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.

[sek69]

I know some folks aren't keen on Tama Tonga, but he deserves better than this MFT shit. Him and Nakamura could probably be having a fun little midcard feud, but instead he's stuck playing the second banana to the Temu Tribal Chief. 

They should have just kept him and Tanga Loa as the G.O.D. and let them do their  thing, but instead they kept the other brother because of his size and both are in this dead as fuck faction. 

[The Thread Killer]

2 minutes ago, sek69 said:

I know some folks aren't keen on Tama Tonga, but he deserves better than this MFT shit. Him and Nakamura could probably be having a fun little midcard feud, but instead he's stuck playing the second banana to the Temu Tribal Chief. 

They should have just kept him and Tanga Loa as the G.O.D. and let them do their  thing, but instead they kept the other brother because of his size and both are in this dead as fuck faction. 

Agreed. There is no logic whatsoever behind what WWE has done to their tag division. They have essentially gutted it.

MFT is death. Solo is not a top guy and does not have the personality to be in charge of a stable. They need to pull the plug on this crap ASAP.

[sek69]

Honestly, Talla Tonga might even end up as something since he moves better than most WWE giants (a fact Wade even brought up on commentary). His biggest problem is he's just super green, people forget was just starting his career when the family left New Japan to go to WWE. 

[sek69]

LOL not them accidentally revealing Cathy Kelley is doing the interview barefoot so she wouldn't be as tall/taller than the Miz. 

[C.S.]

49 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said:

Solo is not a top guy and does not have the personality to be in charge of a stable. They need to pull the plug on this crap ASAP.

I like Solo, but he's X-Pac leading X-Factor. 

[The Thread Killer]

Yeah, he was great as Roman’s goon, and there’s plenty of room for him as a midcard guy, but they have pushed him beyond his capabilities. His promo skills are especially weak.

[El-P]

8 hours ago, sek69 said:

His biggest problem is he's just super green, people forget was just starting his career when the family left New Japan to go to WWE. 

Well, the guy started his career in 2017. He spent 8 years in the NJPW system. Then he spent a year doing nothing after being hired by WWE. It's not like he's a rookie anymore. No idea how he looks now, but he was okay at the end in NJ. (then Oskar showed up and was a hundred times better as a giant)