KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[Martin Gabriel]

Do you think the US Championship should be considered a substitute to the Intercontinental Championship for the WWE's Triple Crown Championship? I do because I want Daniel Bryan to be a Triple Crown Champion already. He was a tag title reign short of earning that distinction in ROH. He could have been the first ROH Triple Crown Champion and he'd be more than worthy of that distinction. Interestingly, Cena would also retroactively earn that distinction in WWE should they ever accept the US Title as an alternative.

 

[klunderbunker]

What would it take to make Cena/Punk a feud that 'belongs' in HiaC?

A proper build. I hate the idea of having a Cell match because the calendar says it's time to have a Cell match. When HHH said that's what he wanted for the rematch with Taker, it blew me away because it came out of nowhere. That was the one of the only things they could use to make it work and they did it. With the HIAC PPV, it's the opposite: they have to build up whatever they've got going on to the Cell. It doesn't make sense to go from regular match to regular match to Regular match to Cell. Also Punk vs. Cena hasn't been about brawling or violence. Taker vs. Shawn happened because Shawn kept running away and there needed to be a way to make the fight happen. That's simply not the case with Punk vs. Cena and unless they completely alter the way this feud is going, it won't make sense inside the Cell.

Do you think the US Championship should be considered a substitute to the Intercontinental Championship for the WWE's Triple Crown Championship? I do because I want Daniel Bryan to be a Triple Crown Champion already. He was a tag title reign short of earning that distinction in ROH. He could have been the first ROH Triple Crown Champion and he'd be more than worthy of that distinction. Interestingly, Cena would also retroactively earn that distinction in WWE should they ever accept the US Title as an alternative.

It makes absolutely no difference to anyone other than people with way too much time on his hands.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

Thoughts on the Big Bossman?

 

[klunderbunker]

Dude was great in the role he had and he found a character that worked for him. Also he should have won the IC Title at Mania 7. For the life of me I still don't get that one.

 

[Martin Gabriel]

Do you think we will get one more ppv match between Del Rio and Sheamus? I really hope not.

 

[klunderbunker]

I can't imagine it and having six weeks before the Cell would help prevent it.

 

[Martin Gabriel]

It makes absolutely no difference to anyone other than people with way too much time on his hands.

It takes minutes to look up information about the Triple Crown Championship. It's also perplexing to infer one outlet of exploring our industry is for "people with way too much time on [their] hands," thus implying other subjects (like the many on this forum) are somehow exempt from that label.

 

[klunderbunker]

You're debating whether the US Title and the IC Title can be interchanged.

Think about that for a minute.

 

[Remix]

Would Wade vs Sheamus work for HiaC?

 

[klunderbunker]

It could but I'd need to see the story. It certainly could though. They had some good brawls last year.

 

[Mr Mikey Mike]

Who do you want to see challenge Sheamus for the world title next?

 

[klunderbunker]

Ziggler, but in a match where he announces his challenge in advance ala RVD in 06.

 

[Martin Gabriel]

You're debating whether the US Title and the IC Title can be interchanged.

Think about that for a minute.

I don't know whether you're saying the subject is ridiculous or the belief that the US Championship can substitute the Intercontinental Championship for a Triple Crown is. If the former, I stand by my prior statement. Suggesting there's no merit to discussing any given subject neglects to acknowledge the relative significance to the individual participants. There are millions of people who'd mock us for even being on a forum to discuss professional wrestling, but we discuss it on an intellectual level because we've assimilated its unique culture and understand it on a technical level.

If the latter, the US Championship has a 37-year history and its most recent incarnation has sometimes been treated as well or better than the Intercontinental Championship in recent years. More importantly, the European Championship, which ultimately had only a five-year history, was treated as a substitute to the Intercontinental Championship.

Either way, KB, I'm disappointed you're treating neither me nor my question respectfully. Standing on half-statements upon which you expect to impress upon me implications without doing the work to explain and measure those implications yourself is cheap and ignorant. It also can also have the unfortunate repercussion of making me look frazzled for reading so much more into statements into which you invested little time. However, I don't like to let people take cheap and easy shots at me or subjects by which I'm intrigued.

