|
Post by #DI-WHY? on Apr 30, 2019 22:51:35 GMT -5
I think it’s safe to say that if the contract is going to RAW then it’s going to McIntyre and if it goes to SDL it’s going to Andrade. I’d really like to see Andrade hold the case as it fits his persona much much more than McIntyres. Almas is the type of heel to methodically wait for the perfect time to strike and snatch a title from someone, McIntyre is the type of heel to walk up to the champion, beat up him, punch his grandma, and take the title.
|
|
Deleted
Joined on: Mar 28, 2024 4:25:28 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 23:48:46 GMT -5
remember when the McMahon's and HHH came out on RAW the week after the lowest rated show in company history and said there were gonna be MAJOR changes! and FRESH NEW MATCHUPS and YOU are in charge! Seth, Kofi, and Becky all won at Mania. Kofi and Becky were completely fan created. I understand the counter argument, and am perfectly ok never suffering through another Lashley/Corbin/Drew 6 man tag ever again, but personally I see a lot of positive signs/responses. Definitely still a lot of flaws, but I'm a lot more optimistic than 6 months ago. Even looking at the Women's Tag Titles, which have been obviously controversial with the Iconics winning. Fans complained Asuka was rotting, and a lot of backlash about Bayley/Sasha losing and the titles being a joke. (I am part of both of those complaints, I was super frustrated with both of those situations). Now we have Asuka/Kairi who can take the belts off the Iconics, and go on a monster run with the titles and create a large amount of prestige behind them. Possibly even over what Bayley/Banks could have done. (Bayley and Banks 'had' to be the first ever (imo, I would have booked them to win too), so having them retain for a huge run could also come across as just caving to tradition/the obvious. Having a dominant team of Kairi/Asuka suggests that the belts really are legit, at least in my eyes). Maybe it's just me, but I've been enjoying the majority of the last few weeks, despite all the glaring flaws. I feel like I can see actual effort, and that's something.
|
|
|
Post by ahunter8056 on May 1, 2019 7:47:50 GMT -5
It's amazing how drastically different the quality level is between RAW and SmackDown Live. I'm not saying SDL is perfect, but it's perfectly watchable at the moment, whereas RAW just isn't. I enjoyed watching every single clip from last night's SDL that WWE put up, but I struggled to make it through the handful of RAW clips that I did watch from this week. How can there be such a disconnect?
That aside, SmackDown Live had plenty of good points, and honestly, the only cons I can think of is purely due to omissions rather than what was on the show.
Pros: - A heavily injured Xavier Woods standing up to Kevin Owens no matter the consequences, personifies exactly what such a tight-knit group such as the New Day are all about. - Charlotte attacking Becky and Bayley immediately following their match is perfect for heel Charlotte. I kinda want them to add Bayley to make it a Triple Threat match now, but that would take Bayley out of the MITB Women's match. - Holy crap, Kairi Sane and Asuka are becoming a fantastic tag team! Lots of good double team moves, really fast-paced exciting action. - Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville supporting each other was a really wholesome segment. I think I've had enough of them teased as being catty and diva-like wanting to stab the other in the back, so this is a welcome development. - Lars Sullivan punching the steel chair out of R-Truth's hands was great. I really like how strongly they're pushing Lars as an unstoppable monster. - Roman Reigns' segment with Shane McMahon and the subsequent match against the B-Team with Elias was entertaining enough. - I'm really glad that both Ember Moon and Carmella are in the Women's Money in the Bank match. With such a pitifully low bar set on RAW, the Women's Money in the Bank match is now beginning to look watchable to me. Ember Moon is my pick to win, if Sasha Banks doesn't make a shock return to replace somebody else on the night. - Are Finn Balor/Ali/Randy Orton/Andrade the Men's Money in the Bank SmackDown Live competitors? It was never mentioned in the YouTube clips. I only assume so, because why else would there be this random tag match? - The Kevin Owens/New Day action figures/Kofi Kingston was a pretty nice segment to end the show on. I feel like this segment should have been saved for closer to the event though.
