WWE SmackDown Discussion II

iMoreland · Post #781 » by **iMoreland** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:06 am

Idk, I just think all one named wrestlers are too unrealistic. No one in real life has one name.

tugs · Post #782 » by **tugs** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:07 am

WHAT NO WHY

Has to be one of the most unique names in wrestling and take it away smh

Is it because the other monikers? Is he gonna be "El Idolo Andrade" now?

How bout let them keep their names and don't add **** like, "The Artist". Creative doing creative things...

iMoreland · Post #783 » by **iMoreland** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:19 am

Andrade vs Rey holy sh*t, 5 stars

Spens1 · Post #784 » by **Spens1** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:49 am

iMoreland wrote:Andrade vs Rey holy sh*t, 5 stars

They should do this at Mania again, Mask vs Hair, right here they have a top non-title feud that could really elevate Almas into the main event and make him a main event heel on smackdown.

Post #785 » by **Stanford** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:10 am

iMoreland wrote:No one in real life...

Dude, this is wrestling.

WRau1 · Post #786 » by **WRau1** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:14 am

Andrade is a special talent, I hope the WWE has big plans for him.

Post #787 » by **loserX** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:01 am

I always found it funny that they referred to him as Andrade "Cien" Almas. Full name and nickname? Usually people get a nickname so that you *don't* use their full name. It feels like always referring to "Julius Dr. J Erving".

I don't mind them shortening it but I think they went the wrong way. "Cien Almas" sounds better than just "Andrade".

Post #788 » by **Stanford** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:31 pm

loserX wrote:I always found it funny that they referred to him as Andrade "Cien" Almas. Full name and nickname? Usually people get a nickname so that you *don't* use their full name. It feels like always referring to "Julius Dr. J Erving".

I don't mind them shortening it but I think they went the wrong way. "Cien Almas" sounds better than just "Andrade".

Bret Hitman Hart
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Jake The Snake Roberts
Macho Man Randy Savage

Lots of examples of this in wrestling

bestnamezRtaken · Post #789 » by **bestnamezRtaken** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:49 pm

Really dunno what they're trying to do with this Mandy Rose/Naomi/Jimmy feud but this whole build has been dumb as hell. The photographer JUMPS OUT and snaps a ton of pictures while Jimmy has his hands up....while a camera is filming this all. Like, holy damn, stooooopid. There has to be better ways to build up a feud than trying to get someone to commit adultery. Like, let's move past this dumb "bits of attitude era" bs that they're trying to sprinkle in (counting the odd topless Alexa Bliss segment that was pointless).

Rey v Andrade was good though. Very fun to watch as well.

tugs · Post #790 » by **tugs** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:13 pm

Blame the Scarlett Bordeux Impact segment

improper · Post #791 » by **improper** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:02 pm

bestnamezRtaken wrote:Really dunno what they're trying to do with this Mandy Rose/Naomi/Jimmy feud but this whole build has been dumb as hell. The photographer JUMPS OUT and snaps a ton of pictures while Jimmy has his hands up....while a camera is filming this all. Like, holy damn, stooooopid. There has to be better ways to build up a feud than trying to get someone to commit adultery. Like, let's move past this dumb "bits of attitude era" bs that they're trying to sprinkle in (counting the odd topless Alexa Bliss segment that was pointless).

Rey v Andrade was good though. Very fun to watch as well.

They really need to stop acting like the WWE performers can't see the cameras when we absolutely know they can, and they definitely need to stop running angles predicated on WWE performers not watching the shows they perform on. This isn't Lucha Underground where the backstage stuff is shot like a film and the cameras are clearly invisible. This is WWE where the cameras are always and have always been visible to the wrestlers, something regularly acknowledged in backstage segments.

Scott Hall · Post #792 » by **Scott Hall** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:19 am

Whatever happened to red blooded males liking good looking women in lingerie? Why is this considered a bad thing?
When did everybody become so soft?

Post #793 » by **loserX** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:54 pm

improper wrote:
bestnamezRtaken wrote:Really dunno what they're trying to do with this Mandy Rose/Naomi/Jimmy feud but this whole build has been dumb as hell. The photographer JUMPS OUT and snaps a ton of pictures while Jimmy has his hands up....while a camera is filming this all. Like, holy damn, stooooopid. There has to be better ways to build up a feud than trying to get someone to commit adultery. Like, let's move past this dumb "bits of attitude era" bs that they're trying to sprinkle in (counting the odd topless Alexa Bliss segment that was pointless).

