RealGM Poll: Wrestling Approval Ratings

[Stanford]

I can't tell if it's a joke or not

If it wasn't a joke, I probably would've been warned or suspended by now...

Damn straight.

Besmirch your dear leader and you get the hammer!

[spykelee]

1. Big Show (5) Mostly dislike him, but his last several weeks he's done a much better job. Wrestled and acted like a giant, good crowd interaction too.

2. John Cena (7) been his usual self, which doesn't bother me as much as most people. Corny for sure, but solid nonetheless.

3. Sheamus (4) Stale, pale and awful

4. CM Punk (8.5) Does a great job of trying to stay ahead of the stale curve, for the most part, I think he succeeds
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5. Alberto Del Rio (8) Great job, especially in the last few months, love his promo's and his amped up aggressiveness.

6. Dolph Ziggler (8) Obviously a great talent in the ring. His constant "maybe" cashing in is a tad tiresome, but that's moreso on bookings than him.

7. Daniel Bryan (10) Luv Brian

8. Kane (3) Plays his role well, but it's been the same role for an eternity, and im not sure how you could change him up.

9. Ryback (3) Very stale, needs some competition ASAP

10. Chris Jericho (7) Was a big fan of his face turn, but it came a bit too late. Hopefully this isn't his last run.

11. Damien Sandow (8) All you ignoramus's need to recognize. Your welcome. (I cant believe ignoramus passed the spelling filter)

12. The Miz (7) I think Miz is solid everywhere. Solid mic work, good crowd interaction and decent in the ring. Not bad for ol Mike Mizani.

13. Christian (4) Heel to face with no explanation, having to clap to get the crowd into your matches, that screams a whole lot of meh to me. Not his fault, but it is what it is.

14. Sin Cara (2) Has done an awful job but is a fun guy to watch when matched up with the right talent. Sadly, that kind of talent is sorely lacking in WWE. He cant face Gabriel and Kidd every week.

15. Santino (0) i guess he fills a niche, but he's horrible.


1. WWE (6.5) passable, decent, getting better. Fill too much airtime with garbage but otherwise, not bad
2. TNA (NA)
3. ROH (NA) used to love the pure wrestling in ROH but I never see it now. I assume it's still awesome though.

1. WWE Summerslam
2. WWE Money in the Bank
3. WWE No Way Out
4. TNA Hardcore Justice
5. TNA Destination X

Sorry don't watch any PPV's.


1. In which era did you first start watching wrestling? Andre vs The Hulkster
2. WCW or WWE? WWF
3. "Let's Go Cena" or "Cena Sucks"? Let's go Cena i guess
4. Stanford or Celtics_Champs? Jr. Lucosa

[Sebastian]

1. Big Show - 3 - Better of late, but still the most boring member of the main event scene.
2. John Cena - 5 - Capable of both greatness and utter ****, often vacillating between the two on a week to week basis.
3. Sheamus - 3 - Most stale champ since Swagger. Would be better served as a fixture in the upper mid-card scene.
4. CM Punk - 9 - His character has consistently evolved and grown over the last 5 years, which is refreshing when you compare him to the Cenas of the world whose characters stopped growing back when Bush was still in office.
5. Alberto Del Rio - 7 - Massive improvement on the mic lately and he's an excellent worker.
6. Dolph Ziggler - 8 - Showing across the board improvement. Don't know if he can pull off a title run, but I guess we'll find out soon enough.
7. Daniel Bryan - 10 - Seems to excel even when put into dead-end angles. Love everything about the guy.
8. Kane - 3 - At this point he's just boring. Hard to stick around for 15 years with the same gimmick and not get that way.
9. Ryback - 1 - Don't like his look, music, in-ring skills, gimmick, or booking. Other than that, he's great. I suppose he's better than Brodus Clay.
10. Chris Jericho - 9 - His comeback has been a let-down taken as a whole, but he was really coming on as a face the last few months, and if he was sticking around you could have built a great World Title program around him and ADR and injecting some life into the B show.
11. Damien Sandow - 8- He's taken the ball and run with it so far. A mid-card title feud in the near future should give us a better idea of his possible main event potential. His gimmick is somewhat limiting long-term, but it's one that can slowly be shed a la Hunter Hearst Helmsley if need be. Wouldn't mind seeing him acquire a few apostles and forming a mini-stable.
12. The Miz - 2 - Just don't like him at all. He comes off as totally unbelievable ALL THE TIME (which is a significant problem given that he hasn't been given a Goldust or Undertaker-type gimmick that you really need skill to pull off. He's just a generic cocky heel). He's like the worst actor in a high school play who happens to be way over-confident and oblivious to his lack of talent.
13. Christian - 6 - He's good at whatever he does, but they haven't given him a whole lot of interesting stuff to do lately.
14. Sin Cara - 2 - Boring as hell, especially since he's treated as an attraction with the stupid lighting and over-the-top commentary during his matches.
15. Santino - 1 - Once was funny, but he's basically just there now to entertain the little kids like a balloon-twisting clown at a party.

