Unpopular opinion: long term champions and storytelling is boring, I don't want watch Gunther or Cody matches because it's clear they won't lose their titles until at least WrestleMania.
For me the MitB winner should be Gable, imagine him being a smart heel with the briefcase and end up winning one of the main event titles.... he deserves it, he's been too good for far too long without his due
I figure if Cena does win the IC he'll probably have maybe a month long title run doing open challenges before dropping it to someone like Bronson Reed.
Title matches are way too predictable. Thats why the shock loss is perfect. Like a title match on a raw or smackdown, you already know who is going to win 9/10.
1. Don't let The Rock steal another Wrestlemania main event 2. Don't let The Rock overshadow John Cena's farewell tour 3. Don't have John win every match 4. Don't have Jey & Jimmy stuck in the tag division or with Roman. 5. Don't continue long feuds & storylines that are stale. Ex. Judgment Day vs Rhea & Damian. 6. Don't screw up the womens mid-card division 7. Don't waste the extra hour on both brands. Utilize the potential. 8. Don't leave us on storyline cliffhangers to never finish the storyline or make us wait and forget about it. Not every story needs to be long-term storytelling. Pull the trigger when it needs to be pulled.
How is the rock stealing a mania main event when he and Cody have had this fued ready to ignite ever since he and Cody put on a legendary mania build for mania 40. Also one of the biggest movie stars in the world and the WWEs top babyface will obviously get the main event. Especially when u remember both guys are main players in the legendary bloodline storyline.
@@thelastquincy1457 Well let's just say he didn't need to be in this storyline to begin with. The only build up to Wrestlemania was his ego. He took almost half of tv time from full-time wrestlers to only recycle his promos from years ago. The only reason he looked good was because of the people he worked with. As far as 2025 goes, Seth vs Punk should be a Wrestlemania main event not on a Netflix debut. Punk & Seth both are finally in good shape and the match is worthy. A match we should've had last year but injuries do happen. The fact that people want the Cody vs Rock as a title match that people want Rock to win is a joke. Especially after so many people complained about Roman & Logan Paul being part time champs. Not to mention its at this point speculation that he can even show up for more than 30 second promo due to his Hollywood schedule. Let's be real. He should've kept it in the past because the more he forces himself into storylines the worse it makes him look because he has to do it off the backs of the others instead of doing it on his own. Maybe he should stay in the office. Just saying.🤷♀️
@@thelastquincy1457 Oh and main players of the Bloodline storyline?🤣🤣🤣 Neither one of them would have had a part in it if Roman & Jey didn't begin it in the first place.
I want to add something. WWE shouldn’t have the Royal rumble winner go after the WWE Championship. They should go after the World Heavyweight. That title still feels like a 2nd place title to the WWE title. Like Roman said “The losers bracket title”. I think the rumble winner wanting to go after the world title would add some prestige to it. Right now it still feels like an upper mid card belt. And give it a good story going into mania. Imagine how the title would feel with a story like the punk/mcintyre on top of that title.
Or they could go for any title. They can see Gunther holding that World Title, say "Fuck that" and just settle on the United States Championship or something
They need to go back what they use to do in Attitude Era. Major title match on raw or smackdown champion loses it Dragging out these long title reigns gets real annoying
Dante, you made some very good points in your video. I don't think we need to do away with money in the bank, it just needs to be booked better. Having priest win it last year was a better move compared to some one like austin theory winning it and wasting it on a midcard title. I agree with what you said about owens and balor, though i wouldn't mind balor winning the world title more. Hes proven that he can stay healthy and him vs someone like gunther would be a david v Goliath match. I don't mind the 5 match card, as long as you give the matches plenty of time to form the storyline. Of course with the big 4 or 5 ppvs, you can add more matches, especially if they are planning to expand to 2 night cards like Wrestlemania, but for the b-level ppvs, having 5 matches isnt exactly a bad thing. I will add that one thing thats lacking for both mens world champs are legit contenders. Whos the current number 1 contender for Gunther? Exactly. If Cody hadn't been feuding with KO who would or could he feud with? Then you have the never-ending story about the Bloodlines with no end game in sight.
What WWE should NOT do is book the NXT Mens Division to Main event any show anymore, we always talk about how the NXT WOMENS DIVISION is the best in wrestling, not the Men's, the fact that this year just 1 NXT PLE was Main evented by the Women is CRAZY.
I would actually prefer Cena to focus on IC title and not win his 17th. My main reason for this is I think it should be Orton that does that and holds the record. Flair and Cena hold the record, Flair was a mentor and in a legendary faction Orton and Cena and Orton are all time rivals. Story wise it makes more sense for Orton to hold the record
5:34 100% AGREE. He is not booking NXT Takeovers anymore to have just 5 matches. NXT (it was 1 hour pre taped show a week) was fine with 5 matches. But a PLE with 2 shows (that now are 3 hours) and 11 titles....5 matches??? Do better.
