The General Wrestling Thread

[dave]

The other problem I had with the RR itself was the surprise entrants. It was just a weak year. Kevin Nash, all the Internet marks knew he was there, and Nash just looks old and disinterested. His first surprise entry, even if spoiled by the Internet, was a much, more interesting affair. The midget Mexican wrestler was actually impressive for what it was, but not a good surprise entrant. And JBL's spot was an utter and complete waste of time. I get that he doesn't want to work anymore and won't risk anything, but that spot tonight was a complete waste of a spot.
I kept hoping for a really good surprise entrant.

[Spidey]

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[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

They were chanting for Reigns after they were through booing Sheamus. And he's getting the rocket pack anyway. But yeah, pick anybody you want, but they should have audibled out of that finish. Make it a heel for fucks sake so the boos look natural.

Batista showing up a week ago and winning the Rumble is an awful way to present to fans that your product isn't worth watching from May to December...but then they act surprised when they try and push talent in September and they get some historically bad buys for pay per views.

We're not talking about The Rock here, we're talking about Batista, for fucks sake. Yeah, I know he is going to be in a huge movie this summer...but we're talkin about Batista. E-list Hollywood celebrity, Fourth Tier WWE-star over the past 40 years.

When Del Rio won the Rumble...crowd shit on it too, but like you said, he was a heel and the boos looked natural. This fucko, Batista comes out and no one gives a fuck about him in 2014. Outside of 5 minutes 10 years ago, no one has ever given a fuck about Batista.

[JimLeavy59]

Also Reigns is a face after tonight.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Bryan is still mega over, obviously...but putting this guy against Sheamus at Mania, even if you give'em 20 minutes and let'em "steal the show" takes a ton of momentum out from him.

Put the guy against The Undertaker. Win or lose. Its about that prime spot.

[BigBiss]

lots of poor booking, why in the fuck would Nash go after Shield and not go after Punk ... your going to put Great Khali and R-truth out there for meaningless spots but the best suprise you have is Nash?

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Also Reigns is a face after tonight.

The plan has clearly been to have Reigns come out the face, Ambrose the dirty heel, and Rollins the tweener for a while. Reigns has been getting good face reactions He's got a face moveset (Spear, Superman Punch) with a heel charm...he has a lot to work on in regards to his overall character, but he's firmly strapped in the rocket pack.

[Warner2BruceTD]

[Warner2BruceTD]

Let's not lose sight of the fact that Torito was fucking awesome.

Ole!

[TheImmortalGoud]

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

lots of poor booking, why in the fuck would Nash go after Shield and not go after Punk ... your going to put Great Khali and R-truth out there for meaningless spots but the best suprise you have is Nash?

Lazy booking. They had their eyes set on Batista winning it and really didn't care about anything else.

You had an opportunity for a nice Shield/Wyatts Mexican standoff...and its immediately interrupted by...fuckin Ryback? Crowd was just starting to gasp when it was just those five (Shield/Wyatts) standing...then this fuckin guy comes out.

Punk was in there for almost an hour, but had little to no shine. I can't remember him doing much.

TONS of nobodys and unnecessary entrants. I don't care how big Khali is...no one buys him at all as anything. JBL in and out was just lazy.

The one stroke of genius was having El Torito enter. He did a good job and got over more in that 3 minutes than he has with months in the company.

[Leftwich]

What kind of crowd does Cleveland typically have? That's where they are tomorrow.

[BigBiss]

also giant swing spots ... good stuff

Kofi needs to just eat it next year

[BigBiss]

What kind of crowd does Cleveland typically have? That's where they are tomorrow.

Its Cleveland man ... dont expect much

[dave]

Punk was in there for almost an hour, but had little to no shine. I can't remember him doing much.

My guess is he's going on a long break after WM, so they didn't really cared how they played him.