The Wrestling Thread Lured You In And Brought You Down! - Part 243

[Pink Ranger]

Time for Table for 3 with Jim Cornette. Keep the steak knives away.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Only one WWE "This is Your Life" has been good and it involves the biggest movie star on the planet.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Only one WWE "This is Your Life" has been good and it involves the biggest movie star on the planet.

Also, sadly Alexa Bliss can't match the sex appeal of Mick Foley. Sorry to say it's still a looks-based industry, and Alexa just doesn't cut it.

 

[Loki882]

Can we stop with the whole "Bayley's never kissed a boy" crap already. Attention WWE, it doesn't make Alexa look more heelish, or Bayley more sympathetic. It just makes your show annoying and you look incompetent. The fact that they keep doing this is astonishing.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I wonder if Corey Graves would fanboy over the Rock if the Great One ever returns to the WWE. He's never done commentary while the Rock's made his infrequent appearances over the years. He's called Byron Saxton "that black guy over there."

 

[Loki882]

And I thought that they made Becky look like a chump in her feud with Alexa, but jeez they've done nothing but send Bayley out there to be humiliated week after week here. They seem to be going out of their way to make her look as pathetic as possible.

Also WWE has no clue what to do with Sasha these days, it's obvious now.

 

[Dr. Evil]

The WWE creative team is not allowed to eat, sleep, drink or go to the restroom unless Vince tells them to. The rule is that they have to be awake 24/7.

 

[famicommander]

ROH just announced a new TV deal in India. The show will air on DSPORT, which is a new network launching in over 70 million homes across the country.

That makes four countries that currently have ROH on TV -- India, USA, Canada, and Portugal.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Also, sadly Alexa Bliss can't match the sex appeal of Mick Foley. Sorry to say it's still a looks-based industry, and Alexa just doesn't cut it.

Bayley will never be as over as The Great One. Nobody will be.

BTW, he is in fact an unofficial WWE Ambassador.

 

[NDX]

If you look at this history of tag teams with a breakout singles star (Rockers, Hart Foundation), the partner who takes the most beatings usually hits it big in the singles roster. At this rate, Enzo will have more world title reigns than Cena and Flair combined.

I want to gouge that image out of my brain.

 

[Dr. Evil]

A friend of mine asked if he thinks the Rock will ever do a WWE Network show like Table for 3. My answer is: "no. The Rock doing anything for the WWE Network would be a massive step down for him."

 

[Lantern Venom]

A friend of mine asked if he thinks the Rock will ever do a WWE Network show like Table for 3. My answer is: "no. The Rock doing anything for the WWE Network would be a massive step down for him."

I could easily envision Rock doing a show like that. TF3 looks like a minimal-effort project where Rock's magnetic personality and quick wit would be something to generate interest in the show. Of course something like that would be a much smaller production than many of his other endeavors, but Rock has proven that he doesn't care about that. WWE has been in a cultural relevance tailspin for 10-15 years, but he still works with them simply because he likes going back to his roots every now and then.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I could easily envision Rock doing a show like that. TF3 looks like a minimal-effort project where Rock's magnetic personality and quick wit would be something to generate interest in the show. Of course something like that would be a much smaller production than many of his other endeavors, but Rock has proven that he doesn't care about that. WWE has been in a cultural relevance tailspin for 10-15 years, but he still works with them simply because he likes going back to his roots every now and then.

He would need to do it with people he knows well, so Mick Foley and John Cena.

Plus if the WWE hyped the hell out of a "Table for 3" with the Rock, there will be a lot of people watching. Plus the Rock has 11.3 million Twitter followers and 87 million instagram followers and you know he would promote the hell out of that on both.

He has 87 million Instagram followers! That's probably more than any WWE Superstar combined!

 

[LoganGambit87]

 

[Dr. Evil]

I heard that Adam Cole vs. Cody Rhodes from this weekend was a great match.

It ticks off another name off Cody's "Indy to do" list, which he will never complete.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Sasha better not get too close to Swann.....or his wife will invite Sasha to a "red wedding."

Spoiler

 

[killface]

are they going to be an intergender Too Cool? Nia Jax in the Rikishi role?

