Have I become a wrestling conspiracy theorist?

[Serious Mozzarella]

In the past few months, I've come to firmly believe that the WWE has been working us in every possible way, both on TV and "behind the scenes." I don't believe for a second that the company is disorganized enough to have backstage leaks come out every single day regarding the Daniel Bryan or CM Punk situation, and I think all of these things are a work by the WWE.

Think about it. Why do you think The Shield comes out to make the fans chant for him harder, while releasing information that signs are being confiscated, only to find out later that signs weren't actually confiscated?

Do you guys honestly believe they're going to just disregard Daniel Bryan's industry-changing, sun-like glow over fans all over the country, and his massive merchandise sales from out of left field, so that they can keep Cena or Orton on top? Do you think they're ignoring "Yes" chants at sports games? Do you guys not see the "cracks" in Randy Orton's character? There's a lot of really creative underlying tones to all of this - almost like they brought in an outside perspective to creative to come up with something huge.

Or maybe I'm just really overly optimistic about wrestling right now, and Triple H is actually just giving his friends the spotlight, completely wrecking community interest in the product, with Vince hanging above, smiling down from his chairman position as long as a muscle is at the top. But I'm not going to sit here and pretend I know these people personally, by citing H's or Vince's "ego" or whatever smarks go on about.

 

[Hard Hit Prince]

I'm 50/50 on this one. If CM Punk returned to face HHH and Bryan became the champion at WrestleMania, it would all seem like the WWE's creative were pure genius for working everyone, even though everything could have been legit as far as WWE not wanting Bryan in the main event, and actually trying to crap on Punk's presence at some point.

Then again it's not like they've tried to work the "smarks" at this level. Could this be a first time? Last time we got interested in guys, we put CM Punk and Bryan at the top. Maybe they now believe that the IWC can do something, I don't know. I doubt it.

 

[nightmare]

One thing I can say is that it seems the 'stories' about confiscation of signs & people being kicked out seems to come more from fans that contact website dirtsheets. Stupid people that just want to stir up some shit for giggles & see how far their 'breaking news' can get. Then said sites run to the presses, so to speak, to get the info up asap without real confirmation. It has happened for years with fan reports etc. Break the story first ask questions later. Take the recent Shelton Benjamin thing for instance.


Nothing new as far as things like that go. Just seems to be more of this type of thing lately & it all seemed to start with the flux regarding people leaving TNA & etc. Then Punk leaves and all of the sudden everyone is on conspiracy alert & crying out "Its a work!" at damn near everything.


Sometimes I honestly wish things were more like before the internet was so popular. Back in the days when fans were fans & enjoyed the shows without all this 'insider' news and backstage drama every other day that rarely is true or amounts to little more than nothing. Sure we all love the forums here, especially when it is just people having fun & discussing random shit -but damn does the bullshit 'news' get old after a while. We all love to speculate on certain things at one time or another but all this conspiracy about massive works is just ridiculous.

 

[Shocky]

Honestly we'll find out when Raw is in Chicago in two weeks. The one scenario I can think of is Bryan has to beat HHH on Raw to get into the match at Mania. Punk comes back, distracts HHH, Bryan goes to the Main event, Punk vs. Hunter is on, we're all worked. I just don't see the Hollywood writers coming up with that.

 

[Dirk]

I haven't noticed, Mozzy, I don't stalk you online. What I WILL say is I don't remember you being so cranky...

 

[The Butcher]

I like the uncertainty.

 

[Dirk]

I like the uncertainty.

 

[The Butcher]

I've been out-Simpson'd...

[youtube]vaR7Uxau9OY[/youtube]

 

[Alex]

I always suspect most things are a work (Jarrett leaving, Punk leaving etc) It makes me feel keyfabe isn't dead. But then the reality is that 9 times out of 10 it's legit

 

[nightmare]

Well worse comes to worse, they could always pull the Scooby-Doo ending & HHH pulls off a rubber mask revealing that it was Punk the whole time and Hunter has been locked in a basement somewhere. Book that shit.

 

[hatehabsforever]

I have definitely become a wrestling conspiracy theorist. Truth be told, I believe virtually nothing I read on the dirt sheets or on websites or forums like these. I believe that WWE, TNA, and possibly some of the other companies which I don't follow, are constantly working us by use of Facebook, Twitter, leaks from "reliable sources". Sure, sometimes it is legitimate, but frequently the stuff we all read on here turns out to be total bullshit, and a lot of it traces back directly to one of the companies, or to the wrestlers themselves directly. They are using these various media to mislead the audience to either advance a storyline, distract from something else which may be developing, and at the end of the day, I have become a frequent skeptic and by default a conspiracy theorist.

