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Witchfinder wrote:

Addy wrote:

so who do you think the GMs are going to be?

Daniel Bryan on Smackdown and HHH on Raw.  

I agree bout Daniel Bryan and I guess with Trips too Id like to see it and its believeable as long as its not Teddy Long, Vicki G. or John Laurenitis i guess id be fine either way

Addy wrote:

Witchfinder wrote:

Addy wrote:

so who do you think the GMs are going to be?

Daniel Bryan on Smackdown and HHH on Raw.  

I agree bout Daniel Bryan and I guess with Trips too Id like to see it and its believeable  as long as its not Teddy Long, Vicki G. or John Laurenitis i guess id be fine either way

How about instead of HHH we get Eric Bischoff? That's a hot rumor right now.

Bischoff had his day in WCW theyve tried him in the WWE and it never was the same

hehe how bout Edge runs Raw? heh

Even before it was part of the rumor mill, I was thinking a GM job would be perfect for Daniel Bryan. I hope it happens.

This cracks me up.  How does Enzo get through this long, rambling, rant with a straight face?  I like his expression at the end; he looks like he just snaps out of a trance.

http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2016/7/14/12195538/what-in-the-world-is-enzo-amore-talking-about

The UFC announced on Friday that Brock Lesnar has been informed of a potential anti-doping violation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.





The possible positive test stems from an out-of-competition sample that was collected on June 28.

“USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case,” the UFC said in a news release. “It is important to note that, under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full fair legal review process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. The Nevada State Athletic Commission also retains jurisdiction over this matter as the sample collection was performed in close proximity to Lesnar’s bout at UFC 200 in Las Vegas.”

The results of the test were received on July 14, five days after Lesnar defeated Mark Hunt in his return to the Octagon.

Lesnar will now await the results of a B sample to see if the positive test is confirmed.

Looking back, UFC 200 was supposed to be the biggest event in the history of mixed martial arts and has ended up being a complete disaster. Jon Jones was scratched from the card after he also tested positive for a banned substance. Jones’ fight against Daniel Cormier was supposed to be the main event, replacing the previous main event which was tossed out due to the embarrassing dispute between Conor McGregor and the UFC (read more about that here).

If Lesnar’s B sample confirms he tested positive for a banned substance, he’ll be suspended from future competition.

Of course Brock was on the gas.

tohostudios wrote:

This cracks me up.  How does Enzo get through this long, rambling, rant with a straight face?  I like his expression at the end; he looks like he just snaps out of a trance.

http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2016/7/14/12195538/what-in-the-world-is-enzo-amore-talking-about

That was hilarious! If they ever decide to make Cass a singles star, he still has to be paired with Enzo as his manager. If Enzo gets knocked out by ring ropes too many more times (twice already-one was at a house show), they may force him into that role.

Looking forward to tonight's Raw. The draft and brand split are going to be interesting. I haven't watched Smackdown in so long, I think this will get me interested again. I was really hoping Teddy Long would come back, lol

I've watched every Smackdown since Ambrose became the champ. I couldn't care enough to even watch Raw back when Reigns was the champ. Now I watch both shows. Ambrose is just a terrific performer, and I've found myself cheering for him to have a long championship reign (no pun intended).

I probably don't have enough time to watch both Raw and Smackdown, and I actually hope Ambrose gets drafted to Smackdown so I can only watch Smackdown, because it's an hour shorter. Back with the original roster split, Smackdown was by far the better show the first few years anyway. Later on they kind of gave up on it, and it became "Raw Lite".

I didn't like AJ Styles before (looks emo, talks like a redneck, comes out to hip hop music), but you can't come up with a better catch phrase than "Beat Up John Cena". I never did like Cena.

I have a really hard time sitting through a whole episode of Raw, I think three hours is too much. I'd really like to watch NXT but I just don't have the time

New class action lawsuit against WWE.  

The biggest thing I learned from this article is that King Kong Bundy is still alive; I could have sworn he was dead.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-wwe-cte-lawsuit-20160719-story.html

Oh, and Sabu is part of this? I can't recall him having but a handful of WWE matches. I guess since most of his head trauma came in WCW or ECW and WWE now owns those brands, he can sue?

Witchfinder wrote:

Of course Brock was on the gas.  

I doubt he'll ever fight in the UFC again.

tohostudios wrote:

New class action lawsuit against WWE.  

