WWE Musings

A Good Tuesday to You, Enthusiasts! The Shake-Up is in full effect and so far, I’m not unimpressed.   I don’t know much of this Drew McIntyre but he at least looks intriguing for a Scottish specimen anyway.   I was kind of expecting to see Charlotte since she has certainly demonstrated that she can dominate if she so pleases but I am glad Natalya is getting some due.   She can wrestle but I don’t know how to gain her fan appeal.   Hopefully, just displaying her talents will get her respect but, it’s hard to say.    I’ll be the first to say this whole thing boils down to a popularity contest and her fans tend to be niche.   The alliance with Ronda Rousey may help but we’ll see.   Friendships are made to be broken in the WWE.   Speaking of Ronda Rousey, I have to say that my suggestion of starting her off with Sonya Deville took splendidly as they both flipped the script and “fought”.   Well, it was exaggerated sparring but an interesting change-up nevertheless.   Does that mean

Greetings, Enthusiasts! So, before we head to Saudi Arabia for the grandest Royal Rumble of all time, we’re gonna shake things up and have the roster do a brand shuffle.   Can’t really say how they’re gonna do it to be honest.   The only things I could think of that would maybe be of benefit is perhaps Charlotte going back to RAW while Asuka comes to SmackDown.   I would say Shinsuke Nakamura would probably fair well if he went Red too but, for someone else to go Blue I would say perhaps a Roman Reigns could benefit from a surprise switch-up.   My thinking is that it would be a true surprise.   Generally speaking, fans are expecting the WWE Powers that Be to continue to cram him down our throats whether he takes or not.   I think this would be a good time for the WWE to demonstrate cunning by showing that it can change its spots, it just has to want to.   Besides, this would present a scenario where Reigns would have to prove himself both figuratively and literally which is the

Happy Tuesday to You, Enthusiasts! So, RAW hit the reset button and we now have all sorts of new things contemplate.   Such as,  Bobby Lashely's return, though this is a first for me, along with Samoa Joe and Jeff Hardy coming off the DL.   And we got some debuts with Ember Moon and No Way Jose getting called up to the Majors. All of a sudden, everything’s different.   Ain’t that life in the WWE?   So, with the game officially changed and a shakeup set for next week, we should have some interesting times ahead.   Told you we don’t know everything 😉 So, tonight, SmackDown proceeds with their WrestleMania fallout and the big item of note is the Shinsuke Nakamura heel turn. Personally, I missed this moment because it looked like both AJ Styles and Nakamura took some nasty bumps and I was honestly worried they were injured, Nakamura especially.   It looked to me he landed on his neck at some point.   I was scared for them!   But it looks like both gentlemen are fine and

Hello, Enthusiasts! Did you catch WrestleMania?   Well, it was definitely a spectacle but was it good?   It’s hard to say.   It definitely has us talking but the buzz isn’t exactly good.   It’s more…quizzical.   We just don’t know what’s going on and to be honest, Enthusiasts, we have to admit that we never really do.   As much as we search the Internet for information, it’s hard to say what of it is true and what of it isn’t and so, we should simply admit that we don’t know what the WWE has planned and seeing how this is primarily entertainment, we have to ask ourselves how much we should really care.   For the most part it is scripted so, all we have to do is decide to put our thumbs up or down. I would say We the Audience are at a crossroads with the WWE right now.   Whether Creative likes it or not, the days of simply churning out shite are quickly coming to a close.   They’re going to have to make some sense and consistently at that.   Not a bad thing but it will prom

Happy WrestleMania, Enthusiasts! So, we can admit it hasn't been the greatest lead-up but for some reason, that snap-crackle-pop! is permeating through the air.   I would say that’s a good thing.   As for tonight’s content, it’s all hard to say.   John Cena is sitting in the audience, acting a “fan” and that’s either to sell the surprise or show that they did all that build for no reason.   If it’s the latter, they better offer up a good alternative.    I don’t care what that alternate is, though.   As long as it entertains.   Let’s go ahead and admit the true “willy-nillyness” of this franchise.   Things are generally done for shits & giggles but all I’m saying if that’s the case at least make it interesting.   Bait and switch us, that’s fine.   Don’t need The Undertaker beating himself up for no reason.   But, if the match does go down, then that’s the real main event b ut we’ll see.  No guarantee it steals the show. As for the scheduled main event, I would say

Good Evening, Enthusiasts! Well, RAW wasn’t terrible but definitely subpar for a WrestleMania go-home show.   Thing is, that wouldn’t be the first time.   Nevertheless, though I’m not exactly buzzing as we head into Sunday, I get the feeling SmackDown has received these notes and will string together something that at least enables us to keep some faith alive and WrestleMania will be the biggest show of the year as it aims/claims to be each year. Now, I’ll be honest.   I’m relatively new to the actual “WrestleMania” experience.   Growing up, no one would ever spend money on that so, I got a look at what clips I could.   Now, that it’s so affordable, I’ve been watching in recent years.   I won’t look at previous ones because I feel that with a genre such as this, the past has to be left there, r espected but never resuscitated.   The content must be current.   Yet, the spirit can still permeate.   That being said, I’m not sure if I’ve yet witnessed a stellar WrestleMania, they are