Every time I watch one of these videos, I feel a twinge of unbridled rage for how easily a crappy storyline could have been fixed or avoided altogether, and then Adam tells us how he would do it and I feel loads better. Bless this man. Jam that jam.
There’s nothing more depressing than having that mid-Adam video realization that WWE is fundamentally incapable of doing anything nearly as interesting as this
@@BBoy4040 Everything the Fiend did up until his match against Orton at Mania. That match alienated me so much that I turned off the TV there and then and haven't watched a WWE match since.
@@vids2002 except why give WWE the benefit of the doubt?? They pissed away all my money I ever gave them into booking characters I didn't want to see for years on end, so to hell with The WWE.
Shout out to KingLex or whatever his name was, the guy who commented "Rebook Zack Ryder's US Title run!" until Adam finally caved and did it. Proof that sometimes, persistence pays off.
@@kingoutback first person to understand the advantages of social media and how it helps you create a genuine connection to the fans but yeah sure let's just say he sucks for no damn reason and job him out while we lose incredible amounts of money.
Agreed to both sentiments. How he wasn't legit injured from that is amazing. Also, why did he pitch forward? If I was doing that spot, I would lean back *slightly* to make sure the wheelchair takes the brunt of the impact instead of my legs. Granted it may tilt back all the way off of impact and I may crack my head on the ground, but I'd rather take my chances with that than break the fall with my legs and risk breaking something important.
19:24 "He really, need to beat the Rock" Here, WWE can build parallels of Cena, with Stone Cold Steve Austin: Back in 2001, Austin felt he was no longer número uno, so he needed to beat the Rock, and that lead to him turn to the dark side! So, will Cena give in to that path, or he's gonna separate his legacy by resisting the change. Personally, I go with resisting the change, but get a new, tweener attitude for Cena, so that Wyatt can finally finish what Kane started: Make Cena Embrace the Hate! Fantástico booking, Adam
@@Lynch2507 not really, Peacemaker doesn't care if he has to do the bad thing to stop bad people, so imagine John Cena fighting as a heal to beat heals.
@@Lynch2507 Well, kind of. I'm not hugely familiar with the character, but from what little I've gathered, he has a mental illness of some kind that causes him to believe so firmly in his personal mission to protect peace, he'll kill anybody he deems to be disturbing it at the drop of a hat. It eventually drove him to become a very dangerous, unstable vigilante.
Cena totally should've played John Walker/US Agent in Falcon and Winter Soldier. There are a lot of parallels between this rebooking and Walker's arc from that show. Also, Bucky saying "lookin' strong, John" would have had a WHOLE new meaning attached to it if Cena played Walker.
I just realized that the original Embrace the Hate storyline was basically a shitty version of the Firefly Funhouse Match. Demonic entity confronts John Cena and tries to make him admit the truth about himself by any means necessary, only "Embrace the Hate" never bothered to land the touchdown.
I hope you're one of their patrons on their Patreon. I don't think they take requests here anymore. But yeah, I'd LOVE to see Adam re-book Rusev Day, on Rusev Day.
I don't know. If this version of Kane went THAT far to get back in touch with his inner monster, it might be too much for even DBry and Dr. Shelby to fix
Honestly, _anything_ would have been better than what happened in real life. Embrace the Hate wasn't as abysmal as, say, Katie Vick, but it was still a monumental failure on every single level: it had no effect on Cena whatsoever, made Kane look impotent, damaged Eve Torres with pointless and really tasteless slut-shaming, and _absolutely ruined_ Zack Ryder. It was so bad it was as if the entire intention of the feud from the start was just to punish Zack for his hubris in daring to get himself over, and the whole incorporation of Cena into it was nothing more than a smokescreen to hide that.
Random piece of info: I was a chubby little 3rd grader at this time who loved John Cena and always bought his T shirts and that whole Rise Above Hate T Shirt and story helped me feel better after kids would make fun of me.
