2015 Pro Wrestling Thread

Heyman was great as always in that last promo, as always. Even going as far as to work in accompanying a pre-Rikishi Fatu at the old Omni in Atlanta, with the Usos as little boys.

 

Cancelling Raw and having that show in its place couldn't have worked out much better. Gives a needed buffer from Royal Rumble reax (or overreax), and allowed Heyman and others (OK, mostly Heyman ... and Rollins and Bryan) to shine interviews to build the story toward Wrestlemania.

Could've done without the higher-ups/inside baseball references from Saxton and Reigns. Aren't The Authority the higher-ups? Aren't they heels promoting Rollins as the future? Stop addressing the IWC and script out your storylines organically.

 

Yeah, it seemed awkward how Reigns was talking about opportunities and such. There's a right way to pull back the curtain and a wrong way.

Heyman, as usual was great, especially with how he talked about knowing Reigns' family from way back.

The show itself wasn't much, but all things considered, they got through the three hours. They were lucky, though, that they were just coming off a PPV, so, even though they were showing old stuff, it wasn't as if they were showing something from a month before. It's not something I'd like to see on a regular basis, but as a one-off because of an emergency, it did the job.

 

I missed it the last time it was here. And Orlando has everything the WWE needs. I wouldn't mind it coming back, although it doesn't bother me either way if it goes somewhere else.

 

Great piece on Grantland about WWE's Roman Reigns' problem. I think this is spot on.

Suspension of Disbelief: WWE Thinks Roman Reigns Is Its Next Big Star, No Matter What Fans Say «

 

Now this is an idea I can get behind.

 

Jericho seemed to have similar thoughts; The backlash was part just wanting Bryan to win but also huge part the way they eliminated ALL the fan favorites so casually. By the seat of their pants like garbage, with no thought or intent to build future angles. They insulted Philly and Philly responded in kind.

 

With this Cena-Rusev feud, I really wish they'd put the U.S. Championship on the line. It'd be kind of useless to have Cena win it, but it's kind of useless to have it on Rusev and he never defends it, either. For some reason, I think it'd be kind of cool to see a major star like Cena with one of the minor belts for a while. Might give it some cache.

 

Then we could see the return of this belt:

 

So WWE.com has been focusing on some dueling tweets between Bryan and Ziggler, and are hinting that they may settle it ... at WM.

 

Dirt sheets say it's gonna happen. It's a lot better than Sheamus-Bryan III, which was the original plan.

 

Maybe it's a way to appease the masses for Reigns' inevitable title win?
They'll probably troll the masses instead by giving them eight minutes and a run-in finish.
Or, alternately, they'll give them 30 minutes ... and the IWC will pissed that it wasn't a full hour, and it's further proof that it's a conspiracy to hold Bryan down.