The Wrestling Thread Is Under...Siege! - - Part 248

[The Chris]

She needs to defend the title first.

Seriously! She hasn't since October. It's ridiculous.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Aye. The pace and a number of the spots were enjoyable. The crowd reaction seemed hot for most of it and "You both suck!" floored me. You could see 2 out of the final 3 guys coming from 5280 feet away, but the end thankfully worked it all out.

Yeah. The end was satisfying. I had actually picked Roman to win it because it would have been "typical WWE booking" but it wasn't a lock for me because of Elimination Chamber and the fact that Brock was not going to be there.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Seriously! She hasn't since October. It's ridiculous.

I was also referring to Sasha as well.

 

[javonstokess]

Alexa Bliss is almost as bad with her title reign as Lesnar is.

 

[godisawesome]

Yeah. The end was satisfying. I had actually picked Roman to win it because it would have been "typical WWE booking" but it wasn't a lock for me because of Elimination Chamber and the fact that Brock was not going to be there.

Clearly whoever booked the finale of the Men's Rumble leaned into fan perceptions to setup Reigns as the defacto heel to ramp up the tension; a wise move that used our fear of another Reigns victory to make us more nervous and get even more behind Shinsuke.

My buddy and I did a "narrative" review of the match on our podcast, judging the booking decisions in terms of pacing and character dynamics, and contrasting the. With the booking in the last four Rumbles and their finales:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/132209/633430-royal-rumble-roundup

 

[The Chris]

I was also referring to Sasha as well.

I would love that too but knowing WWE man, she'd lose it the next day again.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Excited that the Bar won the tag team titles again as The Bar is the reason I like Sheamus these days. I never liked him or cared for him until The Bar.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Man, I think that kick from Asuka might’ve slowed Sasha’s momentum just enough from her career ending. That dive was brutal. She really needs to stop doing it. Every time I see her go through the middle rope I hold my breath.

Sasha botching? That never happens.

 

[The Chris]

I swear Sasha should win the women chamber match and wrestle Asuka at Mania. Asuka's offense hasn't looked that legit since leaving NXT.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I swear Sasha should win the women chamber match and wrestle Asuka at Mania. Asuka's offense hasn't looked that legit since leaving NXT.

Asuka can make them all look good.

 

[The Chris]

Asuka can make them all look good.

Not Alexa Bliss. She made Asuka look terrible with the way she sold and her lack of bumping. Asuka looked vicious tonight and Sasha was intense.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Not Alexa Bliss. She made Asuka look terrible with the way she sold and her lack of bumping. Asuka looked vicious tonight and Sasha was intense.

I would say Alexa is the worst pure wrestler in the WWE, but I have seen half of SD's current roster.

 

[Loki882]

Half of the SD Women's roster wasn't the champion for like 300+ days last year, nor have they been booked to make most of your top babyfaces looked like chumps. That's the difference.

Sasha should get a proper reign soon, she's been the workhorse of the division (not to mention all of the PR/press stuff that she does for WWE as well) for awhile now. And she goes out of her way to try and help put her opponents over win or lose.

It's ridiculous that she hasn't even gotten ONE successful title defense yet.

 

[cyclone]

Seriously why is Balor losing to Cena?! WTF is that about?

So WrestleMania is;

AJ vs Nakamura for the main event
Brock Lesnar vs Elimination Chamber winner (Cena, Elias, Braun, and going to guess Reigns, Rollins, Orton?)
Asuka vs either Charlotte or Alexa/Elimination Chamber winner. Wondering if Rousey goes in the chamber match and wins and we have Asuka vs Rousey?

WTF is Balor going to do then? IC title match against Miz?

Odd booking.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Half of the SD Women's roster wasn't the champion for like 300+ days last year, nor have they been booked to make most of your top babyfaces looked like chumps. That's the difference.

Sasha should get a proper reign soon, she's been the workhorse of the division (not to mention all of the PR/press stuff that she does for WWE as well) for awhile now. And she goes out of her way to try and help put her opponents over win or lose.

It's ridiculous that she hasn't even gotten ONE successful title defense yet.

Yeah, but Alexa is like only behind Owens on the mic. She really is that good there.

Sasha has never been the workhorse of the division. It does amaze me that people complain about her not having a defense, when she was still champion multiple times and given actual main events spots.

 

[chamber-music]

Seriously why is Balor losing to Cena?! WTF is that about?

So WrestleMania is;

AJ vs Nakamura for the main event
Brock Lesnar vs Elimination Chamber winner (Cena, Elias, Braun, and going to guess Reigns, Rollins, Orton?)
Asuka vs either Charlotte or Alexa/Elimination Chamber winner. Wondering if Rousey goes in the chamber match and wins and we have Asuka vs Rousey?

WTF is Balor going to do then? IC title match against Miz?

Odd booking.

I would of preferred Balor went over as well.

If they wanted Cena to win his spot over someone on Raw then it should of been Elias considering they already have a feud building.

At least Balor gets to go home to his girlfriend Cathy Kelley which is a win in my book

 

[javonstokess]

Yeah, but Alexa is like only behind Owens on the mic. She really is that good there.

Sasha has never been the workhorse of the division. It does amaze me that people complain about her not having a defense, when she was still champion multiple times and given actual main events spots.

Your view of Banks is incredibly bias. Sasha has carried Alicia Fox, Nia Jaxx, Alexa Bliss and even Mickie James into good matches over the last year or so.

Our issue is with Sasha's title defenses is that she hasn't had ONE successful title defense all at the expense of Vince's love affairs with Charlotte & Alexa Bliss. Also, she wasn't "given" main event spots, she earned it and when being in the main events she has delivered time and time again, including last night.

Also, let's calm down on "Alexa Bliss' promos being as good as KO's". She's good, but she can get repetitive and, frankly, boring sometimes.

 

[The Chris]

She also says really really stupid things (can point to the script for that though), and is really just a cliche mean girl and can't touch the legit boss heel persona on her best day.

 

[enterthemadness]

So....Borash quit TNA for WWE...

At least when ROH gets raided or guys leave, they plug people in. But my god TNA.

Also I watched 4 episodes of ROH on dvr this week, so all caught up. It airs at 11:30pm where i live on the ABC station Sundays. Sometimes it airs twice.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Seriously why is Balor losing to Cena?! WTF is that about?

So WrestleMania is;

AJ vs Nakamura for the main event
Brock Lesnar vs Elimination Chamber winner (Cena, Elias, Braun, and going to guess Reigns, Rollins, Orton?)
Asuka vs either Charlotte or Alexa/Elimination Chamber winner. Wondering if Rousey goes in the chamber match and wins and we have Asuka vs Rousey?

WTF is Balor going to do then? IC title match against Miz?

Odd booking.

Rumor has it that Ronda will not have a title match at Mania, but the angle she was involved in at WrestleMania 31 will lead to a match at Mania 34, except without the People's Champion as her partner.

 

[X Knight]

sucks that Cena beat Balor. Balor was the 1st Universal champ, and he never had the chance to have a proper title run due to injury.

and is Orton on Raw now or something?

 

[Dr. Evil]

Orton is still on Smackdown Live, where he still doesn't give a damn.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I'm thinking that the GM of 205 Live is either going to be Dean Malenko, Jamie Noble or Billy Kidman.

 

[nite-owl]

So....Borash quit TNA for WWE...

 

[Dr. Evil]

What the hell is Borash going to do in WWE?