Grievance’s.
I hate to be a whinge, but this is going to be a blog mainly consisting of whinging. Don’t get me wrong, it’s completely justified (in my head at least), but its whinging none the less. The WWE product at the moment is a total mess. I don’t mean a keyfabe mess either, in the sense that the creative team have missed opportunity after opportunity and have so many flaws in their storylines… it’s beginning to grate.
Following Money In The Bank, CM Punk was absolutely red hot. Punk managed to get himself OVER with the audience NATURALLY, using his ‘pipe bomb’ promos and technical ability to put on a 5 star classic with John Cena and winning the WWE title in the process. WWE could have capitalised on his comments and contractual situation by injecting more of a rebellious streak into Punk. Punk could have showed up all over the place with the WWE title, Ring of Honor shows, indy shows and fans could have really bought into his title thievery. It would have been a fresh storyline that both members of the IWC and casual fans could have enjoyed. Remember when Punk showed up at comic-con and disturbed Triple H’s press conference? People went mad for that and rightly so, it was awesome… and new. CM Punk could have become a truly legitimate top drawing superstar. Money in the Bank buy rates were up from 2010 and that trend could have continued. How things turned out however, were vastly different.
Punk was rushed back and ended up losing the WWE title to Alberto Del Rio at Summerslam… who was the ref for that match? Triple H. Triple H seems to be the common denominator in all of MY personal problems (maybe other people’s too) with WWE at the moment. It seems the creative team couldn’t handle someone naturally getting over and the Triple H/Vince McMahon storyline has been pushed down our throats instead. Make no mistake, that’s what this whole storyline is about, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a HHH vs McMahon match at Wrestlemania 28. Add to that Triple H’s notorious reputation for being proudly jealous and selfish and using his position in the company to bury people to keep himself on top, Punk didn’t stand a chance. ‘But Punk has been in consecutive PPV main event’s’ I hear you say. Look at the record though, he’s lost since his win at Money In The Bank and on the way lost to an inactive wrestler in Triple H…if you can’t tell, I’m sick of Triple H.
WWE has completely dropped the ball by rushing storylines. Triple H and CM Punk was supposed to happen at Survivor Series but was bumped to (perhaps) get rid of some of CM Punk’ s momentum. By the way, I find it hilarious that Punk is now a top merchandise seller and WWE are looking to go ‘full steam ahead’ with a Punk push later this year… presumably when Triple H is off screen (trollolol). Kevin Nash, why the hell was time wasted on him? Alberto Del Rio’s push to the WWE title was rushed and resulted in absolutely no one caring and the roster merge has done nothing to help ratings or the product in general.
Lets evaluate the COO/walkout storyline. Firstly, the WWE superstars walkout and vote ‘no confidence’ in Triple H. Then guess what, they ALL appear on Smackdown… wait I thought they walked out until HHH stops running the company not JUST Raw. Apparently WWE quickly realised their mistake and had superstars directly mention RAW on Smackdown despite saying otherwise on the previous show. Good save… We then have Vince McMahon come out (wait, I thought he’d been relieved of his duties?) and tell Triple H he’s fired as COO and John Lauranitis has been hired as Raw GM. Ok. So who runs day-to-day operations now? Triple H wasn’t just Raw GM, he was Chief Operating Officer. It’s just an instance of WWE assuming it’s fans are retarded and don’t realise the holes in their story. Keyfabe is SUPPOSED to be portrayed as real; it just seems a little lazy and as if the creative team hasn’t thought thing’s through.
John Lauranitis. There’s no doubting the guy generates heat. He’s been disliked by the IWC for years regarding the talent decisions he has made as well as being a ‘yes man’ to Vince McMahon. Despite that, the dude really shouldn’t be on screen. His voice renders his promos emotionless and I don’t think his heat will last for long without Triple H around.
Moving on from the HHH/McMahon story, another opportunity missed is Zack Ryder. Ryder had a nice video package shown on Raw a few week’s ago followed by two pins on the United States Champion including one with Hugh Jackman in his corner. Flash forward to two weeks later and Ryder hasn’t been seen. Seemingly, his push has been given to Mason Ryan instead… Once Zack Ryder had been on a win streak, the majority of the live crowd got behind him immediately and WWE should have jumped right onto that. Instead, Vince is fapping himself over Ryan’s size and physique rather than a genuinely entertaining and capable superstar. Mason Ryan is incredibly robotic and clumsy in the ring, has more tan on than the chicks in Oceana and isn’t even strong. You see, that’s the thing about guys on steroids, they look strong but aren’t. Watch him try to pick up Jack Swagger on Raw, he struggles and botches the move. That isn’t the first time I’ve seen him do it either. Ryder has broken into the top merchandise sellers pack and WWE should capitalise NOW.
CM Punk’s storyline, a potential money feud between Punk, Triple H and Kevin Nash, rushing Del Rio to the RAW main-event and taking Zack Ryder off television because you think you've found the next Dave Batista. WWE, show some patience and put thought into storylines for fuck sake!
Hell, weren’t The Miz and R-Truth meant to be ‘outsiders?’ They’ve now been rushed back and put into a tag match with Triple H and CM Punk who are now apparently best buds. What the fuck? Another opportunity missed.
To top it all off Jim Ross was ‘fired’ for the 987766778th time… in Oklahoma.
*Cornette Face* Fuck this company.
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