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Post by MonkeyDBain on Dec 30, 2009 14:42:28 GMT -5
Ya, good luck to the Bucks, heck of nice guys with tons of talent.
Plus, when Vince buys TNA, maybe they will get picked up.
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Post by Lyle C. Williams on Dec 30, 2009 22:20:46 GMT -5
Here's hoping the fans get behind them and Matt & Nick get pushed to the moon -- despite the geriatric ceiling in TNA. Anyone know if they're still going to be The Young Bucks in TNA? Or is TNA going to do that incredibly silly thing that the WWE does and change their name? Ala Nigel. I mean, are we going to be watching Matt & Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks or is it going to be Matt & Nick Buffalo of the Youthful Herdlings? Nigel wanted the name change! |
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Post by TTX on Jan 5, 2010 13:55:43 GMT -5
That way a wrestler can keep his other name when he leaves WWE/TNA.
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Post by j on Jan 5, 2010 19:28:19 GMT -5
they will now be called "Generation Me"
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Post by Splattercat on Jan 5, 2010 23:33:51 GMT -5
Did anyone doubting the Young Bucks' future in TNA consider this: What the hell is WWE going to do with a tag team..? Talk about having no future.... Here's hoping the fans get behind them and Matt & Nick get pushed to the moon -- despite the geriatric ceiling in TNA. Anyone know if they're still going to be The Young Bucks in TNA? Or is TNA going to do that incredibly silly thing that the WWE does and change their name? Ala Nigel. I mean, are we going to be watching Matt & Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks or is it going to be Matt & Nick Buffalo of the Youthful Herdlings? Nigel wanted the name change! I'll see that and raise you: Nigel picked the name... |
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Post by smathis on Jan 6, 2010 11:00:07 GMT -5
Nigel wanting the name change and (potentially) picking the name are both pretty shocking to me.
I mean, the name isn't terrible. There have certainly been worse. But it does seem kind of an odd choice to me.
As for the WWE tag scene...
I'd say it's healthier now than it has been in a long time. The (W)WWE/F has never been a haven for tag-team action on par with, say, territories like Memphis or the AWA -- where tag-teams were often on par with main events.
Nevertheless, they tend to go through cycles where they have really great talent in their tag division. Let's not forget that some classic tag-teams came out of the WWF/E.
If the Bucks were to go to WWE, now would be the time. I mean, we're seeing tag-teams main event now for the first since -- well -- DX was put back together the last time. And there's every reason to expect the Hart Dynasty is going to be moving up the ranks soon.
As for TNA, they've always had great talent in their tag division and have arguably had some of the best tag-teams in the world on their roster. But they're not much better in how they treat tag-teams than the E.
Look at the MCMG. Great tag-team. Two great wrestlers. Going on their fifth year with the company. Still jobbing to Team-3D.
At this time, the women get better and more consistent exposure on TNA than the tag-teams. Tag teams in TNA, just like in the E, are an afterthought at best. I don't think we'll be seeing a MCMG vs. Beer Money main event any sooner than we'd see a Hart Dynasty vs. Cryme Time main event. Although it is possible we'll see a DX vs. Hart Dynasty main event in the next few months...
I wish the Bucks all the luck in the world. They're an electrifying tag-team. Unfortunately, there isn't really a best option for them in the mainstream. Of the two, I would suppose that TNA would be the better option. I just don't want to see them languish on the roster like Sabin, Shelley, Homicide and Kazarian have done.
Here's hoping they make an impact (pun intended) and have the ability to move on if better options become available.
It saddens me just a bit, though. Giving the tag-teams a strong push would differentiate TNA from WWE. They've done it in the past. But they just don't seem invested in the tag wrestling at this time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 12:10:55 GMT -5
Actually, if the Bucks were in WWE, and either on ECW or SmackDown, they'd have a good chance of not getting lost in the shuffle like they would if they were on RAW. If/when the Dynasty beat DX for the tag belts (you know they're going to), they could have feuded with the Bucks and had (what I'd assume would be) some pretty great matches.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they're in TNA, glad they're given a chance in the mainstream, but they would have been better off in WWE if they had to go one place or the other.
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Post by smathis on Jan 6, 2010 16:12:49 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they're in TNA, glad they're given a chance in the mainstream, but they would have been better off in WWE if they had to go one place or the other. Totally right about the other brands. I think Matt & Nick would be incredible on a show like Smackdown. I'm reluctant, though, because I think about Kendrick & London. A similar tag-team in style. But they had a good run for a little while and then... poof! The weird thing about WWE is how they go hot/cold on tag-teams. I mean, you'll have a few months where the tag division is really heating up. And then... radio silence. I guess it all depends on where Matt & Nick would fall on that spectrum - on TNA and WWE. I hope they can make the best of all the opportunities given them. They're a great team. |
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Post by Splattercat on Jan 6, 2010 16:38:47 GMT -5
Actually, if the Bucks were in WWE, and either on ECW or SmackDown, they'd have a good chance of not getting lost in the shuffle like they would if they were on RAW. If/when the Dynasty beat DX for the tag belts (you know they're going to), they could have feuded with the Bucks and had (what I'd assume would be) some pretty great matches. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they're in TNA, glad they're given a chance in the mainstream, but they would have been better off in WWE if they had to go one place or the other. I disagree...TNA has always had a strong Tag Team division with enough teams to fill a ring at any given time...In the last 5 years, with a handful of exceptions (MNM, Deuce and Domino, Legacy, the Colons) both sets of WWE Tag belts have been held by mongrel teams... WWE is all about singles success...It's no place for a dedicated tag team...Not in the long term scheme of things anyhow.. |
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Post by kingwiththeax on Jan 6, 2010 18:28:26 GMT -5
Well TNA has had their fair share of terrible tag teams hold their tag titles over the past years also.......
Kurt Angle/Sting (2 good wrestlers but kind of a mongrel tag team)
Adam "Pac-Man" Jones and Ron Killings
Kaz and Super Eric (until they were stripped 30 seconds later)
Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed (Really like Lethal as a singles guy pre-macho man gimmick.)
Booker T & Scott Steiner (2 tag guys who became singles guys mashed together for angle purposes)
I would say that top to bottom, TNA has had better tag teams on their roster over the past 4-5 years, but when you have Pac-man Jones as 1/2 of your tag champions, the TNA history isn't all that rich either. And where were all the tag teams for the "Biggest night in TNA history"?? No where to be found. No British Invasion, No Beer Money (except for them getting a 90s nWo beatdown backstage), no Team 3-D, and the MCMG were in a singles match. I still don't see why they broke up LAX, they wer a great team. I know Team 3-D was in Japan, but still the point was that they were not there.
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