Originally posted by dwatersI love the whole Christian with crutches/neckbrace act. The guy is totally underrated when it comes to his timing and heeling it up for the crowd. I hope he can wrestle again soon.
I'm sure he'll get one. more. match.
Agree with the earlier suggestion to make this a taped show. Maybe next year, on the WWE network? The comedy they did back in the day (will someone kill the clown?) was much better to do when you don't have to deal with random fans.
I didn't expect/predict many of the presenters so that kept it fun but in general it was pretty boring. The 4way 'trending' match was nice and fast paced.
Kane's return was well done. I'm sure the explanation will be minimal. I do hope he keeps the welding mask as well but it seems that's something they never really keep around.
Oh, and I never really liked his original theme(s). I liked the Finger Eleven theme best. The guitar riff was bad-ass.
Wouldn't shock me if they lost the welding mask -- he almost accidentally lost it in the ring when he did his corner fireball routine.
Originally posted by Dr Unlikely I had forgotten that, hands down, my favorite missing WWE theme was Lita's "SOAP MAKIN' WOMAAAAN! SOAP MAKIN' WOMAAAAAAN!" entrance.
This ranks right up there with Sheamus and his "TOO MANY LIMES!"
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And we also had the mysterious 1/2/12 vignette. This week's made me lean towards this being someone totally new. It seemed pretty obvious that this is going to be a duo of a man and a woman (similar to The Bodydonna or Paul and Katie Lee).
The other scenario is that Taker will bring McCool in as a manager/valet/acollyte...
I was holding out hope for those vignettes being a swerve and resulting in us getting Sheffield with a major repackage/relaunch. As it stands right now I'm guessing Jericho/Layla, so that I'll be pleasantly disappointed when it's Taker/McCool.
Jericho's said many many times on Twitter that he'll never wrestle in WWE again, and I tend to believe him this time. Si I don't think it's him. I have a bad feeling it's Foley.
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Originally posted by ScottyflamingoAnd we also had the mysterious 1/2/12 vignette. This week's made me lean towards this being someone totally new. It seemed pretty obvious that this is going to be a duo of a man and a woman (similar to The Bodydonna or Paul and Katie Lee).
The other scenario is that Taker will bring McCool in as a manager/valet/acollyte...
The rumor I see the most is Steph/Shane-O. And that sounds a little farfetched.
McCool rocking an undead valet could be ... nice. You know, like Ariel with Kevin Thorn way, way back in WWECW.
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I'm all for masked Kane coming back but I have to say, I don't like the half mask he's wearing. I prefer the look of his original full mask - it's just more menacing to me. Of course, Glen Jacobs probably prefers the half mask since he probably wants to be able to breathe and all, but what about what I want?!
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They did this same thing with CM Punk (well, they still are, arguably) for a good while. They let him float around with the top guns, not necessarily looking dominant or even GOOD, and then he ended up with the world title at the end of the day.