The OS WWE 'Dirt' Thread

[CaptainZombie]

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Rumor has it that Undertaker has hand picked Wade Barrett to be his opponent at Wrestlemania this year.

I hear that too.......I say NNNNNNNNNoooooooooooooooooooo. I'd hate for Barrett to get the loss, unless Taker can make him look strong in the process. It would fit in perfect with the Nexus storyline when they attacked him during the buried alive match. Let's see if Taker will be healthy enough to go.

Another rumor is that VKM wanted to go with Unifying the World Titles at Mania. The only problem is that they do not have champs with the credibility to carry a big Mania ME like this and the Royal Rumble and EC winner's getting titles shots, unless they find a way to work around those.

[DJ]

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I hear that too.......I say NNNNNNNNNoooooooooooooooooooo. I'd hate for Barrett to get the loss, unless Taker can make him look strong in the process. It would fit in perfect with the Nexus storyline when they attacked him during the buried alive match. Let's see if Taker will be healthy enough to go.

Another rumor is that VKM wanted to go with Unifying the World Titles at Mania. The only problem is that they do not have champs with the credibility to carry a big Mania ME like this and the Royal Rumble and EC winner's getting titles shots, unless they find a way to work around those.

Well, I think it is a real good idea. It's not like Barrett will turn into a scrub if he loses that match. Plus, like you said, it would help explain why Nexus got involved in the Buried Alive match ... playing into CM Punk's statement about how Nexus would be taking over the entire WWE, not just RAW.

I'm still of the mindset that Barrett and co. moving to Smackdown is part of a larger plan by Punk and Nexus.

I also really, really like the idea of unifying the belts. Edge vs. Randy Orton wouldn't be a bad fit for that type of match.

[goh]

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It's probably 'Takers last. It's my understanding he can barely make it to this one. As previously discussed Barrett is the perfect guy to end the streak. Hopefully clean and not with help.

[DonkeyJote]

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For unifying the titles, if they were to go ahead with that, I assume they'd do it like they did several years ago. Have a WWE title match and World Heavyweight Title match (with Royal Rumble winner getting one of the shots), and the winners face each other for the Unified WWE World Championship, or whatever they'd call it. I think Miz, Cena, CM Punk, and Edge would be 4 great competitors for that (and Edge is the only one I couldn't see legitimately winning the main event).

[Millennium]

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It's probably 'Takers last. It's my understanding he can barely make it to this one. As previously discussed Barrett is the perfect guy to end the streak. Hopefully clean and not with help.

I'll tell you this: If Taker's streak ends it will NOT be a rub. 20-0 at Wrestlemania is more prestigious than 19-1 and someone getting a rub. That is the way it is viewed backstage, as well.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I'll tell you this: If Taker's streak ends it will NOT be a rub. 20-0 at Wrestlemania is more prestigious than 19-1 and someone getting a rub. That is the way it is viewed backstage, as well.

Agreed, if Barrett is the guy for this Wrestlemania, he's going to lose. But still gets a rub by just being the guy this year and if he has a strong showing.

As we all should know, you can win by losing in wrestling

[DJ]

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Agreed, if Barrett is the guy for this Wrestlemania, he's going to lose. But still gets a rub by just being the guy this year and if he has a strong showing.

As we all should know, you can win by losing in wrestling

Very true. If Taker could work a 15-minute WM match with Mark Henry and make him look OK, I'm sure that Barrett will be just fine, even if he does likely lose the match.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Apparently Vince is interested in buying Newcastle United. You'd think his other non-wrestling ventures would've deterred him from this.

[jb12780]

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Apparently Vince is interested in buying Newcastle United. You'd think his other non-wrestling ventures would've deterred him from this.

This would not fly one bit. Newcastle supporters are nutjobs.

[Maccy46]

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This would not fly one bit. Newcastle supporters are nutjobs.

Not all of us are

[Eton Rifles]

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Steel cage match at halftime!!!. I can just see it now.

