Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 434: Indefinite Suspension (of Disbelief)

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So from Mania is he wrestling every week too?
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Meltzer confirmed that AJ had an injury but he's on for Mania still. Likely won't wrestle before then.
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eaedwards6400 posted...

So from Mania is he wrestling every week too?

I don't think he should, to be honest. He shouldn't be working a Lesnar type schedule but it'd be stupid to have him work on a nightly basis, house shows, etc.

I hope it's basically just the big four, maybe a PPV or two in-between, and a few Smackdown Live/RAWs
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A couple places have said that the plan is to work 60 nights a year, which is a light schedule.
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^Shit, that's still a bit much out of uncertainty. You'd probably burn through every match combo if done a match a week.

give him 15-20 matches a year (so 1-2 a month), and I doubt he'd complain. Every match would feel special, and he would also avoid wearing himself down. No house shows, fuck no.
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He's gonna do some house shows. Think MSG and Dubai level stuff. 60 nights a year probably means about 5 major feuds at max in a year.
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Those I can buy. HHH and Lesnar (and soon Rousey) do those.
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2019

Royal Rumble

place yer bets
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^ Balor for some reason. Don't know why. Don't ask wy. The quest to get back what he never lost ala Seth but taking way longer.
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Balor seems more of an quick MITB fix than a Royal Rumble. They actually seem to care about pushing him again. That may not be the case in a year.
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I'm not gonna lie I never thought that this day was going to come. I thought that Bryans contract would eventually expire and he would return to the Indies or go to Japan and then eventually we would hear tragic news of an injury... happy to be wrong though!
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Dave says:

Bryan is cleared to wrestle however much he wants to

The difference maker was Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy which has not only healed his brain but restored his cognitive faculties to a higher level than they had been in WWE after so many concussions
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I really hope that there is a chance that since he is on smackdown they can run an intricate storyline where he is just a shell of himself due to all his time away and he has to do a redemtion storyline before he is really Daniel Bryan again. Him coming back like nothing ever happened wouldl be like...ok.

Like have him fight AJ and just get schooled completely and then have Mahal go over him before he says what the heck is going on and he has to rebuild himself
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Jakyl25 posted...

Dave says:

Bryan is cleared to wrestle however much he wants to

The difference maker was Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy which has not only healed his brain but restored his cognitive faculties to a higher level than they had been in WWE after so many concussions

I have been trying to get this scheduled for my parents because I have heard really good things about it, this just kind of further prooves that its really powerful healing technique
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ScareChan posted...

I really hope that there is a chance that since he is on smackdown they can run an intricate storyline where he is just a shell of himself due to all his time away and he has to do a redemtion storyline before he is really Daniel Bryan again. Him coming back like nothing ever happened wouldl be like...ok.

Like have him fight AJ and just get schooled completely and then have Mahal go over him before he says what the heck is going on and he has to rebuild himself

No.... just.... no. Horrible idea

In a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber, the air pressure is increased to three times higher than normal air pressure. Under these conditions, your lungs can gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at normal air pressure.

Your blood carries this oxygen throughout your body. This helps fight bacteria and stimulate the release of substances called growth factors and stem cells, which promote healing.

Hooray for hyperbolic time chambers
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Jakyl25 posted...

Dave says:

Bryan is cleared to wrestle however much he wants to

The difference maker was Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy which has not only healed his brain but restored his cognitive faculties to a higher level than they had been in WWE after so many concussions

If he's healed to that degree, we sure he can't do a full schedule? Sounds like the only drawback against him is age.
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FinalistCloud posted...

ScareChan posted...

I really hope that there is a chance that since he is on smackdown they can run an intricate storyline where he is just a shell of himself due to all his time away and he has to do a redemtion storyline before he is really Daniel Bryan again. Him coming back like nothing ever happened wouldl be like...ok.

Like have him fight AJ and just get schooled completely and then have Mahal go over him before he says what the heck is going on and he has to rebuild himself

No.... just.... no. Horrible idea

Well despite what this moron says, I like your idea Scare. I don't think that Bryan should suddenly be back and better than ever after being gone all this time. Especially with an injury.

Also, if we don't get Bryan vs the Miz at summerslam I'm going to be furious! Lol
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voltch posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

Dave says:

Bryan is cleared to wrestle however much he wants to

The difference maker was Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy which has not only healed his brain but restored his cognitive faculties to a higher level than they had been in WWE after so many concussions

If he's healed to that degree, we sure he can't do a full schedule? Sounds like the only drawback against him is age.

