Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) ***NO CHAT***

rovert

Can and likely will change but:

For what it is worth, I just got an email with the following card announced for March 18th taping of smackdown: "John Cena, CM Punk and Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Kane and Alberto Del Rio in a Six Man Tag Team Match!"

May point to future plans. Daniel Bryan vs Del Rio anyone???

Nody

rovert wrote: »

May point to future plans. Daniel Bryan vs Del Rio anyone???

Well everything else WWE has tried to torpedo Bryan's popularity has failed so why not go for mr "never over with the crowd"...

rovert

Del Rio is probably just making up the numbers (hopefully)

beakerjoe

Looks like Albert has found a new job

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2014-01-22/tensai-nxt-announce-team-26177477

rovert

He has always been figured in with WWE so to speak. Him and Triple H are long time mates.

Mokuba

I hope the crowd torpedo all Batista segments until WM after he wins the Rumble.

rovert

NBCUniversal, out to keep WWE, mulls Hall of Fame
http://nypost.com/2014/01/24/nbcuniversal-out-to-keep-wwe-mulls-hall-of-fame/

WWE's seems to have a lot of leverage in their US TV negotiations.

gnfnrhead

Charisteas wrote: »

I don't think they need to know who is. Once they see this 'new' guy with the crazy white (or red) facepaint, baseball bat, dressed in black, they will instantly be intrigued. Bring him back as a heel and batter Taker with the baseball bat, the 12 year olds will love the feud as much as the IWC.

Why on earth would you have Sting be the heel? He is a natural baby face and there are so few of them around. Like Jeff Hardy, it makes no sense to have such a natural baby face play the heel.

GTR63

Another interview with Punk

MMAFighting.com interviewed CM Punk in his home as UFC is in his hometown of Chicago this Saturday.
On his current contract, Punk said it expires in July and he hasn't spoken to anyone about a new deal. He said his boss changes every few months and he doesn't even know who his current boss is. On whether he will stay after his contract expires, Punk said he didn't know and "everything is up in the air." He said three years ago, he was 100% out of the door and to avoid repeating himself, he's going to say "he doesn't know."

Punk said he goes through periods where he keeps to himself and then there are periods he realizes he has a direct line to Vince McMahon. He said they are both insomniacs and will text each other at 4 AM in the morning.

Punk was asked about his attempts to change the company and he said that he doesn't know if he did it. He was asked if he feels he failed to change the company and he said he's asked that sometimes and said that he's still close to the situation so he doesn't know if he can really answer the question. He said he's the type of person who always feels that he can do better if he gets "a second shot at things."

Punk noted that he asked Vince McMahon if he could induct The Ultimate Warrior in the WWE Hall of Fame but doesn't believe he will be the one to do it. He said "popular opinion" seems to be that Hulk Hogan will do it but noted that they don't like each other. He said he and Warrior are a lot alike in that they don't like each other.

On the return of Batista, Punk said he was critical of The Rock coming back because he doesn't believe you should be in the business part-time and take a Wrestlemania spot from someone who deserves it, but in the case of Batista, he's in "for the long haul" as he's signed a long term deal.

On the WWE schedule being crazy, Punk said that he's been doing it ten years and doesn't know anyone else who can say that. He said that he's only taken time off for injuries and that when he took two months off in 2013, it may not have been long enough. He said some days he really feels his body hurting and some days he feels great.

On the idea of Brock Lesnar returning to UFC Punk thinks that there's "unanswered questions" in Lesnar's mind becaus he spent half of his UFC career sick with diverticulitis. He said that Lesnar is a freak of nature. Punk said he doesn't get the sense that Lesnar is going to return to UFC but he gets the sense that he certainly would want to.

On the idea of himself doing MMA, Punk said the number one reason to do something is for someone saying you can't. He said that's why he owns his house and has been in WWE for ten years. He said that makes him wants to climb the mountain and whether he gets to the top is up to him. He said that he's 35 and has never competed so he doesn't know if he'd be good enough. He said that he has interest but he's never had discussions about anyone to fight. He's never approached Dana White about it because once you do that, it becomes real. He said he'd be willing to do The Ultimate Fighter but who knows if that would ever happen or if it would draw ratings. He said even the idea of him doing something would make people go nuts on the Internet about how he doesn't fight. He didn't downplay doing a smaller show but said he does has a presence so "do you then even put me on a smaller show?" He said he gets punched in the face four days a week and there's similarities.