@@davidevens2147 Cena's character being for kids doesn't justify him being boring and generic with no personality. There are plenty of kid friendly characters who are interesting and entertaining with more to them than just "guy" or "girl." Kids understand more than most give them credit for and can handle complicated characters. So saying "It's OK if a badly written character's boring and bland because they're for kids" or "Kids will like anything no matter how bad because they're kids" is disrespectful to them.
@@talonthehand Mixed for me, it was an here-we-go ''oh boy'' because i saw his zack ryder us championship video and it was a good thing he referenced it.
Since we're doing Kane videos my I recommend his entire backstory making since, (yes that includes Katie Vick and May 19th). And since the forbidden door has not been kicked open but blown off it's hinges, Vince McMahon as the Higher Power because you said you would if we wanted you too and I can't speak for everyone but I really want you to. It can be apart of your multiverse you created when you put Randy Orton against The Fiend instead of Vince McMahon at WrestleMania 37 with no explanation or official retcon.
The fact that he mentioned what culture, then encourages us to go watch an old video on a channel that he’s not on anymore, and then called the other Adam a cutie. Makes my heart happy to know it’s not bad blood between them your all mint🤞🏻
To my understanding he left on good terms with everyone. If anything, he left Cultaholic on bad terms since the controversy surrounding that actually delayed the launch of that and potentially cost them a lot of money
That storyline would be great IF the crowd reacts how you want them to. One thing to remember is that the marks were loud in their booing, but there were a lot of people who cheered for him too (i.e. kids). I’m curious what your plan B would be if the crowd started to support him (or at least enough cheer him to make the boos seem less dominant).
Another thing. We know how flip-flop the marks are. The moment they have Cena show any sign of turning heel, they're gonna start cheering him immediately.
I'd say have Cena focus on any boos, to the point of paranoia. His literal chant was "Let's go Cena; Cena sucks". Have him hyperfocus on anybody that boos him and use that as an excuse for distraction.
In Cena's case I don't think that would be a problem, though I see where you're coming from. The Cena hating was a life force in of itself by that point, like the 'You Suck' chants for Kurt Angle, teasing a proper heel turn wouldn't have stopped it. The bit of this booking that would've got an interesting reaction (IMO) was the moment where he outright said he hates the fans - I'm inclined to say heavy booing with a faint but pronounced hint of cheering. LOL
@@NateLeonhart Not necessarily. For example, while Roman gets a lot of praise out of character for his Heel persona, the fans at WM 37 still booed him loudly because they were invested in his story and in booing him as the villain. The narrative of "fans are fickle" is one of the WWE's tools of gaslighting where they take a popular wrestler they fucked up with and then blame the fans by pretending that the fans turned on the wrestler for no reason, when often it's more complicated than that and comes down to the WWE fundamentally misunderstanding what made them popular to begin with.
I like the angle on WM28 with a pass on the chair shot. I feel like it's great ring psychology when a flyer works heel by teasing and denying a big dive because pleasing the fans isn't worth it. I would love the story of Cena doing the same with a chair because the fans want him to turn, but he knows it's wrong and he won't appease their wrong desires, even when it costs him. That's delightfully layered
I think this is probably my favourite Adam booking, because Adam gets why I like Cena and we see it on display here and in his Cena's last run video. Thanks for this, Mr. Blampied.
I've been watching your videos for about 6 years now Adam, your voice has been with me as I became an adult. Thank you for always making such great content 👍
We all need to take a moment and thank partsfunknown for giving adam this series because (in my, albeit uncultured, opinion) he's better at writing these stories than any other person I've seen on youtube, or any other social media for that matter
Heck, get crazy and end the feud with the Cena v. Rock v. Punk triple threat. The major players from Cena’s 2012 all coming together to make that happen would’ve been stellar!
Considering that he was the main catalyst for WWE to start investing into social media platforms like RUclips, Facebook, Twitter and etc. Not to mention his merch were always sold out, they did him incredibly dirty. Probably one of the first cases of WWE purposely burying a wrestler that got massively over by themselves
Can confirm. The Godfather of wrestling media whos effects one can argue had WWE dive headfirst into social media which spread to the indies which spread to large cases like Bullet Club which spread to Being The Elite which yeah, hello AEW. I'm not saying without Zack Ryder, AEW would never have existed, but at the very least, he had an impact on the road to its creation and an impact on the entire wrestling landscape that not even close to enough people credit him for
@@vta2265 it's hilarious they stopped giving that brass ring speech after he tried to reach for it and the moral dropped in the locker room after they buried him.
