While he had his own share of the blame for Smackdown's issues during the past year or so, the lack of direction does feel a lot more noticeable since he left.

PWI hinted its because Vince is getting a lot more hands on with shows because investors are souring on the product and he needs to prove he can fix WWE's woes.

https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/sma...m-championship

Vacant has held the title for 2 hours lol

Guess Brock will be back soon


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should have got Mini Woods to come out

:lol: at Owens interviewing a Woods action figure.

I bet the titantron just has the SmackDown logo on it and the crowd can't see what is going on

Owens starting to look like the bastard offspring of Dutch mantell

lol the Miz got a Cleveland browns victory beer

Maryse opening the fridge before the game ruined the browns victory fridge

That's just terrible design. The champions column on their superstars page has forever been a sore spot.

Lol, ratings are slipping, investors asking questions, fans already souring on a cancer survivor and what's Vince's response? Let's have Roman Reigns wrestle Curtis Axel and Bo fucking Dallas. If they are anything to anybody, they are lovable goofs.

This fucking company.

At the start of April this company churned out a WrestleMania that was generally very well received, if far too long. In the three weeks since then? An endless Shake-Up. Rushed storylines. Stories dropped without explanation and one of the only angles with any sort of continuity is one nobody wants to see continue (Shane/Miz).

They've already killed whatever intrigue existed with the War Raiders/Viking Experience/Viking Raiders/Viking Warriors/Viking Team 3000. They ruined The Usos within two weeks of them going to Raw. The Usos are cutting promos implying The Revival are gay. Becky Lynch is cutting promos implying that Lacey Evans slept her way to a title shot. Roman already getting booed.

About the only angle with any sort of intrigue is the Firefly Fun House, and it might get nixed by stockholders. And even if it doesn't, you know they're not going to be able to keep whatever momentum they have with it going once Bray has to actually get back in the ring.

I wanted to give it another chance after a Mania I had a lot of fun watching, but it's time to tap back out on main roster WWE.

Only three pages? Lol, good luck on FOX, WWE.

Firefly Funhouse needs a King of Cartoons type character. :shifty:

Anyone else just "not feeling Kofi" now? The chase was great, and the moment was great..... but now that he is actually champ it is like "Well, this is weird and out of place"

It’s weird how much swell there was for him. All they had to do was have the guy go an hour and get a couple of falls. Mega-star! It kind of highlights how barren the landscape is.

I don’t hate Kofi or anything. I think him as champ could be good for international markets. It’s basically the IC Title anyway. But he doesn’t feel like a main eventer. On that brand, only Orton, Bryan and Reigns do. Unless I’m forgetting someone on that roster, which also isn’t a good sign, lol.

Yeah, boring... but less boring than Seth Rollins tbh

Yeah but I still think the win at Mania was needed. Hope Big E comes back and they feud.

Seth Rollins would be an amazing second-tier guy. He just doesn’t connect on all levels like a top worker should. I’m a bit mad we never got a Rollins & Ambrose vs. Owens & Zayn feud. A series over the tag belts, maybe ending in a Ladder Match or even Hell in a Cell could have been amazing. I know you’re not a fan, Trips, but throw in The Bar and then you could have had American Alpha, Revival and Gargano/Ciampa on the other show. Your tag team scene would be spitting fire, and I haven’t even broached The Usos and The Hardys or putting Styles & Balor together for a run. You’d have enough tag team glory for THREE shows, but they’ve just got their visions, I guess.

Oh yeah, and New Day.

I don’t want to see it as more than anything other than friendly rivalry. Big E is so fun as a babyface.

Wish Jason Jordan was still wrestling :-(

Not just because he ruled in the ring but also because he was turning into a great whiny heel and was getting a lot of heat when he got injured

I'd like to see Kofi play the heel

Kofi is surprisingly great as a heel. I'd be down for that. Would be weird to see giant Big E selling for Kofi, but I guess Kofi can use experience and chicanery.