I was saying that there was no baby and that the baby story was set up so that Stephanie could make Hunter look like a jackass.
So who will crash the wedding next Monday.
The possiblities are:
Angle (who HHH has a match with at NWO) Booker (who HHH has had a little mini-feud with) Vince (who booked HHH/Angle for HHH's title shot) Jericho (who is likely HHH's opponent at WM)
The two most likely are Vince and Jericho, but Vince is already in the NWO storyline, so it's not likely to be him. Jericho really isn't in a storyline (even though he has a match with Austin at NWO, Austin's main feud has been with Kurt Angle, HHH's opponent). So I'm suggesting, that while it befits Vince's character to come out and trash HHH and Steph's happy moment, it will likely be Jericho, setting up the big WM feud over Stephanie.
i like the pregnancy angle. shit changes in wrestling from week to week to week. triple h and stephanie have been together for *two years*. i love that. i think only the acolytes have been a couple longer.
once the mcmahon-helmsley era got into full swing, they started to act like a real couple. remember the recliner hunter would wheel out to watch the matches from the stage with stephanie on his lap? that ruled.
steph having a baby with hunter is plausible. suddenly cozying up to jericho is implausible. what, she's going to doink the guy who has talked trash about her from day one because hunter kicked her out of the locker room? THAT'S russo logic.
HHH has only been back a few weeks. I could see the angle going in a direction that because of the pain, Hunter was unalble to "perform." Stephanie having sexual needs, got into a side with someone else. Let's say someone really interesting who needs to be back, like Raven. He was in the Alliance, storyline enough. But, the id of the father needs to be innuendoed, while on the surface Steph always saying it's Hunters. I could even see someone like Lance Storm (she got him drunk) or Steven Richards as possible fathers. Have some locker room segments where the wrestlers are ribbing each other as to who the father is, and have the possible fathers kind of shy away in a "holy shit, maybe it's me" kind of way.
"My parents said I could be anything, so I became an ASSHOLE!"
On the subject of Stephanies size, I'm going to agree that she may honestly be pregnant.. not only has she been increasing in size _in the places most women do when pregnant_ (upper arms, breasts, bit on the belly) but she is in a relationship and all..
As for where the angle goes.. if they aren't have a Jericho swerve, then its probably going to be used to try to turn her "face"-ish for the nWo to cause a miscarriage.. powerbomb through a table followed up by the Hollywood Baby Killing Touch of Death or something.
I tuned out on this one, too. Pregnancy angles in wrestling are one of those things that just can't work.
If they're going through with it and it's not just Steph fooling HHH, I think the true logical conclusion for the angle is for someone (Jericho, Angle, Flair, Steph's first husband UT) to get pinned as the father but deny it, only to wind up with HHH coming out with a sledgehammer and revealing he was the father all along. "NOW YOU KNOW!"
Of course, with Hogan and others back, the best possible outcome would be HHH, Vince and...let's say HBK gets pulled into this, all in the ring demanding Steph reveal the father. As she's about to answer, the old evil guitar chord comes up and Bret walks out, smirks, everyone faints, JR says "MAH GAWD", Lawler shrieks and we fade out to some chump trapped in a holodeck for the hundreth time.
Originally posted by Notorious F.A.B.steph having a baby with hunter is plausible. suddenly cozying up to jericho is implausible. what, she's going to doink the guy who has talked trash about her from day one because hunter kicked her out of the locker room? THAT'S russo logic.
Nah, it's not that unreasonable.
a) Steph is as obsessed with Jericho as he is with her -- for a while there, they seemed to be in an endless game of "gotcha last."
b) There's nothing at all new about one person teasing another mercilessly because they're secretly infatuated with them, but don't have any better way (or the cojones) to express it openly. It happens in grade school, it happens to adults. And when passions DO flare up spontaneously, it can certainly lead to one-night-stands and "accidents."
c) Two phrases to explain their verbal wars -- "overcompensation" and "a good cover story." Who says it hasn't been going on for a while now, and they've acted like they hate each other to hide the truth? Wrestling Cliche #347.
Of course, won't we all be surprised when we find out it belongs to Tazz?
HELLO KITTY gang terrorizes city, family STICKERED to death!
Of course, the fact that all Steph/Jericho interaction has dropped off the face of the earth since he turned heel makes it harder for me to believe in them actually getting together. Yeah, back in October/November I could believe it, but now? Not really. Also Steph/Angle can't hook up cause Angle's got a wife, and she gave Austin the middle finger at Unforgiven.
Hey, they could have almost ANYONE be the father. Screechenie has had good(flirtatious) interaction with Angle, RVD, Test, and Rhyno, to name a few... She's had bad interaction with Jericho, Rock, Austin, and others... They could use this in almost any way, if they want to drag it out. I feel, however, that it will either be steph lying, thus reinforcing HHH's face push, or Angle, who isn't really in a program right now, and would reinforce HHH's face puch, or Jericho, who hasn't been ragging on Stephanie in a long time(Yes, it fits with his heel character), which will reinforce HHH's face push... Gee, looks like someone's going to come out of this smelling like a rose, huh???
