WWE

[Halcyon]

CM Punk made an appearance on an indy show yesterday with the WWE title and cut a promo.The fact Vince has okay'd this is staggering to me.

[The Nal]

Genius from HHH/Vince. Good for AAW too. Expect to see a few of these indy promos. WWE know they'll make it online too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCjaK6uRefo

[Halcyon]

Wow... Wrestling Observer/Dave Meltzer rated the Punk vs Cena match as a 5 stars ***** match.

First WWE match to get that acolade since HBK vs Taker in Hell in a Cell in 1997... 14 years. And the first in any promotion since an ROH Dragon Gate 6-man in 2006.

Impressive.

[Elbear]

Can't wait for Raw tonight. First time I've been excited about wrestling for about 8 years. Excellent stuff.

[luckysalt]

What a crock of shit

[Halcyon]

What a crock of shit

[Uncle Liam]

So it was all designed to get Cena and Hunter over? Why am I totally not surprised?

[metallimuse]

yup.

angle = dead

punk = buried by summerslam

[Uncle Liam]

Rey Rey beat Miz for the title, then lost it to Cena 90 minutes later. Then Punk came back and its Cena v Punk at Summerslam.

Yup, thats what really happened.

[rexclark]

Well done WWE, well done.

[Elbear]

Plus side, Punk has Cult of Personality as his new entrance tune. Every cloud etc

[A-Rob]

Rey Rey beat Miz for the title, then lost it to Cena 90 minutes later. Then Punk came back and its Cena v Punk at Summerslam.

Yup, thats what really happened.

[Chiefski]

I'd like to think they will give full reasoning to his early return next week, maybe have a confrontation with Triple H outlining that he met all his 'demands' (could be anything from the Ice cream bars, more Zack Ryder, rehiring Colt or more guys, Kings of Wrestling who are rumoured to be in negotiations...), Its not actually be announced that Cena v Punk II is happening at Summerslam yet either, could see them holding it off a bit.

[Uncle Liam]

I'd like to think they will give full reasoning to his early return next week, maybe have a confrontation with Triple H outlining that he met all his 'demands' (could be anything from the Ice cream bars, more Zack Ryder, rehiring Colt or more guys, Kings of Wrestling who are rumoured to be in negotiations...), Its not actually be announced that Cena v Punk II is happening at Summerslam yet either, could see them holding it off a bit.

[A-Rob]

The only way this angle can now be saved is if they show Punk arriving at every show in his Jet, which he demanded.

[metallimuse]

I hear that the plan for Punk is to eventually end up in a fued with Triple H which culminates in a match at Wrestlemania with the angle being similar to Austin/McMahon all those years ago.

Whether this comes to fruition or not who knows.Sounds a great prospect but considering they had 6 different scripts for Raw last week only deciding hours before tv which to go with it doesn't sound like they are a company with clear intentions.

[Uncle Liam]

How WWE works:

[A-Rob]

I hear that the plan for Punk is to eventually end up in a fued with Triple H which culminates in a match at Wrestlemania with the angle being similar to Austin/McMahon all those years ago.

Whether this comes to fruition or not who knows.Sounds a great prospect but considering they had 6 different scripts for Raw last week only deciding hours before tv which to go with it doesn't sound like they are a company with clear intentions.

[Halcyon]

Bryan Daniel vs the world champion

[A-Rob]

Yes! (maybe wishful thinking) However I don't expect it to be one of the main events as their will be 3 or 4 matches with higher profile.

SD needs some fresh main eventers, and Bryan Daniel is over with the crowd at the moment.

At summerslam I think it's gonna be the 4th straight ppv with Orton vs Christian as the Sd main evnet, disgraceful.

[Uncle Liam]

With Daniel Bryan facing whoever for the Smackdown World title at Wrestlemania, it'll mark the first time the World title has been defended in a prelim match.

Before they stop the match and turn it into a battle royal.

[A-Rob]

With Daniel Bryan facing whoever for the Smackdown World title at Wrestlemania, it'll mark the first time the World title has been defended in a prelim match.

Before they stop the match and turn it into a battle royal.

[swede]

That would play well, also to save the story line Cena must do a mega heel turn (like Austin at WM 17)

[Gre]

With Daniel Bryan facing whoever for the Smackdown World title at Wrestlemania, it'll mark the first time the World title has been defended in a prelim match.

Before they stop the match and turn it into a battle royal.

Edited August 1, 2011 by Gre

[Gre]

Double post, but meh....

I'm watching a bit of NXT for the first time since season 1 I think. The main event programme, now in it's 4th week, is between Tyson Kidd & Yoshi Tatsu, and revolves around an action figure that Yoshi has on a shrine. Tyson has broken it, put one of the legs on a chain, and their 4th match is a "necklace on a pole" match. Glorious.

And... Regal is on commentary, and just made a geometry joke. Brilliant

Edit; Koslov is planking

Edited August 1, 2011 by Gre