Wrestling Wonders' Pro 50 2017, Part 1 (50-26)

Wrestling Wonders'

Pro 50 

2017, 

Part 1 (50-26)

Within another year, where everyone is eligible and should attempt to enter such a prestigious list all dare to follow, imitate, quietly respect and has the only merit of business appreciation, 2018 could be a revelation, or the beginning of stagnation within the ignorance of the wrestling world.

It is based on the performers actions and no others. Only you can gain an entry, but having power to refuse dead-end matches, daft programs and ignorant floaters that wont elevate careers will prove wrestling's continual decline into the following years.

It is of grave concern.

Last year we warned of the gloomy forecast, short tacks and Indy bubbles. This year has proven that with further ignorance which has faltered many potential “up and comers” and exposed them at the level they preside - jobbers, undercards or one hit wonders.

It is up to you, yet all the advice and information has been provided for your chance to succeed for the future of the business as a whole.

Some simply do not care about their career.

Snubbing this curator, writer and wrestling genius that many dislike for being so, will not continue to raise the ranks.

You can try your entire career/life to impress a short crowd and masses with a moment of imbecilia or you can prove your wrestling mettle in all aspects as a headliner, not just saying it but by being one.

Of course, not everyone is capable of such, but the ‘lesser’ stars have made it among the ONLY list that showcases, respects and foretells the business in its entirety as to where such careers, its failings and ignorance is, or is not, heading.

We can only explain what we see, and we see it all. We are the only ones that lead and as you can see all performers, lists and self interested career goofs trying desperately to tap into this writers formation of the business over the last 8 years has proven its succeeds and failings to see where the real future lies.

Until next year, we shall see whether the business blooms or flounders.

 Head your advice if you are actually serious than a one minute wonder.

There is only one person your career demands you impress.

You all know who that is.

You’re Welcome.

(For the purposes of lost and eradicated material, words and pictures lost have turned this into a list formation than regular write-up. Everyone knows we are the leading originators and don't follow, we lead. We don't copy as many copy us, and is left unchanged. We don't just write on forum based chit-chat, we write things down too.)

50

JOSH WOODS

RING OF HONOR

2016 Placing - Unlisted

49

MATT RIDDLE

FREELANCE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

48

WILL FERRARA

FREELANCE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

47

BUSHI

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING

2016 Placing - 18

46

ROMAN REIGNS

WWE

2016 Placing - 42

45

JESSIE GODDERZ

IMPACT WRESTLING

2016 Placing - Unlisted

44

ELLIOT SEXTON

FREELANCE

2016 Placing - 14

43

MOJO RAWLEY

WWE

2016 Placing - 17

42

BROCK LESNAR

WWE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

41

SHEAMUS

WWE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

40

AIDEN ENGLISH

WWE

2016 Placing - 20

39

NEVILLE

WWE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

38

BIG SHOW

WWE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

37

GO SHIOZAKI

PRO WRESTLING NOAH

2016 Placing - 25

36

JASON JORDAN

WWE

2016 Placing - 34

35

GOLDBERG

WWE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

34

NARUKI DOI

DRAGON GATE

2016 Placing - 22

33

EITA

DRAGON GATE

2016 Placing - 30

32

JAKE LEE

ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING

2016 Placing - Unlisted

31

THE MIZ

WWE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

30

SETH ROLLINS

WWE

2016 Placing - 2

29

JAMES ELLSWORTH

WWE

2016 Placing - 8

28

SHANE MERCER

FREELANCE

2016 Placing - 31

27

JEY USO

WWE

2016 Placing - Unlisted

26

FLAMITA

DRAGON GATE

2016 Placing - 35

Part 2 (25-50) is here -  
( WW Pro 50 2017, Part 2 (25-1) )

© Max Waltham

(originally written 04th January 2018,

           uploaded 09th April 2019)

WWE Fastlane 2018 Review

WWE Fastlane 2018

Results from the card, live on Pay Per View on Sunday March 11th 2018, below.