Cons: - Where is Liv Morgan? I was hoping she'd be one of the competitors in the Women's Money in the Bank match. I was excited for a solo run when she got traded to SmackDown Live, but it's been two weeks and she's still yet to appear. Why split the Riott Squad up if they're not going to be used? - Disappointed that Aleister Black isn't in the Men's Money in the Bank match.
|
|
|
Post by Thought Collector on May 1, 2019 8:33:02 GMT -5
It's amazing how drastically different the quality level is between RAW and SmackDown Live. I'm not saying SDL is perfect, but it's perfectly watchable at the moment, whereas RAW just isn't. I enjoyed watching every single clip from last night's SDL that WWE put up, but I struggled to make it through the handful of RAW clips that I did watch from this week. How can there be such a disconnect? That aside, SmackDown Live had plenty of good points, and honestly, the only cons I can think of is purely due to omissions rather than what was on the show. Pros:- A heavily injured Xavier Woods standing up to Kevin Owens no matter the consequences, personifies exactly what such a tight-knit group such as the New Day are all about. - Charlotte attacking Becky and Bayley immediately following their match is perfect for heel Charlotte. I kinda want them to add Bayley to make it a Triple Threat match now, but that would take Bayley out of the MITB Women's match. - Holy crap, Kairi Sane and Asuka are becoming a fantastic tag team! Lots of good double team moves, really fast-paced exciting action. - Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville supporting each other was a really wholesome segment. I think I've had enough of them teased as being catty and diva-like wanting to stab the other in the back, so this is a welcome development. - Lars Sullivan punching the steel chair out of R-Truth's hands was great. I really like how strongly they're pushing Lars as an unstoppable monster. - Roman Reigns' segment with Shane McMahon and the subsequent match against the B-Team with Elias was entertaining enough. - I'm really glad that both Ember Moon and Carmella are in the Women's Money in the Bank match. With such a pitifully low bar set on RAW, the Women's Money in the Bank match is now beginning to look watchable to me. Ember Moon is my pick to win, if Sasha Banks doesn't make a shock return to replace somebody else on the night. - Are Finn Balor/Ali/Randy Orton/Andrade the Men's Money in the Bank SmackDown Live competitors? It was never mentioned in the YouTube clips. I only assume so, because why else would there be this random tag match? - The Kevin Owens/New Day action figures/Kofi Kingston was a pretty nice segment to end the show on. I feel like this segment should have been saved for closer to the event though. Cons:- Where is Liv Morgan? I was hoping she'd be one of the competitors in the Women's Money in the Bank match. I was excited for a solo run when she got traded to SmackDown Live, but it's been two weeks and she's still yet to appear. Why split the Riott Squad up if they're not going to be used? - Disappointed that Aleister Black isn't in the Men's Money in the Bank match. It's funny that Sarah and Ruby haven't been on TV since Liv was split from them either. The only thing I heard of or remember was Ruby getting beat by Dana Brook. The whole shake-up has been as frantic as anything else in WWE right now. Can they just send Liv back to RAW and forget they split the Riott Squad up?? I mean we'll see how it plays out, but if they are gonna do a Nikki Cross deal to Liv there was no point at all to splitting her from her two best friends.
|
|
|
Post by The Star on May 1, 2019 16:25:05 GMT -5
It's amazing how drastically different the quality level is between RAW and SmackDown Live. I'm not saying SDL is perfect, but it's perfectly watchable at the moment, whereas RAW just isn't. I enjoyed watching every single clip from last night's SDL that WWE put up, but I struggled to make it through the handful of RAW clips that I did watch from this week. How can there be such a disconnect? That aside, SmackDown Live had plenty of good points, and honestly, the only cons I can think of is purely due to omissions rather than what was on the show. Pros:- A heavily injured Xavier Woods standing up to Kevin Owens no matter the consequences, personifies exactly what such a tight-knit group such as the New Day are all about. - Charlotte attacking Becky and Bayley immediately following their match is perfect for heel Charlotte. I kinda want them to add Bayley to make it a Triple Threat match now, but that would take Bayley out of the MITB Women's match. - Holy crap, Kairi Sane and Asuka are becoming a fantastic tag team! Lots of good double team moves, really fast-paced exciting action. - Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville supporting each other was a really wholesome segment. I think I've had enough of them teased as being catty and diva-like wanting to stab the other in the back, so this is a welcome development. - Lars Sullivan punching the steel chair out of R-Truth's hands was great. I really like how strongly they're pushing Lars as an unstoppable monster. - Roman Reigns' segment with Shane McMahon and the subsequent match against the B-Team with Elias was entertaining enough. - I'm really glad that both Ember Moon and Carmella are in the Women's Money in the Bank match. With such a pitifully low bar set on RAW, the Women's Money in the Bank match is now beginning to look watchable to me. Ember Moon is my pick to win, if Sasha Banks doesn't make a shock return to replace somebody else on the night. - Are Finn Balor/Ali/Randy Orton/Andrade the Men's Money in the Bank SmackDown Live competitors? It was never mentioned in the YouTube clips. I only assume so, because why else would there be this random tag match? - The Kevin Owens/New Day action figures/Kofi Kingston was a pretty nice segment to end the show on. I feel like this segment should have been saved for closer to the event though. Cons:- Where is Liv Morgan? I was hoping she'd be one of the competitors in the Women's Money in the Bank match. I was excited for a solo run when she got traded to SmackDown Live, but it's been two weeks and she's still yet to appear. Why split the Riott Squad up if they're not going to be used? - Disappointed that Aleister Black isn't in the Men's Money in the Bank match.I think the WWE are protecting him because they feel that he isn't needed for a match like this. Let's say if Black was in this match and wins the briefcase, he is going to look silly as crap with it. They have big plans for him. He has that persona similar like the Undertaker.