Punk was asked about Triple H and Stephanie McMahon taking an interest in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he got the impression that was more for "their kids" and it wasn't something that HHH was really trying to take up. He joked they were "biting his style."

Punk said the Michelle Beadle thing was a "bunch of horsesh**." He said that he thought he and Beadle were pals and backstage, she walked past him at Tribute to the Troops "with a group of women" and said "some disrespectful sh**" and "I was like, whoa." He said "his girlfriend" went to Beadle and the same group of women and introduced herself and pulled her aside and told her not to speak that way to her boyfriend and Beadle said, "OK." Punk was asked how something like that leaks out and he said that he doesn't know. He said that it was made out to be salacious and that's why it was picked up.

On what Beadle did, "She said, 'What's up f***face' and high-fived the girl next to her."

On whether he was excited for the WWE Network, Punk said that he wouldn't know "until he gets his PPV checks." He said it's great for the fans and that he would have killed for that in 1997, but for the boys, he doesn't know how it will effect their pay. He said the company didn't tell the boys about the Network before it was announced but they sort of knew since it was supposed to launch a few years ago.

Punk was asked if putting Wrestlemania on The Network was a bad idea, he said no and that Vince McMahon is really good at doing things that people doubt and going forward with them.

On Daniel Bryan taking the "Yes" from Diego Sanchez, Punk said it's up to Bryan to credit him. He said with smart phones and the Internet, everything is easily accessible to figure out where things came from. Punk said that Bryan gets the best "crowd reaction, hands down" but he doesn't know if Bryan is the most popular guy. He said he's really happy for him and he likes getting to watch what happen for him happening for Bryan.

Punk was asked why the WWE killed his momentum. Punk said he'd like to think they don't make those decisions on purpose and it's more they wanted to go in another decision. He said it's a different era and different time and it can't be looked at the same way he did when he was a kid.

Punk said that it's been two years since he was in the actual Royal Rumble match and asked how he felt about starting at number one. He said he prides himself on being an Iron Man and joked he could show off his Chicago Marathon medal.

On Wrestlemania 30, he said that you "might know" who he's fighting but a lot can happen in six weeks.

Charisteas

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Why on earth would you have Sting be the heel? He is a natural baby face and there are so few of them around. Like Jeff Hardy, it makes no sense to have such a natural baby face play the heel.

If Sting comes back to face Taker at Mania, then it makes sense to book Sting as the heel, he would be an outsider trying to break the streak of a WWE veteran.

gnfnrhead

Charisteas wrote: »

If Sting comes back to face Taker at Mania, then it makes sense to book Sting as the heel, he would be an outsider trying to break the streak of a WWE veteran.

Sting is a shocking heel. He is a natural baby face. To do anything else would be retarded.

rovert

I genuinely can't share the news but if you do enough digging on newzsites it will probably be reposted there soon enough. The latest news about Daniel Bryan's Wrestlemania opponent is really going to piss people off. Sorry to be vague.

deano546

Not on newzsites yet but its on twitter, its supposedly

Sheamus

GTR63

deano546 wrote: »

Not on newzsites yet but its on twitter, its supposedly

Sheamus

I'd be cool with that jesus after an earlier post I thought it'd be Kevin Nash

mrkiscool2

GTR63 wrote: »

I'd be cool with that jesus after an earlier post I thought it'd be Kevin Nash

Yeah, their 2 out-of-3 falls match in 2012 was pretty awesome. Also, having heel Sheamus vs face Bryan in a proper WM match is pretty fitting seeing as the Yes Chants really got going the Raw after WM 28.

thebostoncrab

vs. Sheamus makes a lot of sense....it would be the person that the authority would fully believe could take out Bryan since he did it already in the past.

