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Pitcher: Dane Dunning - surprised no one picked him yet. I think he will be fast mover and end up in Double A by year end. Hitter: John Cruz - strong defender and I have confidence in his ability to hit. Will be 21 starting the year in High A. On Carlos Perez, IIRC he was healthy all of last year and didn't get much playing time. It likely means the organization isn't that high on him.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 03:28 PM) Anyone who thinks Emma is crap needs to watch her match with Asuka from London about a year and a half ago. It was awesome. And as annoying Enzo has become, he and Cass are still super over. It's not to the fault of the casual observers, Emma's booking has been absolutely terrible during her time on Raw. I can't stand Enzo and Cass, I am sure people aren't over them yet.

QUOTE (SAVVY18 @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 02:40 PM) I would hate to see AJ go to Raw now that Nakamura is finally there. Really want to see them go after it for a while this year. Imagine that feud. Enzo and Cass to SD would be perfect. Have them come in and squash Ellsworth and get the crew back together with my girl Carmella. Keep Miz on SD as well...that guy is AWESOME! I agree with Charlotte going to SD...would hate to see Beckye go to Raw, though. Bring Asuka to SD with Charlotte and you have one hell of a woman's division. I thought they should have put Nakamura in Raw, but AJ would be great in Raw regardless. I think Asuka will end up in Raw when the time comes. Charlotte could feud with Mickie James or Naomi at SD for now.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 12:46 PM) I have a feeling Rollins is either turning heel or going to SD. He posted a picture of him and Balor from the other night and all he wrote was "things are about to change." Most likely, given there are more faces than heels in SD. Regardless of who goes to which brand, I want all Shield and Club member to be on one brand. A feud between the two factions would be epic.

There is nothing else left for Charlotte on Raw. Bayley and Sasha will be the next big feud so she's the odd women out. I think the Charlotte, Becky, AJ and Sami are a lock to switch brands next week.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 4, 2017 -> 08:57 AM) I don't think this is going to be a draft so much as series of trades. They didn't call it draft exactly, but I suspect there will be quite a few of shakeups and will have the same effect of a draft. It also doesn't make sense to me that they do trades now and then a full draft in June or July. Perhaps they're skipping the draft this year? Anyways I suspect at least the following to take place: Raw gets AJ, Ziggler, Mojo Rawley, Slater and Ryback, Becky Lynch SD gets Rollins, Sami, Rusev and Lana, Enzo and Cass, Charlotte

I like the idea of draft right after the WM, allows old feuds to end and new feuds to start right away.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 11:47 PM) Lesnar vs Brock was awesome. Best 5 minute match ever. Main event was probably the worst main event in WM history. Undertaker couldn't go. Reigns, who can't get over as it is, got put completely in a no win situation by having an absolutely horrible match and ending the career of a legend. Not sure what they do with that. Really good mania overall. Shane vs AJ was MOTN. Shane did awesome, even outside his big spots. Wasn't a case of AJ carrying him either. Just s great match. I wasn't too thrilled with the Brock vs Goldberg match, but I agreed that AJ vs Shane was the match of the night. I saw a lot from Shane that I didn't expect to see. It's sad to say that the 47 year old commissioner put on a better show than the 6 guys from the title matches and main event. That said, my top 5 matches of the night are: 1) AJ vs Shane 2) Raw tag title match 3) Rollins vs Triple H 4) Raw women's title match 5) Owens vs Jericho I didn't catch the Neville vs Aries match (was really looking forward to it), I heard it was great so it probably would have made the top 5.

I hate Vince McMahon. The whole Taker putting Reigns over to finish his career reeks his idea, despite fans rejecting the guy over and over again for years now. Having Taker ride it out with Finn, AJ, Owens, or even Braun or Miz would make more sense to me. These are the guys fans could get behind.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 09:05 PM) They did full broken gimmick on WWE Snapchat post match. Steph taking another Mania bump! I would hate if they don't do anything revolving around the Broken theme. I like how Cole made a pun that things are about to be broken when Hardy's made their way to the ring.

Holy s***, not sure if Rollins knee was really hurting or he's doing a really good job of selling. There were a couple of spots there where I thought he legit hurt his knee again.

Now we know why did a last minute switch to a lady match, that was a pretty awesome surprise. Was disappointed Sasha didn't turn heel in the last match, now I'm just hoping Asuka is added as a surprise entrant to the SD women's match.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 11:20 AM) Feels like I'm alone, but I don't see HHH losing two years in a row. Especially to an injured/sick Rollins. While best for business is something they use in the storyline way too much, I think Triple H beating Rollins will not be best for business in real life. There are also talk that Triple H is considering ending his in ring career for good, so him beating Rollins right here would not be a good move.

