How will Creative structure the shows without an authority figure?

 

It would be awesome if every show closed with the announcers running down the matches for the following week as a callback to how it used to be. That way, matches aren't being made on the fly as the show goes along. Some mysterious figure is the one making all the matches and that's all there is to it.

I hope that they can get Bryan somehow involved in the authority goodbye since this all started as his angle. It would be a fitting end and they could even say how he wanted to update his fans on his progress ala Reigns, but the authority wouldn't give him the tv time.

 

Nice call!

I know I'm probably in the minority but I think Bryan is perfectly fine on the mic.

 

 

But that segment was way too long

Larry the Cable Guy in a Rey Mysterio mask? It's like they're going out of their way to provoke this board.

Larry the Cable Guy in a Rey Mysterio mask? It's like they're going out of their way to provoke this board.

 

Or more accurately, some of the Rey fans that happen to post here.

 

How will Creative structure the shows without an authority figure?

It would be awesome if every show closed with the announcers running down the matches for the following week as a callback to how it used to be. That way, matches aren't being made on the fly as the show goes along. Some mysterious figure is the one making all the matches and that's all there is to it.

 

The long-awaited return of Jack Tunney is in the offing.

 

In all seriousness, Tunney / NWA President or Board of Directors / WCW Commissioner was absolutely fine. Them not being there all that often served to increase the sense of their importance and authority.

 

They didn't make matches, they made rulings in times of controversy.

 

Maybe for the modern product, WWE should aim towards a wrestling equivalent of Roger Goodell or someone like that.

Goodell is the real-life equivalent of a heel authority figure, so that's a bad idea.

Right but you don't see him all the time unless the shit hits the fan.

 

The key point is that he's a "hands off" sort of figure -- maybe a bit too hands off in his case.

"Who the hell is Stanley Blackburn!?" - Dusty Rhodes.

Tunney actually kept a very high profile compared to his predecessors Willie Gilzenberg and Hisashi Shinma.

 

Maybe it's really the return to the days of Gilzenberg that we want. I wonder how many times he actually appeared and spoke on TV in the 15 years he was WWWF President.

You know what they really should have done? Instead of getting rid of the "F" they should have brought back the extra "W".

 

Yeah, bring back the WWWF. Re-hire Gary Michael Cappetta, start filming Raw in Allentown, dim the house lights at MSG and bring back its noisy ass ring...that's what we need

I've been scouring the internet to try to find a pic of Willie Gilzenberg, these are the only three I could find:

 

 

Apparently, here he is co-operating with an investigation into boxing.

 

 

There he is clearly as an older man, with Andre.

 

 

All the RAW GMs in history can't stack up to the true gravitas of the WWWF's first President.

did I just watch a segment in which 2 immigrants were humiliated and forced to recite the pledge of allegiance?

I kind of like the idea of Fandango getting reinvented as a new type of dance every year

Larry the Cable Guy in a Rey Mysterio mask? It's like they're going out of their way to provoke this board.

 

 

I have to admit I lol'd when they pointed out he looked like Vader.

I liked how the entire crowd groaned at the return of the anonymous GM. I actually think they wanted that reaction

Wow, that ending. Gave me flashbacks of when Stephanie was revealed as the brains behind the ECW Alliance.

 

Wasn't the anonymous GM revealed as Hornswoggle?

Yes but we aren't supposed to remember that

No they were actually being cute with that deal because Monday is known as Cyber Monday for all the online deals after Black Friday so bringing back the computer GM for that night is clever.

So I guess if/when Bryan comes back his gimmick will be Vegan Jesus.

No they were actually being cute with that deal because Monday is known as Cyber Monday for all the online deals after Black Friday so bringing back the computer GM for that night is clever.

I hope so. If we're going back to heel Cole and the laptop on a recurring basis I don't know what I would do. That shit was unbearable.

I would gather that one of the reasons for the Authority angle was that Steph has the Eisenhower Fellowship deal coming up and it involves extensive overseas travel and numerous training programs (weeks and weeks worth). In fact Id bet anything this was the reason the angle was done.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Fellowships

Awful comedy. Rusev's balls being cut out. Really, he couldn't beat the shit out of Sarge (who came off like a total bully BTW, but he's a patriot so I guess it's ok) ? The only good thing about this segment was Lana's facials, which were pretty funny. The anonymous GM. What a horrible show following the "hot" Sting debut the previous night.

WWE failing to capitalize on something hot. Who would have thought it?!

Larry the Cable Guy was funnier than anything Lawler and JBL have said in months. Sad times on color commentary.