February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589954 And lots of heated feuds in the history of wrestling have started as brawls from the beginning and stayed that way.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589956 complaining that this match wasn't a wild, violent brawl from the start when you knew going into it that it was a straight 1 fall no-gimmick match seems kind of silly to me. It's valid to complain about the booking in this case because these two teams probably deserve a gimmick match, but the match itself given the constraints of the rules was absolutely perfect.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589959 Yikes, to say this Batista main event run isn't being warmly received is an understatement. Watching this, I've just got a flashback to when Mike Adamle would always call Batista 'Dave' in the most innocuous ways. His first words after becoming GM were "Hey, Dave"
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589960 And lots of heated feuds in the history of wrestling have started as brawls from the beginning and stayed that way. What are the chances they have a gimmicked rematch at Mania?
February 24, 201411 yr Author comment_5589961 Daniel Bryan... CM Punk... Batista is going to get massacred at Mania.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589962 And lots of heated feuds in the history of wrestling have started as brawls from the beginning and stayed that way. What are the chances they have a gimmicked rematch at Mania? That's what I'm hoping so much. That would be the right way to go with all this, but I have a feeling they'll fuck it up and split the Shield before Mania.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589963 complaining that this match wasn't a wild, violent brawl from the start when you knew going into it that it was a straight 1 fall no-gimmick match seems kind of silly to me. It's valid to complain about the booking in this case because these two teams probably deserve a gimmick match, but the match itself given the constraints of the rules was absolutely perfect. A match doesn't have to be billed as a brawl to be a brawl. Besides, I don't mean to harp on this. They delivered the best match of the year. It's not something that ruined the match for me. It was a flaw that stood out to me in an otherwise classic match.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589965 WWE still doesn't realize how clueless they look when they don't acknowledge stuff like these chants, do they?
February 24, 201411 yr Author comment_5589966 complaining that this match wasn't a wild, violent brawl from the start when you knew going into it that it was a straight 1 fall no-gimmick match seems kind of silly to me. It's valid to complain about the booking in this case because these two teams probably deserve a gimmick match, but the match itself given the constraints of the rules was absolutely perfect. A match doesn't have to be billed as a brawl to be a brawl. Besides, I don't mean to harp on this. They delivered the best match of the year. It's not something that ruined the match for me. It was a flaw that stood out to me in an otherwise classic match. We are disagreeing with the idea it was flawed.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589968 If Big Dave turned heel would it change anything?! At least him getting shit on in that case would work to their advantage.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589969 If Big Dave turned heel would it change anything?! At least him getting shit on in that case would work to their advantage. I never believed in X-Pac heat in the case of X-Pac, but Batista is getting complete X-Pac heat right now.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589970 Let's play devil's advocate for a minute here. How much business do we think they lose by sticking with Orton/Batista as the title match at Mania rather than calling an audible. The gate will be the same. Will the buyrate be markedly different with Bryan or someone else in the title match? The crowd reactions and chants are likely going to make it an embarrassing night for a bunch of the performers. But what is the impact on dollars and cents?
February 24, 201411 yr Author comment_5589971 I wonder if they could do a Millionaire's Club vs. New Blood feud
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589972 Batista-Del Rio. I liked the Jerry Lawler at SummerSlam 93 stunt from Del Rio, but after that I didn't pay attention.
February 24, 201411 yr Author comment_5589973 Let's play devil's advocate for a minute here. How much business do we think they lose by sticking with Orton/Batista as the title match at Mania rather than calling an audible. The gate will be the same. Will the buyrate be markedly different with Bryan or someone else in the title match? The crowd reactions and chants are likely going to make it an embarrassing night for a bunch of the performers. But what is the impact on dollars and cents? At Mania? None. Going forward after that... depends how they book him.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589974 If Big Dave turned heel would it change anything?! At least him getting shit on in that case would work to their advantage. I never believed in X-Pac heat in the case of X-Pac, but Batista is getting complete X-Pac heat right now. yeah definitely but at least if you let him act as the heel foil for Bryan, the heat would work for them instead of against them. When a guy is actually working heel, then X-pac heat is harder to distinguish from genuine heel heat.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589975 Let's play devil's advocate for a minute here. How much business do we think they lose by sticking with Orton/Batista as the title match at Mania rather than calling an audible. The gate will be the same. Will the buyrate be markedly different with Bryan or someone else in the title match? The crowd reactions and chants are likely going to make it an embarrassing night for a bunch of the performers. But what is the impact on dollars and cents? At Mania? None. Going forward after that... depends how they book him. That's what I figure. They can go with this and not see much difference in the short term, but I think they they don't remedy it soon then they'll be in for some bad news.
February 24, 201411 yr Author comment_5589976 If Big Dave turned heel would it change anything?! At least him getting shit on in that case would work to their advantage. I never believed in X-Pac heat in the case of X-Pac, but Batista is getting complete X-Pac heat right now. He is getting Same old Shit heat because he is fighting for the world title. The crowd believes that Bryan should be fighting for the title. If Bryan or Cesaro would win tonight. Batista wouldn't get the negative reaction. It is that the crowd knows he is slotted against Orton and they want some new blood fighting for that belt. When Orton and Cena fought Cesaro or Punk or Wyatts or whoever, they don't get that shit reaction. They get it when the WWE insists on putting the same old guys against each other.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589977 You know you are in trouble as a babyface when Albert Del Rio is getting cheered. There is no reason to care much less root for Del Rio right now.
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589978 Let's play devil's advocate for a minute here. How much business do we think they lose by sticking with Orton/Batista as the title match at Mania rather than calling an audible. The gate will be the same. Will the buyrate be markedly different with Bryan or someone else in the title match? The crowd reactions and chants are likely going to make it an embarrassing night for a bunch of the performers. But what is the impact on dollars and cents? At Mania? None. Going forward after that... depends how they book him. If they go with Batista/Orton, then a logical step in that process is Bryan losing tonight (and Orton winning). If they go ahead with that then what impact does that have on the launch of the Network?
February 24, 201411 yr comment_5589979 I actually thought Del Rio looked good and vicious in that match. They need to end this Batista experiment. This is getting embarrassing now.
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