Guest Jason Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Being that it is the festive season, most people try to look on the bright side of things and be positive. That's exactly what this thread is about. For me the standout angle was Y2J vs Christian. I was never a big Jericho fan but this angle really changed my opinion of him. It was actually well-acted by those involved (a rarity in WWE) and believable. The crux however was the slow-burn that the angle took. Instead of, for lack of a better term blowing their load too soon (see Orton's face turn), it took place over many months, allowing fans to get more involved and meaning there was more emotion when Trish turned. Another angle that went well in my opinion was Chris Benoit's ascent to World Champion. The WWE always do things like this well when they play up the wrestler's whole career and his struggle to get to the top, and this time was no different. I originally thought they had screwed it up when Benoit was on SmackDown but the switch to Raw felt fresh and gave him a goal to go for that people then got behind. Coupled with Eddie's title reign on SmackDown, it meant WWE had two huge fan favourites and actual good wrestlers at the top in the biggest show of all time. Will anyone ever forget them standing in the ring at the climax of WM 20? So what do you think was done right this year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 The Eugene push was genius. (The Eugene depush is another story.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iliketurtles 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 I loved the Trish/Jericho love angle. Christian geting the girl in the end was a typical wrestling feel to it, though it's realistic. The segments the two had came off very realistic. I thought the Evolution turn on Orton itself was solid, but the payoff was horrible. I LOVED the Foley/Rock/Evolution stuff going up to Wrestlemania...when Rock came back to help out Foley in Atlanta on Raw...great stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Benoit not getting fucked over in his hometown again. Edge's heel turn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrnoitaull 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 * Spikes heel turn/ taking the lead of the dudz *Mavens heel turn *Lita/ Trish fued *Snitskys angle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Shadow Behind You Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Keeping Benoit @ as a main eventer from start of the year to the final show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mandarin 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Brought Chris Benoit over to Raw and let Brock Lesnar out of his contract, leaving me no reason to watch SmackDown. Made Big Dave a prime-time player. Promoted the incredible "Classic Superstars" action figures. Uh.. the Elimination Chamber sounds great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zyn081 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 HBK-HHH Last Man Standing promo when HBK superkicked the Coach. The sick submission hold Holly applied to Lesnar Eddie and Benoit back to back wins. The turning of Y2J. The Foley-Orton story. The blood bath of Eddie-JBL Benoit beating Kane at Bad Blood. The Highlight reel with Eugene & Evolution. Eugene as GM. Eugene till the Iron Man Match. The rise and rise of Batista and Orton. Bradshaw becoming JBL and getting a Cabinet. Bischoff's turning his back on Evolution. All the Nature Boys promos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted December 24, 2004 There were a lot of good matches. Good production quality too, which is to be expected from WWE. I think that poor commentary and storyline execution is all WWE really did wrong this year. The commentary, eventually, will have to change. The storylines, however, don't have to get any better. That's the sad reality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Another angle that went well in my opinion was Chris Benoit's ascent to World Champion. The WWE always do things like this well when they play up the wrestler's whole career and his struggle to get to the top, and this time was no different. I originally thought they had screwed it up when Benoit was on SmackDown but the switch to Raw felt fresh and gave him a goal to go for that people then got behind. Coupled with Eddie's title reign on SmackDown, it meant WWE had two huge fan favourites and actual good wrestlers at the top in the biggest show of all time. Will anyone ever forget them standing in the ring at the climax of WM 20? Could this be considered flame-baiting? Seriously. The Hassan vignettes were well done. I think they improved their website a lot. The McMahons haven't been on TV nearly as much as they were last year. The stuff with Orton/Benoit/HHH/Edge/Batista is pretty good. I like when they open up the field, rather than sticking with 2 guys. The Foley/Orton feud was really good. The Benoit DVD I loved. That was probably the best thing they did, really. They got New Japan footage, and spread out his career rather than focusing it all in the WWE. I haven't seen the ECW DVD, but from what I hear they did a good job on that as well. They're using their video library more, that's good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Shadow Behind You Report post Posted December 24, 2004 I'd like to echo my sentiment about how well the DVD'S have been this year, not the PPV's but the special dvd's from Ric Flair(yeah it was late 2003 but it works with this), Monday Night Wars, Hard Knocks, Cheating Death Stealing Life, Stone Cold Truth, HOF, and the up coming RVD dvd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Let's not get high and bring MNW into this. But the Eddie Docu was really good. I don't think they mentioned Art Barr in it, so to that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Phenom Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Keeping Evolution fresh Moving La Rez from a French gimmick to a Quebec gimmick (and winning the title in Montreal was genious, too) New Bradshaw gimmick and creating his Cabinet Jindrak narcassist gimmick Triple H/Eugene double spit Triple C, bay-bee! Creating the Smark champions Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 The use of Luther. Good character, slower intro, hid his limitations. Turned him into something quite valuable. The new Bischoff. WM XX's ending. JBL. Best character they've created for sometime. Shelton Benjamin. And yes, the DVDs. The ECW one in particular was surprisingly great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 I'll second the subtle switch in La Resistance and Edge's heel turn. The Edge turn has been especially good IMO, considering how badly they messed up his return and how stupid his character was. I'll also give credit to the initial London/Kidman push (which was never fully formed, unfortunately, in part due to a lack of competing teams), Benoit getting put over strong (not perfect, but effective), Eddie getting the belt (a couple months too late and mishandled the second he got it, but hey, at least the initial push towards Brock was good), Shelton's winning streak over HHH (could have done more here, but it established him so I can't complain), the shift in Bischoff's character (LONG overdue), and the development of Batista. Rico/Haas was also very good, I was a skeptic and it won me over, but they blew it after Rico returned from his injury. I really can't think of anything that doesn't come with an asterik though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest uyaljg Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Carlito Carribean Cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zyn081 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Yes. I agree. The Edge turn, La Res hailing from Quebec & Luther were things well done; but Jindrak, Shelton-HHH & London-Kidman started well but were ruined by the end of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zyn081 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 Oooooooooo, I forgot, CCC promos, although the actual on-screen character leaves a lot to be desired. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hhheld_down Report post Posted December 24, 2004 foley/orton fued beniot gettting the world title eddie getting the wwe title jericho/christian fued bradshaw becoming JBL JBL's stint in Iraq (havent seen it sounds brilliant) the summer of eugene push Carribean Cool's push wwe dvds as a whole have been great this year undertaker becoming dead again most of WMXX the batista/hhh tension keepin evolution interesting even if hhh is a bore all together it really was a pretty good year considering how horrible last year was Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
algrim 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2004 Shane and Stephanie keeping themselves out of television. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2004 How Chris Benoit won the Royal Rumble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mole 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2004 The angles leading into WM were pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Shadow Behind You Report post Posted December 25, 2004 Let's not get high and bring MNW into this. But the Eddie Docu was really good. I don't think they mentioned Art Barr in it, so to that. They did a 20 second piece about Art Barr when Eddy explained the reason he does the Frog Splash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zyn081 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2004 Eddy-Brock and the Lita-Trish story. WWE deserve 2 thumbs up with this angle. Was built up for a while and the blowoff was good considering it was the divas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
