WWE 2018 grade

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B+ Not a great year but plenty of highlights and great moments to keep things entertaining and ring work at a consistently high standard.

[MolotovMocktail]

D-. There is talent there, and have been several good matches throughout the year. They have managed to be absolutely tone-deaf to the fans, and hack up a bloated product every week because they can. If it weren't for Crown Jewel (which there's no way that's not winning), even the Gooker would be completely forgettable this year.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Even before clicking the thread I thought “D”. And that’s still being generous.

[MAGGLE]

A very solid B. People that give D-Fs probably think they are watching Breaking Bad lol.

We had Rousey debut, an almost 2 hour gauntlet match, Daniel Bryan returning in a Shawn Michaels 2002 like moment and later turning heel, Lesnars reign ended, Reigns got Cancer, Saudi Arabia happened (negative obviously) , Lynch became a star , Mysterio returned and the McMahons ended the year with a new era (lets hope so)....all of that without looking things up.

There are not many years that changed the landscape like this one. Can not honestly think of a lot of years. Every month there was something happening. Even though its recieved negativly around here , these are insane timeline moments (good or bad).

Since the quality wasnt as good as other momumental years, it cant be an A.

[thegame415]

D. I just can't watch full-time anymore. I put it on as background noise and watch highlights online.

[Cyno]

Smackdown's been alright for the most part after a terrible 2017. What I've seen of NXT is solid. Raw's been a raging dumpster fire.

It averages out to a C in my book. Probably leaning more to C- if it was an option.

[Hurbster]

Nice solid B from me. For the most part enjoyed myself as usual.

[KofiMania]

Smackdown and NXT have been awesome. Raw has been a bore but it’s much better watching through DVR and fast forwarding through the uninteresting parts. There have been lots of great moments scattered throughout the year. I’d say a solid B+.

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Dec 28, 2018 19:44:39 GMT -5 brown bricks said:

The main roster? A big, fat, greasy F.

Im serious too. Ive been watching 13 years and wwe this year killed my interest completely. I post here because i love the community, but I'm done with wwe. Not even interested in the rumble, which is something i never imagined.

Edit. It's had worse "quality" but my main gripe as I (and I believe KN) commented on is wwe these past few years have felt like Anime filler hell.

Edit2 : thats... oddly comforting to not be alone, Lizuka :] and i didnt even consider the oversaturation, there is nothing they won't do that too xD

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Dec 29, 2018 17:45:48 GMT -5 @cmprinny said:

Dec 28, 2018 19:44:39 GMT -5 brown bricks said:

The main roster? A big, fat, greasy F.

Im serious too. Ive been watching 13 years and wwe this year killed my interest completely. I post here because i love the community, but I'm done with wwe. Not even interested in the rumble, which is something i never imagined.

Same, though I think that's a mix of having had three of them in one year and not giving a flying f*** about either the WWE or Univeral title scenes right now.

[Bo Rida]

Weird year.

My favourite match featured Stephanie McMahon, my favourite entrance was just a guy walking to the ring, most of my recent favourites turned heel while I turned against most of my old favourites.

Takeovers were awesome. Smackdown was mostly watchable and often quite good. There was finally an enjoyable royal rumble, then another. The top 3 Smackdown women and Ronda are in the midst of something special.

Raw and Brock was unwatchable. Still a general feeling they can do the moments but not what connects them.

So...er....D+ I guess.

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Dec 29, 2018 17:59:26 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

my favourite entrance was just a guy walking to the ring

It took me a minute to even get an idea of what you meant by this. I assume you're referring to Ciampa?

[Mozenrath]

C or C+.

I've been through worse years for wrestling, times when I had less to be excited about or interested in, but few filled with the kind of frustrations I've had this year. The Saudi saga, in particular, was just rotten.

I will go with a C+, mostly due to the Evolution PPV, and the Becky/Charlotte/Ronda saga, and some stuff like heel Bryan and Rusev's US title win. I hope that they are serious about wanting to improve things, and so far, we've seen them make some adjustments, but I'm not going to bump the grade on promises that came so damn late in a year full of just miserable shit dotted with some shining spots.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

[Mid-Carder]

A for potential, F for execution averages out at a D

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Seriously, this year really hammered home more than ever that the 3 hours for Raw is just death. USA needs to really relax their stance on this.

[One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel]

F

If getting to chill out in show threads on here wasn't a thing, I would never feel any desire to watch anything under the WWE umbrella right now other than the occasional match that sounds cool here and there. RAW's an entire show of lame goobers with no heat killing crowds like they all missed rent this month, Smackdown I don't feel anything towards other than ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and also ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, and NXT is like Triple H's melodramatic anime fanfic where everyone's required by law to gaze in to eachother's eyes and grunt at one another.

What I'm trying to say is that it ain't for me.

[bogey316]

D. Only people I care about at this point in time is Becky and Daniel. This is the least amount of wrestling I've watched since I started almost 33 years ago.

Also, I'd like to see the people who picked A+ to explain themselves.

[Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen]

D.

Not since Lex Luger has so little been done with so much.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

They ended the year apologizing for how bad the show is. This was the easiest D I've ever given anyone or anything.