RavishingRickRudo

There could be a lot of neat stuff done in HBK/Angle that probably won't get done. They could do an "evolution of Shawn Michaels" thing, which Angle is sortakinda doing now. Have Shawn bust out the fist drop off the top, tear drop suplex, piledriver, and superkick. Hell, even have a sharpshooter spot. Have them all fail. The story: The Shawn Michaels of old can't beat Angle. Have Shawn win with a new move. The story: The Shawn Michaels of today can. Guerrero vs. Lesnar was the last great match in the WWE, and it was totally outside the WWE style (cept for the run in at the end, which is classic WWE style). Great storytelling involved.

LONDON/AKIO IV: A NEW HOPE.

I _said_ it would be "a very enjoyable, "fun" match", so how does that sould like I don't like the WWE style? I just don't think it will be as great as everyone will say it will be, because though I don't hate the current WWE style, I also know that it is too limiting for truly great matches to occur under. The great matches that happen in the WWE happen outside of "the WWE style". I am moreso criticizing the people who will go gaga for it, than them. However, Shawn and Angle -these supposed great wrestlers- should be able to go beyond the WWE style like great wrestlers could and would. They won't. Because they simply don't know how to. I don't think most people here even know what they're being excited about. RRR: Wondering why he writes paragraphs when the responses tend to be under 3 sentences.

Wrestling is many things. When you limit it to just physical form, then you are limiting the potential quality of the match. All the truly great matches have that storytelling. Storytelling requires extra effort of the wrestlers, as does long-term selling and strong psychology; while bump and spot building is actually pretty easy because you follow a certain formula. It takes physical effort, and to really work the crowd up beyond what they were at the start does get points, which is why it gets up to a certain level. But why should something easy get rewarded with *****'s?

I never said it would be a bad match. It will be a very enjoyable, "fun" match, that could get up to **** depending on ones perspective. In reality, to a critical eye, it will be ***1/2 tops. However, to a fanboy it will get anywhere between ****-*****, and cause tons of debate. It will be well laid out and it will be well executed, which will make for a hot crowd reaction as they build the spots. The drama will come from blood and bumping, rather than an emotional story being told. It will be the perfect WWE Sports Entertainment match, and Meltzer will argue it as a MOTYC under that condition and Bryan Alvarez will act indignant and mock anyone who says otherwise. The match will be the equivalent of a Jerry Bruckheimer flick. HBK will be Bruce Willis and Angle will be Will Smith. Lot's of explosions, little exposition. Nothing changed, no impact - emotional or otherwise. I was serious with my outline of the match, it will be very similar to what I wrote, if not to the letter. The problem with working a formula is that it tends to get predictable. With two devout formula workers like Michaels and Angle, you get a very predictable match.

Michaels and Angle are perfect for each other, no doubt. And I am sure many, if not most, people will be raving about the match afterwards. Michaels and Angle both work a formulaic, spot-heavy, style with little substance and no depth. Michaels will do his kip up, Angle will do his run-up-the-ropes b2b, they will continue to no sell, the crowd will pop for all the high spots like they are supposed to. The match will start out with both men looking at each other and JR talking about how it is a dream match and Taz agreeing. They will work some shitty, cliched wrestling spots and Angle will get the better of it. Michaels will act like its nothing, then punch Angle and they'll go to the outside. A few low-key spots right away, say Angle whipping HBK into the guardrail and Angle is back inside, then attacks Michaels as he enters the ring. Angle continues to work on Michaels' back, stomping at it, backdrops, limited stuff. Michaels will sell it for the time, and then ignore it on the transition spot which could be Angle running into the turnbuckle, missing a clothesline, or Michaels hitting a flying elbow and then a kip up. 5-7 minutes will have passed. Michaels gets in control, does a backdrop, atomic drop, limited stuff. They'll go back to the outside, there will be a table spot that puts Angle back in control. Maybe a B2B on the floor. 10 minute mark here. Michaels juices, maybe we'll get a catapult-to-the-post spot with a mid-air gig. Back in the ring for a heat spot. Chinlock, maybe a bodylock/rear naked choke. 11 or 12 minutes gone by. Crowd starts to rally behind Michaels, he gets to his feet, breaks the hold, runs against the ropes and will either get tossed for another B2B or will hit a forearm and kip up again. Either way, a superkick spot at about 15 minutes. Kickout by Angle. HBK goes for an elbow drop, Angle gets up and throws him off the top. Another near fall. Angle tries for an Angleslam, HBK gets out and tries a superkick, Angle catches and puts on an anklelock (or an Angleslam). Another heat spot. Crowd is going crazy. Shawn makes it to the ropes, but Angle drags him back to the middle of the ring. The blood dripping from Shawns face gives more dramatic effect. He makes it the ropes and angle holds on till the ref breaks. 18 minute mark. Angle beats on Shawn, hits up the german suplexes, Shawn rolls through for a near fall. Angle continues to beat on Shawn. Angle gets fed up and brings a chair in to the ring. He argues with the ref and throws him down, or the ref gets bumped somehow. Michaels recovers enough for a superkick, kicks the chair into Angles face, Kurt juices. Ref is not there for the count. Shawn goes up for an elbow, hits, the ref slowly counts another near fall. The crowd is boiling. HBK sets up for SCM, tunes the band, etc. Angle catches, Angle slam, Michaels reverses, SCM. 1,2,3. 20-25 minutes. Crowd pops, everyone sez ****1/2. Rudo cries.

Angle, for the first time in his career, managed to deliver a good, serious promo. The writing of the promo sucked, sadly, but his delivery was good. Michaels can't cut a serious promo to save his life, though. This is a rather silly feud, and I'm sure the match will be full of well-timed spots and sequences and nothing-much-else.

Diego is a bad, bad man.

Fedor would destroy Couture.

*in deigos head* "I'm gonna fuck you up" *in douches head* "he's gonna fuck me up"

This dude already lost the fight.

They should have someone sitting on the couch, havin a drink, and then they set it down on Willas head. She'd make for a good side-table.

Good call, ExzX

KONICHA BITCHES! The King is in the house.

Why is Nate leaving if he is an Assistant Coach to Randy?

YES! Nate is still on the team~!

Koscheck has adopted the goofy Leben grin.

Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck. Losing Nate fucking sucks.

NO NATE NOOOO!

Man, Dana is such a douche.

Somehow, it would still manage to knock Akebono out... Best Sponsorship Placement Ever.

It'll be like this.. *Big Show and Akebono stand in the middle of the ring and face off. They trade punches and bounce off the ropes and try to knock each other down.* *Simon Dean comes out and calls them both fat* *They destroy Simon Dean* *Shake Hands* *Big Show chokeslams Akebono*

You know you can't get away without explaining that bomb, Brian.

This really isn't very interesting and seems way too melodramatic to be real. So unless Hardy takes a shotgun to Edge and then Amy and then turns it on himself, it's soooo tooootally a work. Sheets be damned.

Who the fuck doesn't? O'Quinn deserves award recognition for his performance as Locke. Motherfucker plays grey so well.