Your WWE 2012 Report Card

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I have no idea. Stuff happened that I liked, stuff happened that I didn't like.

Just like any other year.

[Marvelously Mediocre]

Dec 31, 2012 13:22:37 GMT -5 Nikki Heyman said:

-Lawler nearly dying the ONLY way we could get rid of idiot heel Cole

I'm pretty sure he was face/neutral before the heart attack.

But yeah, I felt WWE did pretty good this year. Solid B.

Good

The rise of The Ryback thoroughly entertained me, Punk's title reign was classic, I've enjoyed Miz's successful face turn as well so my three favourites have all had a good year.

The Shield have been absolutely top notch, they haven't put a foot wrong with the booking of them this year. The TLC match in particular is one of my favourite matches, not just this year but compared to past years as well.

I've been enjoying the tag division's rejuvenation with quite a few teams the audience actually care about. Lead by Team Hell No who have had such a great storyline and play off each other very well, not to mention are extremely over. No complaints there at all. (Except the dreadful Red>Blue political sketch)

The quality of the PPVs this year has been good for the most part. Wrestlemania, Extreme Rules and TLC stand out as being particularly enjoyable.

Bad

AJ Lee's massive overexposure for one, I didn't particularly like her in the first place so seeing her shag her way through the male roster wasn't my idea of great tv. The Dolph/Big E storyline is sort of interesting though so that's good.

The midcard belts aren't all that interesting. I like Kofi Kingston but he doesn't seem to do anything. You can say that for a lot of people in that position as well. There's no edge in the midcard and I don't mean Adam Copeland.

Also, Smackdown is extremely boring and missable. I stop watching for months at a time then watch one episode and stop again because its impossible to get into. They need a change in the booking team and to be allowed to actually have some important things happen on Smackdown to make it feel more unmissable. At this point in time only Raw and the PPVs actually mean anything.

But overall it's been a pretty good year.

[Celgress]

C+, imho, some bright spots but there is certainly a lot of room for improvement.

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Positives

- The Prime Time Players as featured regulars
- The rise of 3MB
- Ryback
- Tensai forsaking the "Lord"

Negatives

- The World Heavyweight Title becoming a glorified midcard title
- Newly aggressive Alberto Del Rio
- The IC Title getting a huge rub by giving it to former World Champions Big Show, Christian, and Miz all gave the belt a huge rub, only to throw it all away by giving Kofi another token midcard title reign.
- Alex Riley being shunted so far down the card that beating Dolph Ziggler, a guy he was feuding with a year ago is considered an upset.

[Big L]

B