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I guess we'll see just how much pull Taker has. My money is if its not Brock Lesnar, apparently the WWE/Undertaker are concerned with both his physical wrestling style and Taker likes to practice his WM matches so they're not sure Brock will put the time into it, it will be Sheamus because that's what Vince wants and it doesn't hurt he's good friends with Triple H.

Although I'm not sure why the WWE won't do a Cena/Undertaker WM match.

 

"the devil told me to do it"

The devil = kane

kane is in the authority

Bryan is joining Wyatts/Kane.....they will eventually all turn on authority and it will be Kane, Bryan+Wyatts against the Authority....

Saw that floating around.

 

They won't last this long, but I would love to see a triple threat match of The Shield at Wrestlemania. If you could stretch out this breakup angle until then, you could run with either an elimination style match where Reigns pins both of his mates to help establish him as a singles star and be the clear "leader," and best of the group.

Have Ambrose and Rollins attack him afterwards, let Reigns run a small face program where he goes over them and move a on to whatever. Ambrose/Rollins stay together as a unit, tagging from time to time and wrestle singles.

 

Wyatts+Bryan vs Shield+Orton sounds good too.

 

Yeah that's been mentioned before.

Another thing I've seen talked about is when Bray first did promos he mentioned a "Sister Abigale" which led to speculation that AJ Lee might be "Sister Abigale" since we don't know what AJ stands for. And the Wyatts targeted Kane and Bryan, both of them had past on air relationships with her so maybe she's the "devil". Interesting theory for sure but I highly doubt that would work because that would mean the WWE would have to remember stuff that happened a few years ago.

Eh, I'd rather Bryan but put in a singles match then get stuck in a tag match where he'd be limited.

Although I'm not sure where Bryan would fit in card wise right now since we'll probably have Triple H vs. Punk, Orton vs. Batista and Undertaker vs. Brock. Rumor is Cena might face Bray Wyatt, so who's really left for Bryan? Maybe Kane?

 

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I would be impressed if any of these storylines has those endings. To creative for wwe creative

 

I was actually working on a mock WM card in my head last night and was really having trouble putting everything together, myself. By I did come up with, what I think, is an interesting scenario for Daniel Bryan:

Bryan, and you know, has joined the Wyatt Family, mainly due to not being able to get ahead. No matter what he does or how often the fans chant his name, he is being held down. So perhaps joining sides with the a lows him to finally get what he wants...or at the very least, keeps himself from getting beat up constantly.

He enters the RR, along with Erick Rowan and Luke Harper, they work together to eliminate competition and are eventually joined, at #30, by Bray Wyatt himself. Bray sits in his rocking chair, knowing full well he has no other #'s to worry about coming in after him. He enjoys the full ring being emptied by his family members, and eventually joins them in the ring to help eliminate the bigger boys (Big Show, Henry, etc.).

Meanwhile, Roman Reigns is on a tear and "accidentally on purpose" eliminates Ambrose and Rollins, much to their chagrin. He turns and realizes that he is alone against the entire Wyatt Family. He fights valiantly, eliminating Rowan and Harper and is on the verge of eliminating Wyatt when Bryan tosses Reigns, leaving Bray and Bryan alone in the ring.

Bray smiles, drops to his knees and waits, patiently for Daniel to eliminate himself. Bryan hops the top rope onto the apron and considers jumping down. He hesitates and teases, while the crowd tells implores him not to. Bray now starts to become concerned and Bryan re-enters the ring and starts "no-ing" as the crowd joins him. Wyatt is incensed, a battle ensues and Bryan eventually tosses Wyatt and wins the RR.

Yes chants break out and Bryan's intentions are revealed (to an extent).

-The next night on RAW, Bryan starts the night off with a nice lil speech, only to be interrupted by HHH/Steph. They sarcastically congratulate him on his big win, and promise to make him prove that he belongs in the WM Main Event for the belt against Orton (who retained over Cena at RR). Bryan, now wise to HHH's antics, says as such and declares that despite his win at the RR and his built in chance for the title, that he wants no part of any of it. He has had enough.

