The problem is that the devalued the World title in the process. Seriously who has Rollins beaten clean on TV since he's been champion?
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The problem is that the devalued the World title in the process. Seriously who has Rollins beaten clean on TV since he's been champion?
Other than last night that has nothing to do with Cena.
There is a way of establishing a chicken heel shit the right but looks like they've taken it too far with Cena.
During the undertaker interference at battleground the ramifications on the championship match wasn't even mentioned.
Yeah I actually respect Cena now overall. I just wish he would had drop the titile to Owens then feud over the summer them maybe gotten it back around October maybe.
What really irritating is that they can't write a strong heel champion. Rollins doesn't have to be a ass kicker take on all challengers but more of a heel with always a plan to come out on top without the need of the authority.
I agree that it wasn't Cena's fault. But I was pointing out that whatever belt Cena has becomes the #1 title in the company. They had done nothing with Rollins while Cena was defending the US Title left and right.
Yeah I actually respect Cena now overall. I just wish he would had drop the title to Owens then feud over the summer them maybe gotten it back around October maybe.
I have always felt that there should always be a best of seven series for the U.S. title when the summer hits. Take it back to the NWA days.
Cena the same guy who thought that it would be good to beat the final 2 guys of the Nexus single handedly at the end of the Summer Slam match between Nexus and WWE. The same guy who single handedly derailed the momentum of Rusev this year and The Wyatt Family last year right after they had beaten The Shield. He loves the business but he is an albatross at times.
as mentioned earlier cena is the face of the company but i think its unfair to lay every poor decision involving him at his feet. It begins and ends with Vince.
look at all the storylines you mentioned post Cena they have been directionless or in shitty angles. is that cena's fault as well? It made sense for Rusev to eventually lose to Cena but is it his fault that the E turned a monster heel into a jealous boyfriend? What has Wade Barrett and the rest of Nexus brethen been post Cena? Did Cena do some much damage that their careers still havent suffered? Is it Cena's fault that Wade is now in a shitty angle R-Truth when he was over as Bad News?
i think Cena has become synommous with the WWE and any issues we have with the E, the lack of push of other talents and staleness of the product gets blamed on Cena.
Cant believe I'm defending Cena but i cant compare Cena to the HHHs, Shawn Michaels and others who politic to get what they want and keep others down.
I was simply citing my issues with Cena in regards to your comment. That win would have kept the Nexus strong and quite frankly Barrett should have gotten a title run out of that angle. With that said you're right the main issues with the company aren't to be put at the feet of Cena such as how secondary champions get jobbed out constantly, how the MITB winner tends to get the same treatment as well and the company's overall inability to get behind somebody and push them to keep them strong outside of Roman Reigns. Those things are at Vince's feet since he signs off on everything.
I was surprised they DIDN'T put the IC title on him, because it's the only belt he's never had in the WWE.
Apparently she has gotten engaged to former WWE wrestler Ricky Ortiz.
On a hot summer evening in New York City on August 16, 2006, the WWE Universe chose and then promptly welcomed Layla El as its newest Diva. In the heart of Times Square, the winner of the 2006 WWE Diva Search celebrated what would be the first of countless successes over the course of her nine-year career in sports-entertainment. Today, after almost a decade of dazzling WWE fans in every pocket of the globe, the former Divas and Women's Champion announces her retirement from WWE.
In an exclusive, candid interview with WWE.com, Layla discusses her departure, dancing, the Divas of tomorrow and more in a farewell message to the WWE Universe.
WWE.COM: Your decision to retire from WWE has to be the most difficult decision of your career. What makes walking away from the squared circle such a challenge?
LAYLA: I feel like deciding to retire from the ring has been a hard decision to make because I’m passionate and I love performing. I’ve known everybody in that company now for nine years. They’re family. I spend more time with crew and Superstars and Divas on the roster than I did with anybody else. It becomes part of your life. And not only that, it’s hard walking away from the fans. Part of me feels a little bit guilty for walking away because [WWE fans] are 100 percent loyal and have supported me since 2006. I wouldn’t even have this job if the fans didn’t vote in the Diva Search. I was able to win that competition because of them and I was blessed. But sometimes you just need to step out and take a risk and move onto the next phase in life.
WWE.COM: What are the key factors and thoughts of yours that led to this life-changing decision?
LAYLA: I’ve been traveling the world for nine years now and sometimes it’s just time to start the next chapter of your life. Traveling on the road was fun, but the older you get, it takes more time for recovery. I just got tired of the travel part.
WWE.COM: You mentioned the 2006 WWE Diva Search. I actually interviewed you the night you won. What is different about the Layla from that night and the Layla of 2015?
LAYLA: [gasp] SHUT UP! Why do I remember that?! You were my first interview and now you’re like my last. Wow, that is awesome. Can we note that?
WWE.COM: Yeah, I think we can. It’s kind of wild.
