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Itssoeasy

The Nal wrote: »

Angle was 5'10.5", confirmed by the Olympics.



Punk is 6'1. Confirmed by UFC



People seem to think HBK was smaller because he was usually up against bigger guys and HHH made a gag of it before. Google pics of him beside 6'1 Bret Hart. A shade smaller.



Much like Rey vs Big Show. It would be silly.

Why would it be silly ? You're applying real life logic to a illogical business of pro wrestling.

CastorTroy

Hope for his sake that Cena isn't too late to get a great seat at ringside. Though I know he wouldn't want to take someone's spot.
And of course he's going to sit there from the beginning of the preshow in regular street clothes rather than ring gear.

It is weird that the Cena match hasn't been confirmed and neither has Braun's opponent. Could imagine Braun teaming with Lars Sullivan.

martyos121

CastorTroy wrote: »

Hope for his sake that Cena isn't too late to get a great seat at ringside. Though I know he wouldn't want to take someone's spot.
And of course he's going to sit there from the beginning of the preshow in regular street clothes rather than ring gear.

It is weird that the Cena match hasn't been confirmed and neither has Braun's opponent. Could imagine Braun teaming with Lars Sullivan.

If by street clothes you mean a blindingly colourful t-shirt and cap with a pair of jorts, you’re spot on.

Lord TSC

I guess they want Brawn's tag partner to be the yearly "Omg, what a shock" moment, ala The Hardyz return last year.

Lithium93_

Lord TSC wrote: »

I guess they want Brawn's tag partner to be the yearly "Omg, what a shock" moment, ala The Hardyz return last year.

I'm gonna say Braun's partner will be

Bobby Lashley

.

HandsomeBob

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Why would it be silly ? You're applying real life logic to a illogical business of pro wrestling.

Agreed.....though trying to apply real life logic in the quest to be seen as legitimate is already causing problems. Someone insisting Bryan could never face Lesnar is only scratching the surface.

Lithium93_

martyos121 wrote: »

If by street clothes you mean a blindingly colourful t-shirt and cap with a pair of jorts, you’re spot on.

But the question is which colour t-shirt will it be? Cause John does have quiet a lot..

Will it be the bright purple t-shirt? Or the bright green shirt? or his bright orange shirt? This is the question we need answered..

CastorTroy

He'll take it off to throw to the crowd only to have another colour underneath. It'll be like Everlasting Gobstoppers.

martyos121

CastorTroy wrote: »

He'll take it off to throw to the crowd only to have another colour underneath. It'll be like Everlasting Gobstoppers.

Or the world’s most divisive onion.

CastorTroy

Cena just showed how aware they are of who the fans want. Getting the easy pops for Bryan, AJ and Rusev. All Smackdown, funnily enough. And Elias.

sky88

CastorTroy wrote: »

Cena just showed how aware they are of who the fans want. Getting the easy pops for Bryan, AJ and Rusev. All Smackdown, funnily enough. And Elias.

Id say that was cena who mostly wrote that it seemed like it was him

PTH2009

I wonder why taker is being so quite ??

After all kayfabe he is dead

Tbh don't think this will be his retirement match but on the other hand he might want to go out like this without any big fuss like some previous guys

Rock Lesnar

PTH2009 wrote: »

I wonder why taker is being so quite ??

After all kayfabe he is dead

Tbh don't think this will be his retirement match but on the other hand he might want to go out like this without any big fuss like some previous guys

Maybe he has actually retired, maybe he doesnt want to be like Foley and Flair, and has actually decided enough is enough, he knows fans expect him back, i hope he has decided he cant top his exit last year but doesnt want to announce anything publically, because thats not really been his thing over the years, so what better way to confirm the retirement, then by not turning up at Wrestlemania and against John Cena

Now after saying all that, i'll be amazed if hes not there on sunday.

Ali Bomaye

Undertaker should be Braun's partner just to troll Cena.

PTH2009

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Maybe he has actually retired, maybe he doesnt want to be like Foley and Flair, and has actually decided enough is enough, he knows fans expect him back, i hope he has decided he cant top his exit last year but doesnt want to announce anything publically, because thats not really been his thing over the years, so what better way to confirm the retirement, then by not turning up at Wrestlemania and against John Cena

Now after saying all that, i'll be amazed if hes not there on sunday.

But why would wwe keep mentioning him and all that and leave one of there big stars without a match at mania

Taker is going to get a huge reaction id say if he does show up. Kid rock could feck the whole thing up if it's the American badass version and he announces him or something

DM_7

Ali Bomaye wrote: »

Undertaker should be Braun's partner just to troll Cena.

I was thinking this for a while but didn't want to say it. Cena can get involved and cost them the title chance with a DQ, then get squished by Taker and Braun with a passing the torch moment.

