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Post by kingoftheindies on Apr 2, 2021 7:51:35 GMT -5
He works for ROH as well no? Probably just a lot going on.
But he did explain it a bit in the video. His favorite shows to watch are NXT and Dynamite and he isnt a fan of Raw or Smackdown right now so he is adjusting the his videos to reflect that.
I usually enjoy Smackdown but the Friday nights are probably gonna be hectic with his schedule and honestly Raw doesn't have much going on that is must see in terms of angles so I get that as well
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Post by sfvega on Apr 2, 2021 9:37:01 GMT -5
I haven't watched either of these shows in years and my only way of knowing what was going on with either is occasionally watching his reviews. And now even the lazy way of keeping up with the product thinks it isn't worth putting time in. It kind of reinforces my thoughts on the product, as well as when I check in after some PPVs here over the years to see what people thought, and see the usual "I don't know why I watch this" type comments. I think people still watch out of habit, but at this point you should probably watch depending on whether you're agreeing or disagreeing with Vince's vision.
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Post by ssdrivin on Apr 2, 2021 10:56:56 GMT -5
I've watched (and enjoyed) far more of his retrospectives on failed promotions and retro PPVs anyway, I've been occasionally curious what's going on with the weeklies, but not often these days, so I haven't tended to watch his weekly reviews. The few I have watched (bits of) have tended to be the AEW/NXT ones anyway, usually because of some headline event that's just happened (like Big Show joining AEW).
I did check out one of the Smackdown ones when the woman I don't know the name of was hosting them, just to see if she was enough of a personality to entertain me regardless of whether the show she was reviewing was any good or not, she didn't really ring my bell, so to speak. But even Brian doing the RAW reviews didn't really hook me, I just don't care for the source material, regardless of who's reviewing it. It's a lot more fun when the crappiness of the source material is outstandingly crappy (enough to really make a half hour joke out of) rather than just dull and mediocre, or outstandingly good so you can get second-hand enthusiasm from the excitement of the reviewer.
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Post by James Fabiano on Apr 2, 2021 11:01:58 GMT -5
I like his retrospective videos more. Kinda feels like how I feel about wrestling in general: I'm happier when someone takes me back to the past.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Apr 2, 2021 11:46:20 GMT -5
Guy who runs Wrestle with Wregret. Generally seen as one of the better and more objective reviewers out there. The other major ones being "Steve and Larson" and POST Wrestling. I'd throw Simon from WhatCulture in there, as well.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 2, 2021 12:28:28 GMT -5
In the past, he's tried some other hosts for the Raw and SD reviews. The reaction from his regular viewers have been mostly negative. Seemingly, it's either Brian or nothing. And they're getting their wish. Nothing it is. I'm more saddened by Ross Tweddell ending his WTF videos for Raw and SD over at Cultaholic. He says it's due to a drop in viewership. But his WTF videos still get more views than most of the Graded or "What Happened At" videos. I remember when Spoony tried that with Sean Fausz reviewing the weekly shows back when he actually produced content and getting the same problem. Like, Spoony has actual diagnosed mental conditions and acknowledged that watching Raw as a job made him miserable, and people still wouldn't let him offload that crap to someone else.
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Post by thechase on Apr 2, 2021 13:00:57 GMT -5
Maybe if Invasion angle 2.0 kicks off later this year he'll be tempted back
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Post by ssdrivin on Apr 2, 2021 13:32:03 GMT -5
In the past, he's tried some other hosts for the Raw and SD reviews. The reaction from his regular viewers have been mostly negative. Seemingly, it's either Brian or nothing. And they're getting their wish. Nothing it is. I'm more saddened by Ross Tweddell ending his WTF videos for Raw and SD over at Cultaholic. He says it's due to a drop in viewership. But his WTF videos still get more views than most of the Graded or "What Happened At" videos. I remember when Spoony tried that with Sean Fausz reviewing the weekly shows back when he actually produced content and getting the same problem. Like, Spoony has actual diagnosed mental conditions and acknowledged that watching Raw as a job made him miserable, and people still wouldn't let him offload that crap to someone else.
