It’s no secret that every last damn person here at With Spandex is a massive fan of Tyler Breeze. That’s partly said up top in this post as a caveat, and partly to remind you that Tyler Breeze is the frigging best, always. We’ve been staunch proponents of him since his days of losing every high-profile match in NXT, and we’re ride or die for him during his days of … uh … lose every match period, pretty much, as part of the Fashion Police (or Breezango, if you’re nasty) with Fandango.
But matches aren’t where Breezango gets the majority of their television time, of course. Pretty much every week on Smackdown, Breezy and Dango get a few minutes to showcase their comedic and acting chops in the always-anticipated “Fashion Files” vignettes. It’s some of the best serialized television that exists today. (Especially with that dud of a season of The Americans that dropped this year.)
Breeze, of course, is getting fewer of those high-profile matches that he was receiving in NXT, but he’s making a whole lot more money, selling a whole lot more merch, and working a whole lot more than he did down in Winter Park. Still; there are a lot of fans who would like to see WWE utilize Breeze “better,” or at least more often. When a fan suggested just that on Twitter recently, Breezy pointed out that it’s impossible to utilize everyone all the time, and he’ll take the last several months of “Fashion Files” consistently being featured than the occasional television main event.
https://twitter.com/OwnerOfACW/status/936992545988579329
So Let’s say I’m main eventing the 2 hr show. Who’s being “wasted” then? Shin? Dillinger? Aj? Roode? Because not everyone can be used every week… unless you’re featured in something like fashion files which has been featured now for 6 months + Very proud of that https://t.co/O6vKLIguWw
— Breeze (@MmmGorgeous) December 2, 2017
He’s not wrong! There are a whole lot of wrestlers inside WWE who would probably kill to have the sort of regular exposure, character development, and creative freedom that Fandango are afforded in their vignettes, which owe a lot more to “The JBL and Cole” show than they do the rest of WWE’s scripted content.
Despite Breeze’s well-thought-out answer, the conversation devolved into fans claiming yeah, sure, maybe you’re happy with your role right now, but WWE is “creatively” worse than it’s been in years. Breeze had a pretty damn good response to that, too.
https://twitter.com/JimmyHunt1287/status/936992649114013696
Katie Vick and giving birth to hands….. creative 🙄 got ya 👍 https://t.co/NvIicjM0ds
— Breeze (@MmmGorgeous) December 2, 2017
There’s been matches this year that have had me wrapped up in it watching backstage and had people in full arenas standing on their feet. If to u that’s “shitty” than there is no pleasing you so respectfully You choose to be unhappy and I’m sorry to hear that https://t.co/aBa3ALQiAN
— Breeze (@MmmGorgeous) December 2, 2017
I understand fans’ frustrations at the endless “same-ness” of the vast majority of WWE television. I understand pushback against overly-scripted promos, lack of character development, poor motivations or explanation of Superstars’ actions, and a whole host of other issues. But creativity is not really an issue, ESPECIALLY as it pertains to Tyler Breeze.
If you’re taking exception to that, please enjoy this:
