WWE TV, Rumours and Discussion - Part VII

[NSWCROW]

 

[RossFC]

hahahaha that's the guy hosting the Lana/Lashley wedding.

 

[ptrg]

So the whole point of that Drew segment was to get the sound bite of him saying 3-2-1 for their countdown theme for this years rumble..

And did you see a guy in a suit getting pummeled in the ring after AJ posed? It was last weeks Priest, but someone forgot to tell security!!

Also, anyone notice the Lana hearts BBC sign?? Haha

 

[ptrg]

Well that was unpredictable and odd.
And that seemed like a RAW dropout, not a transmission to Aus issue..?

 

[Senor M]

Certainly didn’t expect The Big Show to be the surprise partner....

 

[RossFC]

When Joe went into a dark room behind a door, I thought it was Aleister Black.

Also I'm guessing Rowan has a human heart in his cage.

 

[ptrg]

Jesus they ran outta time on that. You could see the ref getting the wind up, as he instantly got them to go to the finish sequence. Ran out of time to show any replays, any celebrations, spat out a punching match outta nowhere and cut out mid sentence.
Pretty poor timing- what happened to RAW having the freedom to go overtime? It’s now like Smackdown, where it has to go to the second, which ruins main events.

If that’s the limitation, do what AEW and others do and bring back the time limit.

 

[ptrg]

When Joe went into a dark room behind a door, I thought it was Aleister Black.

Also I'm guessing Rowan has a human heart in his cage.

Since old mate skinny got his face torn up/sprayed with “blood” I’m hoping it’s Monty python inspired, and it’s a cute fluffy rabbit or hamster.
Then everyone could talk it up as a killer monster, requiring the equivalent of the holy hand grenade!

 

[RossFC]

Jesus they ran outta time on that. You could see the ref getting the wind up, as he instantly got them to go to the finish sequence. Ran out of time to show any replays, any celebrations, spat out a punching match outta nowhere and cut out mid sentence.
Pretty poor timing- what happened to RAW having the freedom to go overtime? It’s now like Smackdown, where it has to go to the second, which ruins main events.

If that’s the limitation, do what AEW and others do and bring back the time limit.

Raw got rid of the 15min overrun last year I think. Smackdown these days actually finishes 3 minutes early.

 

[RossFC]

Last few raws haven't been painful to watch. I like the direction they are going in.

 

[Senor M]

Raw got rid of the 15min overrun last year I think. Smackdown these days actually finishes 3 minutes early.

I think the only exception has been the Lashley/Lana Wedding last week--- other than that the only WWE show that's got an overrun at the moment is NXT.

I've read that the reason Smackdown finishes a few minutes early is that it allows Fox affiliates to run an ad break prior to their local news.

 

[NSWCROW]

Well that was unpredictable and odd.
And that seemed like a RAW dropout, not a transmission to Aus issue..?

I checked twitter at the time and it wasn't mentioned.

 

[offtherails9]

Just a few thoughts on RAW:

I really like that they've decided to go with Joe/Owens as the top faces. Whoever is making the decisions (guess Vince, marks will say Heyman because Vince can't do anything right apparently) has really listened to the fans because they've been fan favourites for ages, and usually had to play the heel. Who would've thought guys with an edge get over..

Jeez compare Big Show to the AOP. Shows how much smaller everyone has got. Show didn't tower over everyone like that 15 years ago. Pretty crazy.

Also I am so intrigued in what they're doing with Aleister Black. Almost don't even want to think about it all like that, just trying to enjoy his (great) matches.

 

[cheesedogg]

Certainly didn’t expect The Big Show to be the surprise partner....

When I seen Big Show trending on Twitter earlier today I certainly didn't expect it to be The Big Show haha

 

[GWBogan]

I'm more shocked and surprised that Big Show didn't turn heel during or shortly after that match.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Remember when Big Show attacked Steve Austin TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

 

[Senor M]

Remember when Big Show attacked Steve Austin TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

Or when The Big Show won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1995 less than an hour after his Monster Truck was pushed off the side of the building by a face Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc.

 

[mackem]

Surely they can get more believable wresters for Rowan to squash instead of puny guys. Today's look like he just finished primary school

 

[GWBogan]

Or when The Big Show won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1995 less than an hour after his Monster Truck was pushed off the side of the building by a face Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc.

That match had possibly the greatest debut of all-time, The Yettay!

 

[Rusty Brookes]

That match had possibly the greatest debut of all-time, The Yettay!

I'm still trying to figure out how that was meant to hurt Hogan - other than the obvious sexual assault overtones.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

Since old mate skinny got his face torn up/sprayed with “blood” I’m hoping it’s Monty python inspired, and it’s a cute fluffy rabbit or hamster.
Then everyone could talk it up as a killer monster, requiring the equivalent of the holy hand grenade!

Didn’t he already have a gimmick where he had a pet rabbit he carried, or solved rubix cubes or something?

 

[Cleavy]

they're bringing back the ice cream bars (sort of)

 

[glenn2479]

they're bringing back the ice cream bars (sort of)

 

[glenn2479]

I hope there’s a CM Punk one or we’ll never hear the end of it.

 

[Cleavy]

I hope there’s a CM Punk one or we’ll never hear the end of it.

I hope there is one, but it's a mis-print, so you end up with a random arm (which isn't his) or half a face etc