Overly Critical Man

Now I'm picturing the PTPs doing skits with Titus and Uncle Darren going to Disneyland with Titus' kids and tossing around Disney cash while shouting "Millions of dollars" to an exasperated Goofy or Princess Merida.

Titus has kids!? Man...their entire gimmick is transforming before our very eyes.

The fact that the Prime Time Players might get any tv time at all is more relevent than whether or not this changes their gimmick which everyone has probably forgotten about by now.

The idea that Ziggler doesn't need the WWE and can be a movie star is the weirdest comment I've seen on these forums since the time someone said Laycool were at the level of Flair/Arn at their peak.

Someone needs to bring back Rene Dupree's poodle.

I do think it's sort of weird how Alberto Del Rio gets infinite world title reigns, while Dolph has disappeared from the main event scene worse than King Kong Bundy after Wrestlemania 2.

It's the failed new gimmick of Nicky from the Spirit Squad.

I think Dolph will find his groove as Divas title gatekeeper soon enough. Maybe he'll even be lucky enough to make guest appearances on Total Divas.

I have no doubt in my mind if Cena has elbow surgery, he'll be back the next RAW as the new GM.

Cena and Bryan off TV for a month while they focus the show on Randy Orton? Do you want this company to go bankrupt or something?

I think the biggest disconnect was when people were advocating a Zach Ryder main event push.

Make some random 23098023984-time world champion who really wasn't that big of a deal, a downloadable character in the newest WWE video game, bring him out and convince people he's a big deal(See: RVD, Chris Jericho. In ten years, See: Dolph Ziggler, Miz). But seriously...Daniel Bryan is what the people want. He's right on the cusp of breaking out into something huge just like Punk was a couple of years ago. Forcing it on people that haven't really earned it or who people don't want to have it(Say...Cody Rhodes), doesn't work out as well.

Doing what's right for business usually results in putting your business in the toilet. This is why you should usually give the world what they want and make millions of dollars(HHH vs Taker) rather than what's "right for business" (trying to convince people Dolph Ziggler or The Miz are stars).

Or, you know...have Punk get his skinny fat ass kicked terribly and actually be humbled and act like a fucking human being that needs to overcome adversity instead of an entitled twat Godmode sue that acts like he's above it all and easily dismisses every opponent and cuts promos where he calls himself "the best" 50 times. It's a character growth moment. Of course, since he got the upperhand right before the ppv, I'm pretty sure Brock's gonna snap his arm with a kimura.

I dunno...it might've been a legit shoot. I mean, Teddy Hart does shoot shooting star presses.

Let's wrap this whole thread in a neat little bow and declare now that whoever wins the March Madness pool gets a Ribera replica jacket.

Calling it now. If John Cena hits a missile dropkick at Summerslam, he's winning March Madness over Bryan.

Dolph was backstage acting like Kaitlyn's sidekick.

Did Zeb Coulter really say he hoped an earthquake killed all the Latinos in California? I mean...holy shit.

Kofi kicking out of a reverse superplex puts him on my Davey Richards shitlist.

Big Show oversells superplexes to the point where he causes the ring to explode. Davey Richards still hasn't figured out how a superplex is supposed to work.

Yeah, it had everything to do with him having good punches.

The promo is brilliant, because it played to both sides. You like Punk? You want him to prove Brock wrong. You like Brock or hate Punk? You're like..."HELL YEAH! Fuck'im up!"

This is a basic problem with wrestling heel/face logic. Every time someone turns face (apparently with the exception of Dolph Ziggler) they gain some superpowers or super-ability-to-kick-out. Especially the top babyfaces. They've been Supermen for a long time. You become a face, you get some kind fo Hulk-up powerup. Turning face is like taking a PED.Meanwhile the heels are fallible, and so have to work harder and be more cunning. But given this, wouldn't "turning face" be the ultimate heel move? You suddenly get this huge advantage you didn't have before (super-heart?). I think that's why a lot of smarks cheer heels. There's a way in which the Faces, if they are kayfabe-conscious, are pulling off a scam that makes them the ultimate heels...and a heel who doesn't exploit that becomes somehow enobled by not taking the easy way out.I know it's mixing kayfabe logic and non-kayfabe logic...but it's hard not to nowadays when guys like Cena and Punk want their character to be an extension of their backstage image.I was thinking something like this the other day when I was watching Chuck Klosterman talk about his new book, which is about evil in popular culture. Part of it is about why people feel drawn to villains.One thing he pointed out was that actors always say the villain roles are more "interesting" but he thinks what they really mean is that those characters are more real. They are flawed and human.I think this absolutely applies to wrestling. The traditional super hero character (Cena or Hogan being the obvious examples) aren't real human beings. We're not perfectly moral and we don't always do the right thing. We're complicated. Randy Savage was fascinating, a ball of energy and neuroses and excitement. CM Punk is thoughtful and principled and stubborn. They're great characters, in a way that Hogan and Cena are not. Say what now?I think he meant to say CM Punk is a whiny fake MMA douche with a persecution complex whose purpose on life is to shit on everything like a pretentious hipster.