Weekly News Roundup (9/12 - 9/18)

[Emperoreddy]

DB has been doing a lot of interviews lately.

One telling quote is that if it wasn't for Brie, he would of fought to get out of his WWE contract to wrestle in the indies.

So thank Brie for that. He also says he still has trouble with the crowd reactions.

 

[Virtanen18]

Maybe he shouldn't come out and do the YES chant every week then. It's already pretty annoying to watch as a fan.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Every single authority figure can **** off. They're all annoying, I want them all off my TV.

 

[Virtanen18]

I don't mind DB and Shane as much as Steph and Mick, but yeah, stick to backstage segments. Or come out and talk on the stage without the entrance music getting the crowd all riled up.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I mind all four of them. They are all in the ring way to much.

If Mick and DB still had a match in them it would be different, but they don't so stay backstage.

I could do without Steph or Shane to be honest.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

"As of earlier this week, the Cruiserweights are not going to get a lot of time on Raw." - Alvarez

 

[Pinkfloyd]

"As of earlier this week, the Cruiserweights are not going to get a lot of time on Raw." - Alvarez

Another reason why it should've went to Smackdown. SD doesn't have so much on the roster that it can't feature this division and not hurt anyone else there.

 

[Blitzkrug]

So they're going to marginalize something that could do wonders for filling the three hours?

Of course, why did i expect different.

 

[GKJ]

brb throwing things

 

[tp71]

So they're gonna get like 10 mins a week, no mic time etc? That's what I'm expecting.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

"As of earlier this week, the Cruiserweights are not going to get a lot of time on Raw." - Alvarez

they need to make time for comedy and sasha banks promo's

 

[Virtanen18]

they need to make time for comedy and sasha banks promo's

You can't take time away from Mia.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Another reason why it should've went to Smackdown. SD doesn't have so much on the roster that it can't feature this division and not hurt anyone else there.

It's the same creative. If they don't have time for it on RAW, then Vince was never going to give them their deserved time.

Ideally they would get a network show as WWE doesn't seem to value good work on TV

 

[Paris in Flames]

So...Raw has time for 3 weekly squash segments (Braun, Nia and somehow Bo) but they don't want to find time for world class wrestlers?

Eh. Sounds like them.

 

[GKJ]

they need to make time for comedy and sasha banks promo's

Yo, don't be all acting like Sasha isn't good on the stick. Just don't let Vince write the material.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

She isn't good on the stick. She's passable, better as a heel, but not good IMO.

 

[Serac]

Asuka > everyone on the mic

You talk too much

 

[Shoalzie]

I can live with limited time for the cruiserweights as long as they just wrestle. Two 5-10 matches a week would wet the whistle.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Yo, don't be all acting like Sasha isn't good on the stick. Just don't let Vince write the material.

She's a pretty bad baby face promo. She's passable as a heel but not great.

 

[ColePens]

Asuka > everyone on the mic

You talk too much

Boy talk about an easy star to make, that I just have full 100% confidence that WWE will screw up once she gets to Raw/Smackdown. I just know they'll screw it up.

"As of earlier this week, the Cruiserweights are not going to get a lot of time on Raw." - Alvarez

Might be the easiest way to kill time. Literally.. come up with a format of how to rank CWs and just let them fight for 10-20 minutes to open Raw. It's great wrestling. Commentators can tell us the story. Do a couple backstage quick promos.

It's a slam dunk way to kill time and be extremely entertaining. I actually LOVED the CWC's format. Quick promo, get me to learn who the wrestler is, let the commentators sell me even more. It was seriously perfect, IMO. Raw should just simply adapt it.

 

[GKJ]

She's a pretty bad baby face promo. She's passable as a heel but not great.

She doesn't have a face character, so that is ok, it's not like they've done a very good job making their faces look good. But otherwise I think recency bias is in play here, just wait when she turns heel again

 

[Blitzkrug]

The Cruiserweights should have been on Smackdown to begin with.

I'd rather listen to a competent announcer like Mauro actually call out the moves and lose his **** over stuff instead of the lameoids on Raw who will likely talk over the matches and barely pay attention.

 

[Virtanen18]

She doesn't have a face character, so that is ok, it's not like they've done a very good job making their faces look good. But otherwise I think recency bias is in play here, just wait when she turns heel again

Not really. I don't think she's ever been a strong promo. She talks really weird and calls herself mia all the time. A bit better as a heel, but still a major weak point.

 

[BonMorrison]

Face Sasha is pretty meh on the mic. When she gets to be a villainess though, she can cut a great promo.

 

[These Are The Days]

Another reason why it should've went to Smackdown. SD doesn't have so much on the roster that it can't feature this division and not hurt anyone else there.

SD! needs the Cruiserweights in the worst way. We've already seen Crews fight Miz twice, Miz fight Orton, Corbin fight Ambrose and once Crews and Ziggler get a 1 vs 1 match with Corbin you've pretty much run out of options of the mid-card booking after a couple of months of programming because God knows how long Orton has until his concussion clears up and he can fight someone else on the midcard.

WWE is literally at the point of throwing Jack Jobber on SD! so we can have a warm body to put in a fight that we haven't already seen yet because Kane is in no shape to be fighting anymore and Del Rio is gone. In a couple of weeks all the tag team members will be split up into singles competitors.