Instead, he declares that he is foregoing his title shot, for a chance of ace Undertaker at WM30. His thought is that HHH will never allow him to compete fairly for the title, and others have own and lost titles at WM. But NO ONE has beaten Taker. So if he does, he will be remembered forever and HHH will have to deal with the fact that Bryan did, what he could not, what HBK could not, what Kane, Orton and everyone else could not. Bryan will go down as the legendary man who beat the dead man, while they all failed.

At this point, the lights go out, everyone thinks it is Taker, but the music hits and it is Wyatt and his family. They surround the ring as HHH and Steph leave, smirks on their faces. As they hop the ring, Roman Reigns appears in the crowd, gunning towards the ring. He joins the Wyatt family in the ring, but reveals that he is there to HELP Bryan. They fight the Family off and Reigns starts his face turn on the road to WM as Bryan declares his intentions to face Taker.

This sets up, not only Bryan vs. Taker, but also gives you the Roman reigns face turn and obvious tension with his old running mates, gives you a #1 contenders stipulation for the Elimination Chamber PPV in February that is to be cashed in at WM, and gives the top of your card some vision as to what WM will be about and look like.

In my head, Batista, Sheamus, Brock, Cena, CM Punk and Big Show are the contenders in the Elimination Chamber match, with Batista ultimately pinning Cena to win the title shot. Sheamus and Lesnar end up brawling even after being eliminated and Punk is eliminated after distractions from Wyatt and Co. (more on he this in a minute).

Meanwhile, one the RAWs after Bryan announces his intentions for Taker, legends like HBK, Snuka, Flair and even HHH try to talk him out of it. They warn him that it will be a career shortened for him and to back out. Of co ruse, Bryan refuses and instead, demands a match with Taker's brother and his former partner, Kane, at the Elimination Chamber. Bryan wins and Kane goes to attack him afterwards. Lights god own, the gong hits and when the lights come on, Kane is backing off. The next night on RAW, Taker returns, accepts Bryan's challenge and tells him to rest in peace, etc.

So you have Bryan vs. Kane, Elimination Chamber Match and a six man elimination tag of The Shield vs. Wyatt's. During this match, Ambrose and Rollins are eliminated first before Reigns rallies to dispose of the Wyatts. Bray's minions attack afterwards before Bray can call them off. He declares that "the devil is here," hits Reigns with his finisher and they leave. The Remaining members of the shield don't come to Roman's aide.

During the Chamber match itself, Punk is clobbering and about to hit the GTS on Brock, when Bray appears on stage in his chair. Punk is distracted long enough to get F5'd and eliminated. Once out of the chamber, he makes a run for Bray, gets blindsided by the Family and lo and behold...the Devil appears by Bray's side. The devil is Jake The Snake Roberts and Bray steps aside to allow Jake to DDT him which Jake does, as the action in the ring picks back up.

So WM30 shapes up as follows:

Bryan vs. Undertaker
Orton vs. Batista for WWE Title
Punk vs. Bray Wyatt w/Jake Roberts in corner)
Reigns vs. Ambrose vs. Rollins
Lesnar vs. Sheamus (falls count anywhere, no DQ)
Rhodes Brothers (with Dusty and Hacksaw) vs. Real Americans for a Tag Titles
Cena vs. ???


After that, I tend to fall apart. I still have no program for Big E, Ziggler, Del Rio, Show, Jericho, Fandango, HHH, Misterio and a slew of others.

Butt the top of the card is taken care of.

 

Maybe it's just me but I'm not really excited to see a possible Undertaker/Bryan match at WM. While I think it will probably be on par with the Taker/Punk match I'd much rather see him face Brock Lesnar or even John Cena instead. Especially with Cena I think they could put on a really good match and have the crowd really guessing the outcome of it. Plus it's one of the few dream matches the WWE actually has left with the current roster as Cena/Undertaker have only wrestled once or twice and it was way back in 2003ish.

