iruleall15 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I've read in a lot of interviews that Hunter thinks the name changing is dumb but Vince is the one that enforces it. Hunter really tried to sway Vince on keeping KENTA's name because he is so over in Japan. I understand why Vince does that but it's just seeming more and more stupid as time goes along. I guess the internet is spoiling me. Its Vinces way of not letting someone use their name to capitalize on WWE. But I wanna know whos the one trying to kill the Indy scene between HHH and Vince. Besides that the faster Vince no longer has control of WWE I think the better the company is. Also Kevin Dunn needs to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milamber Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The camerawork has gone downhill the last 1-2 years. Is it Dunn's fault or are all the best camera operators in NXT? The Royal Rumble match was particuarly bad because they kept cutting to Reigns. Probably the Vince/Dunn combo behind that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurphy1014 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Besides that the faster Vince no longer has control of WWE I think the better the company is. Also Kevin Dunn needs to go This shall be a glorious day indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Nection Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Its Vinces way of not letting someone use their name to capitalize on WWE. But I wanna know whos the one trying to kill the Indy scene between HHH and Vince. Besides that the faster Vince no longer has control of WWE I think the better the company is. Also Kevin Dunn needs to go I thought it was funny that Chyna gave the middle finger to Vince by legally changing her name to Chyna.....too bad her career went down (in more ways than one) after that move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lr10540 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The camerawork has gone downhill the last 1-2 years. Is it Dunn's fault or are all the best camera operators in NXT? The Royal Rumble match was particuarly bad because they kept cutting to Reigns. Probably the Vince/Dunn combo behind that. That had me infuriated. Had the camera on him basically 2 entire minutes. Not like there was a Royal Rumble match happening for the strap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milamber Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 That had me infuriated. Had the camera on him basically 2 entire minutes. Not like there was a Royal Rumble match happening for the strap! http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aQ83bV7_460sv.mp4 http://memesvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/double-facepalm-4.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjohns44 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 For one, it would be silly to debut him as a big deal on the main roster with a different name when the entire premise around him is that everyone knows who he is Eh guess you are right there. Bet he didnt even have to fight as hard as Punk did to keep his ring name. Im just glad to see him back! I can imagine good feuds with Kevin Owens, even Cena as a "battle of the faces of their company/former company" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 For one, it would be silly to debut him as a big deal on the main roster with a different name when the entire premise around him is that everyone knows who he is Eh guess you are right there. Bet he didnt even have to fight as hard as Punk did to keep his ring name. Im just glad to see him back! I can imagine good feuds with Kevin Owens, even Cena as a "battle of the faces of their company/former company" Time have changed. HHH has even more input and influence now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Eh guess you are right there. Bet he didnt even have to fight as hard as Punk did to keep his ring name. CM Punk wasn't an 18 year veteran when he signed with WWE, nor was he anywhere near as big of a deal. Punk is/was amazing, but when he signed he wasn't a major heel in the second biggest company in the world like AJ was in New Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleisch Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 " AJ Styles signed a multi-year contract with WWE which allows him to retain his ring name and various other trademarks. The report notes the deal was signed last week, and allows WWE to use trademarks associated with Styles including the “The Phenomenal One” nickname and “The Styles Clash” finishing move name. WWE will also retain some of the rights to Styles’ name in regards to video once he leaves the company." That's the reason AJ can use his name. He has a deal that benefits both parties by using his name. Samoa Joe was different as he came in originally as an "Indy" guy like Johnny Gargano or Tommaso Ciampia. I know he's signed an exclusive deal now, but I guess Samoa Joe's name is worth something in the US market, same with Austin Aries where as Prince Devitt was less known to US audiences and so chose to go by the name Finn Balor. Triple H said it himself, WWE are the victims of their own success as without territories, where do you bring in future stars from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Id hazard to guess they'll make more money with him as AJ Styles as compared to any other name they would have given him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greylocke Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Wow, this Rumble crowd hates muscular big men. It's not just Roman, all the prototype big men got booed besides Superman Lesnar. Guys like Titus O'Neal usually get good reactions with the fans, but not on this night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 That's a wrong conclusion imo. The fact was that the Rumble had a larger percentage of 'big guys' coming in. They basically exist to sweep the ring, but couldn't because there was no one to sweep. Just being in there and staying (because you can hardly give them a mere minute) makes for a boring Rumble. The buzzer goes off and it's "just another big guy". Obviously they don't like it. It's pretty funny how they say Reigns is showing disrespect to their 'religion' - where are they going with this? - whereas