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    Why would you assume Paige won't be going after the belt?

     

    I assume that's a distinct possibility, but this feud doesn't need the belt to be over. It seems like keeping the title in this feud would make more of the women seem irrelevant, even Nattie and Becky since they'd just be seconds in the payoff singles match. A payoff tag team match (or series) with tweener champ Sasha having her own feud or even doing a "challenger of the month" thing sounds way more appealing and gets more people over.

     

    None of the women are strongly over so using the belt actually does help. W/o the belt it wouldn't have even really made sense for Paige to turn.

     

     

    That's why you go the 4-way route, where Sasha can sneak out with the belt while Charlotte/Paige remains unresolved.

  2. Why would you assume Paige won't be going after the belt?

     

    I assume that's a distinct possibility, but this feud doesn't need the belt to be over. It seems like keeping the title in this feud would make more of the women seem irrelevant, even Nattie and Becky since they'd just be seconds in the payoff singles match. A payoff tag team match (or series) with tweener champ Sasha having her own feud or even doing a "challenger of the month" thing sounds way more appealing and gets more people over.

  3. If they stick with comedy Kane, as they always should, the feud with Rollins should be entertaining. Rollins is a good stooge and HHH/Steph are usually good comedy too.

     

    Best part of the show was Xavier playing Rusev's theme on the trombone, though. Surprised no one's gif'ed Summer on the trombone.

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    From about Fall Brawl 00 onwards, WCW was good viewing from top to bottom.

     

    I dare you to watch Sin or Superbrawl Revenge, then type this again.

     

     

    Sin was a good PPV. Chavo/Helms is a fantastic opener, the cruiserweight tag is good, the six man tag enjoyable, the hardcore match was fun. Even the Insiders/Thrillers, Douglas/Demott were OK. Main event is awful.

     

    Starrcade is probably the trainwreck...

     

     

    Reno/Vito, Cat/Sanders, Luger and Buff ending Goldberg's career when a fan maced him, the terrible main with the flat swerve that falls even flatter because Sid was crippled for the finish, unclean finishes to the last 4 matches... I mean a couple fun matches is pretty good by dying days WCW standards but it is in no way "good top to bottom."

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    I really don't think WCW was salvageable by the Summer of 99, and arguably much earlier than that. Every scenario has to start with some completely unrealistic way to get Hogan out of the picture.

    This is so true.

     

    I looked through every PPV card from 2000 to their close and I don't know why anyone thought that any of those cards was a good idea.  Google it if you have some time and then tell me how to turn that around.  Ralphus was in a PPV match...Jericho was already gone for over a year.  It was just nonsensical bullshit.

     

     

    I'll do you one better than that, I've actually watched every WCW ppv from 99-01 in its entirety within the last year.

     

    Believe it or not, people actually understate how bad WCW was in 2000. WCW in 2000 was not some talent-rich promotion that was undermined by some bad booking and pushing the wrong guys... That was WCW in 98/early 99. Of course there was plenty of bad booking and pushing wrong guys in 2000, but make no mistake, there was absolutely no star-talent there either. Some competent wrestlers, sure. Star-talent? None. There was a small group of guys who were a few years past their star prime or a couple years before it (with no one credible they could go over to get there), and a whole lot more washed-up old dudes, and greenhorns. Just a total wasteland where no one had a chance, much less the company in aggregate.

  6. What is the end game in this Rusev/Summer/Dolph thing?  Rusev and Summer are very entertaining but god Dolph is still atrocious on the mic. 

     

    Dolph's gonna hook up with Summer while Lana's hurt, Rusev and Lana get back together as a face couple. After that, who knows? Maybe Rusev gets a big push, maybe he trades wins with Dolph until he's irrelevant then wins an IC #1 contender battle royal.

  7. So I would be genuinely curious what the Full Sail fans reaction would be if Kane showed up on one show and proceeded to destory Finn Balor and Hideo Otami as they were having a match, than proceeded to manhandle the entire roster as they ran out to try to make the save.

     

    Groans and silence. Kane's been stale for over a decade, has JTTS stink all over him, and never had as much charsima or presence as Sid at his peak.

     

    Taker or Brock could pull it off, but Kane... Just no.

  8. Well, Adam Rose's new gimmick and promo proves that bad things can happen on NXT tv. Plus Tyler talking to his iPhone in photo mode, immersion ruined.

     

    Still a great show overall, though.

     

    I really hope Gargano and Ciampa get deals with NXT. That was a really nice formula tag that wasn't overdone at all. They balanced the speed/power and newcomer/vet dynamics really well and everyone came out looking good without finisher spam or nearfall overkill. Perfect little tv match.

