Recent Raws and 2016 Royal Rumble chatter

It's been a little while since I have written on anything. Holidays and what-knot. Lets first talk about some of the most recent episodes of Raw and the current story lines. Then I'll go on to talk about rumors and other information and speculation and fun stuff.

Roman Reigns. Ok, here's the deal. They are trying so hard to push him. I mean Vinny Mac himself has inserted himself into the game. It just IS NOT working. The crowds are lack luster, and not involved in this story arc. Even when the "Police" escorted Vince out of the arena, the crowd seemed to just not care. The Crowd couldn't even get an organized "Hey Hey Hey Goodbye" Chant going. The Reason, because it was lame. Reigns. Cannot. Carry. WWE. He can't. There are some good things that have come out of this Story Arc, but I'll get to those later. There are 4 reasons why Reigns can't do what they are asking him to do. One of these is the obvious one, everyone knows. One of these is my personal opinion, which I realize isn't worth shit. The other two however, can't be helped and are cold hard facts. The Good news for all of you who are a part of the Roman Empire, is that the WWE and Roman can totally fix all four. None of these are Career ending, not a single one. If they don't fix it, Roman will be a flash in the pan. Not only that if they gave Roman a month or two off, worked hard on these four issues, brought him back in huge comeback surprise fashion, his second title run could be amazing, and I could even join the Empire myself. Roman isn't a terrible guy to want to put the belt on, He just needs these 4 small, well not small, but fixable issues taken care of.

Romans issue number one. The obvious one. His Mic Skills murder him. Balls. really? Balls? Come on man. That doesn't even fit your character. Trim down his mic time. He doesn't need to rant. He needs to whip ass. STOP! trying to make him the next ROCK. He can't pull it off. Even with years of Mic work, you have to have natural Charisma to do it. Instead, Turn Reigns into a man of few words. Have him come out and say, "I'm done with this Whiny ass bull crap, I'm doing things my way" Then have him put the Mic down and beat someone up. When it's time for him to talk, make it brief. It could be time to stick him with a Mic guy. Obviously, not Paul Heyman, but pick up a great Mic guy that is underused in the Current Company. Here's a reach, but I'm sure we could all agree it would work, Stick him with Christian. Christian was know for his Ridiculousness, let Christian run his mouth for Roman. Ok I reached there, Alot. How about a lady though. Not some pretty gal arm candy like Summer Rae or Lana, I'm talking a bad ass with the Mic and someone who wouldn't mind punching a dude in the face. Dilemma. who...? Well obvious honorable mentions would be Paige, Emma, or Charlotte. Paige could fit the bill, but pulling her away from the Divas thing would hurt the cause. Emma, not really a good fit. Charlotte, I don't like her in general. So who? Who would work. I have two ladies that I really think could Help Roman with his Mic issues.

Firstly, Eva Marie. I know I know people hate her. Combine her with the likable Roman and it could stir up a fun strain of events. She isn't the best choice I realize, but second choice is definitely the best choice. Stephanie McMahon! What? yeah, Have Stephanie turn face. Have her turn on HHH and her dad and give her a long baby face turn. Stick her in Roman's corner and he could keep the belt now. It would be a great babyface turn and Stephanie has been a heel for so long it could really work for a few years. All of these are bandaid issues. What really needs to happen, is they need to pull Roman from TV. Put him in a studio for 8 hours a day 6 days a week and make him talk. This would fix his issue number one. put him in front of smaller crowds in house shows and have him just talk it out.

Roman issue number two. He has a limited move set. Superman Punch, Spear, Samoan Drop, Drive by, punch, kick, pump handle slam, headlock, and clothesline. I might have just summed up the whole thing. That pathetic super power power bomb where they hold hands and Roman lifts them up and puts them down is crap so it doesn't count. His Spear doesn't look that great. He throws about 5-6 Superman punches a match. Listen. We need some basic crap here. He doesn't even have a submission move in his arsenal so he cant go to that. Even if we through a few basics in to help him out it would significantly increase his match quality. Roman needs more moves. Spinebuster, Pildriver, Actual good powerbomb.

