Your Only Meaningful Relationship Is With An Inflatable Wrestling Thread - Part 239

[Wheels]

I mean Dylan Miley seems like a guy who could be what WWE is looking for but they're hiding him like they did Braun and all I know about him is he has a badass look and is allegedly a good promo.

 

[Serpico Jones]

This is not Russo logic. The problem is it would feel manufactured like Roman's face push. That is exactly the stuff hardcore fans crap on. Turning him heel to make him a face might have worked a while back. But instead they have pushed him ridiculously to the point that he isn't going to get cheered for being a "cool" heel or someone they want to turn face.

It doesn't help that Roman doesn't have any real babyface qualities. If they turn him heel, just make him a heel.

I don't think they care about the hardcore fans.

 

[LOBO3315a]

In my personal opinion, Braun Strowman is the next in line after Roman. He's big, deceptively fast, and is probably the strongest guy in the ring after Mark Henry and Big Show.
The crowd seems to like him as well. No mixed reactions when his roar hits.

 

[Dr. Evil]

SNL will smell what the Rock is cooking on May 20th. It'll be his fifth time, making him the most athletic five time host that SNL has ever had.

 

[Dr. Evil]

 

[Dr. Evil]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Lets go back to your idea then, who could WWE make by having Roman lose to them? Strowman? Big E? Who would WWE sign off on as their next #1?

Is it a question of who the WWE would agree with, or someone I'd put over? AJ is an easy answer. If they'd every sign off on Bryan's return, that program could actually main event Mania imo.

Roman isn't going to make anyone the next Austin or Cena, because he doesn't matter in that way. Which is sad considering how much work they have put into him.

I don't think they care about the hardcore fans.

And that is a problem with Roman. Because only the hardcore fans care about him at all.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Seasons 1 and 2 of Lucha Underground are on Netflix

damn fun show

reminds me of how awesome/badass Texano is...aside from Puma/Ricochet, hes probably my favorite Mexican wrestler

 

[JabarR]

Who would like to see Awesome Kong come back to Impact Wrestling and face Sienna?

 

[venom892]

I've never understood Vince's need to have one top guy that's superior to everyone and is infallible. First off, it isn't the 80s anymore so the template has to change. Also wouldn't you want more than one guy to build around? Have 5 to 6 top level guys means people can take time off without worrying about business going down, you can run multiple house shows without burning people out and you can create more "dream matches". Have one top guy who bulldozes over all others makes no sense to me.

 

[Wheels]

I've never understood Vince's need to have one top guy that's superior to everyone and is infallible. First off, it isn't the 80s anymore so the template has to change. Also wouldn't you want more than one guy to build around? Have 5 to 6 top level guys means people can take time off without worrying about business going down, you can run multiple house shows without burning people out and you can create more "dream matches". Have one top guy who bulldozes over all others makes no sense to me.

Good points.

 

[Wheels]

I really can't wait to see what becomes of Dylan Miley though. I remember awhile back Kevin Owens said people should follow him on Twitter if his tweets are half as good as his promos, and the dude is a freaking beast. I know WWE wants to put over the size of his hands and had him using a claw finish but I think a full nelson would look better. Not big on the claw as a finish.

 

[nite-owl]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I've never understood Vince's need to have one top guy that's superior to everyone and is infallible. First off, it isn't the 80s anymore so the template has to change. Also wouldn't you want more than one guy to build around? Have 5 to 6 top level guys means people can take time off without worrying about business going down, you can run multiple house shows without burning people out and you can create more "dream matches". Have one top guy who bulldozes over all others makes no sense to me.

The Roman situation is a lot like Cena. It seems Vince is determined to be right, at the expense of other things. Cena made sense, because the man sells merch incredibly well. Roman apparently doesn't do that.

 

[godisawesome]

I've never understood Vince's need to have one top guy that's superior to everyone and is infallible. First off, it isn't the 80s anymore so the template has to change. Also wouldn't you want more than one guy to build around? Have 5 to 6 top level guys means people can take time off without worrying about business going down, you can run multiple house shows without burning people out and you can create more "dream matches". Have one top guy who bulldozes over all others makes no sense to me.

