They were absolutely played out. They reached their peak around WM 30 with Bryan, and since then they've just treaded water, doing repetitive, endless promos about nothing.
Stephanie in particular is just annoying now, not in a good heel way, in a "she is detracting from the show" way.
Has he suddenly gotten feeling back, another check up where another rumor of a new surgery goes up online or a swerve and new GM? Probably though he is there to say good bye to the authority.
He's just there visiting his co-workers and saying hi to his boss. It's what people do when they are on sick leave for a long time but aren't actually immobile. I wouldn't count on anything.
They were killing it AND they were played out. That's the problem. They were probably about as good as you could ask for in their roles and it still ran out of gas after Bryan won the belt.
The whole "best for business" angle to their characters died with the Bryan storyline too. Their motivation for doing anything made no sense afterwards.
He's just there visiting his co-workers and saying hi to his boss. It's what people do when they are on sick leave for a long time but aren't actually immobile. I wouldn't count on anything.
The only fault I had with Seth last night was during one of the times he was pinned and there was no ref, he was just looking straight down the entrance for the second ref and looked like he could have kicked out at any time. Other than that, solid job.
Would have been great if he started laughing and clapping while in the pin. Cherry on top of the 'we got this shit' situation at that point in the match.
It's so WWE can get their own trademark/copyright on whatever name they pick. And I believe they've let the big indie guys pick their own names out for the past few years. Since the Rollins/Ambrose generation at least.
She was also really good at never putting any talent over, ever. She always had the upper hand, she always had the last word in promo's, she had one match and won.
Also, we had two people with authority constantly tell us how much everyone on the show sucked, how bad they were, how they weren't anything. WWE was literally telling their audience that you shouldn't care about their talent. And sure, you can say "but they were heels", but they were also the bosses of the show, the authority, and more importantly, they were a McMahon and Triple H. That hurt their show.
The pay-off happened at Mania 30, they got theirs and that should have been that. Now we got 7 months of the worst WWE has been and The Authority angle is a HUGE part of what was bad about WWE.
Good it's over, and hopefully it's gonna be a long time before we get another authority figure dominating the show.
He's just there visiting his co-workers and saying hi to his boss. It's what people do when they are on sick leave for a long time but aren't actually immobile. I wouldn't count on anything.
This is exactly what I want. I don't even need it to be someone who can mix it up with the talent like Gorilla and Piper did. Just give me a dude that rules on odd decisions and whatnot.
I'm just here for Sting, it's the first time I'm watching Raw live since the night after Mania, hell, it's the first time I'm watching Raw at all in a month.
They just announced the Authority's farewell speech is opening Raw, so I'm not optimistic.
They were killing it AND they were played out. That's the problem. They were probably about as good as you could ask for in their roles and it still ran out of gas after Bryan won the belt.
The whole "best for business" angle to their characters died with the Bryan storyline too. Their motivation for doing anything made no sense afterwards.
That's because it was ripped straight from Rock the Corporate champion, which started in November 98 and it was over in April 99. They have kept going with the same schtick since August 2013 all the way until April 2014, if it wasn't for the Kane sidetracking they would've run that angle six feet under.
Meltzer is saying Ryback's bad performance and reactions in that long Cesaro match on RAW soured WWE on this new Ryback push (which was already teasing a match with HHH as late as this past RAW). Might explain why he went from the focus of three weeks of TV to being the first face eliminated.
Meltzer is saying Ryback's bad performance and reactions in that long Cesaro match on RAW soured WWE on this new Ryback push (which was already teasing a match with HHH as late as this past RAW). Might explain why he went from the focus of three weeks of TV to being the first face eliminated.
sometimes i wonder how these people can go out there hyped up and in character, knowing in the back of their mind that they are about to get destroyed 10 minutes later mid-push because someone in the back didn't like a reaction that they got once
Meltzer is saying Ryback's bad performance and reactions in that long Cesaro match on RAW soured WWE on this new Ryback push (which was already teasing a match with HHH as late as this past RAW). Might explain why he went from the focus of three weeks of TV to being the first face eliminated.
Cesaro did, for carrying Ryback as well as he did, and it was still a pretty bad match sans a couple of spots. But Ryback in a 14 minute singles match, in the middle of RAW, in a bad city, what were they thinking?
They really should keep Bryan off TV. It would make his return better. Why bring him back for something so pointless? He can't cut a promo anyway, so he's basically useless at the moment.
What killed them after Bryan went out was them not really properly utilizing themselves. They were the top heels, not giving the rub to anyone but Cena (who doesn't even get a rub, he just brings everything down)
When Austin went out, Rock and Triple H benefited from the McMahon's. Whether it was getting them support as a face or heat as a heel. It helped Triple H go from a guy who hung out with Xpac to a legitimate wrestler who seemed like he mattered
Then let's look at The Authority. Seth Rollins kind of got a rub, but not really. In one of the most boring, non-closure feuds of all-time
(but don't worry, they'll bring closure. We all know continuity is WWEs strongest trait after all)
and having that boring, no closure feud have Cena forced into it making it even worse.
No one benefited from anything. In a match where Dolph was responsible for 4 of the 5 eliminations, you think this will ever be brought up? You think he will even benefit from it? nope. It'll be Lord Cena that ended the tyranny. Dolph will go back to trading W/Ls in the midcard. Seth still doesn't feel like he matters either.
What killed them after Bryan went out was them not really properly utilizing themselves. They were the top heels, not giving the rub to anyone but Cena (who doesn't even get a rub, he just brings everything down)
When Austin went out, Rock and Triple H benefited from the McMahon's. Whether it was getting them support as a face or heat as a heel. It helped Triple H go from a guy who hung out with Xpac to a legitimate wrestler who seemed like he mattered
Then let's look at The Authority. Seth Rollins kind of got a rub, but not really. In one of the most boring, non-closure feuds of all-time
(but don't worry, they'll bring closure. We all know continuity is WWEs strongest trait after all)
and having that boring, no closure feud have Cena forced into it making it even worse.
No one benefited from anything. In a match where Dolph was responsible for 4 of the 5 eliminations, you think this will ever be brought up? You think he will even benefit from it? nope. It'll be Lord Cena that ended the tyranny. Dolph will go back to trading W/Ls in the midcard. Seth still doesn't feel like he matters either.
I look forward to Cena putting HHH and Steph back into power because while he doesn't like them, you have to RESPECT them. Completely nullifying the entire point of the match and nothing actually changing. Then. Now. Forever.
Has he suddenly gotten feeling back, another check up where another rumor of a new surgery goes up online or a swerve and new GM? Probably though he is there to say good bye to the authority.
Has he suddenly gotten feeling back, another check up where another rumor of a new surgery goes up online or a swerve and new GM? Probably though he is there to say good bye to the authority.
