Lt. Palumbo
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Apr 8, 2019 23:31:47 GMT -5
Oh, you know what? Now that New Day have broken the "barber shop window" mold of singles runs (fingers crossed it stays that way) it'd be awesome to see Cesaro challenge Kofi for the title with Seamus supporting him
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Apr 8, 2019 23:32:11 GMT -5
The guys are trusted upper-midcarders; they're doing fine. They just don't know how to book tag teams. The WWE can barely write a feud for tag teams INVOLVING TITLES, much less non-title feuds.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 8, 2019 23:46:37 GMT -5
They could open a HO-tel.
Don West at least would be a regular patron.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 8, 2019 23:54:28 GMT -5
I dunno, I feel like The Bar has run it's course and it's time to split them. I love both guys, I love the team, but yes. Not sure where they'd go, though. Sheamus' days as world title material are over and while Kofi has shown that it's impossible to say "WWE will never get behind that guy" anymore Cesaro just seems to have a very clear ceiling of midcard. You don't even have to break up The Bar per se. Just transition Sheamus to a manager role who can get physical every now and again
Cesaro is best when he has someone to play off of and most importantly better as a tag wrestler imo
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Post by freeze Austin on Apr 9, 2019 0:08:47 GMT -5
I know some people are into it, but I've never been a fan of the pairing. I love Cesaro as a singles act (get him a hype man that will actually promote him), Sheamus is okay, but together they're like watching paint dry. In three years they've never evolved beyond "bad guys and solid hands who cosplay as Alex Wrights Berlyn character".
Really can't believe they've went as long with this team as they have.
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Post by lavelleuk on Apr 9, 2019 2:00:07 GMT -5
Slightly off topic I think, while I know a lot of things in the "wrestling bubble" don't make complete sense, but are things like this the laziest? You have a one-on- one world title match and two people interfear. The match is supposed to be important and both competitors are fine, do you restart the match? Send the people who interfered to the back? They jumped into a match thst wasn't there's on national tv, ruining your t.v. show and potentially ripping off wrestlers and customers. Are they fined? Suspended or even fired to show that it won't be tolerated?
Nope, important match gets forgot about, showing it never really mattered, and two people who ruined it get to feature in the main event, encouraging everyone on the roster to ruin any match they want.
I know it's wrestling but when you apply the slightest bit of logic to it you really see how badly things are written lol
EDIT-sorry, just seen thread about kofi v Rollins match ended, will post this in there!
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Apr 9, 2019 2:50:40 GMT -5
I love The Bar. Two beasts just knocking the shit out of people.
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Post by alexwrightspackage on Apr 9, 2019 3:08:01 GMT -5
Gave Sheam-o something to do away from the title picture. Shame about Cesaro, but hey, he's still on tv on a regular basis, so overall it's a plus for me.
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Post by Hurbster on Apr 9, 2019 3:15:18 GMT -5
How much longer does Sheamus have left, is it stenosis he has ?
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4real
Wade Wilson
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Post by 4real on Apr 9, 2019 6:10:22 GMT -5
Fan of the Bar and they looked great at Mania. This was the wrong use of them though made little sense for them to jump Kofi.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 8:59:58 GMT -5
I think the issue is that they lacked motivation to carry out the attack themselves, so they gave off the impression that they were acting as hired guns, and we didn’t find out for who, which made the show feel incomplete, on top of ruining the unification match of course I think intent was "tune in to sdl/raw to find out why vince/who did this!" But commentary was entirely too drained and vocally raw to sell it so it cameoff as lazy writing opposed to a hook. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 9:08:10 GMT -5
A face turn is lonnnnng overdue. They have a lot of fun offense that can pop a crowd, let them use it more often. Very few character tweaks even required -- just play to the audience a bit and fight heels.
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Apr 9, 2019 10:11:39 GMT -5
It’s a shameful thing you lobster-heads don’t appreciate Sheamus like you should.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 16:33:53 GMT -5
The shame of it is that Cesaro was once one of my favorite acts on the roster.
Now, I forget he's even on the roster. Sheamus is fine on a tag team, but they have really wasted Cesaro.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Apr 9, 2019 16:37:28 GMT -5
So, I've not been paying too close attention, but I feel like for a while now they've been cast in the role of "spoiler" Oh, Kofi wants to fight for the belt at Wrestlemania, yeah 'fraid not pal. You guys want to see two champions fight to a finish? Sorry buddy. And that's just a shitty role to be in. It's effectively the essence of "local man". If they're just there to ruin things you like, obviously you're going to hate them and not in a productive narrative villain sort of way. Give them something to do that isn't just "f*** the things you like" That formula is exactly how Kane and Big Show became the Local Men. The Bar deserve better. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 16:37:56 GMT -5
The Bar don't need a hard split, but I'm on board with Cesaro getting another singles push. Cesaro needs a mouthpiece and Sheamus can be that while still teaming with him from time to time. Machkamura, if Rusev sticks around, should take their spot in the forefront of the tag division.
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