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Jeffrey Bowie Jr. from Hyattsville, MD, joined wrestlingmarks.com on 1/18/08
As The End Begins
by jeff on 8/12/08 1:27 AM
This past two months my blogs have been different. I've been writing non-serious blogs even some fantasy blogs. Now this blog is a little serious. No jokes or nothing of me trying to be funny. I want to address the current problems with the WWE. Like I said in my last blog the WWE has been doing alot of things right, but now unfortunely this is where I have to address the wrong.
The Tag Team Division
6 years ago the WWE had tag teams like the Dudleys, Edge & Christian, The Hardys, Billy & Chuck, APA and other tag teams. Now look at the WWE's tag team division. Its pathetic especially Raw's. Smackdown's tag team division is better, but that's not saying much. What the WWE needs to do is unify both tag titles. We don't have enough tag teams on each brand so why not just unify the titles and have every tag team go for one title. Not only that, but the WWE needs to stop breaking up their tag teams. London & Kendrick, Deuce & Domino, Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch are one of the few tag teams that have broken up recently. I also see that the WWE is into the habit of forming random tag teams. Partnering two single wrestlers together is not a tag team. A tag team needs chemistry and years to work together. A tag team isn't two single wrestlers who are thrown together within a month. Or at least give that tag team time to work together. The thing that I loved about The Miz and John Morrison is that the WWE gave them time to work together and they ended up being a good tag team. Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes didn't work because they barely defended their titles and we barely saw them.
CM Punk as World Champion
I think that CM Punk deserves to be World Champion however his title reign isn't working for me. It seems like the WWE is afraid to give Punk a serious title reign because he isn't a big draw or main event material. Punk's reign is like Mysterio's title reign. Both are playing the underdog role. I understand Mysterio playing the underdog role, but Punk should not be playing this role. His title reign is kind of a joke and the only reason I still like Punk because I followed him when he was in ECW and even saw some of his matches in Ring Of Honor. Honestly who has Punk beaten so far. A beaten down Edge and JBL. Punk beating JBL means nothing in my eyes and proves nothing as well. I think that what the WWE did wrong is that they rushed it. Punk should have faced Edge at the Great American Bash and then beat him cleanly. Remember from the 4 or 5 times Punk has faced Edge this year Punk only beat him once and that was when Edge was beaten down. That tells me that Punk is well a Punk and that he can't beat Edge. Or Punk should have beaten Batista clean. Beating Batista or Edge clean without making Punk look weak will get Punk over as a champion and with the fans. I don't know how long Punk will keep the title, but I know he will beat JBL at Summerslam. I think Punk's next opponent should be Chris Jericho. If they want Jericho and Michaels to continue their fued then make Michaels the guest referee of that match. However don't let Michaels get involved just let him keep Cade from interfering. Anyways the WWE can still fix this. Punk's title reign needs to be more believeable.
Build fueds longer
It seems that the WWE doesn't make long term fueds anymore. The Batista/John Cena match should have been build up until Wrestlemania 25. Certain fueds needs a slow build and that is one of the fueds that needs a slow build. Building a fued for 3 to 4 years doesn't always work. The Jericho/Michaels fued is working because that fued has been building for months and is still building. The Undertaker/Edge fued has been building ever since last year so that is why their fued is working well. The reason this years Wrestlemaina was such a disappointment because the matches were just being put together except the Taker/Edge match. Even though I hated when John Cena won the Royal Rumble the WWE decided to waste John Cena's rumble win at No Way Out. Randy Orton vs. John Cena would have been a perfect match for Wrestlemania because before Cena was injured they had a fued going. Not only that, but Orton injured Cena so it would have made the perfect Wrestlemania match. Instead they decided to make it a triple threat for no apparent reason.