BOOK THE EGG, BLAMPIED. Also, this is just... spot on. Brilliant writing. For what it's worth, you've inspired me to start doing fantasy booking as well. So thanks.
I’d love to see a “How Adam…” on WWE’s women’s tag titles. They’ve been booked so absolutely frustratingly, including splitting up and then releasing the only actual women’s tag team!
Only thing I would change is have Punk beat Rock at the rumble, and have to go into a triple threat with Cena, Rock and Punk at Mania, like originally planned. IMO it’ll make the story come full circle.
I had far too much fun laughing at this storyline when it aired. Zack Ryder was the Hans Moleman of the WWE and this storyline only made it more apparent.
Never thought I'd see the day. No, genuinely thought Adam would NEVER do this one after watching how he'd book Zack Ryder's US Title Reign (still a really good booking). Looking forward to this.
Honestly Adam I fully agree with you on this one I think this one makes a lot more sense honestly because we look at the original embrace the hate storyline it felt like more like a filler and you never really thought of seeing that actually had that much of a bad year but it was done by you you know I agree it makes complete sense on each match that he won he should have actually lost and not lost by this qualification or interference but just lost clean. It would have made his loss to the rock mean a lot more than actually did.
During the last couple of videos in this series I was sceptical cause I saw a lot of re-bookings being an excuse for some good matches. But here, I salute you sir. That was oscar worthy character work and development. The motives behind every action, the reasoning, the transition between feuds were brilliant. And to be honest, after all these years, I actually like John Cena I would want the end of this storyline being him actually winning the fans back.
Good job! I'd like to Adam do a rebooking of a WCW angle. He did one a few years ago (Bret Hart in WCW), so it'd be fun to see him do another. And there is a goldmine of potential in WCW's history.
THANK YOU! After not watching wrestling for 5 years (only checking rumble results and watching the wrestlemania Taker matches via youtube) the first episode of Raw I watched had Kane return. I was hyped and felt lucky. So I started watching again and my god I was disappointed. So thank you for this. Much love
Unlike Adam I would actually like to see this babyface version of Cena or more accurately the tweener version of Cena. Who no longer believes in the fans but still is a genuine babyface fighting for himself or other he consider allies. That is more interesting than any heel turn could ever provide a babyface in disbelief that's interesting.
You know. You're right, and one of the fundamental missteps of the WWE for the last few years is they mistake turns for character development. Shifting someone into a completely different person rather than growing and expanding the person they are in an organic fashion.
Commenting as I go, sooo.... 2:55, best Palpatine impression I've ever heard. Wish I had it as my notification tone. Yet another fantastic booking. Legit pissed at WWE Creative now. So many missed opportunities... Good Job.
I really like this. WWE have seemed to play with their own established meta more the past decade. Right now it’s usually just in the form of an insider term finding it’s way into a promo or real life events being vaguely referenced. This (assuming the crowd actually does bite the way Adam anticipates) is genius. Since the age of the internet it’s seemed there’s two realities. The one we “hardcore” fans live in and the reality that encompasses the actual show itself. That disconnect is toxic. Stories like this (especially coming off of summer of punk and leading into the yes movement) would really have helped foster a better environment for fans for the future. If you’re going to manipulate the audience….really manipulate them. Don’t beg us to cheer a guy who isn’t ready. Don’t beg us to boo the most relatable characters. Remain a step ahead and use the audience to elevate your world instead of building it in spite of us.
Wasn't expecting a direct reference to WhatCulture, but hey nice to see continuity here.
It's like when Vince mentioned WWF when speaking about Taker!
Blampied aficionados here (only time I'll actually call myself one Its awful but brilliant)
Finally, Adam talking about his multiverse
the ABCU
I feel he does a good job of making all of his what-ifs fit into one universe.