Give the guy an old school submission like the Taz lock or Rings of Saturn or even a lamer one like a armbar or something. He needs better low impact moves, like a regular dropkick, a leg sweep, snake eyes, or even an old school bull dog. He needs a better flashy move. How about a swinging neck breaker or DDT. He needs to study some tapes watch some old Arn Anderson matches or something. OOOOOOH he should totally do the Torture rack from old Lex Lugar days. YES, that would be perfect for Reigns. Variety, put him off TV and work in some new moves.

Roman issue number three. His character can't carry itself. It could, it's too bland. I liked it when he lost his cool and went off on Triple H and really did some damage. More of that. This nice guy attitude and only getting mad when the line is crossed crap has got to go. I need to see Sheamus laying in a pile of his own blood with a baseball bat laying beside him and a camera pan around to find roman walking away. this could even work into his mic skills issue. Have someone threaten him and his reply simply be "Do you know who the last person was that tried this crap? Sheamus." and have him walk away. Roman needs to turn into a warrior, a badass, right now he isn't fooling anyone. His character any given day anyone could beat him and it wouldn't be a surprise. We need Roman to Scare Brock.

Roman issue number four. His family. Either embrace it or drop it. Make it constant or not at all.  This stuff of they are with him on Smackdown, but don't come out to help on Raw crap doesn't work. They either need him to be a family member or they need him to be the lone wolf. none of this in between wishy washy bull crap. Plus, where is he when the Uso's are getting beat up by the new day? The door needs to swing both ways or it doesn't need to swing at all.

As of now, If WWE doesn't do something, it's going to kill his career in the long run, I don't want to see that. He needs to be re groomed. The ratings are low. like super low. There is a reason. People don't tune in to watch Roman Reigns. Some good is happening though! This story line has produced one awesome thing that I'm happy about.

The Belt is on the Line in the Royal Rumble Match. Never been done before. The belt has been vacated and up for grabs in the match, but never defended in the Match. How do they get this right or wrong. Well lets talk outcomes.

Reigns keeps the belt. How it's done right. He enters number 1 and has long hard ride. He enters middle of the pack and has a good match and eliminates a very large name to win. How it's done wrong. He dominates. No thanks guys. Seen it. Booed it. He enters number 30. Lame. He enters after number 20. Lame.

Reigns looses the belt. Ok, I'll get into who should win the belt later. Obviously, whoever wins could go on to fight Reigns at the next PPV and even possibly Wrestlemania so it has to be good. However, I'm talking about who could Eliminate him and cause a storm to take him out of the Wrestlemania main event. Personally, this could go very right or very very wrong.

Ways it goes right, have someone insignificant Eliminate him. Kalisto, Bo Dallas, Adam Rose, or (insert Jobber). Have him turn his back on them and get Eliminated and have him blame only himself. He could also get Furious and Destroy the Jobber. Think Undertaker and Maven. Have him go One on One with legitimate superstar and have them eliminate him clean. Owens, Neville, Zayn, Balor, Cesaro or (insert Mid-High Card). Have that person get eliminated later. Have him enter number one and have number two put him out cleanly or cheaply immediately. That would be amazing. Have him enter at number one, and have a face-off with someone great and have him loose. Who? (Cena, who may be hurt; Cesaro, HHH, Samoa Joe, DANIEL BRYAN, BROCK LESNER, THE ROCK!!!!!)
defriending by a surprise Character THE ROCK.

Ways it could go bad. Letting him just get Eliminated nonchalantly. He needs to do battle. Have a sub-carder start an actual feud. (Reigns Eliminates Owens, Owens Jumps back in and Eliminates Reigns.) Dinosaur him for Wrestlemania. (Sting, Undertaker, Kane, Jericho; he can still go, Big Show, Kevin Nash) defriending, Don't let an Uso or Ambrose toss him. Re kindle an older Feud. The Wyatts would be a terrible way to go. Authority Screw job. Prediction: HHH eliminates him and sets up Wrestlemania. Dream: The Rock double crosses him and wins the title. Starting a family feud.


This Title up for grabs in the Royal Rumble thing is just great. I think they should pull people out of the wood work for this. They should pull a limited amount of names from NXT. Balor wouldn't hurt, maybe a showing by Joe, or Corbin. So who are some great names that could be included? Lesner. He could win it all, but that risks having the belt not on Tv for months at a time again. So I hope not. A few older names should be brought in. I like that Jericho is in the mix. The Rock would be a bold entrance and even bolder winner. How about a real old school call back. They do it all the time and it would be great. XPac would be a fun one. Stone Cold would be a good call back. Goldberg would be Earth Shattering. Disco Inferno still wrestles.

