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  1. The Dynamite Merch Stand last night. That was the full product line. Whoever is in charge of their merch division needs to be fired!
  2. Yeah, if Moxley was to go back to WWE it would be because they have an angle or plan that he really likes. And I suspect that would be some version of The Shield that is really cool. He obviously still has friends there, including Rollins and Reigns, it would be wrestling opportunities that would entice him. It probably won't happen soon but like @tiger_rick says, everyone goes back eventually, even if it's a retirement or Hall Of Fame thing.
  3. Three things watching that video: - Finn Balor's hairline has mysteriously improved in the last few years hasn't it? - what happened to Strowman? I thought he re-signed with WWE? - the Shield reunion is probably the biggest money-making angle that the WWE has left post-Rock return. Fantasy booking, but... Reigns loses at WM, The Rock steals the Bloodline away from him. Rock becomes champ, 6 months later Roman re-appears with those two, all dressed in the mercenary gear. Blimey.
  4. The CM Punk stuff is so hard to judge. On the one hand, I think we all still get a little thrill from that feeling that it's going "off script". And that's a big part of his character that they're leaning into. On the other hand, as so often with Punk all his promos really do is knock down his opponent and make them look stupid so that he looks clever. They're self-aggrandising rather than match-promoting. Particularly as right now, there's no match to promote even, so all the segment succeeded in doing was undermining the WM semi-main event. As you rightly point out, this was a booking decision, to have Punk there at all - and you know, as a promoter you HAVE to know (if you don't actually encourage it) that Punk is going to say whatever internet-forum clever-clogs thing comes into his head. It would be something else if Punk doesn't even get to a singles match this run before burning all his bridges. Surely he's smart enough to know this is his final, final shot at a big time wrestling run?
  5. Norman Smiley v Robbie Brookside. Short but fun!
  6. I can't believe we're actually having this discussion over what was just one of a number of jokes about Biggie, but isn't that the excuse that's always trotted out over Me Too issues? It was just a joke, I was just playing a part etc? To be clear I'm neither excusing Diddy or accusing Biggie of being a rapist, but hip hop over the years has painted women in a very poor light and there are a lot of artists who probably wouldn't write such stuff now, at the very least. Hip hop scene probably not the place to look for sensitivity to consent and women's liberation generally. And that was all I was saying. In the context of one of the most successful hip hop moguls being outed as a possible sex trafficker, this surely isn't contentious?
  7. That song is all about getting women so drunk they will put out! They wouldn't refuse you see, because of the implication. Also these fine lyrics Well.... possibly not always Biggy.
  8. Very true, I was just making a light joke about rap music and misogyny in general. There are worse lyrics just in that song to be honest! Not actually read up on what Diddy is accused of, as like most of you I'd assumed he was a wrongun for years.
  9. As renowned feminist Notorious B.I.G once said, all the ladies if you hear me, grab your titties for B.I.G.
  10. I don't think the WWE were deliberately jerking Reigns around, and I agree with @Shane O' Mac Version 2 that he was front and centre of the company through those years. But this was the WWE in the depths of the final Vince McMahon years when his understanding of what wrestling crowds wanted had completely evaporated. The company was incapable of changing direction or responding to crowds and ploughed on with Vince's "vision" regardless. So they'd shine Reigns up for Taker but then within months have dulled him off again, and still not made a course correction. They didn't Luger him because when they fucked Luger's push they let him go and tried something else. Vince never lost faith in Reigns and things always were designed to revolve back to him. It was a dark, boring time and I'm not surprised we've all tried to memory hole it.
  11. They've built us all to fever pitch for Rock v Cody, haven't they, which is a pity as that's not actually on the WM card! I reiterate what I said about Smackdown, Reigns is undoubtedly diminished by the star power of The Rock. It only really fuels speculation that Reigns is going off for an extended break and so this is very much about the next 6 months of programming. I'm glad we're all on the same page now about Night 2 - it has to be the full gamut of run-ins. I've been saying for ages that Stone Cold is going to be there, and if you add Cena to that mix you have possibly the biggest match of all time. I want Rollins, having lost his belt, to turn on Cody, leading to Reigns and Rollins reuniting. Can we borrow John Moxley for the night? Imagine The Shield and The Rock lining up opposite Cody, Cena, Stone Cold and Jey. Goodness me. Throw everything at it, like you did with Sting v HHH. I didn't actually watch a single minute of any actual wrestling on this show, but then this is WWE High Drama wrestling where the actual moves in the ring are completely irrelevant. That outside brawl was WWE at its best. Bring on Wrestlemania! Edit : @Lorne Malvo yeah the huge swathe of time devoted to Punk was awful and pointless, and only served to remind us all how petty and narcissistic he is.
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