Madagascar Fred
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Jan 4, 2011 5:41:02 GMT -5
I think he's gonna feud with Tyson for a little while
I'm D4D (down 4 dat)! *jersey*
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Jan 4, 2011 5:45:41 GMT -5
A Bryan/Regal feud writes itself. It's classic master vs student, and it could be entertaining on that merit alone, as well as be exciting to watch from a wrestling standpoint. If they fail to use this window of opportunity, I really don't know what to say about creative at this point. But how marketable would that be? Right now? In 2011? Bryan Daniel vs William Regal.. Even Regal knows he's done. He can still go...but it's time to let the young guys have the spotlight. He's fine. He's better than fine right now..There's a lot of main event angles the WWE has to focus on, Daniel is a wrestler and a hell of one at that, but going into WrestleMania, the focus is more on the Mania than the Wrestling most of the time. Not saying I love every bit of that..but that's the way it is.
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Post by KEEZ on Jan 4, 2011 7:45:47 GMT -5
Is this about him being on Superstars this week and not on RAW? Come the hell on people, Chris Jericho made fairly recent apprances on there, as did Rey Mysterio and CM Punk before WM26, He'll be defending his title at a PPV probably too against Tyson or DiBiase in a decent length match.
Superstars actually gives him more time for a longer matches, last night we had three pretty long matches and it if Bryan was there he would just be backstage in a segment or in quick match that gets eaten up by an ad break (see Zack/Bryan last week). It's not like he's a regular there and barely gets RAW time like Yoshi Tatsu or Ryder.
I'll be checking out his Superstars match this week, his match is probably really good too.
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Post by Prince Petty on Jan 4, 2011 7:56:17 GMT -5
I don't know why the WWE don't just reorganise their "Creative" department into teams, each tasked with a particular tier. Main event, midcard and curtain jerkers. Each team has to come up with storylines for the guys under their remit.
Simple enough, and it would ensure that the shows aren't overloaded with the main event stars, whilst everyone else gets to wrestle a two minute match that has no build up whatsoever.
And whilst they're at it, sack the writers and bring in more ex-wrestlers. There are dozens of guys who could put together better storylines than the bargain basement writers the WWE must use.
They've already got the Bellas involved with DBD, so get an asshole heel (Kidd, Ryder, even Gabriel if they want to make it really funny) to start making remarks about him not knowing what to do with one beautiful (kayfabe) woman, let alone two. That develops into the heel saying, "I'm gonna take your women, and I'll take that belt too, whilst I'm at it."
That took 30 seconds to think up. Does anyone seriously believe that even the WWE writers aren't capable of coming up with much better?
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 4, 2011 8:44:51 GMT -5
I was thinking about this the other day. I do see him getting into some major storylines in 2011, but as of late he's just been killing jobbers. Like a pale Goldberg.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jan 4, 2011 8:46:10 GMT -5
Here's something that they could do for a Bryan/Regal feud. Have the two wrestle together and alongside one another in the lead up to the Rumble and have there be mutual respect and an actual love of the sport between the two.
Come the Rumble, the two are working together and eliminate an upper-midcarder together. They're celebrating this and when Bryan turns to get back into the bout, Regal pops him in the side of the head with the brass knucks and bundles him out. While Regal is gloating and acting like he's so smart to a dazed Bryan, someone eliminates him from behind. The two brawl out of there.
Come next week and we have two promos; one by Bryan calling out Regal for being so talented and yet having to cheat to get anywhere and another by Regal criticizing Bryan for not being in it to win it. This continues for a few weeks but Regal is completley avoiding Bryan except to throw out some verbal shots at him. Bryan calls him out for being a coward and is willing to give Regal a title match at Elimination Chamber so that he can get his hands on him in a submission match.
Hard fought match at EC and Regal wins by no-contest by using brass knucks and then choking Bryan out with the Regal Stretch. Regal begins to get uppity following his victory and employs some big man that's not doing anything as his bodyguard. Regal just hides behind his bodyguard but, in the lineup to Wrestlemania, Bryan benches the bodyguard and challenges Regal to a 2-of-3 falls match by saying that Regal got him once but he won't get him twice.
There, a feud for two guys not doing anything. Where's my check.
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Post by Joe Galt on Jan 4, 2011 8:47:34 GMT -5
Threads like this make me appreciate what Bob Holly and Al Snow say more and more.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 4, 2011 9:05:52 GMT -5
I'm going to repost what I wrote in the "Kaval Released" thread; it's not a 1:1 analogy, since Bryan's job is obviously safe and he's at least getting something resembling a push, but it's more a commentary on the overall roster structure of WWE, and how flimsy it is once you get past the main event:
Now, I'm sure Bryan isn't in any rush to leave WWE, not while he's making money and getting his name featured on radio advertisements. However, the general point is still there: the WWE doesn't give a damn about it's midcard, tag division, or anything that doesn't revolve around their big belts, and they haven't for years.
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 4, 2011 9:09:37 GMT -5
I'm sure creative could easily come up with something for Bryan... if the company cared about storylines for more than 6 or so guys. The head bookers are at fault more than the rank and file writers.
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Post by Jobes on Jan 4, 2011 9:22:19 GMT -5
It's been obvious for weeks that despite throwing him with the Bellas, they have nothing for the guy. So, creative has something for him. It's much better than what other guys are doing. Say for example, Tyson Kidd who was given promo time only to get completely obliterated by Mark Henry.
