What you loved:
- Actual Tag Team - This always gets a tip of the cap from you guys, and was an easy #1 choice today. They rock similar clothes, have double team moves, and compliment each other fairly well.
- Gimmick - Not so much that you guys really love the gimmick itself, but it's quite clear who they are after a few viewings. We tend to complain about those who don't have a gimmick, so at least Konnor and Viktor have this going for them.
- Entrance - It's loud, it's intense, and it's blue.
- Theme - Give it a listen, pretty solid.
- Intensity - These guys like to yell, a lot. "Cha!"
Best comment comes via KiniskiFan:
"Vampscension"
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What you loathed:
- Gimmick - Dubbed the "Egyptian Space Vampires" by you guys, their gimmick tends to come off goofy. It could be because they are a non-PG gimmick living in a PG world. Also, there is some concern they are not 100% committing to their characters.
- Promos - Neither are great talkers, probably better to keep them as the silent strong types.
- Title Reign - A very long 364 days of beating, for the most part, a bunch of jobbers and thrown-together tag teams.
- Finisher - Some of you thought it's a fairly weak way to end the match.
- Itami Feud - It started as a strange two on one feud, eventually Bálor joined the fight, and has made all three look lesser in comparison. Is this suppose to be their strong send off to the main roster? Feels like they took a step back instead.
Best comment comes via WritersBlockhead:
"Most of it doesn’t. Neither man feels really committed to this gimmick, even though they’ve been doing it for a (relatively) long time. The main problem with the gimmick is that it comes across like what a 10-year-old would imagine a Satanic cult would look like. Its a non-PG gimmick in a PG era and that’s going to spell disaster on the main roster. Outside of that, neither can cut a promo, the small guy is too small to be intimidating and the big guy seems to have ring skills on the level of a Titus O’Neal or Roman Reigns. In fact, I’d compare the duo to a more creepy, gimmick-heavy version of the Prime Time Players."
On to the poll! With 155 votes, The Ascension's average score is 3.3
Thanks, Cagesiders! Tomorrow's pick is kind of hard to understand.
Until then!