 

[klunderbunker]

Considering I answered this same question earlier Monday, it's a bit ridiculous. As I said earlier, officially the US Title doesn't count but to me it makes no difference. Second, the European Title wasn't treated as a substitute. It was the fourth title needed for a Grand Slam. The European and Hardcore Titles were swapped as potential fourth titles.

You're disappointed that I didn't quite answer one of your over seven hundred and fifty questions? Really?

 

[Vincent Michaels]

How long thould Kane and Bryan hold on to the Tag Titles for?

Is 6 weeks too much time between PPVs?

How many times will it takes Ryback to kill Miz and take The IC Title? I can't see him doing it on the first try.

 

[klunderbunker]

A few months or until the division is finally getting built up.

No.

I'm thinking three at most. Maybe a countout first, a DQ second, then the title change.

 

[Thriller Ant]

Is 6 weeks too much time between PPVs?

How sad is it that we are at a point where this could be considered a legitimate question?

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Who do you think will be the next challengers for Punk and Cena provided that they don't fight again after Hell in a Cell?

 

[klunderbunker]

If it's Punk, I'm thinking Mysterio for a filler until they get to the Rumble. I can't picture Cena winning the title yet but if he does.....Big Show again maybe?

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

If it's Punk, I'm thinking Mysterio for a filler until they get to the Rumble. I can't picture Cena winning the title yet but if he does.....Big Show again maybe?

That what I was thinking before the PPV. I heard rumors that Big Show was going to be Sheamus's next challenger. I think Orton could either challenge Punk or Cena.

 

[klunderbunker]

Orton would work too.

 

[Remix]

It could but I'd need to see the story. It certainly could though. They had some good brawls last year.

If I were booking with that match in mind I'd do it like this.

• ADR bitches about the Brouge kick being reinstated just before the match meaning he couldn't prepare. Booker says "you right dawg. You can have a rematch next week."
• Next week rolls around, they have a match Sheamus locks in the cloverleaf, ADR taps, and Sheamus immediately gets jumped and brutally attacked by Barrett (who comes from 'nowhere' to do it).
• Next week Sheamus jumps Barrett from behind and brutally beats him down with a weapon.
• Booker sets a match for next week. It happens but quickly gets called off via KOing the ref. They're separated and Booker sets a no DQ match for next week with himself as the ref (because he won't get knocked out so easily).
• This happens, but the fight quickly escalates, going into the crowd with weapons after ripping stuff at ringside apart.
• Eve orders the match stopped so that nobody in the audience gets hurt. Booker agrees, adding that he's going to let them settle it, but not where everyone else can stay safe. Match set for HiaC, they're not to touch each other until then.
• For the last week pre-HiaC, they cut promos about the match and each other (possibly playing into their legit history), and kill mother fuckers while the other watches (on different shows) at ringside/on commentary.
• For the match I'd tell them to watch 'Taker vs Lesnar for inspiration and try to be as brutal as possible until the finish. Which Barrett wins with a Northern Lights Suplex, taking Sheamus by surprise.
• To keep ADR busy, it's revealed that Ricardo paid Barrett to attack Sheamus. ADR takes it badly (because he spent his money and paying Barrett to beat up Sheamus means that RR doesn't have faith in ADR's ability to take care of his business. Cue match set for HiaC, a breakup and ADR sinking down the card now that the most entertaining thing about him has been removed.

On a scale of 1-5 (1 being great, 5 being Viagra on a pole), how bad would that be?

 

[klunderbunker]

I'd say a 2.2 or so. It would be entertaining, but at the end of the day it's the same issue that I have with most HIAC PPV match builds: it feels like a big jump. With the Cell PPV looming, everyone would see where the story was going. Now that's not a bad thing, but it takes away the surprise element which is the most important part. The story sounds good, but it would be better suited to end in a standard cage match rather than the Cell.

In short, it's practically impossible to set up a match in the Cell properly with six weeks of time. I'm really hoping it's just one Cell match this year, but since it's WWE that won't happen. That's a good story though.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

If you had to put money on who 4 or 5 members of Aces and Eights are...who would you go for?

 

[Martin Gabriel]

Do you think a match like Punk vs. Sheamus should be saved for WrestleMania or do you not care what ppv they have it on?