 

[javonstokess]

RAW is boring. Yup, I said it.
-No Universal Champ actually participating on a regular basis.
-Guys who flourished on Smackdown like Miz and Ambrose are stuck feuding with each other AGAIN.
-Reigns STILL main events every show while Finn Balor (who is legit over) still sits in the middle of the show.
-Bray Wyatt, now not a champ, still eats pin after pin.
-Sasha Banks, possibly the most over female wrestler on the main roster, is relegated to feuding with Alicia Foxx and Noam Dar while shuckin' and jivin' with resident stereotype Rich Swann (mind you, I do love watching Sasha dance, but she's a 3 time champ who should be in big feuds).
-Bayley, while over cause she hugs, is boring a sin in a feud with Bliss who is, promo-wise, carrying the crap out of this feud cause Bayley can't cut a good promo.

I honestly can't make it through a full show anymore. I'm usually done with it now by 9:30pm/10:00pm. I just want Bliss, Banks, Ambrose and Balor to be put on Smackdown so I have zero reason to watch RAW anymore. This is sad.

 

[Mani-Man]

RAW is boring. Yup, I said it.
-No Universal Champ actually participating on a regular basis.
-Guys who flourished on Smackdown like Miz and Ambrose are stuck feuding with each other AGAIN.
-Reigns STILL main events every show while Finn Balor (who is legit over) still sits in the middle of the show.
-Bray Wyatt, now not a champ, still eats pin after pin.
-Sasha Banks, possibly the most over female wrestler on the main roster, is relegated to feuding with Alicia Foxx and Noam Dar while shuckin' and jivin' with resident stereotype Rich Swann (mind you, I do love watching Sasha dance, but she's a 3 time champ who should be in big feuds).
-Bayley, while over cause she hugs, is boring a sin in a feud with Bliss who is, promo-wise, carrying the crap out of this feud cause Bayley can't cut a good promo.

I honestly can't make it through a full show anymore. I'm usually done with it now by 9:30pm/10:00pm. I just want Bliss, Banks, Ambrose and Balor to be put on Smackdown so I have zero reason to watch RAW anymore. This is sad.

Yeah, i think the last "decent" raw show was before the shake up...ever since, its all pretty boring and Raw feels "empty".

Which constantly baffles me, considering the huge talents they have over there.

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[famicommander]

As I've always said, lack of talent is not and has never been WWE's problem. It's always been the booking, the writing, the length of the show, arbitrary content/moveset rules that don't apply evenly across the board, and the lack of focus on match quality.

Honestly, every major promotion in the world has more than enough talent to put on great shows right now. All three WWE brands, Impact, ROH, NJPW, AAA, CMLL, AJPW, NOAH, LU... it's just a matter of putting the pieces together in the right way.

I've heard AJPW's product is on fire right now. I wish it were easier to watch for Americans.

 

[chamber-music]

I have not watched raw this week and I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything interesting.

The WWE talent roster is great but there really isn't enough interesting booking or storylines worth making me sit through 3 hours of Raw right now.

At least Smackdown has the fun wacky Breezango vs Uso feud as well as always talented guys like Nakamura and AJ Styles. The spontaneity of jobbers like Heath Slater and Jinder being pushed to the title has also given Smackdown a anything can happen vibe.

Raw is just 'meh' at the moment.

 

[javonstokess]

Here are some feuds off the top of my head that COULD freshen up RAW:

Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe (it worked before)
Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns (Reigns as a full on heel, IMO, would energize RAW)
Seth Rollins vs. The Miz
Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss (The snark in this feud would be palpable)
Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt (has this feud happened before as Singles wrestlers?)

 

[javonstokess]

I have not watched raw this week and I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything interesting.

The WWE talent roster is great but there really isn't enough interesting booking or storylines worth making me sit through 3 hours of Raw right now.

At least Smackdown has the fun wacky Breezango vs Uso feud as well as always talented guys like Nakamura and AJ Styles. The spontaneity of jobbers like Heath Slater and Jinder being pushed to the title has also given Smackdown a anything can happen vibe.

Raw is just 'meh' at the moment.

I'd argue that RAW "plays it safe" while Smackdown is pretty experimental and unpredictable. You're never quite sure who'll get a push which adds to it's fun. IMO, the only part of Smackdown that I don't really like is Charlotte in the Women's Division. They have a tendency to focus on her now, even without the championship. Sasha would have benefited greatly by moving to Smackdown. They had a built in feud there with her, Naomi and Tamina.

 

[Samurai_Adam]

I might be the only one, but I really wish there was a major faction similar to the nWo. A faction that was featured in all brands(including NXT) and was a threat to WWE in general. Maybe I'm alone, but I think it'd be refreshing.