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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 24, 2022 19:25:41 GMT -5
Bray... I liked the fiend and while I didn't like a lot of the Cult Leader Wyatt stuff I was willing to guess that a lot of that was on creative...
but... after a really good return he's basically back to the rambling nonsense of the cult leader that doesn't seem to have a point again... which makes me wonder how much handcuffing creative really did to him.
Drew has been treated awfully for the past two years... Dude basically carried the company through the pandemic and the company has basically gone out of their way to cut him off a the knees since, not sure what they could do to rehab him as he is far better as a face than a heel but he needs something.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Dec 24, 2022 19:54:18 GMT -5
I still like Miz, but this entire angle with Dexter and Gargano has been months of blah. Especially after enjoyable bouts with the Mysterio family at Mania and Logan Paul at Summerslam, him being consumed by this needlessly drawn out program has been a complete bummer. I'm despartely hoping this gets mercy killed by the Rumble and he moves onto something else. I like Dexter Lumis, but the failure of this angle is way more on him than Miz or Gargano, who have been doing hero’s work trying to make this writing into something decent. (Although the biggest problem was Ciampa going down with an injury, he and Miz were gelling into a terrific pairing) That ladder match was like having a ladder match against a broomstick. Just imagine how good a Miz/Gargano feud would have been…
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Post by Big BosskMan on Dec 24, 2022 20:23:27 GMT -5
Main roster: Drew, Bray, Rey, Ronda, Bailey, Gable, Otis, Street Profits, Gallows, Anderson
NXT: Waller, Gacy and his clowns, McDonagh, Brooks and Jensen, Toxic Attraction (all of them), Nikita, Zoey, Wendy Choo
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Dec 24, 2022 20:55:54 GMT -5
Bianca.
You can have an Ace of a division without having to destroy the entire credibility of that division.
Look at how NJPW handled their world title when Okada was the clear Ace. Yeah he was booked strong, but he had a healthy pool of credible challengers that weren't made to look like shit, and it lasted them for a LONG ass time. You can have a god tier talent, without sacrificing your roster to do it.
Both things don't have to go hand in hand, and it's crazy how some people have been conditioned to think that's how it should be. Boggles the mind.
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Post by theironyuppie on Dec 25, 2022 4:04:15 GMT -5
Bianca. You can have an Ace of a division without having to destroy the entire credibility of that division. Look at how NJPW handled their world title when Okada was the clear Ace. Yeah he was booked strong, but he had a healthy pool of credible challengers that weren't made to look like shit, and it lasted them for a LONG ass time. You can have a god tier talent, without sacrificing your roster to do it. Both things don't have to go hand in hand, and it's crazy how some people have been conditioned to think that's how it should be. Boggles the mind.
I think the issue is more that for someone who's had such dominant booking for two years, it's good that she's still generally liked, but she's also got weaknesses like her promos and abstract character that make it harder to tell compelling stories with her, which became obvious when the only real story on Raw was her and friends vs CTRL. It's still kinda wild that she and Becky had the place going nuts for her victory at Mania but then she got boos on on the mic on the post-Mania Raw. That said, I think the Alexa story is an effort to try and add some depth/nuance to her character, which would be good for the long-term.
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