With this honestly we could easily get 2 PLEs a month. And then leave the big 4 for both companies to have a match on the card. It would make the “draft” seem more legit and it would make PLEs like survivor series seem more special. Just my take tho
i relistened to ep. 1 of talking to myself today and dante could definitely do microphone clipped to the hat. ive seen it a lot with that type of mic 👍 plus mans has always got a cap on
@milanpolar good question. i usually see doing that (since there isnt really a better place to clip it) and ive never noticed any issues. I'm guessing it's a quality mic in general.
1. Don't rush 17 for cena. Continuity is important in Triple H's WWE. Cena hasn't won a singles match in 7 years. There is no reason for him to be in the title picture at WM 41. IMO, Cena should work his way to the title, and his first, and only opportunity to get 17, is in his final match EVER
I think Cena should win the Rumble. Give him some TV matches befire which he wins so he's credible going in. Tome between Rumble and mania he should want go get a few wins back that he's lost (beat guys like Theory and Solo who he's lost to over the last few years). By mania time he's ready.
@notoriousmigz2427 losing 7 years straight and not looking very good in any of the matches = worthy of winning the rumble/chamber? Cena's first few months should be knocking the rust off beating guys he should beat but losses in big matches vs. the prominent super stars with the matches becoming closer and more competitive each time. Which obviously, he starts winning around July, so by summerslam he works his way back up to the title. Everyone is clamoring for the Orton match, But Orton vs. Cena should be Cena's last ppv match, and it should be a #1 contender for WWE championship, Cena goes for the wwe championship and 17 in his final match. Makes it more unpredictable to me
Should MITB still be a thing? Don't get me wrong, I love the chaos of a multi-competitor ladder match, but WWE always seems to put all thought on the match and very little if any on what happens with the case afterwards.
So true with these i think a cool idea would b money in the bank but all competitors havent been wwe, womens or heavyweight champion before or for a long time so mayb balor, owens, zayn, reid, la knight, logan paul, penta and add cena as an exception 😅
Honestly I'm fine with 5 matches. Makes the wrestlers want to earn their spot on the card. And in a world where we have AEW and their 17,000 matches on one 4 hour PPV. It's just too much. So I disagree. We should stick with 5 matches. It's easy, it's worth watching a PLE, and it flies by fast. It would be a HUGE mistake to give a PLE more than 5 matches.
Cody Rhodes should not be champion is what should happen in 2025 and the rock as champion is what’s right nobody cares about a full time champion anymore
Im in the boat that everytime the rock “returns” his legendary status goes down. Like the whole im gonna show up at bad blood and just stare at the ring and then you wont see me for 6 months. Especially with the constant wonder if hell even be available for the match they want him there for. The rock is the new Hogan.
It’s definitely annoying that he only shows up for wrestlemania . That’s why I don’t want him to win the wwe title and I just hope he faces Roman and they scrap the rivalry with Cody . Cody should face Cena or Orton for the title
Cena can win both #17 and ic, he doesn’t need a long reign for either, I think he could hold both in a whole year, he could hold each for around 3 months, that’s only 6 months out of 12
The Rock using his status to be #31 in the Royal Rumble is great . lol
I didn't know Dante had his own channel...damn John has competition now
No competition. John talks way too fast.
Unpopular opinion: long term champions and storytelling is boring, I don't want watch Gunther or Cody matches because it's clear they won't lose their titles until at least WrestleMania.
For me the MitB winner should be Gable, imagine him being a smart heel with the briefcase and end up winning one of the main event titles.... he deserves it, he's been too good for far too long without his due
Could have him cash in on Gunther to put a feel good moment to Gable’s career & to make that callback to their IC title feud 🤔
I’m praying Dragunov gets a solo championship whenever he returns bc he’s just that damn good
Same, praying they don’t do my boy dirty
They should strike the iron when it's hot. They missed big time with Chad Gable
I think the 5 PLE matches is because HHH is use to doing that during the old NXT Takeovers
I figure if Cena does win the IC he'll probably have maybe a month long title run doing open challenges before dropping it to someone like Bronson Reed.
If they have more than 5 matches on a PLE, where are they going to put all their ads?
Finn should leave the judgement day and have a singles run. But i think you can keep him with JD
Get the pants off of him - Dante AYO LOL
Oba Femi should become the longest reigning NXT Champion of all time
Title matches are way too predictable. Thats why the shock loss is perfect. Like a title match on a raw or smackdown, you already know who is going to win 9/10.
