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Josh is like oh shit I get to do this, lol.
 

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Why not build the fucking match instead of having them tag together? So lame when they do this.
 

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Do you all really think HHH and Taker can't tell a story in 6 weeks and 12 shows?
 

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[img]http://www.toontracker.com/magoo/magoo-1.gif[/img] said:
20,000 screaming fans in the arena and the millions who will watch the event disagree with you and Sal, which is all that matters

As for the first paragraph, let me go back to the main point WrestleMania isn't billed as a pay per view. It is billed as the grandest spectacle of them all which is why the big acts have to be there to sell the show at the higher cost. 6 of the other 12 ppvs that WWE puts out has seen Nexus, Sheamus, Miz, Morrison, and Punk headline only to have lower buys than last year. They have given them all the chance in the world to prove they can handle the billing but they aren't ready enough to get people to pay $45, let alone $75. It says something when the only ppv from the last 2 quarters with improved buys was billed as Kane vs Taker. You can try to sugar coat it all you want but it is just bad business to try and push a whole youth movement all at once on a WM card with no main attraction when it hasn't been successful on the lesser events. You know it, Sal knows it, and we all do whether you want to admit it or not

Yes, it will do bigger numbers this year. And that's not the only thing that matters.
 

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It's not a case of them not telling a story, it's the fact they're rushing it like shit when it should have had a good few months of build like HBK/Taker did.
 

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Well Psych you sure are gonna enjoy the fantasy points you're getting with Cena tonight :lol:
 

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Send Sheamus and Wade postcards and maybe they will send you an e-hug Sal.

Well Psych you sure are gonna enjoy the fantasy points you're getting with Cena tonight :lol:
It doesn't hurt to ever have him. I still can't believe guys picked Bryan over him :no:

It's not a case of them not telling a story, it's the fact they're rushing it like shit when it should have had a good few months of build like HBK/Taker did.
HBK/Taker - WM25 was built after No Way Out based largely on their past, not then current history because of the fact HBK was kinda busy being JBL's bitch at the Rumble, NWO, and all the time between on Raw.

The match got built up the very night after the February ppv on both brands. Does that sound familiar?
 

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lol dreadful booking.
 

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This would have made more sense if Miz didn't get his ass kicked the whole 2nd match.
 

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Maryse? What about The Rock not appearing?
Wouldn't have been smart to give that all away in one night when Cena doing his response and Triple H and Taker returning the same night. Got to save something.