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I have noticed that the Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles feud has gotten really personal. It is starting to remind me of Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in how personal it’s getting. Am I seeing things?
If you are then I am too. I said the same thing on audio last week. Joe has been great at really getting into AJ’s mind. It has made for a great story. It has a bit of an NXT feel to it, which is a very good thing.
Any updates on the Vince McMahon movie "Pandemonium"? I gave it a Googling and the most recent news was in January.
Last I heard it’s still on hold. If Bradley Cooper signs on, I expect it to move forward then.
Justin Roberts pulls no punches in his book when relating his feelings about WWE upper management, in particular how he was "bullied" by Triple H and Kevin Dunn. Do HHH and Dunn really have this reputation of bullying or looking down upon non-wrestling talent, or is this more a case of sour grapes on Roberts' part due to bitterness stemming from the latter part of his WWE tenure?
This is my take, because I have seen it happen in my own personal life in business. You can put two people into the exact same situation and they will react much differently to it. I have never heard anyone else say that they were bullied by those two, and I have talked to a lot of people that have worked for them. They are professionals that want the job done the way that they want it done. In many situations, one person’s “you are picking on me” is another person’s “you are making me better at what I do.”
Has the whole "audience counting down with the clock" thing ruined how they present ironman matches? I get that they don't want the audience distracting the match by counting down every minute, but if you remove the clock, a lot of the intrigue and novelty of the match is lost. How would you handle ironman matches from here on, assuming the live crowd will continue to count down every minute?
I guess the best way would be to kill the clock until there are five minutes left in the match. On a half hour match, the ring announcer could announce when 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes have passed and at 25 minutes announce it and then put the clock up. With that said, fans that want to hijack a show are going to hijack a show.
Is it me or are all the real main event heels on Smackdown? All the Raw heels are upper midcard at best. Samoa Joe is currently feuding with AJ for the title, Randy Orton is a made man and a main eventer where ever he is on the card, Miz is untouchable at this point and Shinsuke might have slid down the card but he’s a bigger deal as a heel than anyone on Raw. Meanwhile, Kevin Owens has been canon fodder for Braun Strowman, Jinder Mahal has gone back to his pre 3MB gimmick, Dolph and Drew are a good tandem but I don’t see them as main event just yet, and while Baron Corbin has a nice spot with the constable gig, he’s not headlining any shows either. Elias feels more like a special attraction and yeah Raw has Brock, when Brock shows up. Am I being too nit picky or do too see all the top heels lopsided to Smackdown?
I think you make a good point overall. I would argue that Drew has helped Dolph a lot in getting credibility back and they have been good, strong heels. But yes, Smackdown has the better group.
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