Batista tells an uncomfortable truth about the current roster

[Kidd Dibiase]

Batista still thinks muscle equates fighting skills..

 

[Yade]

Can you blame people though? Raw has become a three hour house show and attendance reflects that.

Honestly breh even if WWE put out the best wrestling entertainment ever ....3 hours is still too much


I wouldn’t even wanna watch WWE back in its prime if it was 3 hours long

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

This is problem I have with WWE now, they need to realize that they’ve solved the in-ring problem, the wrestling is great but now they need to fix the character problem, other companies like MLW and Impact, hell even their own in NXT are showing that you can have great wrestling and great characters at the same time.

After Hogan coming back - this is the main reason why I stopped watching.

They've hoarded some of the best wrestlers in the world to put on a great in-ring product, but from the moment you first see them on TV, they might as well have a stopwatch running in the corner counting down to the moment Vince decides to 'Vince it up'.

WWE is lucky they're graded in this bubble, where they can consistently lose viewers, but still profit. Even Game Of Thrones - with all the bile the viewers had for Benioff and Weiss last season did 19.3 million for the finale. That's 10 times the audience for Raw.

If Vince was judged like the writers of regular TV shows - I have no doubt that he would definitely be regarded as one of the worst writers in the business right now.

 

[OmegaK2099]

Y'all sound gay as hell complaining about the sizes of other men

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

Y'all sound gay as hell complaining about the sizes of other men

You subbing @Tony D'Amato I see

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

There are a few. Lesnar, Reigns, Lashley, and Stroman look legit.

yup theres def a few and they are mostly booked to look the opposite like Strowman...he's a star and they treat him like pure shyt.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

They sign all those guys from sports like Rugby and former NFL players but none of them are even on NXT yet.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Most of these wrestlers nowadays are too small & play fighters.

Back in the day you had real killers, athletes & no bullsh!tting mfers in the locker room.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

After Hogan coming back - this is the main reason why I stopped watching.

They've hoarded some of the best wrestlers in the world to put on a great in-ring product, but from the moment you first see them on TV, they might as well have a stopwatch running in the corner counting down to the moment Vince decides to 'Vince it up'.

WWE is lucky they're graded in this bubble, where they can consistently lose viewers, but still profit. Even Game Of Thrones - with all the bile the viewers had for Benioff and Weiss last season did 19.3 million for the finale. That's 10 times the audience for Raw.

If Vince was judged like the writers of regular TV shows - I have no doubt that he would definitely be regarded as one of the worst writers in the business right now.

The way they botched Braun Strowman was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Here's a guy who fits PERFECTLY in Vince's mold of a star and is entertaining to watch to boot, and they still screw it up.

 

[Zero]

Alpha energy

It's terrifying

 

[Hoodoo Child]

Strongly disagree, WWE just make them look like hoes.

Dudes like Jinder, Rusev, Sheamus, Cesaro, Samoa Joe, Big E, & even Drew Mac all have that natural intimidating factor with them. They’re just made to look like clowns so often that people can’t take them serious.

The Great Khali comes to mind

I knew what time it was, after they changed his theme music, and gave him red pants.

 

[Silkk]

The Great Khali comes to mind

I knew what time it was, after they changed his theme music, and gave him red pants.

Maaaaaan lol

 

[Wacky D]

You know I was just thinking something similar while watching some old clips of Stone Cold right before WM14. Austin had such a badass aura that it was believable that he could square up with not just any boxer, but MIKE fukkING TYSON.

NO BRO. there was nothing believable about Austin squaring up with Tyson.

then add to the fact that the guy who Austin was chasing for the belt at the time was shawn michaels, of all people.

 

[DaHNIC82]

And the idiot marks in this thread think he’d view the AEW roster any differently



2019 play fighting y’all

I want these cats to win but cotdamn man...

 

[DaHNIC82]

This is problem I have with WWE now, they need to realize that they’ve solved the in-ring problem, the wrestling is great but now they need to fix the character problem, other companies like MLW and Impact, hell even their own in NXT are showing that you can have great wrestling and great characters at the same time.

The problem is Raw is really no different from Smackdown... Raw supposed to be cutting edge, uncensored, raw and gritty... It hasn't felt that way in 10 years