{"id":25146,"date":"2017-06-08T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=25146"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:02:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T20:02:31","slug":"wills-new-thing-205-live-garbage-show-fix-wonder-woman-greatest-must-watch-matches-progress-njpw-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/06\/08\/wills-new-thing-205-live-garbage-show-fix-wonder-woman-greatest-must-watch-matches-progress-njpw-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Will\u2019s New Thing &#8211; Why 205 Live is a garbage show and how to fix it, Wonder Woman is the greatest, must-watch matches from PROGRESS, NJPW, WWE, and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-4267048419\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, I talked about one of WWE\u2019s great creative victories of the last decade: their tournaments run exclusively for WWE Network. This week, it is time to talk about one of the biggest creative failures I\u2019ve experienced as a wrestling fan: 205 Live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">205 Live is horrid. It might be the worst wrestling show I\u2019ve seen since the time I tried to watch WCW Worldwide in 1999. To make a show as bad as 205 Live, one actually has to try to be awful. It\u2019s not enough to just say this show is bad. This show is exceptionally boring, bad at telling stories, and depressing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To illustrate how much of a clusterf&#8212; 205 Live is, let me tell you about the world-class talent roster it has. Akira Tozawa, Austin Aries, Brian Kendrick, Rich Swann, Jack Gallagher, Neville, Gran Metalik, Mustafa Ali, Cedrick Alexander, TJ Perkins, and Noam Dar. If this were an indie lineup a promoter put together 12 months ago, I\u2019d be at that show. It\u2019s insane how great the wrestlers on 205 Live are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are talking about some of the best wrestlers in the industry today who are supposed to be wrestling a high-impact style. How the f&#8212; is this show failing? Take these wrestlers and put them literally anywhere else in all of wrestling and they would be insanely successful. The failure of the Cruiserweight Division cannot be blamed on talent, since the talent is the strongest WWE could possibly have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While I find the overly purple look of 205 Live to be an unnecessary waste of tape on a weekly basis, I also can\u2019t blame the look of the show. Who would stop watching a show because of a graphics package and rope color? Yellow ropes are hideous, but I still watch NXT. Even the red and blue color schemes of Raw and Smackdown are tedious, but still watchable. There\u2019s nothing wrong with purple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first flaw in 205 Live has to do with atmosphere. The show is recorded after Smackdown every week, which makes absolutely no sense. Smackdown usually ends with a crescendo, propelling fans out of the arena to the merch area and their transport methods home. Sitting through another wrestling show, especially a show with nothing at stake, after Smackdown is exhausting. There\u2019s no reason 205 Live couldn\u2019t be pre-taped like NXT. Heck, go to Full Sail every two weeks and tape two 205 Not-So-Lives and two NXTs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not one to enjoy the Full Sail University crowds, but they are at least paying attention for 75% of a wrestling show. They would know the wrestlers appearing in front of them. They would probably even have distinct feelings to express about said wrestlers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The bigger (honestly, the biggest) issue with 205 Live isn\u2019t the atmosphere though. The biggest issue is the lack of stakes on the show. What exactly have Noam Dar and Rich Swann been fighting for? What is Mustafa Ali attempting to win in random matches? What\u2019s Drew Gulak\u2019s ultimate goal? There is one championship on 205 Live and only one wrestler and story can be built around it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the same two wrestlers have been feuding over the Cruiserweight Championship for three months, what happens to the rest of the show? 205 Live is one holding pattern after another until a championship feud ends. This is a major issue.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-3275498414\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I don\u2019t condone putting another championship in the mix on 205 Live. WWE has a bevy of belts right now.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if WWE rolled out a ranking system for the Cruiserweights? I\u2019m not saying they should do this through the entire roster, but just the 205 Live competitors. What if once a month, there were rankings (say numbers one through ten) revealed at the top of 205 Live? The top five wrestlers could go into a five-way elimination match for a title shot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This gives everyone on the card something to fight for. If a wrestler is unranked, they can earn their way into the rankings with a win over a ranked star. If the number ten wrestler beats the number two wrestler, this will be reflected in a month. This gives greater internal logic to 205 Live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE has already shown an ability to take Cruiserweight wrestling seriously with the Cruiserweight Classic. Why not bring this seriousness to a weekly format. Try giving the show greater internal logic. Make every match and moment on the show matter. Give fans a reason to watch every moment of 205 Live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE has to do something to fix this broken hour of WWE Network programming. The insanely great wrestling talent on 205 Live deserves better than they\u2019re getting right now. On Sunday night, fans sat on their hands during a Neville vs. Austin Aries match that got almost 20 minutes on pay-per-view. This is absurd to think about and it needs to be rectified as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>This week\u2019s essential viewing:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the purposes of this column, this week will be presented as Thursday-Wednesday.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Jinny vs. Toni Storm vs. Laura di Matteo from PROGRESS Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Day 2 (May 28, 2017) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; PROGRESS Wrestling\u2019s first Women\u2019s Championship match delivered in a major way. This was the first PROGRESS show headlined by a women\u2019s match and they earned the slot. This match goes everywhere and features three delightful and different performances from three great wrestlers. Storm, Jinny, and di Matteo should be commended for their performance and you should go out of your way to see this match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Will Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA in the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 24 (June 2, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Will Ospreay is amazing to watch in the ring and constantly getting better. KUSHIDA has been great for years and is the centerpiece babyface of NJPW\u2019s Juniors division. Both men delivered great performances in this main event. More than this, the story told to put KUSHIDA back into title contention against Hiromu Takahashi was fantastic. This was one of the best matches this year and part of a great story. Where could you go wrong?