Beefy. Oxen beefcake Rusev takes Daniel Bryan
copycat and takes it as a pro.

Rusev w/ Aiden English Vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Up first was a job out moment of Rusev, falling victim to ever bland non-entity Shinsuke Nakamura, making him look fantastic. Aiden English helped provide more appeal but like Rusev his Rusev Day was numbered with beatdowns for another vanilla midget of zero substance.

WWE United States Championship

Randy Orton Vs Bobby Roode (c)

Boredom zero of no personality, substance, charisma or fluidity, and trying to live off wearing a robe like Ric Flair, ignorant TNA fluffer act Bobby Roode finally dropped the title in s welcome surprise to Randy Orton. At least WWE had the sense to drop Roode after realising its categorical mistake. Orton now enters the all winner’s club of every major WWE title. Makes you wonder why WWE hated him so much to only do this now.

Tag Team

Naomi and Becky Lynch Vs Natalya and Carmella

Natalya and Carmella downed Becky Lynch and Naomi in an easy and uneventful bout of no meaning to fill a hole. It was a tense effort from everyone except Lynch, who might as well just resign instead of embarrassing herself and the division.

This was simply to build up Carmella as a strong contender as waiting Women’s champion, potentially. WWE have had two years and did nothing for her.

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship

The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) w/ Big E Vs The Uso’s (c)

The Uso’s continue to strive hard to make the tag division appealing again, but with WWE’s attempts at racial profiling to get them over and make them black men who are ‘natural thugs’ is insulting and uncreative at best.

New Day tried to make third wheel and one of WWE’s dirties sex crazed perverts who sleeps with staff on the job, Xavier Woods, most infamous for threesomes with multiple WWE bedhopper Paige, as a title contender.

The result was a pathetic waste of time with a No Contest, which thankfully was a blessing in disguise. How Woods still hangs onto a job or place in New Day or put high on the books because of the other two is an absurdity Vine McMahon just can’t seem to see in the real world.

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship

Charlotte Flair (c) Vs Ruby Riott

Charlotte Flair once more hogged the women’s title, this time for Smackdown, in WWE’s ultimate superstar over fluffing. Her next victim would be newcomer Ruby Riott, who taped to Charlotte’s submission while being mistreated. WWE seem to think a title match helps her, but a loss when a growing concept has stalled her once more in favour of WWE’s obsessed idolisation of Ric Flair’s daughter.

It was an empty match despite a good effort from Riott. Charlotte was just same old routine in WWE again which is lacking tender details and interactive nature.

It was all about sparing and securing Ronda Rousey. Asuka, from Raw, hopped over to challenge Charlotte for the Smackdown Women's title at Wrestlemania. Yeah, when WWE cant think what to do they just use the obvious and ruin the entire concept of what it is supposed to do.

WWE Championship

AJ Styles (c ) Vs John Cena Vs Sami Zayn Vs Kevin Owens Vs Baron Corbin Vs Dolph Ziggler

The main event was more of the same, if not worse. WWE decided to add someone new in every week as the entire crew were not good enough. Eventually they made it a six pack challenge which was a diversary boredom than excitement, but WWE had no real contenders to offer.

Along with AJ Styles being inherently boring, doing nothing champion worthy and just a stain holding the title by proxy, he dropped all superstars in a mish mash of sheer embarrassment that served no purpose going into Wrestlemania and laced no future options for any of those involved.

John Cena, of course, can magically insert himself wherever he wants and thinks he is invincible in WWE because Vince McMahon has some strange obsession with the ignorantly disgraced wife cheater and sex pest who gets many people fired backstage for his own nastiness. But hey, lets make him our kiddie favourite entertainer. Do WWE even see what is wrong with that double standard?