The other thing I have to complain about is how they are treating Jamie Noble. Every week since he's been drafted he been in some storyline with Layla. And every week he gets his ass kicked. So when I thought a potential fued between Regal and Noble was going to happen I was excited. The WWE totally screwed that up on Raw this past week. Basically it was a squash match with Regal having control over the entire match. Noble only got two moves in. Its sad because this fued could have been good and Jamie Noble and Regal are good wrestlers with similar styles.
It seems like the beginning of the end for the WWE if they don't address some of these problems especially the tag team problem. If the WWE doesn't like there tag team division then get rid of the tag titles. Sure that will make some people stop watching the WWE, but its better then putting two single wrestlers together and calling them a tag team.
Comments
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From 92tombstone92 on 8/12/08 3:10 PM
Haven't i already sadi that WWE is going to go down if they don't change... oh well... Anyways the WWE is just using CM Punk as a fill in Champion why they have Batista and Cena feud i say Batista, Cena, and Punk will eventually have a triple threat and either Cena and Batista will win then we'll see about 7 months of Cena vs. Batista feud up to WM25 and the title will be on the line. Feuds that have been going on lately have been good but some have been played out to long like the Taker vs. Edge feud. Tag Team division will eventually just die out like the cruiserweight division or it'll get a great push very soon.
From theminister on 8/14/08 1:55 PM
First off, the Tag division has always had two singles wrestlers thrown together. Kane, Undertaker, Big Show, Triple H, Austin, Mankind, Rock, Hogan, Benoit, Mysterio, Orton, Eddie, Chavo, Miz, Morison etc. all were predominantly singles wrestlers thrown into tag teams to win the Tag Titles. This isn't a new phenomenon. I agree that the tag division is bad right now but it's because they don't have enough stars in it. They should team up some singles wrestlers and let them focus on tag teaming. Guys like Kennedy, Noble, Marella, Carlito, Regal, Umaga, who have done little to nothing in singles work recently should be in a tag team shooting for the Tag titles. That could spice up the tag division.
It also seems to me that the WWE can't win no matter what they do. Orton's reign was too boring, Cena's reign too long, always the same guys getting title matches. These were the complaints before the draft. Now Punk gets the title, we see some new matchups, Punk v. JBL, Punk v. Batista, Punk v. Regal, in house shows Punk v. Jericho and still people complain. Not sure what the WWE can do to make people happy. I see Punk having a 3 to 5 month reign and remaining in the title picture for a while to come.
I agree that they need to build feuds longer. They did a great job last year when they built HBK v. Cena and Taker v. Batista for Mania 23. Recently, the feuds have been rushed. Hopefully that will improve.
I also agree that Noble is being used badly but other than a tag team what else can they do with him?
Lastly, the WWE isn't going anywhere. They are not going DOWN or coming to an end. In fact I think they have been doing a pretty good job recently. They have made subtle changes to push younger stars like Punk, Kingston, Bourne. This is a good thing. The Adamle move has worked so far. Edge has been awesome on Smackdown the last few weeks. Jericho has been real good recently. Even Mark Henry has worked OK as ECW champion. So all in all I'd say the WWE is looking up and if they tweak a few more things then all the better.
From willierko on 8/16/08 1:25 AM
Ah this is the reason why you are the best on here man, if only you watched ROH you would be my best friend..lol.
In all seriousness though The main problem with the WWE tag division is that noone makes an effort to Build it, I think the main problem is because there are 2 sets of titles. But even that can be worked around. I think instead of unifying the Tag Titles they should get rid of US and IC titles. That would get all the upper mid card and Midcarders to go for the Tag Titles. The WWE have never really tried to put the Tag Titles on the same level as the World Title and I think it is something they should try to do because it works for Japanese Promotions and Companies like ROH and Chikara. Maybe I am biased though because Tag Team Wrestling is my favorite type of wrestling. I guess it is a good sign that The Tag Titles Main evented 2 weeks in a row on Raw but the fact of the matter is the WWE " Creative " won't Care about the Tag Titles, ever.