The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

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JWeinCom said:

PAOerfulone said:

Yeah, that was not a good Men's rumble.

Nope. It was not. 

Roman Reigns main eventing Mania is perhaps the least exciting outcome there could have been. Hard to get excited about the guy who has been dominating so long going to dominate some more.

The bigger problem is that even if it wasn't Roman, there was nobody else I would have really been excited to see win. There are guys I liked in the match but nobody who I really wanted to see win, because nobody has been built to that on the cusp level where people want to see them finally win the big one. 

Been giving the new regime the benefit of the doubt, but between the raising prices, kind of shady decisions, and booking. Meh. Just a lot of better things I could do with my free time.

Once #30 showed up I was like 'well it's either him or literally nobody I care about, so I'll take my dog for a walk." Came back to see who won and shut it off before the broadcast concluded.

I don't even hate Roman (I think he gets a lot of undue hate), but I do hate the idea that he's fated to be the top guy despite never really showing he had it in him to do it. he's an excellent main event foil or midcard guy, he is not on the same level as other 'main guys' in the past. he just...doesn't have any charisma at all. he didn't have charisma in the shield, he didn't have charisma as the tribal chief, he didn't have charisma in his entire fight with Brock or Cody, nothing. He is a charisma-less vaccuum, which sucks because again I think he's got a good look and is a good enough wrestler. he just lacks anything in terms of personality. he's a blank slate of nothing.

And honestly of his personas the tribal chief was th eone I hated the most becuase it was just 'hurrdurr me dumb tribal chief, me speak caveman on the island, me leader, you submissive...because we're apparently animals and not people'. HE was just dumb as hell and I couldn't buy into the idea that he was the leader of anything. Becasue GOOD Villains still have charisma, of which he had negative values. 

So when I saw it came down to Roman, Gunther, Randy, and...gag...Logan Paul, I was like 'well Gunther is the only one here I feel has any place winning. Randy won twice already, Roman won already and has proven repeatedly he can't carry the company, and Logan Paul is a disappointingly good wrestler since I want to hate him but he's actually pretty good at it...but he has no place winning and headlining wrestlemania. Gunther ended two careers in the past few months; clearly it's gonna be him or nobody'. And then I came back and it was reigns and...nah, every time I boot up netflix to watch the shows I'm reminded why I stopped watching WWE ages ago.

Say what you will about AEW (And I know you will), at least they put on a good show and don't seem to actively hate their fans. I know this is the same 'WWE hates its audience' Discourse from 2014-2018...yet it still feels valid. Over a decade later and they still haven't learned a damn thing.

Also Cody's boring as hell. And where the heck was CM Punk? wasn't he supposed to be around? (I haven't been paying close attention, I boot up for Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and Wrestlemania, and might catch Summerslam and Money in the Bank if I'm feeling spicy).