My initial reaction was to once again shake my head at the inability to push the group properly in their own spotlight. Thinking about it further, this is probably the best thing for them. Don't make this a 1-time deal. Make them the henchmen for Vince McMahon and his circle right now. This is giving them some kind of focus. They may still be supporting players, but this is probably the best place to be off of being treated like that. They are a part of a legitimate main-event stable. I doubt they will get the same rub as Batista and Randy Orton in Evolution. They might even end up like The Spirit Squad when they were used to do Vince McMahon's dirty work years ago. Nevertheless, it is still big focus.
You have all these bad guys, but where are the good guys? The Shield attacked Daniel Bryan in front of all those superstars, but no one came to his aid. There definitely are people that are feuding with The Shield right now. Why no help from them? Because everyone is scared of Vince McMahon? Didn't so many wrestlers speak out against what Triple H did to Daniel Bryan? Why didn't they save him from the attack? You have a good heel stable forming, but it would be nice to see a united group of faces to stand up to them. Don't make this all about Daniel Bryan going through all these henchmen to get back at Triple H and Randy Orton.
My issue currently with the Shield and 'the bosses' respectively is that there hasn't been any sort of original ideas or planning of late. The Corporate storyline is just a regurgitation of the Attitude Era with SCSA and Vince, it is unfortunate that instead of hiring dynamic, interesting, think-outside-the-box writers and ideas people, they're simply falling back on old storylines. They seem to forget there are a few generations of viewers that remember those storylines quite clearly.
ReplyDeleteAnd the cop-outs - ironclad contract not so ironclad? It makes me think they didn't have much forethought when putting that idiot storyline together when Show got the contract. They need top faces to take on the establishment but for right now it seems not likely given wrestlers are being told not interfere on account of losing their jobs. They do need a boss to turn face and mess with HHH & Randy Orton - whether that is Vince or Stephanie I don't care, just do something different or interesting or at least unpredictable - shock us.
The last time I was truly surprised by the WWE was when John Cena come back as the last entrant in the Royal Rumble when he was supposed to be out with injuries. How sad is that? I've not been shocked, intriguied, surprised or gobsmacked since then because WWE has lost its edge with its PG rating. There is much they used to do that was partially interesting that they no longer do on account of having to be "family friendly".
The Shield's best worth right now is in their ring credibility. They usually are a part of exciting matches.
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