Okay let's focus on the positive of wrestling this year.
First let's start with All In. A major success, with a few hick ups, but nothing that took away from the experience. I would like to say that it put indie wrestling back on the map. I think that it did, but it's lost a little steam in the later part of the year. But I have no doubt that'll it will pick back up in early 2019.
Bound for Glory. I didn't see, but it seems that Impact put on another entertaining PPV, with a little controversy to go with that.
WWE: Evolution. I was very worried about how this show was going to go. The card didn't look good a month before the event and it was marketed at first to showcase 50 superstars. But I think we got 32...? But as the show went on it got really good and was a really strong PPV. Like every PPV it could have been dull, boring, or a botchfest. Yes it had it's bad moments but overall it was really good and I wonder if they are going to do it again.
The return of Daniel Bryan: I wasn't sure if this was good or bad. Cause other than defeating Big Cass. Did DB do anything great apart from coming back from injury? Yes he's champion now, and is heel..? WTF? Didn't see that coming at all. Like Askua, a roller coaster. Started really high, went low, and high again (enter drug joke here).
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NXT: As a whole, NXT has been great. Velveteen Dream, Johnny, Alester Black, Undisputed Era, Ricochett, and of course Tomaso Champa, possibly the most hated man in wrestling. NXT PPV are a real treat and I look forward to more NXT PPV in 2019
Charlotte/Becky Lynch: The epic fail that was Sasha/Bayley but reversed and WAY better. Becky has become a mega star, damn near Stone Cold level. She needs a better shirt, but that's beside the point. Both women have elevated their game to the next level and I didn't think Charlotte had a next level, like Super Saiyan III and Becky is in the F'N stratusphere, like Super Saiyan God. DragonBall referernces aside. 2018 has been great for "The Queen" and "The Man" I don't know what more these women CAN do, but there is going to be women's tag teams in 2019, so we will see.
Monday, December 31, 2018
2018: It's over, thank God
Has this been the worse year in WWE wrestling in awhile...? For the most part I'm gonna go with yes, but then again there is NXT, which has been great. But man, what a year 2018 has been.
I guess I should be more fair than that. The things that were good i.e. NXT were really good. And the things that were bad, were really really bad.
Of course, injuries always come up no matter the year. This year had plenty of injuries and sickness which scrapped all kinds of plans that would have happened.
Then there was bad segments on RAW, bad feuds, or feuds that went on too long. I know that writing and trying to come up with entertaining content can be a hard job, but let's go over a few complete wastes of talent, briefly.
Bobby Lashely vs. Sammy Z: No, just no. It didn't work from the start and why they mentioned Bobby's sisters at all, is anyones guess.
Sasha Banks vs. Bayley: Wow, these poor women have done nothing in 2018. Even though this could have been feud of the year. But they did nothing of great importance. No one-on-one match at WM or SummerSlam, or a random RAW. Nothing. I can't say I remember a time that a story line that was building to feud was completely scrapped for no real good reason.
Moving on to feuds that went on too long. New Day vs. USOs: Great talent but I don't need to seem them wrestle each other. There are other tag teams on SD.
Shinskue vs. AJ Styles: Started off well, but went on too long especially since Shinskue didn't win the belt.
Askua: The highest of highs, the lowest of lows, back to the highest of highs. Talk about a roller coaster. In 2018 Askua was undefeated until WM. Then didn't do much of anything for months. Until she became champion for the first time at the tail end of 2018.
There are other lows I'm sure but let's end the bad parts of 2018 with 3 more subjects. First, using death of a loved one in a storyline. That is just lazy. Second, using terminal illness in a storyline. That is lazy and REALLY uncessary. Both cases can be addressed in the ring. Bret Hart did it when Owen died. Hacksaw Jim Duggan addressed his battle with cancer in WCW. Roman addressed his battle with cancer a few months ago. That should have been it, but they had to mention it when Dean and Seth were bantering. And you could tell Dean didn't want to say that shit. You can hear it in his voice and see it in his change of body language.
Finally, Crown Jewel. Should WWE have done the show? Did they have a choice? I'm not really sure, because from what I can tell WWE was already paid before the show took place. So, they were in a bad PR situation regardless. I knew that they were going to do the show, but they are supposed to do more shows in Saudi Arabia. We will see how that goes.
I guess I should be more fair than that. The things that were good i.e. NXT were really good. And the things that were bad, were really really bad.
Of course, injuries always come up no matter the year. This year had plenty of injuries and sickness which scrapped all kinds of plans that would have happened.
Then there was bad segments on RAW, bad feuds, or feuds that went on too long. I know that writing and trying to come up with entertaining content can be a hard job, but let's go over a few complete wastes of talent, briefly.
Bobby Lashely vs. Sammy Z: No, just no. It didn't work from the start and why they mentioned Bobby's sisters at all, is anyones guess.
Sasha Banks vs. Bayley: Wow, these poor women have done nothing in 2018. Even though this could have been feud of the year. But they did nothing of great importance. No one-on-one match at WM or SummerSlam, or a random RAW. Nothing. I can't say I remember a time that a story line that was building to feud was completely scrapped for no real good reason.
Moving on to feuds that went on too long. New Day vs. USOs: Great talent but I don't need to seem them wrestle each other. There are other tag teams on SD.
Shinskue vs. AJ Styles: Started off well, but went on too long especially since Shinskue didn't win the belt.
Askua: The highest of highs, the lowest of lows, back to the highest of highs. Talk about a roller coaster. In 2018 Askua was undefeated until WM. Then didn't do much of anything for months. Until she became champion for the first time at the tail end of 2018.
There are other lows I'm sure but let's end the bad parts of 2018 with 3 more subjects. First, using death of a loved one in a storyline. That is just lazy. Second, using terminal illness in a storyline. That is lazy and REALLY uncessary. Both cases can be addressed in the ring. Bret Hart did it when Owen died. Hacksaw Jim Duggan addressed his battle with cancer in WCW. Roman addressed his battle with cancer a few months ago. That should have been it, but they had to mention it when Dean and Seth were bantering. And you could tell Dean didn't want to say that shit. You can hear it in his voice and see it in his change of body language.
Finally, Crown Jewel. Should WWE have done the show? Did they have a choice? I'm not really sure, because from what I can tell WWE was already paid before the show took place. So, they were in a bad PR situation regardless. I knew that they were going to do the show, but they are supposed to do more shows in Saudi Arabia. We will see how that goes.
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