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    Had a feeling Vince wasn't going to give away a conflict between Drew and Braun just like that, they were barely in the ring at the same time and only had one point of contact. They did look pretty good in the ring in the staredown, Vince probably had to wipe down after seeing that, he likes em big.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angelo2113 View Post
    Everybody is behind Elias because he's got an easy tag along gimmick that has made memorable phrases. That seems to be more productive than actually winning matches that matter.
    For a gimmick mid-card wrestler, that's true. Plus the announce team seems to get more worked up about Elias than almost any other wrestler on the roster, so he sort of ends up looking greater than the sum of his parts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EmeraldGladiator View Post
    Had a feeling Vince wasn't going to give away a conflict between Drew and Braun just like that, they were barely in the ring at the same time and only had one point of contact. They did look pretty good in the ring in the staredown, Vince probably had to wipe down after seeing that, he likes em big.
    Can't help but wonder how 3MD would have been booked differently if Jinger and Drew looked like they do now back in the day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angelo2113 View Post
    Everybody is behind Elias because he's got an easy tag along gimmick that has made memorable phrases. That seems to be more productive than actually winning matches that matter.
    thats what sells the merch, baby

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    Quote Originally Posted by XPac View Post
    For a gimmick mid-card wrestler, that's true. Plus the announce team seems to get more worked up about Elias than almost any other wrestler on the roster, so he sort of ends up looking greater than the sum of his parts.
    They've invested a lot into him. He gets to work with a lot of the top tier guys, Taker, Strowman, etc. Even though he's always getting his butt kicked, he's totally selling his gimmick. I think that helps hooks the crowd too. He believes his gimmick.

    He's got a great look and seems to be decent in the ring so far. Worthy of getting behind and a push. Didn't blink an eyelash when he was on NXT but he's won me over here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by titanfan View Post
    They've invested a lot into him. He gets to work with a lot of the top tier guys, Taker, Strowman, etc. Even though he's always getting his butt kicked, he's totally selling his gimmick. I think that helps hooks the crowd too. He believes his gimmick.

    He's got a great look and seems to be decent in the ring so far. Worthy of getting behind and a push. Didn't blink an eyelash when he was on NXT but he's won me over here.
    Even in NXT, he managed to generate massive heat.

    One might conclude that was heat stemming more from simply disliking him than anything else, but the positive response he got from his one time appearance El Vagabondo I think was an indicator of things to come.

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    The "explanation" for why Ronda is getting a title shot already is one of the most lazy and flimsy "stories" in recent memory (and that's saying something). Also putting your least experienced woman who hasn't worked a single onscreen singles match in there against another green wrestler who gets gassed quickly, is awkward and clumsy, and tends to injure people, is a recipe for disaster.

    Bayley loses to make Alexa look good yet again, ugh nothing changes it would seem.

    Also either pull the trigger on Sasha vs. Bayley, or drop it already.

    They really need to do more with Braun. He's over as Hell and yet he's been spinning his wheels creatively since before Mania and now has these meaningless tag matches with Lashley. They risk not capitalizing on his popularity and making things feel anticlimactic if they don't pull the trigger on him soon.

    This Roman "I'm getting screwed by management" nonsense is laughably absurd.

    Seth continues to be awesome, Dolph and Drew got a surprising (pleasantly so) win, and KO continues to be entertaining.

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    The "explanation" for why Ronda is getting a title shot already is one of the most lazy and flimsy "stories" in recent memory (and that's saying something). Also putting your least experienced woman who hasn't worked a single onscreen singles match in there against another green wrestler who gets gassed quickly, is awkward and clumsy, and tends to injure people, is a recipe for disaster.
    It's meant to be a flimsy reason I suspect. That's why Natalya is going to turn on her. (She's quietly been picking up singles wins to make her look stronger and give her a better reason to turn)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angelo2113 View Post
    Everybody is behind Elias because he's got an easy tag along gimmick that has made memorable phrases. That seems to be more productive than actually winning matches that matter.
    Elias is in a pretty good spot right now all things considered. If you ask me he's the only credible heel on Raw. Rest of are being treated like geeks.

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    The Raw Women's Championship scene hasn't been interesting in a long time. While it may not have any proper build, or almost little to any reason why this match is happening, its purpose was to create media attention and its succeeding.

    As long as Lesnar holds the Universal Championship hostage until Reigns "frees it," there's nothing they can with Strowman. Him, along with all the other top talent on Raw, will continue to be in limbo.

    Strowman should answer Rollins' open challenge one night though. Rollins doesn't need to hold onto the Intercontinental Championship for a long reign but having him eventually take down Strowman would put him over more than anything at the moment.

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    Sami would probably be doing better if he wasn't attached to the Canadian albatross known as KO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Punisher007 View Post
    The "explanation" for why Ronda is getting a title shot already is one of the most lazy and flimsy "stories" in recent memory (and that's saying something). Also putting your least experienced woman who hasn't worked a single onscreen singles match in there against another green wrestler who gets gassed quickly, is awkward and clumsy, and tends to injure people, is a recipe for disaster.

    Bayley loses to make Alexa look good yet again, ugh nothing changes it would seem.

    Also either pull the trigger on Sasha vs. Bayley, or drop it already.

    They really need to do more with Braun. He's over as Hell and yet he's been spinning his wheels creatively since before Mania and now has these meaningless tag matches with Lashley. They risk not capitalizing on his popularity and making things feel anticlimactic if they don't pull the trigger on him soon.

    This Roman "I'm getting screwed by management" nonsense is laughably absurd.

    Seth continues to be awesome, Dolph and Drew got a surprising (pleasantly so) win, and KO continues to be entertaining.
    If you're in MITB, you don't really need any angles or storylines. Once the participants are determined, all 8 probably just wrestle each other in various combinations until the ppv. So for now they don't need to do more with Braun than what they are doing.

    Beyond MITB, yeah he'll need something. With Brock not around that something can't be the universal title. But I'm sure they will involve him in some sort of feud or angle. They won't keep him off of pop's because he's over.

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    Brock needs another month to break Punk's record? It's possible he moves into a program with Lesnar soon...but if Lesnar doesn't drop it by SS, he could be champ for years...

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    Quote Originally Posted by titanfan View Post
    Brock needs another month to break Punk's record? It's possible he moves into a program with Lesnar soon...but if Lesnar doesn't drop it by SS, he could be champ for years...
    Lesnar's reign is more than likely continuing for the sake of breaking Punk's record. That's the only reason I could think of on why he retained at Wrestlemania.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kal-El Summers View Post
    That's kinda the point. The Bullet Club Davidians have acted like massive assholes about WWE attendance for a long time and now they're getting the same **** they used thrown back at them and were getting defensive about it. Long story short: Karma's a bitch.
    That may be the case, but from the BC fans point of view the wwe fans are just being salty. There is visual evidence of wwe attendance(which actually is only bad from a show by show basis. It’s actually up because wwe runs more shows)Yet for wwe fans to throw shade at really nothing makes them look the worse. Only a few hundred scalped.

    By comparison Summerslam did 13,000 and same day 4,300 were scalped.


    Anyway in other news wwe is planning to put Jinder vs Reigns in the middle of the card at MITB so as not to have walk outs or a negative reaction for Roman with the Chicago crowd. Vince has done something I never thought he’d do and created apathy for a top guy.

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