Professional Wrestling Thread: Sign It Before The Stock Plummets Some More

[ScoobyDoo]

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Can't go heel. Too much $$$ and public goodwill on the table from the kiddos. Even the smarks have come to terms with him (hey, it's not his fault he's booked as a megaface cash cow, and he's doing good things.)

I'm thinking drop to the upper midcard and help get guys like Wyatt over.

Kind of a shame his career has to go toilet because he's stuck. Crowd booed him fiercely last night.

[Dude Love]

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I thought Raw was awesome. I'm glad the British fans were there...otherwise I feel like Bad News Barrett and Paige (who are both awesome) would have been met with a popcorn fart.

[Twitch Boy]

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The big question I have is what they do with Cena. Bit player status like now? Or does he go hell finally like Hogan had to?

Can't go heel. Too much $$$ and public goodwill on the table from the kiddos. Even the smarks have come to terms with him (hey, it's not his fault he's booked as a megaface cash cow, and he's doing good things.)

I'm thinking drop to the upper midcard and help get guys like Wyatt over.

[ScoobyDoo]

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Only thing I'm worried about is Brock getting abandoned. Imagine him going forward on a Goldberg run demolishing everything in his path with Heyman in max troll mode over tStreak.

The old guard (Authority/Kane/Orton/Batista) vs. the new blood (DBD/Shield) with the Paul Heyman Guys (Brock, Cesaro) hanging around raising hell.

Brock's a part timer anyway. I expect him to disappear again till Summer Slam.

The big question I have is what they do with Cena. Bit player status like now? Or does he go hell finally like Hogan had to?

[Twitch Boy]

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They actually tied things up nicely at Wrestlemania and the storylines going forward are interesting.

Only thing I'm worried about is Brock getting abandoned. Imagine him going forward on a Goldberg run demolishing everything in his path with Heyman in max troll mode over tStreak.

The old guard (Authority/Kane/Orton/Batista) vs. the new blood (DBD/Shield) with the Paul Heyman Guys (Brock, Cesaro) hanging around raising hell.

[ScoobyDoo]

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Cesaro is a Paul Heyman Guy. Sold.

They actually tied things up nicely at Wrestlemania and the storylines going forward are interesting.

[Twitch Boy]

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Cesaro is a Paul Heyman Guy. Sold.

[Jimjamesak]

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I don't know who this Paige is but I like her. Or at least the way she looks.

[MountieBoyOz]

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Undertaker himself wanted the streak to end in previous years. He wanted Orton to break it with the whole "Legend Killer" gimmick that Orton had a few years ago. He also wanted Kurt Angle to break it. He also asked Shawn Michaels to break it. All three of those guys refused out of respect for Taker. He always wanted Brock to be the one the to end it after those guys refused, so if Taker's happy, we all should be too. Yes, it sucks to see it end, because through ALL my years of watching wrestling, Undertaker was always the one to link the eras together. Now that's gone.

Maybe Taker will give Wyatt his shovel after Cena buried him.

[jericho]

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I was hoping to see him just retire with the streak intact. He was never "preventing younger talent from making it" by being undefeated as much as he was doing it by still being on the active roster.

Undertaker himself wanted the streak to end in previous years. He wanted Orton to break it with the whole "Legend Killer" gimmick that Orton had a few years ago. He also wanted Kurt Angle to break it. He also asked Shawn Michaels to break it. All three of those guys refused out of respect for Taker. He always wanted Brock to be the one the to end it after those guys refused, so if Taker's happy, we all should be too. Yes, it sucks to see it end, because through ALL my years of watching wrestling, Undertaker was always the one to link the eras together. Now that's gone.

[mookie1995]

Taker confirmed in the hospital with a concussion/neck injury.

Yup. He knew he had reached the end and gave it up.

Had to be that first flip
Taker is too tall for lesner

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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I was hoping to see him just retire with the streak intact. He was never "preventing younger talent from making it" by being undefeated as much as he was doing it by still being on the active roster.

[Twitch Boy]

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Taker confirmed in the hospital with a concussion/neck injury.

Yup. He knew he had reached the end and gave it up.

[jericho]

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My thoughts on the Streak being broken....

It makes sense. They couldn't have it be someone who is going to be the face of the company in a few years, IE Roman Reigns, no one would get behind him, he would always be seen as the person to break it. I read somewhere that it was Undertaker who trained Brock, and that they buried the hatchet (no pun intended) and are friends again. Brock will never be a face again after he did what he left to go to MMA and try out for the NFL, so if that's the case, who better than Brock? Yes, Brock didn't NEED the rub, but now he solidifies his place as a monster heel. Besides, it HAD to end, Taker isn't getting any younger, and he had to do it now, when there was still some semblance of doubt of when it was going to broken, than later, when Taker is a broken down old man. If it happened later, people would say that Taker was beat because he was injured, too old, etc....I didn't see the match, but I notice by reading the recaps it wasn't nearly as long as Taker's previous Streak matches, whether that was because of age, his opponent, or another factor, I don't know, but it is telling. The last thing we need is for someone to break the Streak in a squash match. Lastly, the shocked looked on Lesnar's and Heyman's faces were part of it, as well as the delay in the music playing for Brock, etc, because if it appears that even WWE was shocked by what happened, it is definitely more believable.

[MountieBoyOz]

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I was a fan of Brock, despite his off-air db-ness. But the streak....the streak.....I don't even follow wrestling anymore and I respect the streak.

I would've gotten it if Punk did it last year or D Bry did it. I know Taker is an old school guy and wanted it to end, but I wish it were to someone that needed the rub. Brock didn't.