Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:33 pm  

They really messed things up with Bryan, but I suppose a poor buyrate for Summerslam ultimately cost him his chance. I hope it's not the end of him in the main event, hopefully if not in the title picture for now he'll at least let him beat the crap out of HHH.

Cena being back is good. They book him terribly - but he's so much better than the rest of them it's unreal.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:04 pm  

Anyone who thinks it was to do with Summerslams buy rates is a fool. DB was a midcarder a month before Summerslam and a guy who has barely a PPV win to his name!. What did vince expect? Vince has never liked DB and never will, even though its clear to see, he is the most talented guy on the roster by a long way. Want to make Big-E look good? Book him against DB and DB will make him look like a superstar. DB, like the Miz, Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler before him has just met HHH's spade!

The real reason for poor buy rates are Cena and CM Punk, the 2 faces of RAW for the past 3 years when ratings have hit an all time low. People are just bored of them now.

Regards

King James

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:53 pm  

Sometimes I wish WCW was still in business..........

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:07 pm  

WireFanatic III wrote:

Sometimes I wish WCW was still in business..........

It is. It's called TNA

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:58 pm  

Eorl Crabtree has given Michael Cole a black eye.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:31 pm  

richardviking wrote:

They really messed things up with Bryan, but I suppose a poor buyrate for Summerslam ultimately cost him his chance. I hope it's not the end of him in the main event, hopefully if not in the title picture for now he'll at least let him beat the crap out of HHH.

Cena being back is good. They book him terribly - but he's so much better than the rest of them it's unreal.

Hang on a min.
DB is alone responsible for the SS low buyrate?
So Cena, Punk and Lesnar are faultless then?

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:20 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

Eorl Crabtree has given Michael Cole a black eye.

I seen that, brilliant!

And some cracking publicity for Rugby League too.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:46 am  

Lesnar's ppv buy rates have been good since his return, hence his extended deal.

I didn't say alone responsible though. I meant he will have been scapegoated for the poor figures.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:53 am  

Cena & Punk looked to have picked up injuries at Leeds show last night

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:28 am  

Lawrie L wrote:

Cena & Punk looked to have picked up injuries at Leeds show last night

Cena wasn't injured. It's a work that they've used on this tour to get the crowd going. I fell for it big time last night after the 'X' sign went up from the ref.

Punk is pretty banged up from recent reports. He's been wrestling some big guys recently (Ryback, Lesnar, Wyatt's) and it looks like it's taking it's toll on him physically.