Ups & Downs For WWE In 2024

[@beezig]

Massive Up for the Wyatt Sicks debut and the media campaign before their debut, very intrigued for their year ahead, but that shot of them all in the entrance ramp was amazing.

[@dwyane23]

Totally agree it was awesome but thats all that was awesome they have had like 3 matches since there debut which to me has been very disappointing since The Wyatt Sicks are very talented in the ring

[@uncleelroy6353]

Golden Up for wwe being under DEGENERATION X control

[@DSrlaagyoenr]

Oh yeah. I was gonna say the Wyatts deserve a golden up for giving under utilized wrestlers some push and starpower, while also honoring Brays previous works. Their feud with Gable was spectacular and the current one helps build Final Testament. Wyatt Sick future is incredibly bright.

[@thethedeanshow]

Wyatt 6 are pinished

[@stevietubing]

@@dwyane23as a caveat to this quite excited for final testament v Wyatts in 2025. Scarlett v Cross is a possibility

[@prashanttewari]

Dominick's moustache deserves a dedicated up.

[@bandenwesen]

DomDom's moustache deserves the brownest of all brown downs

[@boycottactivision]

1. WrestleMania night 2 2. WrestleMania night 1 3. Rock beatdown Cody in Rain 4. Dom Betrays Rhea 5. New Bloodline Formation 6. Drew/Punk Fued 7. R Truth & Judgment Day 8. New Day Break Up 9. Melo/Trick Fued 10. Reunion of OG Bloodline

[@FlypSyde1111]

Nah bro 1- R-Truth 2- R-Truth 3- R-Truth 4- R-Truth 5- R-Truth etc…

[@TheDirtyKenzo]

Are these in order? Drew/Punk program was way bigger everything outside of WM

[@boycottactivision]

@@TheDirtyKenzo I think the fact that New Bloodline, & Dom/Rhea being the 2 Top Programs, shows how entertaining it was. Where as Drew & Punk is kinda over .

[@Myers369]

I'm just calling an audible, but Owen's should win the title at SNME, then Cody gets even at Jan 6th on Netflix, leading to a stip at Royal Rumble.

[@kingonipaayt3045]

I simultaneously like and don’t like this idea at all. I do think KO needs to go over at some point or another, but I don’t like the idea of taking the belt off cody even if he eventually gets it back soon after. If we’re truly building towards a title change at WM, then I think they’d be better off leaving him with the belt

[@rsmitty483]

Owen's should win, and Cody should go back to the midcard.

[@ggguNeck]

True, but really want KO vs Roman one more time at the Rumble 😭

[@thevoicelesswriter]

KO should win the title, but he shouldn't lose it so quick.

[@sy8jr80]

WWE whiffed badly with Iyo/DC and Bailey feud. That should have been a longer feud

[@gigglestick6833]

Would’ve been hilarious if Simon gave a brown down just for the name Pure Fusion Collective…🤣

[@oldirtydawson]

I thought it was a great year for WWE. Tag team wrestling in WWE/NXT still needs work, particularly the men's division. Jade and Bianca have been great champs in the women's division. The future looks bright for WWE.

[@thisisgeorge1998]

2024 was a great year for WWE. My only complaint and it involves myself is at the smackdown after mania, I encountered Simon but I was tired and was walking around to stay awake and I saw him, but my brain wasn’t clicking otherwise I would have said hi

[@FlypSyde1111]

You get the darkest brown deepest down evah!

[@andrewsingh]

Brown down George!!!!

[@thisisgeorge1998]

@ I know it hurts lol

[@FlypSyde1111]

@@thisisgeorge1998 be strong George! I can’t imagine how bad a brown down feels

[@thisisgeorge1998]

@@FlypSyde1111 it feels cold and it itches

[@rsmitty483]

Drew Mcyntire and Kevin Owens had the best year. One of them would be my Wrestler of the year for 2024.

