**MERGED** McIntyre, Mahal & Slater: 3MB Discussion (Keep it in here!)
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Call me crazy but I just like that fact that jobbers are finally allowed to have a personality and real gimmick again. The 3 Man Band is a nice little group made out of people that had literally nothing else on the table other than a potential release and now they are featured on a regular basis and given TV time.
They are a group of heels that people like getting beat up because they are silly and annoying and that is exactly the point.
I know some people would rather see them "fired" which I find pretty unfair given the fact that all members of the group never really amounted to anything anyway so why be upset if they are used as jobbers.
They dance, talk smack and get beaten senseless and they do it good, they have not overstayed their welcome, they are not pushed into the limelight.
They are fine, so leave it be.
They are a group of heels that people like getting beat up because they are silly and annoying and that is exactly the point.
I know some people would rather see them "fired" which I find pretty unfair given the fact that all members of the group never really amounted to anything anyway so why be upset if they are used as jobbers.
They dance, talk smack and get beaten senseless and they do it good, they have not overstayed their welcome, they are not pushed into the limelight.
They are fine, so leave it be.
Mustang Sally
Sells seashells by the seashore
Yes, that's what Jindar Mahal shouted at The Shield as 3MB stomped down the aisle toward the ring. If ever there was an epitaph for a group in WWE, that was probably it.....because where do these guys go from here?
The fact that both threesomes are heels fortifies the notion that one group is being used strictly as fodder for the other. Of course, we've had tons of evidence of that in past months anyway, but Jindar's line really seals it.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall at Creative meetings; to try and understand how they determine storyline directions..... and most of all, how they decide to negate a push and turn someone into a jobber. (Of course, this is still better than not getting ring time at all; that must be recognized, too).
3MB was originally designed to have more serious impact than it has. In December, they were scheduled to have some time in the ring to deliver a "State of 3MB" message; both times the spot was cut because of time constraints (or so they said). At that time, the group was still in match-winning mode, giving us the idea these guys might be a force to be reckoned with.
Instead, they became a comedy act.....and now, it's even worse, setting them up as foils for The Shield, who disposed of 3MB so easily it was a little unsettling, especially after all the bold proclamations made by 3MB, which included Jindar's rather weird line.
I've been hoping 3MBs challenges would result in their turning face and trying their luck against The Shield with the crowd behind them.....but given what we've seen so far, I've given up on that, too. Even if they became good guys now, who's gonna care?
I wonder what measuring stick management uses to figure out stuff like this.
The fact that both threesomes are heels fortifies the notion that one group is being used strictly as fodder for the other. Of course, we've had tons of evidence of that in past months anyway, but Jindar's line really seals it.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall at Creative meetings; to try and understand how they determine storyline directions..... and most of all, how they decide to negate a push and turn someone into a jobber. (Of course, this is still better than not getting ring time at all; that must be recognized, too).
3MB was originally designed to have more serious impact than it has. In December, they were scheduled to have some time in the ring to deliver a "State of 3MB" message; both times the spot was cut because of time constraints (or so they said). At that time, the group was still in match-winning mode, giving us the idea these guys might be a force to be reckoned with.
Instead, they became a comedy act.....and now, it's even worse, setting them up as foils for The Shield, who disposed of 3MB so easily it was a little unsettling, especially after all the bold proclamations made by 3MB, which included Jindar's rather weird line.
I've been hoping 3MBs challenges would result in their turning face and trying their luck against The Shield with the crowd behind them.....but given what we've seen so far, I've given up on that, too. Even if they became good guys now, who's gonna care?
I wonder what measuring stick management uses to figure out stuff like this.
I hope it isn't the end for 3MB, personally. There was promise for this group when it formed. It breathed life back into Drew's career while giving both Slater and Jinder something to do. I may be in the minority in that I really like this team. I'd like to see them stick together for a good while. The best route would be either to turn them face, which is unlikely as they keep being booked to be "annoying"; or to give them a tag team title shot. That is their best bet at the moment. They should win the giant pennies and defend them under the Freebird rule. I can see the silly promos regarding their use of the Freebird rule now, complete with a botched attempt at singing the actual song. They wouldn't be bought as a threat to Hell No though, and that's the main problem with that scenario. Part of the problem is The Shield. 3MB would be a much bigger deal if it were not for them and there is only room for one heel stable with a large push. So instead of turning these guys face they have been placed into the joke category. It's a shame, really.
