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[Tails]

Originally Posted by StarfoxFan2009

I honestly think by now WWE should've been pushing their other multi gen wrestlers like Curtis Axel instead of Bo Dallas :/ way to tarnish the Hennig legacy Vince. Good to see though at least Rikishi's sons and nephew getting a huge push

Bo Dallas' gimmick is awesome.

[Krendall]

Just as the SummerSlam ad predicted, Cena's the champ...again. The announcers even pointed out that Cena is now one championship away from tying with Ric Flair. It wouldn't be so terrible except Cena will probably end up doing it in roughly half the time it took Flair.

Also annoying is the Usos kept the tag belts. Are those two really so over that they felt the Wyatts' momentum needed to be slowed?

Rollins winning the contract was expected, but I'm cool with it. In fact, I was fine with anyone in that match getting the contract.

Rest of the show was pretty mediocre with no real surprises.

On a sad note, Daniel Bryan said on the pre-show that his recovery is not going well and he may need a second surgery. It really sucks that such a great talent is going to have to sit on the shelf some more. Maybe he can pull a Cena and be a surprise entrant in the Rumble and go on to win.

[Dudebro]

Even though it's all nonsense and doesn't really matter it will be a damn shame when Cena breaks Flairs record. Cena is being handed the record while Flair had to fight for it among some seriously popular talent.

[Krendall]

Originally Posted by Dudebro

Even though it's all nonsense and doesn't really matter it will be a damn shame when Cena breaks Flairs record. Cena is being handed the record while Flair had to fight for it among some seriously popular talent.

Other wrestlers may have been popular, but Flair was a god to the NWA/WCW crowd.

Part of what made Flair's title wins so significant was he didn't look like a "typical" wrestler, he got by on pure skill and charisma. Also noteworthy is he won his titles across two companies, three if you want to count the NWA and WCW as separate. Finally, Flair was often at odds with the higher-ups in WCW, yet he was still given the belt.

[Dudebro]

I'm not a fan anymore but I was long enough to know all about Flair. No one can flop after a hit like him.

[Krendall]

Originally Posted by Dudebro

I'm not a fan anymore but I was long enough to know all about Flair. No one can flop after a hit like him.

The Flair Flop was always funny, but I always preferred Greg Valentine's. Rather than do a quick face-fault like Flair, Valentine would wobble in place for a second, then slowly fall face-first like a tree just got chopped down.

Anyway, just watched RAW (thanks to work and my lack of patience for commercials I watch it the next day), and I gotta ask why does the WWE put on a better show Monday night than on a freakin' PPV?

Highlights & Thoughts:
- Bad News Barrett is out for months with a dislocated shoulder at the hands of Swagger from SmackDown. Now the Intercontinental title is vacant and will be decided by a battle royal at Battle Ground. I'd like to point out that Swagger also gave Dolph Ziggler a concussion last year. Dude really has to stop hurting people.
- Speaking of Swagger he's challenging Rusev. I am really excited for this because I've been anxious to see Rusev in an actual wrestling match. I just pray they don't have Swagger get squashed so Rusev can look that much more powerful against a former champion.
- Jericho returned... and got pummeled by the Wyatts. Not sure where they're going with this, but Bray vs. Chris could be an interesting match.
- AJ Lee also returned and got poetic justice against Paige by suckering her into a title match and winning. So AJ gets a title, Jericho gets clobbered. Somehow that doesn't seem fair. Also, the crowd gave a MASSIVE "CM Punk" chant when AJ came out. It was funny seeing the two gals try to not acknowledge it.
- Sheamus will be holding a "US Title Challenge" on SmackDown (since it airs on the 4th of July and all). Don't know where they're going with this or what exactly it means, but I guess we'll see.
- Damien Sandow's character for the night: Vince McMahon (the show was in Hartford, CT, which is near the WWE's headquarters). Damien does a really good McMahon impression, actually. Stephanie is understandably pissed about it and brings Khali out of mothballs to squash Sandow in one chop. I have no idea why they're keeping him around at this point.
- Dean Ambrose has promised he'll be ready to attack any time Seth Rollins tries to cash in on Money in the Bank, and he made good on it. Rollins tried to cash in after Kane attacked John Cena, but Ambrose attacked before Rollins could win the belt. Didn't they do this same storyline a few years ago with The Miz?