[@KurtIsRandom]

Simon from the bottom of my IWC heart, thank you for existing and thank you for being the main reasons I'm excited about discussing wrestling again

[@scullyplays3992]

In an AMAZING year for WWE, the thumbnail has a big red down arrow. lol, so ridiculous.

[@Algo1]

So...Whatculture. Not Simon Miller, but Whatculture.

[@djzigg3284]

Simon Miller doesn't make the thumbnails. And Bayleys run was bad.

[@JohnMthree]

Simon should lose his belt for this atrocity

[@jimbo_1312]

It was a much better year than recent memory, but it was far from perfect... people are just being lenient as HHH is still kinda in the honeymoon period. It was the same with AEW's first couple of years. People just let stuff slide that they usually wouldn't because it's shiny and new.

[@LochAndLoad95]

Yeah I wish he could just do ups and downs on his own channel so I can finally unsub from whatculture lol

[@retr075]

Honourable mention has to be Melo vs Andrade best of series

[@skyfernandez2958]

I love how Giovanni roasts Giovanni in one video

[@EMTheatrical]

Uncle Howdy and Wyatt Sicks return gets an up. But it's a wait and see for 2025 to really see if this plays out like a creepy 3 minute warning or something special. Down for the breakup of Alpha Academy. There was really something there for Otis and Chad and the Creeds especially but now it feels like we missed the boat. Same thing with Bobby Lashley leaving. Bronson Reed as a prime time player gets an Up. Same from brining in Jade Cargill with Bianca Belair. The injuries suck, but up to then great all around. Also an Up to Joe Tessitore. He's come into his own in a ahort time. And a down to Samantha Irvin leaving and seamingly burning bridges on the way out.

[@ComeatMEOW]

Couldnt agree more!! Well said.

[@greenlavalamp]

The new production approach and especially camerawork needs a golden up.

[@taifael]

Since WWE is moving to Netflix, I'd love to see a video like "What you need to know" so I can watch it there without feeling lost

[@mikeducharme5549]

Something that I’ve realized now, when the Rock put up the three at Bad Blood we all assumed it meant a triple threat. What if he meant 3 months instead? It would make sense because Raw on Netflix is almost exactly 3 months from bad blood.

[@eddiecampbell9663]

I didn't assume that at all I assumed when he threw up the 3 was that all 3 roman cody and jimmy were on his hit list

[@LadyTreez420]

Simon you would make my tum tum feel better if you did these Reviews only on your channel 😂

[@thethedeanshow]

Because why bother getting paid right ?

[@Fritjof1]

Well it’s not prime 1998 but damn sure a top 3 year in WWE history. 2025 will be the best year of wrestling ever 🤞🤞🤞

[@CollinR27]

I wish Triple H would book a mens tag title match on a PLE, last one was at Mania 😴

[@khesipresents1885]

Yet Vince is the one who hated tag teams according to fans

[@ArthurKillingsworthJr]

@@khesipresents1885 yeah vince hated AND disrepected tag team wrestling. He broke up popular tag teams purposely and he gave them shitty penny looking titles and then dime looking titles

[@ArthurKillingsworthJr]

HHH tries to not overbload a PLE card. He puts the tag title defenses on the Smackdown or Raw episode before a PLE

[@ArthurKillingsworthJr]

@@khesipresents1885 vince is the biggest piece of crap and the way u defend him it's like u had a dump on the chest session with him

[@khesipresents1885]

@@ArthurKillingsworthJr well triple H ain't doing better

[@stevegershon6387]

Great video, but i wouldve mentioned the wyatt sicks and bronson reed.

[@matthewjones3553]

It makes no sense why Giovanni didn't feud with Kaiser

[@invekbv1]

Sami & Jey should win the tag titles & drop them to the new day ! Jey gets screwed again , but by Drew , Seth , and KO !

[@ratedtriplex]

The Rock Rhodes WrestleMania 40 angle gets my decade up award because it got me back into wrestling after over a decade.