Now we need a six hour epic of his whole multiverse, be more interesting than the last 15 years
@@pezfam I mean he did re book a mania
@@pezfam There are a few contradictions though.
Every time I watch one of these videos, I feel a twinge of unbridled rage for how easily a crappy storyline could have been fixed or avoided altogether, and then Adam tells us how he would do it and I feel loads better.
Bless this man. Jam that jam.
WWE are too blind to see an easy solution to a bad storyline. So many hit or miss situations in which most of those storylines are potential hits.
I was the 69th like. Nice.
Sometimes it feels like Cena is Adam's little angst puppet.
😂
There’s nothing more depressing than having that mid-Adam video realization that WWE is fundamentally incapable of doing anything nearly as interesting as this
Hindsight is 20/20
@@vids2002 Actually hindsight 2021 this year. I’m sorry, I’ll leave.
When's the last time WWE had an angle that had you emotionally invested...that didn't include Daniel Bryan
@@BBoy4040 Everything the Fiend did up until his match against Orton at Mania. That match alienated me so much that I turned off the TV there and then and haven't watched a WWE match since.
@@vids2002 except why give WWE the benefit of the doubt?? They pissed away all my money I ever gave them into booking characters I didn't want to see for years on end, so to hell with The WWE.
Shout out to KingLex or whatever his name was, the guy who commented "Rebook Zack Ryder's US Title run!" until Adam finally caved and did it. Proof that sometimes, persistence pays off.
Here’s how I would rebook that.
Keep jobbing Ryder out and not listen to those chants because he SUCKS.
@@kingoutback first person to understand the advantages of social media and how it helps you create a genuine connection to the fans but yeah sure let's just say he sucks for no damn reason and job him out while we lose incredible amounts of money.
@@kingoutback He absolutely does not and should've been given more to do in the wwe
Thank you, my friend. I can't believe people still think about this years later
@@Diamondmite My liege!
*Bends the knee*
That Zack Ryder wheelchair bump is one of the most horrific bumps ever, he's lucky he didn't break both his knees.
And snapped both of his ankles
Agreed to both sentiments. How he wasn't legit injured from that is amazing. Also, why did he pitch forward? If I was doing that spot, I would lean back *slightly* to make sure the wheelchair takes the brunt of the impact instead of my legs. Granted it may tilt back all the way off of impact and I may crack my head on the ground, but I'd rather take my chances with that than break the fall with my legs and risk breaking something important.
Do we know whos idea that bump was
For all we know he mighta had knee pads under those jeans
@@synisterTRUE You realise breaking your head is worse than breaking your legs don't ya? Brain damage is fucked.
19:24 "He really, need to beat the Rock" Here, WWE can build parallels of Cena, with Stone Cold Steve Austin: Back in 2001, Austin felt he was no longer número uno, so he needed to beat the Rock, and that lead to him turn to the dark side! So, will Cena give in to that path, or he's gonna separate his legacy by resisting the change. Personally, I go with resisting the change, but get a new, tweener attitude for Cena, so that Wyatt can finally finish what Kane started: Make Cena Embrace the Hate!
Fantástico booking, Adam
Adam saying "Waa-woo-doo" whenever he talks about John Cena brings me life.
Wah-boo-doo
"It's Dogshit and you can't fix Dogshit" This should be RAW's new tagline
I remember the original one from the WhatCulture OGs: *NEW ERA, SAME OLD SH×T*
Also could have been a tagline for the RAW Women’s Division in 2021.
😂
If they shortened the show to 2 hours and gutted the writing team they sure could
@@JaimeD. KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING
"Because he IS Captain America" Well, actually, he's Peacemaker now, but yeah, I get your point.
Isn't peacemcfreedom just cap but way more triggerhappy?
@@Lynch2507 not really, Peacemaker doesn't care if he has to do the bad thing to stop bad people, so imagine John Cena fighting as a heal to beat heals.
@@kingsombra4053 Heel* :P
@@Lynch2507 Well, kind of. I'm not hugely familiar with the character, but from what little I've gathered, he has a mental illness of some kind that causes him to believe so firmly in his personal mission to protect peace, he'll kill anybody he deems to be disturbing it at the drop of a hat. It eventually drove him to become a very dangerous, unstable vigilante.
