Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Worst Wrestlemania Card of all time? Roadblock reaction.

This Years Wrestlemania is shaping up to be. Skipp-able. The Roadblock PPV had more intriguing matches than the Wrestlemania card so far. Not only that but the majority of matches that are going to be at Wrestlemania. We've already seen on Raw or Smackdown. This is shaping up to be the worst Card for Wrestlemania in a very very long time. I mean, WWE has made some true stinkers for Wrestlemania, but this one. It's looking pretty damn terrible. Lets take a look at each one. We will also Score each one on a School rating. 0-100 F- to A+.






Ryback Vs. Kalisto- Ok You have got to be kidding me here. Are we really doing the David Vs. Goliath act? Hello! no one even really thinks Ryback is relevant nonetheless can stand against Kalisto. The David Vs. Goliath angle only works if the person standing in as Goliath actual has the presence to stand there and give you the impression that there is no way the David character can win. If WWE wanted to go with this angle there are several guys on the current Roster they could have used. Braun Stowman, Rusev, Sheamus, (I hate the next two) Kane, Mark Henry, or even Big E. Now I know what you're thinking, But Rusev, Sheamus, and Big E have angles. So? Better to see Big E twice than Ryback once. Ryback is pathetic and everyone knows it. They're pulling a reverse David vs. Goliath. We are coming in with the impression that there is no way Goliath can beat David, and if he does we will Riot. I don't even like Kalisto that much, but putting him against Ryback is excuse my language A MOTHERFUCKING waste. Neville, either Uso, Anyone from Social Outcast, Or SIN CARA would have been absolutely a show stopping match at Wrestlemania. AJ Styles would have fit nicely here too. Think about this, breaking up the Lucha Dragons for a Wrestlemania match. Make it a respectful non super violent breakup so you can put them back together when ever you want. BAM Sin Cara Vs. Kalisto you got yourselves Pro Wrestling Gold. Final Score. Loosing points all over the place, but mostly for wasting a Kalisto masterpiece. Ultimately I give it such a low grade for the simple reason that no one wants this, Kalisto won't be able to shine, It has zero drawing power and Ryback isn't a scary Goliath anymore. WWE have buried him too far. The only points it earns ist that you might get a few fun moves out of Kalisto, if Ryback doesn't injure him "By Accident" 42 F-

The New Day Vs. Who knows which members of the League of Nations- Seen it. Twice. Probably three or four times before Wrestlemania. Hey Idiots. Bring up Enzo and Big Cass and put them against The New Day already. The New Day's antics Vs. Enzo and big Cass's Antics would make for Emmy Nominated Professional Wrestling TV. Sure Big Cass is clunky in the Ring, and Enzo is Injury prone. Use them while you have them. No one wants to see The New Day Vs The League of Nations. We want to see the League of Nations and we REALLY want to see The New Day. Just not against each other. So many good tag teams that can stand Toe to Toe with the Champs and WWE just refuses to use them. We will see Uso after Uso after League after League after Dudley after Dudley. You know what we won't see. Any of the top performing downright amazing talent from NXT coming into the fold. We also won't see two top tier Non-Attitude Era superstars get thrown into the Tag Team mix. Would it really kill you guys to put Ziggler and Miz together. Miz vs. the New day sounds like gold to me. Scoring wise. The New Day Rocks lets face it people. So the Trombone antics the hip shaking and Booty O's Cereal is going to Draw. Big names from the League also make sense, but We have SEEN IT ALREADY, which really drops the overall score quite a bit. 71 D

AJ Styles Vs. Chris Jericho. OK, this is probably going to be an pretty good match, but the same problem as The New Day match. We have seen it before. Look Wrestlemania isn't about storyboards and selling T Shirts. It's about magic, nostalgia and originality. It's about giving the Wrestlers there moments and letting them shine. If you wanted to do Y2J Vs. AJ. Then you should have never pitted them against each other. They should have started out as friends and a Tag Team then you could have broken them up and pitted them against each other. That being said. It's AJ Styles and Chris Jericho. I think out of every match on the card this one is the only chance we have this year for a good performance. We have seen it, so the magic is gone. 85 C

