Jenalysis

I think I made it through RAW once in the past two to three months. This company is doing nothing to convince me to keep watching it. They have until WM to convince me. I would have enjoyed a three hour Hogan-Beefcake match more than what I got last night.

I don't see to see Barrett bulk up too much- rather see a skinnier Barrett who is less likely to hurt himself. Barrett can get by punching people in the mouth, he doesn't need to do too many power moves.

Main Event Miz was good.

The way I understood the stip HHH lost all executive power and couldn't make any decisions to influence talent. However, the way I understood it, and what I expected, was that there was no rule that he couldn't become talent. I would have had HHH as a surprise #30 in the Rumble, with the explanation given the next night, with him getting Eliminated by Bryan but coming back in and sledging Cena leading to his elimination. HHH then says his goal is to make sure Cena never breaks Flair's record- by getting the title himself and screwing Cena every chance he gets unless he brings him back to power, in which case he'll give him every opportunity at it.

I kinda would see/write Seth as a guy who really emulates HHH, up to trying to be an evil mastermind, when he just doesn't have the chops for it, so he ends up kinda a cartoon villain, yet he can still kill you in the ring.

It was one of the few credible ways they could have had Cena bring them back without him turning heel, but the whole thing people wanted out of that was a heel turn. Instead, Cena continues the 94 Hogan path. They should just give him a Thunder in Paradise gimmick and give Hornswaggle an eyepatch.

Are you saying they didn't? The fans completely ruined a PPV and destroyed the WWE's Wrestlemania plans. I remember that serious people were implying POST-Rumble that Bryan not going over at the end would cause "ugly scenes". it's alarmist bullshit. If Bryan doesn't sufficiently go over, they'll just complain online and keep giving the WWE money. It's all bark, no bite. I think we've reached the point where the fans will stop complaining, and just stop being fans. I've even gotten the vibe from many of my long-time friends that it's just been too much now. A couple cancelled subs already, most are just reading recaps instead of watching RAW, and no one watches the B shows. It's the whole things never change that is turning people off the most.

The way to set up Shield TT for the title is Ambrose wins Rumble. Reigns wins in a multiman at OTL. Rollins cashes in before the event to make it a TT. Cena gets shunted down the card temporarily, maybe feed him Rusev- or do a tag Cena/Sting vs HHH/Lesnar where if Cena wins he has to bring Authority back. Orton vs Rusev Barrett vs Ziggler

I'm fully expecting WMXXXI to be the last WWE I watch. Hoping I'm wrong, but I just don't see how they can deliver right now- and I'm enjoying the current stuff less than I did Dungeon of Doom-era stuff.

Owens just needs to cross the moral event horizon somehow. No idea how.

The problems with the Panthers are with the GM- they don't have the players they should. Not enough talent on that team- largely due to a bunch of bad salary cap decisions.

Rivera is not on the hot seat at all, even with a loss today. Only year 2, and he had .500 talent at best this year, 7-8-1 or 6-9-1 isn't a disaster. Panthers FO is a mess, but even they're not dumb enough to fire a fairly popular coach in year 2.

I thought someone already explained I am that bee that wouldn't defend the hive or some shit? Idk. I don't like honey. Besides me being annoyingly overrating-ish about Barrett, he does so many awesome things. He counters shit not with moves, but to punches to the face and kicks to the gut. His giggling schoolboy smile when he does something to get him booed. He will dropkick a jobber for the hell of it. Plus, he wears a goddamn cape. If that doesn't make him a top 5 worker, nothing will. Everyone talks about heatless people working in the 80's. Well, Barrett is working TODAY and would work anywhere there needs to be a guy willing to laugh at someone as they are unconscious. He'd be Bill Watts' dream come true as a worker tbh Barrett to me is one of those guys who was most hurt by WCW no longer being around. He works a very WCW-ish style, and you can tell he takes inspiration from certain folks like DDP and Foley. Also, competition made it harder to keep people down. He would have worn Big Gold at some point. I love the way Barrett chews scenery and is just so happy to be making folks miserable, yet he manages to avoid becoming "cool". Add in the fact he's just a great worker, minus the unneeded Cactus Jack elbow drop (he needs to drop that, love the shout-out but I want a healthy Barrett in 10 years). Barrett is going to go down to me as one of the top guys never to hold a World Title of this decade, and I think when fully healthy, he's a top 3 act in the company. The only guy I can clearly see as better is Rollins.

The natural feud for Barrett is Ziggler because he never lost the belt. Just have Barrett run crap about ZIggler trying to be a great performer, while Barrett just wants to win.

Zigs needs Superkick FADC Zig Zag.

Yeah I was getting pissed during TLC when the announcers kept saying that Dolph said this would be his best match ever tonight. How about making winning your #1 goal, and if it happens in a one minute shitty match who cares you still won the belt. A good post-rumble Feud would be Barrett interrupting Ziggler saying how it's a disgrace for the IC champion to care only about performance and not wins, and that he intends to make the belt right again. Plus you have the whole "I never lost it" argument. Both these guys should be above the IC belt, but the IC belt means a lot more than it did a year ago, I'd say it's almost on par with Big Gold, it just needs the IC belt champ taking it hard to the world champ at some point to lock its new higher credibility.

Or Lawler could be genuinely one of those folks who has something nice to say about everyone. Some folks just aren't mean-spirited.

She was a pretty good valet/manager (Rock n Rave), that puts her above 80% of the women the WWE has signed since Trish.

The person I was watching wrestling with last night- the two things he complained most about were Bray Wyatt , who he just thinks is bush league, and the camerawork, where he just hates the way WWE does it completely. He liked the NXT wrestling, but said the camerawork really took him out of it.

Just like WWE, no one wants to be a heel because they get paid less in likes.

At this point , it's going to be up to the fans to revolt- or some indy is going to have to do NXT-quality stuff. ROH/PWG probably could with a bit of tightening, but would fans pay for it? WWE kinda made the product too cheap- making it hard for the indy shows as well.

Only thing I enjoyed at all tonight was AJ-Bella. I expected a Dungeon of Doom-era WCW show tonight and I got exactly what I expected, minus an evil midget.

New Day could be a good opening act. They were able to pop the crowd some during the matches. Not getting beyond that though. Roman Reigns is going to be turned on so hard when he comes back- WWE is going to try to shove him down people's throats so hard, and I think that will be the last straw for some folks. That said, RAW had to be better then average tonight- I didn't shut it off until almost 10. Usually I can only stand 1 hr of it these days.

I really miss WCW's Cruiser Tag division. Was so much fun.

ND is locked into the ACC for non-football. They can't go anywhere else Cincy and BYU are probably the best choices. That said, I think all conferences should be 14 for the sake for fairness.