The King of Old School

Guessing this MJF/Cole team is a lead in to a Wembley match.

Could see them losing to Orange/Darby in the final.

17 minutes ago, air_raid said:

What on Earth do they do with Roman between SummerSlam - where I assume he's beating an Uso - and Mania? Holding off on Cody beating him will be terrible for both. But they're screwed either way, like when Reigns eventually took the title from Lesnar not at a Mania but in a short match at SummerSlam that nobody remembers. They can do it at the right time on the wrong stage or the right stage and we've waited too long for it. Lightning in a bottle, gone.

Having time off isn't he?

Apart from maybe the Saudi show in Oct/Nov i don't think we'll see him much between Summerslam and the Rumble.

I like how Cody came down in the opening segment dressed for a match, nothing happens apart from a brief scrap with Brock then he appears an hour later with a suit on. 

34 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

I just don't think Jey breaking out and chasing solo glory fits with anything we've seen recently. Jey has specifically spoken to wanting to do it with his brother, the end of the match was them linking hands as if to say "we're the ones". I just don't know how you go from that to "Soz, Jimmy, fancy being the man now actually!"

I don't think they can work their way back to Sami, either.

I agree with @BomberPat though, currently nothing they're doing requires the world title.

I think they definitely could with a Sami Rumble win next year, as that's all they will probably do with Cody.

13 hours ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

I know I said it flippantly in the Smackers thread, but I’m now becoming convinced Solo is going to get the title match with Roman. I’m not saying necessarily he’s going to dethrone Roman, he may well not if they’re sticking with Roman’s Uber reign, but everything is pointing towards Solo now.

The Uso’s angle seems to be that they are the ones, together, as a tag team.

Solo however has been on the slow burn turn for a little while, and he looked utterly exacerbated by Roman during the MITB match.

The only complicating factor is I don’t think Solo works as a face necessarily, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Summerslam was Solo/Roman.

I don't see how you can do anything other than Roman/Jey at Summerslam after MITB. Brings that 3 year arc to an end i think.

Roman/Solo at the Rumble maybe before Cody finally takes it off him at Mania? That's the way i think they will go but i'm not keen.

I think revisiting Sami/Roman at Mania now Roman is on his own would be great, Sami deserved a run with the big belt i think after his work over the past couple of years.

Why has Sammy started to do that shit "words on paper" thing again?

Get Punk in for Danielson if he's fucked, you know it makes sense.

1 hour ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

Omega vs Ospreay III at Wembley is going to blow the roof off!

Are New Japan going to let AEW have the rubber match for there belt at an AEW show? I'm not sure but it would be a superb place to do it.

After watching both Omega & Punks matches, it will really be a crying shame if we don't get mega babyface Omega vs dickhead heel CM Punk at some point.

Looks like it could run a while

Punk now having a match at Forbidden Door will surely now put to bed all the nonsense that him and the Elite can't be in the same building.

5 minutes ago, Callum1993 said:

Pretty Deadly won a Number 1 Contenders match on Smackdown last week so you’d imagine they’d face Owens and Sami in London for the Tag Titles especially as they are English so makes sense. 

This has been announced for the Smackdown the night before MITB so I imagine the tag titles won't be defended at MITB.

So if Punk and The Elite can't share a dressing room does that mean that we'll never see a PPV with them both on again?

Seems a bit far fetched to me.

Why would anyone want to listen to Bryan Alvarez for two hours.

If Jey Uso doesn't dethrone Roman now then what's the point?

Yeah I reckon it's all nonsense about everyone hating each other.

Going off the Collision ticket sales they will be taping Dynamite, Rampage and Collision in one night soon.

20 hours ago, air_raid said:

 

I don't want to live in a world where the payoff to Roman's Reign is not crowning the next "face of the company" - and Cody should be that face. To be the man, you beat the man. He needs to win the real belt by beating the real champ, I don't want him winning the WWE Conference League.

That man is Jey Uso.

The man pisses charisma, and doesn't need to wear a suit and say ridiculous big words that don't mean anything to get it across.

10 hours ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

It feels as if Cody needing to dethrone Roman is a fading dream… I’m not sure why I’m warming to it, but him beating Seth may just do..

Absolutley.

Keep Cody as far away from Roman as possible. Him defeating Seth and facing Gunther at Mania sounds good to me.

The Roman story should be ending with Jey or Sami claiming the gold at Mania 40.

Take out the Chicago show and ticket sales for the first 6 weeks or so of this look very bleak indeed.

On 6/3/2023 at 7:02 AM, air_raid said:

I’ll be back in the 80s when I finish WWE to the present day ; unless I decide to do WCW from the Turner buy out to the death, or NWA from the Flair era 83 onwards or something. Probably put it to the vote.

I'd love to see a similar format for WCW.

I imagine it's pure chaos.

6 hours ago, Supremo said:

Phenomenal closing segment. We’re fully back. This is the best thing this company has ever done. Maybe Cody shouldn’t have won at WrestleMania. Roman’s deadpan glance at Solo to execute the hit was incredible. Has any character in the history of WWE gone through as much stress as Jey Uso these last few years? Lad’s a mess! The conclusion of this storyline has to be Jey Uso just having a lovely day, chilling on the beach or something, chomping on a Cornetto, not a care in the world.

Bloodline implosion tag match at Money in the Bank? Tasty. Suddenly those crazy prices seem quite reasonable now!

CM Punk and Daniel Bryan references? In this current climate?! Wow. Never has there been a clearer indicator that Vince isn’t back running everything like he used to. That never would have happened a few years ago.

Wade Barrett calling Pretty Deadly matches is my new jam. He’s having the time of his life with these lads. His delight at them being complete whoppers is super infectious. Yes boy!

Is Lacey Evans’ gimmick that she introduces a new gimmick every time she appears? I can’t keep track! Crowd legitimately didn’t seem to know who she was. The three thousand faces of Lacey Evans. I guess she at least keeps her job until Royal Rumble, when she can take up half the field.

LA Knight might be the next big thing. You can’t argue with these reactions. Never ever do a springboard moonsault again though. Terrifying! 

Hit Row vs. Gallows and Anderson? Are you joking me?! Fuck off, lads. Not even a mid-match Michael Cole rap makes this forgivable.

Got to be singles/title matches against Jimmy at MITB and Jey at Summerslam, no?

Seen TK has confirmed that Collision isn't happening live the night before this

A tag match would be good but would much prefer Roman vs Jimmy at MITB with Jey and Solo in there corners.

Wrestlemania 40 should be the ending to the Zayn/Roman/Bloodline saga with Zayn taking the belt.

Cody can face Gunther for the 3rd place belt ok the show instead.