[@marcuswhitaker8641]

I kept expecting AJ to show up at some point during the CM and Drew matches especially after Drew breaking the bracelet.

[@gentlemenninja]

It would've been cool but their story didn't need AJ. Also, he was going to go on a retirement run, but he got injured on his first match back and that's why we only saw him once a few months ago and then never again. Apparently with his injury, he could be out for up to a year if not more.

[@FlypSyde1111]

@@gentlemenninjaAJ Lee you goofy haha 😂

[@marcuswhitaker8641]

@gentlemenninja she didn't need to stay,could've just been like one or two segments after Drew either took or destroyed the bracelet,just a thought.

[@gentlemenninja]

@@marcuswhitaker8641 my bad thought you meant AJ Styles lol so I was confused. Would've been cool if she came back. But it also added to the story that punk was living alone for a month before Bad Blood because his wife couldn't see the intense anger he felt.

[@codynitschmann991]

Wyatt sicks and most notably the night bird campaign was a massive part of last year that is now going into a slow burn direction which will lead to blowing up in 2025. Notable mention to the social media work Karrion Kross has been doing lately too. He’s been criminally under-utilized.

[@AnxiousRockstar]

3:06 They are the hearting beat

[@PaulVandersypen]

The editor missed two UPs from Simon. The end graphic should read 10 UPs and 5 DOWNs. As of the first week of December 2024, I don't know what to give The New Day yet. It depends on what Kofi and Xavier do now that they have turned heel. Simon probably recorded the video before Raw aired. Simon mentioned the NXT call-ups but didn't rate anything from NXT directly. I'd give Jordynne Grace and Joe Hendry an UP, and I hope WWE does more with the TNA talent in 2025, preferably giving them some championship belts.

[@alwaysxnever]

7:12 I absolutely don't understand the point of breaking up teams/groups that are over. Bo reason to not have hom with Imperium on Raw. Bartel and Aichner were an amazing tag team.

[@domenicconte3951]

I love da pasta. As a Italian, I give that an up.

[@HighHeelKnight]

Why the Hell do people and companies insist on publishing year in review videos and articles in EARLY DECEMBER!?!? 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿

[@schiestymcfadeacon]

cause you baffoon it almost the end of the yr rando youtuber build aa bridege and get over it

[@zlinedavid]

@@schiestymcfadeaconIt’s “buffoon” not “baffoon” you buffoon.

[@HighHeelKnight]

@@schiestymcfadeaconDecember has multiple planned special wrestling events, including AEW Winter Is Coming WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, and NXT Deadline. There are also surprising moments likely to happen. The New Day turned heel and rejected Big E on the first week of December, a day or two before the video was published. There is also the possibility of a tragedy occurring. Someone could die or be arrest or become paralyzed. Juice Robinson, Jimmy Uso, Bronson Reed, and one of the Tongas have all be placed on the medical leave. What if Linda McMahon steps down from her Cabinet nomination because new evidence connecting her to Vince's various transgressions surfaces? A lot of things can happen before the year concludes, so these publishers should wait for the year to actually conclude.

[@K-DUBOfficial]

My favorite match from WWE and AEW in 2024: CM Punk vs Drew Mcintyre - Hell In A Cell at Bad Blood WIll Ospreay vs Brian Danielson - Dynasty Yours?

