Recent content by Kaeden

I know the latter half is accurate. After the Mike Awesome debacle, Vince "loaned" Tazz back to ECW for like a week, to win the title off Awesome, and job it at the next event. However, becasue he's Vince McMahon....he jobbed Tazz (and Dreamer) out to Haitch in the interim. Because he could.

RJB, Sunday Night Heat served the same purpose. And the model is replicated by UFC, who airs free fights on Spike up until the live telecast starts. Dark matches, on the hole, shouldn't be mentioned. As someone noted above, they're not televised, because they don't exactly..."count". Some...

Bad example. If Looney Tunes had to live up to the pathetic standards of modern tv, it never would have made it past the dream stage. Every short contains at least one instance that would be considered taboo nowadays. Looney Tunes is Hardcore

I believe each of these had a purpose in storyline. Afterall, titles only exist as props to propel stories. Cena and Miz was already explained. I, admittedly, missed the Cena/Batista thing. The Jericho/HHH thing furthered the conflict between Haitch and Hebner, and got Hunter CRAZY heat for...

It obviously worked, no? Did you wake up this morning and say, "I wanna talk about HTM"? No. But you are now, aren't you?

It seems to be, more often than not, one of two causes. Either a gimmick change, or an abortion. Big Show has had a half-dozen finishers, because each goes with a different era of his gimmick. The Chokeslam is the generic 'big guy' finish. The Punch fit his "i was training to be a boxer"...

I think that's a little premature, but on the right track. I started watching wrestling right after HBK went down, the first time. But his fingerprints were all over HHH and DX, so he was never fully forgotten. When he made his return, i knew him, and i cared. And, obviously, as he had his...

In short, what makes a title prestigious is the quality of the combatants for it, and the reverence given to it. The Legends/Global/TV title in TNA frequently has its prestige called into question. Why? Because they changed the name, rarely featured it on television, created a silly...

Eh....you're doing it wrong. The 'invitational' accomplishes nothing to help the guy doing it. It's a device to get a new guy over by beating it. As noted in the original post, the Angle invitational was a device to get Cena over. The Masterlock Challenge got Masters over as a midcarder, but...

The only one of them who'd have trouble would be the Undertaker. His gimmick is far too campy to get over in this era of wrestling. He was fortunate enough to break in an era where gimmicks were characters. Now, gimmicks are personalities. Would Undertaker be the same if he broke as perhaps...

Rhyno. Period. He is, far and away, the master of the move. Goldberg made it relevant, and i thank him for it, but he never really made it mean anything. The Spear was well executed, (most of the time) but it was still just a setup move to his Jackhammer. Edge has never, and will never...

Interesting topic. Got me pondering. I like pondering. 1) ECW ~For me, nothing compares to ECW's product when it was on its game. I find it easy to pull for the underdog, and i always wanted to see ECW succeed. They had original storylines, engaging characters and were miles ahead of...

Actually, it wouldn't be anything like that. Its more like working 20 years in a company, and being a top earner in the company. The boss it doting on you, he says you're the kinda guy he'd 'build his company around.' And you thank him for his confidence by shitting in his mouth and quitting...

I think its a good point. Since they made such a HUGE deal about last year, facing 'Taker at 'Mania is going to be held as a privilege. And as such, its gunna be one you have to be willing to sacrifice for. I'd imagine every Undertaker match at Mania will now carry either an intensely...

While, logically, that whole 'color commentator' issue makes sense...didn't i read that WWE doesn't want play-by-play? Hence the impetus for the Joey Styles 'shoot' before ONS? I think that's why JR isn't back at the table despite being contracted...he's not a storyteller, he's a match-caller...