Didn’t Cena also leave Smackdown to become a free agent, which was not allowed because the draft sent him to Smackdown, who then ran off to Raw and is now back on Smackdown again? WWE really do make it up as they go along and fail to create strong, impressive options and instead select all the wrong talent which cripples its future prospects.

Cena was ever useless and actually helped to injury champ AJ Styles, carelessly chucking him through a table.

A jobbers title match with some bouncy stiff if ever their was one. Groundbreaking.

PPV Rating - 0/10 (That makes it THE worst ever).

Men/Women of their matches - Rusev, Randy Orton, Natalya, Jimmy Uso, Ruby Riott, Baron Corbin

Man/Woman of the PPV - Rusev

Amazing mule kick from Rusev, still
unacknowledged by WWE worth.

Fastlane became the worst PPV in WWE history. How did it get to this? The first ever 0/10? WWE still have no clue and don’t care at all, which is why it is no surprise this has occurred.

Everything was rushed, mistreated and empty, thanks to WWE's awful management of the card.

It was not worthy of anyone’s time and simply useless.

WWE need to wake up and find some serious answers, but it does not look likely at all.

It really does deserve no praise and should not be overly protected with ego or fandom. It was a disaster.

© Max Waltham 13th April 2018

All Rights Reserved

WWE Clash (of Champions) 2017

WWE Clash of Champions

2017

Live on Pay Per View from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday 17th December 2017, WWE entered its final PPV of the year. Given to  the Smackdown brand, would WWE once more settle for conformity and repeats or start to shape the new year with a wholesome appetiser? WWE Clash of Champions has been shortened to WWE Clash, where Clash of Champions usually features EVERY match as a title on the line. Meh. Let's find out.

Results

Flabby Roode.

Dolph Ziggler finally climbed the mountain and defeated Baron Corbin, in a good effort but pointless hand me down pandering to lift the United States Championship in a Triple Threat. Bobby Roode was also in this triple threat as another of Triple H's TNA cast off add-ons. Roode was highly out of his depth, had zero charisma or personality and is just the same as TNA fodder in WWE. Transitions on moves were awful and simple filler with all slowed down gimmickry and laughable interactions. How WWE think this is glorious success in waiting is somewhat baffling. No one cared.

World Class talents.

The Uso's retained their Smackdown Tag Team Championship, Fatal 4 Way, Tag Team foray in a cracking battle, largely helped by the team of Rusev and Aiden English in a four way with New Day's Kofi Kingston and Big E and odd ends Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin.

Returning the Charlie Hass/Shelton/Team Angle nonsense, added with New Day laughs (hmm) the match was highly upheld by the sheer quality from The Uso's and Rusev and Aiden English. The latter pair have come into their own despite being the WWE 'odd couple' pairing like Cesaro and Sheamus (when creative don't bother giving you anything and hate you, but fans and critics see the talent on offer). It makes WWE look solely embarrassing. Both teams really shone and made the other two throw ins seem more capable in a multi man match than they would sink on their own.

Gable also suplexed both Rusev and English where English almost landed on his neck, which could have caused serious problems for WWE, and an unsafe working environment. Gable should take more care after almost paralysing someone in the ring with sloppy action. 

Both of them need a super hot feud and as we have said for years Rusev is super over and has the potential to be a honourable man with English, who can more than carry himself despite WWE's hate of getting yourself over on talent alone than WWE's silly angles that claw it down. 

Don't let your eyes go lopsided.

Charlotte Flair predictably downed Natalya to keep the worthless Smackdown Women's Championship, by her daddy's submission, in another guided and safely WWE booked match that was repetitively forgettable. The lockerroom ladies, all handful of 'em, were Lumberjackjills.

The Bludgeon Brothers, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, dropped Breezango, Tyler Breeze and Fandango, in another nothing Tag Team match. The Bludgeon Brothers (must have taken five minutes for WWE to think that one up) are just not working in any situation from WWE's lacking laziness. It was finished in under two minutes. Harper and Rowan looked like boring fools and Breezango looked even bigger chumps once again. No one won.

