It is about booking to a large degree. It's easy to book a talented performer into oblivion.
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It is about booking to a large degree. It's easy to book a talented performer into oblivion.
Lets talk about Rollins post WM31
That feud against Kane
Lets talk about Benoit post WM20
That feud against Kane
Lets talk about Steve Austin post WM14
That feud against Kane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNTxr2NJHa0
Kid Kamikaze10
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I really thought TNA taught everyone that lesson. You can be super over, walk into a badly booked promotion, and diminish your draw instantly.
El Pescado
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Ok, Corey Graves.
I love Sasha and Becky. I hope to see them do great things on the main roster.
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Don't forget all of the Tough Enough women who will almost certainly all get deals.
and Steph will be with him after she beats every NXT female wrestler
FallingEdge
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nice nice nice
Taking some time off the job hunt (2nd round interview next Monday!) to type this up. List of performers that I have liked but have been wasted in some way since I started watching.
Ziggler Post Survivor Series '14 - Huge spot, huge response, "killed" the Authority. Shoved into a bizarre team with Cena/Rowan. Authority brought back two weeks later. Yes, he definitely irritates me and others in this thread but man, he was given nothing after this.
Leaving the company OR useless jobber status.
Stardust Post Survivor Series '14 - Fine tag champs when I started watching. Lost the belts to Miz and Mizdow. Given nothing. Proven on the mic, in the ring, multiple false starts across a variety of characters. Happening again. Comedy feuds with R-Truth into supposed program with an actor.
Useless jobber status.
Damien Sandow Post February 2nd Raw - Part of the most watchable and entertaining feud in the lead up to Wrestlemania. Got over with the crowd. No singles match to blow off at WM. Small spot in consequence-less Battle Royal, which the fucking Big Show won. Nothing match on Raw to settle the feud, made to look like a goober by Summer Rae. Spirited promo on Raw next week, basically stating "I can be real ass Damien Sandow". Transitions into awful awful gimmick impersonating Macho.
Useless jobber status.
Dean Ambrose Post Hell in a Cell '14 - Consistently popular, when given the chance cuts great promos. Limited offense but takes incredible bumps and since when has limited offense ever been a limiting factor for main event WWE talent? Given goofy comedy shtick a lot. Original feud with Rollins @ HIAC '14 was very hot. Intense as fuck match (match that "brought me in" to WWE). Bullshit ending into Wyatt feud into what should have been a completely character killing bullshit ending into awful IC title program into killing himself at WM into nothing into Rollins feud v2 with ending designed to make us think Ambrose is a contender but he's got jack shit to do this month apart from being Reign's best bud!
Wasted potential company carrying star.
Bray Wyatt Throughout - Am told that this guy was mega over before I started watching. Very unique look and stand out character. Great talker, so much so that he is used to fill up way too much time on his own, much to his detriment. Gone from creepy, intimidating and mysterious cult leader to heat sucking, feud stopping can't win a match heel. Entire build of his WM match with Taker revolved around him taking the mantle from the deadman. Alas, they want one more match from Taker so Wyatt's entire character was sacrificed for that cause. I'll admit he seems to struggle to have good matches but his feuds also struggle to make anyone care about them. Love to see him do some work in Lucha Underground though!
Zero heat useless jobber heel.
Luke Harper Post Survivor Series -
Should be Kane.
Wasting away off TV.
There are others but man this list is just depressing and disgustingly smarky already.
Ziggler Post Survivor Series '14 - Huge spot, huge response, "killed" the Authority. Shoved into a bizarre team with Cena/Rowan. Authority brought back two weeks later. Yes, he definitely irritates me and others in this thread but man, he was given nothing after this.
Leaving the company OR useless jobber status.
Stardust Post Survivor Series '14 - Fine tag champs when I started watching. Lost the belts to Miz and Mizdow. Given nothing. Proven on the mic, in the ring, multiple false starts across a variety of characters. Happening again. Comedy feuds with R-Truth into supposed program with an actor.
Useless jobber status.
Damien Sandow Post February 2nd Raw - Part of the most watchable and entertaining feud in the lead up to Wrestlemania. Got over with the crowd. No singles match to blow off at WM. Small spot in consequence-less Battle Royal, which the fucking Big Show won. Nothing match on Raw to settle the feud, made to look like a goober by Summer Rae. Spirited promo on Raw next week, basically stating "I can be real ass Damien Sandow". Transitions into awful awful gimmick impersonating Macho.
Useless jobber status.