Cena totally should've played John Walker/US Agent in Falcon and Winter Soldier. There are a lot of parallels between this rebooking and Walker's arc from that show.
Also, Bucky saying "lookin' strong, John" would have had a WHOLE new meaning attached to it if Cena played Walker.
I just realized that the original Embrace the Hate storyline was basically a shitty version of the Firefly Funhouse Match.
Demonic entity confronts John Cena and tries to make him admit the truth about himself by any means necessary, only "Embrace the Hate" never bothered to land the touchdown.
I do hope someday you do one for Rusev Day. They deserved so much more.
I’d just book them to win the tag championships at Clash of Champions
At least give them the tag belts, if not a good singles run with English as his mouthpiece.
When that video does happen, it better come out on Rusev Day.
YES!
I hope you're one of their patrons on their Patreon. I don't think they take requests here anymore.
But yeah, I'd LOVE to see Adam re-book Rusev Day, on Rusev Day.
Wanna know what the best part of this rebooking is?
It doesn't mess with the eventual Team Hell No storyline for Kane and Daniel Bryan.
I don't know. If this version of Kane went THAT far to get back in touch with his inner monster, it might be too much for even DBry and Dr. Shelby to fix
@@eriqlacks413 A lot can happen in 4 months
This would've been SO much better than the train wreck we got in real life.
Honestly, _anything_ would have been better than what happened in real life. Embrace the Hate wasn't as abysmal as, say, Katie Vick, but it was still a monumental failure on every single level: it had no effect on Cena whatsoever, made Kane look impotent, damaged Eve Torres with pointless and really tasteless slut-shaming, and _absolutely ruined_ Zack Ryder. It was so bad it was as if the entire intention of the feud from the start was just to punish Zack for his hubris in daring to get himself over, and the whole incorporation of Cena into it was nothing more than a smokescreen to hide that.
You’re the only thing tethering me to wrestling still Adam.
Swear
Not even AEW eh?
Why?
The guys a knob head
I'm so glad that "Waa-Woo Doo" is now a casual greeting phrase. "Waa-Woo Doo" to you all
I wouldn't miss a video from Adam for the world
Same tbh
Truest words I’ve ever heard
It's the highlight of this channel really
@@HAsway07 it’s the best thing in the IWC
"Why is Kane suddenly british?!" lmao
Random piece of info: I was a chubby little 3rd grader at this time who loved John Cena and always bought his T shirts and that whole Rise Above Hate T Shirt and story helped me feel better after kids would make fun of me.
Love that💪🏼 legend
Yeah. I think adults needed to realise that Cena wasn't really for them.
@@davidevens2147 Cena's character being for kids doesn't justify him being boring and generic with no personality. There are plenty of kid friendly characters who are interesting and entertaining with more to them than just "guy" or "girl." Kids understand more than most give them credit for and can handle complicated characters. So saying "It's OK if a badly written character's boring and bland because they're for kids" or "Kids will like anything no matter how bad because they're kids" is disrespectful to them.
You were a punk kiddo
First time I've ever said "oh boy" out loud and it was when I read the title for this video.
I became speechless doing the same. Adam isn't playing around.
Me too
I would've thought him rebooking Retribution would've done that...
Was it an excited “oh boy” or a here-we-go “oh boy”?
@@talonthehand Mixed for me, it was an here-we-go ''oh boy'' because i saw his zack ryder us championship video and it was a good thing he referenced it.
After Cena beats The Rock and becomes heel, the next night he’ll say, “Taiwan is a Country.” 🤣🤣🤣
Based
stop
He will apologize to china instead of that lol
@@danyyap3154 no
This joke is as funny as cenas jokes and as corny as his gimmick. Get over it dipsh*t and stop being a sjw snowflake.