Up next was another Tag Team, Special Referee's match reminiscent of a Smackdown supershow than an actual PPV. Roly Poly, wife cheating (allegedly) and whining windbag of no skill and ratings dropper of three years handed every title by his friend Triple H, Kevin 'moaner' Owens teamed with his ever trusted sidekick Sami Zayn. Daniel Bryan AND Shane McMahon were special referees. After going into business for themselves last month and abusing the show to try and seem relevant, Zayn and Owens would be 'fired' of they lost. Unfortunately they won. WWE missed another trick there.

Resembling a team of late night janitors trudging through the sludge they created, was met with opponents in the jobbing for ignorance hires who can't materialise, Randy Orton and another fandom favourite of Triple 'no business acumen' H, Shinsuke Nakarmura. This project on all three has already failed but WWE aint gots no options left. How sad for them. Attendance is at its lowest ever, int it?

Here's a sexy picture of Randy Orton,
the five star worker,
 just to keep you entertained.

Recent TNA flunkie made WWE champion, acrobatic flyer AJ Styles once more retained in a worthless WWE Championship main event against Indian Summer TV project for Indian market expansion failings, namely Jinder 'Canadian, steroid abuser, terrorist themed' Mahal and The Singh Brothers. 

Mahal's personal toilet brush holders and Styles' mosquito jumping lunacy as the new John Cena with five moves was another jovial embarrassment for a company supposed to be leading the way in 'sports entertainment' and crashing with the waves tremendously through its own bitterness. 

No one can do (or replicate) what I can do. Should have got with the program, honey.

WWE Clash was more of another Smackdown episode that had a special third hour. It was exhausting, boring, repetitive of all year PPV and just random filled with WWE favourites numbing down its talent for in-house favourites the audience hated to see the first time around.

Have the ratings dipped? Are the stands in the arena empty? Does Triple H ever learn to shelve his imbecilic ego of ignorance hires, with his nasty wife joining his bullying campaign and Vince McMahon appeasing them to make a quick buck? Business for WWE is as usual. Down the pan. Its no wonder the stars already there are contemplating leaving WWE altogether or taking breaks. Even its staff are fed up with WWE's moron management. All to try and outdo the man who made them a modern success that just eats at their ego, instead of working together with, Max Waltham. 

Fans have bailed and they are the only ones with any sense, it would seem. All that's left is the Indy darlings who hope, cry, whine and wish for some cuddly teddy bear to hold onto. WWE's media and PR management is at its worst ever that rips into the programs and don't see how alienating they are, comprised with the McMahon's on air trying to salvage some attention fans believe they have zapped from all the fun.

Even in the background, whiny Kev fugly
ruins everything with zero class.

Cheap and tacky copies of Daniel Bryan's catchphrase (derived from Max Waltham once again), thrown together tag teams once again like three years ago, test subjects, steroid abusers and sex fuelled porn stars as champions or height of programming can't even attain an audience. WWE really haven't seen or been bothered to realise just how damaged their product has become, all down to the airhead era of Triple H and his media toting obsessive wife, Stephanie McMahon, who once had high hopes and sold herself off to the highest bidder. Sounds like a street corner fares better.

Boring, useless and empty. Expect much more worseness in 2018. 2017 drought of ignorance in WWE was only the start for the cascading waterfall of sewage to tumble down at the harshest of speed. Though, that's their problem now, isn't it? 2018 is going to rapidly decline. Pull out. We did tell you last year. Guess what? We were right, as always. 

Verdict? Another boring waste of time and zero entertainment. Go do something better with yours.

Happy New Year.

You're Welcome.

PPV  Rating - 1/10

Men/Women of their matches - Baron Corbin, Rusev, Natalya, Fandango, Randy Orton, No one was good enough.

Man/Woman of the PPV - Rusev

© Max Waltham 24th December 2017

All Rights Reserved