Section 2
I will give you the names of different wrestling companies, and I would like you to give them a score on that same 1 to 10 scale.

1. WWE - 6 - Just entertaining enough that I watch Raw every week and catch a few SD segments on Youtube while watching all the PPVs, but it's a short drop to the unwatchable abyss that pushed me away from the product several years ago.
2. TNA - 6 - I don't watch it consistently, but when I do, I'm generally pleasantly surprised. The work rate seems to be much higher than WWE at the moment, and for those of us that care about such things, that's very important.
3. ROH - N/A

Section 3
I will give you the name of 5 recent Pay Per Views, and I would like you to give them a score from 1 to 10.
1 is "I strongly disapprove of this show"
10 is "I strongly approve of this show"

1. WWE Summerslam - 6 - Some very solid matches in the undercard, but the two main events were lacking.
2. WWE Money in the Bank - 5
3. WWE No Way Out - 4
4. TNA Hardcore Justice - 7
5. TNA Destination X - N/A


Thank you! Now we have some demographic questions, and then we're all finished.

1. In which era did you first start watching wrestling? - Rock n wrestling era.
2. WCW or WWE? - Loved both during the MNW, but WWE all the way otherwise.
3. "Let's Go Cena" or "Cena Sucks"? - The latter.
4. Stanford or Celtics_Champs? - Both, babeh!

[Stanford]

9. Ryback - 1 - Don't like his look, music, in-ring skills, gimmick, or booking. Other than that, he's great. I suppose he's better than Brodus Clay.

So would that make Ryback a 2, or Brodus unratable?

4. Stanford or Celtics_Champs? Jr. Lucosa

I can get on board with that.

[jr lucosa]

4. Stanford or Celtics_Champs? Jr. Lucosa

I can get on board with that.

[spykelee]

He's only 1 man!!!!!

[studcrackers]

Section 1
I will give you 15 superstars, and I would like you to give them a score from 1 to 10, based on their performance in the last 6 months.
1 is "I strongly disapprove of the job they're doing"
10 is "I strongly approve of the job they're doing"

1. Big Show - 6 he's been pretty good as a heel (it's really the only way his character can work for anyone older then 12) thing that sucks is even when he's dominating you never get the feeling he'll beat the top guys. also hate when the announcers act as if he wont be able to AA him though he's done it hundreds of times.

2. John Cena - 6 and that's mainly for his in ring work his characters and promos are consistently stale and sub par. also hate that he gets top billing on the card despite not having the title for nearly a year. might be my biggest gripe with the company right now

3. Sheamus - 6 nice to see people are taking notice that he's a good worker, ive always felt that (especially for a big guy) but he's not a great face (and i hate the announcers shilling for him) biggest annoyance with him is you never get the feeling he's going to lose (and it's been months since he has) His 2 out of 3 falls match with bryan migth be my favorite match of the year

4. CM Punk - 8 it's a 10 if we just go back to the 1000th raw as he's been money ever since. matches are still top notch and his promos are finally coming back to that. im amazed that he's able to draw the heat he's been getting.
5. Alberto Del Rio - 8 probably gets an extra point for ricardo (whom i love) always liked his work. sheamus feud has been a little disappointing as they havent been given enough time to put together a truly great match