Since we're doing Kane videos my I recommend his entire backstory making since, (yes that includes Katie Vick and May 19th). And since the forbidden door has not been kicked open but blown off it's hinges, Vince McMahon as the Higher Power because you said you would if we wanted you too and I can't speak for everyone but I really want you to. It can be apart of your multiverse you created when you put Randy Orton against The Fiend instead of Vince McMahon at WrestleMania 37 with no explanation or official retcon.
He already rebooked the Higher Power on Whatculture. If I recall correctly, it was Jake Roberts
@@treykristensen8349 and he said he would do it again if we wanted.
I want the McMahon higher power storyline too. The Jake one was cool but let's see a different McMahon once
The Vick bit is easy, DON'T.
The fact that he mentioned what culture, then encourages us to go watch an old video on a channel that he’s not on anymore, and then called the other Adam a cutie. Makes my heart happy to know it’s not bad blood between them your all mint🤞🏻
To my understanding he left on good terms with everyone. If anything, he left Cultaholic on bad terms since the controversy surrounding that actually delayed the launch of that and potentially cost them a lot of money
Good Job!
(That’s my catchphrase)
So - You're Hancock ;)
Hey! Cool catchphrase.
That storyline would be great IF the crowd reacts how you want them to. One thing to remember is that the marks were loud in their booing, but there were a lot of people who cheered for him too (i.e. kids). I’m curious what your plan B would be if the crowd started to support him (or at least enough cheer him to make the boos seem less dominant).
Another thing. We know how flip-flop the marks are. The moment they have Cena show any sign of turning heel, they're gonna start cheering him immediately.
I'd say have Cena focus on any boos, to the point of paranoia.
His literal chant was "Let's go Cena; Cena sucks". Have him hyperfocus on anybody that boos him and use that as an excuse for distraction.
In Cena's case I don't think that would be a problem, though I see where you're coming from. The Cena hating was a life force in of itself by that point, like the 'You Suck' chants for Kurt Angle, teasing a proper heel turn wouldn't have stopped it. The bit of this booking that would've got an interesting reaction (IMO) was the moment where he outright said he hates the fans - I'm inclined to say heavy booing with a faint but pronounced hint of cheering. LOL
@@NateLeonhart Not necessarily.
For example, while Roman gets a lot of praise out of character for his Heel persona, the fans at WM 37 still booed him loudly because they were invested in his story and in booing him as the villain.
The narrative of "fans are fickle" is one of the WWE's tools of gaslighting where they take a popular wrestler they fucked up with and then blame the fans by pretending that the fans turned on the wrestler for no reason, when often it's more complicated than that and comes down to the WWE fundamentally misunderstanding what made them popular to begin with.
Do how would Adam book the end of the head of the table’s universal champion reign!
Blasphemy
Good Job, also adam name dropping WC and Cleary was a mark out moment
I like the angle on WM28 with a pass on the chair shot. I feel like it's great ring psychology when a flyer works heel by teasing and denying a big dive because pleasing the fans isn't worth it. I would love the story of Cena doing the same with a chair because the fans want him to turn, but he knows it's wrong and he won't appease their wrong desires, even when it costs him. That's delightfully layered
Good job and shout out to Adam Cleary.
I think this is probably my favourite Adam booking, because Adam gets why I like Cena and we see it on display here and in his Cena's last run video. Thanks for this, Mr. Blampied.
Adam not saying "Send me presents" after his WhatCulture reference is character development right there
Adam mention Whatculture is like WWE mentioning AEW lol
Adam you’ve literally haven’t aged a day when watching the old whatculture videos of you.
I've been watching your videos for about 6 years now Adam, your voice has been with me as I became an adult. Thank you for always making such great content 👍
Genuinely brilliant. Would have loved to have seen THAT story.
Man, I needed this today. Adam, your videos really can make a difference in a person’s day. Thank you.
YES! Kane's "welders" mask was the best one he had. It was scary as Hell.
I personally called that his Executioner phase
I thought it resembled the Predator mask
@@jamalashad6460 same here!
@@rachelknightonline fir some reason I called it the emergence lol
It was great until he removed it one night, and it bent almost in half like a stereotypical wrestling prop...
