Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Jan 25, 2013 18:49:15 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen--I'd like to propose that the stable known as the Nexus far outclasses the stable known as Shield. For the purposes of this comparison, we shall use the original Nexus, as nobody quite cares about the other versions. Some of you might be thinking 'not this argument again! Don't do it, nothing good is going to come out of it! It's like hugging a bear!' to which I respond: well, if I had an arm for every time I tried to hug a bear, I'd still have arms.
Which leads me to my argument that the Shield, though booked much more logically and undeniably stronger, is just too logical to be fun. My first argument comes from the main factor of comparison between the two groups, their beatdowns on only vaguely deserving targets. First, I'd like to direct your attention to a series of videos from award winning documentary "When The Nexus Attacks!" made by WWE Network.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiyEwxaAj-4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fcsj7FFcKM
I would like to ask yourself: were the way they carried those attacks at all logical? No, they were not. There's absolutely no reason to announce your presence with a theme song when you mean to catch somebody by surprise. It is, in fact, rather detrimental to your plan. That's not to say that this modus operanti is inherently flawed, however, because it allows us to listen to their rather kickass theme song.
The Nexus always allowed us to listen to their theme song regardless of how detrimental to their plan that was. They always made sure to make a smug speech before beating people down as well. This smug speech was often illogical and in fact hardly explained anything. We still have no idea why The Undertaker was one of their targets but we don't need to know, the same way that we don't need to know why James Bond needs to shoot some villain in the face. Their smug, prickish smile is enough of a reason.
Wade Master is a master of that art and it is perhaps because of that very factor that the Nexus is so talented at being stylish. One could perhaps argue--without any racial implications--that being led by an Englishman made them much more like a James Bond villain than the Shield could ever hope to be. I now direct you to the Shield's beatdown on The Rock:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kOpCTermA0
Not only did the Shield not play their theme song--alerting their rival of their presence--they turned off the lights before attacking him, thus ensuring both maximum chance of success and offering him absolutely no chance to fight back. That's the opposite of sytlish, the antithesis of James-Bond Villany, it's damn near practical--and that's certainly blasphemy. Why would you choose to be practical as opposed to stylish?
The Rock is an action movie hero and he expects the Shield to have some sort of sportsmanship--you do not shoot to kill; you shoot to explode. Showmanship over logic. That the Shield dares to be logical is nearly unforgivable, it's dishonorable, it's blasphemy! Even CM Punk would never resort to doing something without having his theme song blasting from the arena's speakers.
Which, of course, brings me to my final argument:
TL;DR: DAMMIT THE SHIELD, I LOVE YOUR THEME SONG, WHY WON'T YOU PLAY IT MORE OFTEN DURING THE SHOW? GAWSH!
Which leads me to my argument that the Shield, though booked much more logically and undeniably stronger, is just too logical to be fun. My first argument comes from the main factor of comparison between the two groups, their beatdowns on only vaguely deserving targets. First, I'd like to direct your attention to a series of videos from award winning documentary "When The Nexus Attacks!" made by WWE Network.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiyEwxaAj-4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fcsj7FFcKM
I would like to ask yourself: were the way they carried those attacks at all logical? No, they were not. There's absolutely no reason to announce your presence with a theme song when you mean to catch somebody by surprise. It is, in fact, rather detrimental to your plan. That's not to say that this modus operanti is inherently flawed, however, because it allows us to listen to their rather kickass theme song.
The Nexus always allowed us to listen to their theme song regardless of how detrimental to their plan that was. They always made sure to make a smug speech before beating people down as well. This smug speech was often illogical and in fact hardly explained anything. We still have no idea why The Undertaker was one of their targets but we don't need to know, the same way that we don't need to know why James Bond needs to shoot some villain in the face. Their smug, prickish smile is enough of a reason.
Wade Master is a master of that art and it is perhaps because of that very factor that the Nexus is so talented at being stylish. One could perhaps argue--without any racial implications--that being led by an Englishman made them much more like a James Bond villain than the Shield could ever hope to be. I now direct you to the Shield's beatdown on The Rock:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kOpCTermA0
Not only did the Shield not play their theme song--alerting their rival of their presence--they turned off the lights before attacking him, thus ensuring both maximum chance of success and offering him absolutely no chance to fight back. That's the opposite of sytlish, the antithesis of James-Bond Villany, it's damn near practical--and that's certainly blasphemy. Why would you choose to be practical as opposed to stylish?
The Rock is an action movie hero and he expects the Shield to have some sort of sportsmanship--you do not shoot to kill; you shoot to explode. Showmanship over logic. That the Shield dares to be logical is nearly unforgivable, it's dishonorable, it's blasphemy! Even CM Punk would never resort to doing something without having his theme song blasting from the arena's speakers.
Which, of course, brings me to my final argument:
TL;DR: DAMMIT THE SHIELD, I LOVE YOUR THEME SONG, WHY WON'T YOU PLAY IT MORE OFTEN DURING THE SHOW? GAWSH!
