A Wrestling......Afterthought?

[The Rated R CMStar]

For months, almost since No Mercy 2007, when he got verbal with Rey Mysterio, fans got more and more behind the idea of the return to the ring of JBL, and haters started getting used to the idea. And it all got more heated when he got involved in the Batista/Undertaker feud.

Finally, it happened, JBL returned attacking Chris Jericho. He cut a promo saying how he was coming back to main event, dominate, win titles and make no friends.

But has he?

He came back to a rather mediocre feud with Chris Jericho, only saved by his mic skills. It was the curtain jerker of the Raw brand at RR. He then was a participant in the Elimination Chamber, only to get eliminated first. He then was inserted in the soap opera angle of the Hornswoggle shit, and guess what, he curtain jerk again with Finlay. At Backlash, he went to the main event for the WWE Title, a place he was not built to be in. Now, he is in a feud with John Cena, which has been very unclimatic, including a match at Judgment Day, yes, another curtain jerker, and in which he was totally out of his style.

So, what has gone wrong with his return?

First, he shouldn't have come back on Raw. JBL is Smackdown, he was build on Smackdown with all the Batista and Taker stuff, and when he went to Raw, it all felt as a waste. Then, he showed to be ring rusty in the ring, and his performances have only been above average on the Chamber and on Wrestlemania, in which they were covered by the extreme of the match. And at Judgment Day, well, it all went wrong when he tried something out of his style and went for chain wrestling, working on extremities offense, instead of the classic, old school brawl, which suits him well. Mic Skills, he always delivers.

So, on your opinion, what has gone wrong with the return of the Wrestling God?

 

[The Leviathan]

They should put JBL to Smackdown in the first place. Why did they put him to Raw since it's too overcrowded in the first place unlike Smackdown who really needs some main eventers. I just hope the draft will really shake things up and they put JBL back to his brand, Smackdown.

 

[MikeRaw]

For months, almost since No Mercy 2007, when he got verbal with Rey Mysterio, fans got more and more behind the idea of the return to the ring of JBL, and haters started getting used to the idea. And it all got more heated when he got involved in the Batista/Undertaker feud.

Finally, it happened, JBL returned attacking Chris Jericho. He cut a promo saying how he was coming back to main event, dominate, win titles and make no friends.

But has he?

He came back to a rather mediocre feud with Chris Jericho, only saved by his mic skills. It was the curtain jerker of the Raw brand at RR. He then was a participant in the Elimination Chamber, only to get eliminated first. He then was inserted in the soap opera angle of the Hornswoggle shit, and guess what, he curtain jerk again with Finlay. At Backlash, he went to the main event for the WWE Title, a place he was not built to be in. Now, he is in a feud with John Cena, which has been very unclimatic, including a match at Judgment Day, yes, another curtain jerker, and in which he was totally out of his style.

So, what has gone wrong with his return?

First, he shouldn't have come back on Raw. JBL is Smackdown, he was build on Smackdown with all the Batista and Taker stuff, and when he went to Raw, it all felt as a waste. Then, he showed to be ring rusty in the ring, and his performances have only been above average on the Chamber and on Wrestlemania, in which they were covered by the extreme of the match. And at Judgment Day, well, it all went wrong when he tried something out of his style and went for chain wrestling, working on extremities offense, instead of the classic, old school brawl, which suits him well. Mic Skills, he always delivers.

So, on your opinion, what has gone wrong with the return of the Wrestling God?

Very good post man. I agree that its fucked up, and I agree with what most you said.

Yes, when he returned, it was kind of a big deal, because hes a main eventer, and good mic skills and decent in the ring.
But its gone all wrong, and hes really slipped under.
Heres what went wrong....

-Firstly, JBL is not a midcarder, hes a main eventer, and thats where he should be. I mean, feuding with Finlay? Now, he is in a ME feud with Cena, but t gets overlooked, and doesnt seem like a main event feud because theres so much going on on Raw.

-That leads me to my next point.... He shouldnt be on raw. As you said, Raw is too packed for him. You would think wwe writers would notice that SD's main feud is stale and moved him there. Hes more than capable to go against Taker (like in 2004) or Batista or even Matt Hardy. but it wouldve added more credibility to SD.

-The way their using him is also bad. I mean, its a lower main event feud, so whys it at the opening match spot? Seriously, I know theyre trying to start the PPvs off with a bang and stuff, but thats not the way to do it. Because for one, it downplays the feud, making it look like not a main event one, and secondly, it gets forgotten, because then you have 6 or 7 matches and a few promos following his feud, so its really a bad spot they put him in.

-And finally, his partners. I dont mean that Jericho and Cena suck, I mean that theyre not on Raw. In the Jericho feud, Jericho was somewhere, but he wasnt on tv for 2 weeks, and now, Cena missed 3 weeks, so its really sucked. Because without his opponents, JBL has been left to do the promos and buildup by himself.
Its getting stupid...