Dean Ambrose Vs. Brock Lesner. Big names, Big Bout, Big Buildup, HOLY SHIT we might actually have a Wrestlemania Match on our hands. Lesner in a no hold barred match. This might suck. He is way better Suplexing people around than fighting. Not to mention his skin is thinner than most pieces of paper so he will bleed everywhere. Wait, what am I saying, that's not a bad thing. Lets face it, this might actually be Ok. Not Great. Not Rock Vs Hogan or Punk Vs. Undertaker or Macho Man vs. Steamboat. Still probably the best on the card not best performance but possibly the best on the card. We all know Ambrose will give us a good show. He will take every bump that Lesner wants to through his way. They both can go for a while and aren't afraid to get mildly injured so it should be good. 89 B-

HHH Vs. Roman Reigns. For the first time in my memory. No one gives a flying horse crap about the WWE Title match. No one likes that HHH has the belt, but somehow it's better than no talent Samoan Hack Roman Reigns. He isn't a good Pro Wrestler. He's not. He's bad. He can't Sell, He uses the same moves over and over. His matches are always piss poor. HHH is older and I'll give him credit, he is doing everything he can to put over Reigns, but it's not working. Why can't they see it? They tried this a few years ago with Titus O'Neil and realized quickly the crowd hated him and they dropped it. The Crowd hates Reigns. It's not like we as fans never get behind a push. We didn't like Lesner as champ because he didn't show up, Lots of people complained about Rollins, but that was because he was a Heel, not that we hated him out right. The best thing that come out of this is Reigns Wins by cheating and Turns Heel and the bring back Rollins as the babyface. Otherwise, this is loosing battle. If only someone had the Money in the Bank Case and ran it and beat them both. We don't have that option either. Last year, We all wanted; NEEDED Rollins to run in. Man, this looks bad. Maybe they will spice it up and have the Rock turn Heel on Roman or something. It's just bad. Just. So. Bad.
0 F-

Undertaker Vs. Shane McMahon. FUCK YOU WWE -100 Z-

Thoughts on Roadblock. I think we could use more of these mini- PPV's I've enjoyed the few they have had, they feel loose and fun. The New Day brought it with Booty-O's, Jericho is an amazing Heel, Jack Swagger has lost his Swagger, HHH Vs. Ambrose is a better Wrestlemania match than HHH Vs. Reigns. What are they doing to Wyatt? They have effectively turned the face of Fear into a huge Pussy. I hope they break off Luke Harper and have him beat the crap out of Bray Wyatt. Sami Zayn may become a super star. NXT tag match was Superb.

Roadblock was descent. I enjoyed it. The false Finish in the HHH Vs. Ambrose match TOTALLY GOT ME. I Raised my arms in Victory. I was so happy. Then BOOM nope. Super good. Proves HHH can still go and take a good beating. I'm honestly surprised he sold so well to Ambrose. He put Ambrose over so well. The finish itself was honestly ok. I didn't mind how they ended it. It was laid out well, great pacing. They are both Pro's. Maybe HHH is good enough to carry Reigns, I just wish he didn't have too, because there is other talent in the company that could be better matched for THE GAME and the proved it both at Roadblock and on Raw with Ziggler.

The possible Zayn Vs. Owens would be good. Not good enough to save Wrestlemania, but good.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

A quick Wrestlemania Note. Why This year's Wrestlemania is bad, and why that may not be a bad thing?

This years Wrestlemania is shaping up to be a true overwhelming STINKER. Think about this. What match out there actually excites you? Think them over. HHH Vs. Reigns. yeah no doesn't do it for you either huh? Lesner Vs. Ambrose, AKA I have no place for you but you draw Vs. I have no place for you but you draw 2. Yeah, not exactly right? maybe a wee little bit, but not really. The Rock is going to be there!! yeah, we see him a lot already not that special, intriguing, but not so much. Big Show vs. Owens. That's not a thing right? No, it's not really a wrestlemania thing right? New Day vs. Jericho and Styles. Wait? what? Then you have Undertaker Vs. The Bastard Son who will let his dad say anything to prove he is Over. No, just No. None of the matches are any good. Not a single one. However, wait a second. Could this be? Is this how it happens? Is this Wrestlemania sucking going to be the real straw that breaks the Camels back. Could it even be. Planned? Could this be a wonderful, Glorious, Tremendously gracious gift that WWE is handing us on a silver platter?

