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[XL]

Noid's faith in WWE seems to be waning. Who can blame him when "R-Truth is seemingly in a Mania programme with Dean Ambrose" is a reality.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by XL Noid's faith in WWE seems to be waning. Who can blame him when "R-Truth is seemingly in a Mania programme with Dean Ambrose" is a reality.

R-Truth's a solid talent and all, and he did make a crazily entertaining heel back in 2011; but what was wrong with the Ambrose vs. Barrett story? Oh, that's right -- the WWE basically fudged it at Fastlane.

More and more it feels like what I want to see is just not being offered by the WWE. I've stopped watching RAW and SmackDown regularly. A lot of that has to do with how a lot of the talent I have been interested in have been portrayed over the past few months. Dean Ambrose, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan in particular.

* Dean Ambrose went from the cool and slightly eccentric coordinator of The Shield, to the cool renegade who used whatever fear he had of consequence as a fuel source to keep fighting, to becoming a guy who seemingly forgets the rules of matches these days. Wouldn't it be okay for the WWE to reward the fans of Dean Ambrose, that they want him to have, by tossing him a bone here or there. Couldn't Ambrose have gotten a victory over Rollins in Hell in a Cell, if it truly was meant to be their last encounter, and then have Bray Wyatt attack him? Couldn't Ambrose have won either the TLC Match, the Ambulance Match or both against Bray Wyatt? As a bad guy, can't Wyatt laugh the match off and actually be somehow scarier? Can't Ambrose have a decent run in the Royal Rumble where he actually stands out? Or can't he win the Intercontinental Title when he's been made the clear contender for it?

* The decision to put Cesaro with Paul Heyman was not a bad one. Every other decision surrounding the booking of Cesaro since then has been. Loss after loss. What good is it having a guy win the largest match in WrestleMania history if he can't beat any of those other 30 guys in straight matches over the next year? The guy should be facing John Cena at WrestleMania this year, or something. I'm glad to see him and Tyson Kidd excelling at the tag team thing, but Cesaro should really by higher.

* Daniel Bryan should have won the 2015 Royal Rumble and should be challenging Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania this year. It's that simple.

There's still a lot of good in the WWE. I think Seth Rollins is one of the better characters the WWE has ever had, and I think there are a few who could be up there with him -- Cody Rhodes being one, but he's stuck in face-paint hissing at people and losing all the time. Paige is fucking gorgeous, and she's actually getting good at being able to shine no matter what shit the WWE saddles her with. She made that inexplicable face turn look like a piece of cake. The actual wrestling is good, when it happens. The stories are just weak and paper-thin. A real fucking shame.