Rock Lesnar

PTH2009 wrote: »

But why would wwe keep mentioning him and all that and leave one of there big stars without a match at mania

Taker is going to get a huge reaction id say if he does show up. Kid rock could feck the whole thing up if it's the American badass version and he announces him or something

They know fans expect him, so keep mentioning him to keep everyone believing he will turn up, so when he doesnt and to turn down, John Cena of all people, its a great way to confirm his retirement without announcing anything publically.

Just my opinion, and like i said i'll be amazed if hes not there.

ERG89

Brain's Strowman....yeesh whoever thought that was a good idea must have been very tired. The less a monster talks the better.
People would cheer him just doing what he did as a heel anyway. Maybe a repackaged IRS Jr. will be his partner

Lord TSC

Over the day, I've realised no stories really progressed on Raw this week. Not metaphorically, not in a smarky critique way. Just literally....

Roman got left laying out by Brock again
Cena didn't get an answer from Taker
We still don't know Browns partner
Sasha/Bailly actually regressed a bit.
Finn/Seth/Miz stayed where it was too

Steph putting Ronda through the table was literally the only 30 seconds that mattered, right? If you saw not a second more than that moment, would you be any worse off on Sunday? For the go home show to the biggest show of the year, its actually surprised me to realise that it actually, quite literally, was utterly missable....

It's like WWE booked up till last week and then realised "oh bugger we finished everything up a show early..."

DM_7

Honestly, they are not bothered or interested in a compelling storyline.

Only youtube top 10's or GIFs for twitter.

That is why WWE tv is entirely missable.

Best stuff is the PPVs and the video packages for Mania bouts will be more than enough to get people up to speed on why the matches are happening.

SlickRic

DM_7 wrote: »

Honestly, they are not bothered or interested in a compelling storyline.

Only youtube top 10's or GIFs for twitter.

That is why WWE tv is entirely missable.

Best stuff is the PPVs and the video packages for Mania bouts will be more than enough to get people up to speed on why the matches are happening.

Spot fúcking on.

Wrestlemania will be awesome. the matches will be great, with some excellent wrestling, as well as some good in-match storytelling.

but the TV is such utter garbage.

the problem is Vince has been convinced that TV ratings don't really matter (as per Meltzer), and that social media is far more important. so that's why you're getting what you're getting.

Loughc

SlickRic wrote: »

the problem is Vince has been convinced that TV ratings don't really matter (as per Meltzer), and that social media is far more important. so that's why you're getting what you're getting.

And apparently he lost interest in the Mixed Match Challenge quite quickly despite it being well received due to the relax and fun nature of it.

DM_7

Loughc wrote: »

And apparently he lost interest in the Mixed Match Challenge quite quickly despite it being well received due to the relax and fun nature of it.

The MMC that had Asuka and Charlotte facing each other the week before Mania.

Why oh why!

ERG89

Loughc wrote: »

And apparently he lost interest in the Mixed Match Challenge quite quickly despite it being well received due to the relax and fun nature of it.

The live viewership was very low too even compared to TV. Don't think it was ever above 100k which shows the experiment didn't work as desired by him imo

HandsomeBob

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Maybe he has actually retired, maybe he doesnt want to be like Foley and Flair, and has actually decided enough is enough, he knows fans expect him back, i hope he has decided he cant top his exit last year but doesnt want to announce anything publically, because thats not really been his thing over the years, so what better way to confirm the retirement, then by not turning up at Wrestlemania and against John Cena

Now after saying all that, i'll be amazed if hes not there on sunday.

Wouldn't be hard to top last year... Reigns and himself weren't a good fit at that point of their respective careers. No one person to blame.

Think if done the right way it will be his best since the Punk match.

Krooshma

interesting interview with Cena on the Nerdist pod today.,, he acknowledged how he's criticised constantly being caught talking to his opponent in the ring and basically said he didn't care. justified it saying it was his way of ensuring things were perfect in the match and it didn't matter if people in the first few rows see him call a spot, it was for the benefit of folks up in the stands..
nonsensical reasoning.. masters like Styles can pull it off without resorting to calling spots week in week out

Rock Lesnar

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Wouldn't be hard to top last year... Reigns and himself weren't a good fit at that point of their respective careers. No one person to blame.

Think if done the right way it will be his best since the Punk match.

Wasnt referring to the match, more the way he left the ring, it seemed a perfect way to retire

jaykhunter

Krooshma wrote: »

it didn't matter if people in the first few rows see him call a spot, it was for the benefit of folks up in the stands..

it's a good thing wrestling isn't on television then!

The Nal

BULLDOG!!

CastorTroy

Maybe he's inspired by the Robert Downey Jr Sherlock Holmes movies where he describes what he's going to do before he does it.