I've said this before and continue to say it: Remember when Theory was the most talked about guy in the the indies? Imagine if Daniel Garcia was in his spot?
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April Wrasslin |OT| Bad Times Don't Last, But Bad Guys Do.
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Wrestling at 40+ can't be easy. Even Danielson had to retire at one point in his career. I don't judge them for taking it easy all things considered.
If that (usually short) fluff Internet WWE backstage interview with Cody yesterday is anything to go by, WWE viewers are certainly in for a... time with Cody.
He waffles on about nothing for like 5min while the interviewer is nervously smiling like wtf just say the line and we're out instead he goes off on a hundred tangents talking forever without actually saying anything.
He must have got such a sweet deal if he's allowed to just continue his AEW Cody self shit but in this WWE environment. Makes me think Vince doesn't even know what he's getting himself into, just wanted to 'get one back' over the competition at any cost.
He waffles on about nothing for like 5min while the interviewer is nervously smiling like wtf just say the line and we're out instead he goes off on a hundred tangents talking forever without actually saying anything.
He must have got such a sweet deal if he's allowed to just continue his AEW Cody self shit but in this WWE environment. Makes me think Vince doesn't even know what he's getting himself into, just wanted to 'get one back' over the competition at any cost.
He's not going to have to learn anything because all his promos will be scripted from now on.
Sports Entertainer Garcia watching Theory lose to a celebrity and take a stunner from Steve Austin:
Pretty much. I wonder if Vince will make an entranceway specifically for Cody?
He's def getting his codyvator for every Raw and PPV
Edit: Wait Raw set isn't elevated right? I don't think they can give him the codyvator.
Gonna take some totally serious soul searching, but I think night 2 of mania was worse than even WM27
An impressive feat, though it's not quite as damning as I'd like it to be because it was partly due to them stacking night 1 with the decent stuff, and night 1's Belair/Lynch was better than anything at the infamously bad WM27, both events have a three star cody match though, how about that?
Every time I'm away from the WWE product for an extended period, I'm always amazed when I go back for one misguided PPV hit, and i'm utterly bombarded with their sheer amount of WWE-isms
Reading the results on a weekly basis and having a sensible chuckle at the booking is one thing, but when you're back watching and are assaulted by video packages, the camera cuts, the commentary verbiage, the dumb nicknames, the inevitable short changing of good wrestlers contrasted against some olds sauntering around the stage/ring for 5 minutes to bask in nostalgic adoration...
It's just, so bad
An impressive feat, though it's not quite as damning as I'd like it to be because it was partly due to them stacking night 1 with the decent stuff, and night 1's Belair/Lynch was better than anything at the infamously bad WM27, both events have a three star cody match though, how about that?
Every time I'm away from the WWE product for an extended period, I'm always amazed when I go back for one misguided PPV hit, and i'm utterly bombarded with their sheer amount of WWE-isms
Reading the results on a weekly basis and having a sensible chuckle at the booking is one thing, but when you're back watching and are assaulted by video packages, the camera cuts, the commentary verbiage, the dumb nicknames, the inevitable short changing of good wrestlers contrasted against some olds sauntering around the stage/ring for 5 minutes to bask in nostalgic adoration...
It's just, so bad
Thank for saying what needed to be said.
I think John F Kennedy said it (in regards to the CIA): "I want to take the CIA, splinter it into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the wind." This is what needs to happen to the WWE. Just complete reorganization from top to bottom, starting with Vince.
watch Veer debut and Cody job to him lol.
But it will be fun to see the crowd turn on babyface Cody over the next few months
But it will be fun to see the crowd turn on babyface Cody over the next few months
I hope Bianca's eye is okay after that botched Molly Go Round that caught her in the face. It ended up pretty swollen.
It is but it could be so much worse lol. Goldberg might win it somehow can't count it out.
Ideally they would've built up a new star to dethrone Roman by now. But they couldn't even give Shinsuke and Cesaro brief hope feuds with Roman.
As long as there's no permanent damage it'll probably end up being a positive for Bianca. Getting potatoed from Nia and getting that nose gusher absolutely led to Becky's rocket rise.
Cesaro did had his short hope feud. That's how forgettable it was.
It's not even close.
Apparently walter's match at nxt was the shits too. They've successfully beaten pro wrestling out of Walter.
In the defense of GUNTHER (why), he was put up against LA Knight and given like 10 minutes, it's like stacking the odds against a good match instead of in favour of it.
