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  1. Matt D
    I wish I could get a better look at this guy's mask I think that's all I have right now.
  2. Matt D
    I wish this heel turn felt more like Bret's 97 "you all turned your backs on me" instead of Christian's 2011 "one more match."
  3. Matt D
    Sure, in round one. We're in the finals now. It's one thing to spite vote against Punk. At least, that has a purpose. There's no reason to spite vote against Bryan OR Cesaro. Someone should give me something more than "GEE BRYAN'S REALLY OVER AND HAD A GREAT YEAR! THIS IS LIKE WRESTLEMANIA 20 ALL OVER AGAIN! THEY'RE DOING WHAT WE WANT FINALLY! YES! YES! YES!" That's what I'm seeing here. I like Bryan. I've yet to see anyone give me something other than a PWI 500 explanation, a "main event feel" (which I think Cesaro has done well with anyway) or maybe a "he's more over" explanation for why he had a better year than Cesaro. And it's okay if you guys go with that, (even "He won the WWE championship twice!," Yeti), because this is subjective, but those aren't metrics which matter a whole lot to me, which is why this is frustrating. People are saying "Cesaro did this, that and that better" using specifics. No one really objects to it. And no one raises a counter point.
  4. Matt D
    Damn it Yeti, there's a whole lot of nothing in that post. I mean it's okay. You like Daniel Bryan because you think a lot of what he did was awesome this year. I get that. It's there. This is subjective. But there's not a single analytic point in your entire post. This is almost exactly what I'm talking about. In round one, you can get away by saying DANIEL BRYAN WAS AWESOME IN EVERYTHING THAT HE DID. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS. IT WAS AWESOME. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THAT. IT WAS AWESOME. This is the finals and he's up against probably the easiest person in the world to break down and show someone what he does well, which people have done. At least Jrag threw out a couple of things, though I still think Goldust actually connected with the audience far better than Bryan in the time period, especially those dead audiences, but this is moot. I actually think Cesaro connects really well too. He's great at doing little things, working the crowd in all the ways that the WWE usually hates, whether it's knowing when to toss in the We the People or when to just slow things down and look out to them while grinding in something or basking in his fallen opponent. He's not Mark Henry level at using negative space (bingo?) but he's also very good at it, maybe better than Bryan who sort of lucked in to gold. The fact that most of you seem to think that bothering to try to break down and actually compare these two on any level other than WWE MAIN EVENTS ARE BIGGER THAN NXT MAIN EVENTS! isn't worth doing kind of defeats the purpose of this entire exercise.
  5. Matt D
    It's things like the way they built up and paid off the chinlock (of all things) between matches that really makes them special. Yes, Zayn is impressive. Yes, he brings a lot to the table, but the Orton vs Bryan matches are still good. They're just not special. The Zayn matches just highlight what Cesaro's been doing all year, whether he was in there with Miz or Regal. Clever transitions. Big spots. Great feats of strength. Interesting finishes. Smart selling. Linking all of these together to tell a story. You can break down the things he does well so easily, things that are novel. It's not just that he has the spots. It's not just that he has the feats of strength (be it the neutralizer on Khali or the super spinning run around the ring before hitting the uppercut on Zayn or the crazy suplex from the bottom rope, outside in). It's not just that he sells well and smartly and controls a match as a heel to have his opponent do the same. It's that he links all of these disparate pieces together to make really, really good professional wrestling.. Has anyone made even one meaningful argument for Bryan in this whole thing? He's getting over on a blank stamp basically. It's just a given. Someone break things down. What does Bryan do well other than being Daniel Bryan? What does he do better than Cesaro?
  6. Matt D
    We've talked so much about the Zayn series, like Johnny just reposted, but the Regal match is just astonishing too. There's no better performance in the WWE all year than Cesaro in this match. The way he fights off Regal with one arm is amazing, both in how varied it is and in how believable and nuanced it somehow manages to be, and the "popping the arm back in" is the best spot of the entire year. There's no better middle ground between innovation and excitement and grounded storytelling. Bryan is coasting in comparison.
  7. Matt D
    I know some people say that Brock makes them watch more closely because anything can happen. I kind of get that vibe with Cesaro. You almost certainly know you're going to see something special. Which in and of itself wouldn't put him over Bryan, but he's also on Bryan's level or higher on so many other things. I think a really key thing to do is look at the way they built and changed the matches in the Zayn/Cesaro series and then look at Bryan's series with Orton and while the latter two had good matches, does anyone really want to see another one? On the other hand, who here still wants to see more Zayn/Cesaro? Pretty much everyone.
  8. Matt D
    They made a really big deal out of her coming off the top rope on her charges' opponents when she just started with the Dangerous Alliance.
  9. Matt D
    What the hell is Russo doing as a talking head on WWE Countdown. (Cesaro is the best talking head).
  10. Matt D
    Same gimmick, heel until it gets over as a face again.
  11. Matt D
    Worried that Rhodes Bros aren't making the card. Maybe in the battle royal. Damn shame.
  12. Matt D
    How much was a ticket there?
  13. Matt D
    Yeah, you should have gotten that in before half the board decided to be go Paul Jones Army on me, Shasta Waco.
  14. Matt D
    STAND BACK...
  15. Matt D
    I was looking for Arn's "Watch what you wish for" promo from 99 when the horsemen went heel, but I couldn't find it, but man, Arn was the best.
  16. Matt D
    If you can find some healthy debate, you should get a gold star.
  17. Matt D
    Now Banky turns? What the hell is the world coming to here? And Jae, Something Something Cobra most over finisher, I don't know. I'm beset by untrustworthy midwesterners here.
  18. Matt D
    Trotamaker vs FSW is pretty much the opposite of Bryan vs Cesaro. We know FSW is the Miz at least so that fits.
  19. Matt D
    Wrestling is symbolic.
  20. Matt D
    Cheatum seen escaping from the scene.
  21. Matt D
    Cesaro is actually pretty great when he does the hybrid foreign language/english promos for the International feeds. Check out his expression and how much of a general dick he is to the NAO, and then the cocky swagger after they leave.
  22. Matt D
    Bryan hasn't been a better promo than Ryback in the voting period.
  23. Matt D
    I suppose we should start talking about Bryan vs Cesaro.
  24. Matt D
    I'm always glad when I have Ottar the Viking on my side, even if That Damn Yeti isn't and K.Thor Jensen isn't voting at all. .
  25. Matt D
    I, for one, am still glad to see that Commissioner Max Andrews here is still capable of a damn fine post. For his effort,
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