|
|
|
Post by ahunter8056 on May 2, 2019 14:32:22 GMT -5
It's amazing how drastically different the quality level is between RAW and SmackDown Live. I'm not saying SDL is perfect, but it's perfectly watchable at the moment, whereas RAW just isn't. I enjoyed watching every single clip from last night's SDL that WWE put up, but I struggled to make it through the handful of RAW clips that I did watch from this week. How can there be such a disconnect? That aside, SmackDown Live had plenty of good points, and honestly, the only cons I can think of is purely due to omissions rather than what was on the show. Pros:- A heavily injured Xavier Woods standing up to Kevin Owens no matter the consequences, personifies exactly what such a tight-knit group such as the New Day are all about. - Charlotte attacking Becky and Bayley immediately following their match is perfect for heel Charlotte. I kinda want them to add Bayley to make it a Triple Threat match now, but that would take Bayley out of the MITB Women's match. - Holy crap, Kairi Sane and Asuka are becoming a fantastic tag team! Lots of good double team moves, really fast-paced exciting action. - Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville supporting each other was a really wholesome segment. I think I've had enough of them teased as being catty and diva-like wanting to stab the other in the back, so this is a welcome development. - Lars Sullivan punching the steel chair out of R-Truth's hands was great. I really like how strongly they're pushing Lars as an unstoppable monster. - Roman Reigns' segment with Shane McMahon and the subsequent match against the B-Team with Elias was entertaining enough. - I'm really glad that both Ember Moon and Carmella are in the Women's Money in the Bank match. With such a pitifully low bar set on RAW, the Women's Money in the Bank match is now beginning to look watchable to me. Ember Moon is my pick to win, if Sasha Banks doesn't make a shock return to replace somebody else on the night. - Are Finn Balor/Ali/Randy Orton/Andrade the Men's Money in the Bank SmackDown Live competitors? It was never mentioned in the YouTube clips. I only assume so, because why else would there be this random tag match? - The Kevin Owens/New Day action figures/Kofi Kingston was a pretty nice segment to end the show on. I feel like this segment should have been saved for closer to the event though. Cons:- Where is Liv Morgan? I was hoping she'd be one of the competitors in the Women's Money in the Bank match. I was excited for a solo run when she got traded to SmackDown Live, but it's been two weeks and she's still yet to appear. Why split the Riott Squad up if they're not going to be used? - Disappointed that Aleister Black isn't in the Men's Money in the Bank match.I think the WWE are protecting him because they feel that he isn't needed for a match like this. Let's say if Black was in this match and wins the briefcase, he is going to look silly as crap with it. They have big plans for him. He has that persona similar like the Undertaker. True, but I don't think it would really hurt him too much if he didn't win the MITB match, but still participated in it, given the nature of a multi-man ladder match. It just feels odd that Aleister Black, who along with Ricochet feels he was on a pretty significant winning streak since joining the main roster, but still not being given an opportunity after proving himself.
|
|
|
Post by k5 on May 7, 2019 13:31:51 GMT -5
I think the WWE are protecting him because they feel that he isn't needed for a match like this. Let's say if Black was in this match and wins the briefcase, he is going to look silly as crap with it. They have big plans for him. He has that persona similar like the Undertaker. True, but I don't think it would really hurt him too much if he didn't win the MITB match, but still participated in it, given the nature of a multi-man ladder match. It just feels odd that Aleister Black, who along with Ricochet feels he was on a pretty significant winning streak since joining the main roster, but still not being given an opportunity after proving himself. agreed. i would've liked to see black in the mitb. let's hope smackdown can raise the bar tonight that raw managed to sink last night...shouldn't be hard, as smackdown is usually the better of the two as of late imo.
|
|
|
Post by blissfan4life on May 7, 2019 13:43:44 GMT -5
Ugh why did they insist on making KO Heel again? He ran that well dry, give him a decent babyface run
|
|