CM Punk & Wrestling's Best Storyline in Years...

[Sylissez]

That ending, man. Bryan is the most over act in the company, without a doubt. WWE can't get that ending up quick enough. I'm gonna rewatch that shit 100 times. There is nothing that can kill Bryan's heat. This is just like Stone Cold where the fans latched onto a guy they liked and refused to let go, regardless of the silly shit WWE saddled them with.

Bryan's gotta be getting the belt at Mania, right?

[907]

That ending, man. Bryan is the most over act in the company, without a doubt. WWE can't get that ending up quick enough. I'm gonna rewatch that shit 100 times. There is nothing that can kill Bryan's heat. This is just like Stone Cold where the fans latched onto a guy they liked and refused to let go, regardless of the silly shit WWE saddled them with.

Bryan's gotta be getting the belt at Mania, right?

It's a nice thought, but I honestly don't have faith that they'll go through with it, no matter how obviously good it would be for them. Vince is completely out of touch with what people in 2014 want, and everything goes through him.

[Brougham33]

Bryan's gotta be getting the belt at Mania, right?

I'm starting to buy into the idea that they might know what they are doing right now. They've used the most over faces (Punk and Bryan) to elevate the status of The Shield (mostly Reigns and Ambrose) and The Wyatt family. You don't have the Rock obviously, but you will have Batista, Lesnar, Taker and most likely Hogan for star power. And these are once in a lifetime reactions.


They can't be stupid enough not to end Mania with that right?

[Sylissez]

Yeah, I mean that reaction last night was on a Stone Cold level. And it's not just the Northeast smark cities or his hometown. It's every city they go to. Little kids are wearing beards. The crowd is chanting for him during segments he has nothing to do with. And he's been the guy involved at the end of the show more often than not since July/August.

Yeah, I think this has been a deliberate build.

[Ramen]

Its so hard to believe this is where they were headed all along. Dude is undeniable.

[mike eagle]

i think they believe that he is over but they dont believe that he can sell ppvs

[Req]

yea just came in to say shes apparently not dead lol, will look up the match now

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1913 ... -at-age-90

:(

[907]

i think they believe that he is over but they dont believe that he can sell ppvs

Good thing their moving away from the PPV business and towards the network business.

[mike eagle]

just watched that match again. really was brilliant. there's a couple instances of bryan either helping the usos out of the cage or obviously going easy on them

[zappy]

man i love dean ambrose.

[zappy]

That ending, man. Bryan is the most over act in the company, without a doubt. WWE can't get that ending up quick enough. I'm gonna rewatch that shit 100 times. There is nothing that can kill Bryan's heat. This is just like Stone Cold where the fans latched onto a guy they liked and refused to let go, regardless of the silly shit WWE saddled them with.

Bryan's gotta be getting the belt at Mania, right?

i'm ready for the summer of bryan. too bad it will never happen.

[907]

man i love dean ambrose.

There's another one that's even longer, and just as good. I've watched them both multiple times, and am still not sick of them.

[ayentee]

is it me or is curtis axel lookin better these days. just saw the match he had with kofi kingston and it wasn't bad.

[Andvil]

I'm going to Royal Rumble next week, I haven't watched wrestling in many years. I grew up watching wrestling and stopped sometime after the attitude era. One thing I never got to do was go to a big live event like Raw or Smackdown or anything like that. Finally living the dream.

SOMEONE SCHOOL ME, GET ME UP TO SPEED SO I KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AT ROYAL RUMBLE AND I WILL LOVE YOU 4EVER

I only know a handful of the current crop... Cena, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Orton, Sheamus, etc
and I vaguely know about all the stuff CM Punk did in the past couple years or whenever it was. Still don't really know what it was all about though

[tehgiftofgab]

just read this entire thread, youll be done by sunday im sure, heh

[Brougham33]

SOMEONE SCHOOL ME, GET ME UP TO SPEED SO I KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AT ROYAL RUMBLE AND I WILL LOVE YOU 4EVER

Andvil, read this:

Looking back at 2013:
http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2014/01/01/wwe- ... in-review/

Funnier recap:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/24/ ... -in-review

Outside of the big names like Cena, Lesnar, Taker, Punk, and Bryan, the new names worth knowing about:
The Shield (trio comprised of Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns)
The Wyatt Family (Leader Bray Wyatt, and his followers Luke Harper and Erick Rowan)
Big E Langston (first legit IC title holder in a while)

Watch both of these to see how over Daniel Bryan is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttiGTC5B2gg

This one also has the coolest finish to Raw in recent memory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdhr1kxIaSY

Major storylines going into the Rumble:

-Return of Dave Batista
-Authority (Triple H, Stephanie, Kane?, Vince?) vs CM Punk
-Closure to the Bray Wyatt/Daniel Bryan storyline? Also where does Daniel Bryan go from here into WrestleMania if he isn't in the Rumble Match.

