AegonTargaryen
Championship Contender
Hello guys!
As I remember, many of you here had held that SDL had lost steam and much of its character after the Shakeup and I had felt the same.
The roster full of talented wrestlers has still been there, but a lot of things sort of sucked:-
The AJ Styles-Kevin Owens feud never clicked(just like the Wyatt-Balor feud on Raw right now)
Orton-Jinder was an awful feud as were the matches.
Nakamura-Jinder again, sucked.
The main reason obviously for a lot of us is that we've failed to connect with Jinder, see any potential in him, or haven't been hooked to him because of the Repetitive promos and a not-so-fabulous Xenophobia/Racism subplot.
But if we were to look at the bright side, I think SDL's getting a lot better, and it's not because a lot of superstars are being pushed(say Rusev, because he still isn't being pushed and probably won't be), not because of the talented wrestlers, but finally, because there's CHARACTERS, something fresh on the horizon.
And that is Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
I find Sami Zayn really good on the mic, his character, his expressions are just perfect, and basically I feel he's at the same level as Punk(although I'm by no means saying a Summer of Zayn revolution is impending, but it seems a possibility), and a better wrestler than Punk.
Kevin Owens obviously is Kevin Owens.
The matches have been solid, when you throw in guys like Nakamura and Orton.
In short, I feel much more connected to SDL now because there's something to connect to and look forward to, characters(and it's why I watched religiously in 2011 because of Punk).
One could say that it's Jericho and KO all over again but Zayn and KO have a different sort of history, and Zayn a totally different character and performer than Jericho, a young, promising performer(whereas Jericho was already a part-timer during his "Friendship" storyline with KO).
And just picture if AJ Styles were to become WWE champion by January(which I hope he does) SDL would be THE SHOW to watch.
The very fact that a brand's Heavyweight/main title division consists of AJ Styles, KO, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton, Rusev(potentially) and an absent John Cena is enough to make it an amazing show.
For once I feel the brand split is good regardless of the Cons because finally one can connect with a certain Show based on certain wrestlers and storylines.
On a side note- I feel they shouldn't do a complete Superstar Shakeup until August next year, in that they should only trade Women and Tag Teams and certain midcarders, and let the 6 heavyweight contenders I mentioned thrive and compete against each other, so as to maintain the consistency and the feel of SDL(just as Raw would, with its flavour of Reigns, Rollins, Ambrose, Joe, Strowman, Lesnar)
Your thoughts?
As I remember, many of you here had held that SDL had lost steam and much of its character after the Shakeup and I had felt the same.
The roster full of talented wrestlers has still been there, but a lot of things sort of sucked:-
The AJ Styles-Kevin Owens feud never clicked(just like the Wyatt-Balor feud on Raw right now)
Orton-Jinder was an awful feud as were the matches.
Nakamura-Jinder again, sucked.
The main reason obviously for a lot of us is that we've failed to connect with Jinder, see any potential in him, or haven't been hooked to him because of the Repetitive promos and a not-so-fabulous Xenophobia/Racism subplot.
But if we were to look at the bright side, I think SDL's getting a lot better, and it's not because a lot of superstars are being pushed(say Rusev, because he still isn't being pushed and probably won't be), not because of the talented wrestlers, but finally, because there's CHARACTERS, something fresh on the horizon.
And that is Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
I find Sami Zayn really good on the mic, his character, his expressions are just perfect, and basically I feel he's at the same level as Punk(although I'm by no means saying a Summer of Zayn revolution is impending, but it seems a possibility), and a better wrestler than Punk.
Kevin Owens obviously is Kevin Owens.
The matches have been solid, when you throw in guys like Nakamura and Orton.
In short, I feel much more connected to SDL now because there's something to connect to and look forward to, characters(and it's why I watched religiously in 2011 because of Punk).
One could say that it's Jericho and KO all over again but Zayn and KO have a different sort of history, and Zayn a totally different character and performer than Jericho, a young, promising performer(whereas Jericho was already a part-timer during his "Friendship" storyline with KO).
And just picture if AJ Styles were to become WWE champion by January(which I hope he does) SDL would be THE SHOW to watch.
The very fact that a brand's Heavyweight/main title division consists of AJ Styles, KO, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton, Rusev(potentially) and an absent John Cena is enough to make it an amazing show.
For once I feel the brand split is good regardless of the Cons because finally one can connect with a certain Show based on certain wrestlers and storylines.
On a side note- I feel they shouldn't do a complete Superstar Shakeup until August next year, in that they should only trade Women and Tag Teams and certain midcarders, and let the 6 heavyweight contenders I mentioned thrive and compete against each other, so as to maintain the consistency and the feel of SDL(just as Raw would, with its flavour of Reigns, Rollins, Ambrose, Joe, Strowman, Lesnar)
Your thoughts?
