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(04-27-2012, 02:49 PM)
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yeah, he made a mistake and didn't catch R Truth properly. we all know that. we also know that R Truth was completely fine, so if they're punishing him still for that, they need to stop. R Truth hasn't been well used, but he's been getting more TV time as of late than The Miz, who is getting the bigger crowd reactions. |
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(04-27-2012, 02:54 PM)
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His character wasn't much to begin with but lets recap.
1) He gets no airtime outside of matches aside from being a prop for other people. 2) He spend many weeks getting his ass kicked by Kane to further a crappy storyline Kane had with Cena. 3) Which caused him to lose his title on Raw mere weeks after winning it. 4) He got a fake girlfriend who made out with his best "friend" (see also 2) and then kicked him in the balls. 5) They moved his webshow to WWE channel and now nobody gives a fuck anymore. Mostly WWE's fault yeah. Had they allowed him to just be himself like in his webshow instead of a merc machine and a poor attempt to have him boost Cena's likability with the mark-crowd he would've been way better off. However, the most misused character atm is Ziggler, who should be in the main event picture instead of jobbing to the team of Funkasaurus and Hornswoggle of all people. |
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(04-27-2012, 03:12 PM)
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Agreed, that they even gave "Tensai" that crappy-ass gimmick in the first-place killed him. That, and the Funk-man are tired shit that should have been left in 1995.
And I'm in on Ziggs being most misused. I know they use him as the #1 workhouse sell artist for whomever they want to get over, which I suppose is a valuable position to be in, but no-one but smarks recognize it. He really deserves better. |
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(04-27-2012, 03:17 PM)
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I'm not so sure I'd agree that Ziggler is being misused. He's currently an amazing enhancement talent - I mean, if you argue "well he should be champ" then yeah you'll feel like he's a little misused, especially since he's helping out other talents in need of a credible opponent, but I don't think he's misused.
WWE did really, really drop the ball on Ryder and it all traces back to the "No, you think what WE want you to think" issue WWE has and we're currently seeing with YES YES YES! |
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(04-27-2012, 03:24 PM)
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why the hell am i starting to enjoy the Ryback matches on Smackdown? there's just something funny about seeing him hurl little guys around. i'm sure it'll get old, and i don't know where it goes once he starts having competitive matches... but for now, i... i kind of like Ryback.
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(04-27-2012, 03:25 PM)
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(04-27-2012, 03:27 PM)
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I'll echo some of the sentiments here, Ryder never should have gotten a push on television. Brodus is eating tons of TV time every week with his shit, he'd be better used setting up and taking down the ring before/after shows.
Ziggler/Swagger need something to bring their credibility back. But most misused? Chris Jericho. He was on the track for something interesting right up until the Rumble, then they flopped his story just to "work the marks brother". This meant that they only win they gave him in his months leading to Mania was the one to get the #1 contender's spot, hardly fitting for someone with claims to "Best in the World". Then they ended up scrapping the "Best in the World", which by itself could have sold a series of matches (my ideal world would have been a semi-dusty finish at Mania, then a best of 5 leading into Extreme Rules). Instead they hamfisted the ROH Raven storyline into it with all of the roles fucked up, just so that when they met at Mania it would be "personal". Instead of this storyline making Jericho a threat, it turned him into a cartoon villain with the foresight of Team Rocket. He comes up with dastardly (and mindblowingly stupid) plans each week, with little to no effect and then Punk giggles it off like so-much-Cena then raises the belt. EDIT: I'll add that Riley is okay, as they seem to be turning his character into "guy who works in catering and is even more gullible than current Chris Jericho". But ideally he should be working the ticket booth at FCW.
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(04-27-2012, 03:31 PM)
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Who wants me to stream some commentary as we're all watching Extreme Rules? |
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(04-27-2012, 03:35 PM)
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Also, I have to agree with Ryder being misused. That Kane storyline made everyone look bad, aside from Eve's hoski turn. The whole "Best in the World" storyline would have been awesome but they had to drag the whole alcohol thing into it. :/ Plus the tag champs being jobbed out week after week. Actually, now that I think about it, the whole roster's been used pretty badly this year. The only exception is Daniel Bryan but eventually they're going to screw it up. (My money's on Summerslam) |
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(04-27-2012, 03:38 PM)
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Also concerning those firings, I can't see any of them happening except maybe Goldust, if even that. |