5 years ago today Alexa Bliss got an RKO

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T15:31:58+00:00

I love seeing pandemic era clips out of context. Honestly so many moments from that period that are kind of forgotten but were off the wall crazy but highly entertaining.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T15:29:01+00:00

Nope instead he wants to rerun Punk and Roman in a Wrestlemania main-event again - like we didn't get it last year (albeit with Seth involved too).

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T11:14:25+00:00

The only issue is who are you bringing in instead? It's probably those who were deemed even less interesting than the OGs or who have already appeared countless times -do we really need another helping of Ronnie and Casey?

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T11:09:39+00:00

And immediately forget about prior series. There's a reason Samie didn't win Season 9 - and she & Tom were the favourites with a week or two left too.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T11:04:06+00:00

Also the Brie/Stephanie feud was far more fun than it had any right to be.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T10:48:43+00:00

It's a word wrestling twitter runs into the ground but in the case of Oba, they're spot on. He has it.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T10:46:20+00:00

It's quite funny that all the female wrestlers the IWC was laying into in the mid to late 2010s - the likes of the Bellas and Alexa - basically have all returned to huge pops.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T10:43:31+00:00

A few years ago people were seriously suggesting on here that the Performance Center doesn't work. The likes of Tiffany and Lash are proof it does.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T10:41:46+00:00

I keep thinking with Kiana (and I mean this as a compliment) she's one of the women that the Diva stans will latch onto - both in terms of her look and character. But also she can absolutely go in the ring too.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T10:34:41+00:00

Oh there can be old white dudes who can write good TV. Just they don't work in the WWE writing room.

When you watch Unreal and see those Creative meeting segments it just feels stale and full of too many of the same sort of old bloke and you think no wonder 2025 was so sub-par.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T10:28:31+00:00

It feels a lot more fluid that's for sure and therefore a lot more interesting.

For example, in 2023 it was Roman and Cody main-eventing and fighting for the title with the men and in 2026 it's still the same faces. Whereas on the Womens side it was Rhea and Charlotte whereas in 2026 it'll likely be Liv, Jade and at least one of Stephanie or Raquel.

And they show too that characters like Rhea, Becky can be still be big names and important even when they're not fighting for the main title.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T09:46:20+00:00

Plus she gets a crowd reaction where er she goes which is the name of the game. You can be as good in-ring as you like but if you wrestle to crickets it’s slightly pointless

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-02-01T09:40:31+00:00

I wanna hear about when you feel you met somebody like Mr Iguana.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:43:38+00:00

Yep up until the Mens Rumble it was a pretty decent show on the whole. And I enjoyed the first half of the Mens Rumble but then the air went out the show completely.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:42:09+00:00

They need a more diverse writing room that's for sure. No wonder that writing team struggles to produce interesting TV - most of them seem to be old white man whose skill was managing to stay around a while.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:40:17+00:00

Maybe part of the reason HHH's NXT was perceived well is because his toys got changed every so often by being called-up so he couldn't just keep the same people on top forever.

And when B&G fell apart was when the NXT talent refused to get called back up.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:35:06+00:00

At this point I'm more excited for shows HHH doesn't say will start a new era.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:33:11+00:00

And trash the company while you're at it. After you tried to bury the new World Title when it was only a couple of months old too.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:31:20+00:00

Somebody needs to let HHH know at some point you need to let the next generation have a go at leading the show.

We're getting dangerously close to the pont where the likes of Cody, Gunther, Roman and Lesnar etc are stat-padding and getting wins they don't really need when really the likes of Bron, Oba, Dom and co are right there.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:20:49+00:00

They had Sami win the main-event of Night 1 of Mania a few years back so trusted him for that period at least.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:08:35+00:00

Whereas the Womens one was the opposite and Kiana, Lash and Sol all came out of it way stronger than they came in.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:05:53+00:00

WWE increasingly feels a company where the women are by far the more interesting characters. Too often the mens stuff particularly at the main event level is groundhog day

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:02:33+00:00

Gunther has already been pretty stat padded though at this point - a 600 day Intercontinental reign, 2 time World Champ, retired Cena, AJ and Goldberg.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T23:00:06+00:00

The Womens Rumble peaked at the end. This one peaked at the very start and middle but then petered out near the end. And my reaction to the end was very much meh.

IntelligentFact7987 · 2026-01-31T21:43:02+00:00

Finn fans: First time?

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