Recent content by rekon59

I'm guessing they put it on Miz for buzz purposes. And while they could always edit the match out, in the last batch of NXT tapings, Barret was defending his IC title in one of the show's main events (I think the one to air next week), so they wanted that to still make sense as well.

They don't really have to still be behind the Shield though, do they? They were careful with the language they used, Paul saying 'We pay the Shield when we need them'. That could imply that alot of the other beatdowns are still them, and for someone else, and they were just on loan to...

Hmm, mild fan of all three, so let's try this... Push - Ted Dibiase. Crazy to see where Rhodes and Dibiase have ended up after Legacy. Considering it seemed like their current positions would have been reversed. Dibiase did start to work on getting himself over, and I think he can still be a...

What I find funny about this fight for control, is that it was a month ago, Triple H was two seconds away from firing Laurinatis, and then the board decides for now to keep him on, but still as interim general manager. Now he gets to have a match to decide if he can run both shows? Why would a...

It just seems weird, since they promoted him as a monster, and then did a total change to a dancing face. It's very superficial gimmick change, and yet, the crowd actually seemed into it for a debuting character. And the only thing you can ask for about a guy with a ridiculous gimmick, is that...

The last two months have been centered around Punk? Really? Huh, I guess you must have fell asleep during that whole Cena-Rock tag team angle. Not only that, they've barely centered it around him since SummerSlam. Took the title off of him, and focused on side feuds, while Del Rio and Cena...

He has the one thing that you need to be successful in wrestling: the crowd. You can dislike his appearance, his work, his mic skills, and you can find guys who did it better. Ryder was the first guy who was lucky if he got to get his ass kicked on Superstars on a weekly basis, who decided not...

How about one we are in the midst of currently seeing happen, and that is the Hardy Boys becomming totally irrelevant and shells of their former selves? I mean, I've been watching wrestling since the late 80's/early 90's, but with lack of cable until I was 18, I couldn't watch it live all...

No I didn't. My point is that it doesn't matter that they just feuded. If they wanted to do it, they'd do it. Hell, Triple H and Austin's heel alliance came shortly after they had a long running feud, and that aspect of it even was raised by the announcers, with Austin covering it well.

Why does this matter? Or that Edge-Jericho have recent history? That doesn't mean they can't form a stable still. Hell, as I recall, Edge and Jericho were together on the heels team that attacked the faces on Raw, despite them beating each other up later. Feuds can be dropped to start factions...

Interesting, but I'd say all Rumbles still have variable points to be added. Obviously, plenty of stars of today will eventually get the 10 point spreads you give out for WWE HoF'ers, but so will some older guys. I imagine we'll see guys like Ted Dibiase and Jake Roberts in the WWE Hall of Fame...

Is it stunningly fast to see a new guy win the WWE title? Yes. The IC title is a little less, because it's been won that fast before, as has the US title (hell, Carlito won it his first night). But I like it, I like how they are telling the story, of an upstart coming in, and taking the WWE by...

I would say managers would still work today, but more for a singular wrestler, and not a group of wrestlers. Bobby Heenan had many guys under his direction at any given time, as did Jimmy Hart, and others as well. I don't think there's room for more than one manager to handle a group of guys...

Hmm, alot to take in here. While I agree house shows are certainly not what they used to be, I'm not keen on all your ideas... 1) Do occasional title changes at House Shows. I do like this. I don't mind not seeing every title change hands, especially since most happen at PPV's, and I...

I think the only thing I don't like about the PG rating is that we're constantly reminded that it's PG. I mean, watching shows now, I don't see much difference in the content than the years prior to the attitude era when I was a preteen/teenager. I mean, the sudden influx of mature content with...