3MB deserve better booking than what they have gotten. Their future looks bleak otherwise and all of them, including Jinder, should be treated better. At the rate they are going now they will inevitably split up with Slater going into a Santino-like role of being a joke who loses to everyone (only without his underlings from this group), while Drew and possibly Jinder get future endeavoured. They are better off as a team and can still accomplish something if they just get booked better. This group can lead to a very bright future for all three of them and if that gets screwed up then it's the creative team's fault. They made these guys into WAY more of a joke than was necessary. There's still time, although I too am beginning to lose hope for this stable. Had it not been for The Shield they would be a much bigger deal than they are.
3MB deserve better booking than what they have gotten. Their future looks bleak otherwise and all of them, including Jinder, should be treated better. At the rate they are going now they will inevitably split up with Slater going into a Santino-like role of being a joke who loses to everyone (only without his underlings from this group), while Drew and possibly Jinder get future endeavoured. They are better off as a team and can still accomplish something if they just get booked better. This group can lead to a very bright future for all three of them and if that gets screwed up then it's the creative team's fault. They made these guys into WAY more of a joke than was necessary. There's still time, although I too am beginning to lose hope for this stable. Had it not been for The Shield they would be a much bigger deal than they are.
You just made my day.
That has to be one of the funniest things I have ever heard come out of a heel's mouth. That includes anything by Sid or Steiner.
On a slightly more serious tone, as the thread suggests, I just don't know where 3MB go from here. I think the damage has been done and done again. Its a shame really. Its great that these three guys are getting air time, even if it is limited, but Mahal is a solid worker, as is Slater, and at one point Vince was pleasuring himself to the idea of McIntyre being the next 'guy'.
They will probably eventually peeter out and split, and then the company will probably turn two, if not all three of them back into what they were before, which is a shame.
Great idea, very bad execution. Another case of 'what could have been' I think.
That has to be one of the funniest things I have ever heard come out of a heel's mouth. That includes anything by Sid or Steiner.
On a slightly more serious tone, as the thread suggests, I just don't know where 3MB go from here. I think the damage has been done and done again. Its a shame really. Its great that these three guys are getting air time, even if it is limited, but Mahal is a solid worker, as is Slater, and at one point Vince was pleasuring himself to the idea of McIntyre being the next 'guy'.
They will probably eventually peeter out and split, and then the company will probably turn two, if not all three of them back into what they were before, which is a shame.
Great idea, very bad execution. Another case of 'what could have been' I think.
fenderjapan
Pre-Show Stalwart
I guess I'll go against the grain here and say that I never, not even for a minute, thought 3MB had a shot at being anything more than a comedy stable. They are a "band" that can't play their instruments. They have a guy playing "air sitar". Heath Slater was made their mouthpiece despite the fact that he is impossible to take seriously with a mic...and had just come off a run where he lost 18 matches in a row...and then put over a bunch of retired WWE legends. Drew was the only one with a legit shot at being a superstar.
3MB are over. Just not in the way some would like.(Here's looking at you, Sally. 
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They serve a wonderful purpose, and that's as punching bags/jobbers for bigger stars. Just them rubbing shoulders with the Shield, who are the most over faction in WWE since Evolution, is a big deal. It's not as if they got totally demolished by them either, so that's a rub in itself. It wasn't until Kane and Bryan came out that they were completely annihilated.
Every company needs jobbers. Guys who can put on decent matches, take bumps, and be fodder bigger stars. Just like Zach Ryder is that for single's wrestlers, 3MB is no different in the tag division. Putting them into a feud won't work, they're a joke, and everyone knows it. None of them showed the ability, perhaps outside McIntyre, to be successful as a single's wrestler, so I think they're positioned well as they are.
Last night was an example of how to use them. They're fodder for bigger names. They've got jobs, they're on TV, what's there to complain about?
)They serve a wonderful purpose, and that's as punching bags/jobbers for bigger stars. Just them rubbing shoulders with the Shield, who are the most over faction in WWE since Evolution, is a big deal. It's not as if they got totally demolished by them either, so that's a rub in itself. It wasn't until Kane and Bryan came out that they were completely annihilated.
Every company needs jobbers. Guys who can put on decent matches, take bumps, and be fodder bigger stars. Just like Zach Ryder is that for single's wrestlers, 3MB is no different in the tag division. Putting them into a feud won't work, they're a joke, and everyone knows it. None of them showed the ability, perhaps outside McIntyre, to be successful as a single's wrestler, so I think they're positioned well as they are.
Last night was an example of how to use them. They're fodder for bigger names. They've got jobs, they're on TV, what's there to complain about?
CM Steel
A REAL American
The 3MB: Heath Slater (lead singer), Jinder Mahal, and Drew McIntrye. Three guys who WWE creative didn't really have plans for in the future storyline wise. So they put them together as a faction known as "the encore" at first but was later re-dubbed the 3MB. But recently the 3MB has been handled by the Shield as well as Brock Lesnar all by himself with Heath Slater running in fear right into a big clothesline from Lesnar outside the ring. With the 3MB looking like a bigger joke then they already were made out to be.
