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Post by TheLastDude on Sept 19, 2017 21:04:19 GMT -5
Well Road Dogg likes that slow build because he doesn't understand how ratings work and how even when you do a slow build, the segments need to be interesting If Road Dogg wants me to hang myself in my closet, he's doing fine. If he's trying to get me invested in this feud, he's a tad off.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Sept 19, 2017 21:05:30 GMT -5
I am not saying that Smackdown was bad tonight.... but if you compare it to a year ago right now, Smackdown tonight was the drizzling craps!
How did this show go from "Must see TV on Tuesday nights" to "throw a way matches and fillers and we have no idea how to build to a PPV properly" style of TV now??
No Roode, no Shelton/Gable, no Zayn even and I am not even a fan of Zayn. No Fashion Police, and apparently the only 2 tag teams on Smackdown will end up being The Usos and New Day.
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Post by marino13 on Sept 19, 2017 21:07:51 GMT -5
Still no Zayn, Roode, Fashion Police, Rowan, or Harper. "Slow build" my ass. ππ»
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Post by tylerbreezee on Sept 19, 2017 21:09:12 GMT -5
I am not saying that Smackdown was bad tonight.... but if you compare it to a year ago right now, Smackdown tonight was the drizzling craps! How did this show go from "Must see TV on Tuesday nights" to "throw a way matches and fillers and we have no idea how to build to a PPV properly" style of TV now?? No Roode, no Shelton/Gable, no Zayn even and I am not even a fan of Zayn. No Fashion Police, and apparently the only 2 tag teams on Smackdown will end up being The Usos and New Day. Same thing happened on Raw. Only tag team that mattered was New Day
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Post by marino13 on Sept 19, 2017 21:10:20 GMT -5
I am not saying that Smackdown was bad tonight.... but if you compare it to a year ago right now, Smackdown tonight was the drizzling craps! How did this show go from "Must see TV on Tuesday nights" to "throw a way matches and fillers and we have no idea how to build to a PPV properly" style of TV now?? No Roode, no Shelton/Gable, no Zayn even and I am not even a fan of Zayn. No Fashion Police, and apparently the only 2 tag teams on Smackdown will end up being The Usos and New Day. I keep forgetting about Gable/Benjamin. That's not good. They should be at least giving them back stage s**t to do. Anything to keep them in the public eye.
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Post by Thought Collector on Sept 19, 2017 21:11:21 GMT -5
They might as well have just aired a clip show of best of footage this week. Really empty feeling from both shows......
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Post by TheLastDude on Sept 19, 2017 21:16:21 GMT -5
I am not saying that Smackdown was bad tonight.... but if you compare it to a year ago right now, Smackdown tonight was the drizzling craps! How did this show go from "Must see TV on Tuesday nights" to "throw a way matches and fillers and we have no idea how to build to a PPV properly" style of TV now?? No Roode, no Shelton/Gable, no Zayn even and I am not even a fan of Zayn. No Fashion Police, and apparently the only 2 tag teams on Smackdown will end up being The Usos and New Day. I keep forgetting about Gable/Benjamin. That's not good. They should be at least giving them back stage s**t to do. Anything to keep them in the public eye. True. We're right back to the tag division being Hugo locked in the attic during the Halloween special. New Day, Usos, Fashion Police, Gable/Shelton, Hype Bros, Ascension...wow, there are more than two teams!
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Post by #DI-WHY? on Sept 19, 2017 21:56:22 GMT -5
Who knew 6 Months ago everyone was saying SD was the A-Show It was until they started doing stupid things like -breaking up American Alpha -turning baron Corbin into a emo clown -making Sami Zayn a missing kid on a milk carton -not getting around to TDTDβs push soon enough -ping-ponging the Tag and US titles like theyβre made of rubber -trying to keep the New Day relevant -making us watch a Mike Kanellis match Don't forget: -having a hard on for Jinder Mahal -Book Rusev like a joke -Turn Ziegler into a half ass Sandow -Gouging the SDL locker room in the shake up -Have fueds go on for 1-2 months longer than they should
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Post by #DI-WHY? on Sept 19, 2017 22:04:17 GMT -5
I honestly think the time management on that show is horrible.
