KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Cesaro is an interesting case as he's incredibly smooth in the ring but he does the same spots over and over every single week. That can get a bit tiring.

As is with most professional wrestling though, especially in WWE.

It's also a huge basis for the point that in ring skill means little in terms of a wrestler keeping over with the fans.

 

[klunderbunker]

True, which is a big part of the problem.

 

[ShinChan]

Has Dillinger left WWE?

Nowhere to be seen not even in NxT. And not in the brand split either.

 

[klunderbunker]

Not that I've heard.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

True, which is a big part of the problem.

That it's repetitive, or that wrestling itself means little with staying over?

 

[klunderbunker]

Repetitive. When you're doing the same spots week after week, it's hard to get excited to see them again.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Repetitive. When you're doing the same spots week after week, it's hard to get excited to see them again.

But then you have to consider the safety and choreography arguments. Varying spots means more risk for accidents. Also, varying spots means more practice for wrestlers, which involves more risk for accidents. Plus more planning for matches involves more choreography. To that extreme, you could bring in Vader's criticism of that match awhile back, which the sequence he was referring to came off as a glorified gymnastics show.

Some of this is solved by just giving the wrestlers more time in the ring. They could spread out the usual spots and throw more psychology and a few extra moves in there. But then how do they step it up for PPVs?

Also, more time spent in the ring means less time for arm wrestling contests, food fights and hand births. How can we live without that stuff? This is the entertainment industry after all.

 

[klunderbunker]

Not exactly. You should be able to do a match without going to the big spots all the time.

That last part is rather true. We can't dare question our beloved writers.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

So let me ask this:

You have the choice to change only one of the following:

1) WWE's formula for matches themselves, and how repetitive they are (because most every competitive match is formulated the same, to include tag matches)

2) WWE's continual booking mistakes. Most notably their propensity for having title holders lose non-title matchups to get their #1 contender. EDIT: I guess this is really the whole 50/50 booking argument.(I didn't use blunders because I would use that word more for booking decisions that really blew your mind)

Which one do you choose?

*Insert Jeopardy theme*

 

[klunderbunker]

The latter, by far.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Makes sense. It's not like today's matches don't still get pops for most of the good spots, no matter how much people know it's coming.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

Thoughts on Austin's podcast with Ambrose?

 

[klunderbunker]

Makes sense. It's not like today's matches don't still get pops for most of the good spots, no matter how much people know it's coming.

Indeed. People are also annoyed that there's no reason to care about a lot of these guys since the booking is going to cripple them.

Thoughts on Austin's podcast with Ambrose?

Awkward to start since Dean didn't want to go to certain areas. He's covered that in pre-WWE interviews and there is no way he could talk about it on the Network.

 

[justinsayne]

Repetitive. When you're doing the same spots week after week, it's hard to get excited to see them again.

Pretty much the reason Brock went from exciting to see every time he shows up to me (and I assume many others) not giving a shit, every match is about 20 german suplex's followed by one or two F5's, & maybe a kimura, with a few clotheslines & other various strikes sprinkled throughout.

 

[Aeon Mathix]

Do you feel like they overdid the Shield stuff for the last couple months or so? Well it's been going on since they split, but my god I felt like I had to be reminded every 2 seconds that they were a faction and it felt like a case of something that could have been epic organically but they had to drive the point home as much as possible.

I remember a few years ago during a draft that Cena going to smackdown was unthinkable and people would be genuinely shocked if it had actually happened. Why wasn't this the case this time? It just kind of seemed like "whatever" consensus.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Indeed. People are also annoyed that there's no reason to care about a lot of these guys since the booking is going to cripple them.



Awkward to start since Dean didn't want to go to certain areas. He's covered that in pre-WWE interviews and there is no way he could talk about it on the Network.

Is that about his CZW Deathmatch days?

 

[klunderbunker]

Actually about him dealing drugs as a teenager.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Has any woman ever been busted open in a WWE match? And if so, who and when?

 

[klunderbunker]

Lita at Survivor Series 2000 among others.

 

[#MrScissorsKick]

I don't watch the Indies, but in your opinion who's the best?

 

[klunderbunker]

Off the top of my head, probably Riccochet.

 

[justinsayne]

Same question but for tag team, & woman

 

[klunderbunker]

Anyone but the Young Bucks.

I'm really not sure on the women as I don't watch enough indies.

 

[The Fabulous Rougeau's]

During the Hulkamania timeframe was there a year that NWA/WCW was putting out a better product than WWF? If not what year would you say they came the closest?

 

[klunderbunker]

91.