I admit, I've been glancing over wrestling matches again as of late. There's nothing wrong with that, in essence, despite claiming first that I've given up.
Seems like Vince earned positivo points in the last 2 months. Since my last spew, we've been blessed with a program called WWE NXT.
I'll say it, NXT is the best programming WWE has put on in roughly 8 years. Why? Because it's like Tough Enough but not entirely. When the quirks have worked out, this is probably the best thing going for the WWE.
Bryan Danielson is being booked nicely, despite losing 8 weeks in a row. Michael Cole is finally showing some personality ... the focus lies wrongly with people like David Otunga, but it's been more than we could hope for anyway.
Michael Cole is ridiculous, the first sign of an on air personality and it stems from a legit issue he has with "internet sensations". I'm thinking Michael Cole has an issue with constantly being annihilated by net critics for his poor performance. Don't act like it's the internet's fault, Mr. Cole. It's you. You indeed suck.
But anyway. I'm seriously enjoying NXT. Literally every episode so far. That's pretty unusual. It seems like those young guys are genuinely trying to be bigger than life and as such attempt to put on good matches. Especially now, when the routine of WWE's schedule has set in somewhat, we see more than decent matches being put on every week. That being said, I should make a mental note to myself to send Dave Batista a notebook, a pencil and a reminder to watch NXT every week.
The competitions being put on (keg race for example) are rather lame, but I can live with it. In the whole jist of things, it only encompasses a small amount. The same goes for the pro's.
I admit I was a little worried when I read the concept. I feared too much focus would go to the strife of the pro's trying to mentor a young coach, but so far, they've been acting like props, aside from the usual few such as Chris Jericho. I was a little worried as well about the Miz being put forward as Bryan Danielson's pro (I will not switch around his name) but a few weeks in, it seemed like a logical decision. I can imagine the creative team brainstorming. Choosing the Miz as a mentor for Bryan Danielson was brilliant decision simply because half the IWC hates the guy for getting a lucky break. They're throwing the ball in and the fans simply whack it out of the ball park. Feather up the ass of the writing team.
That's not the only good thing going on though. I'm personally a fan of Drew Galloway. Or as he's known now: Drew McIntyre. WWE's intercontinental champ has been making a fair impression on the "universe" as of late. Of course, people hate him too. I took the liberty of visiting youtube videos of him in action. As youtube is commonly known as a cesspool of marks and perceived smart marks alike, you can usually find the most insane and inaccurate comments right there.
I knew people were gonna bash the fuck out of him. He's a heel, so that's a good thing. Surprisingly though, I also saw a "constructive" comment from someone who had a genuinely acceptable remark.
"Drew's boring. He's got a small moveset. It seems like he can't wrestle."
Paraphrased for convenience. Alllllllllright, time to whip out Pro Wrestling 101.
I took the time to bother with this comment, because the explanation as to why is perfectly clear ... or at least to me.
Drew McIntyre *can* wrestle. Quite well even. People just can't seem to distinguish the various types of heels in the biz. There's three types of primary heels:
1) The dominant ass kicking machine: Takes no shit, is an asshole to anyone and anything but utterly destroys the poor face guy. (i.e. Mark Henry, Ezekiel Jackson, Vladimir Kozlov)
2) The cocky arrogant technical guy: One who raves about his technical superiority, which is usually but not always paired with a narcissistic perception. (i.e. William Regal, Montel Vontavious Porter in 2006 etc)
3) The chickenshit heel: Guys who rave about their ability but usually find a way to weasel out of precarious situations. They usually get themselves counted out during difficult matches, they use cunning ways of deceiving the ref into their advantage etc.
Drew McIntyre is a textbook example of #3. To that end, he does not need a big moveset, simply because he is forced to work matches in the manner described by #3. Weaseling and being cunningness is a far bigger part of his matches than actually doing moves. It doesn't take away that his finisher is one of the most beautiful DDT's I've seen in a long time.
for TNA, I'll be very short. They fired the Nasty Boys! YAY! They put Scott Hall and X-Pac in that place! NAY! You will never learn TNA. Enjoy your downfall.
In an entirely unrelated note: Volbeat is more than awesome, why haven't you checked them out yet? GO DO THAT NOW!
Kk, that's all from me.
bai
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