KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[justinsayne]

Typically WWE seems to like to have the heel humiliate the face in front of their hometown.

 

[OYDK]

Is there a possibility of a TNA "Invasion angle" if WWE were to purchase them? AJ Styles as WWE Champion would kind of make that interesting in my opinion.

I doubt WWE sees TNA as big enough for all that though.

 

[klunderbunker]

Please.....no.

 

[OYDK]

Are Matt and Jeff a lock to make their return to WWE if they were to purchase TNA?

 

[klunderbunker]

Close to it but not a full on one.

 

[Alex]

Who are WWE likely to take if they do buy TNA?

Also what are the odds of them using the Hardys as backstage people (specifically Matt)

 

[klunderbunker]

The Hardys, maybe a few Knockouts but that's about it. Carter might get a job.

 

[Alex]

Honestly I would've thought Carter was high up up there. Storm as well if nothing else throw him and Roode together. I'm assuming Bennett wouldn't go because of the Maria thong and Bram's relationship with Charlotte/his legal troubles.

Also you didn't answer the question on the likelihood of the Hardys being backstage people

 

[klunderbunker]

I doubt it. Maybe Matt but there's no way on Jeff.

 

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Hey KB what is wrong with your site?

 

[klunderbunker]

Not sure. Working on it at the moment.

 

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Baron Corbin should've attacked the ref after that dumb call

Fuck, why don't heels do shitty things?

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

A quote from Ziggler about a match he had against Edge at a Royal Rumble:

At the time, I was a bad guy, who was a jerk, and didn’t talk much and lost all the time, and we fought for the world title, at the Royal Rumble, and the last 15-25 minutes, no one was seated because they didn’t know who was going to win; it was amazing. It was one of the highlights of my career by having that match. Hilariously, the next Tuesday [Smackdown taping] we had a 10 minute match and all that credibility was shot right out the window.

He's got a point, right? Why does WWE do that so much?

 

[klunderbunker]

Baron Corbin should've attacked the ref after that dumb call

Fuck, why don't heels do shitty things?

Well if he did then the fans might not have been all happy.

A quote from Ziggler about a match he had against Edge at a Royal Rumble:



He's got a point, right? Why does WWE do that so much?

Lazy ooking.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

How close to Miz's face turn is Rollins'? I feel like creative just thought, "Hmm, well he's already cheered. Let's just have him face heels now and it should work." Sure, HHH's interference in the title match incited it, but they never really cemented it. Plus he's still pretty much an asshole to everyone. Any other thoughts?

I know the snarky answer is that it's HHH so that should be enough, but that wouldn't even explain him being an asshole to everyone still. Not even like a tweener asshole. Just all around annoying.

 

[klunderbunker]

It's not as bad as Miz just didn't work as a face. Rollins is stuck in a horrible story.

 

[klunderbunker]

Side note: NorCal and I are doing the podcast tonight and need some questions to discuss. Send in anything you'd like to hear us debate/talk about.

 

[rbv13]

It would be cool to hear the two of share your opinions on how Corgan should redirect TNA during the rebranding process. I realized it would be a vague assumption b/c little is known about financials going forward but it would make interesting conversation.

Personally I'd like see them scale things back a bit and build a new foundation on the basics of the business.

- Interesting in match and long run stories with traditional payoffs.

- Develop unique characters. Right now I feel like 80% to 85% are the same basic.

- Get back on the road running fillable venues. Possible focus on running the Midwest as a home base. Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana and parts of Illinois. KB, you know Louisville to Cleveland is a freaking hot bed right now. Of course keep the that European tour and when the iron is not maybe drop in a West coast spot.

Just a few thoughts. I don't want to ramble. I think you guys could make the topic pop.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Side note: NorCal and I are doing the podcast tonight and need some questions to discuss. Send in anything you'd like to hear us debate/talk about.

Rollins face turn, for one. Also how you'd like to see the story go.

