February 23, 2019 - Evan Luebbe

They Weren’t Too Into The Action

May 17, 2019February 23, 2019 by Evan Luebbe

I don’t have much new content to write about from Raw this week. I don’t want to waste my readers’ time going over something that I have gone over many times in the past. With that being said, I am a huge fan of the way WWE is evolving how they open Monday Night Raw each week in 2019. As I have mentioned before, it was getting kind of stagnant. Triple H is doing an excellent job running things and seems to be much more in tune with today’s generation of wrestling fans. Another thing I am happy to see is how they are seamlessly transitioning between segments and not taking a break to settle everyone down. I’m also extremely excited for the future with probably the top four guys in NXT all debuting last night.

The future looks bright for WWE as Triple H may be implementing his version of a WWE territory system in which superstars are virtually interchangeable between brands. This will be a great way to freshen things up. It’s unclear as to how much or how often they will do this, but I am excited for something different at least on occasion. In terms of the crowd last night, they weren’t too into the action but that’s going to happen sometimes. One more thing for fans to potentially get excited about is the imminent return of Kevin Owens and who his WrestleMania opponent may be.

Black is Head and Shoulders Above Them All

May 17, 2019February 23, 2019 by Evan Luebbe

SmackDown Live this week was arguably better than Raw. They need to up their game if they are going to be moving to Fox in eight short months. The NXT guys who were just recently brought up really add a new element to WWE TV, specifically Aleister Black. Everything about him screams future WWE champion. Every one of the NXT guys who debuted is a future champion, but if you ask me, Black is head and shoulders above them all. We got another visit from God’s greatest creation Mandy Rose. I did not, however, expect for her to pin the champion Asuka, but in hindsight it was a great idea. Mandy is extremely over right now.

Lastly, I need to talk about Kofi Kingston again. I about lost it with sheer excitement when Kofi became the number one contender for the WWE title at Fastlane. No one deserves it more than he does at this point. Another added benefit to this is that The New Day can be involved to deal with Rowan to add another element of interest to the feud.

The Future of the WWE Since He is Only 23 years Old

May 17, 2019February 23, 2019 by Evan Luebbe

All I can say about Velveteen Dream is that he is the future of the WWE since he is only 23 years old. It totally makes sense to put the North American championship on him considering how much momentum he has accumulated in recent times. I’m a little surprised that Triple H elected to take the belt off Johnny Gargano, since it’s not like he has any negative momentum going. He didn’t do anything wrong to lose his title, Velveteen is just very hot right now. That’s just the way the business goes in wrestling, and I’m sure Johnny knows this. I also feel I need to mention the documentary type special that was put together on the WWE network about Mark Henry. It was really profound and deeply resonated with me. Well done WWE.