I just do not get the Team 3D hate. I do not really understand anyone who thinks Nash not retiring is a good thing but thinks 3D, especially Brother Ray, sticking around is so bad. I could understand it if they had an RVD spot or didn't put anyone over but that is not the case in the least. Everyone gets all happy because AJ was PWI #1, well Team 3D was their tag team of the year last year. IMO they have got more people over than anyone that isn't Kurt Angle. They put over the whole x-division (which propped it up again when it had started to falter and was the beginning of MCMG push), they absolutely made Beer Money, they put over MCMG and elevated them on several occasions and are basically responsible for making the Tag division in TNA thrive. They have done all this even without the titles. Since their run as the inaugural TNA World Tag Team champions they have only held the belts once (all of 63 days since mid july in 2007). They do not have the shackles that Angle does where they have to protect his main event status.
Anyone who thinks they are currently bad workers are crazy. They just had the best match on the most recent PPV and people want to run them out? So what they are big guys. Ray is actually quite deceptively athletic. Both of them can hit the power moves necessary for larger workers, which is a style not that many in TNA can pull off. However, the way they can convincingly bump with the smaller guys is overlooked, yet quite important. I know that there are mixed reviews on Ray on the mic but I do not see where these people are coming from. How good he is at working the crowd on the mic, and even during a match, is blatantly obvious IMO. This attribute is what helps him make the feuds memorable and get the other team over, especially when he is a heel. I see no problem with Ray working a short feud with Dvon (who I am guessing retires after that) and then if Ray wants to stick around and contribute to getting some people over, why not? He is clearly good at that, willing to do it and still plenty capable of entertaining.
See, the "Team 3D Hate" isn't a product of our disrespect for Team 3D. I think there's not a person on this forum or, hell, in wrestling, that does not respect what Team 3D did for tag-teams around the world. The Team 3D hate comes because they are two guys who cannot wrestle as singles performers. It's very common with tag-teams. They are no Rockers, they are no Guns.
They did have a great match at Turning Point, but they had it against The Guns, and they had it as a tag-team -- what they're best at.
Unless this feud is leading to something more than these two wrestling at Pay-Per-View, one of them winning, the other one losing, they hug it out in the end and walk out, then it's pretty pointless.
I like Bubba, I always did. I love his mic skills and his attitude. But neither him nor D-Von are capable of delivering in singles competition. They're not very young, they're not athletic, they're not ring generals on their own, they're not interesting, they will never compete for titles. I don't see them as being a focal point of TNA. They don't even have the potential to be such. Pushing a guy like Robbie E. is perfect. He's young, he's green, he's got potential -- give him TV time, give him matches, give him titles. Don't waste our time with Team 3D. They will
not have a good match, mark my words.
This feud would only be compelling if Team 3D has never even show
hints of breaking up. That's years and years of friendship down the drain. It'll be special. But no. They broke up a few months ago, then got back together in a jiffy.
There are better things to do than waste TV time with team 3D. Give The Guns some mic time for example. Everyone loves them.
