hellpop Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Here's a note from the Wrestling Observer: Daniel Bryan debuted his new character last night in Hampton, VA. He was introduced as Daniel Wyatt, worse the same type of costume of Erick Rowan does and was billed to face Bray Wyatt in a cage match. Bryan let Wyatt beat him up, offered no resistance and Bray pinned him with Sister Abigail. This seems specifically designed to troll us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcow Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ...This + Old School Raw...I'm scared to see the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniFiend UK Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'm not that worried about the Daniel Bryan joining with the Wyatt's. The way I see this panning out is that Bray maybe telling DB that he cant beat the machine and its keeping him down and only he can free him. but its actaully part of keeping DB down or the underdog that ppl love at the moment. When its actually revealed that the "devil" that Bray speaks of is Vince Mc or some other authority figure and its all part of their plan then DB can turn on the Wyatt's and back to whatever title he will be lined up for. Honestly DB as the underdog or everyman wrestler of the ppl is what he does well. Him being the unbeatable champ just doesn't fit at the moment, it will come in time I do think that will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 I would normally agree with you, MiniFiend, but the way they have booked Bryan since SummerSlam gives me pause. They have basically exhausted my trust when it comes to Daniel Bryan storylines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) I don't think he should be considered an unbeatable champ, like a Hogan or Cena. Bur surely he could be a great scrappy, fighting, and vulnerable champ like a Bret Hart. He's done so many things well so far--from the traditional fan-favorite face and then great, smarmy champ heel in ROH, to the comedy routine with Kane to the heel Smackdown champion to the fan favorite underdog chasing Cena. He has earned my faith in his ability to do any number of things well. So I think he could be a great champ. I also think he can make the Wyatt thing work, assuming they don't de-push him so hard that he just isn't allowed a chance to do. . .anything. Like HP, I'm not so sure about WWE management right now. On the one hand, the WWE has done a lot of things right over the years, and is still doing enough right to keep me watching--including allowing Bryan to get as far as they allowed him to get. But the Bryan thing seems so new and unusual. Their fear of change seems to be outweighing their courage to actually try something different. Edited January 6, 2014 by karamazov80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 The rumor going around now is that Vince came up with the bright idea to have Daniel Bryan join the Wyatts (because beards?), and that creative isn't really on board and doesn't have much of an idea where this is going. But I think it's clear it's because they don't want him getting such big reactions. Because he's not THEIR guy, or at least not the guy they want to be on top. So when the guy we like is so over he hijacks the main event promo with John Cena, Randy Orton, and Triple H, what happens? Does he get pushed because of that? Of course not! Every time I turned on Raw last night, it seemed like something stupid was happening, like a Great Khali match. I did tune in for the main event, which was pretty good. It was cool to see Jake Roberts again, even if I didn't recognize his music at all. And it was hilarious that Dean Ambrose couldn't hide his smile when he got snaked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 RIP Mae Young. I can only hope to be so full of live in my old age as she was. Article here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Survived by the Hand (sorry, I couldn't resist). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffBohn Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140109/PC20/140109442/1032/reports-of-wwe-hall-of-famer-mae-youngs-death-were-incorrect Retracted. Still not really good news, but not dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Well, that's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 She has been taken off life support, though, so it probably won't be too long, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Bummer about Mae Young, but she lived a really long life, and was active and enjoying it at that age apparently.You didn't recognize Jake's music??? Crazy talk. Was good to see him, and him apparently not stoned out of his mind at that. But I reckon this does mean he's not behind any of what the Wyatt's are doing, which is too bad.It seems like Bryan at least is trying to do something with his character, by already sowing some potential seeds of dissention by the others not letting him get the pin, or possibly jockying to make himself the head of the Wyatts by proving that he can help those guys win better than Bray can. Maybe he's just making the best of a bad situation.But when I hear stuff about creative being unable to do this or that with a given character in a given situation, it really makes my eyes roll. I'm no creative writer, but you give me any given wrestler in any given situation, and I'll come up with something. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Shakespeare Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I haven't watched wrestling in probably over 15 years, but I'm going to a house show in Glens Falls NY this weekend with my brother who never stopped watching. I'm excited and I've always loved the Royal Rumble, so I'll probably watch that too coming up. Not sure who I'll be rooting for, probably anyone familiar. Is Kamala still active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 He's not really active with the WWE, though he might show up at "Legends" events from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye's Junk Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 network launching in feb. $60 for six months. Too bad its only on streaming devices and a on demand directv channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 I'm undecided about the network. $10 a month is certainly doable (even with the six month commitment), but I just don't know if I would watch it enough to justify having it. I will probably sample it, and if I haven't really used it in the time, not renew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniFiend UK Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I haven't watched wrestling in probably over 15 years, but I'm going to a house show in Glens Falls NY this weekend with my brother who never stopped watching. I'm excited and I've always loved the Royal Rumble, so I'll probably watch that too coming up. Not sure who I'll be rooting for, probably anyone familiar. Is Kamala still active? I think kamala had a foot amputed or something. so I would surprised if he was wrestling anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Shakespeare Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 The network seems like a great deal for diehard fans who regularly bought the PPVs. Now they have access to every PPV ever. I don't know how many more casual fans they'll attract or if the diehards are enough to make it profitable. My brother plans on getting it, so I'm sure I'll be watching some classic stuff from our youth with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I also can't devote all that much time to watching, but if it's coming in time for Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania, then that's a good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Shakespeare Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I believe it starts at the end of Feb. So yes for Wrestlemania. No for Royal Rumble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Shakespeare Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) My impressions from seeing WWE live last night: Even having hardly any knowledge of any of the wrestlers, all of the winners were pretty predictable. I think that's just the nature of house shows though. I was impressed with the female wrestlers. They are much more skilled than they were 15 years ago. Hellpop was right! CM Punk does look like Zach now. Edited January 12, 2014 by Zombie Shakespeare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniFiend UK Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Zach has cooler tattoos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Wow, that Daniel Bryan heel turn was a great idea, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I missed it, but saw the recap on WWE.com. Seems like WWE was clueless, as usual, about how to try and handle something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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