Posts tagged 2016

What Summer Slam Taught Us: A 3-Point Plan For WWE

Once cooler heads prevail and feelings aren't so hurt on all sides, there are a lot of positive lessons WWE can learn from this year's SummerSlam.

And I do not mean that in the condescending “Here’s what I’m going to teach you!” kind of way (I'm an advocate for the WWE being exactly what it really wants to be without making concessions to an audience that it simply isn't designed for). I mean it in the way that any reaction to any creative endeavor yields a lot of incredibly useful data.

EDITORIALSTim KailAugust 22, 2016plan, wwe, summerslam, summer slam, 2016, john cena, seth rollins, finn balor, triple h, nxt, nxt take over, the universal championship, wwe nework, barclays, crowds, iwc, brooklyn

THE RAW REVIEW

Last week, I thought it was too big a logical leap when, after screaming at Roman Reigns to leave the ring, Stephanie McMahon suddenly wanted Roman Reigns to get back into the ring simply because he’d turned his back on her (despite the fact that he was actually doing what she’d initially wanted). Roman’s “Act of Defiance” was so milquetoast and childish (made all the more ineffective by how amused & pleased with himself he was) that the scene quickly sapped him of the gravitas and the momentum he’d established the previous week.

RAW REVIEWSTim KailDecember 29, 2015raw, roman reigns, wwe, 2015, 2016, professional wrestling, pro wrestling podcast, pro wrestling blog, wwe blog, stop smiling roman reigns, stephanie mcmahon

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