1. I thought they were a good team. Tyson had improved from the stint he'd had in NXT, he'd actually learned how to cut a pretty good promo, and they functioned well as a team as they brought stuff to the table that complimented each other. Kidd was faster and quicker while Cesaro is kind of a jack of all trades in that he does well as a technical guy, a power guy, a brawler and even an athletic guy. He's not the best in any of those sections, but he's quite good in enough of them to really make him a well rounded guy.Originally Posted by OYDK
2. The Bar was started when Mick Foley, when he was functioning as Raw GM and after being impressed with their best of 7 series, decided to pair them up as a team. Personally, I enjoyed their series of matches and I think most of the hate was geared towards Sheamus as his third WWE Championship run took place in late 2015 and was part of a bigger issue with WWE constantly pushing Roman Reigns, Triple H being in the picture, manufacturing another big moment for Reigns, etc.. Plus, Sheamus was someone who hadn't really been thought of as a real player by a lot of fans for a while. As far as their formation into a team, I was skeptical but I was hopeful as they had the potential to be a good hoss tag team and they turned out to be much better than I thought.
3. There's this purveying myth about WWE that it's this evil corporation in which management gets its rocks off by seeing how much of a living hell it can make out of the lives of its employees. WWE's a victim of its own success in that it's often targeted for business practices that are practiced by the rest of the wrestling industry, only they're the easier and most convenient target. Now, I'm not going to try to pretend that WWE doesn't make some highly questionable business decisions in which ethics and morality get their balls torn off, because we all know it happens. While it's not remotely the entrance to the deepest, dankest pit of Hell, it's also not some liberal arts college campus where everyone loves each other, gets along all the time and holds hands in a circle singing Age of Aquarius. It's a place of business where everyone's human and everyone has human flaws and such flaws include behaving in ways, saying things or doing things that aren't exactly what most people would call nice. Guess what, that's life in a nutshell all around the world everywhere, every day. My problem with WWE is that it tries to be too corporate, too slickly polished to the point where it comes off as cold and unfeeling. As a result, WWE management often comes off as highly pretentious and maybe some of them feel like they're about to choke on what they're saying or trying to sell because it's what their boss wants them to but, like it or not, it's their job. I don't believe that WWE doesn't care about its talent, I think a big part of the problem is that the attitudes of people have changed. Nowadays, the Millennial mind set is that if you don't give someone everything they want, then you're labeled as some sort of prick. Everybody wants a push, everybody wants to be in a prominent spot, some are threatening to quit because they don't like how they're being used, some are quitting because they're unhappy in the direction they're going, etc.. WWE can't please everybody and everybody can't always get what they want, how they want it and when they want it. WWE is demanding, most definitely, and sometimes I do think that WWE demands too much of its wrestlers but you can't convince me that Vince and WWE management are assholes who treat talent like garbage for shits and giggles. WWE has a Wellness Policy that's stronger than most of what you see applied to professional sports, the company is willing to pay for drug & alchohol rehabilitation, they don't just let talent go at the drop of a hat anymore, especially while they're injured as was the case once upon a time, etc.. It's unfortunate that it took the tragedy of Benoit and the government threatening to essentially ass rape Vince McMahon by taking control of and regulating WWE, but at least something positive has come out of it.
4. As to who will be remembered more fondly....hmmm, I'd probably still go with the Shield as they were the first truly genuine super faction WWE had probably since the days of Evolution. All three men have already had HOF worthy singles careers and will no doubt be inducted as a faction at some point as well. Still, I won't argue with anyone who picks New Day as they've most definitely earned every bit of adulation and respect they've garnered. New Day will be remembered fondly, maybe not as fondly because people always tend to remember dominant, vicious groups more. New Day, however, is the group that scratched, bit and clawed its way into not only acceptance but one of the most over acts on the entire WWE roster at any point during this decade. New Day could be argued as the heart and soul of WWE's tag team revival. I've no doubt New Day will be in the HOF some day and, frankly, I think Woods and Big E can have successful careers as singles guys like Kofi has, but Kofi is the only one who could be in the HOF by himself. Kofi is the current WWE Champion, he's a 4 time IC champ, 3 time US champ, 8 time Tag Team champ and has spent more total days as a tag champ than any other wrestler in WWE history.
5. There probably are some who feel embarrassed about it. However, those are also probably the same type of men who really dislike to give women the credit they deserve in the first place. Women in WWE now are out there legitimately taking the same sort of risks as the men are, they're having to work hard to prove themselves and they can't just skate by on being eye candy.
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