Given that I mentioned in a post earlier that I didn't much enjoy Brian's stand-in Smackdown review show host, I'd much rather anybody having trouble keeping on top of it just stopped doing it if their audience don't like the replacement hosts. I might not click with the co-hosts as much as I click with the person I subscribed to watch (and I think that's perfectly reasonable, not to mention entirely subjective), but I wouldn't expect/want them to burn out on making all content or literally break their brains trying to cover stuff they're unhappy having to cover.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2021 13:33:41 GMT -5
If RAW and Smackdown are really tedious and his fanbase are either Brian reviews it or nobody reviews it then sure, I can't blame Brian for stopping the reviews. RAW is just unwatchable these days and Smackdown is extremely inconsistent quality wise Honestly I think saying RAW is unwatchable is a massive understatement. It's the worst it's ever been, in my opinion. Even the Guest Host era was better than this garbage we are getting. Smackdown varies wildly though, I agree. It's pretty telling that the only real consistent WWE products though when it comes to viewership are NXT and Smackdown. RAW has decent ratings, but is on a decline. Basically if Brian wants to stop reviewing RAW and Smackdown, that's his decision, and I can fully understand why. The main roster product is objectively the worst its ever been and is breaking people left and right. Legit the only reason I really care for RAW these days is because Asuka is on it. If she wasn't part of the show, I likely wouldn't watch. And considering the women are getting less and less time again, I think she's pretty much done as a serious wrestler after losing the title. I agree that RAW is the worst it's ever been. Now, granted, I can't really fairly compare it to 1995 because I was too young to really have an opinion back then, but it seems like the difference between 1995 and now is that in 1995 they tried to create compelling storylines, and they did what they could to elevate new stars (King Mabel, Kama, etc...) but the star quality just wasn't there. Today, WWE has one of the best rosters in professional wrestling history, but somehow can't manage to get anyone into a compelling angle. It feels like everything on WWE, and especially RAW, is completely inconsequential these days. The Edge comeback storyline has been my personal death knell for even making an effort to follow WWE because, man did nothing that's happened from the Rumble until now wind up mattering in any way.
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Post by fw91 on Apr 2, 2021 15:15:49 GMT -5
I like his retrospective videos more. Kinda feels like how I feel about wrestling in general: I'm happier when someone takes me back to the past. Me too. I usually fast forward to his final grades, because it's usually match up well to what I think. It's like "yeah I get that." My favorite thing about Zane is his objectivity. But I love his "novelty" videos much better than "current event" shows. I love the retrospective and kayfabe kitchen segments.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Apr 2, 2021 17:45:40 GMT -5
He is one of my favorite YouTube period. Not just wrestling. He feels his time and effort can be better used towards the other content he actually enjoys making.
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Post by cfbsicko on Apr 3, 2021 10:57:14 GMT -5
Guy who runs Wrestle with Wregret. Generally seen as one of the better and more objective reviewers out there. The other major ones being "Steve and Larson" and POST Wrestling. I've watched their videos. British dude? He was pretty funny.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Apr 3, 2021 11:38:32 GMT -5
I like his retrospective videos more. Kinda feels like how I feel about wrestling in general: I'm happier when someone takes me back to the past. Me too. I usually fast forward to his final grades, because it's usually match up well to what I think. It's like "yeah I get that." My favorite thing about Zane is his objectivity. But I love his "novelty" videos much better than "current event" shows. I love the retrospective and kayfabe kitchen segments. The videos where he looks at wrestling-related media like movies or TV starring wrestlers are the best.
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Post by HMARK Center on Apr 3, 2021 11:40:01 GMT -5
Honestly I think saying RAW is unwatchable is a massive understatement. It's the worst it's ever been, in my opinion. Even the Guest Host era was better than this garbage we are getting. Smackdown varies wildly though, I agree. It's pretty telling that the only real consistent WWE products though when it comes to viewership are NXT and Smackdown. RAW has decent ratings, but is on a decline. Basically if Brian wants to stop reviewing RAW and Smackdown, that's his decision, and I can fully understand why. The main roster product is objectively the worst its ever been and is breaking people left and right. Legit the only reason I really care for RAW these days is because Asuka is on it. If she wasn't part of the show, I likely wouldn't watch. And considering the women are getting less and less time again, I think she's pretty much done as a serious wrestler after losing the title. I agree that RAW is the worst it's ever been. Now, granted, I can't really fairly compare it to 1995 because I was too young to really have an opinion back then, but it seems like the difference between 1995 and now is that in 1995 they tried to create compelling storylines, and they did what they could to elevate new stars (King Mabel, Kama, etc...) but the star quality just wasn't there. Today, WWE has one of the best rosters in professional wrestling history, but somehow can't manage to get anyone into a compelling angle. It feels like everything on WWE, and especially RAW, is completely inconsequential these days. The Edge comeback storyline has been my personal death knell for even making an effort to follow WWE because, man did nothing that's happened from the Rumble until now wind up mattering in any way. I think even at its worst, 1995 era mainstream wrestling was still largely using the same booking skeleton that the industry was using through the 80s and early 90s, so while a lot of the matches were lackluster and a lot of the gimmicks were absurd, the actual booking was at least mostly focused on progressing stories and feuds from Point A to Point B...not to say it always succeeded, but if nothing else it wasn't an era where the same couple of matches would get repeated week after week after week after week with absolutely no storyline progression.
