bliss finally showing up , are they still going with her as sister abigail , i assume she not turning up at summerslam was due to reigns surprise appearances
bliss finally showing up , are they still going with her as sister abigail , i assume she not turning up at summerslam was due to reigns surprise appearances
I'm somewhat surprised Roman went heel, since Smackdown seems to be lacking at top heel. Unless Braun is still a face or the Fiend is turning face.
That said, I can see him making a good heel. Heel turns are often a nice opportunity for a wrestler to show a bit more personality. That should be fun.
Sami is back, rocking the Fidel Castro look. Him, AJ, and Jeff all feuding over the IC title could be great.
So Gulak goes from having competitive matches with AJ, to getting squashed. You can tell DB isn't around to stick up for him right now.
No women's matches at all tonight.
Alexa's acting during this whole storyline has been fantastic, and it was great again tonight. And she has good reason to be angry at Nikki.
With how openly Bayley's being an a-hole right in front of Sasha, and the death glare Sasha shot her during her promo, if Sasha doesn't finally snap and turn on Bayley soon, she's going to start looking like a pushover.
Roman officially turning heel, and aligning with Heyman, was awesome.
i assume that fiend will not lose so soon after he won the title. the fiend should retain for now while reigns can go beat up braun.
heyman didn't do much for cesaro , axel or ryback. reigns might benefit if it was him alone but if brock turns up again , who knows ....
That’s actually a better record than MiTB, w. Kennedy, Cena, Damien Sandow, Baron Corbin, and Strowman failing to cash in. The trick w. Heyman is figuring out if and when he’ll turn on you.
Heck, Heyman has the distinction of managing 3 World Champions back to back (to back), w. lesnar, then Big Show followed by Angle. That was a master class on backstabbing in three parts!
you're leaving out the part about having a clear advantage on night 1 and tapping both nights(aka missing the point again). also many bad things are common, just because something is common doesn't make it good.
golden role models didn't really need the help, their act was good enough. that title needed to be re-established more than sasha needed to hold and quickly drop it again.As far as ending Asuka's title reign so that both members of the Golden Role Models can get 2 belts... you can argue they shouldn't have done that as it did hurt Asukas title reign. Then again I do think it helped the Golden Role models really push them being the top of the division by having them literally hold all the gold. And it gives Asuka sort of a heroes journey as she lost her title and her partner, before in the end winning it back against the odds in a big PPV.
Honestly I don't think the fans of Asuka or the Golden Role Models really have too much to worry about. Our concern is better saved for the rest of the women.
becky didn't do it 2 nights back to back and have a big advantage the 1st night, and to be honest it was pretty dumb when becky did it too but she had the luxury of being bulletprooof by that point.
WWE doesn't book like a shoot style promotion, or even a lucha promotion for that matter but imo that's not the issue. sasha tapping out at the ppv was fine, or if she lost by pinfall and tapped the next night would've been better, but 2 nights in a row is unnecessary and damages sasha.
the beginnings of cracks?? that shits been cracking for years already.
i'm not even a fan of sasha, i just think it's bad storytelling especially if their planning to turn her face against bayley. sasha had the clear advantage night one and still lost, then got a 2nd chance and lost again, so she's going to blame bayley for not helping her cheat enough. why should anybody either feel sympathy for or even believe in her as a face?? on top of that she's pretty terrible at being a face anyways so this is really not doing her any favors.
a little jericho on commentary goes a long ways imo, he should only do a couple of matches here and there not a whole night.
heard that one before(charlotte in nxt rings a bell), not that comforting after a while.
some people can but choose not to.
orton continues to be great. hurt business is also great but god damn throw those guys some wins, same with garza & andrade.
Roman (like CM Punk back in the day) strictly speaking didn't need Heyman.
But I think in part Heymans presence signifies that Roman is a true heel rather than a tweaner or a face who happens to act like a heel... in this day and age, it's sometimes hard to tell. I know I had a LITTLE difficulty figuring out if Romans attack at Summerslam was a legit heel turn or him simply trying to show for edge to him. But Heyman just sitting there communitates a heel turn.
And I also think this is a potential chance to really change up the character. Not that they are necessarily going to, as they might not want to fix it if it ain't broken. Maybe him coming out in a suit to cut promos for example, and be a more main event mafia type character. Again, he doesn't necessarily need a face lift... but if they go that route, Heyman can be a part of the package.
But I think the biggest asset is that it means Roman doesn't have to be there. Roman can be a special attraction that only occasionally shows up... Heycan can be there in his place. It makes Roman actually being there a bigger deal. And that also might be a health thing... maybe Roman wants to show up less often and Hey can speak for him.
It all adds up to lot of little things that Roman arguably doesn't need, but it's still potentially interesting
I agree with this. Brock isn't the most complete sports entertainer, and Heyman helps plug the holes. Not that Brock can't in theory fuction without him, but Brock as part of a package with Heyman is a more complete main event ready star.
Pairing Heyman and Roman is more comparable to when they paired Heyman with CM Punk. Punk in theory was more than capable of doing it alone... but Heyman still added something. And it meant Punk didn't necessarily always have to be there, which made him feel like more of a special attraction.