Also, something I've been thinking about recently, is goofy acting characters propensity for getting very over recently. I'm thinking Damien Mizdow, The New Day and, more recently, Chris Jericho. Before he started acting childishly goofy with his "list" he was pretty irrelevant. I'd say it's not because of his KO pairing, because he didn't start it until weeks after they got together and I recall most people being pretty meh about it at first.
These characters I'm referring to, and I'm sure there's more examples, aren't really funny, per se. They're just acting so goofy/stupid that people are liking it.
Just wondering how you guys feel about that trend these past few years. Maybe I'm missing it from the past and that's pretty normal.

Edit: DB was pretty over as a single heel, but you can't argue Hell No did great things for his career. They weren't exactly mature.

 

[Da Prophet]

Are you super excited for Goldberg/Lesnar II? You know, since the first time we saw it with younger versions of the guys, on a bigger stage, when both were still actively wrestling was so fantastic. Now you get to see it twelve years later with them being older, Lesnar doing the same move over and over again with no real wrestling anymore and Goldberg who I assume will still struggle to wrestle over 10 minutes.

 

[klunderbunker]

It would be cool to hear the two of share your opinions on how Corgan should redirect TNA during the rebranding process. I realized it would be a vague assumption b/c little is known about financials going forward but it would make interesting conversation.

Personally I'd like see them scale things back a bit and build a new foundation on the basics of the business.

- Interesting in match and long run stories with traditional payoffs.

- Develop unique characters. Right now I feel like 80% to 85% are the same basic.

- Get back on the road running fillable venues. Possible focus on running the Midwest as a home base. Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana and parts of Illinois. KB, you know Louisville to Cleveland is a freaking hot bed right now. Of course keep the that European tour and when the iron is not maybe drop in a West coast spot.

Just a few thoughts. I don't want to ramble. I think you guys could make the topic pop.

I'd advise you to listen to this week's show.

Rollins face turn, for one. Also how you'd like to see the story go.

Just have him get away from Trips and Stephanie to start. Either do the HHH vs. Rollins match already or drop it because no one wants to see this dragged out until the Rumble or Wrestlemania or whatever. Just have Rollins apologize and say he's a changed man or save someone from a beatdown etc. He needs to show remorse and STOP WHINING LIKE A HEEL WHINES.

Also, something I've been thinking about recently, is goofy acting characters propensity for getting very over recently. I'm thinking Damien Mizdow, The New Day and, more recently, Chris Jericho. Before he started acting childishly goofy with his "list" he was pretty irrelevant. I'd say it's not because of his KO pairing, because he didn't start it until weeks after they got together and I recall most people being pretty meh about it at first.
These characters I'm referring to, and I'm sure there's more examples, aren't really funny, per se. They're just acting so goofy/stupid that people are liking it.
Just wondering how you guys feel about that trend these past few years. Maybe I'm missing it from the past and that's pretty normal.

Edit: DB was pretty over as a single heel, but you can't argue Hell No did great things for his career. They weren't exactly mature.

You mean wrestling fans like larger than life characters and not ones built in reality and shades of gray like King Russo preaches?

Are you super excited for Goldberg/Lesnar II? You know, since the first time we saw it with younger versions of the guys, on a bigger stage, when both were still actively wrestling was so fantastic. Now you get to see it twelve years later with them being older, Lesnar doing the same move over and over again with no real wrestling anymore and Goldberg who I assume will still struggle to wrestle over 10 minutes.

I haven't been excited with anything Lesnar has done in a long time so not really.

 

[Spidey Revivey]

Every year we hear how Hell in a Cell shortens careers. Is there any real proof of that, or is that just some overused tagline?

 

[klunderbunker]

Really just Foley. Allegedly Shawn but that's just WWE talk.

 

[Richard Blonoff]

So DB announced that Styles will defend his title next week against Ellsworth. I loved what they did this week, hell I love every appearance Ellsworth has made, but is giving him a title match taking it too far?

I feel like the less is more approach with him is what makes him so great when he shows up.

 

[klunderbunker]

Basically he's Blue Pants, meaning he loses here and can come back later for an amusing moment. That's fine all around as it's a joke angle and nothing more.