Anywyas, thats my reasons as to why it hasnt been as big as it should of (his return I mean)...

 

[Beer Money Army]

To me about JBL Personally.

After viewing him in WWE for almost 12 Years... He had about 2000 billion repackaged gimmicks.... 1st he needs to go off Raw...

But JBL do i want him to main event again? No...

As i personally think His WWE Championship reign wasn't as successful as People Think...

PPV buyrates were down of the Likes of one Kevin nash when he was wwe.. (when he was champion he didn't pick up the ratings, they were going down still)...

to Me JBL was be good wrestler that is Upper Midcarder, but wins the U.S./I-C belts numerous times...Help the future young talent, Because i think JBL only has 3-5 yrs in ring wrestling in him until his back can't take anymore again...

 

[KenFan4life]

I think that I've gotta disagree.....



I mean sure, you can go on about how badly booked he's been recently...


but thats just the thing about Bradshaw, he's always been able to crawl out of holes and manage to survive on the roster........


If a gimmick flops, he'll just move on and throw some more $hit at the wall in hopes of some of it sticking.......the stuff that sticks he takes with him and so on and so fourth.....


at the moment, he's in a good place....

Uppermidcard, right gimmick, and some interview/promo time and the ability to say whatever he wants to say......

He's like a cockroache(hehehe...I got to say "COCK" :schnauz: )

in the sense that even if he's getting jobbed and or being booked badly, he'll still be able to surivive....and such...ya hearD?! :artist:

 

[noumenon]

JBL has never been the best guy out there but you've gotta hand it to him in some aspects. He's got enough money from his other ventures that he really doesn't need the WWE for much anymore, yet he loves the business and sticks around. We've seen him come a long way since Bradshaw (which I miss...aaahhh the fuckin APA). It's nice to see him back in the ring for one last little run but I don't think RAW is the place for it. He should be over on the Smackdown midcard going for the US title or something along those lines. And if on RAW...the same with the IC title. If JBL is in the ring I would love to see it as the APA...that little teaser we got when he and Farooq...uhhh...Ron Simmons were Hornswoggles protection had me going nuts.

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

JBL doesn't have the killer heat he once had, and that's the problem with the return. I mean let's face it, there is no Eddie anymore for JBL to use to get insane heat. But there is one person that they can use.

Jeff Hardy is the wrestler the fans truly connect with and feel sorry for. Ever since the Hardy Boyz teamed up. JBL needs to beat him down vicously after ONS and go on about how Jeff is just an addict, and say he has beaten addicts in the past and will do it again. I know it is Eddie exploitation, but it isn't as bad as saying Eddie is in hell.

I don't see anyone else they can use. Even with with HHH the fans would just think of it as another angle.

 

[chessarmy]

To be honest, I see nothing wrong with it. Why? Because I dont care about JBL and I think he should have never returned. The guy is so out of shape its not even funny, and he is boring as shit in the ring. JBL's mic skills are great, but I think all his matches are boring and he doesn't belong on the main roster anymore

 

[The Anigma]

When JBL returned it was somewhat of a big deal because he’s a main eventer with good mic skills and his in-ring skills are passable but it all has went wrong and he’s basically fallen into a poor spot.

First, JBL is a main eventer and that’s where he should be. He was feuding with Finlay and now he’s in a main event feud with Cena which is constantly being overlooked and no one seems to even care for the feud because there are so many other things happening on Raw.

And with so many things happening on Raw and the roster being so stacked, you would think that they would’ve moved him and/or kept him on SmackDown. JBL could’ve easily had a feud with Undertaker, Batista, Matt Hardy or even Big Show.

The way JBL is being utilized on Raw is awful.

He’s placed in a main event feud that’s the opening contest on a PPV. It doesn’t make sense because the feud gets overlooked and downplayed as if it’s not a main event feud. And the feud gets overlooked with good reason. Cena has barely been on Raw to build-up the feud which leaves JBL to do all the build-up for the feud on his own. It’s like a one-sided rivalry where JBL hates Cena but Cena has nothing to say. It’s senseless.

The whole situation that JBL is in is pretty bad which is why he needs to be moved back to SmackDown and shouldn’t have been moved to Raw in the first place.


In hindsight, JBL's return could've been better than it was but it seems to me that WWE missed the boat on that one and basically just wanted and/or needed another body out there just to fill up the card.

 

[Qwake]

Everthing has gone wrong with JBL imo...

He came back and they put him in main event basically to put people over, he put Jericho over, he lost quickly in the match with HHH/ORTON/Cena and he lost to Cena two other times...

If it was up to me I would leave him on Raw because their are so many possible good fueds with HHH and HBK who he has never fueded with in his career, he could also put over Mr Kennedy and Carlito if they pushed Carlito.

After he had some good fueds with them he could go to ECW and fued with Punk and or Kane which would be good...

I feel that JBL, Jericho and Big shows returns have all gone terriblely wrong but they can only get better.