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt from WWE Extreme Rules (June 4, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Would this match have been better as a Scramble Match? Absolutely. This isn\u2019t even a debatable point. Was this a really fun match? Yep. The last ten minutes of this five way were some of the most unpredictable and exciting wrestling I\u2019ve seen all year. Seth Rollins seemed to return to high flying form. Finn Balor was able to look great in defeat. Roman Reigns was kept away from the title, as he likely will be until WrestleMania. Samoa Joe\u2019s win was unpredictable, yet made perfect sense.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-4018675680\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>Samoa Joe Chokes Out Paul Heyman on Raw (June 5, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; I\u2019m not particularly amused by Paul Heyman\u2019s promos these days. I\u2019m not particularly compelled by Samoa Joe\u2019s promos either. When the mics were down and Joe got in Heyman\u2019s face and calmly explained what he was about to do? I was in. All in. Completely in. This was everything I want Samoa Joe to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in wrestling this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mojo Rawley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; You\u2019re probably looking at me like I\u2019m crazy right now, but I have a soft spot in my soul for Mojo Rawley. He brings a fun earnestness to his promos (like backstage with Shane McMahon this week). He literally makes me smile while he\u2019s in the ring. Mojo is a weird pure shot of joy for me. He doesn\u2019t just get hyped, he stays hyped and I like that about him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in the world this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WONDER WOMAN!!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digitalspyuk.cdnds.net\/16\/42\/480x240\/landscape-1477080127-ww.gif?resize=480%2C240\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gal Gadot is a f&#8212;ing badass. This is an amazing superhero movie made more amazing by the portrayal of the protagonist. It\u2019s not just the first superhero movie of the new era with a female protagonist, it\u2019s one of the best ever. Given that Marvel has produced 15 films at this point without a female protagonist among them, this movie stands out even more. GO WATCH WONDER WOMAN!!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Reader mail:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got something to say\/react to in today\u2019s piece? Write to me at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:itswilltime@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itswilltime@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter @wilpruett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Just let me know whether you\u2019d like your name attached to your statement or not. Alternately, there\u2019s a comment section just below this article, so comment away!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brittany wrote in sharing some GLOW excitement:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like you, I\u2019m also pretty excited for GLOW when it hits Netflix. While my knowledge of that promotion is pretty slim, I\u2019m interested to see just how the show does, especially since Awesome Kong\/Kharma is in the show.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had completely forgotten about the former Awesome Kong being involved in this show and now I\u2019m even more excited. Hopefully acting becomes a solid second act for Kong, who was spectacular in her prime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arky challenged me with the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestling isn\u2019t a short-run prestige drama. It\u2019s a soap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m sure the quality of the action would be higher if they only had to produce 10 tightly scripted shows a year and could shoot and re-shoot to ensure it was all as good as it could possibly be. So what? I reckon all wrestling fans are a lot happier with year-round live shows with the highs and lows that result from that than they would be 10 episodes a year.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is an interesting point. My piece last week seemed to endorse wrestling in short bursts only and I don\u2019t believe that\u2019s necessary. I also don\u2019t believe wrestling needs to have poor quality just because it\u2019s weekly. WWE employs an army of writers, most of whom are pretty talented. The doldrums WWE regularly exists in aren\u2019t necessary. You don\u2019t have to be a short-run show to avoid them. You need to be a better show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>SSMGOTW (Superfluous Shane McMahon Gif of the Week):<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn5.kicksonfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Shane-Hell-In-A-Cell.gif?resize=500%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slow motion Shane McMahon is peak Shane McMahon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>This week\u2019s wrestling reading:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From time to time, I want to highlight some of the best wrestling reading I\u2019ve found over the past week.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2017\/06\/i-hate-wrestling-nazis-white-supremacy-and-indie-w.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Hate Wrestling Nazis: White Supremacy and Indie Wrestling by Ed Blair<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>We\u2019re Done Here:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So many wrestles happened in the last week and there was so much to see, read, and experience. It\u2019s been pretty great. This hasn\u2019t been the easiest week for me personally, but watching wrestling has been a joy for most of the week. This reminds me of the immortal words of Albus Dumbledore\u2026 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/az616578.vo.msecnd.net\/files\/2015\/12\/31\/635871891331042936389198365_6356930000714367761483153060_tumblr_npl6fii7191qiegwlo1_500.gif?resize=500%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"205\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. Of interest to him are diversity in wrestling and wrestling as a theatrical art form. 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