I think the CM Punk thing is a total work, an exploitation of real life frustration, being worked into a storyline by WWE, or Punk, or possibly both. I fully expect him to face Triple H and the authority at Wrestlemania 30. Likewise, I don't believe that the powers that be at WWE are oblivious to the Daniel Bryan phenomenon and are choosing to disregard it due to being out of touch with today's audience or in favor of their "buddies". I simply don't buy it. There's no way you can build the machine that is WWE , and be that dense, naive, or arrogant. I fully expect Daniel Bryan to be in the title picture come WM30, and I predict he will become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

Chris Jericho works the WWE audience all the time, you can't believe anything he says. MVP denied going to TNA right until he appeared on Impact a few weeks ago. The New York Times reported last year (I think it was) that Sting had signed a contract with WWE. Turned out to be bullshit. I'm not convinced that AJ Styles doesn't re-surface in TNA at some point down the road, and I'm not even positive that Sting doesn't either.

There are definitely instances of professional wrestling companies going to social media on purpose to fool the audience. And there are also many examples of dumb luck on their part, whereby things started out as legitimate, then got morphed into a storyline. So when I read a report about some development or occurrence, I typically take it with a grain of salt, and assume I'm being worked.

Coincidentally, I was just having this very same discussion yesterday with my good buddies, Elvis and Michael Jackson. And no one knows better about conspiracy theories than those guys.

 

[Барбоса]

What part of any of this makes you a conspiracy theorist?

Scepticism about the 'truth' behind the wrestling business is surely what any reasonable person maintains.

 

[greg9183]

More of of poor booking choices and keeping what the WWE Brass believes is talent that cannot hold an audience and bring in the revenue that wrestlers like John Cena have proven can do. I believe its wrong. Wrestlers like CM Punk and Daniel Bryan have not been put in the story lines and matches they should be put in. Its no surprise CM PUNK walked out but he may be back for mania or after lets all hope. The WWE needs to listen to its fans because the real talent of wrestlers and like Daniel Bryan and others really carry their programming

 

[Dirk]

Coincidentally, I was just having this very same discussion yesterday with my good buddies, Elvis and Michael Jackson. And no one knows better about conspiracy theories than those guys.

Adolph Hitler says hi. No, really, he does. I'm showing him how to use the internet at the moment.

 

[greg9183]

I wouldnt mind seeing Punk interfering and making HHH lose. Thus starting another summer of PUNK

 

[George Steele's Barber]

It's nuts man. Vince is part of the Illuminate and he's using Cena to keep secrets for the Catholic Church. Punk got too close to the truth and he became "expendable".

Ask the Benoit family all about this. Oh wait, you can't.

 

[BaconBits]

Professional wrestling isn't intelligent enough as an entity to have conspiracies. I mean, it's low brow entertainment designed to make you forget about reality for a while.

 

[BaconBits]

Well worse comes to worse, they could always pull the Scooby-Doo ending & HHH pulls off a rubber mask revealing that it was Punk the whole time and Hunter has been locked in a basement somewhere. Book that shit.

As long as they put glasses on Aksana and make her a ****ty Velma, I'm all for this.

 

[Hard Hit Prince]

More of of poor booking choices and keeping what the WWE Brass believes is talent that cannot hold an audience and bring in the revenue that wrestlers like John Cena have proven can do. I believe its wrong. Wrestlers like CM Punk and Daniel Bryan have not been put in the story lines and matches they should be put in. Its no surprise CM PUNK walked out but he may be back for mania or after lets all hope. The WWE needs to listen to its fans because the real talent of wrestlers and like Daniel Bryan and others really carry their programming

Punk has been given a lot of opportunities. He main evented SummerSlam 2009, so he's a main eventer since 09. In 2011 he did it and became a full time main eventer. Its not like WWE doesn't want him to be bigger than Cena. If he could have been bigger he was bigger. He couldn't. He also had feuds with Rock, Lesnar, HHH, Orton, Bryan, Batista, Undertaker... What else could WWE do?

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Punk has been given a lot of opportunities. He main evented SummerSlam 2009, so he's a main eventer since 09. In 2011 he did it and became a full time main eventer. Its not like WWE doesn't want him to be bigger than Cena. If he could have been bigger he was bigger. He couldn't. He also had feuds with Rock, Lesnar, HHH, Orton, Bryan, Batista, Undertaker... What else could WWE do?

Here's a conspiracy: Silverback created greg9183 as an alt so he could contradict someone with a half way decent thought.

 

[Richard Blonoff]

Professional wrestling isn't intelligent enough as an entity to have conspiracies. I mean, it's low brow entertainment designed to make you forget about reality for a while.

But Cena totally killed Benoit