The Smackers Thread

[Mr_Danger]

When Cena pops back him and Cody should be money too. Two super humanly positive weirdos trying to compete to see who can be the biggest Cena. Doesn’t necessarily have to be a top heel just someone with aura. Once they get Cody/Orton out of their system there’s CM Punk, Cena, The Rock it’s just going to be hard going in between.

Edited September 16, 2024 by Mr_Danger

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

The booking may be lackluster but the live crowd reaction seems as strong as ever. Cody does need a strong feud and that feud is going to be Roman again isn't it. When the swerve comes in the tag team match and Solo places the necklace back on Roman and the Bloodline stand over Cody to close the show Roman will be a bigger heel than ever. Perhaps. 

[Supremo]

Cody is definitely suffering from being on the same show as Roman Reigns, but let’s get a bit of perspective. Maybe too much fucking perspective. It’s a good problem to have. Two huge babyface superstars. A Rock and a Stone Cold.

Five or ten years ago even having one of them felt impossible. A real top babyface. Getting earnest, universal cheers. Like a bus, isn’t it? You wait twenty fucking years for WWE to get their act together and make some proper top stars, then two come along at once.

I reckon it’ll be fine in the long run. Either Cody or Roman can eventually move to Raw, or turn heel, but for right now there’s no denying the magic they have together. It felt absolutely massive seeing them interact on this show. Proper Mega Powers stuff. That Tag match with Solo and Jacob feels humongous. The one time I’ll forgive a, “Can They Co-Exist?” match. Their chemistry is electric.

My dream scenario is they somehow lose, with Jacob Fatu getting the pin, further solidifying him as The Dog’s Bollocks, and then Cody can go feud with Randy whilst Roman gets the band back together.

Roman needs to stop doing that thing with his jaw though. Constantly re-adjusting it and chewing on nothing, I’m sure he thinks it looks cool and it adds to his babyface act, but he just looks like he’s been on a massive coke bender. Contract tampering from Tony Khan confirmed!

But yeah, that five second clip of Roman putting his finger in the air and every single fan behind him doing it in unison, as the fireworks go off? Do not take this for granted. I don’t. I’m sure he doesn’t.

Years and years of him being booed out of buildings. Blue contact lenses. Hijacked segments. Brock Lesnar smashing him up hard way and it still not getting him cheers or sympathy. They finally did it. Promised land.

 

[SwayWays]

I mean the guy had cancer, and the most over as a baby face he's ever been is by coming back after a loss were people realised how big a gap he left. He really is the biggest star they have right now. 

[DavidB6937]

Oh no.

 

 

[FUM]

Absolute madness.

A strange move when Triple H has specifically said he struggles with a third hour and would prefer not to have it too.

They’ll need to do another draft as well because the roster is paper thin.

[RedTwoster]

Aw fuck, I hope that’s incorrect.

[LaGoosh]

8 hours ago, RedTwoster said:

Aw fuck, I hope that’s incorrect.

 

[DavidB6937]

It's fine. They're just doing it to fit the lads on!

 

 

[LaGoosh]

Penta taking up 20 mins of Raw each week with the laziest absolute bare minimum effort spotfest would genuinely get me watching.

[tiger_rick]

11 hours ago, DavidB6937 said:

Oh no.

Is that a real logo? I thought someone was taking the piss.

1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said:

It's fine. They're just doing it to fit the lads on!

Good luck to them. They're getting paid and wrestling needs people moving around to stay fresh. Fenix might be the most fun guy in the entire business. I hope they manage to present that, for his sake.

[Supremo]

Penta and Fenix in WWE could end up being very embarrassing for Tony Khan. They’ve got the potential to be ten times the stars they were in AEW if they get it right. Fenix vs. Mysterio? Given Rey Mysterio’s current form where it looks like he’s somehow been given the knees of a twenty year old? Tasty!

However, even if all else fails, at least this will give Andrade and Carmelo Hayes some new opponents and put a stop to the Best of Twenty Seven they’re currently having.

Fuck three hours though. Hopefully Raw switching to two hours gets tonnes of praise online and they see sense. Neither Raw nor Smackdown will benefit for having the extra hour. Unless they dedicate a whole hour to Strowman and Reed demolishing the city, of course.

Edited September 20, 2024 by Supremo

[RedTwoster]

23 minutes ago, Supremo said:

Penta and Fenix in WWE could end up being very embarrassing for Tony Khan. They’ve got the potential to be ten times the stars they were in AEW if they get it right. Fenix vs. Mysterio? Given Rey Mysterio’s current form where it looks like he’s somehow been given the knees of a twenty year old? Tasty!

I kind of love when one company nabs a wrestler from the other and utterly exposes how underutilised they were - it has to be a motivating factor for the other. I’d point to Christian, Toni Storm, Brodie Lee, Swerve Strickland, Ethan Page, Pac and even Cody Rhodes. I really hope Penta and Fenix become massive stars for WWE, and this motivates Tony Khan to do more with the likes of Takeshita, Athena and Rush, for fear of WWE nabbing them and enjoying similar success. It’s an exciting time to have both companies producing good television, it makes almost every jump feel exciting.

[DavidB6937]

Not only underutilising people but just sometimes a fresh environment allows for different creativity. For example, Toni did pretty well until her main roster stuff in WWE and seemed to have a lot of support, but you wouldn't be getting Timeless if she'd stayed in WWE. Swerve had a lot of supporters too but Hit Row was never going to create the man he is today. Just like if you look back to Stunning Steve vs Stone Cold. It's all about times and places and the people you're surrounded with, and now having the chance to change that up regularly means we're getting some great reinventions again.

[DavidB6937]

Thoughts? I imagine its a love it or hate it style promo. Does make both guys feel massively big time though just like at Mania time. Far more than anyone else.