WWE Musings

¯\_(ツ)_/¯  How’s it Hanging, Enthusiasts! Well, RAW managed to toss together a decent show with Samoa Joe putting his veteran status to good use against the “Beast Incarnate”, Brock Lesnar.   The whole program was entertaining enough.  I didn’t “booo” where it wasn’t necessary and don’t feel too bad about this upcoming Great Balls of Fire.  I did find it interesting that word on the street is that Bray Wyatt and Seth Rollins came out and did a lackluster dark match.  I find the placement of it odd.  I can understand down-playing Wyatt with his personal dilemma transpiring in the background yet, though the West Coast may not have the biggest fan backing for the WWE, Los Angeles is a great place to get seen.  It behooves a wrestler to put on a good show for who might be watching, whether televised or not.  I wonder if that’s more due to inside politics or something. In any case, SmackDown takes a jaunt down the 5 down to San Diego's Val...

S'pose I'll give it a try anyway 😉 What’s up, Enthusiasts! So, looks like RAW is in my hood this time around and it’s all very “hush-hush”.    Alas, I won't be attending, as is obvious with this post, but I will be catching it at its usually scheduled time with all the other West Coasters who have to work.  Well, with Great Balls of Fire coming up, the word is Lesnar could be ariound and the beef between he and Samoa Joe will continue to simmer and after that, whatever the hell else they care to display.   I’m sure the Enzo and Big Cass break-up will be addressed to some degree and who knows about whatever other bells and whistles they’ll put out there.   I get the feeling this will be a “pulled out of the hat” sort of night. Personally, I feel like it’s been awhile since we’ve done this.   The PPV’s are throwing me off.   It feels like months since I’ve seen wrestling.   On another note though, who checked out GLOW on Netflix? ...

Someone should 😉 Good Evening, Enthusiasts! Well, was it just me or was RAW more interesting than MITB?  Looks like I’m on the same page with someone.  Well, as we contemplate what was the inevitable dissolution of Enzo & Big Cass we come to the SmackDown rebuttal.  Well, hopefully it will entail some sort of Womens MITB rematch due to the heinous abduction of the prize by male hands.  I’ll keep my grumbling down if they find a way to make this angle engaging.  I get that the WWE tends to instigate its fans, I get that it goes with the territory but again if not properly applied, one tends to lose the audience.  Let’s not have another House of Horrors on our hands, shall we. In the meantime, we await John Cena’s return…that should be interesting given a lot seems to have gone down in his absence.  With him coming up as a “free agent”, that allows him to show up anywhere at anytime which could work.  I wouldn’t say use this to tur...

Greetings, Enthusiasts! So, I hope that WWE Creative has some extensive plans in the works because this year’s Money in the Bank PPV appeared to miss a few marks unless that was the plan in which case, I’ll keep my bitching to a minimum.   I’m sure the most irksome moment was the Women’s MITB Ladder Match that was secured with male interference by Ellsworth in Carmella’s favor.   I can see that this was done to purposely irritate but at the same time, it kind of illegitimatized the whole “Women’s Movement” in the WWE.   The chick who wins the contract only does so by a male cheating in her favor?   Doesn’t say much for the plight of Feminism.   I’m not sure that’s the best way to debut such a potentially momentous event.   We’ll see what they do with it. The MITB PPV was kinda punk-ass all around so I’m hoping that was the point to drum up some drama but I’m not sure how cleanly that will be demonstrated.   I’ve been noticing that the WWE...

I'm sure the bulk of you are like me and could use plenty more 😉 How's It Going, Enthusiasts! So, it's that time before SummerSlam when the Money in the Bank contract gets handed out and for this year of firsts, a Womens MITB contract will be offered as well.  As I expressed earlier and through Twitter, I like the mix-up that's currently going on with the WWE like having Jinder Mahal wearing the WWE Title and Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar set to go at it for Great Balls of Fire.  I'm hoping they keep going in that direction by giving Sami Zayn the contract and perhaps giving it to Tamina or Natalya on the Women's side.  These are personalities who have done their time, to reasonable degree, and I think a more diverse message should be displayed.  Ultimately, anyone on the roster should be able to hold a title, even Zack Ryder.  Any 2 "superstars" should be able to go out there and perform a title worthy match.  That is a mark of excellence I think t...

A Good Evening to You, Enthusiasts! So, RAW  had an okay showing starting off with a brawl between Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar but unfortunately, that was the biggest moment of the night.  The Main Event of The Hardy Boyz vs. Cesaro & Sheamus was all right but with little lead up, again, we’re just watching a pair of guys throw-down.  *Shrug* if that’s what they want to do.  Sure, the titles are on the line but with Matt Hardy having taken a little paternity leave, we're a little slow to catch back up to the rivalry.  I wouldn’t say this is indicative of a more negative trend but rather proof of a long-standing caveat of the genre.  There are going to be so-so matches and gimmicks that go nowhere.  It’s just the nature of the beast and this night was one of those throwaways.  I will say that Rhyno sold his cracker bit with aplomb so, my hat is off to him.  The roster needs to have more fun like that.  This is scripted entertainm...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? So, where are we?... Ah yes, Money in the Bank is now the buzz and we have a Men’s and Women’s contract up for grabs for the Blue Brand.   Now, as I touched on last week, I hope the goal here is to start some beef with the Red Brand so that they have a shot at a contract too.   I mean that would make it interesting, wouldn’t it?   I guess there are brand specific titles but the way I figure it, the goal is a match at Wrestlemania.   Why wouldn’t someone goad someone else into putting it on the line?    I don’t know, maybe it’s wishful thinking but I just find that the Blue Brand being the only ones to have a shot isn’t any fun.   I think someone from the Red Brand on both the Men’s and Women’s side should be able to snatch a title shot away and give themselves a shot at the title of their brand.   Why not?   Wouldn’t that be interesting at least?   Add a different dynamic?  Maybe I'm just whist...