[jvalverde88]

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http://pwinsider.com/article/54812/reports-claim-huge-international-signing-for-wwe.html?p=1

If this report is true:

[55]

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http://pwinsider.com/article/54812/r...r-wwe.html?p=1

If this report is true:

Dude, that would be amazing if true.

[rangerrick012]

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This is from a few days ago, a former member of the creative team started a blog which is now down, but some interesting insights.

Former WWE creative team member John Piermarini has started his blog (http://wrestlingrecall.blogspot.com/) in which he has released a ton of scoops regarding things that occured in the company during the two years he was employed. The blog has since been pulled (the Website does say it will be back soon) but we have managed to retain some of the things Piermarini said. Below are some notes:

* The storyline between Daniel Bryan and The Bella Twins was actually first pitched by The Bella’s. WWE has planned to run with a similar storyline for Evan Bourne before he was injured.

* There was talk that Drew McIntyre would be the man to take out the Undertaker before it was changed to Nexus.

* On the Undertaker, the plan right now is for him to wrestle Wade Barrett at WrestleMania 27, but of course this could change.

“As much as it seems Christian turns into the fan favorite choice to win Money in the Bank Match each year it’s not going to happen. Christian is seen as a good hand that can help some of the younger talent and does not have a lot of support from higher ups to be a Main Event guy. Edge vs. Christian as a Main Event program has been pitched to death and rejected every time.”

“Before Christian was injured a story was being developed to turn Christian heel and work a program with Matt Hardy. The seeds were being dropped on Smackdown at the time Christian was injured.”

“Walking into the arena that day Drew McIntyre was set to win the Money in the Bank briefcase. But Drew wasn’t the Superstar who was originally set to win. That was Kane, but was changed later after Kevin Dunn agreed with my philosophy that it would benefit a younger guy to carry that briefcase for a while. So it was set one week before the Pay-Per-View, Drew was to win Money in the Bank. While in the production meeting hours before the show a case was made to have Kane win the briefcase and cash in that night. The thought process? Sheamus was retaining the WWE Title; Miz was winning the RAW Money in the Bank (more on this later) and certain people felt like the average fan would have the feeling too many heels won. Keep in mind Kane would turn heel by defeating one of the most popular WWE Superstars in WWE by cashing in. None to less, the feeling was that this was the first ever Money in the Bank PPV and something needed to happen to brand this PPV as ‘anything can happen.’ I gave the argument that the current storyline had Kane wanting to capture the holy grail for his brother and by doing so tonight took away any future story you had with Kane trying to take it off a someone who may have ‘took out’ Undertaker. I added Kane should challenge Mysterio at Summerslam and go over there.”

Piermarini also mentions that Randy Orton was originally scheduled to win the RAW Money in the Bank before WWE settled on The Miz.

“Vince’s philosophy on Daniel Bryan is he isn’t an *** kicker but he can beat you because he can capitalize on your mistakes. In this instance, it works. On the other hand Vince thinks John Morrison can’t kick anyone’s *** in a real fight therefore he can’t be a top babyface. Morrison has the chance to take the ball and run with it, but he is running uphill.”

* Vince McMahon feels that powerhouse Skip Sheffield could become a top babyface behind John Cena.

* Michelle McCool’s real-life relationship with The Undertaker was in no way the reason behind her push with Lay-Cool.

* There were plans to turn Christian heel before his pectoral injury. The idea was that he would feud with the now departed Matt Hardy.

* On the Uso’s WWE introduction and promo, Vince McMahon didn’t understand the hip hop culture and the appeal of the tag-team. The original idea for the Uso’s was to present them as the opposite of what you would expect from a Samoan superstar – intelligent, educated and wearing boots while competing.

http://www.wrestling-edge.com/?s=john+piermarini

[CaptainZombie]

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This is from a few days ago, a former member of the creative team started a blog which is now down, but some interesting insights.



http://www.wrestling-edge.com/?s=john+piermarini

You can download his interview with Wade Keller at PWTorch if you are a member. The first 2 parts of the interview are up and very interesting stuff.