[Tails]

WWE Network is free this week no credit card required.

[Krendall]

Originally Posted by Tails

WWE Network is free this week no credit card required.

On top of that the first 13 Saturday Night's Main Event shows are now available.

[D.B. Cooper]

Will be taking my son to WWE Raw up in Portland tonight. I haven't watched wrestling since back in the late 70's when we had Portland Wrestling and have never seen a WWE show so this should be interesting. My son just loves this stuff though and has been counting down the days since I told him this was his birthday present. Anybody planning on watching this on TV?

[KATZ]

the current WWE is meh to me honestly

[StarfoxFan2009]

Alberto Del Rio got canned for smacking around some personnel at an event about a few days ago

[StarfoxFan2009]

Stone Cold Steve Austin has announced that he is going to try to get into shape and come back

[Dudebro]

Not sure if I mentioned this before but my father is friends with Paul "The butcher" Vachon.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vachon"]Paul Vachon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

Vachon and his wife Dee travel to flea markets and fairs to sell therapeutic magnets, a business they began in 1995.

That's how they met, flea markets. I never heard of them until he told but from what I've read they're pretty big names in old time wrestling, especially in Canada.

[StarfoxFan2009]

he and his brother the late Mad Dog Vachon were really big. Same with sister Vivian but not so much Paul's adopted daughter Luna Vachon.

[Dudebro]

I read about them but somehow I missed Vivian. Pretty tragic story. Luna is buried at Andre the Giants ranch and he was her godfather. Sad but pretty cool that they were friends with him.

[Slime Slayer]

That's pretty cool.

[Tails]

The Rock made an unexpected appearance on Raw last night.

[Krendall]

That was so awesome. Didn't see it coming and I have no clue where they're going with it (if anywhere), but it was a nice surprise to perk up an otherwise dull show.

[Tails]

I don't even watch it anymore but when I heard Rock was on it made me turn it on for that.

[StarfoxFan2009]

And Sting has officially debuted in WWE. He punched Scott Armstrong out and Scorpion Death Dropped Triple H to help Dolph Ziggler and Cena's team defeat the Authority

[Krendall]

Originally Posted by StarfoxFan2009

And Sting has officially debuted in WWE. He punched Scott Armstrong out and Scorpion Death Dropped Triple H to help Dolph Ziggler and Cena's team defeat the Authority

This was the biggest surprise of the show. I had heard rumors of Sting and Triple H wanting a match at WrestleMania, but I didn't think they'd actually go through with it. Never in my life did I think I'd see Sting in a WWE ring.

[Dudebro]

I'm really not trying to be a jerk about this but what the hell is the appeal of Sting? He has no personality, his wanna be Crow outfit is embarrassing and his wrestling moves aren't anything special. Is it just because he's old school?

[KATZ]

I've been watching sting in TNA, he got so tiring there....

[StarfoxFan2009]

I've always been a fan of Sting since my younger days when WCW was still around. Same with Goldberg. The appeal of Sting is that he doesnt need a personality or a good move set to be awesome, as eluded to by the fans of WWE when he showed up :P though personally i think he should have used his WCW entrance

@Katz cant blame that on sting, TNA's booking was always shoddy to begin with. You can thank Vince Russo for that one

[Dudebro]

Well at least he didn't bring out the black spray painted wiffle ball bat he used to threaten people with.

Btw I can understand Goldberg at least. He was intense and he won all the time. Also he was the toughest jewish wrestler I ever heard of