If we want to highlight some real shit, can we talk about BUTCH (why)
Sheamus forcibly carrying him away from a match ending DQ multiple times, like he's flippin' Scrappy Doo yelling "let me at 'im, I'll splat 'im!" is some of the most character assassinating shit I've seen from a main roster callup
Commentary are gonna start being like "Butch, grew up on the mean streets of London, pickpocketing with his fellow orphans, and having many an ASBO before Sheamus started mentoring him, but his scrappy spirit remains, like a tenacious terrier"
If we want to highlight some real shit, can we talk about BUTCH (why)
Sheamus forcibly carrying him away from a match ending DQ multiple times, like he's flippin' Scrappy Doo yelling "let me at 'im, I'll splat 'im!" is some of the most character assassinating shit I've seen from a main roster callup
Commentary are gonna start being like "Butch, grew up on the mean streets of London, pickpocketing with his fellow orphans, and having many an ASBO before Sheamus started mentoring him, but his scrappy spirit remains, like a tenacious terrier"
Butch literally might be the biggest character change I've seen. I don't even see how the fuck you can get to the character.
In regards to Austin theory - they made him look like a total geek but then again they have spent the last month making Seth look like a geek.
With WWE booking it doesn't matter - they'll put him right back in a title picture and expect everyone to forget mania. I mean, it goes both ways how many former champs are just in the mid-card or vying for belts that are substantially below their station? Its a WWE staple for people to just act illogically and take matches that don't make sense.
With WWE booking it doesn't matter - they'll put him right back in a title picture and expect everyone to forget mania. I mean, it goes both ways how many former champs are just in the mid-card or vying for belts that are substantially below their station? Its a WWE staple for people to just act illogically and take matches that don't make sense.
At least in night 2 it was. It was really fun, I laughed my ass off all match long
I'd say more than HBK in 2022. So, yes.
From what Bryan describes, everyone was throwing shoot punches.
I don't know if Bret draws but he causes "social media" buzz or dirt sheet buzz or whatever.
I mean, I think having Brett around the promotion can only be good for the quality of the product and what he can bring to the locker room.
Hear me out Joe did a post match speech for the crowd at ROH saying we are pro wrestling. He's showing up on Dynamite this week so he sees Eddie and PnP need 2 more people to deal with some sports entertainers. To even the odds he brings out Claudio.
Either that or this is how we wind up with Punk/Jericho feud which has to happen.
Night 1 was definitely much more good than bad; Becky vs Bianca was excellent. Cody vs Seth was really good (and they absolutely made the right decision by not wasting Cody on a random Raw). Everything about KO vs Stone Cold was great, even if not every single spot was a slam dunk, Austin looked like a million bucks for someone with his injury history that hasn't wrestled in 19 years, and was buoyed by him clearly having a great time. Logan Paul played an amazing heel and had a level of swagger that Dominic can't even dream about. Other than that, Rhonda vs Charlotte was bad and shame that Drew's big entrance was cut.
Night 2, on the other hand...
Vinnie Mac has this year's drizzling shits/please retire award locked up already, this time as a performer instead of his usual executive role. Stunner sells by Austin and Pat were both amazing, at least. Pat also had a pretty good match with a few really damn cool spots. Kinda amazed at how over RKBro are. Nice that Sasha finally won something at Wrestlemania. But then they finally get the atmosphere that they wanted for Roman vs Brock, only to give is the same fucking match as always, possibly shortened by Roman getting hurt. And the less said about the New Day match, the better. Knoxville vs Sami MOTN by a mile.
Night 2, on the other hand...
Vinnie Mac has this year's drizzling shits/please retire award locked up already, this time as a performer instead of his usual executive role. Stunner sells by Austin and Pat were both amazing, at least. Pat also had a pretty good match with a few really damn cool spots. Kinda amazed at how over RKBro are. Nice that Sasha finally won something at Wrestlemania. But then they finally get the atmosphere that they wanted for Roman vs Brock, only to give is the same fucking match as always, possibly shortened by Roman getting hurt. And the less said about the New Day match, the better. Knoxville vs Sami MOTN by a mile.
Pay Wade Barrett whatever it cost for one night to get him there so he can
The whole time Stardust walks down the entrance ramp the first time.
Watching the string of Raw after Wrestlemania 13 and let me tell youuuu! Bret was a DRAW in Kuwait and Johannesburg, South Africa, pal!
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If Bret was a shithead backstage for most of his years, people would absolutely be saying that nowadays lol
tbf, AJ Styles hasn't been that impressive in the ring for years.
I enjoyed watching a Bad Bunny match last year more than any AJ match that year. I guess this year might be the same except with Logan Paul now.
I enjoyed watching a Bad Bunny match last year more than any AJ match that year. I guess this year might be the same except with Logan Paul now.
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Time for Christian to give up the shirt
This man delivered better work rate than AJ fucking Styles.
He should've gave up the shirt Day 0.Time for Christian to give up the shirt
