# Any WWE fans in the audience? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124 "2014-06-05T15:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 357
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7123 "2018-03-09T19:34:38Z")
I don’t know why either felt the need to get bigger, if that was the direction they were going. I like Payton Royce and think she has an up side, but I hate Billy Kay. She stutter steps in the ring and isn’t improving. I also hate massive inflatable lips, so there is that too. And speaking of Abbie and Sage, there’ve been guys who come through and just aren’t coachable to what WWE wants, for whatever reason. Some of them come back again a few years later. It wouldn’t be surprising to see it happen to a couple of women too. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7124 "2018-03-09T19:53:05Z")
The Internet also tells me they released one of the Chinese guys who is 6’7. I’m assuming he is the one that’s been working security all the time. NXT online is advertising tapings at Full Sail for May 9th AND 10th. It doesn’t seem to be any kind of special event (MYC, Cruiserweight, etc.) just a double taping. This tells me two things: 1. NXT is going on the road for a loooooong time and possibly overseas 2. No big belt changes are happening any time within that timeframe. 6 hours of wrestling in the span of 24 is a lot to sit through in those uncomfortable-ass benches, so I was able to snag tix for the 10th (I figure it’s the end of the storylines or just before the big PPV). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7125 "2018-03-10T10:23:47Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > NXT online is advertising tapings at Full Sail for May 9th AND 10th. It doesn’t seem to be any kind of special event (MYC, Cruiserweight, etc.) just a double taping. This tells me two things: > > 1. NXT is going on the road for a loooooong time and possibly overseas > 2. No big belt changes are happening any time within that timeframe. Late spring is when NXT has been touring the past few years. Their shows up here in the northwest were in May the last two years. Seems likely they’re planning on doing the same thing again. In other news, Austin Aries showed up at ROH’s anniversary show tonight, wearing the Impact world title and a bunch of other indy belts he’s collected, to issue a challenge to Kenny King for the TV title, as it’s the only ROH belt he’s never held. I guess he’s taking a page from Cody’s post-WWE playbook as being the free agent who can work wherever he wants and get a pop. Good for him. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7126 "2018-03-10T13:37:11Z")
Chris Jericho has been crossing the borders as well. In addition to his match vs Kenny Omega, he’s been advertising his cruise on RoH TV. The Hardyz magically transported to a bunch of feds here and there prior to WWE. Cody, of course, has been in multitudes of feds simultaneously. A lot of Impact stars are also in LU and linger in AAA and Canadian feds. Some UK feds also get some crossovers. Yet Jimmy Jacobs got fired for daring to take a selfie with the Young Bucks. Apparently you have to kiss the right ass to break the fourth wall. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7127 "2018-03-10T22:31:00Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I don’t know why either felt the need to get bigger, if that was the direction they were going. I like Payton Royce and think she has an up side, but I hate Billy Kay. She stutter steps in the ring and isn’t improving… It hurts my soul when people that I know to be good wrestlers are judged to be subpar, based primarily on their WWE work. I can’t imagine somebody seeing KC Cassidy and Jessie McKay wrestle on the indies, and come to the conclusion that only one of them was any good, and it wasn’t Jessie McKay. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7128 "2018-03-12T12:07:25Z")
I couldn’t feel any interest in FL and turned it off about halfway through. Match, then OMG RONDA DROWSEY. Did I miss anything? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7129 "2018-03-12T13:22:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I couldn’t feel any interest in FL and turned it off about halfway through. Match, then OMG RONDA DROWSEY. Did I miss anything? Fastlane was pretty predictable, but we had a ton of fun being there live. Did you see Asuka? That’s probably the only “surprise” you could have missed. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7130 "2018-03-12T13:24:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I couldn’t feel any interest in FL and turned it off about halfway through. Match, then OMG RONDA DROWSEY. Did I miss anything? Asuka came out after the women’s match and pointed at the Wrestlemania sign. