Does WWE suck now?
Serious question.
Most of it
>>1064782
>Does WWE suck now?
No
It's no Attitude era but it's good.
Yes, because A+ player, and john cena is gone and ryback isn't in the mainevent picture
>WWE is expected to make another round of aggressive talent signings from Japan, Mexico and the U.K. over the next few months. The name we heard they are most interested in is Kazuchika Okada, as apparently the key people in charge just found out that he’s tall. New Japan has offered Okada a five-year contract. We don’t know if the deal has been executed and Okada has publicly said he’s loyal to New Japan.
From the latest Wrestling Observer
why the fuck would we need more japs. Vince doesn't even know the difference between japan and china
>>1064683
they're good at wrasslin
>>1064687
Are they good at entertaining?
Yes
>inb4 dean cunt
Yoshi, how do you feel about this Dean?
>>1064680
Yus.
What's your opinion on Krav Maga? Should I consider doing it?
>>1064507
pick up boxing/kickboxing/muay thai/kyokushin karate and start doing bjj/wrestling/judo/sambo a year after that(or vice versa).
then after a few years,pick up Krav Maga if you want(you ll know that you wont have to).
>>1064507
>Krap Mago
Don't, you can do better.
>>1064507
Do you have to be Judaism in order to apply?
Alright, the name of the game is simple.
Pick 3 superstars or teams from the current WWE roster that you would future endeavour, and 3 that you would send to NXT.
Also pick 3 NXT wrestlers or teams that you would promote to the main roster, and 3 you would future endeavour.
WWE roster future endeavoured:
Braun Strowman
Darren Young
Los Matadores
WWE roster to NXT:
The Ascension
Damien Sandow
A repackaged Cody Rhodes
NXT future endeavoured:
The Drifter
Alex Riley
Mojo Rawley
NXT call-ups:
American Alpha
Baron Corbin
Samoa Joe
Now you go.
WWE ROSTER FUTURE ENDEAVORED:
>Dolph Ziggler
>Los Matadores
>Hornswoggle
WWE ROSTER TO NXT:
>The Miz
>Sheamus
>Bo Dallas
NXT FUTURE ENDEAVORED:
>Bayley
>Asuka
>Apollo Crews
NXT CALL UPS
>Baron Corbin
>Enzo & Big Cass
>Finn Balor
>>1064132
>WWE roster future endeavoured:
Darren Young
Beeg
Hornswaggle
>WWE roster to NXT:
Ryback
Los Matadores
Adam Rose
>NXT future endeavoured:
Alex Riley
Elias Samson
Dana Brooke
>NXT call-ups:
Joe
Enzo & Big Cass
Nakamura
>>1064132
>WWE roster future endeavoured:
Darren Young
The Ascension
Roman Reigns (he'd be a decent mid-carder but they'll never book him that way, so fuck the guy)
>WWE roster to NXT:
Damien Sandow
The Miz
Braun Strowman
>NXT future endeavoured:
Eva Marie
Cameron
Nia Jax
>NXT call-ups:
Enzo and Big Cass
Bayley
Emma
>tfw no Cesaro Zection
i just want to listen to Bryan and Vinny :(
iktf, op. i wanted to hear bryan blow a gasket over the cage vs taya match last night. there used to be several channels on youtube that uploaded the latest WOs, can't find them now.
That nigga korealaxy just stopped uploading. Send help, brehs.
Literally came on here just to ask where I can listen to B&V Show since the death of Cesaro Zection. My XWT account wont connect to the tracker and there doesn't seem to be any videos anywhere. Someone must know. Maybe a subscriber could upload them somewhere...
There is not going to be anything groundbreaking that I have to say and it's all been said before but why don't they see that the product has been dying a slow and long drawn out death for over a decade now and oh, I don't know. Fix it?
There are so many common sense things I can think of to change it up and make the product fresh and appealing to casuals and the IWC alike that they blatantly ignore.
OK, I know the short answer is that Vince is clinically insane but still...
Three hour RAWs are overkill and everybody knows it.
You cannot sustain interest in a weekly wrestling show that is as long as the director's cut of Lord of the Rings every monday.
It's painfully obvious how much they stretch time out already and it just drags on forever. Back in the 2 hour attitude era everything felt far more pacy and cohesive. It has to be 2 hours again.
Yes, you lose that extra hour of advertising but it WILL balance out when you start to bring demo's back for the superior 2 hours you are putting out every week. This is a non-negotiable thing that has to happen to get the product back on track. The three hour shows feel so loose and have so much dead space within them. By cutting it down by an hour you start to tighten up everything and bring energy back.
Advertising is rampant and incredibly intrusive.
If RAW was a website it would be full of pop ups constantly bombarding the screen. Sure, I know they have to pay the bills, but at the very least the idea of putting ads in between matches should be totally abolished. If a match isn't important enough to not stick ads in the middle of then why should anybody give a single solitary fuck?.
Write a cohesive story that weaves through the show.
This is something that has been missing for ages. The backstage doesn't feel like one big locker room like it should. Everything is a segmented mess that exists within its own bubble. Nothing overlaps or flows. There is no danger or suspense because everything is its own neat little program. This doesn't mean reinventing the wheel. Individual feuds continue but at least make it feel like the landscape of what is happening has an overarching effect.
Treat the product more like a shoot.
Now, this doesn't mean going back to the Attitude era or everyone starting to blade again but it does mean actually making a structure that is internally consistent. (More on that in a bit) Have ladder competitions, ranking matches and make the titles properly tiered. The Intercontinental belt could easily be important again if they took their product a bit more seriously. Just because *wink* *wink* we know it isn't real is no excuse to not take the onscreen kayfabe world more seriously. They give no fucks about continuity or logic and so the audience doesn't care either. Bring back The King of the Ring, have wins and losses feel like they matter in where the talent is heading etc. It's not rocket science.