 

I am fine with a Cena/Taker match.

Taker/Lesnar would be brutally bad. Taker can barely move, at this point, so getting him opponents that can ping-pong off of him is probably key. Bryan can do that, Punk can do that. To a lesser extent, Cena can too.

Brock cannot.

 

Supposedly the leaked WWE Network Logo, along with the other concepts and a mock up of this logo on a title belt.

Not bad, although I thought I read that the new logo was going to. Be a big departure from the current one, which I would not qualify this as.

 

Okay, just so I can hit you with a challenge.....

How would you set up a Cena vs. Kofi Kingston program?

 

Oof! Let me think of something and get back to you tonight.

 

Okay, this is a little tough and probably a program that would be better for AFTER Wrestlemania, given the frenetic pace that happens between now and then, but if I had to crowbar a program together for WM, I would go as follows:

Kofi come so out on RAW for his normal filler match, he slaps hands, smiles and hits his spots like usual, and ultimately gets a cleans in over whoever he is facing (probably The Miz). As he is celebrating his victory, his music cuts off and Cena's hits. Cena is walking to the ring, all business, and Kofi is confused since he is still in there. Cena grabs a mic and apologizes to Kofi for interrupting, but he has something he has to address regarding a Randy Orton. Kofi isn't really mad, just confused, but obliges his friend and powders out while Cena promotes his match with RR.

On Smackdown that week, Kofi again wins a singles match, this time against Fandango (who is technically a heel but is a favorite to crowds, thus the subtle shades of Kofi starting to turn). Kofi is again celebrating when graphics and the announcer talk turns to Cena's promo from Monday, including a Titantron graphic that Kofi can see. He throws his hands up in frustration that people aren't paying attention to his winning streak and visibly rolls his eyes while walking to the back.

The following Monday, Kofi is in a tag match with Santino, and doesn't seem to be too fond of his assignment. Nonetheless, he and Santino go on to beat 3MB after Kofi refuses to tag Santino in, and just handles the match himself. Despite this, Santino's music plays. Kofi, now completely irritated, grabs a mic, forces the music to stop and starts complaining that for the last few weeks, he has handled business, yet he keeps getting interrupted, looked over and disrespected with who he is forced to tag with (Santino just stands there looking dumb). Quite frankly, he is sick of it, and people better start showing him the respect he has earned. With that, he demands they play HIS music, and he walks out, refusing to slap fans' hands but still smiling (cockily) and arms raised.

Later in the show, Cena is giving an interview and Kofi walks by in the background, he notices that John is talking and decides to start posing and being stupid in the background. Eventually, John takes notice and asks Kofi what he is doing. Kofi says he is just trying to get the camera time back that John stole from him last week. John is confused, but forcibly asks Kofi to leave so that he can get back to what is important. Kofi sneers as he backs off.

That week on Smackdown, Kofi wrestles Santino. He beats him handily and afterwards, he pulls out Santino's hand puppet and starts choking Santino with it, before tossing him outside and into the stairs. He steps on Santino as he walks out. (Also of note, Kofi's ring attire is still relatively the same, with the exception that the bright colors are shrinking, being replaced with solid blacks, yellows, and greys.

After the commercial break, backstage reporter tries to interview Kofi. Kofi retorts "oh NOW, you want to talk to me? When I win match after match, no one wants anything to do with me, but beat up the clown of the WWE that all the kids cheer for, and all of a sudden I am relevant? I see how it is." And with at, he pushes the announcer into the wall and leaves.

At The Rumble, Cena is rallying towards a victory over Orton, when all of a sudden, Kofi's music hits. Kofi is on stage, in a jumpsuit and doing his usual, over the top antics. The distraction is enough for Cena to lose focus and turn into an RKO and lose. Kofi watches from the stage and shrugs his shoulders as if to say, "you get what you deserve." Cena eventually awakens and through a wincing pain, he realizes that he has lost his chance at the title and knows that his "friend" is the reason for it.

