WWE Fans

[Rick Sanchez]

I think it's funny how when something like "Yes" gets over, MASSIVELY OVER with the fans, WWE tries to bury the guy that started using it in the first place. To be honest, I'm glad that the "Yes" chants got over due to Daniel Bryan, because it replaces those awful and annoying "What" chants that ruin every fucking segment and every fucking promo.

Still, I legitimately marked out when my Flawless Goddess returned at Extreme Rules and became the Divas Champion. I'm excited to watch her again. Her match with Nattie was too short. TBH, I believe that her and Nattie have solid matches, but it's hard to get into these matches when they're two minutes long.

[Karmafan]

I still think its incredibly stupid to have a girl walk in off the street (from another company) and on her 1st night back they give her the belt. What kind of message does that send to the other divas on the roster that bust their asses every night and have never been champ?

[Absent Friend]

Originally Posted by Karmafan

I still think its incredibly stupid to have a girl walk in off the street (from another company) and on her 1st night back they give her the belt. What kind of message does that send to the other divas on the roster that bust their asses every night and have never been champ?

Are you referring to Layla? Because she came back from injury. I think Kharma was going to get the title back. This might be too elaborate coming from WWE, but let me try...

1.) Layla pretty much became face when she and McCool break up. Layla seemed to be getting a push, but she got injured. Reportedly, she tore her ACL or something in the segment where Kharma gave her the implant buster. Shortly after, Kharma announced her pregnancy. The two best wrestlers in the division dropped like flies.

2.) Beth Phoenix became divas champion. Admittedly, they never consistently booked her strong, being up and down (mostly down) on her. Kharma came back in January for the Royal Rumble, everyone and their grandmother was thinking both women would go at Wrestlemania. Kharma revealed the truth of her conception, and those plans got iced.

3.) Kharma hyped up a recent RAW episode. Not much to think over, but then Nikki Bella becomes divas champion. Without the Kharma speculation, does Nikki deserve it? Fuck no. The Bellas can play characters, but that's about it. Plus, they were leaving, and it was likely because they were burned out from being in WWE. Why give a title to women who won't act like champions, perform like champions? Essentially, giving the title to women who aren't into it anymore. Kharma speculation, Beth's (kayfabe?) ankle injury, it now made sense to give a Bella the title.

4.) As soon as the dust settled, it now seemed like Kharma was going to come back last week. She didn't, and Eve even spoiled it by saying it's not Kharma. When WWE wants to, they will surprise. Look at Jericho, his return was not surprising, because they didn't care about the surprise factor. Look at Brodus Clay, NOBODY expected the character he would debut as. Layla basically was the surprise.

5.) The future. Layla isn't going to be a long term champion. In fact, Kharma should take the title from Layla. This is their alternative, and it's honestly a point where they will pull the trigger when it's the right time (at the most surprising time?). Then, Kharma and Beth get their match. Going back to number 1, Kharma and Layla got history, so you get an angle to make Kharma taking the title, more important. Beth gets the rematch she never got because of her injury.

So I'm reading reports on Michael Cole, and JR posting about burying the hatchet with Cole (the handshake at WM28), and since it feels like the beginning of a new year in WWE. Cole generally seems to be cooling off on the heel announcer role, being more neutral. Even when Vickie comes out, he sells a bit of being irritated, and his positive comments on her have become more or less subtle joking on her attire. If this continues, then it's the best commentary decision they've made in a while. Cole is essentially a play by play guy. That formula cannot become a heel, much less a heel color commentator. It's contradictory beyond belief. Even more, how he's sold (by Vince McMahon) as the voice of WWE. When the voice of WWE is taking shots at faces, from D-Bryan to Zack Ryder, it gives TV and PPV viewers the feeling that these guys aren't really worth cheering. Basically, Cole buried faces. Consider also Cole being the guy that takes more direction from Vince, indicating that those heel comments are from Vince's mouth. The best heel announcers were color commentators that didn't like the faces. The difference is that their face play by play counterparts would pose good arguments, and they lead the way anyways. The fact Cole leads, and buries faces, is counterproductive. So thankfully they are toning down on that, especially since Lawler can't make a good argument, Matthews doesn't get enough spotlight, and Booker gets too into bickering with Cole rather than posing a good argument.

