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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 18, 2014 22:36:24 GMT -5
Officially, it began one year ago today with the screwing over of Daniel Bryan by Triple H at SummerSlam 2013, allowing Randy Orton to cash in on him for his recently won WWE Championship. 365 days later... they're still here. Whether it's been "best for business" or not is what we'll be discussing momentarily. After an indifferent start where they'd seemingly flip from face to heel week to week, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon finally figured out their roles once the feud with Bryan started again in earnest for WrestleMania and since then, they've been some of the better parts of WWE TV. Triple H has been willing to drop his famous burial powers for the greater good by putting over Bryan and The Shield in high-quality PPV matches, and his weekly WWE.com interviews with Michael Cole have been particularly great even when the TV stories haven't been. Stephanie especially has improved drastically on the mic and somehow had a decent match with Brie Bella. And then there's been some great spin-off feuds out of it, like The Shield v The Rhodes Brothers and later on, Seth Rollins v Dean Ambrose. Now, some parts have been a bit off (looking at you, Kane), but for something in wrestling that is as stale as the heel authority figure... they're doing all right. At this point I'd give them a solid B+.
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Post by RIHT on Aug 19, 2014 0:48:40 GMT -5
Post-Summerslam 2013 was a very dark time for wrestling. Let's hope post-Summerslam 2014 is not the same way.
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Once did a thing...
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Post by lionheart21 on Aug 19, 2014 0:56:06 GMT -5
Feels like its been so much longer
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Post by Dean F'n Ambrose on Aug 19, 2014 0:58:11 GMT -5
Everything but Kane has been solid.
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Post by JTG Fan on Aug 19, 2014 1:02:04 GMT -5
C- or so in my book. Kane needs to go and I while I can admit certain parts of her stuff has been entertaining, I really don't enjoy Stephanie as an onscreen character. And not in an "oh she's such a great heel way" but in a "I will change the channel" way.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 1:03:59 GMT -5
Stephanie is my least favorite part.
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Post by The Portable Stove on Aug 19, 2014 1:05:11 GMT -5
Agree about Kane, he doesn't fit at all. Also I have no idea why, but Triple H as the heel company man just does not seem genuine to me. Like, what he's doing now was done ten times better back in 2000. Same can't be said about Steph though who's seriously probably the best heel in the company at this point.
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Post by slappy on Aug 19, 2014 1:07:31 GMT -5
I've enjoyed the hell out of it.
I like Corporate Kane. The Demon Kane, not so much.
I was actually hoping they'd have done something with Goldust/Kane on Raw.
This is Stephanie's best work. Triple H has been phenomenal.
Orton and Rollins are great as well.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 19, 2014 1:08:05 GMT -5
Stephanie is my least favorite part. Sorry, Stephanie can't hear your hate over her Swag
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 1:10:25 GMT -5
Stephanie is my least favorite part. Sorry, Stephanie can't hear your hate over her Swag
Still don't like her.
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Post by suave on Aug 19, 2014 1:32:39 GMT -5
Post-Summerslam 2013 was a very dark time for wrestling. Let's hope post-Summerslam 2014 is not the same way. I remember it being awesome. Like, I can distinctly remember being pumped because there was that everpresent feeling of "Shit is going down.". It never escalated past high expectations, at least not until like February, but hey, those few weeks were fun, at least if you ask me.
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Post by kidglov3s on Aug 19, 2014 1:59:54 GMT -5
I have enjoyed about nothing to do with The Authority.
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Aug 19, 2014 5:47:55 GMT -5
A face authority figure to counter the Authority is long overdue
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Post by kidglov3s on Aug 19, 2014 5:50:48 GMT -5
A face authority figure to counter the Authority is long overdue Why not just remove the authority figure presence and focus the wrestling product on conflicts between the wrestlers? No more proxies or monotonous and indulgent insider bullshit.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Aug 19, 2014 5:52:31 GMT -5
A face authority figure to counter the Authority is long overdue They've gone literally a year getting away with flagrant abuse of power. It's really high time that a "big good" character shows up and keeps them in check. Again, I don't care who it is, just someone big to be the face boss in all of this.
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Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Aug 19, 2014 5:59:18 GMT -5
A face authority figure to counter the Authority is long overdue Why not just remove the authority figure presence and focus the wrestling product on conflicts between the wrestlers? No more proxies or monotonous and indulgent insider bullshit. Ideally, that would happen. I'd be thrilled. But they just can't seem to stop rehashing it.
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Post by Boo! on Aug 19, 2014 6:04:16 GMT -5
To think we went from 1984-1998 with the only 'authority' figure being someone who'd appear on tape once every 9 months or so, if we were lucky. It's a wonder it survived at all.
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Post by The Lach is very tired on Aug 19, 2014 6:49:00 GMT -5
A face authority figure to counter the Authority is long overdue They've gone literally a year getting away with flagrant abuse of power. It's really high time that a "big good" character shows up and keeps them in check. Again, I don't care who it is, just someone big to be the face boss in all of this.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Aug 19, 2014 6:50:05 GMT -5
^ I'd mark harder than I did for Bryan winning at WrestleMania if Sting showed up as the new commissioner or whatever.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 19, 2014 6:51:18 GMT -5
^ I'd mark harder than I did for Bryan winning at WrestleMania if Sting showed up as the new commissioner or whatever. Knowing our luck, Bryan will betray Sting and turn heel on him.
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