Random Wrestling Thoughts (Part 2)

So how come these real people aren't going to shows now? They're running the O2 in London on Friday and even with the top closed off there's plenty of seats left? When was the last time anything WWE did sold out? AEW are barely selling out ppvs, NJPW are struggling well (because the next step in the "real world" argument is WWE Vs everyone distraction), across the Indy scene numbers are down.

Wrestling is currently in a down swing, it happens, it's happened 3 times in the years I've been watching, but apparently there's a secret offline cult of wrestling fans who've been waiting for a show in Cardiff to launch the next boom.

Maybe just Brandon is the only exception. But for real, nobody needs to see the same guy in the same environment for that long.

It's one of the better things about AEW I think. Constant roster refreshes, the same faces not on TV every week, working with other companies meaning we see new characters drop in every now and again. I don't think Khan will be shy in moving people on once their contract is done either judging by how it's gone so far.

I always say, one of the best things that happened to NJPW in the modern era was Nakamura and Styles moving onto WWE. It forced them to elevate Naito and Omega, fresh faces at the top of the card, fresh match ups.

20 years of Randy Orton, I do wonder if he remains healthy enough will he work for another 5-10 years.

I do like the like fact when he motivated, he can make any storyline amazing.

He has elevated tag team division with RK-Bro, where as before tag teams never got much screen time on RAW.

G'way Ronda. The real baddest woman on the planet...

It's a load of shìte and has been for a long time.

A decade long stable with a dozen bastardised versions with countless members spread across how many promotions?

Look at the wiki to see the absolute state of it.

I see on twitter that the WWE had its Bullet Club reunion on RAW last night.

Feel the same..like fair play to her. She put the effort in but I don't know how she became a mega star either. Definitely wwe material and women's champ. However with that 'I'm da man' thick irish accent I don't know how she got to the heights she has.

But hey if something catches on I guess

Well, there were a number of factors that led to her rise to the top. Her first two or three years on the main roster saw her being booked like a jobber and a fool compared to females in the women's division and she was perceived as being held down by the higher-ups. Because of this, she became an underdog in the fans' eyes, and wrestling fans love a good underdog story. She also showcases a lot of heart, and spirit, and has a very likable personality which also helped her because fans picked up on it and gravitated toward her.

Then she turned heel and began feuding with Charlotte Flair. She started cutting these very serious and passionate promos at the time which were probably some of the best promo work in her career. Those promos kind've brought out a different side of Becky and ended up becoming the foundation for her transition into The Man character. Perhaps it's also because she was feuding with Charlotte at the time that she was able to garner a lot of support from the fans because the fans hated Charlotte knowing how protected she was so it was easy for them to get behind Becky who was still seen as the underdog.

Becky's booking also started to get better around the time of her heel turn. Her initial heel turn in 2018 was executed really well and allowed her to show off a more edgy side to her personality. Fans liked the new attitude she was showing and it got her over big time. I liken it to The Rock in 1999 when he was still a heel but he got really over with the fans because of his promos and attitude.

She also started using social media to promote herself a lot during this time too which also helped her. She was able to utilize her social media presence on Twitter to further develop her character and people really enjoyed the tweets she was making at the time.

When Nia Jax broke Becky's face a very infamous photograph of Becky circulated around the internet of her standing with blood dripping down her face and her smiling. That image allowed her to garner a lot of sympathy from the fans and helped further solidify Becky's position at the time and it made her red hot during her return a little while later.

By the time Becky began her storyline with Ronda Rousey who wasn't exactly loved by the wrestling fans, she was one of the most over wrestlers in the company. WWE also shoehorned Charlotte into the main event match at Wrestlemania which nobody wanted to see, but it only made fans want to see Becky win even more I think. It basically became a choice between the red hot Becky Lynch, the unloved Charlotte Flair, or Ronda Rousey. It was easy for the fans to pick Becky because in the fan's eyes she was the best at the time. Charlotte winning would have been a huge letdown, and Ronda was not dealing very well with the hate she was getting from the fans which only weakened her position in the company.

So yeah that's why I think Becky became huge. I always thought she had potential but she seems really smart as well, and has a good wrestling mind, knows how to cater to the fans in the right way and how to promote herself.

I'm thoroughly sports entertained by the Ezekiel/Elias stuff. He's killing it.

Wonder if he was inspired by Joseph Park and his brother, you know, Abyss.

Does that guy with the signs go to AEW shows as well or is it just WWE and Impact?

Didn't get the Ronda 87 one from last night.

Shelton was smooth as butter...

Used to give every CAW his Dragon Whip kick.

For anyone whose see the MITB promo i never thought I'd hear Garth Brooks and wwe in the same sentence