Thread: WWE RAW 1/5/15 featuring the Authoritah, non-smoking ambulances, and Ziggy regretting being a Cena Guy
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Old 01-06-2015, 04:54 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Fignuts View Post
Kinda with Noya on this. No matter how you might feel about Ascension or their promo, it's never a good idea to shit all over someone on commentary in only their second match on the main roster.
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Here's the thing, the writing is not their fault, but the guys who wrote this stuff behind the scenes. The fact that the guys who wrote have them mention Demolition and Road Warriors is stupid. Because the moment they wrote that promo they made the Ascension seem like the Warriors wannabes.

The booking of them was horrible. First match on Raw they defeated Miz and Mizdow, and than the next night on Raw they are fighting jobbers. Why? Isn't that some sort of depush for them, going from facing former Tag Team Champions, to facing two jobbers (well, mostly one jobber) the next week? Isn't that contradicting?

And the way they do it with the NXT taping, where the Ascension just keeps on losing, isn't it kind off damaging the Ascension? Because those who watch NXT see this guys get their face smashed by Balor and Itami, and yet we're supposed to believe that on Raw they are this dominating Tag Team?

If it was done right, the Ascension's recording on NXT would've been scrapped. So that way it won't look terrible on them. But instead, the booking, the tapings, the writing, basically everything from the moment they debuted on the main roster was pure terrible. And JBL on commentary basically killed them in front of millions of people who watch Raw live. That was the final nail in the coffin.

Unless, off course, if it turns out to be an APA vs. Ascension build up. Than it would make some sense, but I just don't think that they will bring in Faarooq for one night only to get squashed by Viktor and Konnor. I don't see that happening.
I can agree with these points, and appreciation for the well-developed response.

But, really, if they make it a year, no one's really going to remember this shitty four minute segment (sorry Rollermacka!). If it becomes endemic and happens every single night, then we can jump to BURRRRRIED status.

It may not have been their "fault" to say that, and while it was a dumb segment that was arguably made worse by JBL burying them... It's still stupid as hell to have two guys say they're better than some legendary teams in the business, and then beat up a fat midget in a blue singlet with no name in 30 seconds like it's a big deal. You can try and sell that as a big deal, but it's going to be faceitious and forced.

I can't believe this is still a thing. It was a stupid promo and a stupid reaction. It happened; maybe it'll be their gimmick. Maybe no one will remember it in a month. This isn't like Shockmaster tripping on the set or Mark Henry being the father of a hand. We've seen way worse. Their gimmick isn't dead because JBL rode some stupid comment into the ground. They're going to be more in trouble if they just keep beating up Rollermacka's distraction midgets for two more years with stiff-lite offense.
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