You can even argue that the purpose of 2 rosters and shows is explicitly against that, and that Smackdown shows the advantages of a more free-for-all style card. Raw is supposed to have a top face, but who is it really now? Roman? Nope, guy doesn't have the crowd? Seth? Maybe, but he got injured again after being made pretty bland compared to what he could be, and only now do we get some of what seems promised. Zayn? Heck no, they won't let him win anything serious and if the rumors are true that his "push" is over to make way for Jericho being face, then the rumors should be that Vince is senile. RAW's been a heels show for months now, and that's why the main draw is going to be former heels turning on their associates instead of what the nominal faces are doing.

Smackdown's not perfect, but at least in most cases, they seem to have embraced the idea that the simple heel-face dynamic shouldn't override the appearance of competitiveness, and they have no problem with fielding multiple "top guys." I didn't care about Baron Corbin at all, but now I'm really excited for him. Calling Styles a heel may be technically accurate, but at least until last week, he was being booked and promo-ed as more of a bad@$$ tweener. Dean Ambrose is treated like a real veteran threat, and his comedy actually works well with his danger level. Cena's arguably doing his best work in years, Orton's wrestling consistently well, Bray's getting his due, and even Luke Harper got something like a push that he deserved.

On Smackdown, just about anyone could have the belt, and it makes sense, gets the crowd fired up, and there's several legitimate contenders to challenge him. And if you're an up-and-comer or someone who's worried about be buried by negligence, Smackdown is where you want to go. It's why I hope Vince doesn't just keep taking the other NXT stars and stranding them on RAW.

 

[chamber-music]

In my personal opinion, Braun Strowman is the next in line after Roman. He's big, deceptively fast, and is probably the strongest guy in the ring after Mark Henry and Big Show.
The crowd seems to like him as well. No mixed reactions when his roar hits.

Strowman is protected but thankfully hasn't been pushed to the moon yet. Strowman needs time to develop still. I hope they don't push him into the main event too early as that will damage him.

 

[aNarcHy2day]

The limitation of pushing Braun is that he has a fairly narrow single dimension.

But in terms of personality, I think he could do so much more- in the Austin podcast, he really comes across as level headed and well spoken and someone who has an idea what he's getting into- I think at one point he is even talking about learning to sell from the Big Show. For one, I don't think anyone's taught Roman how to sell.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Strowman is protected but thankfully hasn't been pushed to the moon yet. Strowman needs time to develop still. I hope they don't push him into the main event too early as that will damage him.

I agree. If they push him too fast, he'll be ruined. Hopefully they give him some time so when he does get into the main event, it seems natural.

Yeah he's pretty narrow in his character right now. Hopefully he can show more than being a monster.

 

[Dr. Evil]

A tag team to induct Teddy Long......the APA.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Has anyone else seen the rest of the Southpaw Regional Wrestling videos?

 

[Dr. Evil]

Crazy rumor about Paige:

- a sex tape.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Crazy rumor about Paige:

- a sex tape.

 

[Dr. Evil]

 

[Dr Lee]

Crazy rumor about Paige:

- a sex tape.

Got a mate who's a big fan of Paige.... he's going a bit loopy atm (Getting lots of caps locked texts from him), says it's more than one tape... and that Big E might be in a lot of trouble as well. If what he's shouting at me right now is accurate, then I think that the slim chance of her ever returning just went up in smoke

 

[Pink Ranger]

Got a mate who's a big fan of Paige.... he's going a bit loopy atm (Getting lots of caps locked texts from him), says it's more than one tape... and that Big E might be in a lot of trouble as well. If what he's shouting at me right now is accurate, then I think that the slim chance of her ever returning just went up in smoke

You could probably recreate the whole thing by stirring a bowl of chocolate pudding with a plastic picnic fork.