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Post by randomranter on Jan 4, 2011 9:38:42 GMT -5
So, creative has something for him. It's much better than what other guys are doing. Say for example, Tyson Kidd who was given promo time only to get completely obliterated by Mark Henry. That's the problem. Instead of having him get obliterated by Mark Henry, they could have him...you know.....feud with Daniel Bryan. It's better than having Daniel Bryan spinning his wheels and going nowhere fast and Tyson Kidd starting on the road to being jobbed out and released.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jan 4, 2011 11:37:37 GMT -5
He needs a proper US Title feud. The DiBiase one lasted about 2 weeks.
An extended program with someone like a Tyson Kidd would do wonders for both men. Just let them put on a series of exciting matches - hardly rocket science.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2011 12:00:12 GMT -5
I want him to teach the Bellas SUBMISSION WRESTLING
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Post by Summerfest on Jan 4, 2011 12:02:38 GMT -5
Forget the power of love...Bryan has SUBMISSION WRESTLING
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Post by casualobserver on Jan 4, 2011 12:22:48 GMT -5
So, creative has something for him. It's much better than what other guys are doing. Say for example, Tyson Kidd who was given promo time only to get completely obliterated by Mark Henry. That's the problem. Instead of having him get obliterated by Mark Henry, they could have him...you know.....feud with Daniel Bryan. It's better than having Daniel Bryan spinning his wheels and going nowhere fast and Tyson Kidd starting on the road to being jobbed out and released. Not to mention Tyson's bodyguard Wilson Woodrows getting squashed by Henry did him no favors.
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Post by Brian Suntan on Jan 4, 2011 12:52:35 GMT -5
When was the last time the guy lost a match?
Y'know, so he wasn't on Raw and isn't in a major fued currently, he's still in a better position than at least 70/80% of the roster.
FWIW, I'm far from convinced Bryan/Regal is money. That one was put to bed when Bryan beat him and even Regal's own mother wouldn't give him a kayfabe shot at beating the white Rey Mysterio. I certainly wouldn't have dedicated any time to it last night on what was a very good, very full show.
It's not like this is going to last long either. You'd get very short odds on him being in the Elimination Chamber, and then he'll have a match at Wrestlemania.
Compared to how people thought he would be booked, and for a long time thought he was being booked, these are good times for Daniel Bryan fans.
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Post by Citizen Zero on Jan 4, 2011 13:03:49 GMT -5
I think worrying about Daniel Bryan's future while he's got a title around his wait is a bit premature.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 4, 2011 13:15:15 GMT -5
When was the last time the guy lost a match? Y'know, so he wasn't on Raw and isn't in a major fued currently, he's still in a better position than at least 70/80% of the roster. FWIW, I'm far from convinced Bryan/Regal is money. That one was put to bed when Bryan beat him and even Regal's own mother wouldn't give him a kayfabe shot at beating the white Rey Mysterio. I certainly wouldn't have dedicated any time to it last night on what was a very good, very full show. It's not like this is going to last long either. You'd get very short odds on him being in the Elimination Chamber, and then he'll have a match at Wrestlemania. Compared to how people thought he would be booked, and for a long time thought he was being booked, these are good times for Daniel Bryan fans. I don't think anybody here is afraid that Dragon is going to be released, or that he won't be featured at all on the shows. However, you can't just trot a guy out there, have him wrestle with no purpose, and call it anything but "spinning his wheels". When Bret Hart initially won the WWF title in 1992, it took about two full months before he actually had a legitimate feud to speak of (against Razor Ramon, leading into Royal Rumble 1993). However, during the entirety of those first two months, they booked Bret as a "fighting champion"; in fact, they'd put over that he defended the belt against more challengers, from jobbers to midcarders to upper tier guys, in two months than most champions did in a year. Was that necessarily true? I don't know. Was Bret not involved in a legitimate feud? That's true, he wasn't. But the "fighting champion" angle WAS a legitimate storyline and character build up for Bret. Going by what I've read here, Bryan has had a bunch of matches, and been pretty successful. That's nice. However, is there any rhyme or reason for it? If he's not engaged in a feud at the moment, are they at least using this win streak/US title reign to put something over about his character to get people to care more about him? If not, then it's winning without impact. Goldberg had a huge winning streak without being in a real feud, but his dominance in his matches, and the streak itself, helped define him. Bret Hart beat a ton of challengers in the early days of his World Title reign without being in a feud, but they did that to book him as a blue collar "fighting champion". Is Bryan's current booking lending itself to anything like that? I honestly don't know, since I don't really watch wrestling these days, but going by what I read and hear, it doesn't really sound like it. Having a storyline with the hot twins is nice, but will that do much for Bryan's character, or set him up for a strong future feud? WWE has been vexed for years now by not knowing how to handle guys who aren't main eventers; the majority of it's midcard flounders, stays put, "spins their wheels", because they don't take time to develop even simplistic feuds that could be money makers in the midcard. Its nice to be involved in an angle, to have a belt, or be on a winning streak, but unless it leads to something or builds your character to the audience, it accomplishes next to nothing.
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Post by Fauxnaki on Jan 4, 2011 14:23:29 GMT -5
i thought they were just about to do a ryder feud with him
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Post by Greer on Jan 4, 2011 14:33:37 GMT -5
They really don't know how to use any other talent correctly except people in the main event scene. Barely.
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