2015 Pro Wrestling Thread

Started writing and had a brain cramp. Just couldn't think of more than those five guys I listed for some reason.
But, yeah, Ambrose is down there with Rusev, Wyatt and Ziggler right now. All of them could have big breakthrough with a little push, but either the timing isn't right at this very moment or there's some issues with different parts of their character. Hopefully the time is right one of these days to give them a little nudge.

 

Only one problem with this: Bryan doesn't qualify as a young guy in the way the others do. He's 33.

 

Here's the thing with Bryan, at least for me. I don't need him to be champion. I don't need him to headline WrestleMania. What I do need, however, is for him to be involved in some sort of program that I'd actually want to watch.
Bryan-Rollins? I'd watch that Bryan-Ambrose? I'd watch that. Bryan-Ziggler? I'd watch that.
Hell, I'd even watch Bryan-Cena or Bryan-Orton.
But Bryan-Sheamus? Seriously? Who cares?
And the only problem with the push Reigns is getting here, quite honestly, is that he's nowhere near ready for it and it's far for soon. Especially when you've got a crop of guys (Ziggler, Bryan, Barrett, Ambrose and Rollins to name a few) who are closer to ready for that star-making push. It just feels like Reigns, who has made next-to-zero growth from his Shield days, is jumping the line.
Is there anyone out there who wants to see Mania end in a coronation for Reigns? Besides McMahon?
I'm OK with it if it ends up being a segway to Rollins cashing in and HIM getting the end-of-Mania moment. I think that would be amazing. But as it stands, this is the least excited I've been for a Mania since WM27. I knew that show was going to suck and it did and this one doesn't seem very different.

 

i had a theory that if the wwe fully committed to the network, it might take some of the oomph out of the pay-per-views. a strong subscription base dulls the wwe's financial incentive to take the pay-per-views to that next level.

i think this already happened with the lower-tier pay-per-views, where the championship wasn't even defended on several of them. i wonder it if will eventually trickle down to top events like wrestlemania. if you're less dependent on one-time buys, why make one-time "event" hires such as the Rock, or to go further back, people like Donald Trump or Lawrence Taylor?

 

By "younger guys" I meant the current rising generation, even though some are established and have been around a while now. Guys like Bryan (33), Sheamus (37), Ambrose (29), Rusev (29), Reigns (29), Luke Harper (35), Ryback (33) and Ziggler (34) aren't exactly rookies in terms of age, but are in terms of WWE experience. In other words, the guys with more upside ahead of them than behind them.

 

I had a few people over the house last night and we didn't pay too much attention to Fast Lane so I'm rewatching it while I wait for my wife to get out of work so we can watch RAW.
One thing I noticed: The announcing for the Divas match was some of the worst announcing I've ever heard. There were long periods of silence, no excitement, no build, nothing.
Now I'm not saying the match was great but come on. If I were Paige or Nikki, I'd be pissed that's how they sold my match to fans. Terrible.

 

When he joined the New Day, I sure hope Big E washed that singlet before regifting it to Ryback.

 

The way they treat the entire divas division is a joke. 26 seconds on RAW. Give the Divas a Chance got trending after that garbage, be interesting to see if that gets any traction.

 

I just think it's amazing is all. NXT is over huge with just about anyone who has watched it and the main difference, by far, is the treatment of female wrestlers. That makes the WWE's outright dismissal of their female main roster wrestler embarrassing.

 

It's really foolish how they just bury the Divas, when they really have something that they could market and that the fans could care about, beyond selling calendars.

Then the E complains that fans don't care. Well why should they when you barely show them? Let them wrestle, let fans get emotionally behind them, and fans will care.

 

I won't.

 

At this point, the problems with the women's / diva's division on the main roster has been so prolonged that it has to be a Vince thing. It's not like they've had people completely incapable of working - Gail Kim had some really good matches in TNA, and even people you'd think as "all sizzle and no steak" like Tiffany / Taryn Terrell have been capable in TNA vs. WWE. The commentary during all of the women's matches is horrible, and from Mick Foley's comments in the past, you know the commentary now is mostly Vince being the unofficial fourth wheel and telling them to push everything but the matches.

Also, whoever told Natalia to wear that leather outfit thing at Fastlane, ick. She's supposed to be their serious female vet, and she's dressing like Sable.