1. Don't let The Rock steal another Wrestlemania main event 2. Don't let The Rock overshadow John Cena's farewell tour 3. Don't have John win every match 4. Don't have Jey & Jimmy stuck in the tag division or with Roman. 5. Don't continue long feuds & storylines that are stale. Ex. Judgment Day vs Rhea & Damian. 6. Don't screw up the womens mid-card division 7. Don't waste the extra hour on both brands. Utilize the potential. 8. Don't leave us on storyline cliffhangers to never finish the storyline or make us wait and forget about it. Not every story needs to be long-term storytelling. Pull the trigger when it needs to be pulled.
How is the rock stealing a mania main event when he and Cody have had this fued ready to ignite ever since he and Cody put on a legendary mania build for mania 40. Also one of the biggest movie stars in the world and the WWEs top babyface will obviously get the main event. Especially when u remember both guys are main players in the legendary bloodline storyline.
@@thelastquincy1457 Well let's just say he didn't need to be in this storyline to begin with. The only build up to Wrestlemania was his ego. He took almost half of tv time from full-time wrestlers to only recycle his promos from years ago. The only reason he looked good was because of the people he worked with. As far as 2025 goes, Seth vs Punk should be a Wrestlemania main event not on a Netflix debut. Punk & Seth both are finally in good shape and the match is worthy. A match we should've had last year but injuries do happen. The fact that people want the Cody vs Rock as a title match that people want Rock to win is a joke. Especially after so many people complained about Roman & Logan Paul being part time champs. Not to mention its at this point speculation that he can even show up for more than 30 second promo due to his Hollywood schedule. Let's be real. He should've kept it in the past because the more he forces himself into storylines the worse it makes him look because he has to do it off the backs of the others instead of doing it on his own. Maybe he should stay in the office. Just saying.🤷♀️
@@thelastquincy1457 Oh and main players of the Bloodline storyline?🤣🤣🤣 Neither one of them would have had a part in it if Roman & Jey didn't begin it in the first place.
John hasn’t won in like 6 years he’s not winning every match
@OMAR-vk9pi Nor should he.
Dante! Your channels great, my favorite channel rn
Don’t understand why Gunther gets a title reign but Finn and Kevin don’t
I want to add something. WWE shouldn’t have the Royal rumble winner go after the WWE Championship. They should go after the World Heavyweight. That title still feels like a 2nd place title to the WWE title. Like Roman said “The losers bracket title”. I think the rumble winner wanting to go after the world title would add some prestige to it. Right now it still feels like an upper mid card belt. And give it a good story going into mania. Imagine how the title would feel with a story like the punk/mcintyre on top of that title.
Or they could go for any title. They can see Gunther holding that World Title, say "Fuck that" and just settle on the United States Championship or something
Just found this channel, we have come a long way from Lumberlend days, love to see it ❤
Thank you ❤️
They need to go back what they use to do in Attitude Era. Major title match on raw or smackdown champion loses it
Dragging out these long title reigns gets real annoying
Dante, you made some very good points in your video. I don't think we need to do away with money in the bank, it just needs to be booked better. Having priest win it last year was a better move compared to some one like austin theory winning it and wasting it on a midcard title. I agree with what you said about owens and balor, though i wouldn't mind balor winning the world title more. Hes proven that he can stay healthy and him vs someone like gunther would be a david v Goliath match. I don't mind the 5 match card, as long as you give the matches plenty of time to form the storyline. Of course with the big 4 or 5 ppvs, you can add more matches, especially if they are planning to expand to 2 night cards like Wrestlemania, but for the b-level ppvs, having 5 matches isnt exactly a bad thing. I will add that one thing thats lacking for both mens world champs are legit contenders. Whos the current number 1 contender for Gunther? Exactly. If Cody hadn't been feuding with KO who would or could he feud with? Then you have the never-ending story about the Bloodlines with no end game in sight.
Another great video Dante! hope you had a great christmas & a Happy new year 🥂🥂
i want vaquer to main event all the ple next year.
What WWE should NOT do is book the NXT Mens Division to Main event any show anymore, we always talk about how the NXT WOMENS DIVISION is the best in wrestling, not the Men's, the fact that this year just 1 NXT PLE was Main evented by the Women is CRAZY.
I would actually prefer Cena to focus on IC title and not win his 17th. My main reason for this is I think it should be Orton that does that and holds the record. Flair and Cena hold the record, Flair was a mentor and in a legendary faction Orton and Cena and Orton are all time rivals. Story wise it makes more sense for Orton to hold the record
5:34 100% AGREE. He is not booking NXT Takeovers anymore to have just 5 matches. NXT (it was 1 hour pre taped show a week) was fine with 5 matches. But a PLE with 2 shows (that now are 3 hours) and 11 titles....5 matches??? Do better.
