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Raw was horrible. Smackdown on the other hand was pretty entertaining for the most part. Still not as good as it was right after the Brand Split, but at least the booking is much more interesting compared to what Raw does.

 

I especially enjoyed MizTV and the main event between Daniel Bryan & Jeff Hardy. Next week will be even better when Daniel and Samoa Joe collide.

 

The Styles/Nakamura segment was great too. I'm looking forward to the Last Man Standing match, but I'm also curious to find out what the Chicago crowd will do during the Last "Fan" Standing match between Roman Reigns and Jinder Mahal. The usual CM Punk chants? Are they going to turn their backs on them? Or will they leave the arena all together as well, if it should be the main event?!

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RAW was as bad as last week and seeing Banks win in the main event made me want to puke but at least I didn't watch the whole match. Ruby Riott should have won but if WWE keeps making such shitty decision for the women division then I'll keep skipping their segments and not waste my time. RAW writers had 6 long weeks to build money in the bank but instead of taking advantage of this they are just doing shit shows each and every week ? 

 

I still liked Drew McIntyre vs Chad Gable, it was a good demonstration of the potential of McIntyre, now if they could push him to the top quickly I'd more than happy. I know it's just a "catchphrase" but it seems like the RAW locker room and writers really became complacent in the last few years.

 

RAW seems to like their streak consisting of giving their fans shit shows each and every week, let's see if Smackdown can give us another good/really good show tonight.

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RAW was a little better, but somehow disappointing. I saw it coming about Sasha Banks winning the second Gauntlet match featuring 7 superstars this year. Not mad at all about it, the Women's MITB match looks up to standard and they'll pull off an amazing match. I just wished Ruby Riott had won. I'm done rooting for jobbers and pleading for them like Mickie James and Dana Brooke, so they're on their own now - I give up. The RAW writers can do whatever they want to make them happy. 

 

I knew it and I knew it, I saw it coming since the Backlash PPV was over. Seth Rollins vs Elias for the Intercontinental Championship at Money In The Bank!!! I hope that happens. That right there will be a money-making match and I do hope their feud will go on to Extreme Rules and maybe SummerSlam. 

 

The B-Team Memorial Day Tag Team BBQ segment was brilliant and smart about who should be facing Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy. They got me all hungry :ninja:.  

 

Roman Reigns wasn't on the show. Been a while since this happened.

 

Anyone noticed what happened to some superstars? Authors Of Pain? SAnitY's SmackDown debut? Oh yeah, rumors say WWE has no plans for them. Who does the main roster call ups?  

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First off, Happy belated Memorial Day everyone.

If I were to describe Raw as a type of food, it would be a Chex mix

some parts were good, some parts were bad and the rest feels bland

 

Drew McIntyre vs Chad Gable was the match of the night in my opinion.

Going off of what @itachi-destroyer said, Drew McIntyre should definately be at the main event. Although I don't want him to get rocketed to the top too quickly, I believe a title shot should be planned for him soon, given the matches he is having.

 

B team is slowly starting to get to me. I'm not sure whether if they being booked as a comedic team or pushed for real, I really do hope they succeed.

 

The Blandest part of raw was Lashey/Zayn segment. Wasn't bad, but it is forgettable at best.

 

The Worst part, as everyone has mentioned, seems to be the main event. Ruby Riot (or anyone from the riot squad) should won. Nothing against Sasha Banks, but I don't think she needed the win.

 

Personally, I didn't like the Nia Jax match. Going between the match and the microphone is not good in my opinion. It would be better if it was just a squash match and then have Nia go on the mic to cut a promo.

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4 hours ago, ee28max said:

Anyone noticed what happened to some superstars? Authors Of Pain? SAnitY's SmackDown debut? Oh yeah, rumors say WWE has no plans for them. Who does the main roster call ups?  

 

Fuck me I forgot these people existed. I don't think they have been on the show since the Raw After Mania. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though. I would've thought the Authors of Pain were a good fit for Raw. How the heck does WWE have no plans for them? Especially since the Tag Division is in serious need of rejuvenation. The Deleter of Worlds can't do it by themselves...

 

Raw was hit and miss but the highlight was certainly Finn Balor vs. Braun Strowman. They are two of my fave wrestlers along with Seth Rollins and, despite the obvious size difference, they put on great matches.

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4 hours ago, ee28max said:

I knew it and I knew it, I saw it coming since the Backlash PPV was over. Seth Rollins vs Elias for the Intercontinental Championship at Money In The Bank!!! I hope that happens. That right there will be a money-making match and I do hope their feud will go on to Extreme Rules and maybe SummerSlam. 

