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Post by The Rick Jericho on Aug 1, 2023 10:40:21 GMT -5
So we are one year into his regime as booking.
We have had some interruptions of Vince chiming in here and there. But as a whole, it's the Triple H show.
How do you grade his work one year later?
His best booking moments and his worst booking moments?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 1, 2023 10:49:19 GMT -5
I think a C+ is fair. Many talents right now are as over as they’ve ever been under this booking regime and, in general, WWE are on one of their best-ever runs in terms of consecutively good PPV shows. That said, there are still way too many talents falling through the cracks unable to get regular TV time, so like most other bookers he is yet to really efficiently cycle talents in and out to try and maximise the roster’s potential. And weekly TV, while the floor is much higher as you’re less likely to get bottom of the barrel material now, can still be pretty dry and skippable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2023 10:53:49 GMT -5
Just off the top of my head right now he gets a C+
He has improved the overall quality since he took over creative.
But at the same time we are still stuck with the Bloodline and seems to be running the same tropeyness he did with them now applied to the Judgement day.
His run PLE's has been top notch and this is where his biggest positive is for the most part...although summerslam seems on paper a f*** up because he has LA Knight in a battle royale , and Rhea is not defending her title and pushed Becky Vs Trish to a random Raw in a few weeks despite it being a 4+ month long feud.
And that then goes to his biggest failure is with the womens divisions with glimpses of what it should be...we will see if he actually allows IYO to cash in successfully or f***s this up to.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 1, 2023 11:02:14 GMT -5
C seems fair to me. There are things that need to improve, but I still have way more faith in him than Vince. It's cool that so many acts are over right now, even if I don't really find any of the stories outside of The Bloodline very interesting. I miss the Vince version of The Brawling Brutes, but that's literally the only thing.
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Post by tirtefaa on Aug 1, 2023 11:06:44 GMT -5
Triple H as always is a B+
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Post by clc on Aug 1, 2023 11:30:02 GMT -5
I'd say a C is fair. For a while it seemed like he put a stop to the endless rematches (but that seems to be on its way back) He's done a very poor job with the women. Most of his rehires have not been great. I'm very much over the Bloodline to the point of giving zero cares about what happens to any of them. Judgement Day is on that same trajectory. These groups were great for a while and he gets credit for that. The PLEs have been really fun though.
So he gets a C, but he is in danger of his grades slipping and should probably get some after-school tutoring.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Aug 1, 2023 11:34:19 GMT -5
I'm feeling generous and will say a B+. He's had his share of miscues, but the PLEs have been bangers, the storylines are pretty good and a 3 hour Raw is far less of a chore to sit though
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Post by Hypnosis on Aug 1, 2023 11:46:59 GMT -5
C+. He's done some things with the shows better than Vince (the PLEs, Alpha Academy being pushed and a heavily-featured act, Chelsea and Sonya as Women's Tag Champions), but there are still some wrestlers who are underutilized or not even on TV at all (Xia Li, Tegan Nox, Elias, Rick Boogs, etc.), and the Nakamura/Ciampa/Reed stuff is going in circles. Triple H as always is a B+
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 1, 2023 12:07:49 GMT -5
Outside of painfully long title reigns, some oddly never ending programs, and the inability to realize when you are using a group too often (hi Judgement Day and Bloodline!) I'm ok with the WWE at the moment... except Logal Paul can eat a turd sandwich.
I give it a B to B-. Better than the D I would have given the WWE last year.
You'd think a dude that watched the NWO go to shit would understand the value in not over-doing a wildly over stable act. But then again, DX.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2023 12:20:28 GMT -5
I'm back watching the PLEs so he gets a thumbs up from me.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Aug 1, 2023 12:30:11 GMT -5
B+ player. That's a nice little spot for him.
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Post by HIM on Aug 1, 2023 12:43:01 GMT -5
Ironically I gotta say he's B+. Like, it is what it is so it's a good starting off point.
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Post by asuka007 on Aug 1, 2023 12:45:12 GMT -5
C+
The overall structure of the show has been noticeably better.
The stories that he has done well he’s done REALLY well.
However it feels like feuds and title reigns drag out for way too long and too often.
His booking of the women has been poor overall.
Most of the rehires have been not that great, for various reasons.
Etc.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Aug 1, 2023 17:35:32 GMT -5
B+
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Post by bob on Aug 1, 2023 17:41:11 GMT -5
D -- we're still in Roman's reign
this single handedly out ways all the good things he's done for me
we're in year 3 of this and nothing has changed
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Aug 1, 2023 19:04:28 GMT -5
Personal enjoyment? Probably a B or B+. But from an objective, outcome driven perspective, it’s an A or A+. People could only dream of growing business like this year over year. So I voted A-.
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Post by J is Justice on Aug 1, 2023 19:53:06 GMT -5
I'll say B. There's been some great stuff (Bloodline when he first took over, Judgement Day, etc) and some bad stuff (tag divisions and women's booking).
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Aug 1, 2023 20:00:00 GMT -5
C. Considered C- but the PPVs have all been pretty damn good. The weekly shows still usually bore me besides the rare SD and obviously NXT rules.
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Post by Ozman on Aug 2, 2023 11:43:42 GMT -5
B+ player. I generally enjoy the majority of the product.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 2, 2023 12:04:26 GMT -5
C+ as the booking generally makes sense even if it's dull at times. PPVs have been largely great. TV has been middling. And it also feels like we're back to a roster bloat that leaves a lot of folks without anything to do. But the product is probably the most consistent it has been. So slightly above average.
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