Missing the Boat...much like those dwarves did in the second installment of the Hobbit.
WWE missed the boat when it came to the debut of the Ascension. The Ascension while they were in NXT was the team to beat. They held the NXT Tag Titles for 364 days. In all outings I saw them in they were booked to be pretty much unbeatable; chewing through their opponents like a meat grinder working on a prime cut of beef. (I will point out that I am talking about the current incarnation of the Ascension – Connor (aka Conor O’Brian) and Viktor (aka Rick Victor); not all that original but hey...). Their coup de grace was the Fall of Man which consists of a leg sweep from Connor and a Jumping European uppercut from Viktor. And as that 364 day reign would indicate...many men fell to the Fall of Man; so in a word it is effective. There were those in the IWC who were chomping at the bit to see the Ascension move up from NXT to the main roster of WWE; I was one of those people. I was interested to see what would happen with them. But like the saying goes...be careful what you wish for...you just might get it.
The Ascension debut...on December 29, 2014. Who debuts a new act over the Christmas/New Year season? WHO DOES THIS? WWE does this. So I missed the debut...but thanks to the wonders of the internet I did find the time to watch it...and as their opponents we got Miz and Mizdow.
This was a blink and you miss it match, where more time was devoted to the entrance then there was to the match...speaking of which...
What is it up with that entrance? The Eye of Horus superimposed over Illuminati imagery; which if any of you know your stuff about this would know that it’s pretty much a contradiction. The Eye of Horus is associated with the ancient Egyptian Sun God Ra (Horus was an ancient Egyptian Sky God) and one of the Illuminati’s goals was to oppose religious influence over public life (if you believe what is posted on Wikipedia). Anyway moving on...
This past Monday on Raw we saw the Ascension in action again; this time against two jobbers...and not even main roster jobbers like Zack Ryder and Curtis Axel; it was two local jobbers; one of which bared a striking resemblance to a well known – suppose to be funny, but is in fact obnoxious – lady from Film and TV. Before this lame brain match WWE had Conor and Viktor cut a promo...yea gads...no two men on the entire roster would be better suited to have a mouth piece like Paul Heyman or Zeb Colter than Conor and Viktor because these two boys suck when it comes to cutting a promo.
And just who wrote that promo? The Road Warriors (LoD) and Demolition are still treasured factions amongst the IWC and Talent alike. This promo might have seemed like a work, but it rang like a shoot.
The remaining Road Warrior – Animal was none too pleased either based on his comments found here. (http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0107/588317/road-warrior-animal-responds-to-the-ascension-raw-promo/)
I have to agree with Animal; if you are going to do this, then get him involved somehow. Even if he’s not in-ring worthy, have him get a proxy team to face off against the Ascension. Cheap heat tactics are what heels are all about it, but you need a great talker to pull it off and these two guys are not that, that and you need the guys getting ripped on to come out and fight back.
I know most people are thinking that we cannot give a definitive analysis on Conor and Viktor after only two matches; however I think we can based on previous experiences with NXT personal that have been moved up to the main roster in recent months (the Shield and the Wyatts notwithstanding, and Kidd was a member of the main roster with Smith and Nattie as the Hart Dynasty long before he was on NXT as a solo man).
So my analysis is as follows...The Ascension is a misnomer...for ascension means to ascend...to rise up...for Conor and Viktor...they are in line to be sent to the fiery pits of Mount Doom riding on the tail of Smaug.
So what do you think? Let Krysta know on twitter at @Krysta_ibach
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