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Post by subject2 on Aug 15, 2013 19:37:16 GMT -5
Maybe im in the minority here but Im getting bored with how all major feuds have to simply be Promo wars until the match....I know what they are trying to do...its an attempt to be like boxing or MMA where the fighters just trash talk to build the fight.
However, I feel wrestling should be different...we all know its scripted so why not bend the rules and make things more theatrical. It always worked for wrestling and that's why a lot of people would choose wrestling over a sport like boxing or MMA.
It feels like the formula for a match build is
- Wrestler A cuts promo on Wrestler B - Wrestler B cuts promo on Wrestler A - Tag match with A & B teaming...which they will win but tease animosity - Talk show segment with Wrestlers A&B - Wrestlers A&B cut lengthy promos on same show with hint of shoot
What happened to the stories? In the world of wrestling where apparently laws do not apply and attempted murder are legal...why are guys simply cutting promos on each other until match time!
Why couldn't Cena cost Bryan a match or vice versa...whats the storyline of the Christian/Del rio match???
I have friends who have stopped watching wrestling completely in the last few years...if they ask me whats been going on I cant really answer...its just promo after promo building feuds.
Am I in the minority here or does anyone else see what im saying?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 19:41:42 GMT -5
I don't mind them. I do admit I usually hate they are forced to be in a tag team on this nights mainevent. A fresh take on that would be if the match is going to be face vs. face , have them tag team with a heel who are either the biggest heels on the roster or someone they previously feuded with.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Aug 15, 2013 19:47:48 GMT -5
In today's WWE, I'll take it over the same 2 guys having matches every week, leading to a match on PPV.
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Post by kidglov3s on Aug 15, 2013 19:50:27 GMT -5
I don't mind promo feuds done right, I'd argue that all of Lesnar's feuds have had great builds. What I think they need to stop is trying to make everyone into a stand-up comic and scripting the promos line by line rather than giving them bullet points.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Aug 15, 2013 19:51:03 GMT -5
A little bit. I wish we had things like Kane's B movie stuff or Cody throwing the briefcase into the gulf more often.
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Post by xCompackx on Aug 15, 2013 19:55:58 GMT -5
Eh, if the wrestlers involved are good, it shouldn't be boring. I agree the tag match can stop though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 19:57:08 GMT -5
NEEDS MORE BRAWLS
Bryan and Cena was a perfect example of two guys needing to come to blows and brawl all over the arena or get pulled apart of something. It's a more effective way to hype something than to get the perfect camera shot and then someone's music plays.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 19:57:22 GMT -5
I want more feuds with wrestlers trying to bang other guys wives like Rick Rude and Jake the Snake.
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Post by subject2 on Aug 15, 2013 19:58:03 GMT -5
A little bit. I wish we had things like Kane's B movie stuff or Cody throwing the briefcase into the gulf more often. Yeah I know at the time I think it was ridiculed but HHH breaking into Ortons house and chasing him around felt awesome to me...sometimes wreslting needs abit of cheese or over the top action.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Aug 15, 2013 20:11:02 GMT -5
I'd like if they played more mind games and built more tension through multiple ways of telling a story and it wasn't like "different person same character" vs john cena.
Prime example when they inserted Wade Barrett. He's been invisible then out of nowhere he has a match with Bryan after he's involved in a segment with the Vince and Bryan. If he was gonna be anywhere near this feud they should have had him involved somewhere in this angle so it would make sense for him to be out there for Vince. He can be the one to be Vince's goon and that physical buffer in between Bryan, Cena, and Orton kinda sorta. So it would make sense for him to appear and it would be less obvious how this angle would play out.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Aug 15, 2013 20:35:28 GMT -5
I want more feuds with wrestlers trying to bang other guys wives like Rick Rude and Jake the Snake. While it would certainly get complained about on here, if they'd done the Cena/Bryan feud based around a comedy of errors where they accidentally(?) slept with each other's girlfriends because they're identical twins, it'd be a lot more entertaining than the "You're an entertainer, but I'm a WRESTLER" nonsense we got instead.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 21:17:43 GMT -5
Kind of related, but I miss training montages.
I want to see wrestlers getting ready both physically and mentally for the fight.
Promos are a part of wrestling, but they could vary it up some. Though there's only so much you can do when you're on the road every week.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Aug 15, 2013 21:54:21 GMT -5
I want more feuds with wrestlers trying to bang other guys wives like Rick Rude and Jake the Snake. While it would certainly get complained about on here, if they'd done the Cena/Bryan feud based around a comedy of errors where they accidentally(?) slept with each other's girlfriends because they're identical twins, it'd be a lot more entertaining than the "You're an entertainer, but I'm a WRESTLER" nonsense we got instead. In a wacky plot twist, turns out they both have been sleeping with the same Bella from the start - the evil one, who tricked them both. The other Bella would be revealed to be trapped in a house on a mountaintop or something.
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Post by sunnytaker on Aug 15, 2013 22:40:49 GMT -5
i'd like to see them try and one up each other in matches to "prove" they're better in a beat the clock kinda way.
say one week Bryan fights say barrett and wins in 5:30. Then cena comes out and beats say cesaro in 4:21. concern/anger on Bryan's part that cena won quicker.Then the next week Cena fights Barrett and wins in 5:18 leading to Bryan vs. Cesaro whre Bryan has to beat him in 4:08 or less to beat cena's combined time at beating the same two guys. if he does then lots of "YES!"ing that he's shown he can do whatever cena can do (forcing cena to admit to more "respect" of Bryan than he had before and possibly concern that bryan can beat him- cause we know how cena likes to be the underdog). Bryan fails and Vince comes out and does a "see? you're not better than him and should never be champ." kinda thing which may cause bryan to doubt himself and/or get him even angrier and make him have to "raise" his game even higher if he wants to win.
have them compete against each other without actually physically competing against each other but with wrestling not talk.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Aug 15, 2013 22:57:19 GMT -5
In the case of Cena and Bryan, currently, Cena's dealing with an elbow injury.
Otherwise, it's a fair point, but weekly TV is meant to be generally inconsequential and uneventful.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Aug 15, 2013 23:26:34 GMT -5
Kind of related, but I miss training montages. I want to see wrestlers getting ready both physically and mentally for the fight. Promos are a part of wrestling, but they could vary it up some. Though there's only so much you can do when you're on the road every week. Thing is, they still have stuff like that, but it's usually shown on the website or app. WWE has a lot of good content they never show on RAW or Smackdown. This is why I still think it could work for someone to make a weekly WWE edit cutting out the BS, and adding in the cool stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 23:31:42 GMT -5
Kind of related, but I miss training montages. I want to see wrestlers getting ready both physically and mentally for the fight. Promos are a part of wrestling, but they could vary it up some. Though there's only so much you can do when you're on the road every week. Thing is, they still have stuff like that, but it's usually shown on the website or app. WWE has a lot of good content they never show on RAW or Smackdown. This is why I still think it could work for someone to make a weekly WWE edit cutting out the BS, and adding in the cool stuff. Yeah, their youtube channel has some cool stuff. Also - there should be more wrestlers claiming they just want their trucks back.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Aug 16, 2013 3:44:40 GMT -5
People will pay to see the fight, don't show them the fight if they didn't have to pay to see it, simple business.
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Post by thegame415 on Aug 16, 2013 3:48:43 GMT -5
I mistakenly read this as "Anyone bored with Porno feuds".
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Post by machomuta on Aug 16, 2013 5:06:56 GMT -5
I agree. The feuds need more beatdowns and interferences.
Feuds that only consists of promos are boring as hell.
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