WWE SmackDown Live (9/19/2017): Is the Arena Half-Empty? Or Half-Full?
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Why is the heat on Mahal as if he called Shinsuke Mr. Miyagi? The whole premise is that they cheer you now but the cac fans and will turn on you and shyt on your behind your back. It's stupid, but it's being used to keep Jinders xenophobia schtick going since he's not going against an American and relies so much on race to get heat but can't pull that shyt against Shinuske. Its poorly executed but makes sense considering he's a bit one dimensional at this point. The that's too far chant, in context, is silly to me.
A better writer would have him on some shyt where he's happy to fight Shinsuke and supports people of color in the main event and shyt on the fans that way, saying it must drive them nuts that he and Nakramura are fighting, get them chanting for Nakramura more as he praises him and then near the end beat him senseless. That way he stays true to his character of not being about the xenophobia in the country, minus the corny jokes, but still remains vicious about protecting his title. Jinders played his role as a martyr all this time, keeping it against a fellow POC was an interesting challenge and they went a shytty route with it but that shouldn't be on him. Hope they dont Hassan him.
A better writer would have him on some shyt where he's happy to fight Shinsuke and supports people of color in the main event and shyt on the fans that way, saying it must drive them nuts that he and Nakramura are fighting, get them chanting for Nakramura more as he praises him and then near the end beat him senseless. That way he stays true to his character of not being about the xenophobia in the country, minus the corny jokes, but still remains vicious about protecting his title. Jinders played his role as a martyr all this time, keeping it against a fellow POC was an interesting challenge and they went a shytty route with it but that shouldn't be on him. Hope they dont Hassan him.
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That's exactly what doesn't need to happen, and this being WWE it's entirely possible that it does.at the possibility of them pulling a WrestleMania XIX and having Jinder win again.
JerseyBoy23
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Sami sounds pissed.
cartierhoe
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Hasn't been interesting at all since atleast like around WM
GoddamnyamanProf
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cartierhoe
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I know we all like to clown Zayn with the cab driver thing, and that's all fun and games but on the real he's too talented to be wasting away in catering. Dude is over with smarks and the casuals and kids, has a catchy theme, hit that underdog look.
Feel like they have another D Bry situation with him. And I'm not saying put the title on him or anything, but atleast give him something meaningful to do. Wasn't he in matches with AJ around this time last year?
If all they're gonna have him do is be battle royal fodder/occasional fight forever matches with KO ( who's lapped him x10, which isn't entirely his fault), then hell yeah I'd bounce. Don't mean to sound too mark-ish but
Feel like they have another D Bry situation with him. And I'm not saying put the title on him or anything, but atleast give him something meaningful to do. Wasn't he in matches with AJ around this time last year?
If all they're gonna have him do is be battle royal fodder/occasional fight forever matches with KO ( who's lapped him x10, which isn't entirely his fault), then hell yeah I'd bounce. Don't mean to sound too mark-ish but
Reminds me kinda of when they made Muhammad Hassan a terrorist for no reason and fukked his career over
I know we all like to clown Zayn with the cab driver thing, and that's all fun and games but on the real he's too talented to be wasting away in catering. Dude is over with smarks and the casuals and kids, has a catchy theme, hit that underdog look.
Feel like they have another D Bry situation with him. And I'm not saying put the title on him or anything, but atleast give him something meaningful to do. Wasn't he in matches with AJ around this time last year?
If all they're gonna have him do is be battle royal fodder/occasional fight forever matches with KO ( who's lapped him x10, which isn't entirely his fault), then hell yeah I'd bounce. Don't mean to sound too mark-ish but
Lets be honest though. Sami looks like a beta who would never stand up for himself. Hes probably just going through the motions as are 90 percent of the guys on the roster.
Plus that catering shyt aint a joke, he looks terrible now compared to his NXT days. He used to have abs at least. Now its just a belly. With all the shyt Jinder gets, at least he worked hard to look good. Sami looks like hes getting lazier and lazier. Why should they put you on TV shirtless when you look terrible?
Sami is talented sure, but he just screams 'regular guy' with the way he looks and especially the way he talks. Theres nothing about him that says he can be a star, wrestling ability means nothing when the whole roster can flip all over the place.
John Reena
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I don't know why ppl shocked. Ya know Vince ain't pushing no vanilla midgets/snark favorite who can wrestle. He uses those cats 2 make his handpicked guys look "strong". Now there were exceptions like DB, Punk, HBK, and AJ.
Sami had a complete superstar reaction in Montreal too his first night, with the talent to back it up. Ah well. His career almost mirrors Bayley’s. There’s gonna be a time where there’s gonna be no choice but to push Sami Zayn though and it’ll take. Being the Muslim son of Syrian immigrants who’s funding mobile medical clinic in Syria in a war zone, there’s so much back story untold with him.
nikkas used to be BEGGING to get moved to Smackdown. Little did they know that soon as they got there....Whole SD roster upset
Its too many fukking people
Too many unneccesary callups
Cutting talking smack/more screen time
I don't even know if it's too many people vs just not using their time wisely. Look at this week. the Dolph Ziggler shyt could have been cut completely or at least changed to actually move that story forward. Jinder's promo was the same shyt he said last week (only worse cause it was somehow more racist); coulda cut that or had a match in its place. Glad the women got to main event, but we do not need another Fatal 5 Way Six Pack Elimination clusterfukk from them. The main event could have been something like Charlotte vs Nattie in a non-title match, but ended with something to advance a storyline. Maybe Tamina comes out and destroys both of them, inserting her into the title picture? Maybe, Mella finally cashes in? Maybe Becky turns heel on Charlotte? Idk, but something different.Its too many fukking people
Too many unneccesary callups
Cutting talking smack/more screen time
With a roster the size they have, there's no reason for things to get as repetitive as they are. The tag segment was surprising because they remembered New Day can (and probably should) fight teams that aren't the Usos, and even potentially started a storyline for the Hype Bros. It's really that simple to get more people involved in things. They're just so convinced they have to do the same things every week.