Rasslin is CHA CHA LA..LA,LA,LA,LA,LA

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RAW. IS. FANDANGO!
#AJALL

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Yah, to be fair I was pretty, "Oh, okay" and sneaking peeks at online reactions at that point, too.

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It's the little things that Punk does so well that make me really hope he gets over. The looks, the comments, he seems to be a guy genuinely enjoying what he's doing, while Cena always comes across like a guy playing a role (often a caricature of himself). Which is why I think the corporate "semi-heel" cena, that they clearly to this point are not doing, would work so well. He can still be the heroic figure to all the 6-year olds in the crowd, and all the adults could understand that he's HHH's hand-picked guy.

Cena last night didn't make a whole lot of sense. He's acting like he's fighting the system, as the guy who benefits the most from the system. Valiant John Cena won't accept a tainted championship so he knocks Johnny Ace on his ass (but he sure has no problem taking it from Mysterio the same night Rey got it...). They want him so bad to be superman, so bad to make everybody like him.

For as much as they highlight the split crowds on the commentary (oh, I don't think I've said it today: MICHAEL COLE ****ING SUCKS ASS), they try so very hard to make everybody cheer him.

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I don't care if this is a repost:

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In some bizarro universe, there's a raw going on, and that video was just highlighted, and JR turned to his partner and said "not the first time a wrestler's gotten his hands on a 9-year old girl, is it Jerry."

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Cena last night didn't make a whole lot of sense. He's acting like he's fighting the system, as the guy who benefits the most from the system. Valiant John Cena won't accept a tainted championship so he knocks Johnny Ace on his ass (but he sure has no problem taking it from Mysterio the same night Rey got it...). They want him so bad to be superman, so bad to make everybody like him.

For as much as they highlight the split crowds on the commentary (oh, I don't think I've said it today: MICHAEL COLE ****ING SUCKS ASS), they try so very hard to make everybody cheer him.

Not the first time they've done this with Cena. Hustle, Loyalty, Respect, my ass. Rocky was right, he's a ****ing phony and we boo him because we can see through all the BS.

And as much as I dislike Cole, Lawler's incredibly ****ing annoying. I'd much rather listen to Bookah(!) than Jerry.

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Just drop Cole, give me JR and Jerry on Raw.

Hell, Cole's the reason I don't watch Smackdown. I can't stand the way he's talking over everything Daniel Bryan's doing right now. Walking to the ramp? Cole's trashing him. Talking to somebody? Cole's trashing him. Fighting? Cole's trashing him.

It makes me wonder if Cole's just piping what McMahon's saying in his ear into the broadcast, and is a sign of Bryan's future (read: none).

Either way, he's so bad I'll turn the show off.

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Meltzer with a comment that was basically a mirror of what I thought last night:

-- In the WWE.com voting for who the real world champion is, it finished at 54% John Cena and 46% CM Punk.

Fans felt the guy who beat John Cena for the title was less deserving of the championship than a guy who got the belt following a tournament that he wasn't even in.

This could be interesting. Or not.

-- Jericho on Punk: Everyone is so excited that @CMPunk mentioned me on Raw. Newsflash...I don't give a shit. Mind ur own business and stop rippin me off Punk.

There are people in WWE who believe based on that tweet that we might get a Punk vs. Jericho match at WrestleMania this year.

That match would steal the show.

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Bradshaw and Ron Simmons needs to re-form the APA again.

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Cole is beyond dreadful. He buries everything and everybody, he domineers the commentary to such a twisted degree that it makes me feel sorry for his co-workers. He's doing the very opposite of good improv in most cases in that instead of building on the work of his partners he negates it, squashes it.

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I was overjoyed when JR came back because I thought, in keeping with their booking-for-the-internet-in-a-smart-way stuff of late, that Cole was going to hear HHH's first "YOU'RE FAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Turns out Cole sticking around with JR and Lawler makes the announce team markedly worse, if that's possible, because he's going out of his way to be even more overbearing and annoying.

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Meltzer with a comment that was basically a mirror of what I thought last night:This could be interesting. Or not.That match would steal the show.

Depending on how many fans voted, 46-54 may not be that big of a difference, but yeah, most of the fans that vote in those polls aren't the brightest people.


As for the Jericho thing, I'd love nothing more than to see him vs. Punk at Mania (assuming HBK doesn't want one more match...), but considering all the other random crap Jericho tweets, I'm not putting much stock into it. Plus, Punk may need a bigger name guy to go over at Mania to put him over the top with the fans. Jericho, who hasn't been around in forever, probably isn't that guy.

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Cena last night didn't make a whole lot of sense. He's acting like he's fighting the system, as the guy who benefits the most from the system. Valiant John Cena won't accept a tainted championship so he knocks Johnny Ace on his ass (but he sure has no problem taking it from Mysterio the same night Rey got it...). They want him so bad to be superman, so bad to make everybody like him.

That's the thing that's weird about the angle. Even with the same exact promos, he could easily be hinting at a turn right now if ANYONE besides Punk had acknowledged his bizarre interpretation of the past few weeks. But because they're still treating him like John Cena, hero to one and all, and refusing to comment on the shadiness surrounding how he got the paper title in the first place, he's just confusing and kind of sad. Poor Rey, from two great matches in one night to background for a segment centered around Miz-Truth without anyone even alluding to his possible grievances.

I really think a Cena heel turn at Summerfest, either by snapping after losing or cheating to beat Punk, could be the catalyst to an enormously hot angle that could last for months and put both in a better position to reach mainstream audiences. It won't happen, but it would be amazing.

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Plus, Cena can turn face again instantly. All it'd take is one promo saying that he lost his way and forgot that its supposed to be about the fans and forgot what HustleLoyaltyRespect means and etc. Face again in one fell swoop.

So it harms nothing to see Cena do a slight heel turn.

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Ooh.

Wade Barrett beat Colt Cabana in the dark match tonight in Lexington.

Ladies and gentlemen, our first pedigree of the new era...

HHH came out. Zack Ryder was already in the ring. HHH said the new job was stressful. Dealing with talent was stressful. He said Zack was not the assistant GM, he was the assistant TO the GM. He asked the camera crew to turn the cameras off and then swore the audience to secrecy. What was about to happen couldn't leave the arena. He said he needed to blow off stress and crap runs downhill. Then he pedigreed Ryder and put his finger to his lips to remind us it was a secret and left.

Actually I think it's hilarious it was him. I may be the only guy on the internet that thinks Ryder is a joke.

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The 9 year old actually took a few pseudo bumps, very impressive. Kenny Omega rules. I wish he would get more ROH appearances but he is impossibly to book on a full-time basis, much like Mike Quackenbush.