Did anyone’s broadcast have a memorial ribbon with “Orlando” next to it next to the USA logo? Or was that something they just superimposed down here?
I ask because I haven’t seen any other networks do that down here, and there was a RAW after the event, so it’s not like this is their first time to memorialize it.
Yes, it’s there.
Yes, got the Orlando Ribbon too.
You were absent from this thread for a while, leading me to hope you weren’t caught in the cross fire or anything.
Last night, Dean said “If you’re the Man Seth, and you’re the Guy Roman, I guess that makes me… the Dude!”
I was hoping they’d start doing Big Lebowski quotes.
Dean: “The Dude abides.”
“I’m the Dude, so that’s what you call me. That or, uh His Dudeness, or uh Duder, or El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.”
“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”
“Hey, nice marmot” to Seth’s hair.
While Seth and Roman are arguing: “Hey, mind if I do a J?”
Whenever Stephanie is trying to set up something that potentially screws Dean over: “This is a very complicated case Steph. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous.”
Whenever somebody tries to rough him up: “This aggression will not stand, man.”
Whenever somebody tries to rough him up while he’s drinking something: “Careful man, there’s a beverage here!”
To Chris Jericho: "I’m sorry about spoiling your rug. That rug really tied the room together.”
To Roman: “Roman, I love you, but sooner or later, you’re going to have to face the fact you’re a goddamn moron.”
Alberto Del Rio: "What’s this day of rest shit? What’s this bullshit? I don’t fuckin’ care! It don’t matter to Alberto. But you’re not foolin’ me, man. You might fool the fucks in the league office, but you don’t fool Alberto. This bush league psyche-out stuff. Laughable, man - ha ha! I would have fucked you in the ass Saturday. I fuck you in the ass next Wednesday instead. Wooo! You got a date Wednesday, baby!
I was on vacation all last week in northern Wisconsin and had very little internet access/time. So I wasn’t even in the state when it all happened, I just woke up to a bunch of texts from my college/Indiana friends saying “Soooo you still ok?” and I have no idea what they were talking about 'til I turned on the news. Odd that USA still has the ribbon, maybe its a NBC/Universal thing…
Is anyone else tired of the Sami/KO feud? Because I certainly am. They’re fighting again! They grew up in the business together Maggle! They hate each other now! Ok…enough now.
I’m tired of Sami and KO because Sami is boring. KO is a good wrestler, except for his two big moves, the Bowling Ball and the Pop Tart Power Slam. Other than that I like to watch him wrestle, he’s got a good heel’s attitude. Zayn is just boring, skilled, but dull.
I don’t know what it is… in NXT, the feud is awesome. In the main roster, it’s just eh.
Same happened when they bought out ECW and tried to recreate Tommy Dreamer vs Raven. It just wasn’t the same environment, and the feud quietly died.
Feuds are a lot better when you see them start. When the wrestlers are good enough the feud is just an excuse to get them in the ring, but it’s hard to resell the feud itself.
Well, I’m a workrate mark, so Sami Zayn is okay with me: if you can wrestle, you’re never “boring,” IMO. I am, however, annoyed with how he appears to have become a victim of the usual handcuffing that happens to a lot of guys that get called up to the main roster.
My favorite line of the night, from the wrestling forum I post at:
Roman Reigns has landed a 30-day suspension for a Wellness Policy violation.
I had a sneaking suspicion he was juicing, but I didn’t see this coming. It’s been years since anyone in the main event scene has gotten busted.
Wow, that’s huuuuuuuge.
Also the best thing for him.
Have him go away a month (maybe more!) and let us forget about him, then have him come in with a new storyline/attitude and ready to fight.
ETA: It would be a SUPER weird way of doing it, but any chance this is a work just to get him off TV?
I haven’t been following WWE for a bit, but shocked to hear about Reigns. Not shocked that he’s juicing, but shocked that they legitimately suspended someone at the main event level. I guess it lends some credence to the idea that WWE is rigorous wit the Wellness Policy.
I doubt it. A worked wellness violation would hurt the legitimacy of the program too much, and they used his real name in the press release and everything.
It’ll be interesting to see if they go through with the triple threat match at Battleground - his suspension runs out a few days before then, but they’re gonna have a hard time promoting the match without him, and there’s no way they’ll book him to win when he comes back.
All I can say is that I hope this finally breaks Vince’s fixation with ROMAN REIGNS AT ALL COSTS (even if it sinks the company).
How much did they money did they sink into this loser? An immediate suspension for a first violation sounds like they’re giving up on him, they could have disguised it as an injury, maybe they still will, but no way does he get the belt back for a long time, if ever. Or it’s worse than that and the wellness violation is the disguise.
It’s been sinking the company already, this can only help.
No, they kinda have to suspend him on the first violation. Hell, the fact that they still had him in a big money match after failing and announced him for the big one next month is the vote of confidence in him.
Can you imagine how they’d get creamed in the media if the guy whose dick Vince was sucking scored a wellness violation **without **being suspended?
Besides, not like they’ve ever suspended Cena or Trips for a wellness violation, and you’ve got the chairman of the board showing off as a walking advertisement for steroids - and they damn sure wouldn’t test him, let alone suspend him.
I’m sure he’d get suspended but they could have finessed it to give him a good story line if they wanted to. Maybe they won’t even do that anymore, but even if they did he’s given them no reason to do so. This is a huuuuuge slap in the face to Vince, hope he doesn’t haven’t to carry him on the back end for too long.
To Roman: “Roman, I love you, but sooner or later, you’re going to have to face the fact you’re a goddamn moron.”
The way the Wellness Policy works, 30-day suspension is automatic for the first offense. They almost definitely rebooked MITB to have him drop the title before they made the announcement, which is what they’ve done in the past, though never before with the world title. (E.g.; in 2011, Evan Bourne popped for spice while he and Kofi Kingston were tag champions, and they dropped the titles to Primo & Epico at a house show and Evan was suspended immediately after the match).
Not sure if they changed the booking of the MITB match because of the upcoming suspension. I personally don’t think they did, because it turned out so perfectly.
I also doubt the suspension is a work; if they wanted Roman off of TV for a little bit, someone would’ve simply taken him out.
So they did story line it. I think he was dropping the title anyway, but now it will be for a while, he’s not coming back from suspension to take it again. If those imbeciles can get their heads out of Vince’s ass they’ll realize the title has to stay around Ambrose’ waist for a long time.