Royal Rumble Anyone else think the RR card is a little heavy on tag team matches?
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And every rose has a thorn... And Miz's 'thorn' was in his pants, secretly hoping to sting Naomi. :bischoff:
Sure, we'll be getting Miz/Mizdow feud, as well as Nikki vs Brie.
But, I was expecting to see the US and IC title match. But then again, I get it. They don't want the guys from previous matches to end up being gassed out too much during the RR.
I can't really care about that but it does give more superstars ppv time. I just hope these tag matches are good. Acension better do something against the outlaws.
The Ascension will be going over, that's for sure.
I'm just wondering if this'll be a regular or a squash match just like usual.
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Something tells me that a guy who gets laughs from the audience for throwing himself around as someone else's stunt double isn't gonna be looked back on with the same fond memories as one of the greatest tag team rivalries in WWE history is.
2:As for the topic, it doesn't really make a difference since the Rumble match is enough to sell the PPV all by itself, and this year, the world title match actually has me wet, too. Both the Rumble and the WWE Title matches have a lot going for them and are fairly unpredictable. This is the first time in a long time that I'm looking forward to a Rumble PPV this much.
I was unaware that you could see ten years into the future and tell us how Sandow's career will go. Can I have the lottery numbers?Something tells me that a guy who gets laughs from the audience for throwing himself around as someone else's stunt double isn't gonna be looked back on with the same fond memories as one of the greatest tag team rivalries in WWE history is.
People didn't believe that Edge would be a double digit world champion at the time either. Nor that Jeff Hardy would become one of the biggest merchandise pushers of all time.
Hell, people didn't think that goof ball Kurt Angle would become what he became either, or that pedophile mustache Scott Hall would become Razor Ramon.
Who's to say that wrestling fans ten years from now will not look back fondly on Sandow's comedy gimmick days as the time when he showcased his range in perofrmances and his dedication?
Something tells me that a guy who gets laughs from the audience for throwing himself around as someone else's stunt double isn't gonna be looked back on with the same fond memories as one of the greatest tag team rivalries in WWE history is.
What are you, Nostradamus? Him being a stunt double is exactly what got him over.
Mizdow's awesome, brother.
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It's difficult for me to get excited over tag matches since I am not a big fan of tag team wrestling. I hate the formulaic pattern of: faces start off strong, heels beat down on one face and continually keep him from tagging face eventually gets some sort of move on the heels and then, despite obvious exhaustion, tags in his partner who kicks ass, then face who could barely stand 30 seconds ago must have eaten his freaking spinach or something because he's back to full strength, big melee ensues and someone wins.
There are time periods where tag team wrestling can be very good and it is usually when it doesn't follow this pattern. Tag wrestling was very good during the Attitude Era in WWE and TNA had great tag wrestling around 2006 to 2009. But always, it goes back to the aforementioned pattern.
The only tag match here I care about at all is the title match only because I am hoping it foreshadows the Miz and Mizdow breakup that hopefully happens creatively in the Rumble itself. Other than that, the others are just filler in my opinion.
There are time periods where tag team wrestling can be very good and it is usually when it doesn't follow this pattern. Tag wrestling was very good during the Attitude Era in WWE and TNA had great tag wrestling around 2006 to 2009. But always, it goes back to the aforementioned pattern.
The only tag match here I care about at all is the title match only because I am hoping it foreshadows the Miz and Mizdow breakup that hopefully happens creatively in the Rumble itself. Other than that, the others are just filler in my opinion.
I assume you don't count the Outlaws into that list of great tag team matches? Because they lived by that pattern.
I think the problem with this line of thinking is that Edge and Christian versus the Hardys is a comparable feud to Miz/Mizdow vs Usos simply because they fought a lot. I skipped the Attitude Era and had to watch it by downloading all the Raws and Smackdowns and buying tapes of all the PPVS, but their matches were exponentially better than the Usos and Mizdow have been. Bushwhackers and the Beverly Brothers fought each other on every single show and it was awful and anyone who remembers it likely remembers it as awful.
Other than that, I actually agree with most of what you've said. I'm not a fan of tag wrestling, but I haven't been put off by the Miz/Mizdow vs Usos feud. For the most part, the matches are all right and even when they're not, Mizdow adds entertainment value. Also, I've been going through the AE Raws again, and you are right, there are a ton of awful tag matches mixed in with the good ones.
I don't see where I said or implied any such thing. I said it's hard for me to get into tag matches because I personally don't like that pattern. I didn't say that there was anything wrong with tag teams who wrestle that way or that I can't see the appeal that other people feel for it. I simply said that I personally don't find that pattern interesting
And yes, the New Age Outlaws had that pattern in most of their matches. And I found those matches to be boring. However, they had plenty of matches, such as their legendary one with Terry Funk and Mick Foley that did not follow that pattern. And those were great. But in my view, the ones they did that DID follow that pattern were boring.
I could sit here and list all the tag teams that were good and all that were bad, but to cover that argument, I'd be here forever. All I am saying is that it has always been difficult for me to enjoy tag team wrestling because I don't enjoy that formulaic pattern, generally regardless of the team who is wrestling it.
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I was kidding. When people say tag teams in the attitude era the outlaws are on of the first they think off. But if you look back at their work if you've seen one Outlaws match, you've seen em all.