With this honestly we could easily get 2 PLEs a month. And then leave the big 4 for both companies to have a match on the card. It would make the “draft” seem more legit and it would make PLEs like survivor series seem more special. Just my take tho
i relistened to ep. 1 of talking to myself today and dante could definitely do microphone clipped to the hat. ive seen it a lot with that type of mic 👍 plus mans has always got a cap on
is the sound good that way tho
@milanpolar good question. i usually see doing that (since there isnt really a better place to clip it) and ive never noticed any issues. I'm guessing it's a quality mic in general.
What I love about this channel: We get to see more of Dante's personally instead of just having John's.
Dante knows his wrestling much more than John if we're being honest.
I really want carmello to win the MITB. He would have such a great run with it
What up Dante keep it up show enjoy it 👍
1. Don't rush 17 for cena. Continuity is important in Triple H's WWE. Cena hasn't won a singles match in 7 years. There is no reason for him to be in the title picture at WM 41. IMO, Cena should work his way to the title, and his first, and only opportunity to get 17, is in his final match EVER
Yeah we need a proper storyline and bulid up
I think Cena should win the Rumble. Give him some TV matches befire which he wins so he's credible going in. Tome between Rumble and mania he should want go get a few wins back that he's lost (beat guys like Theory and Solo who he's lost to over the last few years). By mania time he's ready.
@notoriousmigz2427 losing 7 years straight and not looking very good in any of the matches = worthy of winning the rumble/chamber? Cena's first few months should be knocking the rust off beating guys he should beat but losses in big matches vs. the prominent super stars with the matches becoming closer and more competitive each time. Which obviously, he starts winning around July, so by summerslam he works his way back up to the title.
Everyone is clamoring for the Orton match, But Orton vs. Cena should be Cena's last ppv match, and it should be a #1 contender for WWE championship, Cena goes for the wwe championship and 17 in his final match. Makes it more unpredictable to me
Should MITB still be a thing? Don't get me wrong, I love the chaos of a multi-competitor ladder match, but WWE always seems to put all thought on the match and very little if any on what happens with the case afterwards.
IMO Long title reigns do not equal prestige but equals STALE.
If they keep booking Wyatts the same Please God let Alexa do her own thing
Lets be real, the money in the bank was not wasted! It was perfect. Its obvious that tiffany is the upcoming star with the MITB.
JAY should be solo
So true with these i think a cool idea would b money in the bank but all competitors havent been wwe, womens or heavyweight champion before or for a long time so mayb balor, owens, zayn, reid, la knight, logan paul, penta and add cena as an exception 😅
Womens would b tough tho Bazler, Roxanne Perez, Lyra V, Jordynne Grace, Kari Sane, Piper Niven and a returning Alexa Bliss
Honestly I'm fine with 5 matches. Makes the wrestlers want to earn their spot on the card. And in a world where we have AEW and their 17,000 matches on one 4 hour PPV. It's just too much. So I disagree. We should stick with 5 matches. It's easy, it's worth watching a PLE, and it flies by fast. It would be a HUGE mistake to give a PLE more than 5 matches.
Idea..... Idea idea rate the nxt girls..... A bcdetc...and how much more time each needs to be a more finished for the main roster
You look mad cute rn Dante. Oil up vid soon???
Agree
They should not have Charlotte return to win the royal rumble either .
Cody Rhodes should not be champion is what should happen in 2025 and the rock as champion is what’s right nobody cares about a full time champion anymore
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yeah as much as i love john cena he is my favourite wrestler he should not win thre IC tittle
Are we ready to have the conversation that The Rock is annoying and overrated, the time to do Rock vs Roman was WM 38, I said what I said.
Are we ready to have the conversation that people can have opinions?
I have that same opinion about Cody, Punk, Cena, etc superstars.
@@rooyanblan5322that’s fair 😊
I think the rock is crazzzyyy
Im in the boat that everytime the rock “returns” his legendary status goes down. Like the whole im gonna show up at bad blood and just stare at the ring and then you wont see me for 6 months. Especially with the constant wonder if hell even be available for the match they want him there for. The rock is the new Hogan.
It’s definitely annoying that he only shows up for wrestlemania . That’s why I don’t want him to win the wwe title and I just hope he faces Roman and they scrap the rivalry with Cody . Cody should face Cena or Orton for the title
I havent found anything Cena has done in 15 year worth a damn
Cena can win both #17 and ic, he doesn’t need a long reign for either, I think he could hold both in a whole year, he could hold each for around 3 months, that’s only 6 months out of 12
This guy is full of it and another reason why pro wrestling is dying just match mark nonsense
Dante, idea .. and maybe get johns opinion.
I’m not big on long title reigns