During the Rumble match itself, Kofi enters mid-way through and almost immediately as he enters, John tears through from the back and into the ring. Kofi is terrified and in a panic, hops over the top rope to escape. John and thus, eliminates himself in the process. John chases Kofi to the back and the match continues.

Next night on RAW, Cena demands answers from Kofi. Kofi come so it, in an all black track suit and a hoodie. He refuses to look at Cena because he is disgusted with his former friend. He tells John how he has struggled while John has succeeded. He did everything he was supposed to do, went to all the extra events, signed every autograph, and high fives every stupid kid he could. And what does he get? No respect, not even from his "friends" who can't even be bothered to wait a second as he enjoys a victory. No respect from the boys in the back, and no respect from the powers that be who treated him like a clown by teaming him up with Santino. And why? Because that is how the fans see him. So screw the fans, screw everyone in the back and Screw John Cena. Kofi knows that Cena will get a shot at the Elimination Chamber for the shot at the WWE title (remember Bryan gave it up), and. Kofi doesn't know why, considering that Kofi has won a ton of matches recently, while John has lost. Once again, he is disrespected. He demands John give him his spot in the match.

John refuses and Kofi goes after him. Kofi is eventually bested and powders out as officials pour out to separate them. HHH says both will compete in separate beat the clock matches tonight. Winner gets the spot in the EC.

Kofi wins his match in 5 minutes. Cena beats him later in the night, by about 15 seconds or so. Kofi goes insane and starts attacking Cena with chair, and anything else around ringside. Officials come out but Kofi throws them off of him and continues attacking John. Eventually Nikki Bella comes out and throws herself on top of John and begs Kofi to stop. Kofi grabs her by the hair and drags her off of John. Just as he is seemingly about to hit her, John rushes to her hair and a pull apart brawl occurs. HHH is out in the middle of it and yells at Kofi that he is suspended indefinitely. Kofi spits at HHH and slaps him, telling him he quits.

At Elimination Chamber, Cena is making his way to the ring for the match, when a hooded man in a track suit hops the rail and nails him with a baton in the back of the head. He gets about three or four more shot on him until security eventually tackles and cuffs him. As medics check on Cena, the hooded one is revealed to be Kofi as he is escorted from the arena, seemingly arrested. Cena goes on to lose, never fully recovering from the attack.

Next night on RAW, he demands Kofi be reinstated so that he can kick his *** at WM. HHH tells him no and that after last night, Kofi is no longer suspended, but is now fired.

Kofi takes to social media to blast HHH and Cena, saying that Cena is hiding behind the WWE machine to avoid facing him. Of course, these tweets, Touts and radio interviews are replayed on WWE TV as well as wwe.com to help spread this line of thinking. Over the next two weeks, multiple masked men in hoods start attacking Cena. Each is subdued and each is revealed to NOT be Kofi, but local workers who Kofi hired to do his bidding. Eventually it escalates to where one of them goes after Nikki Bella and HHH has no choice but to grant Cena his wish. He will sign Kofi back to the WWE so that Cena can destroy him at WM. But of he doesn't. If Kofi survives, this will be re-visited on Cena's head, tenfold.

And voila...Wrestlemania 30 feud of Kofi Kingston vs. John Cena.

 

ping pong as in?

 

As in Undertaker can throw the opponent around and the opponent can bounce off of him when he's performing big impact moves. It makes for much cooler visuals and adds more to the match with bigger bumps. Smaller athletic wrestlers have an easier time doing that than bigger heavyweights. The Undertaker wouldn't be able to throw someone like Brock around and instead the match would have to be much more physical with a lot of brawling and bumping by both guys, something Taker might not be able to do anymore.