[@sunsetfuzz]

my own opinions stated bluntly for comedic effect and time management: - cody sucks and doesn't need a belt for his child based fans to buy his merch - tag teams died and i want them back - what happened to finishers being the finish? - that piledrive angle was lame with KO since i saw several canadian destroyers with mello and charlottes husband - why is mello and charlottes husband not pushed? - LA knight needs to stop jumping on the top if he can't make it happen - Bron has the best spear... stop talking about it romans weak spear - keep gunther, drew mac, shame-us, big tuna bronson, bron, and other people who aren't afraid to hit on tv - bring back athena (ember moon) because she is being wasted on ROH - I am generally more entertained by this version of WWE than the past iterations besides the times of my childhood -Overall 8/10 this year with WWE. I don't used "7 out of 10" because it's a cowards way out. definitely better than a 6/10

[@Dahlia_Black]

Finishers being the finish! I thought Simon might bring that up because the surprise roll up is used far too often 😂

[@VincentTheWordsmith]

The New Day gets a golden up from me. WWE made me feel all sorts of emotions this year, but nothing hit me quite like the New Day 10th Anniversary segment. I had water coming from my seeing devices.

[@stephenmorton6764]

Jordynne Grace gets an Up for her appearance in the Rumble, WWE gets a Down for not letting Jordynne Grace do anything significant in the Rumble...not one elimination 🤷

[@j.b.gruberiiiesq6582]

Bruh i forgot Pure Fusion Collective was even a thing.....😮

[@MeirNissim-c1t]

NXT partnership with TNA NXT Women’s Division Up

[@RedHoodFH]

I think KO needed randy this year to get as over as he did. The stuff they did was fantastic

[@onlyDoti]

Every time Big Bronson Reed climbed to the top rope is its own up. (where can i rent a FOP? someone needs to get on it)

[@khesipresents1885]

Bronson reed is a jobber

[@onlyDoti]

@ And he was doin his job REALLY well.

[@amirulsyafiq8694]

Another UP should've been given to new belt's design. WWE listened to the fans who wanted to recreate the classics.

[@zlinedavid]

*belt

[@dwyane23]

If CM Punk wins The Elimination Chamber Match he joins Roman Reigns has the only two men in all of Pro Wrestking to win a Steel Cage Match a Hell In A Cell Match a WarGames Match & a Elimination Chamber Match

[@RobertKeilOK]

Ups for the appearances of Jordynne Grace and Joe Hendry Down for the New Day segment (I know this would have been a late addition to this video but it gets a down anyway)

[@TheSopranosT]

Does Simon respond?

[@ADaM_Up]

No

[@dproppa565]

He is the Global Champion. You are not worthy of a response. Take off!

[@LadyTreez420]

😂😂 ​@@dproppa565

[@themaskedwolfmatsuda1052]

You get a down good sir

[@skepticistr4326]

I will use “hearting beat” now just to see if people are paying attention. Accident or “Simonism,” I like it.

[@lb2.0.45]

NXT as a whole in 2024 gets a massive Up!

[@uncleelroy6353]

DX has wwe on fire

[@wwe1fanrocky]

Like the raw tag titles, i honestly forget cody is even wwe champion 😂

[@craigcarlock8910]

Simon you deserve a golden up and cm punks win over drew in a cage gets a golden up

[@HaviWasHere]

Sheamus and Aj Styles getting new Entrance music is a Downn

[@MsRockman123]

List was unfair…deserves way more ups. Simple.

[@Dejumat]

Tell me Bro Cos I don't know Why the Fed wont leave Tag Teams alone

[@ecolbe]

my favrite part of 2024 is WWE working with TNA.

[@Fatcat1010]

I love Cody rhoades but I do have 2 criticisms. He doesn’t have a great heel to work against (not his fault and KO is looking promising) and I don’t like how often he kicks out of finishers. Just want to add that the AJ match in France should be in the conversation for match of the year

[@isTheMiz]

I feel like Apollo should have been released a long time ago. I'm not even sorry.

[@khesipresents1885]

Him and Cedric alexander , sorry if you're eating but they're like the poop that refuses to go down when flushing

[@matthewhostetter8974]

WWE has been fantastic this year. All the tag champions are still a bit of a mess, but almost everything else has been working. One of the biggest setbacks has been the unexpected injuries. Punk/Drew was the Feud of the Year and Match of the Year. Cody's title reign could be better, but he's still over. Bayley's title run also could have been better, but she got to have one more big babyface run. I'm excited for the future of WWE on Netflix, plus the additions of the Women's IC and US titles. SNME is going to be a great way to end the year as we head to the Royal Rumble. It's not perfect, but Triple H and the WWE are doing far better than Vince has in years.