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Then I don't see why you can't have Bryan win next year's rumble and be the guy for a couple of years.

Man, if they bring Batista back for a final run and Bryan retires him for good...and that's just one of an endless set of possibilities.
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Maybe Bryan will win the Greatest Royal Rumble
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgj1VZpn2g-/?taken-by=mikethemiz
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voltch posted...

Then I don't see why you can't have Bryan win next year's rumble and be the guy for a couple of years.

I have two words for you. Roman Reigns.

There's no way anybody else will be "the guy" until Roman is either popped for drugs again, or old and entering the territory Cena is in now. While it'd be awesome, the mishandling of Braun has shown us that Vince doesn't care about what the fans want, he only cares about Roman being "the guy"
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eaedwards6400 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

ScareChan posted...

I really hope that there is a chance that since he is on smackdown they can run an intricate storyline where he is just a shell of himself due to all his time away and he has to do a redemtion storyline before he is really Daniel Bryan again. Him coming back like nothing ever happened wouldl be like...ok.

Like have him fight AJ and just get schooled completely and then have Mahal go over him before he says what the heck is going on and he has to rebuild himself

No.... just.... no. Horrible idea

Well despite what this moron says, I like your idea Scare. I don't think that Bryan should suddenly be back and better than ever after being gone all this time. Especially with an injury.

Also, if we don't get Bryan vs the Miz at summerslam I'm going to be furious! Lol

Bryan losing to Miz and then just going ape shit and then decapitating him with kicks would be an amazing moment
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If Bryan can wrestle as much as he wants, it spells the end of Reigns as a guy you NEED to be on top.

Fans will revolt if Bryan's big comeback streak is just to have Roman beat him.

Like the riots will actually happen, none of that fake ECW RVD/Cena shit.
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ScareChan posted...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgj1VZpn2g-/?taken-by=mikethemiz

Dear God this fued needs to happen
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ScareChan posted...

eaedwards6400 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

ScareChan posted...

I really hope that there is a chance that since he is on smackdown they can run an intricate storyline where he is just a shell of himself due to all his time away and he has to do a redemtion storyline before he is really Daniel Bryan again. Him coming back like nothing ever happened wouldl be like...ok.

Like have him fight AJ and just get schooled completely and then have Mahal go over him before he says what the heck is going on and he has to rebuild himself

No.... just.... no. Horrible idea

Well despite what this moron says, I like your idea Scare. I don't think that Bryan should suddenly be back and better than ever after being gone all this time. Especially with an injury.

Also, if we don't get Bryan vs the Miz at summerslam I'm going to be furious! Lol

Bryan losing to Miz and then just going ape shit and then decapitating him with kicks would be an amazing moment

I mean DB is a guy whose biggest boost in popularity came after losing a match in 17 seconds. If he loses a few matches first it really isn't going to hurt him at all but boost other guys on the roster. If you push him to the moon when he comes back you end having a problem where the only guys that make sense beating him is Roman, Cena, and maybe Styles?
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Dave said Bryan is looking to work about 60 times a year based on what he was telling people about his ideal post-WWE schedule

So thats like every PPV and almost every week of TV, but no house shows

Or not so much on TV but doing a few house show loops
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voltch posted...

If Bryan can wrestle as much as he wants, it spells the end of Reigns as a guy you NEED to be on top.

Fans will revolt if Bryan's big comeback streak is just to have Roman beat him.

Like the riots will actually happen, none of that fake ECW RVD/Cena shit.

Cars would get flipped and shit would get torched.
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You have to give him credit for persistence. For years they kept telling him no, he would never wrestle again, but he didnt take no for an answer.

Story of his career

I teared up a bit
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I think its hilarious that he doesnt even have a match booked yet and people are already booking him to lose <_<
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Jakyl25 posted...

I think its hilarious that he doesnt even have a match booked yet and people are already booking him to lose <_<

Well in my fantasy booking, he faces Miz

And some vanilla midget beating the most must see superstar in the WWE? C'mon now.
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If this miracle shit cured Bryan back to prime Danielson, then can it fix NFL and NHL players who are suffering from heavy concussion problems?

Sounds like they should use this for so many athletes.
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^ Miz isn't exactly the biggest man on the roster, either.
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Jakyl25 posted...

I think its hilarious that he doesnt even have a match booked yet and people are already booking him to lose <_<

If you want to give Mahal real heat it's a good way to do it!
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I just hope he doesn't try to steal the Miz Kicks again
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voltch posted...

