I'll give you that, she's much better backstage, I'd still put her as being better at promos than the current divas, maybe Eve excepted.
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I'll give you that, she's much better backstage, I'd still put her as being better at promos than the current divas, maybe Eve excepted.
This opening segment is embarrassing.Don't you talk down to my future fiance.
RAW was awful. Luckily Destination X was great.
Here's some classic tonic for today's rubbish
I remember watching that on Youtube and then reading about it. SEND ME ANY FORMER CHAMPION. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S KANE, JOHN CENA
OMG NOT BOB BACKLUND!!! NOOOO.
To be fair, Backlunds smile is terrifying.
Would it have really been that hard for someone like JBL to turn up for one night, be revealed as the manager then leave again? Would have been far better than Hornswoggle
JBL is halfway up a mountain at the moment for charity, fair point though.
I REALLY hope that Regal gets the role full time, he's brilliant.
I REALLY hope that Regal gets the role full time, he's brilliant.
Does anyone listen to John Pollock and Wai Ting's FightNetwork wrestling podcasts? They do three per week, Review A Raw (for Raw) Review a Impact (for Impact) and Review a Wai (for older shows)... and they're generally excellent podcasts..
Anyway, this weeks Review-A-Wai is all about the RAW episode that has the infamous HHH/Katie Vick Necrophillia storyline, and it's a superb listen... they review the show, then get two writers who were there at the time on to talk about it, certainly worth an hour an 40 minutes of your time.
http://fightnetwork.com/news/32027:review-a-wai-katie-vick-raw-w-seth-mates-chris-gough/
Anyway, this weeks Review-A-Wai is all about the RAW episode that has the infamous HHH/Katie Vick Necrophillia storyline, and it's a superb listen... they review the show, then get two writers who were there at the time on to talk about it, certainly worth an hour an 40 minutes of your time.
http://fightnetwork.com/news/32027:review-a-wai-katie-vick-raw-w-seth-mates-chris-gough/
This is pretty cool...
Just read about this.funny.
Apparently Sonnen and Punk are mates. Also the other guy whose name escapes me is a big fan too.
His "Yes" gimmick was nicked from Diego Sanchez
Anything that gets Regal on my TV screen is good in my books.
http://www.mmafighting.com/news/201...on-dave-bautista-to-make-mma-debut-in-october
43 a tad late for making his debut?
43 a tad late for making his debut?
So the card for Sunday:
WWE Championship:
CM Punk - but as I've said a couple of times before, I have no issue with DB winning. Would be great to see him as champion.
WWE Tag Team Championship:
Kofi Kingston and R-Truth - but who really cares?
World Heavyweight Championship:
Sheamus - can't see him losing.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a WWE Championship Contract:
John Cena - the only realistic contender from the group.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a World Championship Contract:
Cody Rhodes - I expect this to be a good match, but it's slightly saturated with wrestlers. Some good high flyers in there though. Would love to see Dolph Ziggler win but am going for a Rhodes victory here.
Predictions? I'm going for:
WWE Championship:
CM Punk - but as I've said a couple of times before, I have no issue with DB winning. Would be great to see him as champion.
WWE Tag Team Championship:
Kofi Kingston and R-Truth - but who really cares?
World Heavyweight Championship:
Sheamus - can't see him losing.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a WWE Championship Contract:
John Cena - the only realistic contender from the group.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a World Championship Contract:
Cody Rhodes - I expect this to be a good match, but it's slightly saturated with wrestlers. Some good high flyers in there though. Would love to see Dolph Ziggler win but am going for a Rhodes victory here.
Paddy Power actually take bets on WWE PPVs by the way, just in case people were unaware. I was surprised at this due to how many people are usually correct with predictions.
I've gone for an accumulator of Punk/Cena/Sheamus to all win.
I've gone for an accumulator of Punk/Cena/Sheamus to all win.
I just want the Undertaker back.
