They should have kept MITB at WrestleMania. Preferred it that way.
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Rumours are Brock is set to sign a new contract, and if he does he may keep the strap.
If he does apparently Bryan and Cena will win their respective matches and more emphasis will be put on those titles due to Lesnar's limited schedule.
If he does apparently Bryan and Cena will win their respective matches and more emphasis will be put on those titles due to Lesnar's limited schedule.
If they had Bryan and Cena win, then have a unifying match - they would quite quickly make themselves one title that's way more valuable than either the IC/U.S have been for years... not that they will though because a) they'd have no idea how to book it correctly and b) apparently they like having many titles for house shows or something.
Tried to watch one of my old favourite ECW ppv's on the network....they have changed all the entrance music and appear to have cut some stuff too. Basically rendering their ECW stuff worthless
They won't unify them, they can't run as many shows as they do with only two major titles, one of which is only defended every three months or so.
I have to say I'd much prefer Brock retaining. As much as Reigns has improved in recent weeks he still isn't ready yet. Losing after a strong showing at Mania is the best bet for him. Then have him chasing the title along with Rollins and probably have Reigns eventually win it as Summerslam.
He will get booed if he beats Brock at Mania.
Only way i see Reigns winning is if they have Rollins cash in straight after or on the next Raw.
I think Brock will retain, Bryan for IC and Cena for US title. Having Bryan and Cena holding those titles, will restore come credibility to those titles.
I suspect Sheamus will come back, not sure how. Would like to see him against Lesnar, but they've been trying to match him up with Bryan for a whilst.
Love the idea to be honest, Brock retaining will be for the best, maybe because Rollins tries to cash in ruining both his and Reigns chances. Keeps Lesnar with the belt while not burying Reigns or Rollins (who can then fued). As much as I thought it weird at first, Lesnar being an occasional one off attraction actually works really well, it makes you want to see his defenses.
I think there's a bit further it can be pushed yet before somebody finally gets a major rub from beating him. In addition to that, Cena and Bryan having the 2nd tier titles could work wonders, both titles need some relevance.
I think there's a bit further it can be pushed yet before somebody finally gets a major rub from beating him. In addition to that, Cena and Bryan having the 2nd tier titles could work wonders, both titles need some relevance.
Wow that's a lot of caveats. It reads like a MetzFan scoop.
I think it actually is Metsfan.
Said like a true pro.
'Athletic Seth Rogen.'Tbh, I don't want Brock to have the title if he is going to fight once in three months. He should feature more regularly in RAW even though belt is not on the line. I want to see him fight and being challenged more often.
It didn't take me long to see through typical Metzfan stuff. The guy's a joke.
It's the law of diminishing returns, since Summerslam Brock has been great, and he feels special which is what you want from a champion. How they keep it up if (let's be honest, when) they go back to having the champion on every show after Mania is a real test.
Id rather Rusev keeps the US title and beats Cena. Its been a while since WM focused more on the youngsters than nostalgia and such. The nostalgia they can keep mostly focused within the HHH vs Sting match.
Id love to see
Reigns beat Brock
Ambrose win the IC title
Rusev retains US
Bray beats Taker
Mizdow (or somebody of that ilk, maybe even Ryback) wins Andre the Giant battle royal. Mizdow eliminating Miz to win it would be cool.
Of course they will never do anything like that. But having people who are there all the time (except WM) win their matches to build them as stars would be a novel idea instead of the part-timers winning.
Id love to see
Reigns beat Brock
Ambrose win the IC title
Rusev retains US
Bray beats Taker
Mizdow (or somebody of that ilk, maybe even Ryback) wins Andre the Giant battle royal. Mizdow eliminating Miz to win it would be cool.
Of course they will never do anything like that. But having people who are there all the time (except WM) win their matches to build them as stars would be a novel idea instead of the part-timers winning.
I've never really had issue with any of his rumours and in most cases he seems like he's on the money.
Plus the fact they keep referencing Lesnar's contract situation on air makes me think his walk out has been turned into a work and that indicates he's probably staying.
AJ Lee is looking well for 2 years pregnant (which is pretty funny since when he broke that story he actually did work for the company at the time) and Daniel Bryan looked good in beating Roman Reigns.
My favourite has to be that time he broke the news that veteran wrestlers Sami Zayn, Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, Adrian Neville and Hideo Itami (amongst others) were causing huge problems because they didn't have to attend late night side headlock classes with Bill DeMott.
As for the contract stuff, the way it's being treated on air does imply he's staying. However it wouldn't be a surprise at all if that was in itself a work.
I'm not saying he doesn't chat some shit, but being wrong about some of his predictions comes with the territory.
Some of his updates are bang on money, too much for a normal fan to guess so I do think he works at WWE. Also didn't he announce Brock ending the steak just before Mania last year?
