Over the last couple of years, I've been making an attempt to get back into wrestling. Since I don't have access to TNA on TV anymore, I'm going to limit myself to WWE at the moment. When I get the odd indy show coming to town, I'll make sure to be excited about that.
Until then, here's how I'm feeling about a variety of topics.
The New Day:
I've generally become bored of the trio, as of late. Nothing against them. The group has made me give a shit about Big E. Xavier & Kofi can usually have good matches, as far as I'm concerned. Where I'm having problems is that their routine has become stale. It's the same stuff day in and day out.
Not really keen on their bumpin' & grindin' when they mention that they're WWE World Tag Team Champions. When Xavier states that, it's really the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard for me.
Plus, no matter how many "threats" come their way, New Day keeps coming back time after time. It's as though they've become the John Cena of the tag team division. Every team they've faced, as of late, inevitably turns into a joke. Hopefully now with Gallows & Anderson taking them on, that will change.
I understand WWE is building up New Days' record breaking title reign. I just ask they make some of the opponents a bit more threatening to the group.
I'm still trying to figure out the bit with the unicorn horns. Damned things look like dildos. Seriously, whenever I see New Day wearing the unicorn horns, it looks more like dildos then horns.
KEVIN OWENS:
I have to admit that I'm happy about WWE putting the Universal Title on Owens. I was surprised that he became the champion as I was expecting it to go on Seth Rollins or Roman Reigns, the latter I'll discuss later. Putting the strap on Owens was inevitable. It was simply a matter of time before he'd get a main event title (WWE or Universal titles).
How long this reign lasts will depend on a few key factors, usually the obvious points like merch sales, TV ratings and whatnot. With football season upon us, the ratings are going to take a hit for awhile. Hope this doesn't get WWE to cut Owens' reign short.
Then again, I can't imagine WWE cutting his reign short quite yet. It would make his build up a huge waste of time.
RANDOM THOUGHTS:
A recent trend I've been noticing is that WWE is bringing up a wrestlers success from outside WWE, as of late. Currently, it's small tidbits here and there, usually whenever someone is coming onto the main roster. I noticed it with Styles, Anderson & Gallows originally with their time in Japan.
I can't recall, off-hand, the other wrestlers they've done this for. It's usually quick little bits of information, usually involving the Indies that are no threat to WWE. Perhaps this trend will continue. After all, most wrestling fans are capable of looking this information up anyway.
Bo Dallas has gotten a few tweaks to his character, lately. Since I don't watch WWE every week, I mainly noticed this after he got into shit a few weeks back while drunk. Bo's showing a more aggressive streak. The goofiness he had previously was holding him back. Perhaps this new mean streak will mean a serious push for Bo.
Nice to have a cruiserweight division again. If this goes well, perhaps WWE will expand on it by adding a cruiserweight division for Smackdown. Depending on this works out, a separate 1-hour show on the Network could be an option.
We'll see.
While we're on the topic of divisions, it's about time WWE is taking the tag team division seriously again. They've been building on their tag team ranks quite a bit over the last several months. I'd have to go back several years to remember the last time WWE had such a healthy tag team roster.
The women's division is easily at it's best, right now. I'd have to go back to my childhood when I can remember women wrestlers being treated as serious competitors. Even then, I don't recall the women's division getting as much attention as it is now. When you have women like Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and so many others kicking ass, I can't help but feel happy.
Finally rid of the "divas" who have to win ridiculous contests, just to get a contract and have sloppy matches. While I'm at it, I don't miss the "She-Ra Princess of Power" Belt. Seriously, that thing was atrocious.
Nice change having jobbers brought back to WWE. It was stupid to have your main roster battle it out week in & week out, making one guy look great at the expense of another performer. You need to make a wrestler look good? Don't do it at the expense of someone else's push. Makes all their past accomplishments meaningless if they've been turned into over glorified curtain jerkers.
Couple weeks back, the Usos had a much needed heel turn. About damned time, I must say. They had been stale for a long time, through no fault of their own. If we could only get a heel turn with John Cena, I would have an easier time watching his matches again.
WWE seems to have realized that fans just weren't that interested in Roman Reigns. As of late, he's been depushed. Granted, he's being used more in a midcard/upper midcard capacity, but his push has been lessened. Nothing against the man, but WWE was trying too damned hard to push him down everyone's throats. One way or another, they were determined to get people behind him.
Maybe by taking it slower, WWE will have a better job getting fans behind Reigns. Maybe his feud with Rusev will also help build Rusev's character, which I wouldn't mind seeing.
The two bright spots for me, as of late, are AJ Styles and Miz. Miz has been more entertaining, as of late, then he's been previously. I think this started around the time Maryse first returned. Unfortunately, it didn't do Zach Ryder any favors. At least Ryder's managing to recover from that by teaming with Mojo Rawley, but I digress.
Miz has been nailing it out of the park, as of late. I'm of the opinion that once he had the worked shoot with Daniel Bryan, a few weeks back, Miz has truly found his niche. I want this to continue. The Intercontinental Championship hasn't looked this important in a long time. With Miz as champion, it may be awhile before we see him drop the belt.
I would like nothing better then Miz breaking Honky Tonk Man's record. I feel it could be truly epic, if WWE tried this.
Final thought for the day is AJ Styles as WWE Champion. That's something I never thought was possible until recently. Even when he finally joined WWE, I didn't want to get hopes up too high. Surprisingly, WWE had AJ win the title after a short time in the company.
He hasn't even been with WWE a full year and he's already the WWE Champion. That's not too shabby for a guy that started off with a few appearances in WCW, early on. Perhaps this is WWE's way of saying AJ's proven himself. I hope so. I want to see him go far in WWE.
That's all for me for right now. Please feel free to leave your comments.
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