Random Wrestling Thoughts (Part 2)

Two years ago today hell in a cell 2019 happened and we had amongst other things a surprisingly good HIAC match between Becky lynch and Sasha banks(I say surprisingly because a few of us were fearing the worst), and then we had THAT cell match at the end of the night between seth Rollins and the fiend which Seth talked about on the latest broken skull sessions with Austin.

Has Brock ever done a shoot interview? Would be interesting to hear about all his thoughts on opponents, matches, wrestling politics etc.

Fascinating character being this larger than life monster on-screen and a seemingly reserved very private farmer off-screen.

I can't stand that "hockey fight" spot that Owens and Sami Zayn popularised (I think it was them that popularised it anyway). It looks so shít.

There may be writers in that company who are pitching great stuff all the time but it never sees the light of day because of the whole corporate machine that WWE has become ever since they became a publicly-traded company. Yes, a big component of that machine is Vince McMahon himself since he puts himself at the top of that creative process but there's also that silly corporate stuff which gums up the works. You can't be too controversial because it creates PR issues. You can't suddenly change the look of a wrestler because they have a toy line out. Going by data analytics instead of just your gut like the old days. Plus the usual underlings trying to keep on Vince's good side.

But this isn't just in WWE where creativity goes to die. It seems like it happens in so many big entertainment companies. There was a US screenwriter who said that if a network makes a hit show, it's because the executives weren't paying attention or because the network was broke and couldn't afford to replace it after its first season. If you think about it, that's similar to the history of WWE. Stone Cold Steve Austin came about because WWE was on its a$$ and couldn't bring afford any of the old stars, who'd gone to WCW, and so Vince was left with no choice but to let Austin run with it, and it became the biggest thing WWE ever had.

Agree. He doesn't have the personality to get into a bombastic promoter war. Guy is a dork who likes wrestling and that's fine but understand that it doesn't lend itself to being a cool larger than life personality. Leave it to the wrestlers.

Roman has a cool factor (very recent cool factor, mind you) so his comments last week were fun and hold weight. Tony Khan's ranting about beating Smackdown (and failing) while on a show called "My Mother's Basement" was cringe.

If you wanna sling mud, get the stars who can talk to do it. Punk firing back at Roman would be interesting.

He's a money mark and it's clear that he wants to be liked by the talent. A bit like Ned Flanders crossed with Herb Abrams.

Tony Khan isnt a money mark.

IMO, no one had the business sense, the financial muscle and wrestling knowhow to create a challenger to Vince until Khan.

Also on Itssoeasys point on Tony wanting to be friends with the talent, granted yeah he's also the boss at the end of the day. I mean it seems to be working, there's been no bad mouthing, and the fact that NO ONE on the outside knew the seriousness of Brodie Lee's illness until the news broke of his passing late last year.

It was Punks third appearance on the show and against Matt Sydal so apart from ATT I'd say it was a fairly standard Rampage.

Whatever way you look at it it was WWE's A show against AEW's B show.

Its hopefully the kick up the whole WWE needed.

WWE hasnt changed yet though, their shows still could be produced and booked a 100 percent better. Until then, I wont be back anytime soon.

Saudi show does nothing for me

Advertisiers want the key demos. Its all they care about. Its what makes these companies money.

Slightly off topic but The Key demo is 18-34 I think? I always find this interesting because I always assumed that people aged 45-65 would have more income but this doesn't appear to be the case.

Let's hope WWE keep Edge's family out of his next Storyline

Can see Edge vs AJ Styles (would of been a dream match in the mid/late 2000s) been a great fued but it feels another one of those that Edges family is thrown into it

I wish that was 18-34 me. I was fúcking broke for most of my 20s.