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7131 "2018-03-12T13:57:12Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Fastlane was pretty predictable, but we had a ton of fun being there live. Did you see Asuka? That’s probably the only “surprise” you could have missed. Glad you enjoyed yourself! I, too, am in the camp that FastFace was only so-so of a PPV. It’s so stupid to have a PPV in between Rumble and 'Mania. I guess I can cave a little if people are super all-in on the Elimination Chamber, but having something this close to mania is just plain stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7132 "2018-03-12T16:08:47Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Fastlane was pretty predictable, but we had a ton of fun being there live. Did you see Asuka? That’s probably the only “surprise” you could have missed. No, dozed off during ND vs Usos. I am hyped for Asuka vs Charlotte. I had a chance to see her live a few months back, but I was in the nosebleeds and she was part of a six-woman tag match. Glad you had fun. That’s what it’s all about. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7133 "2018-03-12T16:36:15Z")
Same here. Dozed off during the women’s match, woke up for the six-pack, but was half dozing for much of that too. Pissed off at Orton winning, and the tag team thing should have been a TV angle. These shows should have finishes. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7134 "2018-03-12T18:50:44Z")
I’m watching it now and like it a lot better. I got off on Harper & Rowan’s run-in, probably because I like to see big bearded guys destroy things. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7135 "2018-03-12T19:35:20Z")
I thought the 6 pack match was pretty well done, too. They made the best of it. And I like Harper and Rowan, but the Bludgeon Bros with their big hammers feels too gimmicky for them. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7136 "2018-03-12T19:45:19Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I thought the 6 pack match was pretty well done, too. They made the best of it. > And I like Harper and Rowan, but the Bludgeon Bros with their big hammers feels too gimmicky for them. My (least) favorite part of yesterday’s beatdown is when BB went to leave and picked up their hammers, but then went back and beat New Day up some more. They picked up the hammers, then PUT THEM DOWN to go and GRAB THE STAIRS and use that as a weapon. You have goddamn hammers! Why in the hell are you using the stupid stairs? This is why they shouldn’t have them. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7137 "2018-03-12T19:55:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The latest from the rumor mill is that WWE hasn’t booked a WrestleMania match for Braun Strowman yet because they want to keep him free in case more evidence comes forward implicating Roman in the steroid ring he’s allegedly been linked to. There’s apparently a documentary filmmaker who’s been researching the story and is set to release some damning evidence, and they want Brock/Braun as a backup in case they have to suspend or fire Roman. Apparently, the latest word on this is, the wrestler in question is not Roman Reigns, but Luther Reigns, who was in WWE in the early/mid-2000s (apparently, he and Mark Jindrak were in “Team Angle” at one point). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7138 "2018-03-12T22:03:56Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Luther Reigns \*“On April 19, 2010, it was reported that Wiese had suffered a stroke in December 2009. Wiese stated that he believed his steroid use, which began during his time at Arizona State University, and the painkiller addiction he developed from wrestling were contributing factors to the cause of the stroke. Wiese stated that the stroke “had to happen” and that it “was a gift from God.” Following his stroke Wiese became Christian and spoke about how God saved him from his drug addiction in which he said he was taking 90 pills a day.” \* ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7139 "2018-03-13T02:49:40Z")
Oh God, Nia Jax just murdered some poor ham-and-egger. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7140 "2018-03-13T04:34:50Z")
so supposedly cenas match with taker at wm is his retirement match? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7141 "2018-03-13T04:46:31Z")
“The Fabulous Moolah Memorial Battle Royal”? Really? May as well follow it up with the Chris Benoit Memorial Hardcore Battle Royal where unprotected chair shots to the head are legal, followed by the Owen Hart Memorial scaffold match, the Eddie Guerrerro Memorial Steroids-On-a-Pole match, and the Bruiser Brody Memorial Locker Room Match. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7142 "2018-03-13T04:55:06Z")
Shouldn’t the Bruiser Brody match be a Scissors in the Shower match, or am I conflating two events? Yeah, I saw that and kinda went :eek::smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=356) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=358)