HHH; I honestly won't believe he won't be in it. I think its close to a guarantee. Some come back names would be good. Daniel Bryan, Cesaro, Randy Orton, Seth Rollins. I don't think Rollins is back in shape yet, but it would be great. No Idea where Cesaro is. Cena I think is hurt right? Shoulder surgery soon? Via his Twitter. I know the Internet buzz over the Bullet Club. Every Single member could be entered in the Royal Member. I know the buzz is only over 4 guys, but all 4 could make debuts.

That would be fun. Have AJ take the title off the bat. Unprecedented and unlikely, but amazing. What if WWE just jumps on board the Bullet Club train could we see the Young bucks in WWE?!? It would be great. What if they toss in a few expected, but not really expected. Dreamer, Rhyno etc. fun. What if they toss in a few mind blowers. Like Jeff Jarrett it would further solidify WWE finally acknowledging the Indie scene.  What about a few Indie Wrestlers for One PPV hits. What Indie Wrestler would even do that? Sharkboy would be awesome. This match has a lot of potential.

Who, non speculation do I want to see and why?

HHH- To push the Roman Story Line, Rhyno for a solid entry, 1 Old Schooler who hasn't been around in a while Nash is a good candidate. Foley wouldn't be bad, not sure if he is healthy enough though.

Sting. Sting needs to be in here. He already fought Rollins for the Title. He is 0-2 for matches and needs a strong showing. He could come in, toss a few jobbers, maybe a main roster guy and Start a Feud for Wrestlemania all at once. Sting could have a great showing. Starting a Feud with the Wyatts would be good for the Stinger. The Undertaker If he is going to battle it out at Wrestlemania again, lets start a Feud at the Royal Rumble. Mainly though, Sting. I want him to have a great showing. The Rumble always has its surprises, The Boogie man. was a fun one. I'm excited to see how it plays out. I hope it isn't super lame like the league of nations doubles up on Roman or the Wyatts defeat Roman. I can't handle another Wyatt vs. Roman drawn out Wyatt loss. What if? What if they put the belt on WYATT!!!! so so good. Wyatt vs Lesner for the belt at Wrestlemania. It could work. Daniel Bryan coming back would also be welcomed.

Lets Talk Jericho. The Crowd reaction wasn't great huh, they barely participated, he seemed irritated and what was that vest thing he was rocking. Surprisingly piss poor showing for him. His podcast isn't great either. Listen, As you may know, I am a Jericholic. I love the guy. I don't like his podcast though, His segways and constant commercials are the pits man. He acts like he is talking to the person in the podcast during his commercial, but it's obvious he isn't. Just make it an obvious commercial it will be less annoying. Wrestling podcasts in General

aren't great. Well. Except for the art of Wrestling. LISTEN TO THE ART OF WRESTLING WITH COLT CABANA. ALL OF THEM. RIGHT NOW. DOWNLOAD THEM DIRECTLY TO YOUR BRAIN. My Personal Favorite PJ Black. The Story about his father is ground breaking and Colt should have won an award for that. If you're a wrestling fan and don't listen to Colt even casually, then you either need to start or you need to pick a different hobby because if you don't listen to colt and don't want to think about listening to Colt then I don't respect you. If you have listened to colt and don't like his podcast, well thats cool, I can't hate on that, too each their own. At least you gave it a shot. Stone Colds podcast on the WWE network isn't that great either, It's super scripted and that's why it isn't that great. they want to say it isn't scripted, but we all know it is. Sam Roberts isn't bad. Live Audio Wrestling is the most popular, but I have honestly never listened too it. There are many others including Taz and hundreds others. I have listened to a few random ones, but none seem to be as good as Colt, Jericho's when compared to the others isn't too bad. If you have one I should be listening too that I didn't mention, leave me a comment or tweet me @beespray and I'll give it a listen.

Ring of Honor is producing some Stellar matches the 5 on 5 match at the end of the year was a ton of fun. TNA is failing. Smell the roses Dixie. Well you might not be able too, the smell of the Shit Programming your putting out might cover up the smell of the roses.