We all need to take a moment and thank partsfunknown for giving adam this series because (in my, albeit uncultured, opinion) he's better at writing these stories than any other person I've seen on youtube, or any other social media for that matter
LMAAOOO i died at the palpatine impression, that was terrific
“Good job!”
Seriously though I love these videos so much and respect your wrestling brain, Adam.
Adam:is live talking about AEW taking shots at wwe
Also Adam:Booking embrace the hate
This man is magic
Sneaky Blampied
The "Is cena willing to go to that place" question is actually cool because its the same question Steve Austin was asked, and his answer was yes.
Heck, get crazy and end the feud with the Cena v. Rock v. Punk triple threat. The major players from Cena’s 2012 all coming together to make that happen would’ve been stellar!
What WWE did to Zack Ryder in 2012 still stings to this day.
Considering that he was the main catalyst for WWE to start investing into social media platforms like RUclips, Facebook, Twitter and etc. Not to mention his merch were always sold out, they did him incredibly dirty. Probably one of the first cases of WWE purposely burying a wrestler that got massively over by themselves
I agree. I don't see why people hate on getting over by yourself.
Can confirm. The Godfather of wrestling media whos effects one can argue had WWE dive headfirst into social media which spread to the indies which spread to large cases like Bullet Club which spread to Being The Elite which yeah, hello AEW.
I'm not saying without Zack Ryder, AEW would never have existed, but at the very least, he had an impact on the road to its creation and an impact on the entire wrestling landscape that not even close to enough people credit him for
@@vta2265 it's hilarious they stopped giving that brass ring speech after he tried to reach for it and the moral dropped in the locker room after they buried him.
@@adammccallion8640 Zack Ryder is actually the first baby face I ever turned on.
How adam would book the hurt business
Step 1: Don't break them.
Step 2: Don’t have them drop the titles to the new day
Yes please
Most of what they did, but don’t stop it for no reason.
Done!
@@keshavbhargavbakshi that pretty much it!
Good job!
Seriously though, that was a deep and rich storyline. I wasn't even watching wrestling at that time and you really got me invested.
BOOK THE EGG, BLAMPIED.
Also, this is just... spot on. Brilliant writing. For what it's worth, you've inspired me to start doing fantasy booking as well. So thanks.
That was a pretty good Palpatine impression
I get genuinely excited when I see these videos!
I’d love to see a “How Adam…” on WWE’s women’s tag titles. They’ve been booked so absolutely frustratingly, including splitting up and then releasing the only actual women’s tag team!
Only thing I would change is have Punk beat Rock at the rumble, and have to go into a triple threat with Cena, Rock and Punk at Mania, like originally planned. IMO it’ll make the story come full circle.
I had far too much fun laughing at this storyline when it aired. Zack Ryder was the Hans Moleman of the WWE and this storyline only made it more apparent.
I am never happier then when I see this name pop up on my notifications
Good Job Adam you cheeky bastard.
“Woo woo woo You roll it. OOOH!!!! Can I? Can I?”
Adam books another storyline beautifully
My pleasure is immeasurable and my day is made. I want the smartass Ding Back.
2:53 that Emperor Palpatine imprrssion had no business being that damn good lol
Never thought I'd see the day. No, genuinely thought Adam would NEVER do this one after watching how he'd book Zack Ryder's US Title Reign (still a really good booking). Looking forward to this.
Honestly Adam I fully agree with you on this one I think this one makes a lot more sense honestly because we look at the original embrace the hate storyline it felt like more like a filler and you never really thought of seeing that actually had that much of a bad year but it was done by you you know I agree it makes complete sense on each match that he won he should have actually lost and not lost by this qualification or interference but just lost clean. It would have made his loss to the rock mean a lot more than actually did.
During the last couple of videos in this series I was sceptical cause I saw a lot of re-bookings being an excuse for some good matches. But here, I salute you sir. That was oscar worthy character work and development. The motives behind every action, the reasoning, the transition between feuds were brilliant. And to be honest, after all these years, I actually like John Cena I would want the end of this storyline being him actually winning the fans back.
Adam, can you please write some god damn psychological novels. I’d buy them all.
Good job.
So glad I found this channel. Adam sir you and everyone on the channel are just fantastic. Love you dude. Good job.
