What is Angle's hometown challenge building to?

[Precious Roy 0]

I looked at the upcoming SD shows and I can't tell who they're trying to debut, but I'm secretly hoping they run a show in Minneapolis and Lesnar shows up.

 

For real though, who's getting the rub off this?

[justsoyouknow 0]

Angle?

[Enigma 0]

Angle?

It's going to just end up how Rodney Mack's white boy challenge ended up. Goldberg came out and destroyed him.

 

Undertaker will eventually come out to destroy Angle.

[Guest QUP2CME]

It all depends with what they have planned for Angle at WM 21. If he is facing off against someone like HBK then I would love for him to be confronted by him in San Antonio, but it all depends on where there shows are booked.

 

Also if Puder wins the Tough Enough, then him coming out in his hometown would be kinda cool too.

[Ultra Violence 0]

30 NOV SmackDown! - San Antonio, TX (house show)

 

The next few smackdown's are in:-

 

Tues Dec 07- Greenville, SC

Tues Dec 14 - Nashville, TN

Tues Dec 28 - New Orleans, LA

Tues Jan 04 - Mohegan Sun, CT

Tues Jan 11 - Tampa, FL

 

Puder is from Sunnyvale, CA.....

[JoeDirt 0]

30 NOV SmackDown! - San Antonio, TX (house show)

 

The next few smackdown's are in:-

 

Tues Dec 07- Greenville, SC

Tues Dec 14 - Nashville, TN

Tues Dec 28 - New Orleans, LA

Tues Jan 04 - Mohegan Sun, CT

Tues Jan 11 - Tampa, FL

 

Puder is from Sunnyvale, CA.....

The Rumble is in Fresno, of course.

 

Matt Morgan is from Connecticut.

 

Hulk Hogan is from Tampa.

 

Who knows, they're probably building towards Puder, but I really don't have any idea.

[sluggo 0]

Jeff Jarrett in Nashville

[cynicalprofit 0]

Its going the same place all wwe storlines tend to go....no where.

[cabbageboy 0]

I was wondering about this last night myself, kinda thinking "Aren't they wasting Angle on this? He's just squashing jobbers and trying to hook Luther up with a married chick" (Joy, if you recall Carmella's bashing didn't deserve a job because she was married and had kids...I can't believe I remember the details of the Diva Search).

 

I would assume he'll keep this up a few weeks and then finally they'll get to someone's hometown and a real star will challenge Angle.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Angle vs Goldust at WM21

[Guest Fook]

Well they debuted Cena and OJ this way, but those weren't built up or anything. They just came out one week in response to an open challenge. If they did that for a third time, the crowd would completely expect it and it wouldn't turn out as well.

With Angle's challenges now, if he squashes jobbers for a couple of months, then it'll be a surprise when their new guy manages to surprise Angle.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Basically, it's just a way keep him in the ring while requiring minimum effort from him in order to keep him healthy. I'm assuming it will eventually lead to a Taker/Angle confrontation, since all rumors point to an Angle/Taker WM showdown, but other than that, I don't see anything special planned for these "hometown challenges".

[AndrewTS 0]

I was wondering about this last night myself, kinda thinking "Aren't they wasting Angle on this?  He's just squashing jobbers and trying to hook Luther up with a married chick" (Joy, if you recall Carmella's bashing didn't deserve a job because she was married and had kids...I can't believe I remember the details of the Diva Search). 

- 1 for WWE Logic for that.

 

Even though nobody gives a damn either way.

 

Although if they go with the Taker thing, it seems kinda early. The belt isn't on either of them yet, and if Angle/Taker is set for WM they'd probably want to put the belt on Angle and let Taker actually win it, so that'd mean Taker isn't winning at Armageddon, and that Angle would have to win the title off, say, Booker before getting to the real meat of the angle. If that happens, it's pointless. There'd be no reason to connection something that happened in December with something that would be happening in another month or so. WWE writers don't acknowledge stuff that far back anyway.

 

Of course, you could have Taker win the belt at Armageddon and feud with Angle for three months, then remain champion at WM--not bloody likely. Aside from Angle there's no heel challengers worth pushing to feud with Taker. Theoretically, we could have Angle win the title on TV, and send Reigns and that other guy against Taker in two successive PPV matches, though. Why this would prompt Taker to go after Angle though, I don't get.

 

So basically, if they go with Taker/Angle, I can't really see anything with *this* angle tying into it. Taker's character hasn't given a damn about the rookies, and after he'd given Orlando his blessing, why would he care?

 

Is there anyone worth a damn expected to debut on SD soon?

[Downhome 0]

Disappointment.

[Guest TheJuice31]

Hmmm...in terms of this whole deal leading to an Angle/Taker showdown, I wonder what event exactly will cause this? Doesn't seem like the WWE has any shows booked in Death Valley any time soon.

[Guest LooneyTune]

I'm sure in 1 of the posts I skipped, someone said this. Angle probably needs a lighter schedule to heal his body up, so having 1:00 squash matches every week for the T.V. audience saves punishment on his neck for at least one night a week. I don't know much about his House Show schedule.

 

They can always lie and say "So and So" is from "here". Maybe Chris Benoit will be from Chicago in a few months or something lame like that.

 

Also, isn't Taker announced from somewhere in Texas now? (Houston maybe) Or did they convert back to Death Valley (CA)?

[Eclipse 0]

It's probably gonna be a new WWE prospect, just like Cena was. And, what's the point of the winner wearing the medals? Unless they are either gonna wear them all the time, OR like Austin did, throw them into a river...

[Downhome 0]

I wish it would end with something like it finally ending up in Brock Lesnar's home town. The last thing we need is another new cookie cutter OVW guy who will mean nothing at all to anything.

[algrim 0]

The hometown challenge is filler. It gives Angle something to do, while resting for the big showdown with UT.

[Guest LooneyTune]

Brock isn't coming back any time soon. If he was really serious about his NFL Dream, then he'll be training and practicing for a year or two, then hopefully make the 2nd string or at least Special Teams so any "Brock is coming back rumors" won't happen.

 

I wouldn't mind if he came back, but he's already squashed Angle like a bug enough times.

[Guest Hass of Pain]

Kamala in Uganda.

[Guest whipper]

What I want to know is who will be the home town challenger on the Iraq show?

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Tampa, Florida is one of the shows?

 

...Angle vs. The Rock at WrestleMania.

[Guest LooneyTune]

Isn't the Rock from Miami, FL? I guess it doesn't matter since Benoit magically went from Edmonton, Alberta to Atlanta, GA in the span of 2 shows.

[King Cucaracha 0]

OMG! Malenko vs. Angle in Tampa!

[ChrisMWaters 0]

LooneyTune: ...you're right, Rock IS from Miami.

 

OK then...Angle vs. Hogan at Wrestlemania! Rematch from King of the Ring 02!

[ChrisMWaters 0]

LooneyTune: ...you're right, Rock IS from Miami.

 

OK then...Angle vs. Hogan at Wrestlemania! Rematch from King of the Ring 02!

[ChrisMWaters 0]

LooneyTune: ...you're right, Rock IS from Miami.

 

OK then...Angle vs. Hogan at Wrestlemania! Rematch from King of the Ring 02!

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Gah...triple post. Sorry about that.

[Guest LooneyTune]

^---- The greatest match of all time...of all time...of all time!

 

Hogan vs. Angle would've been a good "WM caliber" match, too bad they already put Angle over clean at KOTR, and did a rematch the week before Hogan v. Brock on SD where Hogan won by cheap DQ.