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Post by BoomPeriod on Feb 6, 2019 14:38:43 GMT -5
It's been over a month right? Anything so far? Doesn't seem like it. The royal rumble winners could have been predicted easily. Shitty finish for AJ and Bryan like usual. Look at all the bad endings AJ has had before, the nonfinishes with him and Kevin Owens. Brock wins. Announced women's tag titles? Okay, but that's not enough. Nothing is new, nothing is better.
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Post by Perd on Feb 6, 2019 14:41:25 GMT -5
Lots of channels during Raw.
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Post by Chiral on Feb 6, 2019 14:42:53 GMT -5
-Transitions between segments so they blend better -Vince a TV regular again
are the main ones I've seen. Nothing really game changing yet.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Feb 6, 2019 14:45:44 GMT -5
Um. Paige lost her on screen role. Just the change everyone was begging for!
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Feb 6, 2019 14:46:06 GMT -5
- More McMahons on TV - Jeff Jarrett on TV - Dean Ambrose doesn't sign new contract
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Post by realist on Feb 6, 2019 14:46:13 GMT -5
Well, now the McMahons are actually in charge..... *snickers*
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 14:47:19 GMT -5
Giving lesser known guys opportunities and screen time.
Segueways and having a wwe ecosystem of sorts that sort of intertwine with one another instead of one particular bubble.
Segments that set up matches for next week.
The no automatic title rematch clause, no matter if it leads to the same challenger, is a good way to get other talent time to shine on top of giving the old contender a reason to have another shot at the belt.
It’s been small changes but they are clearly trying.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 6, 2019 14:50:03 GMT -5
Instead of four Baron Corbin segments, we only get two or three. No more automatic rematches. Unless you're AJ Styles.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 14:51:01 GMT -5
The biggest one is that they've been integrating different chunks of the roster together more often. Which I do think is a very positive change, it just doesn't really count for much when the show's the same otherwise.
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Post by BoomPeriod on Feb 6, 2019 14:58:51 GMT -5
I forgot about the no more automatic rematches. Good points.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 15:19:33 GMT -5
Instead of four Baron Corbin segments, we only get two or three. No more automatic rematches. Unless you're AJ Styles. Or Nakamura. Or Rusev. Really it's just no more automatic rematches for the Authors of Pain.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Feb 6, 2019 15:27:30 GMT -5
I don't buy the "no automatic rematches" thing when the net result is the matches still f***ing happen anyway. The in-universe justification was not the actual problem, and since the "change", I don't think there has been a single newly crowned champion whose PPV match was not a rematch of them against the person they beat for the title. Not one single match. Get out of here with that nonsense.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 6, 2019 15:30:41 GMT -5
They've brought about the massive change of blaming Baron Corbin for everything.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 15:31:18 GMT -5
I don't buy the "no automatic rematches" thing when the net result is the matches still f***ing happen anyway. The in-universe justification was not the actual problem, and since the "change", I don't think there has been a single newly crowned champion whose PPV match was not a rematch of them against the person they beat for the title. Not one single match. Get out of here with that nonsense. The point of it is to give the old contender a chance to earn his opportunity through a match with other contenders or those wanting a shot at the title as well. I’d personally rather have AJ/Orton/Ali/Joe in a fatal four way or tag team turmoils than the same old “I AM ANGRY I LOST AND THIS ISNT OVER BECAUSE I HAVE REMATCH.”
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Post by Slanted and Enchanted on Feb 6, 2019 15:33:20 GMT -5
Plenty of awesome changes that fans were clamoring for:
- Rusev inexplicably turning heel again - Balor getting his ass kicked by Brock Lesnar after the bell - Paige no longer being an on-screen GM - Jeff Jarrett back on TV under his little-known gimmick from the mid-90s - Dean Ambrose not re-signing and likely jobbing out for 3 months - McMahons being back on TV
Well, Mustafa Ali is getting a decent push. I'll give them that much.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 15:35:39 GMT -5
I don't buy the "no automatic rematches" thing when the net result is the matches still f***ing happen anyway. The in-universe justification was not the actual problem, and since the "change", I don't think there has been a single newly crowned champion whose PPV match was not a rematch of them against the person they beat for the title. Not one single match. Get out of here with that nonsense. The point of it is to give the old contender a chance to earn his opportunity through a match with other contenders or those wanting a shot at the title as well. I’d personally rather have AJ/Orton/Ali/Joe in a fatal four way or tag team turmoils than the same old “I AM ANGRY I LOST AND THIS ISNT OVER BECAUSE I HAVE REMATCH.” Yeah, but it doesn't speak to the actual root of the problem - that the company is overall stagnant because they'll just drive shit into the ground and do the same match over and over and over and over. Bryan / Styles has been going on since October and by all signs isn't ending until March. AJ winning a four way before waltzing into yet another rematch doesn't change anything.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Feb 6, 2019 15:38:54 GMT -5
Alexa Bliss's naked... back
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 6, 2019 15:45:15 GMT -5
While on paper, the "no more automatic rematch clause" is a good change, in execution, it's just one more bump leading to the former champion challenging for their lost title anyway. It'd mean a hell of a lot more if the former champion wasn't always the de facto number one contender regardless of the storyline justification.
The changes they've made have so far all been superficial things that haven't adequately addressed the core issues with the stagnation of the product.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 6, 2019 15:45:25 GMT -5
No they are not trying. They are doing the bare minimum of the minimum.
Undercard still appears one day with a storyline seeming in the works,disappears for a month and then return from nowhere tot he same story.
They still repeat match and feuds every single show. The presentation is still the same blandness, commentary is still phony as ever.They still bring people up to do nothing,give then no storylines, they still cut all the character of people for some reason.
Their cannon rules are still a unexplained mess.
They still open every single show with a 20 minute promo.
The only change is more McMahons and no automatic reclause(which is good,but they are not taking advantage of it at all).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 15:46:06 GMT -5
Plenty of awesome changes that fans were clamoring for: - Rusev inexplicably turning heel again - Balor getting his ass kicked by Brock Lesnar after the bell - Paige no longer being an on-screen GM - Jeff Jarrett back on TV under his little-known gimmick from the mid-90s - Dean Ambrose not re-signing and likely jobbing out for 3 months - McMahons being back on TV Well, Mustafa Ali is getting a decent push. I'll give them that much. They’ve also given us - Becky being the underdog and likely winning wrestlemania. - Daniel Bryan’s awesome heel turn and WWE title reign. Who would’ve thought that? - Seth Rollins finally getting a chance to beat Lesnar for the belt. - Women’s tag titles and subsequent opportunities for Sasha/Bayley and other tag teams. - Turning Lashley heel and being a dominant IC Champion with a mouthpiece. - Giving Asuka the Smackdown women’s title and cementing her reign by beating Becky. - Andrade/Rey mini feud. - cool title matches in between PPVS. There’s much more good than most realize tbh
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