BoboBrazil 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 -There was talk earlier this week that WWE was on the verge of calling up developmental wrestler Paul London from Ohio Valley. Although the latest word is that WWE officials have reconsidered this move, the talk earlier in the week was that London would be added to the Raw roster. Given London's size, most people assumed he would be added to the Smackdown cruiserweight division at some point. However, WWE officials are said to be of the opinion that the Raw side is lacking strong workers, and they felt that London could give them a boost in that department. This has led to some speculation that the Raw brand may also be adding a cruiserweight division, but from what I've heard the plan was/is to market London as an undersized heavyweight. pwtorch vip update Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 -There was talk earlier this week that WWE was on the verge of calling up developmental wrestler Paul London from Ohio Valley. Although the latest word is that WWE officials have reconsidered this move, the talk earlier in the week was that London would be added to the Raw roster. Given London's size, most people assumed he would be added to the Smackdown cruiserweight division at some point. However, WWE officials are said to be of the opinion that the Raw side is lacking strong workers, and they felt that London could give them a boost in that department. This has led to some speculation that the Raw brand may also be adding a cruiserweight division, but from what I've heard the plan was/is to market London as an undersized heavyweight. pwtorch vip update HHH:"Paul London-uhhhh.......it's burial time-uhhhhh for you-uhhhh, you son of a bitch-uhhhh!!" Ugh, I can just hear that right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamoaRowe 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 I could live with Paul London being on Raw because there is going to be a Raw house show in my area in the very near future (October 19th, or so). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 So London is given the underheavyweight treatment? Oh, you KNOW he's going to be screwed over on Raw with that treatment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 "Bah gawd this young pup London has a Texas-sized heart, and a lot of potential, but there's no way he can beat The Game, Triple H, the best damn wrestler in the bah-gawd industry." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 Well it's pretty obvious what they're going to do... *Wealthy-Industrialist-turned-Professional-Wrestler Paul London steps out of his limo and enters the arena* JR: Oh bah gawd that's the newest Raw Superstar Paul London.. King: You mean the wealthy industrialist BILLIONAIRE Paul London! This guy is worth millions! He could do whatever he wants, he doesn't have to work a day in his life, and he's HERE on RAW! JR: He will be a welcomed edition indeed, king! *Paul London enters locker room and all the heels line up to kiss his ass. Rosie and Hurricane are off in a corner* Rosie: WOW! Paul London is here! He's rich! Let's go over and talk to him, maybe he can help fund our Superhero Team, after-all, the Hurricave is in some need of renovations and the Hurri-cycle does need repairs after I... uh... Hurricane: We don't need anything from that profiteer Paul London! He is villian, indeed! Stealing from the poor to suit his greedy needs, oh he is a bad one! *Paul London walks over to introduce himself* London: Hello, I'm Paul London, esquire. I believe you are Rosie the SuperHero In Training - very good work my large friend, and you must be the infamous Hurricane. Oh, I've heard a lot about you... Hurricane: Don't expect me to kiss your ass like all the other guys here PAUL, I don't kiss ass, I KICK it, and you better watch yourself because I have heard a lot about you too, and if you make one wrong move here, I'll be all over you like a..a.. London: A Hurricane? Hurricane: THAT'S RIGHT! Let's go Rosevelt. *Hurricane and Rosie leave as the camera gets a close-up of an scowling Paul London* This, of course, all leads up to Paul London hiring both THE STORM MASTER and THE WORM to help dispose of the Hurricane as he makes his own lil Evil Band of Nasties out of his secret evil lair, "Tower of London". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermortal 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 I'd mark for that gimmick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 Billionaire Paul London, RRR? You so know that Vince will HAVE to squash him just to be the better billionaire, ya know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 LOL I was thinking the exact same thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 LOL I was thinking the exact same thing Would make sense and of course, because it's RAW, it'll happen that way. Oh well, at least if it's his first PPV, it'll get it out of the way... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2003 Keeping up a positive vibe about a possible RAW debut for London, we'd see: London vs. Jericho London vs. Michaels (they'd play a teacher vs. student angle, even though London was trained by Rudy Boy Gonzalez) London vs. Hurricane London vs. Christian London vs. RVD London vs. Lance Storm Hell, I could live with those matches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Real Nosferatu Report post Posted September 13, 2003 Well it's pretty obvious what they're going to do... *Wealthy-Industrialist-turned-Professional-Wrestler Paul London steps out of his limo and enters the arena* JR: Oh bah gawd that's the newest Raw Superstar Paul London.. King: You mean the wealthy industrialist BILLIONAIRE Paul London! This guy is worth millions! He could do whatever he wants, he doesn't have to work a day in his life, and he's HERE on RAW! JR: He will be a welcomed edition indeed, king! *Paul London enters locker room and all the heels line up to kiss his ass. Rosie and Hurricane are off in a corner* Rosie: WOW! Paul London is here! He's rich! Let's go over and talk to him, maybe he can help fund our Superhero Team, after-all, the Hurricave is in some need of renovations and the Hurri-cycle does need repairs after I... uh... Hurricane: We don't need anything from that profiteer Paul London! He is villian, indeed! Stealing from the poor to suit his greedy needs, oh he is a bad one! *Paul London walks over to introduce himself* London: Hello, I'm Paul London, esquire. I believe you are Rosie the SuperHero In Training - very good work my large friend, and you must be the infamous Hurricane. Oh, I've heard a lot about you... Hurricane: Don't expect me to kiss your ass like all the other guys here PAUL, I don't kiss ass, I KICK it, and you better watch yourself