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Post by Head Booker on Nov 21, 2007 16:20:26 GMT -6
TAMPA, Fla. – SmackDown Superstar Matt Hardy underwent an emergency appendectomy at a Tampa area hospital tonight. Doctors expect the surgery to keep Hardy out of action anywhere from 1-3 months.
An appendectomy by definition is the removal of the appendix from the lower right area of the abdomen. Oftentimes, if the surgery is not performed immediately, severe consequences can follow.
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Post by Rob on Nov 21, 2007 16:42:25 GMT -6
Oh shit. I've heard they can be fatal, good thing he got his out in time
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Post by Rico on Nov 21, 2007 17:22:25 GMT -6
and I was just getting into his feud with MVP......
is it me or is MVP improving each week?
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Post by Icon Lord Leon Corbin on Nov 21, 2007 17:29:06 GMT -6
He needs a serious image makeover...his attire looks shit and he is just a bit too corny for me...good wrestler though but not someone I would have holding two titles at this time... 
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Post by Rob on Nov 21, 2007 18:10:29 GMT -6
I'm starting to get behind him. The MVP/ Hardy angle is the best thing they've come up with in ages
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Post by Icon Lord Leon Corbin on Nov 21, 2007 18:18:56 GMT -6
which shows how much Smackdown struggles...at this rate I'd prefer to see the two brands be merged again, fuck the draft
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Post by Rob on Nov 21, 2007 18:56:29 GMT -6
BLASPHEMY!  |
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Post by Head Booker on Nov 21, 2007 21:45:30 GMT -6
from what I read Hardy was out kayfabe wise anyway due to MVP messin' up his knee...alot of people are sayin' it would be a good move if Hardy would still promo the fued via taped segs while he is recoverin'...while at the same time MVP can brag about how badly he hurt Hardy...normal recover time should be around 3 months bringin' him back in time for the next big WWE PPV where MVP/Hardy should face off...
Tate
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Post by Rico on Nov 21, 2007 21:50:25 GMT -6
the only thing wrong with having the two brands back together is that people like Orton, Edge and MVP and Kennedy will get jobbed to Cena and get lost in the pool of other superstars such as 3H and Batista. The World title will center around Cena for the most part, with him gaining victories over each and every single superstar on the roster.
Thats the only thing the seperation is good at, it allows for new talent to step up and show what they have. Finlay, the Hardys, MVP, Kennedy, CM Punk, Morrison, Orton, Snitsky (not as much) Lashley, Taker, Edge and Umaga all have benefitted from it, and they will all fall back into nothingness if they merge back together....
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Post by Rob on Nov 21, 2007 22:06:15 GMT -6
I think this is one of the few examples where separation should be encouraged.
When it comes to the brands.
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Post by Icon Lord Leon Corbin on Nov 22, 2007 0:54:27 GMT -6
Rico...shut up about Cena, the guy isn't even there lol.
One of the reasons I think the brands should regroup is because for the most part the title divisions are suffering. We shouldn't be wathing Batista, they guy is shit in the ring and very shit on the mic, his in ring promos are embarrassing. The tag division on either side exist but are dull...would be nice to fuse them and have a reason to bother watching. Both IC and US title divisions...boring. If fusing them means having to bring your best then I think we'd see shit like Batista getting pushed down and out by being outshined by the likes of Kennedy as it should be. HHH probably wouldn't need to be such a presence because there would actually be enough top tier talent to make up a bloody World title division that is not constantly stricken with injury or ridiculed by poor gimmicks.
Sure I know the concern about new talent but a lot of that is down to booking and writers too, Rico, it's them who don't always know what to do with the youngsters and just throw twats like Khali on television instead. There's a lot of guys who are good wrestlers and that is all they are. There are also a lot of stars who fill space on these rosters too. You wanna be a WWE star then people need to step up.
At this rate, I think it would open things up for real decent feuds and boost the divisions. As it stands most of it isn't worth watching.
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Post by Lord Kaos on Nov 22, 2007 3:10:01 GMT -6
I'm on the fence on merging the brands. It seems like the main problem with the brand merging would be people would not get the chance at the top that they deserve. HOWEVER with the brands spread out, guys like john morrison, and great khali get a turn with a top belt that they really don't deserve. Either way your screwed. the WWE has too much talent to bunch into 1 brand. but they don't have enough to field 3. Give them a little time to push the young-ins, and they will look a lot more like 3 good brands. once they push some believable stars **COUGH COUGH CM Punk Kennedy Elijah Burke Kevin Thorn Shelton Benjamin hardys MVP Cough Cough** and push them properly as real threats, like they did with cena, batista, edge, and orton, then their brands will have the star power to field all 3 brands and them all be good. but as long as vince keeps using Umaga, Khali, Kane, and V as the monsters to put over the currenty champ, then we're going to keep on having this same discussion.
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Post by Rico on Nov 22, 2007 16:11:15 GMT -6
I like Umaga, he's more deserving than Khali to a World title run.....V on the other hand is still the same old Mabel/Viscera person, not good in the ring, no matter how big his push gets....
I am also beginning to have second thoughts about Kennedy, at least a feud between he and Orton, the only match they've had so far was complete utter shit....hopefully the next time they face each other it will be better than the one they've had so far.
But good arguments can be made on both sides about brand merging and the separation. As Mike pointed out they have too much talent to have just one brand, but not enough for 3, so why not just phase out the Ecw Brand and split up their talent and send them to Raw/SD and see how that works out, which I beleive is what they are doing with this partnership with Ecw/SD.....
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Post by Icon Lord Leon Corbin on Nov 22, 2007 16:21:47 GMT -6
Really, it has nothing to do with who we think is the talent there or who deserves a push. They could have a roster choc-a-bloc full of talent and one shit guy...guess who they will push if they think he'll draw ratings and sell merchandise. My point isn't so much about who deserves what...more the feuds that could happen and opening the title divisions up rather than limiting themselves for a split that IMO is a failure. Plus they can run more than one feud per title scene, especially with peeps running for contenderships and whatnot.
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Post by Rob on Nov 22, 2007 16:30:14 GMT -6
Mike, why push Thorn? He is a talentless rip off, who wouldn't know an original gimmick if it was addressed to him in a large box marked "Original gimmick inside"
I just hate him. Ariel gave him cool points but she's gone so he's back to square one.
And if they stopped booking the ECW title as the fucking curtain jerker match, it might- just might- gain an iota of prestige. Also, stop the Miz challenging for it.
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