Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 5, 2015 13:47:42 GMT -5
That just doesn't make any sense. Owens is one of their top prospects, and clearly someone Triple H values a great deal. I mean come on, they built him up as something huge and put the title on him within two months. And you want that guy to get beat up by/lose to Alex Riley? Owens would lose all credibility with that kind of booking.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 5, 2015 13:52:53 GMT -5
That just doesn't make any sense. Owens is one of their top prospects, and clearly someone Triple H values a great deal. I mean come on, they built him up as something huge and put the title on him within two months. And you want that guy to get beat up by/lose to Alex Riley? Owens would lose all credibility with that kind of booking. But Owens doesn't have to lose credibility. WWE has shown that if they want to push someone, they'll do it no matter what. If WWE is high on Owens, they will "shove him down our throats" and the fans will accept it because he has the talent to back it up. Now this doesn't mean I think Riley should beat Owens, but I do believe that Riley needs to be more than a warm body. If Triple H is serious about making NXT a true alternative brand and not making it look like a demotion for guys from WWE, then the Alex Rileys, etc. need to be able to truly shine on NXT in their own right and not just be punching bags for the NXT 5.
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Post by Push R Truth on Mar 5, 2015 13:54:22 GMT -5
Alex Riley sucks
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Mar 5, 2015 14:14:48 GMT -5
This thread is like death itself took a dump in Vickie Guerrero's mouth. And then sandbagged a Swaggerbomb.
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Post by bearned on Mar 5, 2015 14:31:21 GMT -5
I suppose CJ Parker got to have some offense against Owens, so it wouldn't be too crazy if Riley got maybe a 30 second spell on top.
Owens should powerbomb him into oblivion after that though.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Mar 5, 2015 14:37:07 GMT -5
Riley shouldne get squashed by any means. 78 year old Lawler got to have offense on world champs so Riley should get a little.
It would be funny however if the story is Riley was made a commentator because he's too dangerous. But now he's unleashed and he just goes on a wrecking streak.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 5, 2015 14:42:20 GMT -5
This thread is like death itself took a dump in Vickie Guerrero's mouth. And then sandbagged a Swaggerbomb. and got potatoed in the back of the head by a stiff elbow and knocked out so he was literally dead weight.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 5, 2015 14:42:42 GMT -5
That just doesn't make any sense. Owens is one of their top prospects, and clearly someone Triple H values a great deal. I mean come on, they built him up as something huge and put the title on him within two months. And you want that guy to get beat up by/lose to Alex Riley? Owens would lose all credibility with that kind of booking. But Owens doesn't have to lose credibility. WWE has shown that if they want to push someone, they'll do it no matter what. If WWE is high on Owens, they will "shove him down our throats" and the fans will accept it because he has the talent to back it up. That's such a poor way to handle things, though. Book the guy like crap then shove him down everyone's throats? Right now, people are buying into Owens 110% as this unstoppable wrecking machine. He didn't pin or submit Sami Zayn to win the title. He just beat the shit out of him until he couldn't defend himself anymore. They need to protect that aura at all costs. No one should be beating the crap out of Owens until he's paired up with the guy they plan on dethroning him, and that sure isn't Alex Riley.
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Post by saintpat on Mar 5, 2015 14:42:51 GMT -5
If Owens got the Bull Dempsey treatment the internet would explode
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Post by The Tank on Mar 5, 2015 14:43:24 GMT -5
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 5, 2015 14:45:40 GMT -5
But Owens doesn't have to lose credibility. WWE has shown that if they want to push someone, they'll do it no matter what. If WWE is high on Owens, they will "shove him down our throats" and the fans will accept it because he has the talent to back it up. That's such a poor way to handle things, though. Book the guy like crap then shove him down everyone's throats? Right now, people are buying into Owens 110% as this unstoppable wrecking machine. He didn't pin or submit Sami Zayn to win the title. He just beat the shit out of him until he couldn't defend himself anymore. They need to protect that aura at all costs. No one should be beating the crap out of Owens until he's paired up with the guy they plan on dethroning him, and that sure isn't Alex Riley. I know its a poor way to handle things. BUT it's equally poor to put so much effort into Owens' feuds just for the blowoff matches to end up being glorified squashes. It shouldn't have been that way with Zayn either. I didn't say Riley should beat Owens, but he needs to somehow look strong in a loss so that he can move on with his career on a high note.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 5, 2015 14:50:10 GMT -5
