# 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:** 92
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1822 "2015-04-10T00:18:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s a fairly new channel with a fairly niche target demographic (Latino Americans who primarily speak English and grindhouse geeks), but it’s worth it for LU alone. Right. It’s Channel 176 on my Comcast package. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1823 "2015-04-10T12:22:42Z")
As a U-verse user I don’t have access to El Rey. Ms. Cups doesn’t have the package that has El Rey in it, when I said “cable” I guess I meant basic cable like USA, SyFy and (back in the day) the Turner networks that WCW was on No Dean for two shows in a row now? Is he hurt? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1824 "2015-04-10T15:08:04Z")
The Wyatts really really should be reunited. I can see why they’d want to have solo careers, so they can have their own spotlights, but Luke & Eric are jobbers. They had such a better presence when grouped with Bray, looming over him as he sermonized and popping out of the woodwork to do his dirty work. In Erick’s match against Bray, he did the sudden lunge that knocked Bray out of the ring. When he was a heel, the cameras would frame the move with him offscreen, suddenly appearing out of nowhere to collide with his hapless victim, just like in the slasher movies. Now, Erick’s the innocent man-child who jobs because he’s lost the mean streak Bray instilled in him. I’m hoping that Bray cradling his head at the end of the match means an impending reunification, but WWE rarely reunites tag teams once they break them up. If they don’t make it as solo stars, they become dross that will eventually fade away. \*Marty Janetti Marty Janetti Marty Janetti \* ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1825 "2015-04-10T15:14:45Z")
I dunno who else they could bring in. I don’t see any of the NXT guys really being a good fit for the Wyatts other than maybe Marcus whatshisname, and we haven’t seen him on NXT in weeks. I dunno that he’s ready for the big stage. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1826 "2015-04-10T16:41:41Z")
Bray should really be building a stable by “converting” his enemies one by one, like Raven did during his WCW run. Have him have a match with, say, Heath Slater, that ends with Bray dragging him out of the ring. Next week, he comes out and Heath is dressed in a boiler suit and following him to the ring, and maybe he cuts a rambling promo about how he used to be drifting around the WWE universe aimlessly until Bray Wyatt gave him direction and purpose. Then Bray beats Adam Rose and takes him away, and the next week he’s in the Family as well. Then it’s Curtis Axel, then it’s one of the New Day. One by one he starts building this army of devoted nihilists who just want to destroy in his name, and soon people in authority start to take notice… ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1827 "2015-04-10T18:05:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Bray should really be building a stable by “converting” his enemies one by one, like Raven did during his WCW run. Have him have a match with, say, Heath Slater, that ends with Bray dragging him out of the ring. Next week, he comes out and Heath is dressed in a boiler suit and following him to the ring, and maybe he cuts a rambling promo about how he used to be drifting around the WWE universe aimlessly until Bray Wyatt gave him direction and purpose. Then Bray beats Adam Rose and takes him away, and the next week he’s in the Family as well. Then it’s Curtis Axel, then it’s one of the New Day. One by one he starts building this army of devoted nihilists who just want to destroy in his name, and soon people in authority start to take notice… Holy shit that’s awesome! Have Wyatt keep getting more and more heels on his team, which leads to another giant stable of face’s (lead by cena natch), and it all culminates to a giant Survivor Series where the entire pay-per-view is a variety of matches between Wyatts Leigon of Followers and Cena’s Champions of Justice Unrelated: I’m reading a bunch of Harry Potter stuff, and about a third of the time I misread “muggle” as “maggle” and it’s kinda hilarious ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1828 "2015-04-10T18:19:55Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Unrelated: I’m reading a bunch of Harry Potter stuff, and about a third of the time I misread “muggle” as “maggle” and it’s kinda hilarious “Harry’s being disrespectful, Maggle! Lord Voldemort is a Hogwort’s graduate and a sixteen-time Intercontinental Champion! You try walking into Snape’s office and telling _him_ to expelliarmus!” ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1829 "2015-04-10T18:27:46Z")
“I am the woo woo woo face of fear, you know it!” In other news, Kevin Von Erich’s kids apparently had a NXT tryout this week. I’ve only seen their one TNA Slammiversary match and it wasn’t embarrassing, at least. But the Dallas crowd still really popped for the name, so this may be positioning for Wrestlemania at JerryWorld next year. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1830 "2015-04-10T18:30:21Z")
I must create the Zack Wyatt hybrid… ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1831 "2015-04-10T19:14:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I must create the Zack Wyatt hybrid… "I used to think I was going somewhere in this mad old universe. I was United States Champion! I was friends with John Cena! I had arenas cheering for me. And look at what that got me. Nobody takes Zack Ryder seriously. Nobody thinks Zack Ryder can win a match. Nobody expects Zack Ryder to finish out his contract! "For years now I’ve just been adrift. I’ve been clinging to the flotsam adrift in the waves, clinging on for dear life, and every time I try to climb back up, _they_ just kick me down again! I’m not going anywhere. I’m a joke. But you know what? _I get it_. "Because when I was at my lowest, when I was ready to release my grip and drift off into oblivion, I heard his voice, and he told me not to fear the darkness. He told me to _embrace_ it as it washed over me. So I let go and I fell into the deep, and I felt the darkness embrace me, and it felt _right_. I get the joke now. Because that’s all that ANY OF THIS IS! It’s a joke! It’s all a joke and you fools in the back - dancing around in your matching outfits - you don’t know the joke’s on you. And there’s only one ma… there’s only one being in this universe that understands what you’re going through, who can explain it all, who can _save_ you. “Woo woo woo. **Follow the buzzards.** ” ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1832 "2015-04-11T18:05:04Z")
I had to do it. [Follow the Woozards.]([http://www.rericsmith.com/stuff/zack](http://www.rericsmith.com/stuff/zack) wyatt.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 12, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1833 "2015-04-12T01:45:29Z")
That’s just brilliant man ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1834 "2015-04-13T16:41:08Z")
It’s being reported that Finn Balor might be making his debut on tonight’s Raw in the UK (which starts live in just a couple hours and will air in the US on tape delay, so you east coasters can know what it feels like for once.) For that, I might actually _watch_ the show. I haven’t read any speculation about who his first rival might be, but IMO Bray Wyatt might make a good choice. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1835 "2015-04-13T17:22:49Z")
or fellow Irishman Sheamus might think he qualifies as an insect to squash. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1836 "2015-04-13T18:54:49Z")
Interesting. Would he get the hometown discount of a win? or just premiere him in front of his home crowd for the cheap pop? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1837 "2015-04-13T18:58:45Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Would he get the hometown discount of a win? Hometown? It’s not even his home _country_. 🙂 But much in the way that Seattle is the closest thing Daniel Bryan gets to a hometown show, I imagine The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Devitt will get a pretty big pop from the London crowd when and if he debuts. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1838 "2015-04-13T19:00:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Hometown? It’s not even his home _country_. 🙂 eh, semantics ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1839 "2015-04-13T20:12:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Hometown? It’s not even his home _country_. > [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > eh, semantics Eh, Potato, Boiled Potato. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1840 "2015-04-13T20:22:50Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > eh, semantics You just got major UK heat. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/1841 "2015-04-13T20:26:40Z")
What’re they gonna do? Form a tightly knit loquacious passive-aggressive response to me? I’m so scared. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=93)