Feuds or angles you really want to see in 2017

**Mr. Nerfect** · 12-25-2016, 06:45 PM

The title is pretty self-explanatory. I hate using the term "wishlist," but what do you want to see in 2017?

At some point after Mania, probably in the build-up to SummerSlam, I want to see John Cena vs. Samoa Joe. Their start in the business, Joe finally coming in and going to NXT, him evolving into such a good heel -- it would be like the Cena vs. Styles storyline, except it wouldn't need that creative fabrication of "isn't this the dream match?". Joe coming for Cena has got a tinge of truth to it that would make it one of the more exciting programs in wrestling for a long while. Plus, with Joe having the submission presentation, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility to imagine Joe locking the Coquina Clutch in on Cena and making him tap for a huge shocking moment. Imagine if this comes after Cena has just beaten The Undertaker at WrestleMania too...

When it comes to Roman Reigns' scheduled opponent for WrestleMania, I'm now pretty narrowly locked in on Chris Jericho. It'd be easy enough to segue into it with Reigns facing Owens at the Rumble. Have Jericho win the US Title, because that man deserves a run with something right now, and allow him the creative freedom he had with Shawn Michaels and Rey Mysterio. Make it one of "those" Chris Jericho programs. I can just imagine Jericho giving a list of reasons that these people hate Roman Reigns. The matches will be good too. I'm not particularly keen on babyface Jericho, but the fans are no doubt going to be on his side, so at some point you can do an organic switch in personalities. Maybe after Jericho has lost the belt back to Reigns and wants his rematch, Reigns can try and turn him down -- or he becomes more vicious and paranoid as the US Champion after everything Jericho's put him through. It's not going to be hard to get the fans to see him as the villain.

I've cooled down a lot on women's wrestling since it's been promoted so heavily on the main roster without much but the buzzwords changing, but one female performer that captured my younger imagination was Mickie James. She threw herself into that Trish Stratus-obsessed gimmick so effectively. With Mickie coming back, I'd like to see her bring elements of that into a program with Becky Lynch, who has got the fandom and aesthetic to lend herself well to this program. There hasn't been a strong women's feud in a while. Charlotte and Sasha, mainly, but it has really just been a series of matches. Let's get some personal issues in the divisions.

On the topic of Mickie James, it's kind of surreal that we're going to have John Cena, Nikki Bella, Ken Doane and Mickie James on the same roster. There is a lot of potential there for something interesting to be drawn. Doane going around claiming that the image Cena puts up is a load of shit, Mickie telling Nikki that she had Cena first...and she's had him since, Mickie accusing Cena and Nikki of getting her out of the company. There is a lot to mine there. Kenny is only 30 years old -- he's realistically in that same bracket as Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt as "The Future."

I'll stop there for now, but I'm curious to hear yours.

12-25-2016, 06:45 PM	#1
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,527	Feuds or angles you really want to see in 2017 The title is pretty self-explanatory. I hate using the term "wishlist," but what do you want to see in 2017? At some point after Mania, probably in the build-up to SummerSlam, I want to see John Cena vs. Samoa Joe. Their start in the business, Joe finally coming in and going to NXT, him evolving into such a good heel -- it would be like the Cena vs. Styles storyline, except it wouldn't need that creative fabrication of "isn't this the dream match?". Joe coming for Cena has got a tinge of truth to it that would make it one of the more exciting programs in wrestling for a long while. Plus, with Joe having the submission presentation, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility to imagine Joe locking the Coquina Clutch in on Cena and making him tap for a huge shocking moment. Imagine if this comes after Cena has just beaten The Undertaker at WrestleMania too... When it comes to Roman Reigns' scheduled opponent for WrestleMania, I'm now pretty narrowly locked in on Chris Jericho. It'd be easy enough to segue into it with Reigns facing Owens at the Rumble. Have Jericho win the US Title, because that man deserves a run with something right now, and allow him the creative freedom he had with Shawn Michaels and Rey Mysterio. Make it one of "those" Chris Jericho programs. I can just imagine Jericho giving a list of reasons that these people hate Roman Reigns. The matches will be good too. I'm not particularly keen on babyface Jericho, but the fans are no doubt going to be on his side, so at some point you can do an organic switch in personalities. Maybe after Jericho has lost the belt back to Reigns and wants his rematch, Reigns can try and turn him down -- or he becomes more vicious and paranoid as the US Champion after everything Jericho's put him through. It's not going to be hard to get the fans to see him as the villain. I've cooled down a lot on women's wrestling since it's been promoted so heavily on the main roster without much but the buzzwords changing, but one female performer that captured my younger imagination was Mickie James. She threw herself into that Trish Stratus-obsessed gimmick so effectively. With Mickie coming back, I'd like to see her bring elements of that into a program with Becky Lynch, who has got the fandom and aesthetic to lend herself well to this program. There hasn't been a strong women's feud in a while. Charlotte and Sasha, mainly, but it has really just been a series of matches. Let's get some personal issues in the divisions. On the topic of Mickie James, it's kind of surreal that we're going to have John Cena, Nikki Bella, Ken Doane and Mickie James on the same roster. There is a lot of potential there for something interesting to be drawn. Doane going around claiming that the image Cena puts up is a load of shit, Mickie telling Nikki that she had Cena first...and she's had him since, Mickie accusing Cena and Nikki of getting her out of the company. There is a lot to mine there. Kenny is only 30 years old -- he's realistically in that same bracket as Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt as "The Future." I'll stop there for now, but I'm curious to hear yours.