Let the talent be talented.
We all know how scripted and micro managed WWE is and how much it hurts talent. There isn't a lot to say that hasn't bean beaten to death already but they need to take the reigns (get it?) off their performers. This bleeds into everything. Let the show be more organic and wild. Remember those old RAW's where everything felt slightly unhinged and alive? Doesn't it all feel too clean, sanitized and flat now? There is no feeling of electricity that makes the viewer think something unexpected is right around the corner and that is due to how micro managed everything is.
It's all coming off the page to be played flatly to the crowd and so again nobody cares. Let the talent get over on their own! Don't stand in their way. You will NEVER be able to create the next big thing. All the biggest stars in the biz were over because they got themselves over. The WWE needs to be a guiding and nurturing hand for talent to springboard off. Not a dictatorial machine that picks and chooses who they WANT to be over. This should be a meritocracy. Let the people decide.
Internal consistency:
Touched on this before but let me reiterate how important it is: TREAT THE PRODUCT LIKE IT'S REAL and write the show within the rules of the world...or 'universe,' whatever you want to call it! They should be beholden to the kayfabe world they exist in. Always.
You HAVE to defend that title within 30 days. So what if your talent got injured and you still want the belt on him/her. You are beholden to the internal consistency of the world so you have to make it work. The writing should be pushed by the kayfabe world, not written despite of it. This is a huge thing that they utterly ignore and that would make everything immediately better. Game of Thrones exists within its own internal consistency. Walking Dead, Better Call Saul...the freaking daytime soaps do it better for Christ's sake, etc.
Stop forcing me to lose the suspension of disbelief because you're too damn lazy to write within the world. Kayfabe isn't dead because everyone is savvy to the business. It's dead because they don't respect it enough to be beholden to it.
>implying this isn't MOTY
It's not, so far Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi at Fantastica Mania is widely considered to be match of the year. Sami vs Joe wasn't even match of the night. Pentagon vs Puma vs Muertes was.
>>1063940
It was okay.
>>1063955
Who is the greatest success from the Shield?
>>1063623
Seth Rollins however that's like saying the shit i took last night was better than the one i took today
Seth Rollins, indeed
>>1063623
Chris Hero
Because he doesn't have to endure these countless shit threads
Are cuck threads allowed on /asp/?
>>1063598
Kek
>>1063603
I told you
Your posts are so average
I came back after a few hours and you're still at it
>The end of Kurt Angle week was not a ratings hit for TNA, as the combined audience for the two airings was the lowest to date for Impact.
>The final show of the U.K. tapings, built around Angle vs. Bobby Lashley, did 222,000 viewers at 9 p.m. and another 58,000 viewers at midnight.
>The midnight viewership was the lowest to date. The previous lowest combined audience was 297,000 viewers two weeks ago.
>The 9 p.m. show was down 14 percent from the prior week, also built around Angle in a match with Bobby Roode. The midnight show was down 15 percent from the prior all-time low was 68,000.
>Impact returns next Tuesday with the first show of a new set of tapings in Orlando, FL. The episode will be taped two hours before it is broadcast.
He is never coming back to WWE now
>Implying Vince wants an Olympic gold medalist dying in his ring
>58,000
>>1063554
Why did you have to leave Kurt?
Welcome to Hell X3
>>1063462
Is this real?
>>1063480
Yes
>>1063462
Why is Vince a negro penguin?
>I know this to be true
Denial
Do people honestly think the E is gonna throw away months of Reigns/Haitch build up for Ambrose? If they didn't do it last year it's not going to happen
>>1063418
>implying its not gunna be Fatal 4 Way at Mania
>>1063414
Of course. Why else would they be teasing the Wyatt/HHH feud if HHH isn't dropping the Title to Ambrose?
And why is it Dean Ambrose?
>this Sethfag is STILL samefagging
>>1063186
>sloppy no-impact punches
>dumb signature clothesline
>HE'S CRAZY MAGGLE
>dresses like a poor alcoholic
>constantly riding Roman Reigns' coattails
>literally the Janetty of the Shield
>>1063186
I hope you fucking die and your kids are hit by a car
Am I the only one who legitimately doesn't care about ANY wrestler, match, feud or angle for this upcoming Wrestlemania? I have never cared this little about WWE before in my life....it's almost scary...
This has never happened to me before as a WWE fan. Even in recent WMs I was still hyped to see The Rock and Lesnar wrestle again, to see if anyone could break Taker's streak......or at the very LEAST I wanted to see if Cena would take a loss. Now we don't even have any of that (Lesnar hype has died down for me personally)
No, this isn't meant to be just another whiny complaining-ass "WWE sucks now bring back my childhood Attitude Era" thread. I'm genuinely interested in seeing who else isn't hyped for this Wrestlemania AT ALL
>>1063033
I feel the same way. Normally at each wrestlemania there was at least one match I was super hyped to see. For wm 32 there are like 2 or 3 i am mildly excited for and the rest I don't care.
Hopefully one steals the show. I remember for 25 the only match I was really anticipating was orton vs haitch, but then undertaker vs michaels swept me off my feet.
Just stay optimistic anon. Almost every wrestlemania ends up having a few great moments and matches.
Taker and Shane might have a cool spot, and that's the only thing I'm kind of looking foward to, But just a cool spot does not a good show make. Everything else seems pretty lackluster. Biggest Wrestlemania my ass.
@johncena
>Sometimes that last little push for you to achieve the impossible needs a little antagonism, even if it's self inflicted