LAYLA: Yeah, that would be awesome. Anyway, so in 2006, I was very spunky and I had just finished dancing for the Heat and artists like Kanye and P. Diddy. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into of course — that innocent, gullible thing. And now, growing up with WWE, I feel like a grown woman, a mature woman. This Layla, I feel, is accomplished and has had a lot more world experiences than I could have dreamed of. I’ve traveled everywhere in the world. I’ve been to Iraq during the war and there’ve been so many things I’ve been able to do — participated in charity events, performed live. I feel like I’m wiser, more experienced and I know what I want now.
I am proud that I did make it in the ring and I can truly walk away saying, “I’m a good wrestler.” I did really well and I was able to break through the negative and definitely prove people wrong.
Layla wins the 2006 WWE Diva SearchWWE.COM: What’s next for Layla? What are your goals and where will you go from here?
LAYLA: What’s next for Layla? To be perfectly honest, the first two weeks, I’m doing absolutelynothing. [laughs] No, I have stuff that I would like to do. I would maybe like to do some TV stuff, whether it’s in the States or in the U.K. I’ve talked a little bit about maybe going back into my dance background. I’m going to start choreographing and might even go back to the Heat to start choreographing with them.
And then, of course, I’m engaged now to my fiancé Richard. We’re going to get married and then later on, in a few years, I want to have some kids and start my family life.
WWE.COM: That sounds like an excellent plan. Looking at the Divas Division you are leaving behind, what are your hopes for WWE’s Divas in the immediate future and beyond?
LAYLA: I think I went through three or four different eras of the Divas and there’s always been change. And I feel like this most recent change [#GiveDivasAChance] is awesome, because women are making a stand and demanding this opportunity. With the Divas Revolution and these Divas that are coming up, I really do believe this is a great moment for a girl to be a Diva. Their matches are longer and more competitive, plus I don’t remember there ever being two [Divas] matches in one show. Everything has changed, and with more change comes more growth. I hope these girls can take it to another level and then, after that, the girls that are following them can take that to another level. With change grows more change so I’ll be happy to watch in support. I hope they kill it.
WWE.COM: What’s your parting message to the WWE Universe and something you want them to know?
LAYLA: I’d like to tell WWE Universe “Thank you” for always being loyal to me. They’ve seen me through my good times and in my bad times. In one of the first interviews when I won the Diva Search, I said to the fans, “I won’t let you down,” and I truly feel like I can walk away saying I have attained anything that any Diva was able to attain.
I was in the first-ever Divas Tables Match [at WWE TLC 2010]. I was the first Diva Search winner to win both championships — the Women’s Title and the Divas Title. I was able to be in LayCool, which was the highlight of my career. I am just blessed in every way. I feel like I have done everything that I would possibly have done with WWE, so I’m walking away a very happy camper and I hope everyone else is happy with my decision, too.
Thanks to WWE for giving me this amazing opportunity that has been nine years of seeing amazing things and meeting amazing people. I feel very accomplished. I’m walking away with a very happy glow in my heart. This isn’t a sad thing. It’s a positive thing. I’m moving on to the next part of my life.
Special thank you to Michelle McCool because with her, I had the best two-and-a-half years of my career. We’re still really good friends and I was privileged to work with and learn from her.
Kelly Kelly and I worked together from the get-go. I’d love to say to her “Thank you so much!” We had so much fun and became true friends. Together, Kelly Kelly and I learned how to wrestle. We became very good friends and we had so much fun together.
I’d like to thank Fit Finlay because he gives the Divas 125 percent. He basically gave me my opportunity; he started training me and taught me. He became a father figure to me, which I never had in my life. He took me under his wing and I’m forever grateful for that.
I also want to thank WWE’s executive offices, WWE’s talent relations group, the travel department, WWE producers and writers, make-up artists and seamstresses, and every other Superstar and Diva.
WWE wishes Layla the best in all her future endeavors. WWE Universe, comment below or send your well wishes to Layla via Twitter at @mslayel.
Lord knows I love me some Layla
Even more racial comments from Hulk Hogan has surface but this time around the comments were made during a conversation Hogan had with his Son Nick while Nick was serving an 8 month sentence in jail.
Here is the transcript between the two, courtesy of Bay News 9:
Hulk: "You and me been sitting on some serious phone, phone dialogue here n---a."
Nick: "Yeah, nibb-ah."
Hulk: "N---a, n---a, that means, that means you (are) my best friend."
Hulk: "You know that God gave you this vibe and this, this, energy that you and I are going to live forever, bro. I just hope we don't come back as a couple, I don't want to say it, blizz-ack gizz-uys, you know what I'm saying?"
Nick: "Brutal" [Nick and Hulk laugh]
Nick: "It's down in St. Pete and it's mixed-race and we get along with everybody, so that's fine."
Hulk: "Your mom went there and said it was mainly blizz, you know what I'm sizz-aying?"
Nick: "Mm-hm."
Hulk: "And that some of the ladies there that, you know, run the school are nice blizz lizz-adies, you know?"
