Will the new era of Brock start tonight as world champ?
Here's the card. (Rumored length of match)
Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz (10 minutes)
Bray Wyatt vs. Chris Jericho (15 minutes)
Rusev vs. Jack Swagger (12 minutes)
Paige vs. AJ Lee (12 minutes)
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins (15 minutes)
Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns (20 minutes)
Brie Bella vs. Stephanie McMahon (15 minutes)
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena (25 minutes)
How on Earth are they going to book the titles off Lesnar now? Roman Reigns? Nobody can take them off of him realistically (besides a fairy tale Cena rematch which is what will happen at Night of Champions)
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In comment 11811904 dpinzow said:
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In comment 11811883 Dave in Hoboken said:
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The HBK of this generation. The amount of great matches he's going to have on his resume by the time he retires is going to be staggering. He's only 28.
Ambrose isn't that far behind...he reminds me quite a bit of Roddy Piper
I'm just talking about in ring talent.
Piper is dramatically underrated in the ring. He's no HBK but he was a high-level performer
In the ring? I was never a Piper in ring fan. His promos were awesome, though.
Good card otherwise I thought. I agree with previous sentiment on the Reigns booking. The gotta get that guy in to some kind of a novel feud, and quick. Or else he's going to end up being the forgotten man of the Shield, which was unthinkable a few months ago.
16 German Suplexes. Haha, Jesus Christ
Good card otherwise I thought. I agree with previous sentiment on the Reigns booking. The gotta get that guy in to some kind of a novel feud, and quick. Or else he's going to end up being the forgotten man of the Shield, which was unthinkable a few months ago.
Having the match be competitive is not what Lesnar's characters about. Its about total annihilation. It was perfect.
Now my ideal scenario is Brock hold the title through the rumble. And then in the royal rumble have a mysterious entry at number 30. That being Punk. Punk wins and sets up a Punk/Lesnar WM. Punk wins that sets up a Punk/bryan Summerslam.
WWE sees him as their next top face. They aren't going to let him fall behind anyone, one way or another. WWE fans could time warp back to 1997 and break out a "Die Roman, Die!" chant and it wouldn't matter one bit.
He has a lot of potential, but when Randy Orton is the only one getting a crowd involved in a match to any extent, something is massively going wrong and it's potentially setting the stage for something easily worse than Cena's reactions over the last decade.
But whatever, people seem to love him, and I don't. I hate the idea of him as Champion, but I don't have any interest in being the contrarian, but I did want to share my displeasure.
Overall though again, I though good show. Liked Ziggler going over specifically.
16 German Suplexes. Haha, Jesus Christ
Which is something you should be praising Cena for, not that you will.
He took a massive toll on his body tonight that someone with his neck history probably has no business taking in order to put someone over, just like he worked pretty badly injured last Summer Slam to put Bryan over.
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he aint catching up with Rollins and Ambrose
WWE sees him as their next top face. They aren't going to let him fall behind anyone, one way or another. WWE fans could time warp back to 1997 and break out a "Die Roman, Die!" chant and it wouldn't matter one bit.
He has a lot of potential, but when Randy Orton is the only one getting a crowd involved in a match to any extent, something is massively going wrong and it's potentially setting the stage for something easily worse than Cena's reactions over the last decade.
How often does WWE's handpicked faces workout though? It always ends up being the guy who goes out there and TAKES it ala Stone Cold Steve Austin The Rock Bret Hart Shawn Michaels etc all the greats.
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In comment 11811964 Mr. Nickels said:
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he aint catching up with Rollins and Ambrose
WWE sees him as their next top face. They aren't going to let him fall behind anyone, one way or another. WWE fans could time warp back to 1997 and break out a "Die Roman, Die!" chant and it wouldn't matter one bit.
He has a lot of potential, but when Randy Orton is the only one getting a crowd involved in a match to any extent, something is massively going wrong and it's potentially setting the stage for something easily worse than Cena's reactions over the last decade.
How often does WWE's handpicked faces workout though? It always ends up being the guy who goes out there and TAKES it ala Stone Cold Steve Austin The Rock Bret Hart Shawn Michaels etc all the greats.
Forgot our 2 modern examples: CM Punk and Daniel Bryan
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...THAT WAS AWESOME
16 German Suplexes. Haha, Jesus Christ
Which is something you should be praising Cena for, not that you will.
He took a massive toll on his body tonight that someone with his neck history probably has no business taking in order to put someone over, just like he worked pretty badly injured last Summer Slam to put Bryan over.
Honestly, this was the best match/performance Cena has been in since MITB against Punk. Total kudos and credit to him!
I wouldn't go that far. Diesel jack knife power bombed bob Backlund in 8 seconds. Pretty one sided dominant win.
This is a bit of a swerve but I would feed Rusev to the wolves at some point in the next three months
Hogan was handpicked too, as Vince allegedly lined him up to be his next iconic face the minute he bought his father out and decided to go national.
It's really a mixed bag as to what works or not, historically.
The Rock was not handpicked. His character fell on its face and he made himself.
It is easier to cruise control from Rumble to Mania as Champ.
Well, Lesnar/Cena surprised me. Not the result. But the way it happened. And if wrestling can still surprise me, after watching it my entire life, then they did something right.
