Some would argue it happened well before this and there's probably earlier periods you should stop watching, but when you reach this point, you know it's time to stop. Guys like Punk and Bryan do their best, but everything else is just dog shit. The magic is well and truly gone. Unless you're an absolute weirdo who likes this guy, Swagger and the Nexus then Wrestlemania XXVI is where you should stop watching if you're making your way through old shows. It's only depressing to keep going.
this is true yeah i noticed it's right around this time. sheamus debut is a great cut-off point. i hate everything that comes after and every new wrestler that debuts after, it's all been shit. i hated that nexus shit too especially.i wish i would've stopped watching then but i didn't know it was never going to get better.
>>21133048It was a weird time period where they realized they has fucked themselves making WWE the John Cena show, so Vince decided to megapush some complete shitters like Sheamus, Del Rio and Jack Swagger because he was a retard homosexual
OP here. Forgot to add, it's not even that Sheamus sucks, he's decent and seems like a good dude, the product is just that shit.
>>211330482011 smackdown was a highlight in comparison with all the bullshit they were putting on tv from late 2009 to 2016, at least from what i remember.i'd say 2012 is when things really go south. that's when johnny ace and ALBERT were in main events, and when the midcard was absolutely fucking dull with no effort put into it whatsoever. brodus clay and alex riley had spots on tv, which really was a downgrade from the occasionally fun ic title scene match you'd get on raw like a kofi vs john morrison for example. smackdown became the bonafide recap show. lots of awfully unfunny segments year round. the introduction of fcw and nu-nxt graduates like the shield and the wyatts and cesaro and rusev did a world of good to the show's structure, but of course it's not enough the drown out the asinine and nails-on-a-chalkboard overall tone of the program by then. i can't imagine having to re-listen to full blown shill mode michael cole and checked out uber babyface lawler on commentary on a regular basis again. i don't have the same childlike capacity to tune their bs out anymore.
>>21133082exactly the reason why the change of scenery to becoming the face of Collision is going to unlock Sheamo's true potentialboth he and we shall discover he was meant to be a indy strongstyle machine but with the bonus transferred Fed exposure shinethe ospreay champion vs champion match is inevitable and by that time he finna have done enough under Tony to be tired of him and jump over to nippoland and inject life into all their circuits
>>21133082Sheamus was based when he went with Cesaro and remained so until the injuries kept piling on and he was released. He wasn't good as a babyface but he also had to deal with shit material. His rematch with Bryan was great and he had a complete sleeper hit with Big Show.
>>21133614the paul wight program is universally recognized as one, if not the best, of Show's outingsnot tryna nitpick merely want to get everyone on the same page in a case where the iwc actually has a clue
>>21133048It was that weird ass period when Johnny Ace randomly decided every wrestler on the show needed to be tall and jacked with no character
>>21133082They pushed Sheamus way too quickly and he never really recovered. Then having him squash Bryan at wrestlemania was the end.
So we're just going to act like the Beats of the Bodhrán isn't one of the best moves of all time?
>>21133733very few people on the roster looked as uniquely convincing as sheamus did. the most casual of viewers from back then still remember the pale ginger dude from wrestling. it's no wonder they pushed him.
One of my most cherished childhood moments was Jerry Lawler stammering over himself trying to explain that it was weird that both Sheamus and Orton were white dudes but had completely different skin tones. Probably would get cancelled for commentary like that these days.
>>21133855For me it was Lawler's promo on Goldust
>>21133894>>21133855I always remember a random match on raw between I think benoit and rhyno that ended during the commercial break. thinking back as an adult I can only assume one of them got injured
>>21133763wen he hits A&W world champ claudio with it for a ref stoppage win in their triple threat with Hero at wrestlekingdom then it can receive its flowersuntil then remain firm .... soon.gif
>>21133742not the end merely a delayHibernia has survived the centuries so can its greatest export, Tony needs someone to jump willy in the all out postmatch celebration after all
>>21133048i disagree sheamuis was awesome and outside of the garbage comedy (which is a staplepoint for every era of wwe even today) PG era was fun and kino, plenty of clasic fueds and people who fell in love with wrestling from that erastop being a fake critic
>>21134941>it was good because it was my childhood
>>21134941agreed and he did that while not coming from a mark background and yet still goes 100% for the biz whether he actually found a love for it or not. has/had the lookhas/had the talenthad the hoss work, now we all await if he can transcend to legendary status in the greener pastures outside McMahonland and show us the scalebreaking workrate that may yet to be uncovered
>>21133489>>21134106>>21134136shitty gimmick
>>21134106funnily enough a kind of inverse of this is possible back in wwe, some sort of avenged Shield for Kassius Ohno in a trio with the old Bar mates, this can also be played off the awkward and conspicuous summerslam feud>Punk has the pull now and wherewithal to keep the Shield dimes printing while having the grudge to want his original idea not fall into disuse>Paul is irl buds with Sheamus and only needs a new idea pulling from a past proven success as leverage to convince his pursestring masters to let him back on>Claudio is irl cool with Sheamus too, has a past tenure built up, and Paul would be overjoyed to spite Tony they are gonna run out of main event challengers so there is the motive and circumstances to make this happen and surely it provides lots of tv skits and angles to fill time which tko would chomp at the bit for
>>21135141Sheamus was and would be awesome anywhere we had to live through the era where he only had Vince batista-clones to fight though. If the fed wont take him it seems the dub is the only place with enough monies for what he probably thinks he is worth. Unless he has indicated he is done with wrestling somewhere already apologies but until this is made evident i say he still has the itch
>>21135326he's gonna wrestle jimmy ocean
>>21134941>people who fell in love with wrestling from that eraOnly faggots like you
>>21133614sheamus and cesaro was the cringe personified
>>21133855i remember they said that in his childhood Sheamus (who as an adult is like 6'7 so was probably massive in school) got bullied for being pale and ginger like that is rare in ireland.
