*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[Athlai]

It's understandable. Three hours of Raw, two hours of Smackdown and an hour of NXT. Six hours a week is a lot for what's effectively one show overall.

NXT is now two hours, and there’s a new fox show of Smackdown backstage coming soon

 

[Niall]

NXT is now two hours, and there’s a new fox show of Smackdown backstage coming soon

And the wee lads still have a show also?

 

[andmark]

And the wee lads still have a show also?

And then you get seasonal things like that women's tournament.

 

[Athlai]

And the wee lads still have a show also?

Cruiserweight title was recently renamed as the NXT cruiserweight title. So I suspect it’s not long for this world.

 

[sledger]

The WWE TV programming isn't drastically different from at any other point in the last 6-7 years tbh.

 

[MrPrez]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Athlai]

The old man has gone literally crazy.

 

[sledger]

Oh dear

 

[sledger]

That main event was horrible

There's lighting, a DQ finish in a HiaC match (really wtf is that), Seth trying to straight up murder the Fiend, Fiend then no sells it but only after the match and immediately beats the **** out of Seth, Sety bleeds profusely from the mouth

Just crap

Enjoyed the women's HiaC though

 

[sledger]

Lol some of the videos of the crowd reaction to Seth post match are highly amusing

Such hatred

Feel a bit bad for him tbh, as I doubt he had any input on the finish of the match. But on the other hand, he's behaved like a total dick many times this year, so... Oh well

 

[MrPrez]

That main event was horrible

There's lighting, a DQ finish in a HiaC match (really wtf is that), Seth trying to straight up murder the Fiend, Fiend then no sells it but only after the match and immediately beats the **** out of Seth, Sety bleeds profusely from the mouth

Just crap

Enjoyed the women's HiaC though

Even before the ending, I was pissed off by how Seth was getting so much offense in. Bray should have destroyed him - use Seth's offense for a bit as a glimmer of doubt, but only for tiny periods in between a massacre.

Even worse was how Seth was booed throughout the match - it was just such a tone deaf booking by WWE.

Seth is going to get booed to oblivion - they really have no choice but to make him a heel now, but even then he's going to be getting Roman Reigns boos rather than, say, heel Kevin Owens boos.

Bray will be fine, as the outrage is all about defending his character - while his character took needless bumps, he will for sure still be popular.

This will be huge though for hurting Seth, and possibly hurting WWE viewership numbers - and at the worst time possible.

 

[sledger]

I doubt their figures will be hit that badly tbh, but at the same time AEW will be licking their lips

It's not too late for the Fiend character to be saved, but the fact that they have to go into rehab mode on it already is pretty dire/funny

 

[sledger]

But yeah, Rollins as a face/champ is done, he's been very disappointing and needs a change up badly

 

[MrPrez]

I doubt their figures will be hit that badly tbh, but at the same time AEW will be licking their lips

It's not too late for the Fiend character to be saved, but the fact that they have to go into rehab mode on it already is pretty dire/funny

Well that's the issue - there is now an alternative for people sick of stuff like this from WWE and if Twitter (and the crowd's AEW chants) are anything to go by, people are cancelling their WWE Network subscriptions by the bucketload.

 

[MrPrez]

But yeah, Rollins as a face/champ is done, he's been very disappointing and needs a change up badly

Seen some people make a valid point that Seth retaining was so that we can see Brock vs Seth again as a champion vs champion match at Survivor Series.

Same potentially with Becky/Charlotte.

 

[sledger]

Seen it all before lad

And one has to remember that much of the E's core target demographic has never heard of AEW or anyone in it

I wouldn't be surprised if their numbers take a bit of a hit thi sweek, but I'd me amazed if they are drastically different from what they've been for months now

 

[sledger]

Seen some people make a valid point that Seth retaining was so that we can see Brock vs Seth again as a champion vs champion match at Survivor Series.

Same potentially with Becky/Charlotte.

Yeah but who the **** wants to see that again

A much better idea for a champ vs champ match, if that is what they are obsessed with having, would have been Fiend vs Kofi, but obviously that's dead in the water now

 

[MrPrez]

Seen it all before lad

And one has to remember that much of the E's core target demographic has never heard of AEW or anyone in it

I wouldn't be surprised if their numbers take a bit of a hit thi sweek, but I'd me amazed if they are drastically different from what they've been for months now

Well yes, it's not going to destroy the WWE overnight (or at all) but with all the Wednesday Night War talk, it's a lolz move by the WWE - essentially a worst case scenario whereby you "bury" the biggest thing you've had in years (decades) and piss off your entire fan base..

Thankfully (?) NXT is still NXT and that's the actual competition for AEW.

 

[sledger]

Well yes, it's not going to destroy the WWE overnight (or at all) but with all the Wednesday Night War talk, it's a lolz move by the WWE - essentially a worst case scenario whereby you "bury" the biggest thing you've had in years (decades) and piss off your entire fan base..

Thankfully (?) NXT is still NXT and that's the actual competition for AEW.

Yeah I mean it's a terrible call by the E, they have really **** the bed on the best thing they've had in a very long time, no denying that

It's definitely not a "burial" by any means though, let's not overstate things

 

[MrPrez]

Yeah but who the **** wants to see that again

A much better idea for a champ vs champ match, if that is what they are obsessed with having, would have been Fiend vs Kofi, but obviously that's dead in the water now

Oh I agree 100% on a nope for Seth vs Brock; just that it "makes sense" in WWE's stupid booking minds.

I still maintain that Bray shouldn't have been fighting Seth at all. I know he's the biggest thing etc but the belt really does nothing for him at this point - it's hardly going to make him more over.

Rather give him another biggish-name opponent like the Finn Balor match (although preferably a heel character) and have him destroy them.

Ziggler would have been fun with his selling ability, or perhaps Baron Corbin. Someone who would be big talk going into the match, but get a huge crowd pop for being destroyed by The Fiend.