It is easier to cruise control from Rumble to Mania as Champ.
Cena's doing a movie from what I've heard, and that's why he agreed to drop the belt
The Rock was not handpicked. His character fell on its face and he made himself.
Rocky Maivia was supposed to be a star. He was absolutely handpicked to be one, that was clear the minute he showed up as "The Blue Chipper" and was over-hyped as a third generation superstar. It just ended up all a flop.
Things were more fluid/desperate then, so they had to demote him, which gave him a chance to re-start and he made that work out. If that happened today, they'd have just kept on trying to make him work mostly as is before giving up entirely on him.
Good thing for him, he might very well be dead if he did
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Yokozuna beat Hulk and this was far more brtual. I am most defintatly not a Cena fan but I have got to give the man his props for being a true professional and taking a beating like that, good lord
I wouldn't go that far. Diesel jack knife power bombed bob Backlund in 8 seconds. Pretty one sided dominant win.
I meant in terms of a heel beating a face. I am not counting any of those MITB cash ins either
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Yokozuna beat Hulk and this was far more brtual. I am most defintatly not a Cena fan but I have got to give the man his props for being a true professional and taking a beating like that, good lord
I wouldn't go that far. Diesel jack knife power bombed bob Backlund in 8 seconds. Pretty one sided dominant win.
I meant in terms of a heel beating a face. I am not counting any of those MITB cash ins either
It may be. I know The Rock brutally beat Mankind once or twice to win the title back but it wasn't as one sided as that. That was as dominant as it gets. No idea who can beat Lesnar.
I'd say he was a little off
When he started out by just overpowering Cena, I thought they'd booked it for another Super-Cena ass-kick/improbably comeback.
I did not expect it to be a squash.
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Well, Lesnar/Cena surprised me. Not the result. But the way it happened.
When he started out by just overpowering Cena, I thought they'd booked it for another Super-Cena ass-kick/improbably comeback.
I did not expect it to be a squash.
I too was surprised at how one-sided a match this was. I understand putting Lesnar over but to let Cena be treated like a rag doll was shocking! Like him/Hate him, Cena has been the WWE's rock over a long period of time & watching last night was cringe-worthy. In actuality,it was a lousy feature match w/Cena showing a very minimal amount of fight. I can take Heyman in small doses but now every time I hear B-R-O-C-K L-E-S-N-A-R,I'm going to hope that a match w/ Reigns(or rematch w/Cena) takes place shortly!
WWE better be careful with Reigns.
The crowd sounded like a funeral for that match he had tonight before the main event. The LA crowd last night seemed hot.
If he can't keep momentum these next 3 months going into the Rumble, I can see them making a last minute switch.
His promos haven't been all that good and having him in a match for 20 minutes seems to overexpose him.
The Lesnar/Cena match was great and it was fast moving...it wasnt a slow methodical beat down which made it even better...Cena actually sold the match quite well which i am shocked about...evne when h ehopped up a couple of times in the match and had some moves they made it seem like it was all adrenaline the way Lesnar brushed it off and Cena layed down again right after it...it was actually pretty good story telling who knew Cena had it in him...
It is crazy how much bigger Lesnar looked compared to Cena, cena is a big guy and he looked tiny next to Lesnar...
as for reigns i am starting to get bored with him...He needs to learn the psychology of a match...I wish Triple H would take him under his wing...Even though Triple H wasnt the greatest wrestler he just knew how to tell a story and you were camptivated by it...even when he lost a step he still had a great matches because he just knew how to tell the story of a match...
Reigns needs to learn that, he needs to learn its not just about the moves and how fast you do them, its about using the psychology to sell the match...
Its same reason i cant stand Cena...Cena doesnt tell a story and he doesnt sell shit...
The Lesnar/Cena match was great and it was fast moving...it wasnt a slow methodical beat down which made it even better...Cena actually sold the match quite well which i am shocked about...evne when h ehopped up a couple of times in the match and had some moves they made it seem like it was all adrenaline the way Lesnar brushed it off and Cena layed down again right after it...it was actually pretty good story telling who knew Cena had it in him...
It is crazy how much bigger Lesnar looked compared to Cena, cena is a big guy and he looked tiny next to Lesnar...
as for reigns i am starting to get bored with him...He needs to learn the psychology of a match...I wish Triple H would take him under his wing...Even though Triple H wasnt the greatest wrestler he just knew how to tell a story and you were camptivated by it...even when he lost a step he still had a great matches because he just knew how to tell the story of a match...
Reigns needs to learn that, he needs to learn its not just about the moves and how fast you do them, its about using the psychology to sell the match...
Its same reason i cant stand Cena...Cena doesnt tell a story and he doesnt sell shit...
What is absolutely insane, is that if you watched the end of Raw the other night Hulk is still bigger then Lesnar as far height, and muscle mass. That is absolutely crazy to me because Lesnar is no means a small man. Which means Hulk dwarfs Cena.
It's been in LA for 3-4 years now. Are they expected to change locations?
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They're doing that oh so annoying NY NJ marketing deal. So, I'll expect the PPV to be at Barclays with the events of the week between Izod & the city. Maybe RAW the night after could be at MSG.
It's been in LA for 3-4 years now. Are they expected to change locations?
Yes, they announced it last night. NY/NJ
lol
New world championship tonight
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