WWE Storylines 2010: NXT & Smackdown losers?
It's interesting to take a look at some of the WWE Storylines 2010 edition. We're just three months into the new year for WWE wrestling, and there seems to be a few "anti-push" type stores going on which are perplexing.
First up, we've got Drew McIntyre. The guy has now lost 3 matches in the past four weeks on Smackdown after going undefeated. The first two losses were expunged/erased by his friend Vince McMahon. After that, McIntyre got to go into a third MITB qualifying match against a local amateur. He easily won the match and became one of the nine guys in the MITB match. He may be odds on favorite despite his losing streak. Just last night though, he was booked in a main event contest against Undertaker by GM Teddy Long. The question, why another loss? It will most likely be expunged again by Vince McMahon, but where is this story leading?
If McIntyre is a future World Champion as Mr. McMahon has predicted, then he'll need at least to win some quality matches, clean or not. Drew could have defeated Kane, but they had their matches result in a double countout and then the DQ win. He could have had some sort of "cheap" win against Undertaker too. Why not have Michaels come out and pull another Sweet Chin Music on Taker like at the Chamber, allowing McIntyre the pinfall, or a distraction, or even a Superkick leading to a Taker countout? The Drew McIntyre story is a strange one, let's see where it goes. He just might become Mr. Money in the Bank at WM26, although Christian is still my favorite to win it.
The NXT storyline is that of Daniel Bryan (real name: Bryan Danielson). It's still a mystery why they changed his name, but we see that storyline is building a feud with his Pro mentor, The Miz. These two guys don't get along and for good reason. Most of the WWE pro heels aren't really into being part of the NXT concept, see CM Punk or Regal. Jericho and Carlito seem to be molding their rookies, while The Miz just doesn't like Daniel Bryan. That's resulted in a lot of pain, humiliation and a 0-4 record for Bryan on NXT, despite the fact that this guy has shown some great skills in ring. What's the reason for a losing streak on a guy of his caliber? It's not going to make him a fan favorite in the way that the scrawny kid Colin Delaney was back on ECW. Delaney was a gimmick, Bryan is not. A storyline of this nature only costs Bryan credibility and there's only true payoff you can see coming out of this: Bryan is able to earn a US title shot against Miz and probably takes the belt away from his mentor to redeem himself.
Daniel Bryan and Drew McIntyre are definitely two talented youngsters within the ranks of WWE, but they need wins on their resumes, not losing streaks, to stay respectable.
Feel free to leave your thoughts on these latest WWE Storylines for 2010. Are they necessary? Do you see a light shining at the end of the tunnel in these stories?
First up, we've got Drew McIntyre. The guy has now lost 3 matches in the past four weeks on Smackdown after going undefeated. The first two losses were expunged/erased by his friend Vince McMahon. After that, McIntyre got to go into a third MITB qualifying match against a local amateur. He easily won the match and became one of the nine guys in the MITB match. He may be odds on favorite despite his losing streak. Just last night though, he was booked in a main event contest against Undertaker by GM Teddy Long. The question, why another loss? It will most likely be expunged again by Vince McMahon, but where is this story leading?
If McIntyre is a future World Champion as Mr. McMahon has predicted, then he'll need at least to win some quality matches, clean or not. Drew could have defeated Kane, but they had their matches result in a double countout and then the DQ win. He could have had some sort of "cheap" win against Undertaker too. Why not have Michaels come out and pull another Sweet Chin Music on Taker like at the Chamber, allowing McIntyre the pinfall, or a distraction, or even a Superkick leading to a Taker countout? The Drew McIntyre story is a strange one, let's see where it goes. He just might become Mr. Money in the Bank at WM26, although Christian is still my favorite to win it.
The NXT storyline is that of Daniel Bryan (real name: Bryan Danielson). It's still a mystery why they changed his name, but we see that storyline is building a feud with his Pro mentor, The Miz. These two guys don't get along and for good reason. Most of the WWE pro heels aren't really into being part of the NXT concept, see CM Punk or Regal. Jericho and Carlito seem to be molding their rookies, while The Miz just doesn't like Daniel Bryan. That's resulted in a lot of pain, humiliation and a 0-4 record for Bryan on NXT, despite the fact that this guy has shown some great skills in ring. What's the reason for a losing streak on a guy of his caliber? It's not going to make him a fan favorite in the way that the scrawny kid Colin Delaney was back on ECW. Delaney was a gimmick, Bryan is not. A storyline of this nature only costs Bryan credibility and there's only true payoff you can see coming out of this: Bryan is able to earn a US title shot against Miz and probably takes the belt away from his mentor to redeem himself.
Daniel Bryan and Drew McIntyre are definitely two talented youngsters within the ranks of WWE, but they need wins on their resumes, not losing streaks, to stay respectable.
Feel free to leave your thoughts on these latest WWE Storylines for 2010. Are they necessary? Do you see a light shining at the end of the tunnel in these stories?
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