I never try to be a critic of WWE. I find that is not a good use of a fans time. Its not like Vince McMahon will magically read my critique of his product and suddenly decide to change things. To be honest. I think a majority of fans complaints are ignored.
Unfortunatly, those facts cant prevent me from venting that The New Day Faction, featuring Big E Langeston, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, is just not a good idea. Why WWE would choose to introduce a three team faction, when no other one's exist is completly insane.
If The New Day was around when The Shield and The Wyatt Family were running rough shot in The WWE, I could understand the idea to introduce another super faction into the mix, but not when their is no suitable competition for The New Day Group.
A feud with Gold and Stardust is a ok storyline to start. A stark contrast between good and evil could prove to be a great angle for the two groups, but which members will see ring time? All three members cant be in every match against a two person team, meaning that one will usually have to stand outside the ring and play cheerleader for the group..
I know The WWE can choose to do handicap matches or even introduce another teammate for Gold and Stardust, but that wouldnt really match up with The Rhodes brothers bizzareness to suddendly have a new member of their team.
On the other, i will admit that another superstar could have a disupte with a member of The New Day Faction, and join The Rhodes Brothers to settle it. Even though this seems like a good fix, i still think this idea will fail without other powerful factions around to battle against.
Think about this. The Shield ran roughshot on The WWE roster for eight straight months, all of which were some of the most exciting and jaw dropping storylines fans have seen in years, but all that became just a warm up the day The Wyatt's and The Shield began to do battle in Three Man Tag matches.
Another issue with The New Day Faction, is the odvious pandering to a African American audience that feels disenfranchised due to current events. This is WWE's lastest attempt to stay revelant and newsworthy during the countless protests from The Mike Brown shooting and other current events centering on African Americans and police brutality
I understand that the idea for this group was concieved far before The Ferguson shooting even began, but bringing the group to the main roster right now is oddly convienient, with everything currently going on in the world around us.
Not only is it pandering to a African American demographic, its also taking away from the careers these three superstars could be having. Both Kingston and Langston are former champions, and deserve to be in title hunts, not stuck in some church gimmick clapping their hands with the audience. All this faction does is turn serious contenders into a sideshow luaghing stock.
Woods on the other hand, has his whole career ahead of him, but his career will certainly be hindered with this new gimmick. This gimmick has all the classic signs of being for bathroom break matches and midcard fillers before the main event, giving woods little chance of being able to mix it up with people higher up on the roster. All this faction does is turn serious contenders into a sideshow luaghing stock.
It may be a new day in The WWE, but it also seems like a dark day as well. A day where WWE just does not know what to do with extremely gifted superstars, and reduces them to a mid card faction to fill time inbetween matches. This gimmick will be just like Fandango's back in 2013. Popular for a while, but easily forgetable after that.
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