 

Daniel Bryan has apparently changed both his name (Daniel Wyatt) and his ring attire (to look like the Wyatts). There are pics up here:

http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/308873/[PHOTOS]-First-Images-of-Daniel-Bryan-in-the-Wyatt-Family.htm

I really hope this angle ends quick.

 

So this sort of bothers me some, but according to some, this whole angle was hastily slapped together at the last moment and has no end game, currently. Apparently, the writing team is is in shambles and has no idea where to go with this one. Not exactly encouraging considering what time of year it is.

 

^----- That

Taker is legit old and broken down. Replaced body parts and everything. He can gear up for a match or two when he needs to, but the man deserves to retire soon. If he wants to work with Bryan, I believe it is probably because he respects him, first off, but also because he can get away with minimal effort and still have a good match. As an example of this, look at Hogan versus Shawn Michaels from Summerslam a few years back.

Shawn got pissed that Hogan was going over him and was told to sell and make Hogan look like a million bucks. HBK did his version of a protest and oversold everything. Despite his cartoonish protest, he still bumped and did most of the work so that old man Hogan could walk around and avoid any heavy lifting himself.

 

Yeah, apparently outside of CM Punk vs. Triple H at WM, the whole WM card is consistently being changed up. This is the first year in a long time that the WWE doesn't have a clear plan heading into "The Road to WM".

Other news is Batista is apparently going to be around for 1 year. He wants another run with the company, WM to WM.

Also once Reigns leaves The Shield, instead of splitting up the group they might add a replacement member and Mason Ryan is the name being talked about. Personally I'd love to see Ambrose on his own and continue to be given a Brian Pillman like gimmick and let him run with it.

 

That's exactly why I think the WWE should run a Cena/Undertaker match at WM as like I said it is one of the last true realistic dream matches out there. You know Cena always steps it up when he needs to and you know he'll put the time and effort in to work with Taker and make him look good. Plus again this would be one of the few times since they started hyping "the streak" that fans would believe this could be the year Taker finally loses.

Undertaker vs. Cena
CM Punk vs. Triple H
Batista vs. Orton

That's not a bad top 3 head lining matches right there for WM in terms of hyping up the event.

 

Dude, do us all favor. Apply as a writer for the WWE. We'll be your references.

 

Ha! That's nice to say, but honestly? Who would want that gig? The pay is crap and ultimately, your ideas are sifted through about five managers and come out the other end as something completely different than you had envisioned.

Besides, I doubt I would be anywhere near qualified in their eyes.

Also, did I mention the pay was crappy? Cuz it is crappy.

On a sidenote: my old promoter, Roland Alexander passed away late last year. Many here may not know who he is but if you ever saw Wrestling With Shadows, you saw him. He also helped many young stars along, early in their careers. Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Crash Holly, and, of course, Daniel Bryan and The Great Khali.

He was always very kind to me and when I was 17 years old and sitting in his office, he flat out told me he was astounded with my knowledge of the business. At 18 years old, after training for about 6 months (and maybe 180 lbs. soaking wet), he pulled me into his office and told me that he was surprised at how well I was doing and that, in his opinion, I "had a shot," at making this industry, considering my knowledge of how it worked and how I was progressing in the ring.

It was shortly after that that I started ring announcing, working security and ring crew for him, while training at nights, ultimately becoming Dalip Singh's (Great Khali) training partner and friend (the guy is legit hilarious with a STUNNING Jim Ross impression). From there, I got to train and work with Daniel Bryan, Christopher Daniels, Mike Modest, Donovan Morgan and a slew of others. It was a tremendous experience, early in my life.

Once I left the business, I only ever heard from Roland once. It was about six months later and he e-mailed me asking if I wanted to come back. I politely declined and thanked him for the opportunity. His response was to tell me that I wasted what he thought, was a promising and bright future in that profession. He meant it as a compliment, oddly enough.

 

And the travel is awful too. Plus they would never hire someone without "Hollywood writing experience". One of my friends who works in Hollywood actually had an interview with the WWE for a writer's job. He didn't get it because one of the questions was "are you or were you ever a wrestling fan" and he still is a big one and he got the impression they were looking for "outsiders" and with Sitcom experience.

