Daniel Bryan called The Soscia Network radio show. Here are some highlights.
Losing in 18 seconds at WrestleMania XXVIII:“It was disappointing . I’ve always tried to go out there and steal the show… I’ve always tried to go out there and put on the absolute best match possible… That’s what has gotten me to where I’m at…I was really looking forward to all those extra viewers watching WrestleMania. It seems when you go out there and have a great match at WrestleMania that’s better than having a great match on any other show of the year. I was really looking forward to it, so for that to happen it was deflating…” PLUS the positive thing about losing that quickly.
Wrestling with the American Dragon mask until 2008: “It was a pain on my peripheral vision, and the whole mask thing is just kind of bizarre. It followed me on and off throughout my career, so I started with the mask because, as a human being when you just meet me, I’m kind of dull. [laughs] And I say that in the nicest way possible. I don’t have crazy facial expressions when you talk to me, or anything like that.”
Yesterday, beloved WWE wrestler John Cena took to Twitter and tweeted the following…
STARTING Monday Night July 23 @USA_NETWORK WILL BE ADDING A 3RD HOUR TO @WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW – PERMANENTLY. #3hourRaw
It seems more people are against this than in favor of it. I think it certainly can be a tremendous thing for WWE if everything is done right. If they fuck up and do what WCW did, then it’s obviously not going to work. The two greatest things about Raw going three hours is it will be good for up and coming talent, and storylines can develop better with the extra hour. I give my thoughts in full below.
- Good to feature up and coming talent
As we’re reading and discussing the announcement online, it could be a good thing for us especially that Raw will be going 3 hours. We should get to see more of the up and coming stars. Talent like R-Truth, The Miz, Zack Ryder, The USO’s, Kofi Kingston, and the best god damn jobber in the business Dolph Ziggler. We will hopefully see them wrestle more, talk more and watch them develop into big stars. That’s what we want as wrestling fans, seeing young stars rise to main event level. After all, they are the stars who will carry the company for years to come. I think if WWE were more patient with building their stars, we would be watching a better product.
- Storylines can develop better
With an extra hour of Monday Night Raw, stories have more time to develop. WWE have a Pay-Per-View every month, with roughly five hours of Raw programming excluding the commercials. Now they will have around eight hours of Raw programming before going into a Pay-Per-View. With more time, you’re more eager to watch the match it has all been building up for. Look at it like this, Rock vs. Cena with a years build would be a lot better than three months build. Just using that as an example, may not be the best one though. Or imagine how Brock and Cena would of been if they spaced out all those promos/interviews/flashbacks at us. They could open the show with one and end with the two or just one of them at the end. You have the best part of two hours to work with and focus on the other talent. For some reason, I have no interest in any of the matches at Over The Limit apart from CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan. That is because the stories have not caught my interest. With better build and more time, that extra hour could make the difference in me buying it instead of not.
Below is what our followers on Twitter thought of Raw going three hours!
@bakerthepatrick – PROS: Could have longer matches, showcase guys better. CONS: Just get loads more filler so #Raw will still be shite.
@el_swiftelero – WWE barely has enough to keep 2 hrs entertaining. No idea what they’re gonna do to make 3 hrs every wk. More @CMPunk time?
@21Maxwell – Positive, if it allows more time for the under card and their character development.
@Mental_EMP It’s risky. It can work, although it probably won’t.
@tajealthea – I think the 3 hour #Raw show will be AWESOME
@NatLovesCena – I think its gonna be interesting in terms of quality and ratings wondering how they gonna manage to keep that up
@TremainesAngelx – AMAZING! I hope this means more wrestling, great angles and a better chance for the midcarders to perform.
@mistyreneepeet – I think it would be awesome.
@JX2001 – Well the upside is that half the show won’t be wasted on promos anymore
@JayeshGASatsfan – It’s a good idea to see an extra hour of Raw but i’m not sure if it will work or not
@scottlufc19 – pro chance to showcase more talent, con more john cena
@JakeRobbins9 – I reckon it will be great for storylines but there might be more filler matches
@Tembo4Real – Theres never enuff wrestling so hell yeah! gimme more! lol
@helenrobinson82 – Awesome, but Tuesday’s just got a whole lot tougher!
@J712v2 – It worked well for WCW…. Just look at what I tweeted for my thoughts ~sarcasm~
@WhataManeuver – I think at the moment there struggling to fill 2hours with an entertaining story, so I would bring up some more FCW stars.
@DAZTOM91 – I think the #3HourRaw could potentially be a bad idea. No doubt they will just fill the extra hour with crap. Hope not.
Please let me know your thoughts chatters, drop me a line on Twitter @RayTheRambler and check out my website http://wrestlingrambles.com/ Thanks for reading now take care and make sure you continue to check WrestleChat.Net as the BEST source for wrestling news!
Chris Jericho recently talked with the Daily Star about his imminent departure from WWE. Here is what he had to say.
“I’m in the best shape ever, I’m not hurt, I can easily come back for as long as I want whenever I want, but people should understand that I’m not going to wrestle until I’m 85-years-old,” Jericho told Patrick Lennon of the Star. “I ended up signing for four months longer than I planned to do. And, yes, when it’s done I’ll devote myself 100 percent to Fozzy for our run.”
Jericho also spoke about wrestling fans. “(C.M.) Punk and I had some good thoughts on what we could do together and people were saying screw you, you’re only back for the payday at Mania,” Jericho said. He added later, “Sometimes I wonder what people want. Do they want us to wrestle forever? I’m a sell-out because I quit? Rock and Taker came back because they love wrestling, and the fans, yet still people bitch.”
A bill has passed in the House Appropriations Committee that will essentially ban the US Military from sponsoring sporting events, including “wrestling”. The bill now has to go before the House of Representatives, and if it passes there, it will then go onto the Senate.
The National Guard has been one of WWE’s top sponsors. A similar bill failed to get enough votes back in 2011. This bill would cover all sporting events including NASCAR, Ultimate Fighting, Fishing, & wrestling.
WWE.com has revealed the cover of the second edition of the WWE Encyclopedia.
Set for release on Sept. 3, it will have everything the first WWE Encyclopedia had, plus updates, new Superstar entries and more past Superstar featured.
Chris Jericho was interviewed by Metal Hammer in the UK. A fan asked which other wrestlers were big metal fans:
“Well, CM Punk is more of a punk guy. There are metal elements to him, but he like H20 and bands that I don’t really know much about. HHH is a metalhead, but he likes the Metallicas and the Motorhead and stuff like that. Bubba Ray Dudley is a big metal guy, and Edge is kinda like me, he likes all aspects of music. But as far as true-blue metalheads like me, there aren’t many. There are few and far-between metalheads like me anyway!”
Kelly Kelly and David Otunga were representing WWE yesterday at the Time Warner Cable upfront presentations while WWE Champion CM Punk was at the USA Network upfront presentations. Below is footage of Punk:
A fan wrote to David Otunga on Twitter and said that TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode demanding green M&M’s on Impact was copying Otunga when he hosted RAW. Otunga replied and said the following about Roode:
We noted yesterday that WWE’s website had an article speculating that Chris Jericho would be leaving after Sunday’s Over the Limit pay-per-view. Jericho responded to the author on Twitter:
“Hey Alex Giannini, heres an idea-shut your effen mouth and stop spreading BS rumours.”
