Re: Lashley ™ Presents: World Wrestling Entertainment
Lashley’s SmackDown Feedback.
I’ve never read this thread before so forgive me if I miss something that I probably shouldn’t. Without reading anything and just judging a book by it’s cover – I hope like hell you’re not a big Bobby Lashley fan. I hate the guy and a push to the moon for him would probably be disastrous.
First things first – I like your SmackDown banner.
Okay, the show kicks off with MVP and the VIP Lounge hosting Matt Hardy. You set the scene very well to begin with although it would help to know exactly WHO MVP’s bodyguard is?? Hit and miss promo really. MVP was good at some stage where as at other stages he was a little off. You made good use of garnering cheap heat but the bit where MVP said that the VIP Lounge is for people better than Matt Hardy... well he’s contradicted himself because one would imagine that he invited him on, why else would he be out there? Hardy was straight to the point in his desire to win the title although I hope after Backlash you are done with this feud as it’s old now. Chavo coming out seems a little random to me but that could be one of those things I’ve missed, Chavo and MVP could have an allegiance, I don’t know. If that’s the case then that’s all well and good but if not, it’s really quite random and could be just Chavo trying to get his nose into the United States Title match but I’m fairly confident he’s already involved with Kane???
Finlay and Chuck to kick things off huh? I’m not a fan of either man but there is no denying Finlay’s ability so I think you most certainly made the right decision. I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing Finlay get pushed since there is a lot worse talent then him in BTB getting pushed to the moon. Good to see that you didn’t make this a total squash, as an 8 minute opener is hardly a squash match and you noted that Palumbo got in a bit of offence.
MVP and Chavo next week to take on Hardy huh? I’d say they’ll both totally decimate Hardy here before Matt gets the “overcoming the odds” victory at Backlash because you want both MVP and Chavo looking strong going into Backlash because I’m fairly confident they’ll both lose. I wouldn’t be a fan of Hardy going over in the handicap match next week at all.
I hate Kozlov. The end.
Ah. Batista. As bland and as generic as ever. I hope you don’t go down that route. It’s been done. Don’t go there. You had to have to interview though to give your Main Event some hype, so that’s fair enough. It’d be tragic though if you decided to go down the Batista v Edge/Taker route though. It’s old.
A Big Show and Umaga feud really could’ve been quite good. It’s a damn shame you had the match on this show, you could’ve built it into quite an epic encounter since both big men are quite talented. This section has reaffirmed to me what I initially thought earlier in the show but did not mention in that you have some syntax problems that do take away from the quality of the production and not make it as easy to read as it could be. So Umaga is an ECW Superstar now? What was he before? Raw or SD? Going by this I’d imagine he was on SD but stranger things have happened.
Strange to hear Dykstra refer to himself as a “Future Main Eventer” when he usually calls himself a “Future Hall of Famer”, a moniker which suits him better than a future main eventer in my opinion. Clearly Vickie Guerrero is in a giving mood this evening.
Women’s Tag Match huh? Good to see you giving the chicks a chance to showcase themselves but it doesn’t particularly interest me.
The structure of this promo was horrible. I can’t find another word for it. You used the wrong words and the paragraph was poorly structured which killed the effect the promo could’ve had. Regardless of that, I’m not stupid, we all know Edge will be there in the Main Event.
Kofi is still undefeated in your thread? That’s cool. I’m still split on him, I’m not quite sure whether I like him or not yet. I haven’t decided. Good to see him pick up the win though thus maintaining his streak and it probably garners Dykstra a little bit of heat to following his egotistical promo early. Smart enough booking.
Maybe you are going to have a ‘Mags/Big Show feud. That’s good. I didn’t like the promo, didn’t sound like Show at all. He was poorly characterised and you didn’t portray his true persona well at all. Never the less, glad to see you’re going to build on the feud although it seems fairly evident that you are using Big Show to put Umaga over. I do think you answered my question from earlier though with the way you worded one of Big Show’s lines in that Umaga must have previously been on Raw.
Very well booked Main Event. I liked it. Edge screwing ‘Taker adds some more hype to their feud which is great and it gives Batista some momentum. The fact that Batista was motionless when he was dragged on to Taker by Edge in stills that ‘Taker maintains his finishers momentum. Smart stuff. I like it.
Overall, a solid show. Enough to make me keep reading. I like that your recap was short and to the point. If it was much longer it definitely would’ve dragged on and could’ve turned into a chore to read but because you kept it relatively brief it most certainly benefitted you in the long run. Good job.
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