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If The Undertaker is returning for revenge on The Shield (I think one of the commentators brought that up within the last few weeks) and with Roman Reigns turning face at some point, is there any chance we get Taker & Reigns vs. Ambrose & Rollings at WrestleMania?

I'm really hoping that they are just setting up Bryan-Cena II for WrestleMania. Cena can win the match at TLC and Bryan can win the Rumble. Triple H thinks Bryan is not worthy so they have a match at Elimination Chamber, where Bryan puts his title shot on the line. I don't see what else they could possibly be building to.

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I called this earlier in the thread, but I'm glad to see Dave is taking on the issue. It's something that I think is getting overlooked in all the business talk, both in this thread and elsewhere. Wrestling is supposed to be fun to watch, and I don't see the idea that business stays stable no matter what creative decisions are made as a good thing. Still, I feel like 90% of what we get is Vince's moral vision anyway, so this may not be terribly different. The biggest difference may be that there won't even be the tease of a megapush when someone like CM Punk or Daniel Bryan accidentally gets over. The same outside pressure should still be there to deliver good ratings though, so maybe I'm wrong. But again, Hall of Fame arguments for guys who peak in the post-network era will be interesting because there will be very few objective metrics we can use to prove anyone's worth. They have to have good television in this scenario, because if the television sucks then people will just drop the network. The network will go up and down based more on Raw than on pay-per-views, I would think.

I don't own cable and I download and stream everything. For $10 a month on my ps3, I will pay money for wrestling. A lot of people who pirate think the same way I am. That is why Netflix is so popular. It's not that people want to steal stuff, it's just that it's so convenient. Come up with something like Netflix or potentially this WWE Network and people will pay for it.

Well does Roman Reigns have most improved locked up or what? What are the candidates for top rookie, because I have no clue.

I don't have cable, I just download everything. If this is available on the ps3, then I will be very happy.

There is a lot of talent out there right now. I was thinking about how you could make a really awesome card with independent talent if you had a lot of money to waste. If you could, what kind of dream card would you set up? I think I would do something like this: 1. The Young Bucks vs. The Time Splitters 2. John Greed vs. Kyle Matthews 3. Rey Escorpión vs. Volador Jr. 4. Silas Young vs. Chris Masters 5. Luke Gallows vs. Harry Smith Intermission 6. The Overdogs (Josh Alexander & Sebastian Suave) vs. The Briscoe Brothers 7. Chris Hero vs. James Mason 8. Street Fight: Kevin Steen vs. L.A. Park

I cringed at that. I thought Bryan was married, he should know something about women.

That is what I was thinking. You'd have to remove the magic, obviously. Here is what you do though. Clash XII, Sting beats The Black Scorpion, removes his mask and it's Ivan Koloff or somebody else who is legit. Eddie Gilbert appears on the stage as a second Black Scorpion. Saying Sting has many trials ahead of him before he finds out who the true Black Scorpion is. You follow that way, until Gilbert is revealed. As Sting is destroying Gilbert, that is when you bring in Gilbert's monster guy (someone like Vader) to destroy Sting and save Gilbert. Then you go into Vader-Sting matches with Gilbert in the corner instead of Harley.

Weird with WrestleMania being in New Orleans, they are turning Henry into JYD. I mean...his finish has been The Thump for like...ever. Oh my, are they going to do a blinding angle with Heath Slater and 3MB?

Weird with WrestleMania being in New Orleans, they are turning Henry into JYD. Also, Big E. vs. Roman Reigns needs to headline WrestleMania 31.

The match was alright, it was clearly just there to make Reigns a star, which I hope it did. Way too rushed. Cesaro and Goldust both looked great. EDIT: Now I have to rewatch this. I was talking to my brother on the phone and it didn't have my full attention. I must had missed something.

Wow, starting with the Elimination match is crazy. I am tempting to stop watching after it ends, because what else is there?

Survivor Series is always my favourite show of the year, probably due to nostalgia. This show is not doing it for me though.

The variations on the torture rack are also cool. Ultimo Dragon's spinning one is awesome and when Atlantis drops to his knees with it is also pretty cool.

