RAW Leads the Way to the Royal Rumble!!!!
Greetings
Enthusiasts!
I hope
you’re one of the lucky ones who got today off.
I can’t say that I’m complaining.
So, here we are again at another Go-Home show for the Royal Rumble. There’s not much advertised. As we know, Finn BΓ‘lor earned the #1
Contender spot against Brock Lesnar now he his job is to sell this match. When I say this, the real key is making this
match believable. For smarks and
perhaps potential new fans, this match-up hinges upon the “sell”. How believable this match-up comes off is
what makes us want to watch it. Now,
this is a quintessential “David vs. Goliath” match. What the WWE has to focus on is making us believe Finn BΓ‘lor honestly has a shot
and come the actual match, it has to be honestly portrayed as if he has a chance.
And "truthishly", the only real way to do that is give BΓ‘lor the
smarts. He has to outsmart Lesnar to
some degree if he’s going to win. We
know the game is inherently rigged, the trick is to make us believe it’s
not. If this match is going to get any
traction, we have to believe there is one.
That’s going to be BΓ‘lor’s job tonight.
As for
the Ladies, they’re going to keep the fire going under Ronda Rousey’s and Sasha
Banks’ building rivalry. I’m glad Banks
is getting back in the picture. How to
keep things fair within a deep roster will probably be tricky but it can be
done. For once, we don’t have to worry
about a lack of talent; the problem is using everyone effectively. We’ll see what the ladies do with their
current opportunity but in other news, how Creative is handling the talent is becoming
a real issue backstage I hear.
Word
is that a lot of the “B Players” on the roster have been requesting their
releases. With the creation of AEW (All
Elite Wrestling), a new wrestling faction partly fronted by Chris Jericho, a
lot of the wrestlers that we rarely see are trying to start new lives with the
promotion. Rumor has it that the likes
of the Kanellis-es and The Revival, among others have been requesting to be let
go to pursue other options. There’s even
been word that the WWE has refused some of these requests. To be honest, I can’t blame people for
considering other pastures. Though the
WWE is
the brightest beacon, some wrestlers may be better off in smaller
promotions. They’ll get more action and more chances to really hone their craft.
the brightest beacon, some wrestlers may be better off in smaller
promotions. They’ll get more action and more chances to really hone their craft.
We
have to admit that the WWE works more like a popularity contest. Cesaro may be the best example of that. He’s a great wrestler. Awesome in the ring but no one really wants
to see him. People may say he lacks
charisma or what have you but for whatever reason, he’s just not that popular
so he’s stuck with the other blatant European in Sheamus and made into a Tag
Team. Sheamus is more popular than
Cesaro generally speaking but both don’t seem to gain much support on their
own. It may not be fair but they’re better together
than apart given the current structure of things within the WWE. Could that change? Certainly but will it any time soon? We have to face that wrestlers like this
would probably fair better in an Olympic or competitive arena. If it really was about winning the match and
not entertaining they’d probably have well-decorated careers and honest
accolades but this is wrestling entertainment. It’s more important for the We to be
entertained. So, will everyone keep our interest
tonight? Well, they kind of have
to. Go-Home shows are supposed to get is
salivating, absolutely aching for the PPV.
Let’s see if they get us going. Funny
tweets get retweeted and as for Likes/Favorites we’ll see if they prompt us to
cough up some gems.
See You
in a Bit,
-Nicole Alexis (^_~)
Comments
Post a Comment