the Wyatts basically ruined the rumble (from a realistic standpoint) and that's all good. It makes no sense. But I still liked RAW. The Golden Truth segments were hilarious, and even Rock's showing - despite the - And I'm starting to see why Adam put repetitive booking in TEW. I never turned it off, but I thought it was ridiculous at first. Now I wish WWE booked a little different instead of just Sasha vs Becky, again. I love seeing both, but switch it up please. This is the third time in a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Nection Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 What I find odd is that Darren Young is the first active competitor to come out of the closet but only Titus' good will things are covered....strange huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 What I find odd is that Darren Young is the first active competitor to come out of the closet but only Titus' good will things are covered....strange huh? They made a huge deal out of it when it happened and the Prime Time Players were immediately put back together and on TV regularly for awhile afterwards. They made him the poster child for the Be A Star campaign for awhile. He had his moment and now it's Titus's. Eventually they'll move on to someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Nection Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 How long was their second tag team run again?.....I think Roman Reigns had longer WWE title reigns than they did as a team that second time. The second they got Titus enough exposure they jammed Darren down the card and off of TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Roguey Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Darren's not being made a big deal because he's not particularly good. Only natural he falls away to like Main Event & Superstars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_CoC Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 WWE should have some fun with it and have Goldust try to partner up with Young instead of Truth. Also on Reddit someone gave the awesome idea that Truth should interupt a Taker promo and say he is going to end the streak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 WWE should have some fun with it and have Goldust try to partner up with Young instead of Truth. Also on Reddit someone gave the awesome idea that Truth should interupt a Taker promo and say he is going to end the streak. Oh My God, if that happens, I'm going to crack up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greylocke Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 That's a wrong conclusion imo. The fact was that the Rumble had a larger percentage of 'big guys' coming in. They basically exist to sweep the ring, but couldn't because there was no one to sweep. Just being in there and staying (because you can hardly give them a mere minute) makes for a boring Rumble. The buzzer goes off and it's "just another big guy". Obviously they don't like it. I don't see why the big guys should exist only to sweep the ring. In this case, their purpose is quite apparent. All of them (besides Lesnar) are there to be swept by bigger/higher-tier monsters than themselves. Titus and Ryback were there to get tossed by the Big Show (the bigger guy). The older established monsters (Show, Kane, Mark Henry) were there to put over the new monsters that the WWE are trying to establish (Wyatt Family....especially Strowman). And of course the Wyatt Family in turn get swept by the Ultimate Monster (Brock). It's not a particularly brilliant or groundbreaking concept (using established big guys/monsters to make another monster character to look even more unstoppable), but is it really any worse than the same old tired formula of "big guy comes in a toss a bunch of middle/lightweight midcarders"? In fact the latter would be exactly the kind of "repetitive booking" that you were talking about in the later part of your post, since they happen in every battle royal. I actually think it helps someone like Strowman a lot more to have him throw out Big Show, Kane and Henry as compared to just throwing out the likes of Neville and Stardust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan93 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just caught Styles/Axel on YouTube. First time I've heard Ranallo in WWE. Glad to hear someone actually CALL a match for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just caught Styles/Axel on YouTube. First time I've heard Ranallo in WWE. Glad to hear someone actually CALL a match for a change. It was also the first Styles Clash. They've been teasing it twice now and it's happening on Smackdown? A little underwhelming. Funny how the McMahons reacted on the fans screaming their name. That was a little awkward. Maybe they insisted on him promoting WWE some more during his entrance, like a bannerman being forced to kneel for his new king. I actually think it helps someone like Strowman a lot more to have him throw out Big Show, Kane and Henry as compared to just throwing out the likes of Neville and Stardust. True, that. But fans get disappointed upon their entrance, and it carries to a minute or two unless a more exciting entrance comes along (at least in theory). The exciting entrances were (correct me if I'm wrong): AJ, Zayn & Trips. That's one in ten. They were well-spread, but the beginning lacked some excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Countdown Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Dammit. I follow Bret Hart on Twitter, and he just revealed that he has prostate cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teh_Showtime Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 People should go out of their way to watch the recent Main Event Swagger vs Owens was great and Rusev vs Ryback was great too. They have some of the best chemistry in the company. Rusev definitely deserves better. Looks like he could be the next John Morrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Nection Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Rusev definitely deserves better. Looks like he could be the next John Morrison Ok if he does a Starship Pain in his next match my avatar will eat his hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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