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Post by AvP on Jan 26, 2015 20:35:38 GMT
Oh, WWE. You stupid, stupid, stupid bastards. They learned nothing from last year.
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Post by xLEGACYx on Jan 26, 2015 21:17:45 GMT
Oh, WWE. You stupid, stupid, stupid bastards. They learned nothing from last year. In all honesty it was a really lack luster rumble. Not very exciting or many big names. The triple threat match was good though. Actually the triple threat was the only good part of the rumble |
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Post by bigballerju on Jan 27, 2015 4:33:00 GMT
It was known for a year now WWE wanted Reigns to be there top star. Like seriously no one should have been surprised he won. Reigns isn't ready to carry the company. He can't carry a match by himself, horrible on the microphone, and needs way more charisma. Reigns either will prove everyone wrong on that or WWE will have fucked up his character in a rush to make him a top star.
That match last night made Seth Rollins. He proved he could be a top star in this company and has a bright future. Great job on his part. The fact they had him kicking out of Cena's finisher shows they have faith in him. Not many do that.
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Post by AvP on Jan 27, 2015 19:57:33 GMT
I like Roman. He's not ready, but I think he has potential. He really didn't deserve those boos, but Vince McMahon sure as heck did. I put the fault squarely with WWE creative on this one, they've completely botched Roman Reigns's push. Instead of organically getting over he was crammed down the fans's throats and this is what happens. If the Rock holds up your arm after making a surprise return and you're both getting booed you know you're in trouble.
Yeah, my favorite part of the Rumble was the Triple Threat without a doubt. Totally glad Lesnar retained, but Rollins made me downright giddy with how well he did. He was always my favorite in the Shield and seeing him spread his wings the way he has has been amazing. Great on the mic, extraordinary in the ring. My only gripe with his current run is that I wish they'd downplay Mercury and Noble's involvement in his matches, it can make him look weak sometimes, especially against Super Cena. But last night he looked like a million bucks and that's fantastic. Big things in his future. Just imagine when him vs Ambrose eventually becomes a world title feud?
As for the Rumble match itself, yeah they really screwed the pooch and it was just bad from Bryan's elimination onwards. I will say I marked out when Bubba-Ray, Boogeyman and DDP came out though, and Bray Wyatt's run for most of the match was done really well. Having freaking Big Show and Kane be in the final four and toss out Ziggler, Ambrose and Wyatt the way they did though was just freaking ridiculous and a slap in the face to fans. Three popular, super over young superstars get manhandled like redheaded children and eliminated with ease by two people who were around in the Attitude Era so Reigns can go ahead and eliminate BOTH THOSE GUYS BY HIMSELF? Who on earth thought that was gonna fly?
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Post by xLEGACYx on Jan 28, 2015 2:34:45 GMT
I like reigns too. I just think with his look, entrance, and moves he should have a more bad ass personality. His personal doesn't work with telling goofy stories and making fun of people. Maybe a one liner or something.
I liked how Brock retained and he kinda has that neutral persona. He doesn't like Cena but will beat down the authority as well.
I was really hoping Orton would show up at some point throughout the night whether it was interference in the triple threat or during the rumble. I want him to come back and oppose the authority.
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Post by omfg on Jan 28, 2015 11:24:39 GMT
The WWE needs to get rid of Cena, Orton, Big Show, Kane, Lesnar, and all of those other veterans. Holy shit, that's why I stopped watching it, used to be a huge fan until I was able to determine the winner of the fight just by looking at the match card.
I tuned in every once in a while to watch it, RAW especially since Mondays I have the house to myself. I like where the SHIELD thing was going until they destroyed it for some reason.
NXT is a brilliant idea, give rise to new talent.
Vince is stupid, he's forcing stars onto the fans. Didn't he cause a ruckus when Batista showed up to win the '14 one right? Stop forcing the stars, the fans will decide for themselves.