Originally posted by JaguarOf course, the fact that all Steph/Jericho interaction has dropped off the face of the earth since he turned heel makes it harder for me to believe in them actually getting together. Yeah, back in October/November I could believe it, but now? Not really. Also Steph/Angle can't hook up cause Angle's got a wife, and she gave Austin the middle finger at Unforgiven.
-Jag
First, Angle doesn't have a wife for the storylines..but he was crazy for Steph..
Two..so..november..that is three months..Steph COULD be three months pregnant you know. I mean..there could have been that strange chemistry they had one night, despite apparently hating one another...
Three..."You flip me off? what? Give me the finger? What? You feel lonely? What? Let me show you where I can put my finger and somethign else to make you feel less lonely..Right after I finish these beers, baby!..Hahah..I am just doing this cos I hate that sumbitch HHH and that sumbitch Vince!!"
Get the idea? You name a wrestler and I can come up with something to make it plausible.. And I bet I will come up with a better reason/story than the WWF will in the end
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Man, I am torn. First, I hate pregreancy angles, but the WWF is not in as bad as shape as WCW was. At least I know about. Plus, the last two pregreancy angles were dumped, because of Pillman's death and Russo leaving, so they have never really done one when there is a child involved. I could see them pull this off.
Plus, its not like we didn't see this coming for a while. Since the beginning of the McMahon/Helmsley era, people have been placing bets on when the baby storyline begins. I will say, its shocking they go this route considering there is a ton of talent being waisted in the locker room. They really need to stop letting Stephanie in the writers meetings, because she either puts herself in these storylines or the writers see her first thing in the morning and think, "hmm... Steph will do." No, this has to be the last big storyline for these two. Divorce, then put some wrestling matches on or other wrestlers on the mic.
If she really is pregeant, this is the best way to go. They are going to have to explain her potbelly some way. It makes, if its real. It doesn't make sense if they do decide to have a kid born and then argue over who the father is when Steph is not pregeant. They can do the Who is the father storyline if she is pregeant, it works for all paties. It gets some over as a face or heel and could become an engrossing plot.
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Originally posted by dMpYou name a wrestler and I can come up with something to make it plausible
That's a bold statement. Considering your Austin deal wasn't plausible in the slightest because he is, in storyline terms and in "real world" terms, happily married to Debra.
Anyway, make this one plausible: Taijiri.
And I bet I will come up with a better reason/story than the WWF will in the end
No offense, but I seriously doubt that.
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Originally posted by dMpYou name a wrestler and I can come up with something to make it plausible
That's a bold statement. Considering your Austin deal wasn't plausible in the slightest because he is, in storyline terms and in "real world" terms, happily married to Debra.
Anyway, make this one plausible: Taijiri.
And I bet I will come up with a better reason/story than the WWF will in the end
No offense, but I seriously doubt that. Ok..maybe not better but heh..
Austin is a double crossing redneck (no offense to anyone)? He was a bit drunk? He will do anything for vengeance on vince and HHH including embarassing them like this? And happily? We are talking a few months back..when he bad mouthed her on several occasions, she hit him over the head with a cookie sheet and Stephanie was his loyal follower/boss with the alliance
Tajiri : Mumbles something is bad english.. Stephanie: Hi Tajiri..all alone in this country..you must be SO lonely..I need someone to kick Jericho's butt.. Tajiri: Butt? Stephanie: YEah, tonight he was making fun of my boobs again.. Tajiri: Boobs? *gets the same look in his eyes like when he looks at Torrie W. Stephanie: You know..I really make up to those that help me..in fact...i can give you a little sample.. *etc*
As I said..the ideas might not be brilliant but they are plausible enough for wrestling storylines, where people betray their best friends just because they can wear a new t-shirt to the ring..
(edited by dMp on 5.2.02 1907)
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Originally posted by jimimiumOn the subject of Stephanies size, I'm going to agree that she may honestly be pregnant.. not only has she been increasing in size _in the places most women do when pregnant_ (upper arms, breasts, bit on the belly) but she is in a relationship and all..
As the father of four, I can attest to seeing her bigger in all those places that pregnant womenz get, um, bigger. But she had to put some pounds on her frame just to carry around those {obscenely and unattractively large} ta-tas, too.
As for where the angle goes.. if they aren't have a Jericho swerve, then its probably going to be used to try to turn her "face"-ish for the nWo to cause a miscarriage.. powerbomb through a table followed up by the Hollywood Baby Killing Touch of Death or something.
My money is on the nWo miscarriage. The result:
Vince [+heel] nWo [+heel] HHH [+face] Steph [-TV]
If you leave the HHH/Jericho fatherhood question up in the air, you still have heat for WM.
What a neat, tidy, LOGICAL package. Gee, now I know it'll never happen that way.
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