ABMorales787
04-20-2018, 01:58 AM
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Road Dogg has been the butt of many bad booking jokes since 2017. Taking the spot of head of creative from the very much loved Ryan Ward of NXT fame, Smackdown's quality went from damn impressive with killer matches and solid storytelling in two hours to shift afterwards to having uneventful main events. A midcard scene that had all the talent in the world but also had Shane McMahon butting in constantly. Odd stop-start pushes for random talents like Tye Dillinger, The Fashion Police, Mojo Rawley and Sin Cara. Inconsistencies started to become commonplace Tuesday nights as we would have segments with Kevin Owens complaining about referee calls and getting "the referee's decision is final" and then having a referee reverse a decision between the Usos and Gable/Benjamin on the same episode. Or more glaringly, Shane accusing Daniel Bryan of favoring Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn right after seeing Bryan punishing them. When Road Dogg is discussed, it's usually not in a positive light.
The detail when it comes to Road Dogg is how criticism falls on Smackdown. It's the show called out for weak storytelling, weak match quality and an abundance of inconsistencies. Raw does not get that kind of criticism. As such, it's hard to say Smackdown's quality is Vince and Triple H's fault because even though they make the decisions above others, they do it for both shows. As such, what makes Raw except from what Smackdown does? The writing team. Who leads the writing team? Road Dogg. When did the perceived decline in quality start? When Road Dogg took over for Ryan Ward in February 2017. As such, right or wrong, all fingers point to him.
But the 2018 Superstar Shake-Up has come and gone. A Smackdown that only had Shinsuke Nakamura as a top heel with AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan as top babyfaces, the brand now boasts an All-Star roster that would make the biggest PWG Battle Of Los Angeles tournament bluff. From the already mentioned three, the likes of Samoa Joe, Andrade Cien Almas, Eric Young, Killian Dain, Cesaro and Jeff Hardy all join guys like Randy Orton, Rusev and The Usos to make way for some of the most impressive match posibilites in years for WWE. Smackdown now boast an incredible line-up of stars from ROH, TNA, CMLL, NJPW and beyond mixed with some of their best homegrown. There are no excuses anymore for Road Dogg.
Road Dogg has been the butt of many bad booking jokes since 2017. Taking the spot of head of creative from the very much loved Ryan Ward of NXT fame, Smackdown's quality went from damn impressive with killer matches and solid storytelling in two hours to shift afterwards to having uneventful main events. A midcard scene that had all the talent in the world but also had Shane McMahon butting in constantly. Odd stop-start pushes for random talents like Tye Dillinger, The Fashion Police, Mojo Rawley and Sin Cara. Inconsistencies started to become commonplace Tuesday nights as we would have segments with Kevin Owens complaining about referee calls and getting "the referee's decision is final" and then having a referee reverse a decision between the Usos and Gable/Benjamin on the same episode. Or more glaringly, Shane accusing Daniel Bryan of favoring Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn right after seeing Bryan punishing them. When Road Dogg is discussed, it's usually not in a positive light.
The detail when it comes to Road Dogg is how criticism falls on Smackdown. It's the show called out for weak storytelling, weak match quality and an abundance of inconsistencies. Raw does not get that kind of criticism. As such, it's hard to say Smackdown's quality is Vince and Triple H's fault because even though they make the decisions above others, they do it for both shows. As such, what makes Raw except from what Smackdown does? The writing team. Who leads the writing team? Road Dogg. When did the perceived decline in quality start? When Road Dogg took over for Ryan Ward in February 2017. As such, right or wrong, all fingers point to him.
But the 2018 Superstar Shake-Up has come and gone. A Smackdown that only had Shinsuke Nakamura as a top heel with AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan as top babyfaces, the brand now boasts an All-Star roster that would make the biggest PWG Battle Of Los Angeles tournament bluff. From the already mentioned three, the likes of Samoa Joe, Andrade Cien Almas, Eric Young, Killian Dain, Cesaro and Jeff Hardy all join guys like Randy Orton, Rusev and The Usos to make way for some of the most impressive match posibilites in years for WWE. Smackdown now boast an incredible line-up of stars from ROH, TNA, CMLL, NJPW and beyond mixed with some of their best homegrown. There are no excuses anymore for Road Dogg.