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Post by bigballerju on Jan 28, 2015 13:15:44 GMT
Kane and Big Show are single handily along with Vince's old ass ideas ruining Raw. There taking up spots that could go to younger guys and are boring as hell. If WWE doesn't watch there gone screw up Reigns and lose there best future they have had in years. Reigns is the guy they have been looking for. Sad to say I think the reports are true Vince and others don't view Daniel Bryan as a star.
I so badly want Triple H to take over creatively from Vince.
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Post by xLEGACYx on Jan 28, 2015 13:35:04 GMT
Kane and Big Show are single handily along with Vince's old ass ideas ruining Raw. There taking up spots that could go to younger guys and are boring as hell. If WWE doesn't watch there gone screw up Reigns and lose there best future they have had in years. Reigns is the guy they have been looking for. Sad to say I think the reports are true Vince and others don't view Daniel Bryan as a star. I so badly want Triple H to take over creatively from Vince. they need to get rid of the whole corporate Kane thing. He needs to go back to what he originally was. Cena needs to become the bad guy for awhile. Similar to when Hogan became Hollywood Hogan. Orton needs to become the good guy and take out the authority after what they did to him. Lesnar works as who he is right now. Not being on anyone's team is who he is. Plus his UFC background makes him seem like a real threat to anyone he faces. Everyone know wrestling is fake but it needs to atlas be a little believable. Daniel Bryan against Lesnar would just be insulting to Lesnar if he lost. As much as I don't like him Bray Wyatt is a great bad guy. I think he is even better alone than with harper and rowan. Like I said earlier Reigns, with the way the portray him in all other ways need to stop doing goofy promos. He just can't pull off funny promos like the rock. He needs to be the bad ass. Currently you have Cena for long funny promos. Dean Ambrose needs (not more) but a better push. They could just use him in the spotlight better. When it was him vs Rollins it was done right. Noble and Mercury just need to go. In my opinion people like the new day need to be split up, The following are a waste of space, Titus Young, Curtis Axel, Ascension, los matadores, slater, Adam rose, fandango, and Kevin woods. |
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Post by bigballerju on Jan 28, 2015 18:28:54 GMT
Kane and Big Show are a waste of space as well. There characters are tired and ruined. WWE has plenty of big guys now that can take there space.
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Post by xLEGACYx on Jan 28, 2015 22:06:05 GMT
Kane and Big Show are a waste of space as well. There characters are tired and ruined. WWE has plenty of big guys now that can take there space. Big show has always been pretty much the same character but it works cause no one e is really his size. Maybe close to his height but nobody is 7ft tall and 500lbs. He makes for a good bad guy to be used as hired muscle. I think Kane should go back to his old masked persona and he and big show do kinda like the APA and literally be for hire. It would be funny they dialogue they could have and the scenarios that could play out. |
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Post by bigballerju on Jan 29, 2015 1:43:54 GMT
No those guys are horrible now and been around way too long going back to the early 1990s. No one wants to see them on tv anyway. They don't get any reaction what so ever anymore.
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Post by g4hardcore on Mar 29, 2015 4:50:20 GMT
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Post by xLEGACYx on Mar 29, 2015 10:36:20 GMT
With wrestle mania here it Lesnar and reigns for the title. If they want reigns to win, they need to focus on his determination and never quit attitude. They can't afford to let Brock look weak by losing and it look even.
I think having reigns keep coming back for more hit after hit would save face for Brock (if he loses) and still put reigns over. It will be interesting to see because this will be a delicate situation. After building up reigns so much and Lesnar already being a beast I wonder how it will play out.
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Post by bigballerju on Mar 29, 2015 21:41:43 GMT
Reigns isn't ready and he has a lot of building up regarding his character they need to do. He needs to be able to speak on the microphone, work on his in ring skills, build charisma, and more. I am afraid for Reigns if he wins. I don't want him to get booed and end up in the same position Batista was in if he wins like everyone is afraid of.Then again Brock signed a new contract....
