Good shout! But rumour has it Bryans injury is worst than originally thought it seems, the MITB match is going to be for the WWE Title. Slim chance of him keeping it now I'd say... fair play to the management for giving him every chance to keep hold of his title and buy him time!
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Good shout! But rumour has it Bryans injury is worst than originally thought it seems, the MITB match is going to be for the WWE Title. Slim chance of him keeping it now I'd say... fair play to the management for giving him every chance to keep hold of his title and buy him time!
If they build to an Evolution -v- Shield in a handicap match at Money in the Bank, it would be cool to have Ambrose screw over Reigns and also join Evolution.
Adding anyone to the Shield would be a terrible move, just look at the nWo for reasons why.
Adding Ambrose to Evolution would also be a bad move. As we are it works, and the Shield split is imminent, (talk about going out on top) and the group hasn't been tarnished. Now it's time for Ambrose to show he's the man, and time for Roman to either sink, or swim.
Adding Ambrose to Evolution would also be a bad move. As we are it works, and the Shield split is imminent, (talk about going out on top) and the group hasn't been tarnished. Now it's time for Ambrose to show he's the man, and time for Roman to either sink, or swim.
I like the idea, of the 3 shield members Reigns probably is the most likely to be a face and the other two most likely to be heels! I could see that scenario playing out alright and give Reigns chance to shine by himself... All 3 are great though mind you so be good for all in many ways!
I think The Shield will go down as the best WWE/F wrestling faction of the modern era.
defo, some impressive list of names they've gone over in the last year now. Its made them legit top stars for the future now, all 3 will at some time or another be in with a shout for the title I'd assume!
They beat a lot of big names but their record with titles is disappointing. They made belts mere accessories. The Four Horsemen held titles and defended them. I think the best cliques should hold major titles and use them to elevate themselves and others. Even the Wyatts don't seem to give a feck about the titles.
I don't think any of the titles now are relevant now (world title the exception), they need to make it relevant again, how I'm really not sure tbh...
Easy. I think only The Nexus had the same kind of immediate impact but the shield were pulling out at least a couple of ****+ matches a month and made 6 man tag matches the thing that you wanted to see. The list of big name people they've beat in doing so - Kane, Undertaker, Orton, HHH, Batista, Cena, Punk - is as impressive as maybe any stable - at least since the original incarnation of Evolution.
They need to have The Ascension join The Shield.
No.
They need to add the Ascension to the Future Endeavours list.
Geez, these NXT factions start so quickly....
They need to add Ascension to the Wyatt Family.
They've yet to have one entertaining match. In well over a year. Being put in matches on almost every show.
The match on Takeover was easily their best, and that was all Kalisto baby.
They need to add Ascension to The Fabulous Freebirds
hopefully joined by Corey Graves and CJ Parker pretty quick.
Only if they're good. Something the Ascension are lacking.
Actually, they should have Tyler Breeze join The Shield and have him keep his NXT gimmick.
That's a solo mans game. Can't have the big guys hitting each other division taking breaks like pansies.
With the greatest of respect you are clearly glossing over the utter dross that came out of the attitude era, mcmahon pissing himself in the ring, mae young giving birth to a hand! And many other stupid waste of air time. Yes, the wrestling was very good but if you honestly think that wrestlers like Daniel Bryan, Cesaro, Rollins etc can't lace Kurt Angles boots then i think it's time you switched off.
Agree with everything you said prior to the highlighted. The 3 you named are excellent but Angle's different gravy entirely.
Not entirely true, the original statement said they couldn't lace his boots. In pro wrestling I think each of them could go with Angle, all of them would belong in the ring with Angle. rolly hasn't dismissed Angle, he's dismissing the baseless point being made.
Fair enough, the lace his boots part was vital to the statement, they could all go with Angle and probably put on classics in their own right but in terms of where I rank wrestlers all time as induviduals (not just in ring but the whole package) Angle would be what I'd call a second-tierer, and I'd only put Michaels, Undertaker and probably Flair in the top tier.
Kurt Angle only hit his stride once the attitude era was over anyway. He was more "Ruthless Aggression" era
To be fair he only joined the then WWf in Septemberish of 99, if we say ruthless agression started post-invasion, off the top of my head I can think of the below good/great matches he had/was involved in and this is just PPV's.