 

Anyone noticed what happened to some superstars? Authors Of Pain? SAnitY's SmackDown debut? Oh yeah, rumors say WWE has no plans for them. Who does the main roster call ups?  

 

This match will be entertaining that's for sure but unlike you I really hope Seth drops the title so he can be the one to defeat Brock Lesnar :P 

 

I'm not surprised about SAnitY since I could see them debuting at MITB during the SD Tag Team Championships match but I'm really disappointed by their use of The Authors Of Pain, I can't say I'm surprised however... I said it before but some superstars should just stay in NXT if the main roster don't have plans for them... NXT should just become the official third brand, it would be well deserved since the best feud in WWE for the past few months has been Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa.

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7 minutes ago, itachi-destroyer said:

 

This match will be entertaining that's for sure but unlike you I really hope Seth drops the title so he can be the one to defeat Brock Lesnar :P 

 

I'm not surprised about SAnitY since I could see them debuting at MITB during the SD Tag Team Championships match but I'm really disappointed by their use of The Authors Of Pain, I can't say I'm surprised however... I said it before but some superstars should just stay in NXT if the main roster don't have plans for them... NXT should just become the official third brand, it would be well deserved since the best feud in WWE for the past few months has been Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa.

 

Well I've been hearing as well about Seth Rollins to be the one to defeat Brock Lesnar :P. I'm not against this at all. Just thought Seth Rollins could drop the IC title to Elias at Extreme Rules or something like that or maybe SummerSlam as well if Brock Lesnar is not gonna lose the Universal title at SummerSlam.

 

You think the way I do :highfive:. NXT should be the official third brand. I think they are building up another Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa at TakeOver: Chicago, Saturday night before MITB. The build up is superior, like where they made Johnny crash onto Candice LeRae. Also looking forward to the NXT Women's Championship this Wednesday. Hopefully Nikki Cross gets to face Shayna Bazsler at TakeOver: Chicago or a Triple Threat.

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On 5/24/2018 at 0:02 PM, jackmadrox said:

 

Half this video is accurate, half isn't.  Don't get me wrong, I think Vince is as out of touch and stubborn as the next guy but...

 

The return of the attitude era thing, I've said it before and I'll say it again, today's society can't handle those angles, and it's been proven time and again over the years.  Every time they "push the envelope" as the video says, people lose their shit and call Vince the devil anyways.  When the Punk/Taker match was on the horizon and Paul-bearer (who had recently died) was integrated into the story what happened?  Everyone lost their shit.  When Page mentioned Reid in a promo to Charlotte what happened?  Everyone lost their shit.  If a bra and panties match were to air on TV now-a-days what do you think would happen?  everyone would lose their shit.  When you live in a world where everyone wakes up and immediately looks for a reason to be offended I don't blame him for throwing his hands up and saying f--k it.  I'm sure his wife's political ambitions helped but I personally still put the blame more on our current PC obsessed society than anything.

 

The second thing I didn't like was pointing out that Vince has the final call on everything as a bad thing then wondering where the Austins and Rocks are (two guys who I personally can't stand).  If you're going to go that route you have to acknowledge that those guys also got Vince's go-ahead to do what they did.  Vince didn't create Stone-Cold, Heyman did, but he still signed off on everything that happened back then the same as he does today.  You can't call the guy out for too much micromanaging then ignore that the same guy doing the same thing caused the good results you're mentioning.

 

Finally, the "pimps and porn stars"  they brought up were never really that great to begin with.  they were average mid-carders who have the benefit of wrestling during a time when the popularity was at a peak.  Val Venis had no part in the rise of the attitude era, in fact, I'd say it was the other way around.   I was in my 20's during the attitude era, aka prime audience, and I remember thinking most of what he was involved in was pretty stupid.  Same with a lot of the workers who are currently being fondly remembered because of other guys work.  The attitude era midcard was, for the most part, awful.  It just gets a pass because guys like Taker, Austin, Bret, HBK, and Rock were carrying the product and that's what most people remember.

 

Anyways, my 2 cents I guess.

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6 hours ago, GoodbyeBread said:

B team is slowly starting to get to me. I'm not sure whether if they being booked as a comedic team or pushed for real, I really do hope they succeed.

Their story remind me of the push Slater & Rhyno got on Smackdown. Started as a comedy act, then they went all the way to the top and won the Tag Team titles. Now they're jobbers again.

 

I think Bo Dallas has great potential though. Curtis Axel lacks charisma and will never be as good or cool as his father was, no matter what they try to put him over.

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2 hours ago, Jesaya815 said:

Their story remind me of the push Slater & Rhyno got on Smackdown. Started as a comedy act, then they went all the way to the top and won the Tag Team titles. Now they're jobbers again.