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Post by AvP on Mar 30, 2015 10:52:59 GMT
That was a great 'Mania. Reigns not winning was the right call, but mad props to the guy regardless. It was nothing crazy from a technical standpoint, but from a psychological and storytelling standpoint him and Brock put on what stands out in my mind as one of the most intense, adrenaline-charged main events I've seen in years. I was on the edge of my seat the whole damn time. Reigns' spit-in-your-face grins and excellent selling as Brock mauled him did more to portray him as a gutsy, determined badass in one night than WWE have since the Shield broke up, and his comeback babyface moments actually got me excited (unlike Cena's) because they were just so well done. You really got a great Superman-vs-Doomsday feel, Reigns fighting a losing battle but desperately doing everything in his power to get his hits in where he can. Just an awesome match all around. Well done to both guys, and while a clean finish would've been nice I feel Rollins cashing in to win was by far the best call from a booking standpoint. Reigns loses nothing like he would've had Lesnar brutalized him and pinned him clean, and turned in a standout performance to boot that'll hopefully earn him some brownie points in the eyes of the fans. Lesnar is still the monster they've been building up for the last two years, he freaking eviscerated Reigns and looked like a real monster with that gash in his forehead and blood everywhere, plus he wasn't pinned.
And Rollins, well, Rollins absolutely deserves this. The guy's amazing. While everyone was freaking out over Dean and Roman back in the Shield I was a GIANT Rollins mark, he was always my favorite of the three and I hoped like crazy he'd go places in his career. Glad to see I was right. He honestly could've used the win over Randy, but I don't really mind that he lost there given his triumph later in the night (the fact that that last RKO spot was incredible doesn't hurt). Definitely looking forward to his title reign, but please god let him look strong, WWE. If J&J constantly fight all his battles for him it's gonna end up like Jack Swagger's world title run.
Cena vs Rusev was a good match. A bit milquetoast considering everybody knew Cena was gonna win thus any and all stakes were removed, but Rusev showed a lot of talent and potential in defeat. And, well, Cena made him look as good as you possibly can when you're Super Cena going over someone, I guess. At least it wasn't a Nexus-style total burial. Hope Rusev keeps up some momentum after this, his act has been formulaic but a highlight over the last year.
Sting vs HHH, in hindsight wasn't much of a wrestling match with all the smoke-and-mirrors going on, but eh, I enjoyed it. NWO vs DX? Awesome, though I have no idea why the NWO are suddenly Sting's buddies and three guys who are in the WWE Hall of Fame were apparently WCW loyalists all along. Doesn't matter, I guess. Stinger moved well for his age, he was surprisingly quick, and HHH was as fine as ever. The only thing missing was Goldberg stomping down to the ring and spearing all the Fed guys, that would've been crazy. Triple H winning was a little weird, and looking back on it a pretty transparent move on the WWE's end. I guess even now Vince's ego has this obsessive need to put his guys over the WCW guys. Shame. Still, HHH winning was unexpected, and I guess I don't really care who wins between two old guys.
I didn't see a lot of Wyatt vs Undertaker because my stream went all laggy. From what I saw it was a pretty slow-paced match, though. From a purely looks standpoint Undertaker seemed MUCH healthier than he was last year. Not really sure where Wyatt goes from here.
The IC title match was a good opener. Ambrose's spot looked dangerous. I'm fine with Bryan winning, the prospect of him as IC champ and Cena as US champ while Rollins is the world title holder is honestly pretty cool. Feels like there's stars on every level of the card now, which is how it should be.
Oh, and I doubt many people watched the preshow but it was awful. The Andre battle royale, especially. Big Show steamrolled over a whole load of young talent again and completely deflated the crowd because no one cares about Big Show and he should retire. Just ridiculous. Mizdow should've won, get his face turn off to a good start. I hope they do away with the Andre battle royale next year, it's obvious how meaningless it is.
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