Prowrestling.net reports that Daniel Bryan suffered a concussion during Monday's RAW and as a result, did not work the WWE show in Hammond, Indiana on Saturday night. Bryan was advertised for the show but it was announced to the live crowd that he would not appear (refunds were offered).

Just for anyone who isn't convinced WWE sees him as a top guy. I think that's more evidence that anything they've done on TV.

 

On your side goc but it was still just the "B" house show troupe too.

Yeah, a match to determine who will face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania should never happen again.

Prowrestling.net reports that Daniel Bryan suffered a concussion during Monday's RAW and as a result, did not work the WWE show in Hammond, Indiana on Saturday night. Bryan was advertised for the show but it was announced to the live crowd that he would not appear (refunds were offered).

Just for anyone who isn't convinced WWE sees him as a top guy. I think that's more evidence that anything they've done on TV.

 

On your side goc but it was still just the "B" house show troupe too.

 

If John Cena, your top draw is on the "A" house show loop, why would you put Daniel Bryan, likely your 2nd best draw, on the same loop? If he is the headliner of the "B" group that's even better.

So, John Cena just showed up at the arena for Raw at 10:59 PM.

 

Not only was he 2 hours and 59 minutes late for work, but when he walked into the building he was wearing his knee pads. <_>

This doesn't even feel like the same promotion I was really enjoying over the summer. I don't hate it, it's just everything is so... same. Too bad because this is usually my favorite time of the wrestling year. Maybe I need to take a long vacation...

Maybe he's just following dress code? Kneepads are a must when Stephanie McMahon emasculates everyone in promos regularly.

Weren't you paying attention? The NWO sabotaged his personal bus.

I legit burst out laughing when they showed Orton leaving on that car fuckery at it's finest.

So, John Cena just showed up at the arena for Raw at 10:59 PM.

 

Not only was he 2 hours and 59 minutes late for work, but when he walked into the building he was wearing his knee pads. <_>

2 hours and 59 minutes late, and RUNNING to urgently get to the ring.

 

Honestly, some things in wrestling don't have to make sense if they're good. But this wasn't good, and the stupidity just made it, well, stupider.

God that angle sucked. Every single thing about it. So cheesy and predictable topped off by a tepid "wild" brawl. It is so dumb to do that "WHEN WILL CENA SHOW UP" shit when everyone knows guys are at the arena hours before the show, and Cena is the company golden boy/model employee. Showing up whenever you feel like it only works for heels or rebellious anti-authority characters. Such a lukewarm way to end the hard sell show for the PPV.

If you were a WWE Superstar, why wouldn't you wait until the end of the show to show up? It's not like you're going to miss your scheduled match because there are no scheduled matches and you only get put in one if you run afoul of an authority figure.

Stephanie McMahon used to be sort of a punching bag for insults and helped guys like Chris Jericho get over. Now she dresses everyone down all the time. I realize that she has gained power since then, but she's been a McMahon the entire time, so I don't buy that it's all about her ego. It may partially be. I think part of it is misguided desire to draw female viewers by presenting her as a strong woman. What do you all think?

I think for the longest time it was because she was in charge of the writing team, and one thing I've gotten from hearing interviews from former writers over the years it was that they weren't trying to make a solid product but instead please Vince and/or Steph at every turn.

I don't think it's about presenting strong women. Look at that Raw segment from last year where she put herself over the entire Divas division.

But she wasn't always this way. She used to get humiliated all the time. Something changed.

I think it started to change around the time Hunter and her overthrew Shane as the heir apparent. Ever since then it seems she wants to be seen as the woman who's the boss of all these tough rassler guys.

But she wasn't always this way. She used to get humiliated all the time. Something changed.

I feel like she got humiliated a lot between 00 and 02. Did it happen much after that?

I really, really want to see The Ultimate Warrior as a Royal Rumble participant.

But she wasn't always this way. She used to get humiliated all the time. Something changed.

I feel like she got humiliated a lot between 00 and 02. Did it happen much after that?

 

So she changed around the same time that Hunter suddenly forgot how to show ass and sell as a heel? Interesting.

But she wasn't always this way. She used to get humiliated all the time. Something changed.

I feel like she got humiliated a lot between 00 and 02. Did it happen much after that?

 

After she stopped doing the "Daddy's Little Girl" character in the spring of 2002, I don't think so.

How many times was she a heel after 2002? I remember her being a face as the SD! authority figure. This new shitty character is her SD face character except she is dressing down faces instead of heels.

How many times was she a heel after 2002? I remember her being a face as the SD! authority figure. This new shitty character is her SD face character except she is dressing down faces instead of heels.

After her SD GM run, she came back in late 2005 as a heel for a short run.

 

She'd only been on TV sporadically until last summer, but she'd generally be a heel.

I thought Cody looked especially good this week on Raw. Usually there's this barely controlled awkwardness to his stuff, that I think he generally uses as a plus since it adds this veneer of believability to his offense. Here, though, he was smoother than usual and I thought it made him look all the better. I liked the finishing segment too.

Raw did something of an amazing 4.86 million viewers on Monday night and the big story was the ratings pattern.

 

8 p.m. 5.25 million

 

9 p.m. 5.00 million

 

10 p.m. 4.36 million

 

The story is the huge open and the huge drop during the show. The big thing hyped, for weeks, was the return of Batista. If anyone tries to attrbute the rating to anything but that, they are fooling themselves. Without quarters, its hard to know exactly where the fall off was, but it was huge. It would appear bringing Batista out early likely caused a lot of viewers to tune out. Just as obvious, there was not that much interest in the show long waiting for John Cena to confront Randy Orton storyline.

According to Meltzer, Batista's return was a huge success.

It is so dumb to do that "WHEN WILL CENA SHOW UP" shit when everyone knows guys are at the arena hours before the show, and Cena is the company golden boy/model employee.

Everyone knows wrestling is fake too, so by that logic why even watch? It's a television show man, the story was Cena was not at the arena yet. You have to just accept what the yare presenting and judge on the merit, not the thought process that he's already backstage. Again, by that logic, why should we care about two guys fighting who ten minutes after a match are joking around and playing PS4...