Just Dave

I fucking loved high school. Football, dating a cheerleader, lead role in "Little Shop of Horrors..." Wait, what were we talking about? Yeah. nxt as high school is a dope analogy.

Oh yeah, we did this already. My b.

She's not one of the top 3 in ring women they employ right now. Seriously? She's fine. She's not some standard bearer. Holy cow.

I don’t have a good deal of faith in Mojo’s career trajectory, based on this weeks main event spoilers. Given Ryder’s friendship with Cody Rhodes and Marty Scuril, I could see him going to AEW. He’s a guy I think could rebuild value if given an opportunity elsewhere. Hawkins too. The Good Brothers could make a good living without going back to Japan at AEW if they supplemented w Indy dates. Bayley, too. I could see a pretty substantial exodus if there really is a money backer for AEW. And that wouldn’t be a bad thing.

I still don't get the appeal of the Revival. Redneck Hobbits. Thought Tyler Breeze looked good. "Seth Rollins, mega babyface" still has no legs. His face is entirely too punchable to garner sympathy. Thought the gauntlet was fine. Bayley looked pretty good, I thought. I still don't understand what they aren't seeing in Ruby Riott. It's exactly the same problem as Seth Rollins but in reverse. Natalya/Ronda will be a good story, and probably won't be the PPV matchup, so that's good. I feel like at this point their best option is getting as many faces on tv as possible the next few weeks, seeing where reactions and ratings are, and going from there. I can tell you where they won't be; Seth Rollins.

Finally got to watch the full show today with my other buddy that works nights. He hit the nail on the head, I thought: ”Seth Rollins sucks at every aspect of this that doesn’t require a 30 inch vertical.”

There seemed to be a disproportionately high amount of ladders in the match graphic. I am relatively certain that was the plan at one point.

Rollins causes a chartable decline in tv ratings whenever he’s on, and his reactions have started to wane a bit. He’s also an awful promo, and I can’t imagine a world where we open with ten minute babyface Rollins promo. Ugh. We know what Rollins is. Putting the belt on him for any length of time would be a serious mistake.

I don’t understand why they think that’s a good idea. But you’re probably not wrong.

God I hope they have the sense to keep Rollins far away from anything meaningful. Unless Drew/Braun is the title match. Then I’m ok with Rollins getting punted into the sun.

Yeah, but you gotta keep the horsewomen on the same show for now. In case you wanna do some hijinx with the eight horsewomen. Is that enough to pull a stagecoach? Wait, what were we talking about? if Alexa isn’t the new RAW GM, I could see her getting traded to smackdown. Maybe take Mickie and a couple others with her.

Hopefully they keep Rollins and Ambrose apart for a good long while. It worked before because Dean is an incredibly effective babyface and Seth comes off as genuinely unlikeable. Trying to play them both opposite type is horrifyingly tone deaf. I think Reigns’ illness has effected Ambrose in some way mentally. He has not looked focused at all since. The best thing might be to have Renee play some part in this. This shit is DOA at this point, why not use her to try and salvage it.

I was at an Atlanta area martial arts competition about a year ago and the Cat was there. He apparently still teaches martial arts in our area. He walked by me and I gave him a quiet “somebody call my momma.” He turned and looked pissed, but the broke out in laughter. We shot the shit for a few. You wanna talk about a guy who remembers his career fondly? That’s Ernest Miller. Could not have been cooler.

Well, Ambrose is the titty master, so I guess that checks out...

I loved that story from Foley’s book, about Kevin Sullivan telling him to “drop the elbow on your fuckin’ pahtnah.” Wait, that was against the Steiners. But I’m sure he told him to do that shit again....

See, I feel like Charlotte has regressed from where she was on RAW a couple years back. Becky, AJ, D-Bry, Mustafa Ali, Benjamin (who is still a fantastic worker) and Chad Gable are all better, IMO. But she’s still really, really good.

