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Honestly, I feel full on matches are past him, he should be used as an Austin, he comes, squashes the joker and leaves. As for the match at SS, the legitimate reason was he was injured before WWE re-signed him, he made that clear. I and many others assumed it wasn't too bad because they quickly booked him in for SS, after seeing what unfolded that assumption was wrong. So the new assumption is they booked him with the injury and the squash match was the idea from the offset.

I don't want the trilogy though, Brock vs Goldberg III at WM, please no. Goldberg vs Undertaker, nope. Have him jackhammer the Big Show or Shaq and go home or take out a joker mid silly promo. Brock came back after a lengthy period and has never really caught up with his original moveset. I see the same for Goldberg. Imagine a 30 minute match consisting of the odd German Suplex, a spear or two, a jackhammer and some fisticuffs.

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I didn't know about the injury to be honest, that would make sense. But even if he was fully fit, an average-at-best wrestler who hadn't been in the ring for 12 years....not even Regal would have managed to get a half-decent match out of him.

If there is a 3rd match (and given the build-up and hype, if there isn't then they'll need to conclude their storyline with something pretty special) then Lesnar has to go over. Yes he's enough of a super-draw so that no loss to anyone will hurt him but ending up with a nil-3 record against an extremely part-time wrestler when Lesnar himself has wasted so many other guys AND ended Taker's streak too....even by WWE's standards that would be spectacularly cock-eyed.

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Just Been Announced: Lucha Underground is Coming to Netflix Worldwide.

Info From wrestlingnewssource.com

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CM Punk set to be given another UFC opportunity. They're having a laugh. Brave and Stupid are separate things and if he was the former the first time round then he'll be the latter the second time.

I'm surprised he didn't just eat his words, cut his losses and return to WWE who'd have still welcomed him despite the lawsuit. At this point his leverage to do such a deal diminishes with his failing MMA career. This guy should be nowhere near an Octagon. Rants about WWE and injuries, works for a company that obviously doesn't require you to be sane apparently.

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Matt and Jeff leave TNA, should WWE even risk touching them?

Kurt Angle rumored to replace Foley as Raw GM after WM. Obviously Angle is scheduled for WM but is also booked for Raw the following night and Smackdown on the Tuesday. Shame really if it's a non physical role, one of the greatest talents to ever perform in WWF/WWE

Finally, this Goldberg situation is an absolute mess, he squashes Kevin Owens without a doubt, he has to now. That's the hole they dug themselves into. What's worse if he then becomes a title holder, to then drop said title at WM to another part time worker whom then also has to drop it just as quick. :confused:

Whoever wrote this is insane. Should never have been Goldberg vs Lesnar at WM, it would literally make more sense if true that Lesnar is also done after WM to have Goldberg retain and merely vacate it, rather than drop two title reigns back to back. Or at the very least, persuade Bill to sign another short contract to give his ridiculous momentum to someone deserving of it. Having him drop to Lesnar is an absolute waste.

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Apparently TNA own the 'Broken' gimmick. Matt and Jeff are still pretty hot at the moment so I could understand WWE bringing them in to capitalise on that but I'm certain they wouldn't let them use any sort of gimmick connected to TNA. If they do offer a contract I think they'd be used similar to the Dudleys from a year or two ago. The odd decent win here and there in the gimmick they were known for back in the day but mainly to put over new talent.

Not sure about Angle as GM. I like the idea but seeing as he can probably still have a decent match or two I doubt he'd be happy in a non-competing role and I'm not sure WWE would be willing to risk his health in the ring.

Agreed re: Goldberg. I reckon he'll get the title from Owens due to Jericho interfering but then drop the belt at WM to Lesnar. I just can't envisage him having any match longer than 5 minutes right now and I can't stand title-changes in short or squash matches.

Having Goldberg back is great for sentimentality but when you take someone who was never known for having great matches 20 years ago in his prime, and put him on PPVs when he's already botched some spots the few times he's been on TV recently.....worrying. I'm sure Owens can put him over and make him look good but even that might not be enough.

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Are WWE serious with the whole, UFC/Boxing style punditry set up they've got going on? :erm:

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Here is official List of WWE Hall of Famers that are being Inducted 2 days before Wrestlemania this year so far:

Kurt Angle
The Rock N Roll Express
Teddy Long
Diamond Dallas Page
Beth Pheonix
Ravershing Rick Rude (Only Just Been Confirmed Today)

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In order:

It sucks. It damn well sucks
Don't know enough to form an opinion
Meh, average ref, average manager, average GM, rubbish actor
One of the stars of the Invasion story in 2001
About time the Glamazon was inducted, one of the most dominant Divas EVER
I'm pleased, always liked him.

For next year, can we PLEASE have Paul Heyman inducted?

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Here's hoping it's true he sticks around, as above though I'd love to see him performing, one of the greatest sheer wrestlers to ever enter a WWE ring. A wrestling machine.

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I would like to see The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith get inducted into The WWE Hall of Fame. I know there is a petition going on Change.org which has been backed by the Likes of Rob Van Dam and Many other Wrestlers. Also it would good if Chyna was inducted into The WWE Hall of Fame if Sunny in it then chyna should be in it to.

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Kurt Angle might be The New General Manager of Monday Night Raw when Mick Foley is Taking some time off after Wrestlemania.

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HHH had already said it's unlikely Chyna will ever be inducted due to her porn past.

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Usually I'd take that and say yeah that's agreeable but it's not agreeable from the point someone like Mike Tyson becomes a Hall of Famer. Being a convicted rapist just one of his many issues.

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The Wrestlemania ramp is just absurd. :erm:

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We broke spoiler rule last year for WM and given the occasion I think it's reasonable to do it again for a specific character.

The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) has seemingly retired after losing to Roman Reigns. As already known I rarely watch anymore but have seen the last three PPV's and this one. He deserved so much better than that, it was awful, purely awful, Reigns couldn't carry the guy through the match at all and it was riddled with botches all over the place. Let's not blame Reigns solely though, he never really wanted this match and nor did Undertaker whom knew he was taking a fall and retiring, he much preferred the idea of John Cena being his last opponent, continuing with legends retiring legends. That was agreed upon and then changed, hence the diabolical mixed tag mid card match Cena then found himself in to assure he was still on the card after dropping from the main event. After Cena vs Taker was scrapped they bumped Goldberg vs Lesnar up to the last spot, but caved in following negative reaction on him going over Owens.. again though, just plain awful booking from a guy that should've been squashing mid carders in a return run like every other part time legend. So they moved Reigns and Taker up to the last spot.

The event was actually fairly good up until the last three matches.

End note being, I'd love to get a reason behind that ridiculously absurd entrance ramp. All in all though, I feel WWE PPV sets have become so generic over recent years, far from the old awesome ones they used to put up. This was a return to those days, the actual set was outstanding. The ring upon a ring, the roller coaster and that ludicrous ramp, they really nailed it.