WWE News & Notes

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Speaking of staleness, did everyone pick up on Orton ending Raw RKO'ing everyone to death a la Stone Cold Stunning everyone to death circa WWE 1998-2001?

 

Me no likey.

[King Cucaracha 0]

Like Shawn Michaels long time.

I know you mean in-ring Rudo, but Michaels was back within a year in the Commisioner's position. Granted, back then it wasn't that big of a deal. But today, it'd be Austin syndrome all over again. Hell, Michaels was being used high up the card briefly in late 99 too. Remember when he cost The Rock the Brahma Bullrope Match. And he was referee for the Ironman Match in 2000. He was supposed to come back for WM X7 and do something with Trips too, wasn't he? Michaels wasn't a 'regular' talent, but he never really went away for all that long. He still kept his face in the spotlight so no-one would forget him.

 

As long as Trips is in the wrestling business, he'll want to be on top. And as long as he's physically capable then he'll be in the wrestling business. There's really no two ways about it, without Vince actually asserting authority on the issue, as Triple H isn't going to go of his own accord.

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Speaking of staleness, did everyone pick up on Orton ending Raw RKO'ing everyone to death a la Stone Cold Stunning everyone to death circa WWE 1998-2001?

 

Me no likey.

Vince spent years after Hogan left trying to make another Hogan. Now he'll spend years trying to make another Austin.

 

So Austin sprayed everyone with beer. ANgle sprayed everyone with milk. I wonder what Orton will drive to the ring and spray everyone with?

 

Uh...on second thought, forget I asked.

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Speaking of staleness, did everyone pick up on Orton ending Raw RKO'ing everyone to death a la Stone Cold Stunning everyone to death circa WWE 1998-2001?

 

Me no likey.

Actually all i could think of was them rehasing the same thing Big Show did on Smackdown a couple weeks ago...I'm like can't you guys think of something better for Orton?

[Promoter 0]

Great points by everyone here. I said in another post that the wwe blew it at WM XX in terms of starting a new era with a new crop of stars and sticking with it. The masses was willing and able to accept this with the way the show was hyped. Within one month everyone realized it as "more of the same" and gave up hope. I know a lot of people come down on people like Meltzer for always being negative on Triple H, but honestly the guy deserves it. He does a little PR with jobbing the belt to Benoit and doing jobs that really did not matter earlier only to get the title back soon enough.

 

HHH is not the only problem as I see UT in the same boat. These two have to do what was mentioned and be a "safeguard" for one the top star gets injured or holds the wwe up for money. I mean what other legitimate reason do they have for being on top? HHH simply wants to break Flair's record and book himself as the greatest of all-time, while UT thinks because he got tremondous hype from returning to the darkside it's 1991-1992 again in terms of being fresh and popular. I know this won't be too popular, but you also have guys like Kurt Angle playing politics when he should be in the same boat because he's too much of a hazard to push for any length of time.

 

As mentioned with Stone Cold Randall, the writing is showing true signs of stale bread. Do they even understand Orton's character anymore? It's the same nonsense they did with Angle in 2001 that did him no favours in getting over as a face. At least from all this stuff we can gather that there are people in the company that must know what the problems are, but are afraid of losing their jobs if they speak up. It will be interesting to see if Vince actually sides with Patterson or his son in-law. Patterson did have some horrible stuff while he was booking, BUT he was also apart of the biggest stuff in the history of the company. He knows about weaknesses and strengths and how to work around it to create a strong match. I mean who in their right mind would have thought Hogan and Warrior would have the match of the year in the wwf in 1990? You saw the disaster the two pulled off in wcw. Hogan and Rock was also very surprising and was Hogan's best match in YEARS. The closest was his starrcade match with Sting and we know how well that went with the exception of his title loss to Goldberg. Vince's stubborn mentality always brings him down, but this time there isn't an Eric Bischoff or Paul Heyman to challenge him to change.

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The brand extension would have been a success if by now, HHH and HBK were in Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho's positions and Eddy Guerrero was in The Undertaker's position. Let Angle stay in the spot he's in -- he shouldn't be the go-to guy, but he's a good guy to have in the upper midcard or top of the second tier. As it stands, the same guys have been on top in WWE forever.

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Steve Austin has to be absolute WORST judge of character when it comes to dating people.

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Who gets the nod in that category anyway -- Steve Austin or Drew Barrymore?

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Speaking of staleness, did everyone pick up on Orton ending Raw RKO'ing everyone to death a la Stone Cold Stunning everyone to death circa WWE 1998-2001?

 

Me no likey.

Actually all i could think of was them rehasing the same thing Big Show did on Smackdown a couple weeks ago...I'm like can't you guys think of something better for Orton?

It reminds me more of when DDP was fueding with the NWO. And not just because of the RKO.

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Speaking of staleness, did everyone pick up on Orton ending Raw RKO'ing everyone to death a la Stone Cold Stunning everyone to death circa WWE 1998-2001?

 

Me no likey.

Actually all i could think of was them rehasing the same thing Big Show did on Smackdown a couple weeks ago...I'm like can't you guys think of something better for Orton?

It reminds me more of when DDP was fueding with the NWO. And not just because of the RKO.

If this means that it will lead to the reformation of the Wolfpac so Orton can have a "will he/won't he join" angle with them...I'm all for it.

 

Because I'm a dumb mark for the Wolfpac.

 

Don't turn ya back...

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Various WWE news and notes.....

 

- Jackie Gayda has been wearing a neck brace during the house shows since Thursday to sell her injury from the Billy Kidman powerbomb on Smackdown. (WrestlingObserver.com)

 

- Shawn Michaels has some type of knee problem that has limited his work during the shows in Europe thus far. [WrestlingObserver.com]

 

- Tyson Tomko also has some type of knee injury that kept him from working the Friday Europe show. [WrestlingObserver.com]

 

- Charlie Haas was injured Smackdown show in Florence, Italy on Saturday during a dive spot. The match had to be stopped and WWE ran a Fit Finlay vs. John Heidenreich match in its place. The early fear is that the injury could keep Haas out of action for awhile. [WrestlingObserver.com]

 

- Carly Colon (Caribbean Cool) was well liked and respected backstage at Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council promotion before he signed with WWE. This is an accomplishment when considering that his father owned the promotion. Usually being the son of the owner brings you resentment backstage. The word is that he is very good on the mic, but lacks charisma in the ring. WWE has put Colon in a program with Chavo Guerrero in hopes that Chavo can carry him in the ring. [PWTorch.com]

 

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