TheVileOne Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Having Kofi lose to The Bar was dumb, but whatever. Hopefully they can pivot it back for Mania. Still think making Rousey vs. Lynch a Triple Threat is moronic, when the real angle is Lynch vs. Rousey, and Charlotte is just a third wheel at this point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ReiseReise Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 hours ago, TheVileOne said: Having Kofi lose to The Bar was dumb, but whatever. Hopefully they can pivot it back for Mania. I agree, although I think the how was what made it bad. Kofi got no notable offense, he just got beaten down, beaten down even more, then he got pinned. On one hand I'm happy because I really enjoy the bar, but Kofi could have looked way more spirited in defeat without changing the outcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 3 hours ago, ReiseReise said: I agree, although I think the how was what made it bad. Kofi got no notable offense, he just got beaten down, beaten down even more, then he got pinned. On one hand I'm happy because I really enjoy the bar, but Kofi could have looked way more spirited in defeat without changing the outcome. It's reminiscent of Rey Mysterio pre-WrestleMania 22, where Mysterio was practically buried and losing every week after he won the Royal Rumble. Orton beat him at No Way Out and basically made Mysterio look like a chump the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 It's WWE not knowing what to do with an over babyface, so defaulting to 'screwed by the authority'. It's old and tired and doesn't even suit the participants. And it's a shame, because there's really fertile ground to explore here if they wanted to. Why can't they explore the correlations between Bryan's rise in 2014 to Kofi's rise now? If anyone can understand the groundswell of support for Kofi it should be the man who experienced the same thing, and then turned his back on it. I'm sure Bryan could do some good work with that. Why can't they explore the idea that Kofi and the New Day are the antithesis of Daniel Bryan, and represent everything he stands against? I'm sure Daniel Bryan could do some good work with that. Why can't they explore and dig into the dynamic of the New Day, their loyalty and their friendship? How would Big E react if he was given the opportunity to earn a world title match? What if Xavier Woods had to beat Bryan in order for Kofi to get another shot? I mean, I get that there's a lot of time to fill, and even now we're still 4 weeks away, and this kind of fell into their lap, and they had to change plans... But it's a bit disconcerting that the best they've come up with so far is "have him job in a handicap match, pal!" 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 20 hours ago, nate said: This move doesn't even make a damn bit of sense. A back body is a flip/back bump, so why would Sasha land like that? There's nothing that any momentum from the back body would add to the move, so it's a lot of wasted effort for nothing more than a Samoan drop. In fact, from a kayfabe perspective, it lengthens the time needed that Tamina can relax to be the fresh partner (the extra effort to throw Sasha wen she could have just let Nia do a regular Samoan drop). And how the hell could Numpty *not* hold her up (aside from the obvious that she - Nia - is out of position)? Goddamn, they suck. It seems pretty clear that Sasha needed to clear Tamina's shoulders and hop onto Nia's but, just like her funky dives, she pointed her head down. She is like that kid in middle school that could never quite figure out how to make a paper airplane and it always nose-dived. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 screw you buddy! i could never make a paper airplane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Casey said: screw you buddy! i could never make a paper airplane Looking at your avatar I'm imagining Charlotte saying it with that look and I can't help but laugh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 9 hours ago, Yo-Yo's Roomie said: And it's a shame, because there's really fertile ground to explore here if they wanted to. Why can't they explore the correlations between Bryan's rise in 2014 to Kofi's rise now? If anyone can understand the groundswell of support for Kofi it should be the man who experienced the same thing, and then turned his back on it. I'm sure Bryan could do some good work with that. Why can't they explore the idea that Kofi and the New Day are the antithesis of Daniel Bryan, and represent everything he stands against? I'm sure Daniel Bryan could do some good work with that. Why can't they explore and dig into the dynamic of the New Day, their loyalty and their friendship? How would Big E react if he was given the opportunity to earn a world title match? What if Xavier Woods had to beat Bryan in order for Kofi to get another shot? This would all be great. The issue is that they fucked up and didn't switch Owens and Kofi respective ppv matches soon enough so they need an excuse to get Kofi out of the Fastlane match while keeping him and crowd hot for for WM. I think the smarter thing would have been to have Rowan and a returned Harper murder New Day rather than Vince replace Kofi with Owens. Then we could have seen everything you mentioned. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: Looking at your avatar I'm imagining Charlotte saying it with that look and I can't help but laugh. Then, she knee drops the sheet of paper and lets out a "Mean by god Gene". Edited March 12, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Yo-Yo's Roomie said: It's WWE not knowing what to do with an over babyface, so defaulting to 'screwed by the authority'. It's old and tired and doesn't even suit the participants. And it's a shame, because there's really fertile ground to explore here if they wanted to. Why can't they explore the correlations between Bryan's rise in 2014 to Kofi's rise now? If anyone can understand the groundswell of support for Kofi it should be the man who experienced the same thing, and then turned his back on it. I'm sure Bryan could do some good work with that. Why can't they explore the idea that Kofi and the New Day are the antithesis of Daniel Bryan, and represent everything he stands against? I'm sure Daniel Bryan could do some good work with that. Why can't they explore and dig into the dynamic of the New Day, their loyalty and their friendship? How would Big E react if he was given the opportunity to earn a world title match? What if Xavier Woods had to beat Bryan in order for Kofi to get another shot? I mean, I get that there's a lot of time to fill, and even now we're still 4 weeks away, and this kind of fell into their lap, and they had to change plans... But it's a bit disconcerting that the best they've come up with so far is "have him job in a handicap match, pal!" With Austin they were smart enough to not have him job every week when he was getting the big push. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodzillaPerez Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 So every babyface should just break their neck mid push to keep from jobbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Nah, they protected top babyfaces back then. I really think it's because of Bryan getting more and more over while he got beat down every week, so they think that's what you do now. It's starting to hit Becky now as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 4:29 PM, The Natural said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Some Meltzer 'flakes from the show. Revival vs. Roode/Gable vs. Black/Ricochet ***1/2. Joe vs. Mysterio vs. Andrade vs. R-Truth ***3/4. Bryan vs. Owens vs. Ali ****1/4. Shield vs. Corbin/Lashley/McIntyre ****1/2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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