Weekly TV Thread - August 19 - 25

[QUOTE="The_Dude14"]Did he just blow out an electric lantern?TheGm86

Where the %#@& have you been? 

Los Matadors... That... might just be dumb enough these days to work.The_Dude14

[QUOTE="The_Dude14"]Los Matadors... That... might just be dumb enough these days to work.The_Dude14

Heard they are Primo & Epico. 

Make of it what you will.

Don't like the Doesy Doe?TheGm86

[QUOTE="The_Dude14"][QUOTE="The_Dude14"]Los Matadors... That... might just be dumb enough these days to work.TheGm86

Heard they are Primo & Epico. 

Make of it what you will.

This segment would be a lot better if Triple H didn't repeat the same sentence over and over.pokajabba

That would hardly be a HHH promo now would it.

This begs the ultimate question -- Just which storyline/segment felt stronger to you guys personally? Did you prefer where things were going with Paul Heyman and CM Punk, or perhaps you found Daniel Bryan vs The McMahons to be the strongest thing going tonight. I am going with Daniel Bryan vs The McMahons. I feel the only thing that may have been missing during that segment was a certain ferocity on Bryan's part, but he established a brilliant fighting spirit nonetheless.pokajabba

This begs the ultimate question -- Just which storyline/segment felt stronger to you guys personally? Did you prefer where things were going with Paul Heyman and CM Punk, or perhaps you found Daniel Bryan vs The McMahons to be the strongest thing going tonight. I am going with Daniel Bryan vs The McMahons. I feel the only thing that may have been missing during that segment was a certain ferocity on Bryan's part, but he established a brilliant fighting spirit nonetheless.pokajabba

Shame to see that Ziggler is still getting buried. Who'd he piss off?TruthTellers

If you think that was a burial you clearly don't know much about wrestling.

The Corporation's Champion, whom Triple H referred to as "the future of the WWE", is a man who's been in the company longer than John Cena has.

Makes sense. 

The Corporation's Champion, whom Triple H referred to as "the future of the WWE", is a man who's been in the company longer than John Cena has.

Makes sense. 

Redders1989

If you actually think hard about this storyline there are a lot of plotholes. At least it's entertaining. 

[QUOTE="TruthTellers"] Shame to see that Ziggler is still getting buried. Who'd he piss off?SAVE_US_KYJ

If you think that was a burial you clearly don't know much about wrestling.

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[QUOTE="TruthTellers"] Shame to see that Ziggler is still getting buried. Who'd he piss off?TruthTellers

If you think that was a burial you clearly don't know much about wrestling.

He was beaten in a 3-on-1 handicap match. That sort of thing could have happened to Stone Cold at the height of his popularity if he pissed Vince off or something. 

I haven't seen any indication that WWE has any confidence in Ziggler as anything more than a nice talent to have around.The_Dude14

To be perfectly honest that's kinda how I've felt about Ziggler lately. For a midcard guy he's pretty good but I don't have much interest in seeing him as one of the top guys.

Like...he's competent and he has no huge flaws. If he's in a match with another solid wrestler you know the match will at least be fine. He's decent enough on the mic but he also never delivers any truly memorable promos. I think his current place on the card is more or less where he should be most of the time.

I know Ziggler didn't get a huge reign or anything, but during the short amount of time he was champion he did nothing new, nor interesting. I dunno about you guys, but shouldn't some of the most interesting stuff happen just after you win a championship? That's usually when you would be at your freshest. Then when you begin to get stale, somebody new takes the lead and they spend time building towards the title switch from the challengers perspective.pokajabba

To be fair to Ziggler his reign was kinda f*cked right from the beginning since he got injured right after winning the belt. Maybe they had somthing interesting planned but threw everything out the window after that (especially since concussions are different from other injuries where you don't know just how soon the guy will be fully healthy, etc). 

Like...he's competent and he has no huge flaws. If he's in a match with another solid wrestler you know the match will at least be fine. He's decent enough on the mic but he also never delivers any truly memorable promos.JML897

[QUOTE="JML897"]Like...he's competent and he has no huge flaws. If he's in a match with another solid wrestler you know the match will at least be fine. He's decent enough on the mic but he also never delivers any truly memorable promos.TruthTellers

That's a pretty good point. Maybe that's why I dislike Orton so much, he was always at the top of the card despite the fact that he's always just been "okay". Talent-wise he was replaceable but WWE didn't seem to think so.

I do think what he's doing now is pretty interesting though. 

Orton was a third gen wrestler born into the business. As is the case with EVERY FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, it's not what you know, but who you know. Sorry, people getting preferential treatment over hard working people who just aren't as fortunate p*ss me right the f*ck off.TruthTellers

[QUOTE="TruthTellers"]Orton was a third gen wrestler born into the business. As is the case with EVERY FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, it's not what you know, but who you know. Sorry, people getting preferential treatment over hard working people who just aren't as fortunate p*ss me right the f*ck off.StaticKornSlipX

[QUOTE="StaticKornSlipX"][QUOTE="TruthTellers"]Orton was a third gen wrestler born into the business. As is the case with EVERY FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, it's not what you know, but who you know. Sorry, people getting preferential treatment over hard working people who just aren't as fortunate p*ss me right the f*ck off.TruthTellers

For being virtual nobodys, and having no real face turn, PTP as faces were pretty damn over for their postion, all things considered.

Granted, it was a good crowd on Monday. 

Ending of Zayn vs. Cesaro

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