Is that said to be happening in the near future? As happy as that might make me, I'd be surprised if the answer is yes. Dunce McMahon seems to be the type to say "You'll have to pry the company from my cold dead hands".
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Is that said to be happening in the near future? As happy as that might make me, I'd be surprised if the answer is yes. Dunce McMahon seems to be the type to say "You'll have to pry the company from my cold dead hands".
I don't think I've ever been as discouraged with the WWE as I am right now. There's always at least something that keeps me interested, but right now there really isn't. Usually when RAW is terrible, SmackDown is great (or vice versa). Or as was the case with 2010, neither show was anything special most of the time but they usually weren't terrible either.
This past Monday's RAW was perhaps the worst one I have ever seen. It felt like it was 90% talk. They might have been able to get away with that in the attitude era when they had guys who were fun to listen to, but I cringe whenever just about anyone has a mic in their hand. When the best actual wrestling move of the night happens in the women's match, you know things are bad.
Tonight's SmackDown wasn't much better. At least I got to see actual WRESTLING but for the most part I wasn't impressed. The only part that really entertained me was the Kane/Barrett match and the post-match scene.
The WWE has no direction. Their shows revolve around skits featuring "stars" with no charisma that aren't over with the crowd. Even in the so-called "dark ages" of the mid '90s, the crowds weren't this dead.
This past Monday's RAW was perhaps the worst one I have ever seen. It felt like it was 90% talk. They might have been able to get away with that in the attitude era when they had guys who were fun to listen to, but I cringe whenever just about anyone has a mic in their hand. When the best actual wrestling move of the night happens in the women's match, you know things are bad.
Tonight's SmackDown wasn't much better. At least I got to see actual WRESTLING but for the most part I wasn't impressed. The only part that really entertained me was the Kane/Barrett match and the post-match scene.
The WWE has no direction. Their shows revolve around skits featuring "stars" with no charisma that aren't over with the crowd. Even in the so-called "dark ages" of the mid '90s, the crowds weren't this dead.
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Can't wait to see more of sexy Trish or Lita
You can see Trish every Monday on Tough Enough.
I like Ivelisse too, I think she wrestles on the independent circuit and I hope she gets a contract. I just found out Christina is Alicia Fox's sister!
EDIT: Here you go! WWE, get this girl a contract!
EDIT: Here you go! WWE, get this girl a contract!
John Cena no sells not one, but TWO lead pipe shots... WTF is up with that?
You mean the foam pipe?
^I know it's fake, but c'mon. Orton gets hit with a small ass wrench in the_back of the thigh and is down for like 5 mins. Cena gets hit twice, once in the ribs at that, and yet he still manages to take away said pipe and attack Miz with it, if that isn't a no-sell then I don't know what is. Fuckin SuperCena bullshit.
No, no, no I wasn't getting on you for it being fake. I was smacking my head because Cena made it so obvious that it wasn't a real lead pipe.
No, no, no I wasn't getting on you for it being fake. I was smacking my head because Cena made it so obvious that it wasn't a real lead pipe.
Oh ok, gotcha. My bad! :o
That RAW was okay; certainly better than last week's shows but that's not saying much. I hope SmackDown will be even better. And since I'm bored, I thought I'd give my thoughts on the tag team divison. I really feel like it could be rebuilt, with a handful of teams on each brand, and the surprise elements and all. So here's what I came up with.
For both brands: Kane & The Big Show, because they are the tag team champs. I actually like them as a team to rebuild the division around. They are huge, "unstoppable" and easy for the young teams to chase after. They are respected amongst fans so it's easy to get people interested. Plus, they tend to be pretty boring nowadays in singles competition.
For SmackDown:
The Usos (Managed by Tamina) - They're there, so why not use them? They're also a "real" tag team which is almost unheard of nowadays.
Primo & Orlando/Sin Cara (Managed by Rosa Mendes) - Why not have a Latin-themed tag team? Orlando is the cousin of Primo and the last I heard he works in FCW. If he's not going to come up, they could just as easily use Sin Cara (who imo sucks in singles matches).
Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater - They are former tag team champs and would be future endeavored rather quickly if broken up. By all means, they need to stay together.
The Great Khali & Jinder Mahal (managed by Runjin Singh) - The WWE is just going to be stupid and have these guys fight again, but it'd better for them to be a team.
For RAW:
Hart Dynasty (managed by Natalya) - Why did they end this in the first place? :dunno:
David Otunga & Percy Watson - These guys could cut a lot of funny promos to the audience, at least.
Cryme Tyme - They've still got JTG floating around, so I'd say it might be a good idea to just hire Shad back and reform this team.
I would also suggest having The Miz and Jack Swagger sometimes teaming up to make a run for the titles. They have an alliance, and it's always nice to see an unexpected team pop up.
For both brands: Kane & The Big Show, because they are the tag team champs. I actually like them as a team to rebuild the division around. They are huge, "unstoppable" and easy for the young teams to chase after. They are respected amongst fans so it's easy to get people interested. Plus, they tend to be pretty boring nowadays in singles competition.
For SmackDown:
The Usos (Managed by Tamina) - They're there, so why not use them? They're also a "real" tag team which is almost unheard of nowadays.
Primo & Orlando/Sin Cara (Managed by Rosa Mendes) - Why not have a Latin-themed tag team? Orlando is the cousin of Primo and the last I heard he works in FCW. If he's not going to come up, they could just as easily use Sin Cara (who imo sucks in singles matches).
Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater - They are former tag team champs and would be future endeavored rather quickly if broken up. By all means, they need to stay together.
The Great Khali & Jinder Mahal (managed by Runjin Singh) - The WWE is just going to be stupid and have these guys fight again, but it'd better for them to be a team.
For RAW:
Hart Dynasty (managed by Natalya) - Why did they end this in the first place? :dunno:
David Otunga & Percy Watson - These guys could cut a lot of funny promos to the audience, at least.
Cryme Tyme - They've still got JTG floating around, so I'd say it might be a good idea to just hire Shad back and reform this team.
I would also suggest having The Miz and Jack Swagger sometimes teaming up to make a run for the titles. They have an alliance, and it's always nice to see an unexpected team pop up.
Hart Dynasty was never working for me. to me they only got exposed because of Uncle Brett. Alot of Blacks i know who are into this were actually offended by the cryme time gig. the tag team division is pretty much dead to me overall. i would actually like a change of direction and make the showboating less of the attraction and the action more of the matches...and that means dumping moves like John Cena's 5 knuckle shuffle which is one of the dumber ones, up there with the peoples elbow
I think the WWE really dropped the ball on Raw this week regarding The Miz. They start the show building him up and after the main event all that stuff with the ways he can make Cena say "I quit" that Cena hasn't thought of was great.....Then they blew it all up by having Cena talk at the end and just kill it
I know what you mean about Hart Dynasty, but I don't think their talent could be denied. Plus, even if their team was a bit superficial I still think that's better than having them both serve as meaningless singles wrestlers. And if your friends were offended by Cryme Tyme, I can only imagine how offended they'd be by Nation Of Domination. That's one of the problems with wrestling fans right now imo. They cry about how the WWE is TV-PG, but then when something edgy happens they get all offended.
I agree with you on the dumb wrestling moves, but the WWE has always been that way it seems, going back to Hogan's legdrop.