Rey v Andrade was good though. Very fun to watch as well.

They really need to stop acting like the WWE performers can't see the cameras when we absolutely know they can, and they definitely need to stop running angles predicated on WWE performers not watching the shows they perform on. This isn't Lucha Underground where the backstage stuff is shot like a film and the cameras are clearly invisible. This is WWE where the cameras are always and have always been visible to the wrestlers, something regularly acknowledged in backstage segments.

Eh, it never really made sense anyway. Why would Mandy have a WWE cameraman in her hotel room? Why would anyone fall for a rendezvous, fake or otherwise, when there was a *cameraman* in the room?

It's all just kayfabe, doesn't really bother me. The angle itself was pretty tired though.

Post #794 » by **Stanford** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:15 pm

Scott Hall wrote:Whatever happened to red blooded males liking good looking women in lingerie? Why is this considered a bad thing?
When did everybody become so soft?

We have access to more free porn than we could ever view in a thousand lifetimes. We don't need wrestling to get off anymore.

improper · Post #795 » by **improper** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:57 am

Stanford wrote:
Scott Hall wrote:Whatever happened to red blooded males liking good looking women in lingerie? Why is this considered a bad thing?
When did everybody become so soft?

We have access to more free porn than we could ever view in a thousand lifetimes. We don't need wrestling to get off anymore.

Personally, I'm fine with WWE having sexually suggestive content, but I need it to make sense and serve a purpose. Game of Thrones has a ton of gratuitous sex scenes, but they at least use them to dump exposition, world build, and push the narrative forward. The Rose segment was dumb, and the Bliss one was completely pointless.

Post #796 » by **Stanford** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:32 am

improper wrote:
Stanford wrote:
Scott Hall wrote:Whatever happened to red blooded males liking good looking women in lingerie? Why is this considered a bad thing?
When did everybody become so soft?

We have access to more free porn than we could ever view in a thousand lifetimes. We don't need wrestling to get off anymore.

Personally, I'm fine with WWE having sexually suggestive content, but I need it to make sense and serve a purpose. Game of Thrones has a ton of gratuitous sex scenes, but they at least use them to dump exposition, world build, and push the narrative forward. The Rose segment was dumb, and the Bliss one was completely pointless.

For the record, I agree with you. Scott seemed to be suggesting that sexual content involving women can't be considered bad if you're a straight man.

improper · Post #797 » by **improper** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:35 am

Stanford wrote:For the record, I agree with you. Scott seemed to be suggesting that sexual content involving women can't be considered bad if you're a straight man.

Yeah, that's kind of a silly stance imo. Especially since, in the Bliss and Rose segments, they didn't show anything more than what they show in their ring gear. Hell, Mandy's robe covered up more than her ring gear does. :lol:

Scott Hall · Post #798 » by **Scott Hall** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:36 am

Stanford wrote:
Scott Hall wrote:Whatever happened to red blooded males liking good looking women in lingerie? Why is this considered a bad thing?
When did everybody become so soft?

We have access to more free porn than we could ever view in a thousand lifetimes. We don't need wrestling to get off anymore.

The internet was around in the attitude era and the early 2000's did people actually get off watching that
stuff? I can't imagine anyone complaining about seeing Stacy Kiebler in a thong and wanting to watch
Alex Bliss or Nia Jax or Dana Brooke wrestle.

Wrestling is apart of the Entertainment Industry you see this in most TV shows and movies and other soaps
which wrestling basically is.

The Alexa Bliss, Mandy Rose Youtube clips got massive numbers and Scarlett Boudreaux giving Scott Steiner
a lap dance on Impact got the biggest Youtube hits in Years for Impact.

The old saying in Hollywood is "Sex Sells" not using it with certain characters when you can is foolish

iMoreland · Post #799 » by **iMoreland** » Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:42 am

WWE announced Almas vs Rey in a 2/3 falls match for SD. This is the change everyone wanted, no more pointless 6 man tags.

I also like that they're doing this feud now instead of stretching it out for a WrestleMania match. Why wait for WrestleMania when the card is gonna be stacked and they'll only get 10 minutes?

tugs · Post #800 » by **tugs** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:22 am

I can't get behind this Daniel Bryan as the heel. What he's saying is true!