It takes you back to the days of another faction from the WWE's attitude era, the job squad. The Job Squad were a stable of jobbers at that time with Al Snow as their leader (lol), featuring Hardcore Holly, Duane Gill aka Gillberg, 2 Cold Scorpio, and the Blue Meanie. That group didn't last all that long in the WWE attitude era even though Mick Foley (Mankind) tried to give them a good rub much like how D-Generation-X gave Mankind a little rub when Foley first became the WWF/E champion in the attitude era.
So in your own opinion. Is the 3MB the new JOB Squad? Pin me, pay me!
It takes you back to the days of another faction from the WWE's attitude era, the job squad. The Job Squad were a stable of jobbers at that time with Al Snow as their leader (lol), featuring Hardcore Holly, Duane Gill aka Gillberg, 2 Cold Scorpio, and the Blue Meanie. That group didn't last all that long in the WWE attitude era even though Mick Foley (Mankind) tried to give them a good rub much like how D-Generation-X gave Mankind a little rub when Foley first became the WWF/E champion in the attitude era.
So in your own opinion. Is the 3MB the new JOB Squad? Pin me, pay me!
no, the jobsquad were talented entertainers, 3MB is not.
Job Squad like The Union were a team brought together because they felt screwed by the management.
3MB is just a joke and the only thing those 3 can do since they have no other redeeming value.
Why can't 3MB just be the first 3MB? why does everyone have to be a second coming of something previously.
If anything 3MB is more like WCW's 3 Count. they were all jobbers. and would become household names in Shannon Moore, Shane Helms, Evan Korageous. the only difference is they were cruiserweights and were a mock boy band as opposed to pretend rock stars and really bad one's at that
Job Squad like The Union were a team brought together because they felt screwed by the management.
3MB is just a joke and the only thing those 3 can do since they have no other redeeming value.
Why can't 3MB just be the first 3MB? why does everyone have to be a second coming of something previously.
If anything 3MB is more like WCW's 3 Count. they were all jobbers. and would become household names in Shannon Moore, Shane Helms, Evan Korageous. the only difference is they were cruiserweights and were a mock boy band as opposed to pretend rock stars and really bad one's at that
Hard Hit Prince
Not really working as a
I'm enjoying more and more from 3MB, they've been growing as a goofy group and I for once love their position. They are still on TV, still relevant and at the same time making me smile with their antics and what not. If WWE created feuds for their midcard guys, I would like to have 3MB in there. I'm not saying they should be tag team champions, or be pushed like crazy, but at least have something to work - I don't know, with someone like Tons of Funk because some goofy reason, because if someone can make goofyness work, I'll bet Heath Slater is the man for that job.
Believe me, I always thought Slater was a waste of space, and lately and specially after his legends thing he grown on me as a good entertainer and I want him and the rest of the group still relevant - who knows, maybe McIntyre can turn on them and become the star people thought he would...
Believe me, I always thought Slater was a waste of space, and lately and specially after his legends thing he grown on me as a good entertainer and I want him and the rest of the group still relevant - who knows, maybe McIntyre can turn on them and become the star people thought he would...
ADLegend21
Sucker for Stables
I'm not gonna lie, I lost my head when the shield was cutting their Raw Promo then "We'RE A THREE MAN BAAAAAAAAAAND!" hit. It was so cool how they finally stuck up for themselves, even though they got their asses handed to them by the shield, then Team Hell No. I like the Joke characters finally get serious, it's fun development, like when santino lucked into the WHC elimination chamber in 11 and hit the Cobra on Bryan, still one of the best pops I've heard since 99.
Trance Metaphor
Floundering in Mid-Card Hell
3MB are hilarious. A group of jobbers that come out with Heath Slater doing his usual "WOOOOOOOOOO!!" dancing pose. Funny as all hell whenever I see him do that. Drew McIntyre really could have been more than this, but even though he still has hints of aggression in his offence during matches, he's still disposable fodder. A part of me sees it as a shame, and another part of me sees it as something passable. Since the 3MB are just gonna job as singles stars, why not just group them together and job them out together? Makes sense. Jinder Mahal was nothing special since day one. I didn't care about his squash debut match against Yoshi Tatsu using a full nelson slam finisher. He just doesn't have anything in particular that stands out. If the 3MB continue to make sporadic appearances where they get beat up on a constant basis, it'll make for some entertainment 'cause they are good at doing what they do. I thought the domination by Brock Lesnar looked awesome.
Thepiedpiper
Forever young!