6. Dolph Ziggler - 9 one of my favs, hope they dont f*ck up the MITB thing. sells better then anyone in the business

7. Daniel Bryan - 10 quite simply my favorite, the most over person in the company right now (probably outside of cena) puts on the best matches even when dealt with people like kane. had probably the 2 best matches w/punk and the aforementioned sheamus match

8. Kane - 5 gets an extra 2 points for his promo last night which was hysterical. if he did hurt zach ryder every week though id enjoy it

9. Ryback - 5 i like him (though i miss the pre match jobber promos) but i hate when they debut new characters and they're never given a feud, happening w/him and clay and it's been going on way to damn long. also the inclusion of his catchphrase in his entrace music is stupid

10. Chris Jericho - 7 his return wasnt as great as id hoped but he's still one of the best workers around

11. Damien Sandow - 10 he, ziggler and bryan are the 3 guys i look forward to most each week. i want to hear him talk every week. hope he can move onto greater things after this clay sh*t is over. maybe if they dont give him one with a big time face he and rhodes can team up for awhile.

just this story alone about sandow at summerslam axxess is great: http://withleather.uproxx.com/2012/08/t ... aw-82012/7

12. The Miz - 6 never been much of a fan of his work but he's been very good since his return. was probably a 4 before it and an 8 since then.

13. Christian - 7 hasnt been given much to do since his return and i hate that as he can pull a great match out of anyone. can also work both ways

14. Sin Cara - 2 he sucks. when hunico was sin cara was when he was at his best

15. Santino - 3 shouldve never held the title for as long as he did (not that they give a sh*t about the US title) he'll make me smirk everyonce in awhile but that's it

Section 2
I will give you the names of different wrestling companies, and I would like you to give them a score on that same 1 to 10 scale.

1. WWE - 6.5 it varies some weeks are good others you're asking why you watch. the 3 hour raws have been very mixed. there's more wrestling matches but most the matches still dont last longer then 4 minutes which is a shame that the wrestlers are just there to show their signature moves. also would be nice if faces could lose cleanly. and get HHH the f*ck off my tv

2. TNA - i never watch tna but slammiversary was maybe the best ppv ive seen this year
3. ROH

Section 3
I will give you the name of 5 recent Pay Per Views, and I would like you to give them a score from 1 to 10.
1 is "I strongly disapprove of this show"
10 is "I strongly approve of this show"

1. WWE Summerslam - 4 very mediocre
2. WWE Money in the Bank - i dont remember all that much about the other 2 but im pretty sure MITB mightve been my favorite one theyve done this year
3. WWE No Way Out



Thank you! Now we have some demographic questions, and then we're all finished.

1. In which era did you first start watching wrestling? Attitude Era. 1st vivid memory i have of wrestling is being at our cousins house in kentucky and one of their friends was talking about wrestling to me and the karl malone/rodman stuff was going on and he said he'd tape that for me.

what he actually taped was King of the Ring 98 which of course featured the Hell in a Cell where Mankind gets thrown off the cell (and then through it) the tape ended before that match ended but i was hooked after that (and later rented the ppv from blockbuster to see the rest) also watched Nitro that night for the malone and ddp vs rodman/hogan stuff

2. WCW or WWE? WWE always

3. "Let's Go Cena" or "Cena Sucks"? cena sucks

4. Stanford or Celtics_Champs?
f*ck both of em

[jr lucosa]

He's only 1 man!!!!!

Hes the one man band!!

[Sebastian]

9. Ryback - 1 - Don't like his look, music, in-ring skills, gimmick, or booking. Other than that, he's great. I suppose he's better than Brodus Clay.

So would that make Ryback a 2, or Brodus unratable?

I can get on board with that.

They're both at a 1, but only b/c I used whole numbers. Brodus is more like a 0.6, while the Ryback is something like a 1.3. Both round to a 1.

[spykelee]

So who's up next? Let's get another round of ratings going.