Cut the Orton-English Match Cut the Women's promos (have a backstage segment instead) Cut the Owens satellite interview Cut Jinders stupid promo Cut the stupid Ziggler crap
Instead:
Have a Fashion files that features Zayn, Benjamin, and Gable
Have a Fashion Police, Sami Zayn, and Gable and Benjamin vs Acension, Mike Kanellis, Aiden English, and Erick Rowan match
Have Bobby Roode beat Dolph Ziggler
Have Rusev attack Orton instead of what happened
Harper vs Mahal match
That sounds like a much better SDL to me, what about you guys?
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Post by OTC Waxbender on Sept 19, 2017 22:40:46 GMT -5
I honestly think the time management on that show is horrible. Cut the Orton-English Match Cut the Women's promos (have a backstage segment instead) Cut the Owens satellite interview Cut Jinders stupid promo Cut the stupid Ziggler crap Instead: Have a Fashion files that features Zayn, Benjamin, and Gable Have a Fashion Police, Sami Zayn, and Gable and Benjamin vs Acension, Mike Kanellis, Aiden English, and Erick Rowan match Have Bobby Roode beat Dolph Ziggler Have Rusev attack Orton instead of what happened Harper vs Mahal match That sounds like a much better SDL to me, what about you guys? No Owens? Id rather rewatch tonight's episode backwards.
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Post by #DI-WHY? on Sept 19, 2017 22:44:42 GMT -5
I honestly think the time management on that show is horrible. Cut the Orton-English Match Cut the Women's promos (have a backstage segment instead) Cut the Owens satellite interview Cut Jinders stupid promo Cut the stupid Ziggler crap Instead: Have a Fashion files that features Zayn, Benjamin, and Gable Have a Fashion Police, Sami Zayn, and Gable and Benjamin vs Acension, Mike Kanellis, Aiden English, and Erick Rowan match Have Bobby Roode beat Dolph Ziggler Have Rusev attack Orton instead of what happened Harper vs Mahal match That sounds like a much better SDL to me, what about you guys? No Owens? Id rather rewatch tonight's episode backwards. With a big fued like that, especially after the events of last week, Owens doesn't need to be on tonight. What WWE does for Lesnar fueds is perfect. They have Lesnars opponent on RAW, then Lesnar the next week, then his opponent again the next week. Is a big deal when they appear on the same show. It should be like that for most fueds. Both parties don't need seperate speaking segments.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 5:44:03 GMT -5
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Post by tylerbreezee on Sept 20, 2017 8:49:57 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder why WWE didn't upload that STELLAR Jinder Mahal segment to their YouTube channel? ....
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Post by IRS on Sept 20, 2017 9:03:59 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder why WWE didn't upload that STELLAR Jinder Mahal segment to their YouTube channel? .... Damn. Everybody in this company is prejudice against the Maharaja. Now they won't even allow him to spread his message.
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Post by J12 on Sept 20, 2017 9:50:59 GMT -5
It hardly needs to be said anymore that Smackdown was bad. It's only worth noting when we have the occasional outlier - a good show. Brian James has systematically crippled this show.
This has to be the worst year ever for the WWE Championship in terms of compelling feuds. After AJ/Cena (which was really just a continuation of their program without the title), it's been one absolutely dreadful feud after another. Wyatt/Orton was laughably bad, Orton/Mahal was enough to put anyone to sleep, and somehow, Mahal/Nakamura is worse.
Smackdown is a poorly written, sloppily booked, miss-managed mess.
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Post by Chip on Sept 20, 2017 10:01:34 GMT -5
it just cant be this difficult to book a 2 hour weekly wrestling show, can it?
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Post by J12 on Sept 20, 2017 10:19:09 GMT -5
it just cant be this difficult to book a 2 hour weekly wrestling show, can it? When the head of creative spends more time complaining on Twitter about people complaining about how bad his show is than writing the show, it can.
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Post by #DI-WHY? on Sept 20, 2017 11:51:05 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder why WWE didn't upload that STELLAR Jinder Mahal segment to their YouTube channel? .... I missed it, what did he say?
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Post by J12 on Sept 21, 2017 9:33:02 GMT -5
Some mainstream media outlets are picking up the Mahal promo and chastising WWE for it. The Mahal experiment was a big enough mistake, and they've somehow made it worse.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Sept 21, 2017 18:57:59 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder why WWE didn't upload that STELLAR Jinder Mahal segment to their YouTube channel? .... I missed it, what did he say? It was border line racism in a nutshell. You could take it as is, or isn't. And this weak society of complainers is taking it as racism of course.
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