Guest Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Ryders over, selling merch( a really shit t shirt at that) and is solid in the ring. Hope we see him team with cena rather than ziggler tbh. Last week made no sense as he's been chumming with cena on his ring walk for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted June 13, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 13, 2011 Wasn't The Big O former shitmonger Ricky Ortiz? No. Ricky Ortiz hangs out with Scott Hall these days, doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Invisible Boy Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I'm looking forward to this three hour special, as said around this time of year something big usually happens and it is often in three hour specials. Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing what I like is the way it gets everyone talking for the week. Usually I'm not too fussed about how crap or stupid the surprise is, I just like to be surprised or see something big happen. Obviously when it's something along the lines of Donald Trump has bought Raw and then the next week he's not that's just stupid and I wasn't a fan of that, the McMahon limo explosion and set fall weren't too bad in my POV, obviously the limo thing could have been done better as McMahon's leg hanging out for a minute looked stupid but that storyline had some potential, only for the Benoit shock to happen and halt it all and then it just faded off. The set fall I can't remember turning into much of a big story but when it happened it was a bit of a shock and again I thought it had potential to lead to something. It seems WWE are good at giving us a shock that looks as though it has potential for a good storyline or lead up but it usually fizzles away, sometimes at WWE's own fault, others it's something they couldn't help ie. Benoit and the limo story. Either way I hope something surprising and big does happen tonight and hopefully it will lead to a great storyline but I wouldn't hold my breath looking at previous years. Anyone think the Anonymous Raw GM might make an appearance or reveal themselves tonight? That seems like something that could be a shock and it would link in as Austin is guest GM tonight so whoever it is doesn't need to be sending emails all night so they could end up making a shock appearance and revealing themselves, possibly arguing with one of Austin's decisions and then taking him out or just overuling his decision and saying they can do that as they run Raw or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Kid Mark Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Wasn't The Big O former shitmonger Ricky Ortiz? No. Ricky Ortiz hangs out with Scott Hall these days, doesn't he? They are different people but Ricky also called himself the Big O so it's an easy mistake to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 They need something to get us through the summer, and its not fucking Ron Killings. Last year it was the Nexus, year before that it was the awesome Jericho vs Mysterio feud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 am i right in thinking they originally had this 3 hour raw planned to be the draft show, before edge's retirement forced them to move it to the go home show for extreme rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xear Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Raw starts at 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Wasn't The Big O former shitmonger Ricky Ortiz? I thought the Big O was Nick 'Oblivion' Aldis? Love Zack Ryder. Sad that his internet show and Tough Enough are the two most entertaining things about WWE right now. An interview with Ryder..... Zack Ryder was interviewed by Alfonso Castillo of Newsday to promote tonight's Raw in his hometown of Long Island, New York. The full transcript is available at this link but you can check out some excerpts below: “Wrestling in front of my hometown crowd on Long Island is unbelievable. I’ve been too so many shows there. As a kid, I slept outside the Nassau Coliseum trying to get tickets to Raw once. And going back Monday is going to be incredible. I’ve got my friends, my family, my girlfriend. It’s going to be awesome. And hopefully the Zack Pack is going to be cheering me on… I mean, it’s set up. I don’t really believe in fate or anything of that stuff, but I’ve been doing this show for like three months and my popularity is as high as it’s ever been. And now we’re at the Nassau Coliseum. Something’s got to happen. If it doesn't, it’s just a missed opportunity. So I’m hoping this is my big chance, my big break.” On the genesis of his “Z! True Long Island Story.” "What happened was that about three months ago I was sick of just not being on TV, sick of just sitting in the background on the sidelines. So I created my opportunity. I created my own Youtube account. My parents got me a Flipcam for Christmas. And I started to make my own shows. And 16 episodes later, more than a million views, it’s starting to pick up… All my days off is basically doing that show. It’s thinking of things and messing around with my friends. They’ll help me film stuff, like the Superstars General Manager—just things to create controversy in a funny, light hearted way… I think I had no creative output before, so they really didn't know who I was. I had a couple matches here and there, but I never really had a chance to show who I really was, my personality and show how charismatic I was. Now this show has taken off. Guys like John Cena, The Miz, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, Chris Jericho are all praising me on Twitter and stuff like that. I wrote the bonus forward to Chris Jericho’s book. It’s just unbelievable. I think everyone is starting to notice." On whether he’s gotten any heat with WWE over his web show: “At first, I was afraid too. I thought, ‘Am I going to get in trouble?’ But I’m not trying to cause any problems. I just want to get my name out there and create my own opportunity, and make some money for the company and for myself. Now they’re really getting behind it. Like you said, there are signs every single week. My T-Shirts are selling out, and I’m not even on television. It’s unheard of. So, I think they have to get behind it.… As far as I know, I haven’t been punished. But before I started the Youtube show, I was at the bottom of the card—the bottom. How much worse of a position could I have dropped to, you know? So it had to go up. That was my mind set. I was just sick of being at the bottom, knowing I could be so much more. It was all or nothing, basically.” On creating the “Long Island Iced Z” character: "It was way before The Jersey Shore. I was with Curt Hawkins as the Edge Heads—a long haired blonde kid. And I needed a change. I needed something different. So I just took my real personality, turned the volume way up, cut the hair, went to all the clubs on Long Island, like GLO, and fist pumped with all my broskies until I finally found who I really was, and portrayed it to the world, throwing up the ‘LI’ hand signal. And ‘Woo-woo-woo’ is taking over… I’m definitely not mocking Long Island in any way, shape or form. I love where I’m from. I love Long Island. It’s supposed to be showing the world about Long Island. I’m walking out there throwing up the ‘LI’ hand signal. Everything’s Long Island. It’s showing it off. It’s not mocking it in any way. So I hope no one feels that way. If they do--Oh well. I’ll send them a T-Shirt.’ On his frustrations with trying to move up in WWE: “I guess I am grateful that I have a job in WWE, but that my plan my whole life. So, it’s kind of expected for me. So I’m not satisfied with my spot on the card. I definitely want to move up. And that’s what I’m going to do. Or at least I’m going to try my best and go out swinging. I’m not going to just sit back and say, ‘Oh, I should have done that,’ or ‘I should have done this.’ When my time comes to an end, I know I’ll have no regrets… I’ve been under contract for five years. I’ve been on television for four. So that’s a pretty long time. So many people come and go in four years. But I have all the time in the world. I’m only 26. I’m one of the youngest guys on the roster. I’m not going to stop until everyone in this world knows who Zack Ryder is.” On moving ahead of his friend and former partner Curt Hawkins: “I hope there’s no hard feelings. I don’t think there is. We knew our time as a team was over, and we knew we were going to split up. And it’s unfortunate that the WWE doesn’t realize his potential either, because he’s one of the youngest up and coming guys in the company, too. I hope that one day we’ll both get the chance to make it to the top together or separately, and maybe cross paths again in a different way.” On being trained by Mikey Whipreck at Long Island’s New York Wrestling Connection school: “I wanted to be a wrestler my entire life, so right out of high school I found NYWC, which is in Deer Park. And, Mikey Whipreck, from the original ECW, was the trainer. And I just learned all the basics, learned everything I needed to know. Myself, Curt Hawkins, Trent Baretta—We’re all the WWE and we all came out of that school. So it’s definitely a good place to learn the ropes, so to speak… (Whipreck) taught us everything from headlocks to paying your taxes. He knew everything. And he was the perfect teacher because he actually experienced it, as opposed to other people who don’t know anything and are training people and are basically stealing people’s money.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapManiA Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 WWE put Zack Ryder in a match on Superstars vs Primo tonight. :angry: :angry: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streamingfreedom Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 So they run over big show's leg, then he bolts out with a bandaged *hand*, and has recovered from a "torn ACL" in 3 weeks........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I have zero faith in the 'E with regards to Ryder. I'm preparing for the worst and if I'm hopefully proven wrong it will be a nice surprise. I can see him being given a few minutes on Raw in the coming weeks against hacks like Yoshi Tatsu with absoloutely no chance whatsoever to showcase what made him popular on YouTube in the first place so that the office can point to the dead crowd reactions and say 'See, Zach? You were just a cute internet niche'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted June 14, 2011 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2011 Apparently the crowd was crazy for Ryder. Mental for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapManiA Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I tweeted @scottstanford1 to ask if it was worth watching Raw for an appearance from him and Zack. He tweeted back to say that there was more chance of seeing Christian beating Orton this Sunday than seeing him and Zack tonight. A few minutes later he deleted that tweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Apparently the crowd was crazy for Ryder. Mental for him. A very audible 'we want Ryder!' chant went up during the Sheamus/Santino match. Gutted for the bloke. As if tonight wasn't a drag - serviceable, but then that's not enough for a special - they just announced next week as another three hour. Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheman Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 R-Truth teals the show again SHAZAM i'm guessing things are a bit messy in the arena now because a riot should be taking place poor Zack least he gets superstars in his hometown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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