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Post by fw91 on Apr 3, 2021 11:50:25 GMT -5
Guy who runs Wrestle with Wregret. Generally seen as one of the better and more objective reviewers out there. The other major ones being "Steve and Larson" and POST Wrestling. I've watched their videos. British dude? He was pretty funny. No not British. You could be thinking of Whatculture, Cultaholic, Adam Blampied, or OSW reviews
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Apr 3, 2021 11:53:08 GMT -5
I would say today's Raws are much worse than the 1995 Raws. Yes, there wasn't those great matches, but maybe that was the point; when everything is special, nothing is special; and that is where I think WWE's biggest problem is. No Raw is special because they'll more likely than not have a good match on them with top talents, but when it's every week, what the hell is the point; it's not special. Moreover, it's so damn long. 3 hours.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 3, 2021 14:02:59 GMT -5
I agree that RAW is the worst it's ever been. Now, granted, I can't really fairly compare it to 1995 because I was too young to really have an opinion back then, but it seems like the difference between 1995 and now is that in 1995 they tried to create compelling storylines, and they did what they could to elevate new stars (King Mabel, Kama, etc...) but the star quality just wasn't there. Today, WWE has one of the best rosters in professional wrestling history, but somehow can't manage to get anyone into a compelling angle. It feels like everything on WWE, and especially RAW, is completely inconsequential these days. The Edge comeback storyline has been my personal death knell for even making an effort to follow WWE because, man did nothing that's happened from the Rumble until now wind up mattering in any way. I think even at its worst, 1995 era mainstream wrestling was still largely using the same booking skeleton that the industry was using through the 80s and early 90s, so while a lot of the matches were lackluster and a lot of the gimmicks were absurd, the actual booking was at least mostly focused on progressing stories and feuds from Point A to Point B...not to say it always succeeded, but if nothing else it wasn't an era where the same couple of matches would get repeated week after week after week after week with absolutely no storyline progression. This, and it's important to note that WWE superstars were treated by WWE as superstars back in 1995. Bret, Shawn, Diesel, Lex Luger, Davey Boy, Tatanka, Yokozuna, Owen, Razor Ramon, 1-2-3 Kid - every. single. wrestler. was a reason WWE was on top and the company a) knew it and b) pushed that they knew it. Ever since WWE made the decision that the brand (WWE) was going to be the focus rather than the stars of their programming and promotion, you might as well call WWE American Gladiators because that's what they've turned it into. Nobody is special to the company; nobody is so important or magnificent in the company that they can't be replaced with someone else on a whim. Nobody matters, and that's why nothing WWE presents matters anymore.
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Post by cfbsicko on Apr 5, 2021 15:17:35 GMT -5
I've watched their videos. British dude? He was pretty funny. No not British. You could be thinking of Whatculture, Cultaholic, Adam Blampied, or OSW reviews Whatculture sounds about right. Still now clue who this Brian Zane mark is.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Apr 5, 2021 15:41:38 GMT -5
Imagine getting your dream job - getting paid to watch WWE!
Then imagine having to go to work. To watch WWE.
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Post by ssdrivin on Apr 5, 2021 16:37:17 GMT -5
I've watched their videos. British dude? He was pretty funny. No not British. You could be thinking of Whatculture, Cultaholic, Adam Blampied, or OSW reviews
Or possibly when NerdCubed was with Going In RAW (Steve and Larson).
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