And if you ever read any interviews with old WWE writers they all talk about how terrible the schedule is working wise and how everyone is always trying to screw you over for ideas and of course if you're not a McMahon yes man you won't be long for the job.

I think you meant "Beyond the Mat" as I don't recall Alexander being in "Wrestling With Shadows" but I only saw that one once. But I agree both movies are must views.

Also cool story.

 

A guy I used to know...graduated high school and then took a car out to Los Angeles to make it as a screen writer...

after bouncing around.....he got a Job.

That job was..writing for the Sitcom.."Friends". Guy was making damn near 200k a year as a staff writer.

He does well now, so he mainly only works for ****s and giggles...anyhow..he is a huge wrestling fan...

He contacted some people to get his resume in front of Vince for a writing job on a free lance basis. He was even offering to do it for free to start.

WWE politely declined and said that prior "in the business" experience was NECESSARY.

 

Beyond The Mat. It's time ps like the one above, that it start to worry about CTE. No joke. My career was partially ended due to too many consecutive concussions from bad bumps. I find myself forgetting more and more and it has become harder to carry on monologues while on stage. I tend to chalk it up to years of dumbassery, but brain farts like the one above usually make me think it is something deeper rooted.

It was a Beyond The Mat, not Wrestling With Shadows. Both are awesome documentaries, however. Also, if you ever saw the old special on NBC that was about pro wrestling and how the wrestlers "did it," that was the same group I was involved with. Most of those guys (Mike Modest, Maxx Payne, etc.) participated in that special and were heavily blackballed because of it. Modest seemingly broke through, and signed a contract with WCW, about a week or two prior to they collapsing. I have heard their side of title but ultimately, I still don't know why they did that special other than the quick payday they received.

That is good to know. I actually flies in the face of what I have heard from my guys, but perhapsp they have a balance I am unaware of? Either way, having industry experience, in my eyes, is a must.

Also, if you have to look outside of the industry, I have always felt that Broadway producers and writers were better fits than sitcom types. Ultimately, this is a traveling stage act, and getting people who are experienced and understand that fact can only help.

 

Have you ever got your head checked out? Seriously if you haven't maybe you should. Especially with all the crap that's been coming out with concussions. It's scary stuff.

Are you talking about the NBC special with the wrestlers in masks showing you how to do wrestling moves so it doesn't hurt and they pushed a grandmother over in the arena to get heat etc? If so I randomly rewatched that special a few months ago because it popped up on my YouTube recommendation feed.

 

Old School RAW tonight, which is usually a fun show. The Godfather, Sgt. Slaughter, Mick Foley, Ric Flair, Rikishi, Too Cool, Mean Gene, DDP, Dusty Rhodes, Roddy Piper, Bob Backlund, IRS, Ted DiBiase and Booker T are all scheduled to appear.

Kind of wish the WWE would bring in some new old school guys like maybe the Steiner Brothers, Lex Luger, Jeff Jarrett etc. instead of the same old same old. Obviously it depends on which older guys are in the dog house or not would like them to mix it up with the old timers.

 

That's the special! It was embarrassing to see my guys with masks on, like no one would know it was them.

As for getting my head checked, I have not. I have three diagnosed concussions and at least one other one that I know was a concussion when I took a bump from the second rope, landed on my tailbone and the force drove the back of my head into the mat and I blacked out. In fact, that one was probably the scariest one and went undiagnosed. It was also one of the last times I stepped foot in a ring, for a number of reasons.

 

That whole show was pretty embarrassing in a funny way though. Especially the bit with the grandma. I never knew Maxx Payne and Modest were two of the guys in that show. I've read in a few places that some of the guys in that show are obvious to spot but I never could. I'm assuming none of the other guys were ever any big names in the business.

