Monthly News Thread (August/2019)

[Cor]

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I lol'ed at, "WWE believes they have a talent advantage over AEW."

... Talent has never been the issue. It's the idiots that don't know how to book the talent.

 

[ColePens]

I lol'ed at, "WWE believes they have a talent advantage over AEW."

... Talent has never been the issue. It's the idiots that don't know how to book the talent.

Amen. I think WWE has the most talented roster ever. Beyond any era. Their usage of this talent is the worst ever. Beyond any era.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Amen. I think WWE has the most talented roster ever. Beyond any era. Their usage of this talent is the worst ever. Beyond any era.

Dunno that I'd say ever, but certainly the best they've had in 15 years.

Roman, Bray, Seth, Braun, Drew, Joe and AJ could all be solid, consistent main even talent with the right booking.

But I don't see how that adds up to beating the era when SCSA, The Rock, Undertaker, Kane, Triple H, Kurt Angle, and Jericho made up the main event, AND the middle card featured Edge and Christian and the Hardy's as tag teams, with guys like Guerrero and Benoit on singles.

Excepting Matt Hardy, Christian, and Benoit, any of those guys would be a Top 3 star on today's roster. Granted, that may be due to them being booked at a better time, but there's still a stark difference in talent.

EDIT: And then if you consider shifting forward from the late 90s into 2002 you had ALL of those guys listed above, PLUS WCW talent like Booker T, DDP, Hall, Nash and Hogan, PLUS a returning Michaels, AND a rookie class of Cena, Brock, Batista, and Orton.

 

[Disclose]

i dont think Braun was on anyones head when they were talking about the best roster ever.

 

[The Burdened]

Dunno that I'd say ever, but certainly the best they've had in 15 years.

Roman, Bray, Seth, Braun, Drew, Joe and AJ could all be solid, consistent main even talent with the right booking.

But I don't see how that adds up to beating the era when SCSA, The Rock, Undertaker, Kane, Triple H, Kurt Angle, and Jericho made up the main event, AND the middle card featured Edge and Christian and the Hardy's as tag teams, with guys like Guerrero and Benoit on singles.

Excepting Matt Hardy, Christian, and Benoit, any of those guys would be a Top 3 star on today's roster. Granted, that may be due to them being booked at a better time, but there's still a stark difference in talent.

EDIT: And then if you consider shifting forward from the late 90s into 02/03, you had ALL of those guys listed above, PLUS WCW talent like Booker T, DDP, Hall, Nash and Hogan, PLUS a returning Michaels, AND a rookie class of Cena, Brock, Batista, and Orton.

tbh there is no question in my mind Benoit & Christian would be Top 3 stars today.
I'd easily take prime Christian & Benoit over anybody on today's roster save for Bryan and Styles.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

i dont think Braun was on anyones head when they were talking about the best roster ever.

Braun was a solid talent before they switched him twice in a month and cut his already battered legs out from under him.

Arguing that Braun couldn't be a main eventer would be like arguing that Goldberg wasn't a top star in WCW. Neither are particularly good at wrestling or even cutting a promo, but they can believably beat the f*** out of 90% of the roster, so they don't really need to say or do much. Brock is similar, though obviously way more talented on the wrestling side.

 

[Disclose]

i like him but no one is gonna convince me he should be top guy.

 

[Del Preston]

Roman Reigns is in Edmonton for the Redblacks-Eskimos game tonight. He played for the Esks in 2008.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Roman Reigns is in Edmonton for the Redblacks-Eskimos game tonight. He played for the Esks in 2008.

Between him in Edmonton and the Rock's very brief stint in Calgary, any other ex-CFLers with ties to WWE?

 

[Del Preston]

Between him in Edmonton and the Rock's very brief stint in Calgary, any other ex-CFLers with ties to WWE?

Nia Jax

 

[Disclose]

pillman and ron simmons.

 

[Disclose]

theres a bunch i remember reading:

CFL players have a history of giving pro wrestling a shot

 

[Del Preston]

pillman and ron simmons.

Luger, Santana, and a few others as well.

CFL players have a history of giving pro wrestling a shot

Edit: beaten to it.

 

[Cor]

Paige has to have another surgery on her neck.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

In-ring wise this is the best they’ve had.

Star wise, it was the Attitude Era.

Hell, with no biases, 2004-2005 Christian is top tier if he’s put into this era.

 

[Del Preston]

The Usos have been pulled from all SummerSlam events because Jimmy can't enter Canada due to his recent DUI. Lol.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Roman Reigns is in Edmonton for the Redblacks-Eskimos game tonight. He played for the Esks in 2008.

I just realized.....wearing #99 in Edmonton?

He's got some balls.

 

[Kimi]

I just realized.....wearing #99 in Edmonton?

He's got some balls.

There's someone with 99 on the team more times than there isn't. It's nothing special when you need to have a bunch of players with numbers in the 90s on the team.

 

[iamjs]

 

[Disclose]

i remember someone paying Big E to cut the math promo from Steiner.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Amen. I think WWE has the most talented roster ever. Beyond any era. Their usage of this talent is the worst ever. Beyond any era.

Maybe in terms of talent in the ring but none of these guys are transcendent or even close to that

 

[GKJ]

Maybe in terms of talent in the ring but none of these guys are transcendent or even close to that

Because they don’t want them to be.

 

[JackSlater]

WWE has a very talented roster but it's more due to depth than due to top end talent. In some ways WWE's presentation style limits what people can do, but most of the top wrestlers haven't shown that there is a lot more to give to this point.

 

[Disclose]

we're at a time that we know what those wrestlers could do before signing.
its not like we had to trade tapes.
so its obvious we know how good they are. but yeah. they simply dont let them do their thing.