July 14, 20205 yr Author comment_5922846 Seth is weird that this is easily the best he's been cast as a singles wrestler and is sometimes decent, but he still cannot be engaging.
July 14, 20205 yr comment_5922849 9 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: Seth is weird that this is easily the best he's been cast as a singles wrestler and is sometimes decent, but he still cannot be engaging. My personal issue with Seth is that I don't, for a second, buy him as tough (I have the same issue with Miz). Like, they're both bigger guys than me, but honestly, if I was at a bar and Seth wanted to fight me, I wouldn't be scared. He might win (he'd probably win as I'm no badass for sure), but he doesn't come off as a threat. To me, a good chickeshit heel can still be seen as a tough guy. Tully and Gino Hernandez are good examples. They can both fight with the best of them when it's called for, but would rather take shortcuts. Seth just doesn't convey that. I don't know if it's his real-life whining on twitter or maybe it's when he was the top face in the company and he cowered in fear at a dude in a scary mask, but I just don't see him being to beat up anyone. And please don't take this as me saying every wrestler needs to be some big bruiser. Mysterio exudes a toughness. He's going to stay in the fight no matter how outsized he is. Even someone like face Dakota Kai has that. When they did the angle where Shayna was bullying her, she overcame her fear and fought back. She looked tough doing that. Pro wrestling is simulated combat. In my mind, I still need to buy that a given wrestler can "win a fight". Like I said, that doesn't mean they all have to look like Lesnar or anything. There are different ways a person can win a fight. It's just that Seth (post-Shield) has never looked like that kind of person.
July 17, 20205 yr comment_5923047 We have talked a lot about eye for eye, but not a lot about how the SWAMP MATCH might be one of the most disastrous things ever
July 17, 20205 yr comment_5923058 Whenever my ears hear the phrase "swamp match," my brain hears this.
July 17, 20205 yr comment_5923063 I don't expect the SWAMP MATCH to be any more or less ridiculous than any other Bray Wyatt match to be honest. Hell, after the amazing WTF-ery of the Cena match at Mania it might even be a let down. Eye for an eye just takes suspension of disbelief too far, and even if they get George Lucas to do the CGI it will still come off as extremely phony since no one is going to believe it's actually their eye being gouged. It does make me sad Vader isn't around to cut a promo on the both of them for being wimps, since he had his eye popped out at the start of a match and finished it anyway.
July 17, 20205 yr comment_5923065 Tbf Lucas's vision would probably suck more than Vince's version As far as the swamp match, I really hope they don't use the Cena match as precedent for Wyatt's cinematic matches. Bray Wyatt becoming a meta YouTube channel dissecting pro wrestling history is really not what I want out of my main events.
July 17, 20205 yr comment_5923068 1 hour ago, DMJ said: Whenever my ears hear the phrase "swamp match," my brain hears this. You wanna talk about it ?
July 17, 20205 yr Author comment_5923070 3 hours ago, MoS said: We have talked a lot about eye for eye, but not a lot about how the SWAMP MATCH might be one of the most disastrous things ever I think it's a sad state of affairs when not even a Dungeon of Doom-like feud revolving around your Universal Champ gets any attention. Braun needs Roman to be good, man. That sucks.
July 17, 20205 yr comment_5923071 2 hours ago, DMJ said: Whenever my ears hear the phrase "swamp match," my brain hears this. Funny, I hear Laurel.
July 18, 20205 yr Author comment_5923084 It's kinda frustrating that we have Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura forming a tag team and it's just "eh".
July 18, 20205 yr comment_5923087 8 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: my god this braun promo is kinda embarassing When he tried to laugh maniacally, I was transfixed
July 18, 20205 yr Author comment_5923088 AJ and Riddle have nearly 30 minutes. Let's see the message WWE wants to send in face of the recent accusations.
July 18, 20205 yr comment_5923089 I wonder if Braun is this era's Diesel in the sense of his title run being sandbagged by being programmed with guys he had no chance of having anything close to good matches with.
July 18, 20205 yr comment_5923091 Well, clearly they are going to continue pushing Riddle for now. Of course, one can justifiably argue that being booked in a neverending feud with Baron Corbin is severe punishment in itself.
July 19, 20205 yr comment_5923193 10 minutes ago, sek69 said: Imagine wanting to keep that guy covered up in battle armor. Would love for him to return with a new look, new gear...ditch that riot squad shit finally.
July 19, 20205 yr comment_5923232 I am ready for this sports entertainment™ Pay-Per-View on the award-winning WWE Network™ provided by World Wrestling Entertainment™.
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