The Blue Nova
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Post by The Blue Nova on Jul 6, 2022 13:37:01 GMT -5
Im used to being able to defend WWE but oof 2020 WWE was 1995 WWF levels. You had Retribution The Raw Underground,The Seth and Mysterio family saga plus the whole Fiend Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman saga(which pretty much killed everyone in that angle except Alexa.) Even The Orton feuding with the legends was pretty bad. What did everyone rank 2020 from 1 being not that bad to 10 being the worst. I just remember watching Retribution one night and thinking wow I am embarrassed to be a wrestling fan
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4real
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Post by 4real on Jul 6, 2022 13:54:24 GMT -5
It was bad especially after Mania. But 2021 was the year I stopped watching the shows regularly so that beats it for me.
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J is Justice
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 6, 2022 14:16:59 GMT -5
I enjoyed it but maybe that was because it was my first year back.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 6, 2022 14:21:59 GMT -5
Some of the week to week in the PC and Thunderdome was rough but there were a lot of highlights. McIntyre’s meteoric rise, Edge’s return and angle with Orton, the uniqueness of Wrestlemania including two memorable and creative matches with the Boneyard and Firefly Funhouse matches. We had some more unique matches too with the Greatest Wrestling Match Ever and the WWE headquarters’ Money in the Bank. Then the return and heel turn of Roman Reigns, with some very good storytelling in the latter part of 2020.
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Moppy
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Post by Moppy on Jul 6, 2022 14:23:37 GMT -5
Retribution / 10
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Post by Hypnosis on Jul 6, 2022 14:34:09 GMT -5
The early empty arena shows were depressing, but I liked seeing the NXT/PC trainees being added as a crowd to bring a little more energy to Raw and Smackdown.
The Boneyard match was tremendous.
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Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 6, 2022 14:57:48 GMT -5
Off screen they got themselves classed as an essential business and then proceeded to release half their roster during a global pandemic.
On screen they had retribution and Raw underground.
10
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msc
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Post by msc on Jul 6, 2022 15:06:23 GMT -5
Focusing entirely on-screen and not behind the scenes, I voted 1, on the basis of a massive pandemic screwing everything up and thus it not being a year which one can properly judge on its own merits. It leaned on the goofiness and provided some decent moments (Boneyard Match, the IC title tournament, Sami Zayn's comeback) which shone in an abysmal year of horror. And all the bits that didn't work, well, again, it was 2020.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 6, 2022 15:11:19 GMT -5
It's tough because there was some good stuff that year (Boneyard Match + Roman's initial heel turn and angles) but there was also some really bad stuff (Orton/Edge at Mania + Eyeball Match) and there was also a lot of stuff that is incredibly polarizing but I get why some liked it (all the non-Boneyard cinematic stuff like Cena/Wyatt + MITB + Street Profits/Ninjas). And it's hard to fully separate the show from some of the questionable business practices. I also feel like 2020 was the year where Triple H really started running out of ideas with NXT and his booking weaknesses started to show which was sad to see. So I will go with an 8/10 but understand why some would be more generous.
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Jul 6, 2022 15:25:29 GMT -5
It had Drew as world champ and even with everything surrounding that presentation wise in 2020 I'll take that first title reign over the world title scene today.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 6, 2022 18:20:27 GMT -5
Nothing exposed just how stupid wrestling is more than Stone Cold doing his full blown entrance to absolutely no one.
Thousands of cheering fans?? Awesome.
Zero fans?? Man, this is stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2022 18:30:54 GMT -5
I thought we were talking about WWE 2K20, the video game.
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Soultastic
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Post by Soultastic on Jul 6, 2022 18:53:31 GMT -5
The year should be a zero, but Bryan, Cesaro and AJ pulling out bangers despite the lack of crowd is worth at least a 2.
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Jul 6, 2022 19:31:30 GMT -5
Nothing exposed just how stupid wrestling is more than Stone Cold doing his full blown entrance to absolutely no one. Thousands of cheering fans?? Awesome. Zero fans?? Man, this is stupid. I found this to be awkward when it happened. Yes, I know the reasons why, but to no one in the arena, it just feels like someone coming out to find someone in a backyard and trying to join them for their time away from the rest of the party. If you want to talk about bad angles, look no further than the Seth Rollins/Mysterio family feud. I cringed every time I saw that bit when Aalyah said "I love him." *shudder*
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Spider2024
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Post by Spider2024 on Jul 6, 2022 19:36:52 GMT -5
I thought we were talking about WWE 2K20, the video game. Same here. I was confused as to why there were so few votes for 1/10, 2/10 & 3/10.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 6, 2022 19:46:09 GMT -5
I'm going with 7. There is some truly terrible aspects to it, like the stupid eyeball angle. (I'd love to know what the hell the kayfabe reason for Seth not being fired for that was. Had they at least had Rey demand Seth keep his job so Rey could get revenge, even with him failing to do so, Rey would have at least come off better, and WWE's kayfabe management less inept.)
Retribution was like if you had every bad part of Nexus and New Nexus with not one of the redeeming qualities. I like basically every person who was in the group, but they were used so, so badly.
Only reason I didn't go higher was some stuff like the Boneyard Match showed WWE could at least muster some stuff people were likely to ever watch again when the pandemic ends.
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BorneAgain
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 6, 2022 19:50:48 GMT -5
Nothing exposed just how stupid wrestling is more than Stone Cold doing his full blown entrance to absolutely no one. Thousands of cheering fans?? Awesome. Zero fans?? Man, this is stupid. I will say Miz and Morrison getting angry at and then insulting a non-existent crowd was so stupid it came around to being genuinely funny:
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MolotovMocktail
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jul 6, 2022 20:56:17 GMT -5
I give it a 6. Good to excellent ppv’s canceled out by plodding weekly TV.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 6, 2022 21:05:57 GMT -5
I think half the people are voting backwards...
for some reason 1 in the poll is Great.
and 10 is awful...instead of the other way around.
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Jasper Troy Bolton
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Post by Jasper Troy Bolton on Jul 6, 2022 21:18:17 GMT -5
I desperately wish I was around for the Randy Orton night goggles angle.
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