because I have heard a lot about you too, and if you make one wrong move here, I'll be all over you like a..a.. London: A Hurricane? Hurricane: THAT'S RIGHT! Let's go Rosevelt. *Hurricane and Rosie leave as the camera gets a close-up of an scowling Paul London* This, of course, all leads up to Paul London hiring both THE STORM MASTER and THE WORM to help dispose of the Hurricane as he makes his own lil Evil Band of Nasties out of his secret evil lair, "Tower of London". ::Takes away your X-Men, Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man DVDs:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 Well it's pretty obvious what they're going to do... *Wealthy-Industrialist-turned-Professional-Wrestler Paul London steps out of his limo and enters the arena* JR: Oh bah gawd that's the newest Raw Superstar Paul London.. King: You mean the wealthy industrialist BILLIONAIRE Paul London! This guy is worth millions! He could do whatever he wants, he doesn't have to work a day in his life, and he's HERE on RAW! JR: He will be a welcomed edition indeed, king! *Paul London enters locker room and all the heels line up to kiss his ass. Rosie and Hurricane are off in a corner* Rosie: WOW! Paul London is here! He's rich! Let's go over and talk to him, maybe he can help fund our Superhero Team, after-all, the Hurricave is in some need of renovations and the Hurri-cycle does need repairs after I... uh... Hurricane: We don't need anything from that profiteer Paul London! He is villian, indeed! Stealing from the poor to suit his greedy needs, oh he is a bad one! *Paul London walks over to introduce himself* London: Hello, I'm Paul London, esquire. I believe you are Rosie the SuperHero In Training - very good work my large friend, and you must be the infamous Hurricane. Oh, I've heard a lot about you... Hurricane: Don't expect me to kiss your ass like all the other guys here PAUL, I don't kiss ass, I KICK it, and you better watch yourself because I have heard a lot about you too, and if you make one wrong move here, I'll be all over you like a..a.. London: A Hurricane? Hurricane: THAT'S RIGHT! Let's go Rosevelt. *Hurricane and Rosie leave as the camera gets a close-up of an scowling Paul London* This, of course, all leads up to Paul London hiring both THE STORM MASTER and THE WORM to help dispose of the Hurricane as he makes his own lil Evil Band of Nasties out of his secret evil lair, "Tower of London". MAKE IT HAPPEN. NOW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 London vs. Michaels (they'd play a teacher vs. student angle, even though London was trained by Rudy Boy Gonzalez) No, he was trained by Michaels. Everybody was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 London vs. Michaels (they'd play a teacher vs. student angle, even though London was trained by Rudy Boy Gonzalez) No, he was trained by Michaels. Everybody was. No- Paul London was trained by Rudy Boy Gonzales. He took over the school from HBK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 London vs. Michaels (they'd play a teacher vs. student angle, even though London was trained by Rudy Boy Gonzalez) No, he was trained by Michaels. Everybody was. No- Paul London was trained by Rudy Boy Gonzales. He took over the school from HBK I wasn't serious about the 'everybody was', i was referring to Spanky also being 'trained' by Michaels. Apologises for my crap jokes at 2.06am. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 No problem- You're forgiven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 So does this mean '5 minute White Boy Challenge' for Paul? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 having not watched Raw in ages, do they still do those? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonX 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 having not watched Raw in ages, do they still do those? Nope. They had Golberg end that angle and now Rodney Mack's main purpose is to carry sack of shit Mark Henry's sorry ass as part of a tag team... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Markingout Report post Posted September 14, 2003 Damnit,I wanted Spanky and London to fued or team on Smackdown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gert T 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 Don't forget Paul London vs. Richards, Mark Henry, & Maven on Heat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 Ugh all the whining that the lastest cruiserweight darling isn't going to get pushed as if cruiserweights will ever get pushed outside of Mysterio to this point. At any rate I'm happy if he goes to Raw because I want to see a fuckin' watchable match on Raw every once in a while. On Smackdown you almost always see one good match a show but you can go multiple Raws without seeing a good enough match. Its bad enough the storylines are bad but you could argue the wrestling is even worse when it comes to RAW. If London is "lucky" he'll be a part of the eventual Orton led stable. I mean lucky as in at least he'd get t.v. time and matches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iliketurtles 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 London on Raw? Good, Dreamer needed some more people to squash on Heat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J. Hungerford Smith 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 Yeah, right. Hasn't he been jobbing to Stevie lately? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 you could argue the wrestling is even worse when it comes to RAW. "Even worse"? Has Smackdown degraded its matches in enough time to become only passably better than RAW? ...that's sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 you could argue the wrestling is even worse when it comes to RAW. "Even worse"? Has Smackdown degraded its matches in enough time to become only passably better than RAW? ...that's sad. Depends who you compare. SmackDown! has A Train vs Undertaker. Raw has Chris Jericho vs Rob Van Dam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 Seriously, with the way Raw is - I'd rather watch Taker vs. Train. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 That's not true, and you know it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iliketurtles 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2003 Okay, here's the thing about Raw. It ONLY has RVD vs. Jericho...and that match is stale as hell. Booker isn't around, HHH is sucking, Goldberg sucks, Nash, HBK, and Flair are doing the same old thing, Orton is getting shoved down our throats and he's too green to begin with... Smackdown still has the better workers. Lately, I'd rather watch any Undertaker match then one on Raw. At least Taker is giving a shit these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