Vs Jericho & Benoit - WM 2000
Wins 2000 KOTR
Vs Rock & HHH - SummerSlam 2000
Vs HHH - Unforgiven 2000
Vs Rock - No Mercy 2000 (Wins World Title)
Armageddon HIAC (Decent)
Vs HHH - Rumble 2001
Vs Rock - No Way Out 2001
Vs Benoit - WMX7
Vs Benoit - Backlash 2001
Vs Benoit - Judgement Day 2001
Vs Shane McMahon - KOTR 2001
Invasion 5v5
Vs Austin - Summerslam 2001
Vs Austin - Unforgiven 2001
Vs Austin & RVD - No Mercy 2001
Survivor Series 5v5
I do agree once the brand's split and he became one of the "Smackdown Six" and later became the main man on Smackdown he was at his peak, but to say he wasn't in his stride beforehand would be doing him a disservice.
Angle, Benoit and Jericho. That trio were involved in some brilliant matches.
Yup. But I think they were took out too early. They had a lot more potential imo.
I think they should make Rollins heel as Plan C and pull one over HHH.
Crazy really - still remember the week of Judgement Day 2001 where Angle and Benoit went 3 falls. Benoit was the surprise partner for Jericho the same night in tag turmoil. The following night on raw they had that classic tag match against Austin and Triple H (where he did his quad). They then followed that up with TLC 3 on Smackdown.
Most people never have a **** match, Benoit had 3 in 3 day's. That's before you even mention things like Angle v Benoit at Backlash that year or the Royal Rumble a few years later. Speaking of which Jericho v Benoit ladder match at the 2001 Rumble is another classic. 3 truly talented wrestlers.
Well you have used it prematurely twice (re Waytt and Cesaro).
No, he really hasn't. Wyatt has been outstanding in this feud. Forget about the booking, he has done a fantastic job with his gimmick and has even had the backing of the fans, despite being a HEEL. Cena's generic tactic of using another stars' gimmick and manipulating it in a way which buries him didn't work out. I think that says enough. At WrestleMania, Wyatt came out looking fantastic. At Extreme Rules, which was horribly booked, Wyatt's manipulative side was portrayed quite well.
The whole point of the feud IMO was to expose Cena, from Wyatt's point of view. Is he really about loyalty and respect? The way he set about doing it is what you should putting emphasis on. ALL of us knew that he wasn't going to win at Payback. There was no way, but because he lost that means he has been "buried"? That is far from the case, and WWE are high on him at the moment. He's going to come back and get an even bigger push very soon. Keep watching.
Well firstly, I didn't say that having Heyman makes him a huge star, but WWE have clearly identified him as a potential top talent. Whether he's in the top, top bracket is open to debate, as I don't think he possesses the mic skills required to be at the very top. The match he had with Sheamus was good, and even though he lost, he put on a solid performance. Losing in that manner, against one of Vince McMahon's favourites, isn't a bad thing at all.
Post-WrestleMania, Cesaro's character is what has changed, and that's what has gone against him. He has transformed into a coward heel. The changes I can think of: being a coward, walking weirdly as he comes out, and his theme music being changed to something that resembles the construction of a child. It doesn't matter if he has Heyman as manager talking about Lesnar. I think that's the plan - I see it as that transparent - and it will result in a match with Lesnar. If that isn't the case, then yeah of course, I agree with you. He's not, however, going down the same route as Ryback. It's been reported many times that Ryback is a danger to his opponents - he can't wrestle. There's no connection between the two, really - and Heyman being a former manager to Ryback doesn't link them in any way.
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Wut.
Yeah my phrasing was wrong. Peak would have been the better word. He was excellent in the Invasion angle (which was colossally fecked up)
I have no idea how your name ended up in my post.Oh I don't mean to take anything away from Angle, he was and is a legend in the ring. My point was to highlight how the guy I quoted had glossed over the poor stuff that came out of the attitude era and he clearly pays little or no attention to today's product and offers the same baseless arguments that we hear week in and out. We're getting people saying "it's shit now, the attitude era was amazing" all the time and it pisses me off almost as much as the "why watch it, it's fake" brigade.
The few times ive watched it these days has been horrific. The attitude era and what came after was mostly very good. I think it was following the split it went down hill.
It is far too PG nowadays
Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker at No Way Out 2006(?) is still to this day one of the best matches I've ever seen - a incredible straight wrestling affair that went nearly 30 minutes - and was miles better then anything that happened at Mania the following month.