by jellydonut25 » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:42 am
I only stick to WWE, and only its two main shows...but I might be dropping Smackdown. Ever since Mania, I think it's been dipping, to the point where it's no longer the "good" show and is in fact one of the worst things WWE does every week (205 Live probably beats it out but I don't put myself through that nonsense. I'm not a masochist).
Over on Raw, we've got:
Brock Lesnar, the legit biggest badass in the company and huge mega-star, vs. Braun Strowman, the hottest star in the entire company.
John Cena, the biggest star in wrestling of this century vs. Roman Reigns, the heir apparent in a "Who's the Bigger Pile of Human Feces and Fake Person Who's Lying to the Fans?" feud.
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose in a Shield Light Reunion vs The Bar doing solid work every week.
The Miz vs It Doesn't Matter, the Miz is next-level with promos and he could wrestle a paper bag week in and week out and make the inanimate object one of the most over faces on the show...but it's also actually Jeff Hardy, which is cool.
Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax in a feud that's been percolating and building for a while. Plus Sasha Banks doesn't suddenly cease to exist, and I actually enjoyed that she lost as usually saying "You've NEVER done this" to a babyface means they're about to do it so hard you turn the show off in disgust and boredom.
And there's guys like Finn Balor (though unfortunately he's stuck with Bray "Boredom Personified" Wyatt right now), Samoa Joe (hurt), The Revival (hurt), Elias (who had some nice matches with Balor and could maybe be being groomed for a potential tag team or a lower-tier title eventually)...all who have potential...hell even Bray has potential if they'd ever let him do things that matter.
Meanwhile, Smackdown has:
Jinder Mahal, literal jobber, as WWE Champ vs. Nakamura, who...sorry NJPW fans, hasn't earned this title shot in WWE yet.
Randy Orton vs Rusev - Holy hell. That's so uninteresting I can't wait to forget it ever happened the moment it's done.
AJ Styles, best actual talent on Smackdown, vs Baron Corbin, biggest dead-in-the-water pile of trash on Smackdown
KO, a true talent, vs. Shan McMahon...a McMahon...and god-forbid there's ever a time where a McMahon isn't actually in the spotlight...and wrestling for some reason.
Natalya vs. Naomi in a battle to see who can give a worse promo than Roman Reigns...with Carmella in the mix as the only potentially interesting thing, but also don't forget there's always gotta be a man to help her because women are weak, lulz.
The Usos vs. The New Day - Greatness, admittedly. Just greatness.
The Fashion Police - The best thing Smackdown does every week. Period.
Smackdown is a nightmare of boredom and rotational Styles/Orton/KO/Corbin feuds. Where's Sami Zayn? Where are the Hype Bros? Where is Tye Dillinger? Where is Luke Harper? Where is Charlotte?
"Watching" Smackdown lately consists of me blowing through on FFWD in about 40 minutes.