He didn't predict Brock.
He did work at the company about 2 years ago as a writers assistant, and his success rate is abysmal. Anything that he has got has been filled with as many caveats as the one above, and they're always on really obvious things, hell even the AJ one made sense at the time, but it was bollocks, hence no one reputable touching it with a barge pole.
Are people here subscribed to the WWE Network? It's gone really slow for me lately, both on PS4 and PC, and sometimes just refuses to load what I want to watch, and when it does it's constantly stopping to buffer.
@Minkaro watching the HHH Beyond the Ring stuff. buffered twice, but been fine otherwise!
It was doing that to me a week or two back but seems fine now. Do you use crap cleaner? If so run it before using. The network . It seems to run much smoother for me when the temporary Internet files get removed. Could be a coincidence but worth a try.
It's nice. I've watched most of the stars. If they are still showing CM Punk, see it too.
The menu page takes its time whenever I'm on it, but I've only really used it for the NXT live stream of late and not had any issues, but I have heard that others have. They really over designed the player which I assume has caused it.
Yeah I have problems. Sometimes it's unwatchable it freezes that often.
When I tried it over the weekend it froze constantly. That plus the lack of real entrance music for ECW has made me dislike the network
I was meant to Quit it but forgot. At this stage I Will watch Wrestlmania (which really has an awful card) and Quit it then
I was meant to Quit it but forgot. At this stage I Will watch Wrestlmania (which really has an awful card) and Quit it then
I really hope the Network doesnt struggle for WM. It was fine for me during FastLane but I expect there will be more users during WM. HOF should be a good test.
They did run a poll about a month ago asking fans which title should be brought back. I think the Hardcore title won it in the end. But the point is it struck me at the time that they would unify the US/IC titles and add another title.
For my money, by the end of the year we will have the following.
The WWE World Heavyweight championship.
The United states Championship.
The Tag Team championships. (With the worlds most hideous belts)
The Hardcore chaampionship.
The Divas Championship.
They'll never bring back the hardcore title, and there's no way they'd replace a WWE title with a WCW one.
If they were to reintroduce a title I think it'd be a cruiserweight type title.
It's an NWA title firstly and secondly it has been going longer and has more prestige to it then the Intercontinental title, WCW has been dead for 13 years so there is no problem with having that instead of the IC.
I'm not saying there is a problem but there's no way Vince bins one of WWE's most prestigious titles and elevates a former WCW to the same status.
If, and that's a big if, they do unite them it'll go by the intercontinental title or at least keep intercontinental in its name.
I don't see the difference between the words world and intercontinental, which is why i think they would go with United states, plus like I say we're in the reality era now, Vince and particularly Triple H will understand that the fans will crave the US title over the IC.
Do they?
I'm fairly indifferent about both of them, but I certainly see the Intercontinental as more prestigious. It's generally defended more often than the U.S. Title and involved better storylines (relatively speaking).
The Rusev/Cena is the only memorable US title feud in recent years and the title is generally ignored. Ambrose defended like 3 times in almost a year. While it may not be treated with the same reverence as in previous years the Intercontinental title has been featured much more on TV.
This seems to have worked. Thanks.
WWE will never get rid of the IC belt.
It's irrelevant if Brock re-signs anyway, as they will change their plans to have Cena and Bryan carry the product with the IC/US titles respectively in Brocks absence.
They should come up with a way of linking titles. Something like if you win and defend a US/IC title for 6 months, then you get a title match shot for big belt (something like MiTB). SO people who want the big belt has to win one of the others.
I don't watch wrestling anymore but used to when I was younger. Still watch a royal rumble, wrestlemania here and there.
I remember the IC title being massive, the second biggest title. Previous champions like Ultimate Warrior, Razor Ramon, Austin, Bret Hart, Sean Michaels, HHH, Rock, Eddie Guerrero, Edge etc. have made this a great belt.
It seems that, from my limited knowledge of recent years they have disregarded this belt and focused more on Money in the Bank or stories vs the Authority. Need to make this a very prestigious belt again, which seems from the ladder match they are doing.
Also, With Seth Rollins.....if he's so smart, why doeesn't he cash in when Lesnsr isn't
It was built up very nicely in the 90's and early 00's but that doesn't reflect from the fact that in the world of wrestling the United States championship is the more prestigious of the two championships. And you are quite right, with the ladder match they might well be intending on adding value to the belt, which if Lesnar re-signs and retains the WWE title they will need to do, but the same could be argued for The United States championship as they match is being built as the ever original US Vs Russia and it's likely that Cena will win it (Although if Rusev retains over Cena at mania it would be huge for his career and the right thing to do IMO)
Just watched WM XX on wwe network who would have thought 38 months after this picture, both Eddie and Benoit would be dead