Nick: "Mm-hm.... I would go down there, I would make friends with all those kids down there. I guarantee it. Because you know how all the blizz pizz love us."
http://nodq.com/wwe/440215306.shtml
Here is the transcript between the two, courtesy of Bay News 9:
Hulk: "You and me been sitting on some serious phone, phone dialogue here n---a."
Nick: "Yeah, nibb-ah."
Hulk: "N---a, n---a, that means, that means you (are) my best friend."
Hulk: "You know that God gave you this vibe and this, this, energy that you and I are going to live forever, bro. I just hope we don't come back as a couple, I don't want to say it, blizz-ack gizz-uys, you know what I'm saying?"
Nick: "Brutal" [Nick and Hulk laugh]
Nick: "It's down in St. Pete and it's mixed-race and we get along with everybody, so that's fine."
Hulk: "Your mom went there and said it was mainly blizz, you know what I'm sizz-aying?"
Nick: "Mm-hm."
Hulk: "And that some of the ladies there that, you know, run the school are nice blizz lizz-adies, you know?"
Nick: "Mm-hm.... I would go down there, I would make friends with all those kids down there. I guarantee it. Because you know how all the blizz pizz love us."
http://nodq.com/wwe/440215306.shtml
I think MVP said it best
And these comment are just the ones that went public. Just think about what Hulk has probably said behind closed doors. Comments that will never see the light of day.
And these comment are just the ones that went public. Just think about what Hulk has probably said behind closed doors. Comments that will never see the light of day.
I wouldn't put it past any of the white guys who have ever been in the business, or any white guy period, to have a racial dialogue like that around other white people.
I was never a Hogan guy anyway, but I was a fan of Flair, and I remember he got outed by Teddy Long about the racial shit not too long ago.
I was never a Hogan guy anyway, but I was a fan of Flair, and I remember he got outed by Teddy Long about the racial shit not too long ago.
'ROWDY' RODDY PIPER DIES AT 61
Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61... TMZ Sports has learned.
Piper -- born Roderick George Toombs -- passed away from natural causes at a home in Hollywood.
Piper was a wrestling icon -- one of the biggest stars in the WWE back in the '80s, and even wrestled in "Wrestlemania I" back in 1985 ... squaring off against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T.
Piper had been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2006, but last November he said he was cancer free.
Roddy was admitted into the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2005 and was one of the top 50 villains in the history of the WWE .
Roddy is survived by his wife Kitty and their 4 kids -- including 3 daughters and son Colton who's pursuing a career in professional wrestling.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/roddy-piper-dead-dies-wwe-wrestler-cancer/#ixzz3hVg01d7B
Didn't see that one coming. Damn man.
Wrestling Observer Radio Breaking Audio on the death of Rowdy Roddy Piper
http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/cGaussOo/file.html
http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/cGaussOo/file.html
WWE 2K16 New Screen Shots, Videos & Details
Below are a few more WWE 2K16 details:
MyCareer is back, and this time it goes a lot further, all the way to you gaining admission to the WWE Hall of Fame.
Create a Diva, Create a Show, Create an Arena, and Create a Championship are back in!
WWE Universe: Wrestlers can now be booked to multiple shows
Online has been "overhauled."
Three-man commentary team, with John "Bradshaw" Layfield joining King and Cole.
Ladder, handicap, and tornado tag match types added back in.
No loading screens between entrances, and you can assault opponents during their entrance!
Improved ref and manager AI.
Limited amount of reversals from the beginning of a strike or grapple.
New mid grapple maneuver counters.
Finn Bálor's Ring Entrance
Seth Rollins' Full Ring Entrance
First Gameplay
Below are a few more WWE 2K16 details:
MyCareer is back, and this time it goes a lot further, all the way to you gaining admission to the WWE Hall of Fame.
Create a Diva, Create a Show, Create an Arena, and Create a Championship are back in!
WWE Universe: Wrestlers can now be booked to multiple shows
Online has been "overhauled."
Three-man commentary team, with John "Bradshaw" Layfield joining King and Cole.
Ladder, handicap, and tornado tag match types added back in.
No loading screens between entrances, and you can assault opponents during their entrance!
Improved ref and manager AI.
Limited amount of reversals from the beginning of a strike or grapple.
New mid grapple maneuver counters.
Finn Bálor's Ring Entrance
Seth Rollins' Full Ring Entrance
First Gameplay
I'm attacking John Cena during every entrance. He will know no peace.
Chyna's manager Anthony Anzaldo posted the following footage on Chyna's YouTube channel of himself calling WWE Headquarters on Chyna's behalf. The person manning the phones was instructed that she's not allowed to take any phone calls regarding the former WWE talent.
Looks like 2K got a lot more work to do, IMO.
How so? I don't think the gameplay style is ever going to change. I'm sure you can turn stamina off along with the limited reversals. The models look good except for Rollins who looks exactly the same as last year's model.
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The movements don't look smooth.
Graphically, the game as a whole really doesn't look much different from the WWE '13.
And they took so much out of the game last year, that it seems like they're only going to trickle some of that stuff back in year by year.