...because fans like them and will respond to them appropriately? Particularly in Ambrose’s case. He’s never not been over, and always in the manner in which he was supposed to be. Live crowds seem to respond to Rollins, but he retains tv viewers like “tough crowd.” Reigns, Strowman, and now apparently Balor are out. Lashley is a sucking vortex of charisma. I think Ambrose/McIntyre is the way to go. But, my opinion is just an opinion. It just seems smart to me to build around the guy that gets the response he’s supposed to consistently.

I never understand why Ambrose took so much of the heat for that. Austin was pushing him a certain way, Dean didn’t want to go that way, and Austin kept persisting. Dean strikes me as a laid back guy. Why would they put him in the position where if he’s rude to a Wwe legend on live tv, he takes heat for that, but if he’s “boring,” he takes heat for that, too. It’s like sticking him in that impossible situation with Lesnar. When it was clear Lesnar didn’t want to work with Dean in a street fight situation, someone in management should have either intervened on Dean’s behalf or they should have gone a different way for Lesnar’s opponent. Sorry. Tangent. The point is that I still think Ambrose is the most relatable performer on the roster. When he was on top of the b group house shows, they did good business. Getting stuck w a dead program W Ziggler on Smackdown didn’t help. Who else is there on Raw right now? Based on last nights rating, it isn’t Rollins. Balor? That ship has apparently sailed. McIntyre is fantastic, but he needs a decent foil. Raws problem is that it has a million bodies and zero stars, at the moment. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

That’s an interesting thought regarding Ambrose. Dude has a good life compared to where he was pre-WWE. Right now, being a top guy on raw seems to be a bit cursed. He may not be the type that’s internally motivated that way. That point about Rollins is spot on.

I’m quite certain this is just a roadblock for AOP. They will steamroll Gable & Roode shortly. as for the Revival; I guess I’m in the minority, but I don’t see it. Too short guys talking about pure tag team wrestling doesn’t do it for me. I get why Vince doesn’t see anything in them. And if we’re entering the epoch of “Seth Rollins: face of the company,” i might be done. Good worker, zero personality. Woof. They’ve got Ambrose right there, who, for his flaws, is immensely more likeable and head and shoulders a better promo than Rollins. I’ll never understand their hesitance with him.

A bit late to the party, but I LOVED Bohemian Rhapsody. I know they played a bit fast and loose with the timeline, but I found Remi Malek mesmerizing as Freddie, and the guys they casted to play Queen all did yeoman's work around Malek, as I imagine May, Taylor, and Deacon were doing around Mercury during the band's heyday. Also, the unmitigated balls it took to cast Mike Myers as essentially the world's greatest inside joke of all time was fantastic. Also, the first time John Deacon appeared on screen, I accidentally said out loud "Big Tim, the human piece of toast." I regret nothing. The ending 20 minutes at LiveAid were goosebump inducing. Great film. Not perfect, but the casting was really great and I thought it was shot and edited well, too. And of course, the soundtrack was bonkers.

I personally don't disagree with you on any of those points. I'm just trying to figure out what WWE is thinking. Well, I kinda disagree on one point. She's not untalented. There's a role she's capable of filling. I laugh my ass off when she kicks yaks in the face. That makes me laugh. Other than that, I'm at a loss. And having her as a focal point is a huge mistake.

I didn't say it was a good idea. I guess they figure at her age, it's time to fish or cut bait with her.

I thought they made them look fairly strong. Nia and Tamina are clearly the top female heels on Raw now, but they only won bc they cheated. Thought Sasha and Bayley brought their working boots, actually. If you meant visually, then yeah. I could see that.

I agree that the match was much better, and I don’t want to take away from Charlotte. She was fantastic. I do think part of the reason Charlotte got cheered like that is because she’s Becky’s proxy. I’m worried that they’ll go away from Becky/Ronda, though they could do that at the Rumble. Non title, if they’re both still the champs.