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YES DAT CHEAP HEAT

FALCONS LOOOOL

 

[ghostmind]

Nakamura has been playing it safe since coming to WWE. Except for his match with Sami, and some of his stuff with Joe, every match has felt like the same sequence of spots.

I'm not sure if this is a communication issue, or something else, but this isn't the Nakamura that was lighting it up in NJPW.

It's been disappointing how it has turned out so far.

 

[Dark Ninja]

I'd rather Smackdown could just get a bit overtime instead of ending right on two hours.

Nah. The people they are focusing on would just get more time. It wouldn't be distributed to others. Pretty much how RAW used to work when it was shorter.

 

[Tom Nook]

RBH just added The Usos to his list :lol

Lol

 

[serenewarfare]

It's amazing how being gone for only six weeks can make an act seem so fresh again.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

New Day!

 

[Bluekaveli]

That new attire

 

[serenewarfare]

Nakamura has been playing it safe since coming to WWE. Except for his match with Sami, and some of his stuff with Joe, every match has felt like the same sequence of spots.

I'm not sure if this is a communication issue, or something else, but this isn't the Nakamura that was lighting it up in NJPW.

It's been disappointing how it has turned out so far.

It's not a communication issue. Nakamura knows what he's doing. He knows that he can get over doing not that much. So that's what he's doing.

 

[Sou Da]

Comcast as been listing SD as starring JBL for a couple of weeks now and it still annoys me.

 

[Raw64life]

That Boondocks reference.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

That new attire

Weren't they wearing this before?

 

[ngower]

Where are the Lucha Dragons to bring this three-way feud fully back to 2015?

 

[Sinatar]

I *love* the new Usos. They are upstaging the freaking New Day.

 

[Syder]

So I turn on SD for a second and a fire UCE promo gets interrupted by The New Day...

 

[Indelible]

Usos are so impressive on the mic.

 

[Foggy]

Nakamura has been playing it safe since coming to WWE. Except for his match with Sami, and some of his stuff with Joe, every match has felt like the same sequence of spots.

I'm not sure if this is a communication issue, or something else, but this isn't the Nakamura that was lighting it up in NJPW.

It's been disappointing how it has turned out so far.

Not everybody can be AJ Styles. Kana, KENTA, Hero, Devitt, End, all those guys have dramatically watered down styles. It's just what WWE does to guys.

 

[serenewarfare]

Usos are like five hundred million times better on the mic as heels.

This feud is gonna be great.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

New Usos vs New Day is good. I would not have given a shit about this feud if it was the old Usos again.

 

[Sou Da]

Y'all really impressed by the Usos?

They sound like some Dade County high school seniors to me.

 

[Sinatar]

Does Kofi have a bunch of cock & balls drawn all over his tights?

 

[Indelible]

Ziggler gonna job again

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Not everybody can be AJ Styles. Kana, KENTA, Hero, Devitt, End, all those guys have dramatically watered down styles. It's just what WWE does to guys.

This is true. Makes me wonder why they spend so much money hiring these wrestlers just to make everyone the same. Nobody becoming a real star.

 

[Dark Ninja]

Y'all really impressed by the Usos?

They sound like some Dade County high school seniors to me.

I still don't know what Day One Ish is or care.

 

[serenewarfare]

This is true. Makes me wonder why they spend so much money hiring these wrestlers just to make everyone the same. Nobody becoming a real star.

Because the guy hiring the talent can actually get them over. It's the guy above him who ruins it.

 

[Zabka]

No, I don't think he'll be booked like those guys. I think he'll be pushed at the level of a guy like AJ, where he wins a lot more than he loses and is always at or near the top of the card.

I brought those two guys up because my point is that guys can stay over in WWE even through bad booking, so Nakamura will damn sure stay over because he'll win often enough. The "death by a thousand cuts" you mentioned won't happen.

Lots of people are "over" with the hardcore crowd in spite of the booking but no one is really breaking through beyond that. That's a big part of the reason why the audience is slowly withering away.

ETA: I'm still bitter about Sasha's booking.

 

[TimeEffect]

Usos are so good. This will be a good feud.

Too bad for Breezango

 

[somedevil]

Ziggler gonna job again

Styles lives in Georgia. So you might have to think about it.

 

[serenewarfare]

Lots of people are "over" with the hardcore crowd in spite of the booking but no one is really breaking through beyond that. That's a big part of the reason why the audience is slowly withering away.

No, this is not a "hardcore" crowd thing.

Every city they go to (including house shows) is reacting very favorably to Nakamura.

That's not just a hardcore thing.

 

[somedevil]

Not everybody can be AJ Styles. Kana, KENTA, Hero, Devitt, End, all those guys have dramatically watered down styles. It's just what WWE does to guys.

How is Asuka watered down and how can End be watered down when all his matches have been squash matches?

 

[HashtagLapsed]

If anything, hardcore fans will reject WWE's Nakamura before casuals will.

 

[serenewarfare]

lol they have no ideas so they are literally doing a fancy highlight package of a segment that just happened last week

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

I hope Jinder's voice isn't fucked again this week.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

If anything, hardcore fans will reject WWE's Nakamura before casuals will.

Fuck, just look at the Balor discussion a few pages ago for proof.

 

[Foggy]

This is true. Makes me wonder why they spend so much money hiring these wrestlers just to make everyone the same. Nobody becoming a real star.

Imagine on a logistical level dealing with 10+ hours of weekly live tv to book, averaging almost two ppvs per month, and even more house shows. I can imagine that trying to accommodate that much wrestling pushes every aspect of the product to a conveyor belt approach. The WWE is littered with decisions that accommodate the business side and very few that accommodate the wrestling side. That combined with your stock carny shenanigans have made things the way they are.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Fuck, just look at the Balor discussion a few pages ago for proof.

Balor's always sucked and people are just catching up.

 

[ghostmind]

I would argue Kana has done a better job than the rest of that list in keeping her matches fresh.

End just got here, so I can't say much about him.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

God damn even Indian news is using Superstar verbiage.

 

[Bluekaveli]

That coverage!

 

[Syder]

Fuck, just look at the Balor discussion a few pages ago for proof.

People have been putting Balor down since his frankly underwhelming feud with Samoa Joe and average match with Nakamura.

 

[The Strokes]

God damn even Indian news is using Superstar verbiage.

Buzzwords work.

 

[Rimfya]

Ho Ho Lun needs to hit the gym for this foreign money push.

 

[Dark Ninja]

If anything, hardcore fans will reject WWE's Nakamura before casuals will.

What casuals?

 

[Sinatar]

Yay they aren't burying Breezango. More fashion files.

 

[ngower]

Good lord my love for Breezeango is unceasing.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Yeeesss more Fashion Files thank god.

Don't drop Breezango. They can really become something special.

 

[ReiGun]

Breezango is a blessing upon this Earth.

 

[ramoisdead]

Fashion Files going all Casablanca.

Hahaha Breeze.

 

[somedevil]

Summer Rae outline into Breeze? lol

 

[Tom Nook]

Fashion police

 

[Ilive1up]

omfg lolololol