Imagine if Bryan beat him in a shorter time than the WM 28 match :P

Moneymaker

Daniel Bryan was asked by ST Communities if he will be participating in the 30-man Battle Royal match at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

"As of now, I'm not in the 30-man Royal Rumble match, I'm trying to get involved in it," Bryan replied. "Triple H doesn't want me anywhere in the Royal Rumble match."

Bryan also mentioned in the interview that if he's not wrestling for the WWE World Heavyweight title at WrestleMania, then he would like to face Triple H since he's been keeping him away from his goals. As an alternative match to Triple H, he said he would also like a shot at The Undertaker's streak.

CSF

They can f*ck off with that opponent with the spoiler tags. Anything less than Bryan in the Wrestlemania main event for the WWE title is taking a massive dump on a serious amount of people.

hufpc8w3adnk65

The way D Bryan is going now the Raw the night after mania is going too be just be a YES fest!!

Whosthis

Let's get a main event boycott going if Bryan isn't in it. Everybody in attendance stands with their back to the ring for the mania main event and chants Yes/Daniel Bryan for the duration.

GTR63

MrMac84 wrote: »

The way D Bryan is going now the Raw the night after mania is going too be just be a YES fest!!

Cue 90 second loss to a freshly turned heel Big Show

Insect Overlord

GTR63 wrote: »

Cue 90 second loss to a freshly turned heel Big Show

How that man doesn't get dizzy is some kind of a miracle.

Moneymaker

MrMac84 wrote: »

The way D Bryan is going now the Raw the night after mania is going too be just be a YES fest!!

I really think there's a high chance the Rumble winner if it isn't Bryan will get crapped on by the crowd.

GTR63

Insect Overlord wrote: »

How that man doesn't get dizzy is some kind of a miracle.

He wasn't all smiley face Show on Smackdown at least. But when he does turn it'll be for us fans cheering on Lesnar battering him. In a round bout way it'll be our own fault.

Insect Overlord

GTR63 wrote: »

He wasn't all smiley face Show on Smackdown at least. But when he does turn it'll be for us fans cheering on Lesnar battering him. In a round bout way it'll be our own fault.

Some day, some obsessed fan is going to put together a compilation video of all of Big Show's heel/face turns. And it is going to be very confusing indeed.

INDEEEEEEEED.

Moneymaker

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Some day, some obsessed fan is going to put together a compilation video of all of Big Show's heel/face turns. And it is going to be very confusing indeed.

INDEEEEEEEED.

I lost count at 456486364864 turns, personally.

I just wish he'd retire tbh. I'd rather see a young guy go up against Lesnar(not win but at least put in a good performance) than a match and feud we saw 12 years ago.

GTR63

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Some day, some obsessed fan is going to put together a compilation video of all of Big Show's heel/face turns. And it is going to be very confusing indeed.

INDEEEEEEEED.

And i'll watch it, retweet it, rip it on a dvd and enjoy every moment of ah FFS!

Riddle101

deano546 wrote: »

Not on newzsites yet but its on twitter, its supposedly

Sheamus

Read about that. I was kind've hoping

Sheamus

would return and feud with Cena, and Bryan would win the Rumble and go on to Wrestle for the World Heavyweight Championship in a tripe threat with Randy Orton and Batista. Just like 10 years ago when we had Chris Benoit win the Rumble, but they had a Triple Threat at Mania 20.

Of course even if it's a slim chance of happening, I was kind've hoping the rumors about WWE asking HBK to face Bryan at Mania were true and maybe we might get HBK/Bryan and HHH/Punk at Mania. But like I said, it's a very slim chance.

Diabhal Beag

On a completely unrelated note if you hadn't read spoilers in the spoiler thread, I can't wait for

heel Sheamus as HHH's rentboy.

Mod note: SPOILER TAG IT THEN!

Looper007

Moneymaker wrote: »

I really think there's a high chance the Rumble winner if it isn't Bryan will get crapped on by the crowd.

WWE especially deserve to be **** on if Batista wins the RR, the man doesn't need it pus he's 45 years of age and is pissing off in a few months.

And a WM match with Sheamus, come on Bryan deserves better then that. Only Lesnar or Cena in the ME with the Bryan winning the title will do. If not the crowd will **** on everything.