Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted May 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2016 I was reading during the week that Vince has taken a liking to Kevin Owens and is looking to give him a main event push after he has finished with Zayn/Miz/Cesaro. Â What actually constitutes a main event push in WWE in 2016? Matches with Cena (again), Orton, Lesnar, Reigns (again), Styles, Ambrose (again)? Depending on how they play things, the last few years has also meant that main event has a it to do with HHH, Steph and now Shane. I'd love to see Kev kick the fuck out of Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted May 23, 2016 Awards Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2016 Has anyone tried to map a wrestler's career in terms of appearances and placement on cards, to compare someone like Austin to Ziggler? Might just be perspective, age or visibility, but it doesn't feel like there's been an organic rise-up-the-card for a while. Daniel Bryan? NXT rookie to US champion to secondary brand Champion to WWE champion - albeit with a tag run between those last two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 23, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2016 Watched Rikishi being revealed as the guy who ran down Steve Austin last night. First time in yonks. It's still a baffling reveal after all that but the crowd reaction is really interesting. They're stunned into silence while Mick Foley is accusing Rikishi but then when the big man says "I did it" there is a massive audible gasp of disbelief. When he says he did it for The Rock, there's a pop. It's a really interesting dynamic. It's like the crowd didn't want it to be Rikishi. They had no interest in booing him. Â I've still no idea why they didn't just say it was Triple H. They'd have got where they went anyway without absolutely killing Rikishi who was a solid and very popular mid-card act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Im fairy sure Owens will be this years MITB winner unless they have a real shocker lined up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted May 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2016 It's surely only a matter of time before NXT crowds start shouting "KIN-SHA-SAAAAAA! in that faux Japanese style Graves is doing every time the move is hit, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted May 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2016 Im fairy sure Owens will be this years MITB winner unless they have a real shocker lined up  I'd like to see that. Not to indulge too much in fantasy booking, but ideally you have him screw over Zayn again to win the MITB match at the last second. You can then do a big blow off at Summerslam with Zayn winning, and Owens can cash in on Reigns either later that night, or later in the year. Owens doesn't lose too much heat, and Zayn can be a viable challenger when Owens does eventually get the belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Clint Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Now that Smackdown is about to go live I'm wondering if Lawler gets the boot from that show too? He'll probably end up on Main Event come July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSF Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Okay! So everyone remember the awesome Gangrel theme yeah? Well whats the whispery bit at start saying? Â I am obviously having smoke blown up my arse here, but someone has just told me that the if played backwards it says "I buried Paul", which apparently relates to the "fact" that the original Paul McCartney of the Beatles died when being hit by a bus and was replaced in the band by the Paul McCartney we now all know and love. This is also apparently symbolised on the Abbey Road album cover with McCartney wearing no shoes in the middle of the road. Not sure how that relates personally. Â Where the fuck has this Urban Legend been hiding all my life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiWri Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) This is also apparently symbolised on the Abbey Road album cover with McCartney wearing no shoes in the middle of the road. Not sure how that relates personally. Â Where the fuck has this Urban Legend been hiding all my life? Â Paul is the corpse, with no shoes. John is the Priest dressed all in white, Ringo the undertaker in black and George the grave digger in denim. Â The front cover of St Peppers has "Beatles" written in flowers, similar to how you see "Mum" or whatever in the back of a hearse. And if you look at the yellow flowers under that, it's in the shape of a bass guitar, with 4 flower stems representing the 4 strings. Â It all adds up. Edited May 26, 2016 by SiWri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I don't know if he's told this story before, but according to William Regal on Twitter today, Bruno Sammartino had asked to be involved in Regal's 1994 feud with Larry Zbyszko, but WCW turned him down.  Just imagine the great promos about garden hedges we missed out on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted May 27, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 27, 2016 (edited) Where would Bruno fit in there? Larry was the face. Edited May 27, 2016 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted May 27, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 27, 2016 A dream match of mine: Luke Harper vs Shinsuke Nakamura  20 minutes of them knocking the shit out of eachother would be as good as wrestling could get surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Kat Von D Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Â Â This is also apparently symbolised on the Abbey Road album cover with McCartney wearing no shoes in the middle of the road. Not sure how that relates personally. Â Where the fuck has this Urban Legend been hiding all my life? Paul is the corpse, with no shoes. John is the Priest dressed all in white, Ringo the undertaker in black and George the grave digger in denim. Â The front cover of St Peppers has "Beatles" written in flowers, similar to how you see "Mum" or whatever in the back of a hearse. And if you look at the yellow flowers under that, it's in the shape of a bass guitar, with 4 flower stems representing the 4 strings. Â It all adds up. It's such and interesting story and the amount of evidence is undeniable. Saying that it's probably just The Beatles fucking with everyone, if any band is weird/smart/good enough to pull off such an elaborate hoax it's them. Intersting little bit about Gangrel. Wasn't 'I buried Paul' backwards in a Beatles song as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted May 27, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 27, 2016 Yeah, Strawberry Fields, the lyric is actually Cranberry Sauce, but you try telling to the Controlled Demolition crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted May 27, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 27, 2016 I am obviously having smoke blown up my arse here, but someone has just told me that the if played backwards it says "I buried Paul", which apparently relates to the "fact" that the original Paul McCartney of the Beatles died when being hit by a bus and was replaced in the band by the Paul McCartney we now all know and love. This is also apparently symbolised on the Abbey Road album cover with McCartney wearing no shoes in the middle of the road. Not sure how that relates personally. False. No one loves Paul McCartney. The rest of it is all true, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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