Smack2k Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 WOW... You can dress a pig but its still a pig... Kane ISNT scary anymore...he can beat up Bryan all he wants...we all know he aint winning and this is once a year "thanks for being a team player" title shot and mini-push.. Sad this is what they give Daniel after Mania...kills his steam. Kane in a mask? Really? Come on....WWE you are better than that... THis blows.. Cole can sell this all he wants and they can make it as "savage" and call him a "demon"...its fuckin Kane...old ass retread Kane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steenalized Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 The crowd was into it. Kane's fine for a one month hold over and as a resident giant, that's about how long he can get before people stop giving a damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I liked it. In fact it made me do a 180 on the Kane/Bryan match and I'm looking forward to it now. I know we're only 30 minutes in but this really feels like a return to form after last week (even though that form isn't terribly well established). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartelFan38 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Lost opportunity not allowing Brie Bella to celebrate in the ring with Daniel Bryan at WMXXX, but instead now. It's lazy booking having Bryan wrestle Kane and have Kane attack him like the Big Red Monster, which is the routine they have done for years. At the end of the day, if you have to get Kane over, this was probably the best and only way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I thought it would be alright as a placeholder feud, but that segment didn't come over great. Daniel Bryan came accross really weak, not sure they should be selling him as an underdog champion this early, it sets the tone for his reign and also goes against the narrative they set at Wrestlemania where he beat all the top guys cleanly. He shouldn't go from that to being easily dismantled by a guy who himself was squashed at the last PPV. The tombstone looks really fake, too, as it has to in order to be safe, which didn't help the lack of a sense of realism and danger. Starting to think they should have run a feud with Wade Barrett or somebody they want to elevate down the line. Stephanie wasn't very good in this scene either, her screeching was back and she is way better when she is smug with lots of cute lines instead of shouting at a wrestler to stop a beatdwn for ten minutes. Another problem is that DB has gone over Kane clean a few times in the last couple of months. It could have been a quickly thrown together scene to get Daniel Bryan off the show early due to the death of his father, which is fair enough. Have to think he would have gone on last otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 She was good with the wedding stuff but then started screeching for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 And poor Brie couldn't emote one bit. No wonder the company doesn't put her into many main event angles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 The scene with Steph yelling at Kane to stop and him not listening is played out nightly in my house. I am Steph and my 3-year-old daughter is Kane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Why did Steph want him to stop when just a month ago she cheered on Hunter in another brutal beat down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I really don't see how Bryan loses any steam with this feud/match...unless it goes for longer than Extreme Rules. And even if that was the case, I wouldn't think it would be irreparable damage at all. Like they could come back with a Wyatt or Cena feud and he would be right were he was after Mania imo. I'm not interested in the match though, it will be fun I guess but meh, I've seen them work against each other enough times. Why did Steph want him to stop when just a month ago she cheered on Hunter in another brutal beat down? The only thing I could come up with was them trying to show that Kane wasn't controllable anymore. But after the break Steph made that insincere comment and confirmed that she was just playing in the opening segment so I have no clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellmania Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 the problem with this Kane program for Bryan is that there are so many possible opponents for Bryan that would be infinitely more interesting. When he won the title I was really excited at all the potential matchups and instead we get boring ass Kane. It's just really lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who are these possible opponents? Cesaro? Barret? These guys aren't ready and they'd be even more of a step down for Bryan at this point. Kane isn't for the likes of us but like Henry and Show people buy him when he's given a serious push. That was a very good segment (when watched on mute) but I'll miss corporate Kane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm not saying he was the best option, but I see little to no reason why Cesaro would have been a worse choice than Kane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Cesaro needs a little time to heat up again. It's too early to start pinning him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Cesaro isn't working for the Authority, and isn't Bryan's former partner. Do we REALLY want Cesaro to be the first challenger? He needs to feud with Bryan, but not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Fuck Kane. Give us.....SANDOW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I didn't say I wanted Cesaro to be the first challenger, but that's no reason to pretend that Kane is a good pick. The fact that they managed to shoot a very good angle this week doesn't change the fact that we are talking about fucking Kane here, a guy Bryan decisively beat leading into Mania, and who was part of a team that jobbed out in less than three minutes at Mania. It's not as if Kane was on some hot streak, or that the crowds were clamoring for Kane v. Bryan matches (actually the house shows they ran with that feud didn't do terribly impressive numbers as I recall). Instead they did nothing to set up interesting heels for after his win, had Bray job to Cena, and decided to pair off the established top heels with HHH (surprise, surprise!) for a feud against The Shield. I can live with the idea of Kane as a worst case scenario challenger, and even with the idea that they can successfully heat up the feud with angles like the one they did tonight, but that doesn't mean I'm going to pretend that Kane is a strong challenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 He's not an ideal pick and I didn't say he was a strong challenger, but outside of Batista I don't see any obvious choices. And I can't fault them for using this opportunity to stick him in a reformed Evolution to put the Shield over and to set the wheels in motion for the supposed Reigns/HHH feud and Summerslam match. Bray would have been the best pick but even if won at mania there's no way a Cena feud is just ending like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 This is why you don't turn Mark Henry face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Batista was the obvious choice IMO, but since they seem intent on doing Shield/Evolution, I don't see how Kane isn't the 2nd best option. It's not a matchup that is going to sell PPVs or I suppose now Network subs, but it seems fairly obvious they aren't trying to do that with this match. They're just trying to give Bryan a win with the title to establish him and also close the book for good on Bryan/Kane. Yes they COULD do that on Raw, but then who does he face at the PPV? I don't even think they should be building to Cesaro/Bryan if they really want to make Cesaro the next big babyface. They should be building Cesaro to be the guy who beats Lesnar for the title after Bryan loses it to him and can't get it back. The only other option to me would have been to have Sheamus come out and interupt his celebration with Brie tonight and mock him as a champion, talking about how the last time they had a title match Sheamus beat him in 13 seconds. But I think most WWE crowds would see Kane as a more credible challenger than Sheamus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 What's funny about that is that the anecdotal evidence of my day-to-day life pegs Kane as the dirt worst. The reaction to him being challenger among my buddies at work was one of bemused annoyance, in part because the way Kane has been booked it comes across as a massive downgrade for Bryan. "Can Bryan overcome the 4th tier guy in the authority" was literally a joke line my boss was tossing around last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I wonder if they are pulling the trigger on the Rhodes feud to try to get Cody to that level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Why did Steph want him to stop when just a month ago she cheered on Hunter in another brutal beat down? She never really wanted him to stop. If she did, she would've threatened a suspension/fine/whatever. Look at how she "put over" Bryan when he was stretchered off. Kane just feels like a placeholder here, kind of like Dude Love after WrestleMania XIV. Real feud right now feels like Bryan vs. Steph (with Steph sending in whatever henchmen she can find), which is where Brie comes in (for Steph eventually getting her comeuppance). Not saying that's necessarily the best direction, but it's not like Bryan is being booked like Bret Hart facing a series of credible challengers. More like a mini-Austin vs. McMahon, in a modern sense, and on a smaller scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 You know, Sheamus would actually be a very good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I still think they are going to get there with Sheamus, they need to keep Bryan busy with someone else until they get to Lesnar at SummerSlam. I think they were always going to do a Kane match so might as well get it out of the way early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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