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were you watching the same show i was. Got negative reviews across the board.
Yeah I dunno what they’re about. It was basically a misery spree from start to finish.
I was satisfied with it and it distracted me a little from the stress I'm currently experiencing.
AEW entertained me i got bad news on sunday morning so i understand. i stayed up late to watch the cena v lesnar match and felt they rehashed their 2014 squash match it has done nothing for cena and his retirement tour at all makes me believe cena will work through to wrestlemania to redeem how this has all panned out.
I think Cena stay longer on WWE. The fight against Lesnar was a little too easy for me. I guess this could be a new storyline until Wrestlemania.
There are no top stars at all when he goes its pretty much over so i can guarantee the saudi guys keep him for at least 1 show a year.
basically yeah. I like Cody but he’s basically a midcarder with insane luck, reach and connections. It makes sense he got this far because he’s charismatic and has underdog appeal, but he’s an okay-ish performer and a half decent speaker with only occasional some memorable segments. Bryan outclasses him in the ring and Roman is better at the mic.
Yeah, Bryan had that connection with fans that Cena and Cody never had. It's the sort of thing you can't teach, it's that "it" factor. Similar to guys like Dusty Rhodes and Mick Foley. It got Bryan so over in 2014 that fans were literally demanding WWE to push him. Punk was over back in 2011 too as a rebel against the bland, corporate WWE (ironic given what a sellout he is now), but it was nothing compared to Bryan in 2014 though IMO. That was an amazing thing to witness. Bryan got more over than Cena. I think he was the most over guy WWE has had in the past 10-15 years, but he unfortunately had health issues getting in his way. Plus, Vince clearly was more invested in Roman than Bryan.
It's too late for it now. It's going to look like an old guy beating up his great grandpa. Plus Rock's dropped a bunch of weight and his head keeps getting pointier to where now it could almost be considered a foreign object like Luger's forearm. They needed to either do it 5 years ago or stop it. Dangling the carrot now is like... remember that Goldberg/Undertaker disaster? No thanks. I don't care if half the roster belongs to the same family and they have the stroke to make it happen, it shouldn't happen.
It's also the era that has undeniably aged the worst for anything not in the ring. So many edgelord-ass gimmicks and promos, the rise of the authority figures and the 20 minute promos to open each show. I was there at the time so I get having an appreciation for it in the "aw man, remember that" way, but I look at it way more in a "what the hell were they thinking" kind of way.
I think part of it too is the camera work. I didn't watch for a long time so I don't know exactly when it shifted, but they used to be able to hide almost every big whiff or botch. Going live also likely didn't help, because there's something to be said for editing. I really remember everything looking pretty tight and snug, but you know that even in the golden era, there were guys who threw punches like Shane McMahon, heh.
I pretty much agree with all of that. I also like Cody, but I just don't buy into him as an underdog babyface. It's a little bit like Cena in the old days, where it never really feels like he is going to lose. I can't argue with how everybody else loves the guy though.
I don't know. I do respect the guy for getting out there and making a name for himself after leaving WWE in 2016. But yeah, there's an air of "artificial" to him at the very least.I have so many issues with Cody. He politics both in real life and in kayfabe. He literally politicked in kayfabe to get Jey Uso on Raw once. Drew McIntyre even said this on TV once (McIntyre is awesome by the way). Everything about Cody screams rich, dbag, politician. Just look at how he dresses. He's the complete opposite of blue collar, every man Dusty Rhodes. He's never struggled at all since coming to WWE. They've given him the biggest push of possibly any WWE wrestler ever and he's extremely protected by his booking. How is he an underdog babyface? He wins 90% of his matches. He has a stupid catchphrase. "What do you wanna talk about?"
THIS is a catchphrase
He's not the greatest promo. He certainly can't keep up on the mic with people like The Rock, Cena, or Punk (and I don't even like Punk). He only gotten this massive push from WWE because he's one of the founders of the competition and also the FIRST guy they lured away from AEW. They basically wanted to say, "See what we can offer you if you leave AEW"
Take away his AEW status and his last name and they would have just had him be this guy again
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Oh, and I can't forget. He came into WWE and STOLE SAMI ZAYN'S STORYLINE.
"Finish the story?"
You mean Sami Zayn's story?
