as someone like DC who had to make up for their lack of size, with his speed, quickness and ability on the mat.
It would have been better if it was Austin but honestly Taker being there worked pretty well too.
Lmao, this is the first I'm hearing of this. I remember enjoying this match and thinking this is one of the better women's gimmick matches I've seen in recent times, but I never thought it would get the rub from HH
Yeah, this match didn't do it for me dawg. It lacked a little something, and I think you're right on the money. Bron has progressed at such a rapid rate that sometimes we forget that this guy literally came into the business five years ago. And as good as he is, he ain't Kurt Angle. On top of that as you mentioned, he is not exactly getting the reps because of how much they have scaled back on the house-shows. I have no doubt that he will sort these minor issues out but it does make you question if he is ready to be put in that main-event position just yet. There are so many people you could have him work with before you finally decide to put the belt on him. But the way they booked him and this faction so far, it almost feels like he would have to win the belt in the next 3-4 months or it would bury him.
Seems like they will be doing Sami vs Drew at Mania now hopefully.
Possibly the only two people the current egocentric version of Dwayne agreed to get beaten by that day. Austin and Taker. It's actually pretty good for WWE that Taker was there and accepted. Pretty sure Nose was itching to be the one to take him down with a pedigree had he not been told to stay away from the ring forever.
Apparently Taker was sitting in the skybox with his wife and his old podcast show host watching the main-event. Then Taker tells them that he needs to go to the bathroom, and like 15 minutes later he's in the ring choke slamming The Rock, and his wife and the podcast host guy are just losing their minds lol. What a pro.
That would be an amazing storyline if they decide to pull the trigger on Sami this year. From what I recall, Sami has never beaten Drew in a singles match. Because they always make a point to mention it on commentary.
Yeah but it would have looked way cooler if Taker was wearing his wrestling gear. Vince would have never had Taker show up to interfere in the main event of Mania in his regular clothes.
I booked Drew vs Sami vs Randy months ago during our Mania 42 booking for WHC lol.
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Spot on analysis. Cane was a beast, I pray In Sha Allah he gets justice for what those filthy pdf dogs did to his child and that he is free of being sentenced because he tried to protect his kid.
as in Khabib was too technically versed that he would’ve stormed Tony’s tactics and still find a way to submit him.
It's a great promo, but if you ask any old-school wrestling fan, they'll tell you that Dusty cut numerous promos just like that, some as good as, or even better than, this one. For some reason, though, WWE chose that particular promo and plastered it across every documentary, video package, retrospective, and DVD they've produced on Dusty Rhodes. At the time, it was never regarded as this great, groundbreaking promo. In fact, for Dusty it was probably just another Saturday taping.
It was a pretty good match but I think they can do better. And that's not a knock on this match at all. This match played out this way by design, so they don't give away all the good stuff in the first match. And as the first match, it set the tone perfectly and I really liked the finish too. If they are doing a trilogy then I really hope that the last match is 2/3 falls or 30-minute Ironman. This match-up deserves that spotlight. But maybe I am getting ahead of myself...
It's weird seeing matches like these in WWE because you know they won't have blood or as you mentioned, all the bells and whistles you got back in the Ruthless Aggression era. Which is also why I think Punk v Drew in Hell in A Cell is in a league of it's own among modern WWE gimmick matches. But for what it was, this was good. I'm not sure how much sense it made for the first fall to be a straight-up wrestling match when the whole match is supposed to be '3 Stages of Hell', but whatever I guess. I thought the finish was a bit contrived and poorly executed, but it was a genuinely shocking title change and a much needed one I think. Drew McIntyre badly needed to have his credibility restored after the way he has been booked in the past couple of years, and Cody is far more interesting when he is chasing the belt.
SNME feels like the right place for these guys to put on a show. SNME is off NBC so no issues with running through commercials either. They will have the platform to put on a proper match if they get the opportunity.
Reminds me of when Brock killed the Hardyz lol. If Vince was still booking he would have done this
4/10 isn't capable of making this kind of a radical booking decision. Vince would have loved both these guys though, and pushed them to the moon. He was trying to make a star out of Ahmed Johnson at one point.
He's in good with the TKO top brass. If there's one thing he has always excelled at it's kissing a$$ and politicking. Plus, his wife is involved and he has established an opening with Trump, which I'm sure puts him in good stead with the org. It's hard to see him getting fired or being let go anytime soon.
And Savage too! Something about him is magnetic. The words from his promos hit different whether they are said in character or out of.
The Rock and Cena are some of the greatest promos (consistency wise) ever! Rock was casually barely breaking a sweat roasting the whole roster or cranking it up to 10 when things got serious in 2000.
The combo of Street Fight, Cage and Ladder (HBK vs Nose at Armageddon 2002) was the best assembly of 3 stages of hell matches even though I hated that match due to Nose winning.
That was an awful amcth that showcased Triple H's worst instincts. Especially when it comes to needessly drawing out a match. It was unfortunate that Shawn had to be invovled in that snooze fest that seemingly went on forever. No, the best 3 Stages of Hell was Austin v HHH at No Way Out 2001. Now that was a bloody great match. EVen there 4/10 somehow managed to politick his way to going over,
Yeah,didn't like it
I said the 3 stipulations chosen there were the best. Street Fight followed by Steel Cage and culminating in Ladder Match.
Did you see Regal in Vaughan's character or is it just me. Like the scene in which he says no receipts here actually sounds like something Regal would say at the performance center
It was not booked well.
