Comments on: Smackdown! or Can You Dig It…SUCKERRRRRRR

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:05:43 +0000

Why is Aksana of all things his detractor? She doesn't get involved. Why not his theme, his ridiculous attire, his apparent lack of ability to get used to the WWE style of wrestling?

By: Patrick Peralta

Patrick Peralta — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:33:34 +0000

Cesaro needs to get rid of Aksana, He was great in ROH but WWE putting him with Aksana is not helpng him in WWE.

By: Patrick Peralta

Patrick Peralta — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:31:18 +0000

" the wwe has refused to acknowledge his Albert persona from the past." Cole did mention Bloom's WWE past…he said he started in WWE and then went to Japan and is now back.

By: A worker from East Coast

A worker from East Coast — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:49:05 +0000

Tensai did cover sheamus multiple times. Youre absolutly right. But i still think Tensai was supposed to miss the senton. But sheamus still messed up. Hey you cant remember every spot. J hate calling spot spot spot spot spot. All you really need to call is the finish and youre good. But also get youre shit in.

By: worker from East Coast

worker from East Coast — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:44:58 +0000

It will be my 3rd year in september, but i legit been around wrestling my whole life. Uncles in the business. Where do you work out of?

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:19:40 +0000

Ken – I said I completely AGREE about Cesaro, so I didn't feel it necessary to go into details.

As for the match, I don't think it was carried by either man, I think (I could be wrong here though as I didn't pay much attention to the calling of the spots) that they both called the match together. Tensai calling it alone would've probably made it more boring, but that's not to say he was carried by Sheamus. Tensai made Tensai look better as far as I can tell, Sheamus was just a good opponent for him to showcase that on. I am completely sure however, that Tensai covered for Sheamus in the two instances I mentioned, and in my psychology and realism loving eyes he did so brilliantly.

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:14:29 +0000

No it's not, Sheamus should hook the arms. Jericho is another example – when Sheamus didn't hook him well enough he flailed his arm so that he will re-hook him. It could be a difference in philosophy between you and I, but I don't think you should let your opponent do any of the work if it's something you can do entirely on your own, in order to present the most realistic work possible. And the reason I don't think the finish is what you say it is is because Sheamus rolled out WAAAY too early for that to be true. If it was the supposed finish it's still Sheamus' fault.

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:09:05 +0000

Yes I am, 5 years pro (at the age of 18… I seem to have started rather early). I'm not sure it's the gimmick holding him back as much as it is becoming reacquainted with the WWE style of work

By: Worker from Mass!

Worker from Mass! — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:06:58 +0000

BUT, as for the finish, what you said couldve been what happened, but what i seen was that it was blatantly obvious that Tensai was supposed to miss the senton, that would allow sheamus to get up, and hit the brogue kick. Oh and the rope spot, its your own job to hook youre arm under the rope. All sheamus does is guide youre arm and you do the hooking… Just Saying

By: Worker from Mass!

Worker from Mass! — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:56:07 +0000

OMG, are you a worker or in the business? Cause only someone in the biz could see what you seen like myself. The E is using Bloom in such a disgusting way. All because he worked in Japan for a few years doesnt mean that he should be stuck with a stupid Jap gimmick. They obviously limited what he can and cannot do. Its terrible. I feel bad for someone that is such a great worker and cant show it. BTW, the Albert chants arent helping either, ohh… and atleast Tensai is a better gimmick than the Hip Hop Hippo!

By: Tna

Tna — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:48:46 +0000

HOW DID THEY DO THAT. They did it at one live event just by calling him JUAN cena and changing his look a little ,maybe wwe knows it’s fans aren’t that stupid unlike Tna

By: kbunyon

kbunyon — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:48:16 +0000

I have to agree with the hair. Santino can pull it off better than anyone else I can think of. I really miss Taker's hair. It added to his mystery and sexuality in a way he can't pull off without it. Seeing him in some pictures lately he looks more like an old man than anything, and that puts a bolt through my heart because I remember when I was in college getting up on Sunday mornings before my roomie and watching the WWF recap show. We only got a couple stations and it was the only time I didn't have to argue to watch what I wanted.

I'm not really impressed with Cesaro in the WWE. I loved his time in ROH, but what they've given him in the WWE doesn't work. I usually think Santino can get anyone over, but I'm not sure about Cesaro right now.

Guy, why do you disagree about Cesaro?

Guy – I'm sorry, but I have to agree with The Choice here. Sheamus made Tensai look better in this match, even though he was off his game and had some issues. I actually thought they worked quite well together and was one of my favorites since Bloom returned. I really feel that they need to do something with Bloom's character, it just isn't working. What actually impressed me about both of them was that they really seemed to be working stiff. Between the scratch marks on Sheamus, and they impressive welts on Tensai, it was obvious that they were really taking some hits and bumps.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:22:09 +0000

I've actually been pretty impressed with bloom since he came back to the wwe. I feel like the only reason he hasn't gotten over is because the wwe has refused to acknowledge his Albert persona from the past. It would be like Cena coming back as a Mexican luchadore…..oh..wait..they tried that didn't they.

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:46:29 +0000

(I just noticed the slight contrast in my elaboration on the two subjects I discussed here)

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:41:55 +0000

Aside from WWE doesn't want to put Orton over for being a bad boy, having your number one contender lose clean is never a good option. I have to say I disagree about Bloom from strictly an in-ring work perspective. I thought he covered for Sheamus a lot in that match. Look at the finish for example – It was obvious Sheamus should've gotten up and hit Brogue Kick when Tensai ran for his senton splash finish, but he didn't get up in time, prompting Bloom (which, along with the next thing I'm going to talk about, shows he has his psychology in check) to kick a downed Sheamus in an ugly, "no-way-this-was-planned-in-advance" fashion. He then put him in the turnbuckle and they went home in improvised fashion.
The other thing I was alluding to is Sheamus' 10 punches to the chest in the ropes – Sheamus didn't hook Tensai properly and his arm slipped off the ropes. I've seen this happen dozens of time to wrestlers against Sheamus, but Tensai was the first and only to make note of the mistake (Jericho did as well when he saw ahead of time his arm wasn't properly hooked in their SD match a couple of weeks back, but no one did after the move started). Considering his size, anything else would've made him look extremely week. So what he did is – he hit Sheamus with an elbow, and then had Sheamus reapply the hold PROPERLY. I was really impressed with Tensai in this match, I've got to admit.

As for Cesaro – I completely agree.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:51:49 +0000

With two new GM I would love to see some brand war from the two, the separate entity thing is all but over these days but i would love to see the two shows feuding through their separate superstars, give certain ones (ray/cody/sin and many others) something to do while others fight for the titles. Spread over months and several ppv it would give up and comers a focus while waiting for an individual push. Who is the better brand, Raw or Smackdown?