[Brougham33]

As for Raw, please tell me that new Batista look means he is going heel quick? Regardless, lol'd hard at skinny jeans, teeny track suit, old fat face looking motivational Rock looking ass dude Batista.

And yes, the whole six man tag was amazing, but HOLY SHIT:







Super Hero shit.

[Ramen]

Yeah that whole sequence with Reigns was tuff.

[Andvil]

SOMEONE SCHOOL ME, GET ME UP TO SPEED SO I KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AT ROYAL RUMBLE AND I WILL LOVE YOU 4EVER

Andvil, read this:

Looking back at 2013:
http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2014/01/01/wwe- ... in-review/

Funnier recap:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/24/ ... -in-review

Outside of the big names like Cena, Lesnar, Taker, Punk, and Bryan, the new names worth knowing about:
The Shield (trio comprised of Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns)
The Wyatt Family (Leader Bray Wyatt, and his followers Luke Harper and Erick Rowan)
Big E Langston (first legit IC title holder in a while)

Watch both of these to see how over Daniel Bryan is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttiGTC5B2gg

This one also has the coolest finish to Raw in recent memory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdhr1kxIaSY

Major storylines going into the Rumble:

-Return of Dave Batista
-Authority (Triple H, Stephanie, Kane?, Vince?) vs CM Punk
-Closure to the Bray Wyatt/Daniel Bryan storyline? Also where does Daniel Bryan go from here into WrestleMania if he isn't in the Rumble Match.

[LilLeftBrain]

ayo that's the dopest opus a-train
was digging on the wyatt fam/the shield in particular when i went back to watching over the summer
if you want some luchadore masks or a talking sting doll to take with just a holler

[Andvil]

I dont need no mask, you LaParka, I'm Malenko....

[Brougham33]

Ambrose on the Cabana podcast this week, good listen.

[ThaJim2]

Andivil. I went to a royal rumble without watching wrestling for a couple of years and is was still fucking awesome. It was the year LT got into the shit.

[Ramen]

How is gold dust looking better than he ever has?

[battlecatmeowstab212]

How is gold dust looking better than he ever has?

1) He's cleaner than he's ever been.

2) DDP Yoga.

Anyone else here ever tried DDP Yoga?

[zappy]

anyone have a stream site for royal rumble?

[LilLeftBrain]

not watching but read elsewhere that
http://smackyourtv.com/
is where it's at
might check out the rumble portion when it comes time

[Brougham33]

Wyatt/Bryan match was the shit.

I'll give it a chance, but I'm dreading Bray/Cena fued, Cena can't really pull off the kayfabe angles, I'm having flashbacks to the 2012 embrace the hate Kane fued.

Loved that crowd.

The audience and matches no longer matter, Dave Batista is headlining Mania.

[tehgiftofgab]

Ppv was amazing till mysterios tubby ass came as 30 and not Bryan, I know it was obviously but fuck Batista winning, at least the crowd was amazing

[Brougham33]

Bryan tweeting about it last night:

They try to keep US down and away from the top spots, but they can’t ignore the reactions forever. Keep voicing your opinions. #YESMovement

And so did Foley:

Does @WWE actually hate their own audience? I've never been so disgusted with a PPV.

So I still want to believe this is all a work, but Foley seriously doubled down on the frustration and it seemed too real:

HEY WWE....WHAT THE F?

As I mentioned on Twitter, I've never felt so disgusted at the conclusion of a WWE (or any) PPV. Like many of you out there, I just don't get it. This Daniel Bryan thing is a phenomenon. You get it. I get it. The fans in Pittsburgh (yes, I was thinking of writing "RIGHT TH...but I'm just not in a cheap pop mood) got it. But tonight, for the first time, I had to admit to myself that the powers that be are just not going to get it. And that makes me sad. I'm just honestly sad, just flat out fucking sad (yes, I dropped an F-bomb there to emphasize how F'ing sad I am for the guys who bust their butts night in and night out - Ziggler, Punk, Bryan, etc - with no hope of getting their shot at this year's Mania.

You know who else I'm sad for? Me. In my two years as an official WWE Ambassador, I never once had to lie about my enthusiasm for the company or the product. Now, although I am no longer officially an Ambassador for WWE (believe it or not, my only official role in WWE is as GM for Saturday Morning Slam, a contract that ends in one month) I was till looking forward to being part of the biggest event of the year. I'll probably end up going anyway. But I'm about 1/6th as excited about it as I was just a few hours ago. I wanted so badly to hear 75,000 WWE fans chanting "YES" - and seeing fans walk away absolutely ecstatic about the outcome of a PPV for the first time in a while...a long while. But when given the chance to make it happen (unless they've got something MAJOR up their sleeve) WWE's answer tonight was a resounding "NO, NO, NO".