How can you take bets on something that's fixed in advance? 
There's a chance for that to happen at Raw 1,000 in a couple of weeks; the guest list of returning superstars is already looking pretty impressive, with
Bret Hart set to return in the GM role for the night
Maybe Stone Cold and HBK too I hope.
How can you take bets on something that's fixed in advance?
Most people don't actually know the outcomes, Paddy Power limits the stakes to protect itself, and I'd imagine they monitor activity of people who win consistently (eg the max I can currently bet on Sheamus is £204, and this weekend is my first WWE bet. If I'd won a few before I'd probably be allowed to bet even less).
The odds are also not great (Sheamus 4/7, Del Rio 5/4, a proper market with one person at 4/7 would have the other a lot closer to 7/4), and it'll bring people to his site.
FWIW I've got £3 on a Rhodes, Cena, Punk & Sheamus acca at 9/1.
To make up for RAW, Jericho and Sheamus had an excellent match on Smackdown, and Hunico and Gabriel had a pretty good one on Superstars as well, both definitely worth checking out.
I fancy Bryan, Sheamus, Cena (though I have a sneaky feeling Jericho might pinch it) and Rhodes for tomorrow.
I fancy Bryan, Sheamus, Cena (though I have a sneaky feeling Jericho might pinch it) and Rhodes for tomorrow.
Makes sense, I suppose. On the one hand you'd think it'd be worth their while putting a bit of money under the table to find out from WWE who the winners would be, but I guess it'd get out because you could tell from the odds - the person with the lowest odds would always win.
I am right in saying it's fixed though, aren't I? I mean, it's totally scripted. Not that that takes away from the entertainment value at all, so please don't consider this a dig, but who actually is it that decides these things? Do they have a team of scriptwriters, or is it more improv than that and just sort of a "it's about time Wrestler X beat Wrestler Y" type of thing?
Well one of the current criticisms is that it's a bit predictable, and I suppose the odds are set by people following the storylines etc, and see whose getting a push (the writers are trying to make them more popular, give them wins etc)
They do have a team of scriptwriters called WWE creative. 100% scripted (unless you get the odd "shoot", but that's rare, see the montreal screwjob). They'll try to build up storylines over time, but the current quality of WWE creative is in question, and they've been accused of making some things up as they go along. Generally speaking though, it's sort of like a violent soap opera if that makes sense, with long term storylines and character development.
Found this on another forum...
The WWE have confirmed that they got big plans for the 1,000th RAW show.
On the 1,000th RAW show Shawn Michaels will return for a Shawn Michaels appreciation night & other people who will be part of the 1,000th RAW show are Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, The Rock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Mick Foley & Bret Hart.
Other people who have been contacted by the WWE about appearing on the 1,000 RAW show are Stone Cold Steve Austin, Tatanka, Vader, Bob Backlund, Diamond Dallas Page, Sycho Sid Vicious, Jim Ross, Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Steve Blackman.
Also DX will be reuniting for the 1,000th RAW show.
A mixture of both. They have scriptwiters for what they're going to say or do or how they want a match to go but a lot of it is down to the 2 wrestlers involved as to what actually happens in the ring.
Had to watch Magic Mike last night (don't ask) and spent the whole time laughing at how utterly cringeworthy Kevin Nash throughout.
Saw that earlier, painfully unfunny
Hopefully not just HHH and HBK. I'd love Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and X-Pac to appear as well.
Road Dogg and X-Pac work for the company now, so if they got Billy Gunn to agree to make an appearance, that could easily happen.
After the Chyna sex tapes, i'm assuming she won't be making an appearance?
Shame, as she was integral to the early days of Triple H's WWF/WWE career.
Shame, as she was integral to the early days of Triple H's WWF/WWE career.
Can you explain what this is? Looking it up on Wiki but it's just big walls of text. Fixed match gone wrong?
Unscripted moment or event that breaks Kayfabe.