This storyline (WWEs version) has me crying with laughter.
I’ve been looking forward to this
This is actually great. Good job
One addition I'd make: WWE dusts off their old Limp Bizkit CD and uses "Take A Look Around" for a video package.
Lesnar busting open Cena the hard way in 2012? My god it would be the most viewed video on RUclips and PornHub.
Good job!
I'd like to Adam do a rebooking of a WCW angle. He did one a few years ago (Bret Hart in WCW), so it'd be fun to see him do another. And there is a goldmine of potential in WCW's history.
Good job Adam! But on a serious note your videos are always so amazing and so much fun to watch
Adam doesn't realize that he basically made John Cena with a similar booking to Kazuchika Okada in 2018.
Every time I see Adam's face I just know everything is gonna be ok
THANK YOU! After not watching wrestling for 5 years (only checking rumble results and watching the wrestlemania Taker matches via youtube) the first episode of Raw I watched had Kane return. I was hyped and felt lucky. So I started watching again and my god I was disappointed. So thank you for this. Much love
I think this is your best rebooking ever
Good job! Embrace the love.
This is one episode I didn't know I needed.
Good Job
I’m ngl I got so excited when I saw this video was out
These are honestly the best
Once again, brilliant from Adam!!!
I watched the episode yesterday!! What a coincidence
Im so old, i sent this video to my son who i watched the original one with ... Years ago. Thank you for this
Rewatching Adams videos has taught me one thing, WWE has a severe lack of commitment to long term booking 😂😂
Good job
Good Job.
As soon as I saw this in the notifications I knew he would bring John Sr. into this.
Hearing wrestling fans described as callous pricks of a contradictory nature, it might be the most accurate description of wrestling fans possible.
You just showed more emotion making fun of the bit than Cena showed originally/ever.
Good job. That's it. ❤️
2 Suggestions for Fantasy Booking:
Fantasy Booking: Dean Ambrose’s WWE Title Reign
Fantasy Booking: Dolph Ziggler Backlash 2016 - WRESTLEMANIA 33
Awesome, keep doing these!!!
Please book Aleister Black & CM Punk. Those would be great.
He booked CM Punk.
His Summer of Punk booking was great
@@vids2002 Nah, like, his whole WWE run.
Unlike Adam I would actually like to see this babyface version of Cena or more accurately the tweener version of Cena.
Who no longer believes in the fans but still is a genuine babyface fighting for himself or other he consider allies.
That is more interesting than any heel turn could ever provide a babyface in disbelief that's interesting.
You know. You're right, and one of the fundamental missteps of the WWE for the last few years is they mistake turns for character development. Shifting someone into a completely different person rather than growing and expanding the person they are in an organic fashion.
F*** yes!!!! This is what I've been waiting for. A rebooking of Cena's 'terrible' year following mania 28.
Good job! (I enjoyed this video very much and I can't wait to see what you'll do next)
Good lord this will be a fun one. Excited to see how well Adam outbooks this trainwreck
"I need to beat you Rock" said the babyface
Commenting as I go, sooo....
2:55, best Palpatine impression I've ever heard. Wish I had it as my notification tone.
Yet another fantastic booking. Legit pissed at WWE Creative now. So many missed opportunities...
Good Job.
I really like this. WWE have seemed to play with their own established meta more the past decade. Right now it’s usually just in the form of an insider term finding it’s way into a promo or real life events being vaguely referenced.
This (assuming the crowd actually does bite the way Adam anticipates) is genius. Since the age of the internet it’s seemed there’s two realities. The one we “hardcore” fans live in and the reality that encompasses the actual show itself. That disconnect is toxic. Stories like this (especially coming off of summer of punk and leading into the yes movement) would really have helped foster a better environment for fans for the future.
If you’re going to manipulate the audience….really manipulate them. Don’t beg us to cheer a guy who isn’t ready. Don’t beg us to boo the most relatable characters. Remain a step ahead and use the audience to elevate your world instead of building it in spite of us.
i love it but what happened to kane kinda just got forgotten about
Team hell no