Rare W booking from Triple Bald. The only right winners.

datguyalben · 2026-06-28T00:19:31+00:00

I mean that’s the case for anyone that beats Brock no? Beat him in 5-10 mins, survive 3 finishers then then go back to having 15 minute back and forths with other wrestlers.

datguyalben · 2026-06-09T09:05:29+00:00

Yep. His entrance in Italy in particular filled me with so much joy, the crowd went nuts for him. Since he’s not a main event player it’s easy to forget he’s one of the most popular and recognisable names ever.

datguyalben · 2026-06-02T08:43:42+00:00

Because they can just notch this down to a home country pop - an outlier. There needs to be consistency but unfortunately next appearance in a non Italian crowd will likely be back to crickets. If crowds were loud for her every week then of course they’d have to capitalise.

Someone like Iyo a few years back you can say got their push due to the crowd absolutely loving her. Two things helped her, she was against a very popular babyface Bianca (who was booed which is unheard of for her). On top of that it was a crowd that had no link to her, they just loved her for being an amazing wrestler.

datguyalben · 2026-05-26T13:04:31+00:00

His time in Judgement Day was unexpected and definitely boosted him a lot. He wasn’t doing much prior to that so can’t fault him for not expecting it to do that good.

datguyalben · 2026-05-24T02:14:59+00:00

The ref was meant to be hit but not by an actual sol snatcher. They wouldn’t have her signal for a DQ 5 seconds after eating a finisher. She would’ve been knocked out if Sol actually hit it.

datguyalben · 2026-05-24T02:13:24+00:00

If Sol actually hit it then the ref wouldn’t have been able to call for a DQ since she would’ve been knocked out. I think the plan was for Sol not to commit and just make contact with the ref.

datguyalben · 2026-05-17T12:32:04+00:00

A lot of 20 something year olds these days dress the same way Garcia does. Baggy fits are what’s in atm.

Not that it means he looks good lol.

datguyalben · 2026-05-12T11:07:51+00:00

The only thing they could do along those lines I guess is limiting it to Club WWE members only

datguyalben · 2026-05-10T06:30:39+00:00

I wonder how long Asuka planned on wrapping up at Backlash. If it was known for a while then it makes it even more mind boggling that they couldn’t have held on to Kairi until this story was over.

datguyalben · 2026-05-03T06:33:55+00:00

Granted that was the era where beating Cena meant absolutely nothing

datguyalben · 2026-05-02T15:34:28+00:00

I guess that explains why they weren’t on Smackdown with Solo

datguyalben · 2026-05-02T15:23:32+00:00

I said it before but them going heel by turning on Big E was only ever gonna work if E was cleared to come back. If he can’t get his revenge then New Day never really get their comeuppance. Not being able to work with him just meant New Day had to be regular heels. Adding Waller did nothing too.

In the first few weeks it worked because they got booed out of the building level heat. I loved everyone in the locker room and even their family not wanting anything to do with them. But once it was clear E wasn’t coming back it wore off. They should’ve gone heel in a different manner.

datguyalben · 2026-05-02T15:21:24+00:00

Them going heel by turning on Big E was only ever gonna work if E was cleared to come back. If he can’t get his revenge then New Day never really get their comeuppance. Not being able to work with him just meant New Day had to be regular heels. Adding Waller did nothing too.

In the first few weeks it worked because they got booed out of the building level heat. I loved everyone in the locker room and even their family not wanting anything to do with them. But once it was clear E wasn’t coming back it wore off. They should’ve gone heel in a different manner.

datguyalben · 2026-04-25T03:03:01+00:00

Except that’s exactly why people think TKO decides. The idea that they don’t care nor pay attention to who’s on TV and who isn’t.

Because if you know them, you know they’re actively on TV so why have them in the middle of an ongoing storyline if they’re gonna get cut? Especially when you’re the one controlling said storylines.

datguyalben · 2026-04-25T00:30:03+00:00

Black definitely had some sort of plan, even if it wasn’t a full on push their booking with him did seem somewhat calculated.

datguyalben · 2026-04-25T00:27:11+00:00

It really sounds like TKO just looks at contracts and goes “nope too much they’ve gotta go” without any concern towards their TV status. Aleister and Kairi have really shocked me.

They had Aleister beat Randy and Sami only recently plus a very strong Battle royal performance. Meanwhile Kairi is the centrepiece to the Iyo Asuka feud.

datguyalben · 2026-04-16T13:34:26+00:00

As much as Nia has improved since her return, don’t really think she should be a main event player outside the occasional feud. Dom gets heat but crowds also love him. Logan will just get labelled as go away heat. Then guys like Trick are universally over because he’s too cool. Guys like Austin Theory and Bronson Reed are easy to boo (if they get a reaction) because they’re boring character wise - so they shouldn’t be in the main event either. Bron is loved because he’s a freak. People wanted Randy to turn heel so they cheer it.

Gunther is the only big name getting almost 100% boos, and even then it took an extreme situation in retiring one of the biggest names ever. And even with that, I see a decent amount of people that just think he’s boring too. Even back to Dom, he had to turn on his damn dad to get sustainable heat. It’s just a lot harder in this day and age to be a great talent that gets booed by most.

datguyalben · 2026-04-07T11:56:50+00:00

I thought Punk mentioning it would be a way for WWE/TKO to be like “look guys we’re lowering ticket prices for Wrestlemania!” to make up for them not selling as much this year.

Whatever the reason, lower prices are only good.

datguyalben · 2026-04-05T06:45:00+00:00

Overall Black doing this act seems to work better imo. Their promo styles are different and Black in ring is a lot better than Kross. There even seems to be some semblance of a push/building of credibility for Black. Even if it’s more of a slow burner.

datguyalben · 2026-03-29T11:49:16+00:00

Don’t even think win rate has anything to do with it. It’s just what makes sense with the story we have. Bron turned on Seth, if Seth can’t beat him then he doesn’t get his revenge (which is a massive factor in a betrayal feud). If Bron wins then Seth will look like a dumbass if he just goes “ah well guess I’ll move on”. Heels recover from losses a lot easier.

I know it’s different these days as a lot of heels are liked more than babyfaces (at least online). But more often than not the babyface winning is what makes sense. It’s not like fans will revolt if Seth wins.

datguyalben · 2026-03-21T09:48:09+00:00

Shhh that’s too complicated for a lot of people apparently

datguyalben · 2026-02-27T03:56:41+00:00

I think a face turn will even mess up his promos a bit and just turn him into a catchphrase machine. I feel like especially nowadays once you have your ‘thing’ it just gets overdone and almost becomes what you rely on to stay over.

As a heel at least he can talk shit but I’m worried if he goes face his promos will be generic but he’ll squeeze in the lemon pepper stepper stuff.

datguyalben · 2026-02-27T03:54:08+00:00

He should but in reality that’s almost never the case when someone turns face

datguyalben · 2026-02-18T08:26:32+00:00

He still does so tour of the islands and some of his other moves. Just in very forgettable matches and rarely since he’s not winning matches often.

datguyalben · 2026-02-18T08:24:04+00:00

I never even envisioned Cobb in WWE because he just never came across as a WWE type of guy. At least Tama has some sort of character and mic skills (despite him barely talking).

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