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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 19, 2016 11:32:12 GMT -5
I look forward to the vignettes of Apollo being trained by Big Show trying losing weight to be able to challenge for the title.
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Post by Dragonfly on Jul 19, 2016 11:36:14 GMT -5
That could work, actually. All they would have to do is rip off the "Kevin Nash vs. the X Division" story from TNA. Corbin would make an excellent Nash. Only if it leads to WWE's version of the PCS. It'll never happen. There's no way Sonjay Dutt could ever pass wellness.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jul 19, 2016 11:40:13 GMT -5
Only if it leads to WWE's version of the PCS. It'll never happen. There's no way Sonjay Dutt could ever pass wellness. I thought the same about Austin Aries and he somehow passed. Granted he's now smaller than his TNA run. Sonjay needs to get off the gas and go biofuel.
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Post by "American Cream" Dusty Loads on Jul 19, 2016 14:13:28 GMT -5
I think it could work if they keep the cruiserweights away from everyone else. Make it if you're part of the division, you can only wrestle other cruiserweights. I don't wanna see monster heel of the month squashes cruiserwieght champ to look strong.
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JoDaNa1281
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jul 19, 2016 14:22:08 GMT -5
That could work, actually. All they would have to do is rip off the "Kevin Nash vs. the X Division" story from TNA. Corbin would make an excellent Nash. Only if it leads to WWE's version of the PCS. If Corbin is lesser Nash, than who would the "Alex Shelley" be?
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jul 19, 2016 14:23:46 GMT -5
Only if it leads to WWE's version of the PCS. If Corbin is lesser Nash, than who would the "Alex Shelley" be? TJP.
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Post by canal on Jul 19, 2016 14:46:10 GMT -5
I mean, ideally the smaller guys would be treated as threats (though personally I think Kalisto's awful), but even if they're mostly losing to people, I'd rather they not be shunted off to their own little subsection of the roster because, one, there's more variety to be had in facing other people even if they're losing to them as opposed to an inevitably insular Cruiserweight division, and two, at least mixing it up with the Sheamuses of the world is at least stepping up and being part of the thick of things as opposed to running off to a belt the bigger guys can't compete for feels like the more respectable and easy to take seriously option for me. But different strokes I guess. Either way on the whole I think weight classes in wrestling are just a bad idea I want no part of at all but if it works for you, that's your right. In WCW, most guys weren't consigned to the Cruiserweight division like it was a ghetto, you had guys like Jericho, Malenko, Disco Inferno, Syxx, Rey Misterio Jr, Alex Wright and so on and so forth who would slot in and out when needed, heck even Scotty Flamingo/Raven held it in the early 90s. The cruiserweight title wasn't something that prevented upward mobility for smaller guys in WCW, Hulk Hogan's guaranteed main event slot prevented pretty much everyone climbing the card and while the WWF/E's CW division did have upward mobilty issues, that's more down to Vince's attitude toward smaller guys in general. A CW division should be a showcase for talent who can do extraordinary things out there, have colourful guys go out there and wow the crowd, doing things heavyweights can't and will do more to help them get a foothold than slogging for years as a guy who tries and fails against bigger guys then ends up as the flash guy in a tag team no-one cares about, like Evan Bourne or Kallisto. There's nothing to say people can't outgrow it and move up the card, the biggest challenge they and the Cruiserweight division face is the abject lack of upward mobility in WWE booking as a whole rather than the core concept of weight limits. The only reason for that Cruiserweight Ghetto perception is that no cruisweights ever ascended to main event status in WCW. But that had more to do with the massive amount of big-name talent that were on guaranteed million dollar contracts than anything else. That is not the spot WWE sees itself in right now, and they're about to split their roster in half. I think there will be upward mobility for Raw cruiserweights if they catch on, and with the 3 hour shows they'll get time in the ring to get over with the audience.
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Post by the2ndevil on Jul 19, 2016 16:40:20 GMT -5
I just had an amazing idea.
Neville goes heel, runs roughshod over the division because as The Man Gravity Forgot, he has no weight.
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Post by torx on Jul 19, 2016 18:51:10 GMT -5
WWE need to concentrate on developing Main Event talent with physical presence. There's already enough mid-card filler on the bill.
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