I thought night 1 was better but it was cool to see Joe Henry. I knew he wasn’t beating Orton. I respect Cena but was never a big fan of his after ruthless aggression era. 80s through ruthless aggression is my favorite time and I guess I’m old and prefer the guys I grew up with but still watch wrestling. I’m curious to see what Cena does now. Was surprised to see Io Sky retain and I imagine Bayley will probably turn heel. Double swerve with Heyman on night one was great. Should’ve been Rock interfering instead of that rapper I don’t know
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On a related note, did you happen to see all the press about Roman being a Democrat that voted for Trump, or Paul Heyman on the Pat McAfee show a few hours ago? I was going to make a separate post about it, considering WWE's PR is absolutely horrific right now, but I forgot to save all the links to statements like Cena still liking Vince even after all of that nonsense.
I don't care about them being Trump supporters, considering the website I'm using, I care about it affecting the product, and considering they walked back from Chad Gable's luchador gimmick being from the Gulf of America and saying Gulf of Mexico about three times for good measure, they understand it as well.
Kayfabe.
Paul Heyman is heel, and playing it up. This will be all over the news, and will generate interest for people tuning into Raw to see what happens next.
Used to be a popular thing to do back in the day [Edit: Also just checked the comments, and they're spot-on about how in the 80s and 90s there used to be a lot of cross-political kayfabe to generate heat based on real life events.]
If it's generating a negative reaction, and they're a heel, then it's good for business (or at least, that's how the wrestling industry used to work in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s).
Leave it to Squared Circle to think Trump is the reason the WWE is where it's at.
I used to go on there a lot, but some of the people there can’t shut up about their politics. Like one guy went on a long rant about how he can’t be a fan of Taker anymore. Also Hogan saying the n word in 08 is worse than what Benoit did to some of those morons. And heaven forbid you say anything wrong about the lady that Vince paid to do disgusting things
For those unaware, Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son and then hanged himself.
I saw that that. I mean I voted for Trump but you’d think a product like WWE would be old he more politically neutral. People have their opinions. I can watch CM punk even though he is on the left. Not sure why they have to bring it up if it isn’t relevant to the conversation.
Grande Americano gimmick is funny. People were getting mad about the Gulf of America thing? Similar style gimmick as Mr America or the Midnight Rider.
But using politics to get a pop or heat isn’t new in wrestling either