Recent content by Radical

Here's my Revitalising the WWE Checklist: - First, some small but important changes: - NO MORE COMMERCIALS DURING MATCHES! Damn well kills any chance of suspending disbelief that these are actual competitive matches. When you are watching the NHL Playoffs, do they cut to a commercial while...

The reveal finally tells us that he will, in fact, have a dark side to his character. How they transition that into the ring and live on TV is still a big question. How will that work? Will he come out to the ring smiling with light, friendly music and then turn nasty in the ring? Or will it...

EC3 could be a great mid-card heel if done right and actually given a chance to succeed and gain credibility. But, this will not likely happen because Vince will probably not see the potential or be uninterested in using EC3's "Top 1%" gimmick to it's maximum. What they could do is have EC3...

Most of the gimmick PPVs in WWE these days are dumb. They are just there as a gimmick for the sake of having the gimmick. In the past, the gimmick matches were used when a particular feud got to such a point that having a cage match, hell in a cell, ladder match, hardcore match, etc. made sense...

The Ladder and Shark Cage Tag Team match idea isn't too bad. I generally like gimmick matches if the psychology and strategy of the match could be interesting and different depending on who is in the match. I wouldn't mind seeing a match like that, but if it were to happen, I'd really like it...

Almost agree with you completely on this, except for a few things. Your alternative storyline for Becky starting at the Rumble is great. I agee, no need for Charlotte to be in the match and make it this combined Women's Title match. That was stupid becasue they made Asuka lose her Title...

You bring up a lot of interesting points. Just have a few responses to them myself. Other than the Nation of Domination that helped birth The Rock and, of course, DX, yeah, the bunch of factions WWE created at that time of the WCW's NWO were pretty bad. But, that said, I think it's a little...

RTC? Right to Censor? Right to Censor did a great job as a mid-card faction. They had huge heat and it worked great for anyone who went up against them. They also had decent success on the mid-card, with Buchanan and Goodfather holding the Tag Titles and Ivory holding the Women's TItle. Sure...

I didn't suggest in any way that I listed all of the factions in WWE history. I just named some of them. New Day wasn't forgotten, I just didn't mention them. But, they have been good. As for all the bad factions in the past? Sure, but you could do that for every creative thing in pro...

I really wonder sometimes if WWE has learned nothing about the value of factions in their programming. It's like current WWE mentality is to let every wrestler fend for themselves and try to make that connection with the crowd with little direction, storyline or meaning to their matches. And...

Honestly, not particularly excited about it. Interested, as usual, about how it will all play out, but can't say I'm really excited about it. I'm sure it'll be fine, as it usually is, but I do feel it also has a few missed opportunities that are hard to overlook. The fact there isn't going...

I personally thought Ronda should have been heel right from the start. It never really made sense when she came out smiling and then when she was in the ring for a match or cutting a forced promo she looked like she was going to cry or burst a blood vessel. At least if she was heel for longer...

Agree with the whole general concept of what the OP is saying. Yes, less is more in this case. Isn't the first rule of show business "leave them wanting more"? Then why shouldn't it be that way for the sports entertainment business? It should. Yes, shorter shows. Raw to 2 hours and PPVs to...

It would be nice to see a new pro wrestling company emerge to give a reasonable alternative to WWE and a challenge that hopefully keeps WWE from getting complacent. What AEW has going for it is no previous track record. That is why I can't get behind Impact or ROH at all really. Too much...

Personally, I've always found pro wresting more entertaining overall when they have a strong main event stable. It gives the whole show a focus and can add a fluid storyline throughout the show. The days of Evolution running rough-shod on Raw, even though they played good heels and were...