     

    Crowe has been really solid in the ring lately. It sucks that he's been lost in the shuffle, but can't deny that Crews is money. His finishing runs are quick, but he hits so many good-looking high-impact moves in succession that it's believable. He moves so well and comes across a legit cool dude just by his mannerisms and smile. I'd like to see these two have an extended feud with Crowe turning.

     

    The final segment was great stuff as everyone mentioned. There are gonna be some super sweet then and now photos of Bayley and Izzy in 15 years. Sarah Dobson looked good. The promo with Sasha hit all the right notes did a good job blending their characters with their obvious emotional reactions to their reception and success. They both deserve everything good.

  9. He still looks awesome in 1997 as Mortis. I wonder if he hits a downturn in '99/'00 or something in-ring. I'll get there eventually. 

     

    I think Mortis really was his in-ring peak. He had the Uncensored match with Glacier, the tag with Wrath against Glacier and Ernest Miller at BATB, and the FoF match at Fall Brawl that year. All good matches. I can't think of anything that good after he takes off the mask, though.

     

    I think the way stereotypical gay characters or more flamboyant characters were portrayed was due to the contempt the companies had for their own fans and what they thought their fans thought about those characters

     

    Hmm, I don't know about this. Can't say I'm really buying that the homophobic gimmicks that existed in the territory days and persisted through the attitude era were meta-progressive in any way. I'd speculatively doubt that most of the promoters were beyond "one of the good ones" levels of enlightenment, but even if you assume all the promoters knew better, the best case interpretation is that they still tried to monetize homophobia and generally reinforced that the audience was right to be leery of the gays.

  10. Random thought: If I could watch one person do high-end offense all day, it would be Kanyon. 

     

    This is interesting, because watching a lot of dying days WCW recently, I thought "Kanyon: Innovator of offense" aged super terribly. His execution wasn't really that great considering that was one of his actual nicknames for a while and he had very little in the way of good matches. I did mark for the Mortis/Glacier feud as a kid, though, and Positively Kanyon ruled so I don't want it to seem like I'm super down on him, but that aspect of his work just didn't hold up for me.

     

    I guess I have to pitch an alternate answer now, so I'm going with Daniel Bryan. He may not have been the best in any one area (striking, flying, mat wrestling, high impact moves), but he was really good in all of them. I can't think of anyone with more well-rounded offense and his execution and transitions were always so smooth and crisp.

  11. - Someone must've complained about Big Show being stuff because he is now all but putting a pillow with a mint on top on the mat for you to land on when you get Vader Bombed.

     

    I think that has more to do with him being old and injury-prone.

     

    And Sasha probably wanted to roll through a little more on that bump, but her recent big matches indicate she does like to take high angle bumps on purpose.

  12. So the Rusev/Dolph angle has to end with Dolph and Summer hooking up and Lana and Rusev getting back together as a face team, right?

     

    The women's stuff is coming along nicely. The title match was whatever, but Paige subtly ruining Charlotte's moment by calling attention to swerve was some really nice pre-heel-turn work. Charlotte winning the title and Becky beating Sasha in one try (according to Raw canon at least) are both logical catalysts to send Paige over the edge at this point.

     

    I also liked the Miz TV segment. Bray's chaotic evil side shines the most against other heels. NXT's gonna be in Texas this week, so my fun guess for the partner is Samoa Joe.

    I know the dirtsheets said Corbin.

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  13. If Kofi were elevated to a main event singles run, most of the people here would be complaining about his weak-ass looking offense. He's fine in the midcard, but he would be quickly exposed if they tried pushing him farther than that.

     

    Weak offense isn't a big deal if your character is "heel who thinks he's a lot better than he is because all his matches are basically 3 on 1." And I'd be willing to bet reactions to New Day in the main event scene, however briefly, would be way more positive (so to speak) than the current Rollins/Sting angle with fucking Sheamus lurking in the background.

  14. well that and Kofi needs to be WWE WHC while defending under New Day rules

     

    Kofi not getting MITB in favor of the quintessential lame-duck Sheamus is god damn disgrace. I would say that's the biggest missed opportunity of the year, but then I remembered they gave Brock's first post-streak loss to Taker and didn't have Cena put anyone over with the US challenge, so I can't quite say that in good conscience. I'd say it's a bigger travesty than Bryan's Rumble outing at this point, though.

     

    This week's Raw proved New Day is main event level (imagine typing that out last December).

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