WWE TV Megathread

[C.S.]

2 minutes ago, sek69 said:

A yearly showcase of NXT  talent is a pretty cool idea, not sure if doing the first one in a rebuilding year is ideal or not. 

This lost me when Cena said the idiot ham 'n egger fans could vote for the loser to win. Like, what?!

[JHawk]

51 minutes ago, sek69 said:

All the lucha sickos just shouted at their TVs at the claim of this being the first 2 night Triplemania. 

I don't even follow lucha closely and I knew better.

[NotJayTabb]

12 hours ago, The Thread Killer said:

Both guys looked really rusty to me. Seth blew a couple of spots so badly, I could barely figure out what he was trying to do. And that spot where he came off the top rope and landed on his feet, but both his knees buckled made me cringe.

At least the right person went over.

The "land on your feet from a top rope Frankensteiner" spot is terrible even when done well, the fact that Rollins isn't as athletic as he once was and has a few knee injuries under his belt makes it a bone-headed decision

[El-P]

13 hours ago, sek69 said:

All the lucha sickos just shouted at their TVs at the claim of this being the first 2 night Triplemania. 

Offensive revionnist history from WWE ? Who could have predicted ?

[The Thread Killer]

2 hours ago, NotJayTabb said:

The "land on your feet from a top rope Frankensteiner" spot is terrible even when done well, the fact that Rollins isn't as athletic as he once was and has a few knee injuries under his belt makes it a bone-headed decision

Agreed. I saw it theorized elsewhere (and this theory may have some merit) that Rollins is feeling pressure due to the obvious youth movement that WWE is clearly embracing, so he is trying to stand out by performing maneuvers which are probably beyond him at this point.

[DMJ]

Classic Rollins. Undeniably athletically talented, but he might have the worst instincts of any major WWE star ever.

Wrestles like a spirited, "pop-the-crowd with spots" babyface when he's supposed to be a heel.

Wrestles like a boring, methodical heel when he's supposed to be a babyface.

His idea of "character" is wearing garish outfits. At least Koko B. Ware had a bird.

Incredible "pick me" energy. 

I voted for him on my GWE list because I do think he has a very respectable resume of good matches (and because so much of my life as a fan has been WWE-centric, my list reflects what I've seen), but I can't wait till 2036 when I think it'll be that much easier to leave him off entirely as I broaden my viewing and watch less WWE. 

[NotJayTabb]

13 hours ago, DMJ said:

His idea of "character" is wearing garish outfits. At least Koko B. Ware had a bird.
 

Watching a bunch of Shield tags for GWE, it's amazing how much more I enjoyed both Rollins and Ambrose then, as opposed to what they became a decade later. He still hit flashy spots, but they were normally deployed as a spoiler, leaping in to break up an opposition flurry rather than being the meat of the match. The tag title run with Roman, culminating in the excellent Rhodes tag at Battleground, is my favourite era of Rollins.

[The Thread Killer]

So SmackDown was pretty much hot garbage last night, I don’t know if there was something in the water but it was a total botchfest.

I expected the Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricky Saints match to be good (and there were brief flashes of it) but those guys could not get on the same page, and there were some sequences where they were so out of sync they practically ended up standing there, staring at each other.  At one point, Saints dropped Melo on his head, which isn’t going to win him any fans backstage. Although he may not have any already, considering he’s been on the Main Roster for 3 weeks and lost twice already.

Priest vs. Tama Tonga was also a bit of a mess, highlighted(?) by the sequence where Priest climbed to the top rope and appeared to basically stumble and fall and land crotch first on the top turnbuckle.  Both those guys looked rough in that match.

I’m not even going to mention the Brie Bella and Paige team, because considering the ridiculous amount of female talent WWE has right now, the idea of those two having the Women’s Tag Team Titles is just baffling.

I was really impressed with Royce Keys vs. Gunther, although it bears mentioning that the parts of the match where Keys was in control seemed smoother than when Gunther had the upper hand, which was unexpected to me. But I really liked the story they were trying to tell with Gunther being unable to bully Keys like he does most people.

And then Solo showed up. Ugh. Anything involving Solo is not likely to help Keys in the way they think it is, that’s all I’ll say.

[sek69]

I'm a mark for a superheavyweight that can move, so I like this Mason Rook guy. 

[The Thread Killer]

4 minutes ago, sek69 said:

I'm a mark for a superheavyweight that can move, so I like this Mason Rook guy. 

The only problem with guys like that is that their shelf life is so short, because of the wear and tear on their knees. Or they have to adjust their style so they aren’t quite as flashy, ala Bam Bam Bigelow.