Ranking The Shows
7. Ring of Honor
This show is the definition of feast or famine. When they’re on, they’re very on and can produce some of the best shows around. When they’re off though, it feels like a low rent promotion took a TV station hostage and ran their show. The women’s division is still a disaster and some of their other stuff isn’t that much better, but they know how to do the wild matches and athletic displays quite well. It’s a watchable show, but not something I really look forward to most of the time.
8. Main Event
Yes a recap show is somehow not on the bottom of the list. This show actually offers a nice service by showcasing the shortened version of the WWE week. The original wrestling occasionally will be entertaining but this is all about giving you a quick look at Raw and Smackdown. It’s fine for what it is, and that’s all it’s supposed to be.
9. Monday Night Raw
What is there even to say here? I’ve literally never missed an episode of Raw and I don’t remember a time when it felt this hopeless (not bad, but hopeless). It’s like they’re always content with not trying anything and would rather just coast until Wrestlemania season, do the Shakeup, and then get back to coasting again. Feuds go on forever with few people getting elevated, and that leaves you with a bunch of uninteresting people fighting for nothing, because the Intercontinental Title is the top title on the show. Without getting into another Lesnar rant, his absence is killing the biggest wrestling show in the world. That shouldn’t happen, and we’re almost to year three of it being the case. Fix that already, because it’s Raw and not Main Event.
What could be lower than this?
Where would Lucha Underground rank?
With NXT UK being watchable at an hour per week, I may look into 205 Live. I at least hope they notice the chore it was at 2 hours, and vow to never force NXT to do the same, or lengthen the TakeOver shows.
Middle of the pack. It just doesn’t have the same spark as of late.
Initially, I was a little surprised that New Japan on AXS TV wasn’t mentioned but, after about a second, I realized that possibly the reason is that it’s not really a TV show in the sense that most of us would think of. It’s a clip show that features cherry picked matches from PPVs and tournaments, some of which took place months prior.
Wow I’m definitely surprised where you placed NXT UK on the list. It doesn’t seem like you have much fun reviewing the shows and it seems pretty mundane for you. I was expecting it to be lower.
I feel bad for ripping on it so much. The biggest problem is the double episodes. It’s too much and I get annoyed watching it as a result. It’s not that bad.
Haha I understand.
Or is it secretly because you don’t want Impact in the top 5 😛 your secret is safe with me lol