That concussion sounds scary to me. Concussions are one of the big reasons why I don't have an issue with the WWE being PG now. Watching some of those Attitude Era hardcore matches or anything involving ECW is scary to watch now, especially some of those insame bumps. I'm still shocked that Foley doesn't have any long term damage (at least not yet) from some of those chair shots.

 

Foley absolutely does. Dude forgets where he lives in his own hometown and when he goes to "promo-land," he tends to get the shakes as he is letting his mind wander. He is in for a brutal second half of his life, IMO. I think his neuro center is pretty bad off.

The knockout concussion was one of the eerily scary things I have been a part of. I slipped off the second rope (and later found out it was greased as a rib for any worker going to that corner) and after my head hit, everything went silent for about a second or two, and it just went black from the outside in. Meaning my peripheral vision went out, and my eyesight just closed in from there.

I remember hearing laughter and then the next thing I knew, I was in the weight room and woke up on the bench press bench with one of the other guys keeping watch (and laughing about my situation...he was a dick).

Anyway, I knew relatively soon afterwards that I was probably done in the ring. That was my third concussion from wrestling (one from football) and the limited info I had on concussions back then (Steve Young, Troy Aikman) led me to believe that going forward, I would be susceptible to more and more.

That, and the stupid pranks, like the one described above, were becoming more and more prevalent, as was the overall politics. Once the accident with Dalip happened, I knew for a fact that I was finished.

 

Actually, a lot of the wrestlers in that show were, and are, well known wrestlers.

 

I'm sure it's common knowledge (and probably could be found with a google search)but who else was on that show?

EDIT: I stopped being lazy and did that google search. Pretty interesting list. Surprised Harley Race, being so old school, would do it.

 

It's in Baltimore too, I should have saved up some money and went. I haven't been keeping up lately and randomly heard a radio ad for the show a couple of days ago. Booker T was at the PPV event I went to a couple of years ago. It could be pretty cool to see Rick Flair live, even if he is about 100 now.

 

Fantastic RAW. Executed near flawlessly with the use of old guys and mixing them in with news guys. Jake Roberts looks like a different person. That was an unexpected surprise.

 

DDP you work wonders my friend, Jake looked great!

 

Yeah the old school RAWs are always fun. I thought Jake looked great, especially since the guy probably should have been dead 15 years ago.

If anyone has any issues with Roman Reigns its time to just shut up and get on the rocket ship because there's no stopping him getting that monster push. And really him going over Punk last night was absolutely the right call.

Apparently Ziggler suffered another concussion last night due to a stiff Ryback clothesline during the Main Event. It's his 2nd in under a year.

 

Hey guys! The big announcement is tonight and it;s no secret that it will be about a New WWE Network.

How cool is that with their massive archive of footage?

They better not be charging a premium for this and better just fold into cable systems.

MARK OUT!

 

It all depends on the cost and also what they're willing to show/share. If it's an on-demand like service where you can virtually get any episode of RAW, Nitro, PPV, etc it would be incredible. But if it's limited to what you can watch or see it could be a total bust.

This absolutely has potential to be great, it all depends though. Should be interesting to see what it's all about.

 

So will Raw/Smackdown be on this new network? And what of the rumors of it being non-pg again?

Sidenote, watched raw last night, loved it......great seeing the older guys, Rikishi is one proud papa.....and godfather?! OMG my wife thought I was crazy yelling "hooooeeeee traiiinnn"

Good stuff.

 

Just a guess I'd say RAW will still be on USA because the WWE makes tons of money off of the TV ads but if Smackdown is ever dropped from SyFy and they couldn't get another cable company to pick it up then I could see it being on the WWE Network. I'm sure they will show re-plays of RAWs and Smackdowns though. Plus the WWE needs to still put out its product on cable TV to draw in new viewers etc.

The WWE will probably put C level shows like NXT, Main Event on it or maybe create another show like those.

And no I don't see the WWE switching to non-PG at this time. It's just better for the safety of the talent to stay PG and avoid reckless bumps/moves.