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With Brock's contract ending after Wrestlemania, could you see Paul Heyman doing a swerve to Brock & hitching up with Roman Reigns? It would give Reigns the best promo guy that there is, helping make & mold his persona, while giving Heyman a chance to make yet another star. Could they do this without turning Reigns heel? Could it be believable? Heyman is the only guy (in my eyes) that could make this work. What do you guys think?
It could be done, for sure. Heyman is that talented. If Brock leaves, I could also see Heyman joining forces with Seth Rollins. The one thing I don’t want to see is having them turning Reigns heel, at least not now. They have been turn happy in recent years with too many other talents.
For the longest time, the winner of the Royal Rumble gets a title shot at Wrestlemania. One problem with this concept is that the winner of the Rumble has become entirely too predictable. Fans are able to accurately predict who is going to win, and therefore know well in advance who will get the coveted Wrestlemania main event spot. I think this predictability has a lot to do with fans turning on the winner in recent years. So my question is, is it time to end the "winner of the Rumble gets the WM title shot" stipulation?
I said on audio recently that it is. I would like to see a scenario where the Rumble gets you put into the conversation to be in the Title match at Mania, but it’s not a guarantee.
JR mentioned one way to elevate the US title would be to give it to a guy like Cena and have him hold onto it for a while, or keep it on Rusev for a while. What do you think would better elevate the US title: JR's scenario, or unifying it with the intercontinental title and making it a focal point of TV during this period when the world title is occupied by a part-time champion?
Considering Vince loves John Cena, I would go with putting it on him because there is no way Vince will treat Cena like dirt but if someone else held the combined title, I could see him doing it to them. Let’s face it, neither belt means much right now.
In watching the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling episode from July/August of 1984 featured during the WWE Network's Black History Month celebration, there was an interview with Jim Crockett introducing Barry Windham and discussing his exclusive contract with Jim Crockett Promotions. In it, Crockett noted that Windham's first match would be against current Canadian Champion and World Tag Team Champion Ivan Koloff later in August. Windham followed that statement up by holding up a Starrcade '84 shirt and stating that he was really looking forward to being signed to a big match there. If memory serves, Barry Windham showed up in the WWF with Mike Rotundo and captured the Tag Titles in early 1985 from Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch. And Windham never appeared at Starrcade '84. My question is, why was Windham not a larger part of JCP in late 1984 and how did he end up in New York after signing such an 'exclusive' contract?
Exclusive contracts, as announced on TV, were like the money guys won in battle royals! What Crockett really meant was that he had Windham’s rights for the time. But he didn’t have him locked up long term.
Do you ever see Kane wearing a mask again the old mask music and all cause I think the one from 2011 was a joke.
I think at this point it would have to be one match only, built up for that purpose. It has run its course otherwise.
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