Pro Wrestling

Sheamus is good, but not great. If they play on his quick fuse more (almost like an early Stone Cold, who striked out at everything in sight), he'd become a bit more distinct, but at the moment, he's a little pale. Gotta say I hadn't seen a lot in him up until his 2/3 falls match with Bryan, but that showed he can work a very different match than the usual big power guy.

The thing with the tag teams is that they're not given the time or allowed to go over singles pairings. Nothing wrong with the Usos in ability, but they're made to look like jokes even in as dead a scene as it is currently. Tag specialists should lose easily in singles competition, but win when teaming against non tag specialists. It's a ridiculously simple formula that has got lost over the last decade due to bad booking more than anything. Hate yo compare against prior times, but look when you had E&C, Dudleys, Hardys being a core focus, and then Too Cool, Acolytes, NAO/X-Pac and Road Dogg, RTC, T'n'A all around the scene being competitive. That is what they need, it puts lots of the roster in meaningful frauds, gives them something which the crowd easily identifies when they are presented as an actual team, and allows the guys to work the mic for shorter promos and that to build up their confidence/ability.

I dip in and out (mainly when there are a few matches on PPV which catch my attention) the last I watched was the month leading up to Wrestlemania.

I think most of you have said what I thought when I watched it. I love tag teams; they're great for story purposes (twice as many characters and interactions; the ring psychology is good and everyone loves a 'hit tag' moment) and WWE let it go. Other than the tag champs at the time and Ziggler and Swagger I couldn't name any teams.

There is also no mid card. They've elevated too many wrestlers to main event status where they can only face each other really (except Kane and Bigshow; two legends who can make any wrestling match seem believable).

Crutey's wrestling plan:-
1) A tag team drive/ push. Have a tournament for the tag team titles/#1 contenders. 10-15 minutes of every show minimum every week dedicated to the division (more if you get a hot storyline running)
2) let the women wrestle. I know I may be in the minority but I couldn't give a flying F about the latest bra and panties match or whatever. Get a core of women who can wrestle and give them at least 1 match and 1 segment each week to develop characters and storylines
3) Give me a mid-card!
4) Shake up the main event scene.

On to the John Cena thing; yes I find him annoying and I have ever since his first title reign after he stopped being a heel and I understand he is constantly being pushed but
1) WWE needs a face of the company; THE WWE star and they always have done since Hogan. No one else I can think of can do that at the moment (Cm punk is better but he can't be that guy without tarnishing his character which would make it all pointless)
2) I don't think they care if I like him. The point is many do. Wrestling (like comics) SHOULD be for kids. Yeah have some adult storylines to stay relevant and appeal to adult fans etc. but predominantly this is what the medium should be about

3 hours of Raw tonight. I'm off work, but I dont know if I can sit through 3 whole hours of it

AJ is hot and crazy. You gotta love crazy chicks. She plays the crazy angle well. I also hope AJ sides with Kane and helps him win the WWE Title. Part of me thinks she'll do a swerve and help Daniel Bryan win ( I hope not), but I think AJ and Kane make much more sense story wise. Also, AJ should be the one to take the Divas Title off Layla and noth Beth Phoenix.

 

not to mention nine out of ten times when Punk comes out and screams from his knee the phrase is "It's Clobbering Time!" as a nod to Ben Grimm.

That's the point Spectral. She's in a transition phase with this angle. I'd say her alignment is Tweener now in that she can go either way.

I love WWE and TNA. I used to get a lot of flack growing up a wrestling fan, but I never cared.

Say what you will about the man/wrestler (I think the second is the more apt) but I think he really does the companies image a lot of good

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP0d51a2306be44eb8b4255fa26b003f9e.html

I wonder if that is the reason WWE absolutely refuses to turn him heel? I don't hate the man, but I hate the character. I dug him back when he was doing the Doctor Of Thuganomics thing, but WWE tries too hard to shove him down everybodys throat. It's obviously not his fault, lol. Blame the company.

He can sell merch as a heel, they just have to rework the merch.

Orton sold a lot of t-shirts as a heel because he had an awesome t-shirt design that people couldn't help but want to wear.

Shoot I've seen more people wearing Sonny Siaki designs than were even aware who Sonny Siaki is.


Edited by Ciel - 21-Jun-2012 at 4:07am

LOL @ WWE's whole anti-bullying campaign. Half the WWE rosters characters can be considered bullies. Thats why I find it odd Mark Henry and Alberto Del Rio are giving speeches to school kids about bullying. I'm all for WWE participating in noble causes like bullying campaigns, but alas, I suspect it's just WWE trying to toot it's own horn and say "look at me, look at me".

Originally posted by Ciel WWE is anti-bullying, anti-cheating, and anti-discrimination, despite all the heelness. They have no qualms, however, about making a drug-free or vegan lifestyle look like major reasons somebody would be a heel.

Because Punk and Bryan can work heel and be awesome at it? Because as legit representatives of the lifestyle they can't be accused of "making fun of us" and more importantly people who are Vegan and/or Straight Edge don't rush to boycott and sue for any negative portrayals like other "lifestyle affiliations" that can't laugh at themselves?

I have a serious crush on Cody Rhodes. Sorry, I just had to say that.