This week is filled with anniversaries. Last year, Christian won his first WWE world title, then that devastating title loss to Orton on TV, 2 days later. What a week that was. Also, it's the 10th anniversary of WWF officially changing their name to WWE.

[Karmafan]

You bring up a good point about the announcers. I always liked Lawler as an announcer but now not so much. Its like he is stuck in the 80s it seems always telling the same jokes. I am liking Booker T now and of course always props for JR.

[Absent Friend]

Late Friday night, illusionist Criss Angel tweeted a photo of himself with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon at his Believe™ show at Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, “The King of Kings” was conspicuously not wearing an arm sling after WWE.com announced earlier in the evening that he would require surgery following Brock Lesnar’s vicious application of the Kimura Lock on his left arm Monday night on Raw SuperShow.

To explain Triple H appearing uninjured alongside his wife and Angel, the official Twitter feed of the WWE Insider stated Saturday morning that he was wearing a brace on his left arm in the photo opportunity (see photo). However, the alleged brace is not visible as “The Game” has his left arm behind Angel in both photographs not to mention that he is wearing a long-sleeved shirt.

Meanwhile, Angel suggested a possible collaboration with WWE in his message as he hashtagged #Summerslam and said he planned to meet the couple on Saturday: “Friends #tripleH #StephanieMcMahon #WWE #SummerSlam after #BeLIEve tonight. Great 2Cu. C u tomorrow.”

Kayfabe's a bitch.

I thought this would be good to share. In it, Foley talks about John Cena as a person, and a story involving a child Cena fan. Also, how he believed that the Cena and Lesnar match should've been stopped early.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dkIJRJfMW3Y

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dkIJRJfMW3Y

[Karmafan]

WOW it sounds like Brock is really a prick off camera too. How the hell did a guy like that snag Sable?

[jwh4268]

He told her he would eat her liver if she didn't go out with him.

[vimla]

I guess Sable saw lesnar as the next big money draw in wwe and she was getting older and by being with lesnar she would secure her future.

Which she has done by getting a kid with him and lesnar isn't hurting for money after his ufc run and his new wwe contract.

[Absent Friend]

Throughout his career, CM Punk has consistently used the gimmick of being “Straight Edge,” a lifestyle he repeatedly claims to follow in his actual day-to-day life. In the latest issue of Power Slam, magazine editor Findlay Martin responds to a reader’s query as to whether Punk’s “Straight Edge” gimmick is just that, a ‘fictitious’ gimmick.

“That’s a vicious rumour, as far as we know,” Martin responds. “We have spoken to many people over the last eight years who have been to bars and nightclubs with Punk and/or traveled with him in Europe and the U.S. and Canada, and all report that Punk has invariably abstained from alcohol, illegal drugs and tobacco.”

Martin, however, says that some wrestlers who worked with Punk during his path to the WWE main roster years ago found his drug-free proclamation to be phony. And upon reaching the main roster, he was shunned for living an alternative lifestyle.

“Since most wrestlers habitually use alcohol and/or drugs and are instinctively distrustful of fellow wrestlers, the assumption among most who did not know Punk when he was working on the independent circuit and treading water in WWE’s developmental system was that his teetotaler/drug-free claims were bogus,” Martin says. “When he reached WWE television and his fame and word spread that his ‘Straight Edge” gimmick was genuine, Punk was ridiculed and even ostracized by some wrestlers for choosing an alternative lifestyle to theirs.”

And now he's on top of the world. I' bet Hardcore Holly was one guy that probably ridiculed CM Punk.

[CarlJ1]

That why I have mad respect for Punk he one of the few that doesn't do what everyone else is doing and those are the type of people I like way to go Punk be your own man.