Unpopular Opinions (Wrestling Edition)

[Brick Loosener]

I couldn't give a s**t about tag team wrestling.

Neither does WWE.

 

[Damon_3388]

Homie don't play dat, and you KNOW what I mean!

 

[Damon_3388]

Neither does WWE.

Could have fooled me, with the recent tag team overkill they've been putting out there.

 

[Baird]

That match where Strowman and a 9 year old won the tag team belts confirmed what Vince thinks of tag team wrestling, for me

 

[Deathly]

I actually don't care about Kofi. I'm hoping he just wins the title soon and has a short run with it so we can get it out of the way.

 

[Baird]

Kofi is TRASH

 

[Blackhawk42]

I couldn't have given any less of a poo about Shane and Miz until Fastlane. I had paid so little attention to it I just kept waiting to read 'Miz turns on Shane!" Didn't for second consider Shane being the one to turn heel. As a result i'm slightly more interested now, because their match at Mania will have a completely different dynamic to the predictable garbage I thought we would be getting.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Kofi is fortunate the New Day shtick came along. Was as memorable as Evan Bourne prior.

Nobody gets to be Steve Blackman or Al Snow or X-Pac or Ken Shamrock or Christian anymore. WWE focus almost exclusively on the upper card (and more recently the women's equivalent). Lowercarders and midcarders get zero. Jobber entrances and wrestle for the sake of wrestling. No story. No meaning.

Heath Slater could've been pre-2005 Jericho. Instead he's ******* nothing.

 

[Senor M]

Heath Slater could've been pre-2005 Jericho. Instead he's ******* nothing.

I'm going to have to disagree with you here---

Even pre-2005 Chris Jericho was always one of the top 6-8 guys on the roster/brand.

If we look at Raw & Smackdown now-- they still have regular (as in as often as Blackman, Al Snow, etc. got back in the Attitude Era) storylines for the top 6-8 guys on a show.

Raw-- Rollins, Reigns, Ambrose, Balor, McIntyre, Corbin, Lashley, Elias
Smackdown- Bryan, Styles, Orton, Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Mysterio, Kofi, Ali

On which brand at any stage in the past few years could Heath Slater have been one of those major talents?

 

[Chops18]

Heath Slater is ****** nothing because he just ain't that good.

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[Brick Loosener]

Heath Slater is ****** nothing because he just ain't that good.

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LIES!!!!!

 

[Bomberboyokay]

I'm going to have to disagree with you here---

Even pre-2005 Chris Jericho was always one of the top 6-8 guys on the roster/brand.

If we look at Raw & Smackdown now-- they still have regular (as in as often as Blackman, Al Snow, etc. got back in the Attitude Era) storylines for the top 6-8 guys on a show.

Raw-- Rollins, Reigns, Ambrose, Balor, McIntyre, Corbin, Lashley, Elias
Smackdown- Bryan, Styles, Orton, Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Mysterio, Kofi, Ali

On which brand at any stage in the past few years could Heath Slater have been one of those major talents?

Some of these guys, I can't remember a full sentence of anything they've said in the last 5 years. It's big blur.

 

[Senor M]

Some of these guys, I can't remember a full sentence of anything they've said in the last 5 years. It's big blur.

If you can’t remember a promo that Samoa Joe has done in the past 6-8 months— that’s on you, not on the WWE product.

I can think of numerous good character promos by Samoa Joe in his rivalry with Styles, with Jeff Hardy and in the lead up to the Elimination Chamber.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Heath Slater debuted in 2010.

WWE thought so highly of him he main evented SummerSlam

 

[Senor M]

Heath Slater debuted in 2010.

WWE thought so highly of him he main evented SummerSlam

Does that mean the WWE once thought highly of Mitch, Mikey & Johnny of the Spirit Squad??

They once mainevented a PPV too as part of the Spirit Squad.

 

[Chops18]

Even John Laurinitus main evented a ppv.

 

[cheesedogg]

God main evented a ppv. In a tag match of all things.

 

[Senor M]

God main evented a ppv. In a tag match of all things.

Wasn't Cena/HHH/Edge the main event of Backlash '06 with HBK & God Vs The McMahons on the undercard.

 

[cheesedogg]

Wasn't Cena/HHH/Edge the main event of Backlash '06 with HBK & God Vs The McMahons on the undercard.

Oh possibly actually. Just another example of no respect for tag team matches lol

 

[Deathly]

Rollins needs to drop the title to Drew shortly after WM. No one cares about him.

This will be the best time to build someone fresh for Universal contention up against Drew.

Should be someone from SD.

INB4 it's just Reigns.

 

[Deathly]

This might not be THAT unpopular but I never see people mention it - but I HATE the use of social media in the industry today. Like look at WWE, always using social media platforms to announce and create things. Matches and future events should be made or alluded to in segments of the show. But nah - complain about it being hard to write for a 3 hour show, but they're the same clowns writing wrestlers to speak more on Twitter than through a microphone on television.

 

[Baird]

Anyone else think Vince Mcmahon is the embodiment of satan?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

This might not be THAT unpopular but I never see people mention it - but I HATE the use of social media in the industry today. Like look at WWE, always using social media platforms to announce and create things. Matches and future events should be made or alluded to in segments of the show. But nah - complain about it being hard to write for a 3 hour show, but they're the same clowns writing wrestlers to speak more on Twitter than through a microphone on television.

I'd like it if WWE were consistent with whether it means something, but they're not. Vince/writers ignore most of it.

 

[Cleavy]

This might not be THAT unpopular but I never see people mention it - but I HATE the use of social media in the industry today. Like look at WWE, always using social media platforms to announce and create things. Matches and future events should be made or alluded to in segments of the show. But nah - complain about it being hard to write for a 3 hour show, but they're the same clowns writing wrestlers to speak more on Twitter than through a microphone on television.

agree, the most important parts should be on tv, not where you have to seek them out to invest in it

 

[mackem]

I don't use social media so I don't see these announcements.