The biggest thing I learned from this article is that King Kong Bundy is still alive; I could have sworn he was dead.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-wwe-cte-lawsuit-20160719-story.html

Oh, and Sabu is part of this?  I can't recall him having but a handful of WWE matches.  I guess since most of his head trauma came in WCW or ECW and WWE now owns those brands, he can sue?

Yep. and he looks the same! (and during his match he still demands a 5 count!).



There was an incident a few years ago at the Iron Sheik roast were Scott Hall showed up drunk and pissed off the crowd and Bundy got involved in the shouting.

As for the draft last night, I was disappointed no Samoa Joe! I thought for sure he would get called up!

mikeinfla wrote:

There was an incident a few years ago at the Iron Sheik roast were Scott Hall showed up drunk and pissed off the crowd and Bundy got involved in the shouting.

As for the draft last night, I was disappointed no Samoa Joe! I thought for sure he would get called up!

At the roast, someone made a comment to Sheiky that his career was "deader than Owen Hart". Hall took offense to that, and being drunk during it all didn't help.

Some comments from the latest lawsuit... Are these guys involved by choice? I thought Slick had a pretty good relationship with WWE, maybe not.

http://411mania.com/wrestling/details-from-wwe-lawsuit-wrestler-pay-gimmicks-injuries-and-more/

Hope this doesn't mean anything:

http://www.wrestlezone.com/uncategorized/731751-paul-heyman-wwe-update

Not sure why, but I see several signs with Slayer's logo (the lettering, not the sword pentagram) in the audience at Battleground.

Line of the night uttered by Randy Orton:

"20 suplexes, that's what it takes to get to suplex city right? Well, it only takes one RKO to get to Viperville. No enhancement needed."

Anyone try out the Rock Clock app? OMG its hilarious my alarm on my iphone is the rock singing

"Good Morning Sunshine, Yeah thats what the Rock just said,
open your eyes and get your candy ass out of bed"

still cracks me up

I guess WWE Creative must really be behind Finn Balor.   They just had him win the 4-way over Cesaro, Owens and Rusev.  Now to see who wins the other 4-way to decide who faces Rollins for the new "Universal Championship".  I hope they have Balor lose to whoever wins the other 4-way or it's going to feel like another new guy being crammed down our throats a la Roman Reigns.

I like Balor.  I liked his IWGP run as "Prince Devitt" in the Bullet Club so it's not like I haven't seen him before but I bet a lot of the WWE universe is asking 'who the hell is this guy?' and I think giving him a title shot this soon would be pushing believability.

As I mentioned previously, my law firm gave me tickets to our company suite last night for Raw in Pittsburgh.  The suite was awesome and the seats were amazing.  I expected the show to suck completely and be nothing but Stephanie McMahon berating wrestlers for three hours, but the show was excellent.  Very little Stephanie, new set, new logo, new ring ropes, two 20 minute matches in a mini-tournament, a new Woman's Champion, and Finn Balor beating Roman Reigns clean in the middle of the ring.  To top it all off, after the show ended we got a dark match of Ambrose and Cena vs. Rollins and Styles in a tag match, which was very fun.  The crowd definitely went home happy.

Most over wrestlers:

Finn Balor - insane pops all night, thunderous crowd reaction - WWE made a star in one night

Sasha Banks - the crowd went nuts in her match

Most hated:

Roman Reigns - good lord this man is hated.  The boos were deafening all night when he was in a match or on screen.  This was a change from pre-Mania Raw I went to 3 months ago when about 60% of the crowd booed him.  It sounded like everyone - except a couple of ladies and kids - have turned on him.  Poor Big Dog.

Michel Cole - the crowd booed him lustily when he was introduced before the show went live.  Oddly, the didn't announce Corey Graves and he's a Pittsburgh native.  Weird.

Stephanie McMahon - everyone hates her.  She needs to go away pronto.  


So a good time was had by all and the crowd was very loud, which is odd for Pittsburgh.  I am glad I went.

That women's title match was the best womens match I've seen in a long, long time. Both wrestlers really worked hard and were given time to tell a story in the ring for once.

Charolette had the title for quite awhile it was time for someone else to have it so thats good.

I was reading the results and was like Oh I bet its going to be another Rollins vs Reigns BS match but I am glad that Balor won. Though I dont think he will beat Rollins....

Should also mention that im glad the mayor of Viperville is back heh