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Mar 31, 2017 -> 01:35 PM) Haha. I've learned from this thread that I need to treat it like it is now... booking will never get significantly better. Now, onto the topic of this years Wrestlemania... I'll be watching for sure. With that being said, I have 0 confidence that this event will be any level of good. It will be a fun 4-5-6 (?) hours of entertainment on a Sunday night. Opinions on some things: Berg vs. Brock --> hideous. Ugly. You can't convince me that the actual fans want to see this s***. I am convinced that its WWE sound manipulation. Goldberg has done nothing, yet is the champion of the world. Brock is mr. do-nothing, show up, have Heyman talk, and put on a 2* match. This match will be horrible. The build has been OK, but it's all useless. It's disturbing that this is what we get as the main event, if I was a WWE superstar, I'd be upset about this. Although, AJ Styles did mention that thy bring popularity to the product, and thus, his name, which is good... so be it. HHH vs. Rollins --> COOL! Fine wrestlemania match. Rollins gets a rub from a legend that can still go on the mic and in the ring. Should be an enjoyable match and the build has been good (although, convoluted as this has been building on and off for a year now). Jericho vs. KO --> Greatness! Most anticipated match of the night for me. Build has been pretty damn awesome, the story is great, the match should be good. Styles vs. Shane --> Any match with Styles is worth anticipating, but how do you put the best in the world with Shane is beside me. They couldn't find a way to get Nakumara vs. Styles? Meh. OK. I'll watch with hopes that this match is decent/good. Raw Womens 4-way --> They've done everything they could to kill any motivation for Raw Women's matches. I'm still a huge mark for Bayley and Banks and Charlotte so I will watch this happily, but not as happy as I would have been with good building and avoiding nia jax. It's nice that it is elimination, I wonder who the last two will be? Bayley vs. Banks? SD Women's 6 pack?? --> Useless. They've killed this division going into WM. Can't say I care at all. Raw LAdder Tag Title 3-way --> Yes! Ladder match! Kinda a weird way to make this match a ladder match at the last second, but I'm all in! Love ladder matches (who doesn't)? Weird competitors for the ladder match, can't really see anyone winning other than Enzo and Cass now. Should be a really fun match from a s*** division. Undertaker vs. Reigns --> Taker needs to retire. Reigns is an asshat. f*** the booking, f*** this match, I don't even know who I want to win. Cena/bella vs Miz/Maryse --> Meh. Good build, but would have been better just straight up Cena vs. Miz. Ambrose vs. corbin --> OK. Ill watch, but not expecting too much. Missing Aries vs Neville. I honestly forgot about this match too, but I think this could easily be the match of the night.

One of the few things I'm looking forward to is Sasha turning heel. The storyline is definitely building towards that. That only thing stopping it is lack of faces in the Women's division. Perhaps Asuka will drop the title at Takeover and move up to Raw on next week?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 11:34 AM) Has Brock-Goldberg been good? Granted, this week has been the first full Raw and SD's I've watched since the rumble but holy hell that go home segment was garbage. They are getting some pretty good pop from the fans and the shock factor of Goldberg squash is still there. Outside of that, it's mostly Heyman doing this thing and minimizing matches and physical confrontation between those two before Mania.

Least excited I'm about Mania in a while, and it's not that the build up for the matches are bad - Jeri-KO, Brock vs Goldberg, Seth vs Hunter, Cena vs Miz all has some pretty good build ups (on the other hand, the Orton/Bray storyline was just bad the past few weeks), but I don't think any of the matches will be Mania worthy, for various reasons. On a side note, the Alpha vs Usos tag match last week was awesome. It's unfortunate that they aren't getting a match at WM.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 02:02 PM) Jusuf's line since trade: 15.0/10.4/3.3/1.2/1.9 That's in just over 29 MPG. Gary Harris would be a 20 point scorer right now on a lot of teams. It's just that Denver is loaded with scorers, especially at wing/guard. I don't see that, at least for now. But agreed in principle that the dude could score, and efficiently. Him and Butler would have been a good combo. Question is I had is would we still have selected those two had we not decided to trade with Denver? Did Denver scouts see something in those guys or was it our scouts?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 11:34 AM) What about Cam Payne Solid starting point guard, for the Windy City Bulls.

Denver played Portland last night. Nurkic has been killing it since the trade. Gary Harris looks like he could be a 20 point scorer someday.

RIP Raw. Strowman took the first clean loss from Reigns, all that awesome buildup the last few months gets wasted by Super Roman. Bayley ends Charlotte's historic streak in the PPV before Mania, LAME. And the match was pretty bad, I'm just not sold on Bayley yet, and the finish was extremely awkward.

According to this, the Bears have drafted 3 first round caliber players last year. http://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id...os-angeles-rams

Tapia and Dahl would look nice on this team.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 24, 2017 -> 02:09 PM) So, hurt your chances this year, then decide? If they were going to wait until the offseason to decide, they may as well have tried to win some games the next couple of months. Maybe I am way off, but I don't think Payne is a game changer. He isn't a good shooter, he isn't really a good passer. He does play decent defense, but if you are a point guard who can't shoot or pass, and rely on defense to stay in the league, you are a 10-15 minute a night guy at best, and will probably go 2 week stretches of not playing at all under Hoiberg. I personally hate the trade, they overpaid for Payne, even if he might have some potential. But don't take this trade as an indicator of the direction we're heading toward, as clearly the decision have not been made yet. They could be just buying time here. If Payne, Niko/Portis turn out to be capable starters, they might make a couple of moves in the offseason to retool. If they flopped (which I think they will), they might finally tear it all down then.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 24, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) You would think Rondo is next to go. They have to play Payne. Losing the threat of McBuckets hitting a 3 isn't going to help the second unit IMO. I still don't understand the trade. If the goal is to rebuild, then rebuild. If the goal is to make the playoffs, then trading McDermott and Taj in essence for a lottery ticket in Payne is beyond questionable. Hopefully this will at least signal some consistent minutes for Valentine. I just don't know how you can expect a young guy learning the league to do much with the way Fred hands out minutes. It's crazy, and he is a guy who was pretty much a bench player. They have not decided whether to rebuild or compete. They made the trade to get some value out of Taj's expiring contract, since he won't be resigned in the off season, and also to cut the losses on McDermott. I suspect that they will wait till the off season to pick a direction.