Watching Smackdown tonight I just couldn't do it anymore. I lasted about 1 min through the Lana and Ziggler in ring promo and I had to fast forward it until Rusev came out.
It wasn't because it was boring it was because I was embarrassed myself watching it. I don't think I've seen anything as cringe worthy as the Lana-Ziggler pair ever in my 25 years of watching wrestling.
I use to be a ziggler fan.. this whole story is probably the most cringe worthy things I've ever had to sit througb. An this ist aking into account the guest host era
Honestly there is something wrong about Ziggler. He is not believable. Maybe it's his feminine voice, I don't know what it is. He just doesn't come off as a stud, athlete, tough guy.
The best thing for all parties is where all four of Ziggler Rusev Lana and Summer Rae apologise to everyone, shake hands and forget this awful awful angle forever
Lana ad Ziggler have no chemistry at all, add on top the fact that Ziggler tries way too hard to be cool and you have a cringe fest. You can feel how uncomfortable Lana is when kissing Ziggler.
It's mind numbingly mad. Vince basically wanted to turn Lana face and make her the PG version of Sable and this is about the shittiest way to do it I could fucking imagine. I'd rather have seen her turn on Rusev and have Steph make her the GM of the divas or some shit. Fuck. I don't know. ANYTHING would have been better than this. She looks so uncomfortable too.
On the bright side, this has REALLY helped Summer Rae. She looks soooo fucking good in that Lana outfit. She's really shown some good acting chops too. She seems to be the only one happy to be involved in the storyline anyway.
Lana's new direction might be misguided, but Ziggler is the biggest geek on the main roster right now. Not even going to excuse him due to poor booking. He has been terrible in so many ways for a while now. Lacks likeable qualities as a face, sucks on the mic, overdoes the wet noodle bumping, insists on working underneath too early in matches yet can't sell consistently (overselling some things and undersells others, one example of the latter being DEAD then sprinting up ladders at tlc, mania and MITB). With his incredulous booking and complete lack of chemistry with Lana on top of this, you would have to be a massive dork to want to cheer this guy in 2015 or buy/wear his merch.
Remember when geeks were saying he should get the mania main event slot after survivor series 2014? :ti
Rusev, on the other hand, is putting in top notch heel work atm. Acting in dispicable ways, yet being entertaining with it. Just needs a good quality babyface to work with.
Lana's new direction might be misguided, but Ziggler is the biggest geek on the main roster right now. Not even going to excuse him due to poor booking. He has been terrible in so many ways for a while now. Lacks likeable qualities as a face, sucks on the mic, overdoes the wet noodle bumping, insists on working underneath too early in matches yet can't sell consistently (overselling some things and undersells others, one example of the latter being DEAD then sprinting up ladders at tlc, mania and MITB). With his incredulous booking and complete lack of chemistry with Lana on top of this, you would have to be a massive dork to want to cheer this guy in 2015 or buy/wear his merch.
Remember when geeks were saying he should get the mania main event slot after survivor series 2014? :ti
Rusev, on the other hand, is putting in top notch heel work atm. Acting in dispicable ways, yet being entertaining with it. Just needs a good quality babyface to work with.
The worst part of all this is that Rusev is stuck in this feud. Ziggler end of the day is nothing special and can be replaced, Lanas just a pretty face and easily replaceable but Rusev is showing so much talent but hes bogged down in this garbage. Zigglers the heel in this feud he comes across as such an unlikable prick. Though Rusevs heel work is really good, properly good.
The only good thing to come out of this is Rusev showing his talent. For a program designed to get Ziggler and Lana over, they're really not getting it done.
I thought I was the only one cringing through their segment on Smackdown. Jesus fucking Christ that was infuriating. Ziggler comes off as such a smug, little cunt while Lana is just so embarrassing to watch that I honestly had to cover my screen when they kissed. Hope to fucking God Rusev crushes the shit out of him at Summerslam. And retards talk about Seth getting on their nerves when we have a cunt like Ziggler who is 100x more annoying in this terrible excuse for a storyline. END THIS FUCKING SHIT ALREADY!!!!
I can watch it just because of how hilariously bad it is.
I hate to draw another comparison to Lucha Underground, but to highlight why that show is vastly superior, remember when Catrina appeared to be leaving Mil Muertes for Fenix and how that angle progressed. Yeah...that angle was awesome and had a few awesome payoffs down the road.
the fake divas revolution is going on while lana acting like the most simple, stupid, juvenile woman ever as well. she's mad at dolph cuz summer snuck into his dressing room and saw him naked? what?
so they are trying to be modern while at the same time act like it's 1990? thanks vince for proving once again how out of touch you are. meanwhile both angles now now have become horrible.
the crowd was into lana, but now they of course found a way to ruin her as well. if there's a will, there's a way with vince and dunn when it comes to ruining their talent.
of course the blame will be all on the talent and not on the idiots in charge sabotaging their careers with their putrid ideas.
Rusev is a primo talent, and the ziggles - lana couple pale in comparison to the compelling television that Rusev and Summer Rae make for. Don't be afraid to embrace Rusev as your No. 1 heel.
I have no problem at all with Rusev. He entertains me and so does Summer to a lesser extent. Hence why I said "I fast forwarded it until Rusev" came out.
Shame what they did to her. Even if they are gonna reunite her with Rusev, I'm afraid the damage is done already. She should've left Rusev for another heel, kept the ice queen gimmick, then staged a big reunion. Now she's just another bimbo.
I hear you. Lana and Ziggler are so cringeworthy together it's unbelievable. Even when Lana talks about Dolph when he's not on-screen, it's embarrassing to watch. Having said that, Rusev is killing it out there. :eva2
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