If this miracle shit cured Bryan back to prime Danielson, then can it fix NFL and NHL players who are suffering from heavy concussion problems?

Sounds like they should use this for so many athletes.

That would cost money! The NFL doesnt have any money! <_<
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But yeah Dave said the same.

If he goes a year or so without any issues then absolutely this treatment should be a regular part of all concussion therapy

But for now hes just the guinea pig, like after Angle had that new neck surgery in 03 that kinda worked but didnt solve the issue
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If this shit works, then Sidney Crosby will be making ExTha happy for another decade.

I'm guessing if Bryan ever gets reckless, he can just go through the procedure again as many times as needed.
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voltch posted...

I'm guessing if Bryan ever gets reckless, he can just go through the procedure again as many times as needed.

This is absolutely the mindset he should not have

He needs to cut stuff like the headbutts completely
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Its not a one-time thing

Its ongoing treatment over time
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StealThisSheen posted...

I just hope he doesn't try to steal the Miz Kicks again

"They're the IT kicks Michael Daniel Bryan stole them from the Miz!"
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StealThisSheen posted...

voltch posted...

I'm guessing if Bryan ever gets reckless, he can just go through the procedure again as many times as needed.

This is absolutely the mindset he should not have

He needs to cut stuff like the headbutts completely

I'd say this for literally every wrestler. I don't think I've seen any WWE guys do any move that I'd consider risky head wise since I started watching again, which is good.
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ScareChan posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

I think its hilarious that he doesnt even have a match booked yet and people are already booking him to lose <_<

If you want to give Mahal real heat it's a good way to do it!

You wouldn't be giving him "real" heat because the concept of "real" heat barely exists anymore. A good heel eventually gets cheered because they're doing a good job and fans respect that nowadays. The only heels anymore are X-Pac heat heels, and Mahal was kind of already doing that and it's what led to a decline in Smackdown attendance.
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Raw ratings

Raw had another big number last night with 3.31 million viewers, down slightly from last week's 3.35 million, but aside from last week, it was better than all but a few episodes since the fall of 2016.

The big question regarded the Ultimate Deletion segment in the third hour. The show dropped 11 percent from hour two to hour three, which is a big number, but hour three still topped three million viewers, which has only happened a handful of times in recent months. Given how last week's show did, it did not hold the viewers as well as last week did, but you can't call it a notable ratings success or failure.

Raw was once again the highest rated show on cable, beating Rachel Maddow at 3.17 million and Hannity at 3.11 million. Ratings right now are ultra-important because this is when they are negotiating a new deal, so the idea of a hot product is worth tens of millions of dollars annually in negotiations.

The second hour being the most-watched hour once again is due to the changing patterns during Daylight Savings time.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.43 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.47 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.08 million viewers

Ultimate Deletion was neither a ratings success nor failure
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Nakamura wins the title at mania, AJ is owed his rematch but Daniel Bryan can say he deserves a shot since he never lost his WWE Championship. Triple threat main event at Backlash.

unfortunately I think after Mania it's going to be shane and dbd in a crash course with each other. They knew this was probably coming so they've been planting the seeds of the past few weeks/ months
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Jakyl25 posted...

Raw ratings

Raw had another big number last night with 3.31 million viewers, down slightly from last week's 3.35 million, but aside from last week, it was better than all but a few episodes since the fall of 2016.

The big question regarded the Ultimate Deletion segment in the third hour. The show dropped 11 percent from hour two to hour three, which is a big number, but hour three still topped three million viewers, which has only happened a handful of times in recent months. Given how last week's show did, it did not hold the viewers as well as last week did, but you can't call it a notable ratings success or failure.

Raw was once again the highest rated show on cable, beating Rachel Maddow at 3.17 million and Hannity at 3.11 million. Ratings right now are ultra-important because this is when they are negotiating a new deal, so the idea of a hot product is worth tens of millions of dollars annually in negotiations.

The second hour being the most-watched hour once again is due to the changing patterns during Daylight Savings time.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.43 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.47 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.08 million viewers

Ultimate Deletion was neither a ratings success nor failure

I thought UD would have been last night's Unique Selling Point as a reward for sitting through a generic by-the-numbers RAW where nothing else really notable happened.
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I would call UD a minor success if it got then over 3 in that third hour.
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RAW always drops in the third hour. There are only a few instances in the entire history of Hour 3 where it hasn't. I didn't expect this to retain.
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dear god it happened
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