Dean Ambrose Post Hell in a Cell '14 - Consistently popular, when given the chance cuts great promos. Limited offense but takes incredible bumps and since when has limited offense ever been a limiting factor for main event WWE talent? Given goofy comedy shtick a lot. Original feud with Rollins @ HIAC '14 was very hot. Intense as fuck match (match that "brought me in" to WWE). Bullshit ending into Wyatt feud into what should have been a completely character killing bullshit ending into awful IC title program into killing himself at WM into nothing into Rollins feud v2 with ending designed to make us think Ambrose is a contender but he's got jack shit to do this month apart from being Reign's best bud!
Wasted potential company carrying star.
Bray Wyatt Throughout - Am told that this guy was mega over before I started watching. Very unique look and stand out character. Great talker, so much so that he is used to fill up way too much time on his own, much to his detriment. Gone from creepy, intimidating and mysterious cult leader to heat sucking, feud stopping can't win a match heel. Entire build of his WM match with Taker revolved around him taking the mantle from the deadman. Alas, they want one more match from Taker so Wyatt's entire character was sacrificed for that cause. I'll admit he seems to struggle to have good matches but his feuds also struggle to make anyone care about them. Love to see him do some work in Lucha Underground though!
Zero heat useless jobber heel.
Luke Harper Post Survivor Series -
Should be Kane.
Wasting away off TV.
There are others but man this list is just depressing and disgustingly smarky already.
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Luke just needs to become Diesel
He was going to tag with Rowan but he got injured.
Harper has been having promo and matches with Cesaro on Main Event and Superstars
He was being setup in a team with Rowan (ie Wyatt family reset) that was going nowhere then Rowan got injured so Harper has fuck all to do.
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Hey Liquidsnake
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The original was 44mb, I worked hard to only take up 16mb of your time
I think we can all agree that WWE has a bunch of great talents that are being massively underutilized right now.
Harper, Cody Rhodes, Ziggler, Bray, Luke, Cesaro, Ambrose...
This roster has the potential to be the best top to bottom roster since the Attitude Era, but since there's no urgency from WWE to fucking do anything they are instead the most wasted roster ever.
Harper, Cody Rhodes, Ziggler, Bray, Luke, Cesaro, Ambrose...
This roster has the potential to be the best top to bottom roster since the Attitude Era, but since there's no urgency from WWE to fucking do anything they are instead the most wasted roster ever.
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What business you running, Vinny?
I mean, it looks more like developmental now, I guess. And what about that one girl who sucked but now people are saying she's okay? The one with red hair.
P.S. <3 Bayley.
look they only have 3h a week on RAW, and they have to fit Cena and Rollins between commercials. They're on a tight schedule, please understand
Sorry I meant Harper
spindashing
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Nah, dude. Someone knows what I'm talking about... I'll google around in the meantime...
Edit: Haha "wwe red" brought her up immediately. Eva Marie. Isn't she supposed to be good now? Has she wrestled yet?!
Eva Marie.
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I enjoyed the NXT call up. They wiped the floor with the bellas and the crowd was into it so I'm game. Hopefully they book them strong from here on out. And get rid of that stupid title design.
The US championship division continues to deliver even if this week was a little weaker after Owens ditched the match.
Main event angle was great up until they gave Kane (again) more spotlight. He should not be grabbing Lesnar at all. Even if he ate an F5 and the stairs to the foot.
The tag team segment was okay. Nothing remarkable.
The rest I mostly skipped I think. The IC division is filler for me right now as is the MITB stuff.
The US championship division continues to deliver even if this week was a little weaker after Owens ditched the match.
Main event angle was great up until they gave Kane (again) more spotlight. He should not be grabbing Lesnar at all. Even if he ate an F5 and the stairs to the foot.
The tag team segment was okay. Nothing remarkable.
The rest I mostly skipped I think. The IC division is filler for me right now as is the MITB stuff.
Oh, you mean the Diva who sucks but we are all hoping improves because she's been training?
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Have you plebs already forgotten that Jessie McKay and KC Cassidy are part of the NXT women's division now?
Sweeney Tom
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Face Rowan was good, so of course they put him back with Harper randomly, didn't reunite them with Bray, called them generic death name, and he got hurt 2 or 3 weeks later
Perspicacity
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I'll bet that the braided beard thing would work better on Rowan
How could I forget about Jessie McKay and KC Cassidy?
Sasha and Becky are probably staying in NXT and pulling double duty. Charlotte seems to be done, however.
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They do need to make some more indy hires. Supposedly Nikki Storm did well at the tryouts, grab a couple other SHIMMER names, have done with it.
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The exact moment where Kevin Owens left the ring...
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Don't think adding more toys to the toy box will fix the problem s with the divas division.
If love to be wrong tho
If love to be wrong tho