[@khesipresents1885]

Stop crying..HHH isnt perfect....😂

[@afp445]

​​@@khesipresents1885 Don't waste your breath on that idiot, he's always slobbering all over HHH's ding-a-ling while accusing anyone who enjoys a certain other wrestling company of being a 'mark' Gotta love the hypocrisy 🙄

[@hunterballard67]

Kevin Owens and the Wyatt 6 get golden ups

[@SirGingerOfKnight]

Down: [Insert Name Here]'s ACL/MCL/Meniscus

[@Arsalan.Sarwar]

Simon, give Drew MacIntyre Golden Up or he is coming for you.

[@thethedeanshow]

Wish he'd retire

[@bubbaholmberg7057]

The Bailey dropped ball makes me think that perhaps something like Asuka or Charlotte coming back and didnt/couldnt so they changed directions with her title run

[@alexW36912]

Dude i was at the smackdown where they brought out heyman and cm punk at the end in salt lake city. the dark match before the show was Apollo Cruze vs Giovanni 😂 and Giovanni won! lmao

[@khesipresents1885]

Jobber vs jobber...doesn't matter who wins...wwe sees them as jokes ..

[@Thelastpaniolo]

Kevin Owen’s isn’t that good. He looks like big 5th grader. Not believable to me.

[@kinglibra912]

The over use of the "MOST DEVASTATING MOVE IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT" 👇🏿

[@phatboy788]

If it was AEW you would of given it 8 ups and one down, WWE have knocked it out of the park this year but still room for improvments

[@afp445]

I swear you 'E' zombies have to make everything about AEW 🤡 Talk about living rent-free in your pea-sized brains 😂

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Truly wild

[@BrandonRalstonUSA]

Years not over yet, should’ve waited until the first week of January ‘25 to make this vid.

[@thethedeanshow]

Who cares

[@BrandonRalstonUSA]

@@thethedeanshow Those blessed with reasoning skills.

[@anshulgulati4329]

2024 without liv morgan mentioned is totally wrong

[@sjceezy]

Did you watch the video?

[@ForestStump5032]

Bayleys story is she took Jade Cargill out

[@Dahlia_Black]

For 2025 id love to see the Judgement day break up, really not a fan without Rhea and Damien and i think esp Liv and Finn will be better without the group. And i just want more Jacob Fatu ❤❤❤❤

[@chrissullivan63]

The jey uso backlash shit I've prob watch 100 times or so lolol!!!!! Backlash has now become one of the ples i can't wait to see soook fn gooood!!!!!!

[@nathanjacquart4395]

Dijak got fired for leaking rumors to dirtsheets.

[@zackcascio5652]

Simon acknowledge Solo? Automatic down JK please don’t send Fatu my way 😱

[@JayRock-l9r]

Austin should've came out instead of taker at maina

[@SirBobbyDuncan]

I'm hoping that in 2025, Simon Miller learns how to create a ten minute video without twelve minutes of talking.

[@unholyperiodza5442]

WWE Woman's Division sucks, 70% of them will be on the Top 10 Worst Wrestlers of 2024.

[@khesipresents1885]

It will never be better it seems

[@sergio.h1985]

Hello??? Wyatt Sicks???

[@GorgasScienceFoundation]

But the year is not over yet...

[@caseysmith5890]

Kiana James is only out due to injury (and enhancements) she will be back

[@scottseefong3623]

Where's nxt?

[@scotthallinan4609]

I've been tired of the Bloodline for 2 years. Dragging a long dead horse because Roman is absolutely nothing without it.

[@CH-ju8zt]

BOOOOOOOOOOO

[@khesipresents1885]

Roman doesn't need bloodline..it's wwe who don't know what to do with Roman if he isn't in bloodline story...