 

I think Bo Dallas has great potential though. Curtis Axel lacks charisma and will never be as good or cool as his father was, no matter what they try to put him over.

 

I heard Bo Dallas was a pretty good NXT champion? Didn't watch it back then so I'm not sure.

As for Curtis Axel, I would have to agree. Axel always had a problem on the mic and could not really follow from his father. His father's shoes are too big to fill. Still, I think he can do well. If Breezango was able to find their niche, maybe he can as well.

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8 hours ago, GoodbyeBread said:

 

I heard Bo Dallas was a pretty good NXT champion? Didn't watch it back then so I'm not sure.

As for Curtis Axel, I would have to agree. Axel always had a problem on the mic and could not really follow from his father. His father's shoes are too big to fill. Still, I think he can do well. If Breezango was able to find their niche, maybe he can as well.

Yes, Bo had a really good run as NXT Champion five years ago. It's one of the longest reigns to this day too. Only Finn Balor and Neville held the NXT Championship longer. He's also still very young and could easily wrestle for another 10-20 years, so who knows what the future holds for Dallas. :)

 

Regarding Smackdown, I can't say anything bad about it. Some decent matches and overall good backstage segments. My personal highlight was Samoa Joe though. His promo to kick off the show was fantastic and his performance in the main event was great as well. I hope he wins the MITB contract. Well, either him or The Miz. :D

 

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Yeah, Smackdown was pretty cool :) 

 

Samoa Joe was also my highlight and he would be a fantastic holder of MITB. 

 

If I'm not mistaken, WWE have two more weeks to build MITB, I'm curious to see how they will build the hype for the championship match because apart from AJ vs Nakamura, there isn't any title match that feels important and well built at the moment.

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SmackDown was good. Samoa Joe is the last MITB qualifier which is good, and it adds that the Daniel Bryan/Big Cass feud might not be over yet. Currently there are about 8 matches on the MITB PPV card and I think 8 is an average number for co-branded PPVs, but if they wanna have the two fight again, then okay no problem I'm okay with it. It's WWE's choice anyway.

 

I like how they build up PPVs, like this MITB. Other PPVs as well, like the championship matches. The ladder match competitors are put in matches against each other. On RAW it was Bobby Roode vs Kevin Owens and Finn Balor vs Braun Strowman, next week it'll be Bobby Roode vs Braun Strowman and Finn Balor vs Kevin Owens. Same thing on SmackDown. I think the last time Charlotte Flair tapped out was when she was defeated by Becky Lynch last year? 

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6 hours ago, King Hayes said:

I'm honestly just sitting here waiting for Finn to get another push/hold another title. If only he didn't get injured during his match with Rollins for the Univ. Title... 1f62b.png

Count yourself lucky I guess...I mean he could be feuding with Kane or Bray again :(

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25 minutes ago, jackmadrox said:

Speaking of Neville, what's he doing now?

 

Last thing I saw about Neville's situation is that he wanted WWE to let him go but they didn't accept. They tried to negociate his contract again but it seems like it didn't go well since he is still under contract with WWE but not back on TV. 

 

It's a real shame, he is/was one of their best performers and should have been used way better, if only he didn't have this terrible accent...

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I was actually impressed with both shows this week. Also the Money in the Bank match this year is stacked and should be pretty good! I honestly think that Joe should win because he's the full package, but I can easily seeing Braun win just to get Lesnar to drop the title.

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7 hours ago, itachi-destroyer said:

 

Last thing I saw about Neville's situation is that he wanted WWE to let him go but they didn't accept. They tried to negociate his contract again but it seems like it didn't go well since he is still under contract with WWE but not back on TV. 

 

It's a real shame, he is/was one of their best performers and should have been used way better, if only he didn't have this terrible accent...

Yep, that's the last thing I heard too. Apparently, Neville even moved back to the UK, so I guess it's save to say he's not coming back to WWE.

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19 hours ago, skidmarkgn said:

I'm sure the NBA playoffs factored in buuuuuuut, Monday's RAW drew the 2nd lowest ratings EVER.  Like, the entire history of the show.  That 3rd hour's gotta go, it's (along with some other obvious issues) really killing the show.

Yeah, it's crazy. The ratings are at an all time low, yet WWE landed probably the best tv deals for Raw and Smackdown in history. They could produce utter garbage for the next five years and still make more money than ever before.

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1 hour ago, Jesaya815 said:

Yeah, it's crazy. The ratings are at an all time low, yet WWE landed probably the best tv deals for Raw and Smackdown in history. They could produce utter garbage for the next five years and still make more money than ever before.

 

Hope that doesn't become an excuse to become complacent.  I'm sure the ratings will go up being on free TV but if they don't, I wouldn't be surprised to see them end up on FS1.

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