2020 Pro Wrestling Thread

The Mysterio thing is more proof — as if we needed any more proof — that the WWE writers are out of ideas, which has been showing up in the declining TV ratings for a while now.

 

In the same vein as that tweet, I did rather enjoy Bayley's heel promo last night where she started talking about Rey Mysterio and then said, "No, you're not seeing double" as she shifted into talking about her win.

 

Bayleys one of the best talkers in the company right now. Its amazing considering how bad some of her face stuff went over. Her face feud with Bliss? There were times when it looked like she was headed to the Dana Brooke burial ground.

I think shes an example of someone thriving with no crowds, no one to scream WHAT for no reason in the middle of the promo.

 

Thinking back to last night and how overbooked was that Asuka/Sasha match.

All they had to do was have Bayley move the blinded ref over for him to count the pin, and it would be logical. Instead, we had Bayley suddenly playing ref for no reason. And there's no real GM or commissioner to logically overturn the "decision."

Ridiculous overbooking.

 

Even if they didn't want a blind ref counting, they could have just had Bayley grab a bottle of water off the broadcast table and splash his eyes before she drags him over. It's so easy to book it where it isn't ridiculous.

 

They're obviously setting up the rematch with another stipulation, probably a guest referee (Bayley, I'm sure).

 

Which they could have done anyways with the automatic title return match that they stupidly got rid of a few years ago.

Or, if they really want Bayley to be the ref, have Asuka win with the green mist and have Sasha demand a rematch with her friend as the ref.

They’ve overthought this. A shame too, because it was a helluva match.

 

With the "lose an eye" match, I think most of us were under the impression that they would CGI something "cool." Like, that's the benefit of not doing a live show. If you're not going to deliver on the gross premise, why even bother?

 

It could be awesome with Bayley as a guest ref after the green mist, too. Have her do a promo before the match where she and Sasha say they've figured out how to make sure the referee doesn't get blinded this time and then have her come out with a full face shield and a squeegee to clean it off if she gets sprayed. Would be awesome.

 

I’m wondering if Shayna’s promo from last week could be in play here, if she starts a feud with Banks over being “serious” since the tag team is all about the shenanigans.

but that would make bayzler a face, which doesnt work, and kills Asuska. Part of why the Shayna return didn’t make sense was who is her competition? Who’s she saying is a joke?

They still can’t seem to be able to get multiple womens stories over at the same time. Any advancement of Shayna kills Asuska and Asuska’s being on top since MITB buried Shayna.

 

As a kid, I always thought that a fun spot for a babyface would be to have a pair of swim goggles hidden in their trunks. When Killer Khan or the Great Kabuki would do their mist, the face could be selling a head injury, sneak the goggles on, then, no-sell the mist. Hogan would have been fun for this.

 

Does MVP know that Buddy Murphy borrowed his ring gear?