[@scotthallinan4609]

@CH-ju8zt yeah truth hurts.

[@scotthallinan4609]

@khesipresents1885 bull. He's still the same mediocre mid on the mic wrestler he was before it. Without Paul and the other distractions people would see He's STILL just not very good.

[@tomseville2345]

The Heart & Beat? Sounds like a sickeningly romantic bar restaurant; or a 70's pop group...

[@ChrisLT]

The Wyatt debut was one of the coolest things this year.

[@24Dodgers]

Let me guess AEW will only get like 2 downs

[@neilross8697]

Nice one champ 🏆😂😅😂😅

[@rahulmcintyre2553]

Nothing was down in 2024. Infact Wrestling is at it's best peak ever in the history of Wrestling. Only WWE i mean not Wrestling Promotion Like AEW or any other promotion 😂😂😂

[@LochAndLoad95]

To each their own but I definitely disagree. A lot of the tag team runs and women's storylines have been very lackluster imo

[@khesipresents1885]

You're delusional and one of those "let papa H cook " fans

[@quanmfsanchez411]

Where the aew one

[@matthewhostetter8974]

They'll have to seriously doctor that one up to try and make it look positive.

[@tomseville2345]

If Carlito was "cancelled" for the "I Gotta Learn Chinese" line, Simon should be for that Italian impression (no matter how satirical of Gio's gimmick)... 🤣🤣🍝🍷🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@qtebab]

Lol no

[@schiestymcfadeacon]

nobody actually gets cancelled you mron they just find a new audience

[@MadQueen-nt2wm]

No Female in Bloodline....down 👇 Cody Rhodes wins the gold in WrestleMania 40...up 👍

[@commielnino]

What is a 'down' is this guy's shtick of starting EVERY sentence by shouting really loudly, then middling out and finishing each statement with a quiet non sequitur. I just keep watching because i want to see just how bizarre this ranting can potentially become.

[@thethedeanshow]

Simon stop being overly positive..Cody's run hasn't seemed as big as Romans.

[@dannysanchez9919]

I hope they unleash jacob in 2025

[@sense6472]

AEW 15 Ups 0 Downs calling it

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Downs: ➡️ Liv, Dom and Rhea storyline went on far too long ➡️ The Rock came back as a board member of TKO because his movies were flopping (before Moana 2 was released). And tried to use his position to take over WrestleMania 40 ➡️ Adding in too many members of the Bloodline. WWE should know by now that when the faction ends. They most likely won't have any plans for most of the members ➡️ Creating secondary belts for the Intercontinental and US titles just for the women. Instead of being original and giving the women something that isn't from the men's division just to add women to it

[@thethedeanshow]

Can seth rollins, Kevin owens, the miz, drew Mcintyre, and the street profits all just be released already ? Same old sht and nothing I care about with them

[@thethedeanshow]

Oh god, and seamus

[@ArthurKillingsworthJr]

no down for Karrison Kross and AOP???? no down for Otis and Tozawa wasting TV time no down for stupid R Truth segments

[@Dahlia_Black]

Simon would never give Truth a down, he loves him 😂

[@thebatmanwhoposts9600]

Everything Liv did this year gets a golden up from me.

[@ellisdeefoley]

yeah no Priest is awful and the phoniest most unbelievable tough guy I can remember being over pushed in a long long time. His feud with Gunther is awful and has done extreme character damage to Gunther, really he can't beat Priest clean but Badd Bunny can? Get out of here with this garbage, Priest needs to fall back solidly into the midcard where he belongs, dude is not and will never be championship material. Go back and see him refusing to own his mistake when he forgot to kick out at MITB and then try to argue he is top guy material

[@nitrofredy]

Bro it should be 2024 wwe downs of downs. It was a trashbin year

[@bubbaholmberg7057]

The only good thing with roman was him losing.