That's such a poor way to handle things, though. Book the guy like crap then shove him down everyone's throats? Right now, people are buying into Owens 110% as this unstoppable wrecking machine. He didn't pin or submit Sami Zayn to win the title. He just beat the shit out of him until he couldn't defend himself anymore. They need to protect that aura at all costs. No one should be beating the crap out of Owens until he's paired up with the guy they plan on dethroning him, and that sure isn't Alex Riley. I know its a poor way to handle things. BUT it's equally poor to put so much effort into Owens' feuds just for the blowoff matches to end up being glorified squashes. It shouldn't have been that way with Zayn either. I didn't say Riley should beat Owens, but he needs to somehow look strong in a loss so that he can move on with his career on a high note. I'll have to agree to disagree. I just feel that giving Riley a strong showing against Owens is the equivalent of giving Lenny Lane a strong showing against Goldberg.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 5, 2015 15:08:49 GMT -5
I know its a poor way to handle things. BUT it's equally poor to put so much effort into Owens' feuds just for the blowoff matches to end up being glorified squashes. It shouldn't have been that way with Zayn either. I didn't say Riley should beat Owens, but he needs to somehow look strong in a loss so that he can move on with his career on a high note. I'll have to agree to disagree. I just feel that giving Riley a strong showing against Owens is the equivalent of giving Lenny Lane a strong showing against Goldberg. Then what is he supposed to do though? Getting to work with an elite talent like Owens should be treated as an opportunity for Riley to step up and try to un-suck so that he can win people over.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Mar 5, 2015 15:09:02 GMT -5
I know its a poor way to handle things. BUT it's equally poor to put so much effort into Owens' feuds just for the blowoff matches to end up being glorified squashes. It shouldn't have been that way with Zayn either. I didn't say Riley should beat Owens, but he needs to somehow look strong in a loss so that he can move on with his career on a high note. I'll have to agree to disagree. I just feel that giving Riley a strong showing against Owens is the equivalent of giving Lenny Lane a strong showing against Goldberg. Its like giving Jerry Lawler a strong showing against the WWE champion Cm Punk......wait.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 5, 2015 15:15:32 GMT -5
I'll have to agree to disagree. I just feel that giving Riley a strong showing against Owens is the equivalent of giving Lenny Lane a strong showing against Goldberg. Then what is he supposed to do though? Getting to work with an elite talent like Owens should be treated as an opportunity for Riley to step up and try to un-suck so that he can win people over. That's why he should be starting off with good showings against guys much lower on the totem pole. Hell, have Riley just massacre CJ Parker or have a strong losing effort against Baron Corbin. With Owens though, that's just too much. Owens needs to keep wrecking people, and Riley was last seen as an undercard performer turned announcer. He's cannon fodder.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Mar 5, 2015 15:21:45 GMT -5
I want to fight the OP for even suggesting this.
Why not say you want to f*** my mother while you're at it!?
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Post by Professor Chaos on Mar 5, 2015 15:22:20 GMT -5
Riley is awesome. I think a Riley and Brad Maddox rivalry could be this generation's Austin/Rock. I kid you not.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Mar 5, 2015 15:26:06 GMT -5
Riley is awesome. I think a Riley and Brad Maddox rivalry could be this generation's Austin/Rock. I kid you not. ...BRAH.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 5, 2015 15:26:15 GMT -5
Then what is he supposed to do though? Getting to work with an elite talent like Owens should be treated as an opportunity for Riley to step up and try to un-suck so that he can win people over. That's why he should be starting off with good showings against guys much lower on the totem pole. Hell, have Riley just massacre CJ Parker or have a strong losing effort against Baron Corbin. With Owens though, that's just too much. Owens needs to keep wrecking people, and Riley was last seen as an undercard performer turned announcer. He's cannon fodder. EVERYONE massacres CJ Parker though. And while I think Riley is underrated as a worker, Corbin would be a bit of an anchor for him. This is a very critical point in Riley's career. He needs to be stepping up his own game and not be distracted with trying to carry others when he needs to be proving that he's a "good wrestler" and earning the IWC's respect back after his commentary run killed him in their eyes. Riley is stuck with Owens because there are no other serviceable heels in NXT, aside from Breeze who is tied up with Hideo. And after that there's Bull, who again Riley can't afford to be anchored by and then after that you're just bringing jobbers like Dillinger into it. If Riley had been regularly wrestling throughout the years and constantly jobbing, I'd agree with you. But the way I see it, him being turned into an announcer was a blessing in the sense that it allows him to start over and make people forget that he was the jobbiest jobber to ever job (even though they apparently remember him enough to cheer for him).
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Post by Mr. Butter Fingers on Mar 5, 2015 15:28:16 GMT -5
I saw the title of this thread without seeing the OP's username, so I was expecting CATCH_US to have been the one to make it.
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