I like 3MB a lot as a jobber stable and are really funny at times! Being a big fan of Mcintyre however I do also want to see a decent singles push in the near future, and see where this goes this time around? Mcintyre still has a solid upper mid-card feel to him, and even one day his broken dreams may come true and lift that WHC belt, damn what a site that would be! 
But for now 3MB make me laugh, and that's a good thing in my book!
But for now 3MB make me laugh, and that's a good thing in my book!
They're funny and entertaining as three clueless tools, and they can be used as punching bags, because Lesnar destroying all three of them at the same time is the #1 3MB highlight so far this year.
Considering the depths of shit all three men sunk into as solo acts, the creation of 3MB has been a saving grace for McIntyre, Mahal, and Slater. Jinder Mahal was going nowhere as the generic anti-American heel, McIntyre faded away into obscurity, and Slater just floated around in the mid-card after Nexus feel apart. I mean, he had a resurgence as The One Man Band, and getting his ass kicked by returning veterans on the road to Raw 1,000 helped him out a lot, but everything really came together in 3MB.
Every week, or on every other pay per view, 3MB receives some worthwhile spotlight. I hope they don't break up anytime soon, because if they do, it's back to the drawing board for McIntyre, Mahal, and Slater.
Considering the depths of shit all three men sunk into as solo acts, the creation of 3MB has been a saving grace for McIntyre, Mahal, and Slater. Jinder Mahal was going nowhere as the generic anti-American heel, McIntyre faded away into obscurity, and Slater just floated around in the mid-card after Nexus feel apart. I mean, he had a resurgence as The One Man Band, and getting his ass kicked by returning veterans on the road to Raw 1,000 helped him out a lot, but everything really came together in 3MB.
Every week, or on every other pay per view, 3MB receives some worthwhile spotlight. I hope they don't break up anytime soon, because if they do, it's back to the drawing board for McIntyre, Mahal, and Slater.
Thepiedpiper
Forever young!
Feud: The shield Vs 3MB, seriously funny! Make happen WWE...quick on the double!
Surely 3MB will win the tags.....eventually?....no?....come on!
More backstage antics from 3MB would be great also! Make it happen WWE....pronto!
If the shield can win the tags and US, then surely 3MB can win the tags and the WHC?....maybe?....no?...come on guys...pleeease!
More antics of 3MB in a nightclub, causing chaos! Make it happen WWE....like...right away!
Surely 3MB will win the tags.....eventually?....no?....come on!
More backstage antics from 3MB would be great also! Make it happen WWE....pronto!
If the shield can win the tags and US, then surely 3MB can win the tags and the WHC?....maybe?....no?...come on guys...pleeease!
More antics of 3MB in a nightclub, causing chaos! Make it happen WWE....like...right away!
I've been thinking about this lately watching WWE over the last number of months regarding 3MB.
Ok, it is very obvious that 3MB is the official Job Squad of the WWE. They lose to everybody. They don't win singles matches, they don't win tag matches ... the only thing they do is get the upper hand in a match or two once in a while but end up losing.
What I GET is that, yes, I know there needs to be jobbers in WWE. Jobbers that actually have talent and aren't just local nobodies. Jobbers serve a very important purpose but can't they win SOMETIMES?!
That's what I don't get. Why doesn't the WWE let them win ONCE in a while?
I think the last time 3MB won a match was way back, early in the year on SmackDown when they technically beat Sheamus in a 3 on 1 Over The Top Rope Challenge but then were promptly Brogue Kicked to hell. Not much a victory.
That's what I don't get. Even PrimeTime Players had been on a rough streak (before recently) but they at least picked up wins here and there. Same with The Usos, Real Americans, Tons of Funk and basically every other tag team.
I feel like a FEW wins helps even a jobber team so they appear more of a threat.
What do you think?
Ok, it is very obvious that 3MB is the official Job Squad of the WWE. They lose to everybody. They don't win singles matches, they don't win tag matches ... the only thing they do is get the upper hand in a match or two once in a while but end up losing.
What I GET is that, yes, I know there needs to be jobbers in WWE. Jobbers that actually have talent and aren't just local nobodies. Jobbers serve a very important purpose but can't they win SOMETIMES?!
That's what I don't get. Why doesn't the WWE let them win ONCE in a while?
I think the last time 3MB won a match was way back, early in the year on SmackDown when they technically beat Sheamus in a 3 on 1 Over The Top Rope Challenge but then were promptly Brogue Kicked to hell. Not much a victory.
That's what I don't get. Even PrimeTime Players had been on a rough streak (before recently) but they at least picked up wins here and there. Same with The Usos, Real Americans, Tons of Funk and basically every other tag team.
I feel like a FEW wins helps even a jobber team so they appear more of a threat.
What do you think?
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