prophet wrote:I'm looking forward to Owens/Jericho, the RAW Women's match, HHH/Rollins (to an extent) and seeing AJ in a high profile match (I know Steve disagrees with this but I don't hate Shane/Styles).
I've said before on here that I want Styles to be in a high profile match, and would rather see him in a singles match against Shane than as part of a random ladder match with a bunch of other guys for a mid-card title. So the Shane/Styles match isn't the worst thing in the world. It's just the shittest high profile match they could have given hihm.
Messiah wrote:Why is it ridiculous?
- We've seen Cena vs Miz before.
- They have no chemistry in the ring.
- The outcome is painfully predictable.
- It's a match that nobody wanted.
- It has generated no buzz, nor will it.
- It does nothing for either character.
The WWE championship match at Wrestlemania should have been John Cena vs AJ Styles. We're in complete agreement on that much. WWE screwed up by blowing through that feud too quickly. But it's not like Miz was the next best option. There's a lot of space between those two matches.
The Miz vs Cena is a waste of John Cena. I'm not even a big fan of the guy, but it just is. Cena is one of the biggest stars in the company, if not the biggest. Putting him in a match that will neither draw interest or help to establish a potential future main eventer
is ridiculous. I don't see an argument against that.
I'm not a fan of the Undertaker vs Cena match either, but it is something that people wanted to see for whatever reason. And it would have been a big star power match that we haven't really seen before between two guys on the same level. It would have made much more sense than Cena vs Miz.
They didn't have to go down that route either though. Cena and Ambrose were building some nice heat with each other on Smackdown and Talking Smack a few months ago, right before Cena's most recent sabbatical. The pissed off work horse of the company vs the disrespected veteran could have been a great feud to pursue for Wrestlemania. It would have been different, it would have been new, and fans would have been more interested in it. And they could have made this change without really impacting any of their other current plans. At least none of the ones that matter.
Samoa Joe could have debuted on Smackdown and Cena vs Joe could have been a match for Wrestlemania. That's a match people have been suggesting for a while and it had a bit of buzz about it. For similar reasons to Cena's clashes with Styles, this could have received a lot of heat. Instead Joe is on Raw now and isn't booked for anything solid for Wrestlemania right now. It doesn't look like he will be given anything important.
A brand vs brand, face vs face, past vs future match between Cena and Reigns was something that I thought could have been interesting, particularly after the two exchanged words on Twitter a while back and it gained some traction online. The crowd dynamic for this would have been fascinating at the very least.
Cena vs Corbin isn't the most inspiring choice, but it makes more sense than the Miz match. It helps promote Corbin, who they consider a potential player going forward. The match would have been better. And the two are just closer in terms of credibility. Not my first choice, but it was an option that was available to them, even if they wanted to use the bigger names in other matches.
I don't think this match even does anything for Miz. He's had a great run lately, I agree with that. I actually think he's the best talker in the company right now, bar none. But this is going to stall his momentum if anything. This match up makes him look like less of a star. It's not just that he's going to lose the match - it's that even the most casual of fans knows instantly that he's going to lose this match. This looks like a mismatch. Just seeing this on paper makes Miz seem more mid-card to me. Maybe I'm in a minority there, but I don't think this will be good for his current run.
Cena vs Miz (with or without their better halves) just doesn't accomplish anything positive. It's a waste of one of the company's greatest resources. That's why it's ridiculous.