I hate to be cliché, but when the Sharpshooter is done right it's one of the better finishers. I always dug Kendo Ka Shin's armbreaker in the late 90's, but I haven't seen that since the late 90's, so that may have changed. Tajiri's surfboard while also putting on a face lock is pretty great too.

Assuming WrestleMania 30 does 600,000 buys in the U.S. at an average price of $65, that would mean 600,000*32.5=$19.5 million in revenue. Say the network's running costs are $4 million for the month. So you would need $23.5 million in revenue from the network to break even. Assuming the price is $9.95 for the network and they receive half of that money per subscriber leads to a little over 4.5 million subscribers. The idea, though, is that they would make the money back over the year by having a lot of these subscribers become lifelong subscribers.

Sad day. Mad Dog was one of my favourite thing on the entire AWA set. His match with Blackwell was in my top ten and I loved the Bockwinkel match too. A real character and he seemed like one of the guys that was actually liked in the business. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/que...at-84-1.2435046

I would think starting at the Nitro where Scott Hall debuts would be a good place and watch everything from there. The luchadores arrive shortly after and the nWo storyline is great (at least till sometime in 1997).

Wait, you are serious? So by this logic Davey Richards is better than Ric Flair, right?

I was/am too and I love that match and Regal.

I didn't want to change the shows too much right away. I forgot, I gave up on this, so I will just list the ppvs I had planned out till WrestleMania. Survivor Series '96 - New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - November 17, 1996 * Jesse James & Bob Holly vs. New Rockers * Bart Gunn & Barry Windham & Godwinns vs. Billy Gunn & Justin Bradshaw & Razor & Diesel * Wild Card: Vader & Mankind & Crush & Savio Vega vs. Goldust & Faarooq & Too Cold Scorpio & Rocky Maivia * Wildmen (Marc Mero & Randy Savage & Phil LaFon & Doug Furnas) vs. Blue Bloods (Hunter Hearst Helmsley & Jerry Lawler & Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith) * Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin * WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels vs. Sid In Your House "It's Time" - West Palm Beach, FL - Memorial Adutorium - December 15, 1996 * Rocky Maivia vs. Too Cold Scorpio (w/ Faarooq & NOD) * Bart Gunn & Barry Windham vs. Billy Gunn & Justin Bradshaw * WWF IC Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Marc Mero (Hard fought title defense) * Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage (#1 Contenders Match, Bret wins) * WWF Champion Shawn Michaels vs. Vader (HBK wins after Mankind & Paul Bearer inteference fails) Royal Rumble '97 - San Antonio, TX - AlamoDome - January 19, 1997 * Rocky Maivia vs. Faarooq (Ahmed Johnson returns) * WWF IC Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Goldust (Hunter cheats to win, says its Goldust last shot) * WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Godwinns (Easy title defense) * The Undertaker vs. Terry Funk (Taker's return) * Royal Rumble Match (Randy Savage wins the Rumble) * WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart (30 minute time limit) In Your House "Final Four" - Chattanooga, TN - UTC Arena - February 16, 1997 * Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith & Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Phil LaFon & Doug Furnas & Goldust * Ahmed Johnson vs. Faarooq (NOD interferes and Rocky makes the save) * Godwinns vs. Mankind & Terry Funk (Street Fight) * The Undertaker vs. Vader (Funk and Mankind beat down Taker, LOD return) * Shawn Michaels & Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin & Randy Savage (Austin pins Bret) WrestleMania XIII - Chicago, IL - Rosemont Horizon - March 23, 1997 * WWF IC Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Goldust * WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon * Rocky Maivia & Ahmed Johnson vs. Faarooq & Too Cold Scorpio * The Undertaker & Legion of Doom vs. Mankind & Vader & Terry Funk (Street Fight) * Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (I Quit) * WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Savage

I remember asking Blockbuster if I could order Uncensored 1998, because the store didn't have it for some reason. They told me it would be 98 dollars, Canadian.

A few months ago I was trying to figure out my match of the year and I was having trouble, because my memory sucks. What I did, at that point, was start a spreadsheet and just put star ratings next to any match I watched going forward. I find it easier to hand out ratings when I can see what matches they are compared too. I adjust any time things look weird. It's really helped to have something to look back at.