What am I going on about?

Let me break this down for you. Top Stars are just out. Like on Preggers leave, you can't just bring someone in to replace them can you? No, you have to leave room for their return. Well Daniel Bryan is out for good. Cena, Cesaro, and Orton doubtful to return anytime soon. Lets not forget the real big name in Seth Rollins being off the card. These guys need their place reserved. So you have to fill the card with someone. There are rumors of Goldberg vs Ryback, which we all know would be bad for business, not Goldberg, but Goldberg vs. Ryback is horrendous. There are rumors of a CM Punk return. Get over it. He's gone. I think? I like Punk, but he is a wishy washy little bastard with no backbone. If the money is right he would return. Well, I mean anyone would. Why am I even putting Punk down. I like the guy. Just forget the last few sentences even happened, I would delete them, but can't reach the delete key over the fat roles on my fingers. (Beating Punk to his insults.) Ronda Rousey rumors still swirl. Sting, we could go on and on. Lets set all the rumors aside and look at Wrestlemania in 2016 through the eyes of Monday Night Raw on 2/29/2016. We know things will shake up.Well, we at least hope they shake up.

Could this be a ploy? Is this the Wrestlemania we will see legends in the ring like The Undertaker, HHH, Big Show, Kane, Mark Henry, The Dudley Boys, Golddust,  Jericho, and Sting for the final time? Could this be the changing of the Guard? Could next years Wrestlemania be "Attitude Era Free!" competition wise? My god! What would it be like without lingering lumbering giants of yesteryear. What if next years Wrestlemania card has no one who had also wrestled at a WWF in Your House. What if WWE was forced to think through story lines instead of killing careers (Rusev) by feeding them to the Ego fueled idiots of yesteryear. Lets put a small little disclaimer here. Jericho and Gold dust don't really count, because they can still go in the ring and are actually still entertaining. Everyone else looks their age and some of them can barely move outside the ring much less in the ring. What if Next Year's Wrestlemania can't be built on the back of those who have been in Wrestlemania for fifteen years plus. Which means WWE would need to use people in ways they haven't done before. It means actually pushing young talent with Solid gimmicks. The Wyatts, Kevin Owens, Neville, AJ Styles, New Day, Ambrose, NXT stars, Etc. They would need to rely on Veterans like Orton, Cena, Lesner, Seamus and Kofi to see them into the next decade. We could see the the PG Era Vets take their place at the top and not continually be overshadowed by the Glory Days of Wrestling.

Is this the last Wrestlemania moment as competitors for Show, Henry, Dudleys, Kane, HHH and the Undertaker? Is this the reason why Show vs. Owens is even a thing. Are the Dudleys going to come into the picture maybe against Kane and Henry. HHH has his final run on top. Could it be? Is 32 the Wrestlemania to put the ol gals out to pasture to make room for New breed. Lets hope so. I hope so If not for the simple reason that I just can't believe a professional company, A billion dollar company like WWE, a company I am becoming less and less interested in giving $9.99 too every month. Can honestly think it's fans could ever want such a shitty Card for the biggest event of the year. At this moment in time. The Card is shaping up to be the worst card, Wrestlemania has EVER seen. Ever. We are two Raw's into the road to Wrestlemania and it's looking grim.

We Need Cesaro, We need Rusev to be dominant again, instead of his Career suicide in the league of nations. We need Ambrose as Champion, We need fresh storylines not recycled Stone Cold vs. Vince with Reigns Vs. HHH, because wake up people HHH is no Vinny Mac and Reigns is absolutely no Stone Cold.


Two small side questions for you.

1) Are you as tired of Michael Cole as I am?

2) Do you think Brock Lesner gets really nervous when on camera and constantly has to Pee? I mean why else would he bounce like that all the time?