I now know where Mark Henry was during his time away from WWE. He was out raising a Gold Chocobo and doing the Knights of Round sidequest from Final Fantasy VII, or he was doing something similar. I wouldn't call three dudes in Boss Man gear the equivalent to 12 heavily armored magic knights, but hey, I guess you work with what you're given. The point is, they've given a new wrinkle to the World's Strongest Man. They gave him someone that he couldn't face head on, or so to say wouldn't face head on.
The knee-jerk criticism is that Mark Henry never needed to pick no bones during the Hall of Pain days, and it's one that I take to heart because I'm such a fan of his. The World's Strongest Man need not back down from anyone, whether slithering viper or insatiable meat consuming automaton. He stood up to the Big Show with little fear, at least at first. This is WWE retrofitting a character that doesn't need their heel ideals with that getup, and it's frustrating.
However, to play a bit of Devil's advocate here, Big Show, especially pre-World's Largest Rebellious Teenager Big Show, wasn't the dynamo that Ryback is. And it wasn't really backing down, but it was gamesmanship. The Shield was coming for him anyway. Don't work hard, work smart. Then, afterwards, he could send his message in the form of three World's Strongest Slams. Right now, the WrestleMania booking sheet says "The Shield vs. Sheamus, Randy Orton, and Ryback," but that's not how it's going to play out. I can't help but get a little excited (even if my horse is going to end up losing, or more appropriately, getting eaten).
As for the rest of the show, man, is the fact that now Alberto del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez have almost the same amount of parody videos as Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter have regular We the People spots the most WWE build ever? They can't let anything incubate or build up. Well, not anything. The Fandango stuff is getting a good play, and I'm not sure it's even close to reaching troll critical mass. But yeah, I don't know if this is just short-attention-span WWE story layout or whether Swagger is not long for this world after Mania. Either way, it's just not flying with me.
The knee-jerk criticism is that Mark Henry never needed to pick no bones during the Hall of Pain days, and it's one that I take to heart because I'm such a fan of his. The World's Strongest Man need not back down from anyone, whether slithering viper or insatiable meat consuming automaton. He stood up to the Big Show with little fear, at least at first. This is WWE retrofitting a character that doesn't need their heel ideals with that getup, and it's frustrating.
However, to play a bit of Devil's advocate here, Big Show, especially pre-World's Largest Rebellious Teenager Big Show, wasn't the dynamo that Ryback is. And it wasn't really backing down, but it was gamesmanship. The Shield was coming for him anyway. Don't work hard, work smart. Then, afterwards, he could send his message in the form of three World's Strongest Slams. Right now, the WrestleMania booking sheet says "The Shield vs. Sheamus, Randy Orton, and Ryback," but that's not how it's going to play out. I can't help but get a little excited (even if my horse is going to end up losing, or more appropriately, getting eaten).
As for the rest of the show, man, is the fact that now Alberto del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez have almost the same amount of parody videos as Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter have regular We the People spots the most WWE build ever? They can't let anything incubate or build up. Well, not anything. The Fandango stuff is getting a good play, and I'm not sure it's even close to reaching troll critical mass. But yeah, I don't know if this is just short-attention-span WWE story layout or whether Swagger is not long for this world after Mania. Either way, it's just not flying with me.