I notice none of you nerds quoting me to call me a WWE stooge (which is lol, I'm harder on WWE than literally any company) are actually saying anything to challenge what I said about the show. 
Pros: Camera work, especially the usage of handhelds. It was very WCW.
The return of Tony Schiavone to TNT wrasslin
He was so much better than JR on this show.
Cons: Very poor job of introducing and explaining who these talents are. They went with the assumption that anyone watching already knew the roster and their characters/gimmicks/personalities when in reality they haven't even done much of a job doing that over the past 5 months on the internet, either. The only guy to get a vignette was Cody fukking Rhodes, who opened the show, had a match that went way too long (this a day or two after Tony Khan admitting the Page/Sabian match should have been much shorter and did neither guy any favors, they do the same thing with Guevara), was all up in the screen during the commercial break, then was back out at the end of the show as well. He had twice as much on screen time as anyone on the show, it's what everyone feared. A full 25% (really more when you consider commercials) of the run time of the show featured Cody Rhodes.
WAY too many commercials. Sure felt like significantly more commercials than WWE, which people have long complained about having way too many commercials. The picture in picture thing somewhat downplays this, but it felt like after Cody's half hour of screen time, there was a commercial break every 4-5 minutes the rest of the show.
Tony Khan has repeatedly in interviews stated they were going to keep run ins and fukkery finishes to a minimum, wins/losses are going to matter, they're going to deliver on what they promote. Then the very first main event of TV has a run in in the first few minutes that then effectively makes them not deliver on what they promoted, and the show ends with a big clusterfukk straight out of 1997 Nitro. I wouldn't have been shocked to see Jericho or LAX spray painting things.
They again said the wins/losses matter and were going to explain how it works, then never mentioned it again. Young Bucks were "heavily favored" in the tag tournament yet are coming off a loss and lost again on this show. Adam Page has now lost 2 matches in a row, Young Bucks have now lost two matches in a row, Kenny Omega has lost 2 matches in a row, Cody got a title shot at 2-1-1 when there are undefeated people on the roster. Kenny/Mox is the main feud despite Kenny having 3 losses, and all the Elite guys are promoted as the biggest stars despite their records.
Didn't they say multiple times the tag tournament was going to start on the first episode of TV?
Jack fukking Swagger? Seriously? That's the big shocking debut for the first ep? JACK fukkING SWAGGER?
Nyla Rose is not ready for the position she's been put in and if they're going to insist on pushing her as the big heavy of the women's divsion (despite coming into this via battle royal after 2 losses), she needs to drop some pounds and do some fukking cardio. She's been completely gassed in every appearance. The size difference was ridiculous to the point of unbelievably because Riho literally is 90 pounds and looks like she's 11.
Again....Jack fukking Swagger
The show felt exactly like a WWE show, and every match but the women's match had former WWE talent in the ring. The ending match/segment had: Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Jack Swagger, Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose, Eden Stiles, Justin Roberts. Shout out to 2010.
Pros: Camera work, especially the usage of handhelds. It was very WCW.
The return of Tony Schiavone to TNT wrasslin
He was so much better than JR on this show.Cons: Very poor job of introducing and explaining who these talents are. They went with the assumption that anyone watching already knew the roster and their characters/gimmicks/personalities when in reality they haven't even done much of a job doing that over the past 5 months on the internet, either. The only guy to get a vignette was Cody fukking Rhodes, who opened the show, had a match that went way too long (this a day or two after Tony Khan admitting the Page/Sabian match should have been much shorter and did neither guy any favors, they do the same thing with Guevara), was all up in the screen during the commercial break, then was back out at the end of the show as well. He had twice as much on screen time as anyone on the show, it's what everyone feared. A full 25% (really more when you consider commercials) of the run time of the show featured Cody Rhodes.
WAY too many commercials. Sure felt like significantly more commercials than WWE, which people have long complained about having way too many commercials. The picture in picture thing somewhat downplays this, but it felt like after Cody's half hour of screen time, there was a commercial break every 4-5 minutes the rest of the show.
Tony Khan has repeatedly in interviews stated they were going to keep run ins and fukkery finishes to a minimum, wins/losses are going to matter, they're going to deliver on what they promote. Then the very first main event of TV has a run in in the first few minutes that then effectively makes them not deliver on what they promoted, and the show ends with a big clusterfukk straight out of 1997 Nitro. I wouldn't have been shocked to see Jericho or LAX spray painting things.
They again said the wins/losses matter and were going to explain how it works, then never mentioned it again. Young Bucks were "heavily favored" in the tag tournament yet are coming off a loss and lost again on this show. Adam Page has now lost 2 matches in a row, Young Bucks have now lost two matches in a row, Kenny Omega has lost 2 matches in a row, Cody got a title shot at 2-1-1 when there are undefeated people on the roster. Kenny/Mox is the main feud despite Kenny having 3 losses, and all the Elite guys are promoted as the biggest stars despite their records.
Didn't they say multiple times the tag tournament was going to start on the first episode of TV?
Jack fukking Swagger? Seriously? That's the big shocking debut for the first ep? JACK fukkING SWAGGER?
Nyla Rose is not ready for the position she's been put in and if they're going to insist on pushing her as the big heavy of the women's divsion (despite coming into this via battle royal after 2 losses), she needs to drop some pounds and do some fukking cardio. She's been completely gassed in every appearance. The size difference was ridiculous to the point of unbelievably because Riho literally is 90 pounds and looks like she's 11.
Again....Jack fukking Swagger
The show felt exactly like a WWE show, and every match but the women's match had former WWE talent in the ring. The ending match/segment had: Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Jack Swagger, Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose, Eden Stiles, Justin Roberts. Shout out to 2010.
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