Monthly News Thread (February 2018)

[Cor]

According to bodyslam.com, Bobby Lashley has agreed to terms with the WWE on a new deal.

Meltzer has reported weeks ago the WWE wanted to do a Lashley vs Lesner feud post-WrestleMania if Brock ended up staying

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Never heard of that site but it does seem inevitable. You could do something special with him and Brock, ala Joe and Kurt IN TNA

 

[M.C.G. 31]

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Brock leveraging again?

 

[xtra]

Brock leveraging again?

I think it’s more Brocks heart is in UFC but the money is in WWE,

I get the feeling he doesn’t see Reigns as making him as much money as some other feuds would (aka. Joe) due to crowd reaction so that’s why he’s playing this card

 

[GarbageGoal]

Boston sports stations picking apart Rob Gronkowski's tweets that he's going to be at Fastlane, and maybe Wrestlemania with the idea he's ready to quit football and go into wrestling.

 

[iamjs]

Maybe Vince thinks it's The Rock's son

or a distant relation of Man Mountain Rock

 

[M.C.G. 31]

- One segment cut from last night's Raw was Asuka choosing her Wrestlemania opponent. The decision will likely be made after the Fastlane PPV.

- Reigns promo and shoot-style was intended to try and get him cheered for Wrestlemania. Someone came up with the idea and the company realized they still had time to tell Brock Lesnar not to show up to Raw. While Reigns promo wasn't scripted, it was all approved for him to say that.

- The original plan of Strowman vs. Miz now seems to be off the table for Wrestlemania, and it seems as if it will be Rollins vs. Balor vs. Miz. Strowman's path remains unclear, although it seems to be pointing to Elias.

 

[SeidoN]

lol so WWE told Lesnar to noshow. hilarious.

and lol at WWE trying to pull a pipebomb with Reigns. the problem is noone really cares about Reigns feelings towards Lesnar lool

 

[Emperoreddy]

Yeah it being a work kills a lot of the value for me.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Modern WWE, where they spend nearly half a decade coming up with angle after angle trying to get the fans to want to actually cheer the "top face" in the company.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

They advertised Brock for Raw and pulled him to do a hotshot angle. Good grief.

 

[GKJ]

It was still more interesting than the original plan.

 

[dahrougem2]

It being a work kills all of the value for me

 

[Emperoreddy]

It was still more interesting than the original plan.

A little bit. It doesn’t change this being yet another Roman coronation attempt.

It being real would have added some more intrigue, but a work it is just more them trying to trick us into accepting Roman as the top guy.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Next logical step is to debut a new wrestler who looks suspiciously like Roman Reigns in a false moustache.

 

[Disclose]

"just cut a promo on Enzo Amore, but change it to Brock."

 

[Emperoreddy]

Apparently Observer radio said there is concern about Brock and Braun is their Mania backup

 

[Cor]

Apparently Observer radio said there is concern about Brock and Braun is their Mania backup

Concern about what? Him finishing his contract?

 

[SladeWilson23]

I'm actually a fan of the IC triple threat idea. If Rollins wins, every member of the Shield would be a grand slam champion.

 

[SeidoN]

well ec3 challenged cena to a Takeover match. that would legit be awesome

how sad is it that Styles/Nakamura would likely be a better match on Takeover than Mania lol

 

[GKJ]

Apparently Observer radio said there is concern about Brock and Braun is their Mania backup

That was because they didn’t know if Brock truly no-showed

 

[Engebretson]

- Reigns promo and shoot-style was intended to try and get him cheered for Wrestlemania. Someone came up with the idea and the company realized they still had time to tell Brock Lesnar not to show up to Raw. While Reigns promo wasn't scripted, it was all approved for him to say that.

So, they have to literally tell Reigns' opponent to not show up and lie to the fans about it in order to get Reigns some fan support.

 

[Shoalzie]

The Roman promo was solid...good fire and made him out as the babyface. Brock should be the heel here if they want this main event to not go over poorly. They need to have some legit exchanges and let Paul and/or Brock heel it up. If Brock is leaving...you're not going to want to fans to miss him when he's gone.

 

[BostonBob]

Well this certainly does not look too appealing.

from thescore.com:

Rey Mysterio is reportedly set to return to WWE at WrestleMania.

Mysterio, whose real name is Oscar Gutierrez, is finalizing a deal with the company and is currently scheduled to face John Cena at WrestleMania 34 in April, sources told Justin Barasso of Sports Illustrated. Barasso also reported that Mysterio was backstage at Tuesday night's taping of SmackDown working out details for the match.

The 43-year-old has been wrestling on the independent circuit since his contract with WWE expired in 2015.

Previous reports pegged The Undertaker as Cena's WrestleMania 34 opponent, although he teased his retirement following his loss to Roman Reigns at last year's event.