Great card tonight. All single matches. Most are title defenses. Lot of rumors.
1. Rollins should win the belt back. I mentioned this when Lesnar cashed in... Rollins had no rival for Summerslam and Brock made the most sense. Now does Seth win clean or does someone step in to cause a new feud? Roman maybe?
2. Does Sasha or Ronda return? I think one or both possibly.
3. Does Natalya get the belt in her own country over Becky?
4. What’s the twist is the Owens/McMahon match?
Should be a good one!
I am really hoping Goldberg puts Ziggler over. Ziggler is misused now and needs a bump. A win against Goldberg will help him.
Only really interested in seeing Wyatt in the ring again and Richochet/AJ. I like what Owens is doing lately but with that stipulation, it’s obvious he’s winning.
Goldberg vs Ziggler seems silly. You’d think Ziggler would win this but even if he does, will anyone really care about Ziggler or take him seriously, I doubt it. Too much damage has been done to him in making him look like a jobber dork. Plus there are too many better and more interesting wrestlers on the roster to bother pushing him hard.
Hopefully Ember Moon wins so they finally start doing something with her. She’s cool.
Kofi should win. It’s pointless to put the belt on Orton at this point in his career.
Rollins/Lesnar 2 is eye roll worthy. Either we see Brock drop the belt a month after winning it so Rollins can become the beast slayer again after getting destroyed recently on tv. Or Brock wins and continues his boring reign. They really need some better guys in the title picture.
Who cares? She was smoking hot.
He's just some heavy set guy who takes a ton of bumps. Who out there has an urgency to go stand in line at a show and see Kevin Owens? Am I missing something here?
Also, for all the "in ring" pundits, I dont know if he has a bad night every single time I attend a WWE show but those were some terrible, boring matches.
Or is it just that Vince doesn't like him and makes him look like a turd?
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Trish is the most overrated female wrestler of all-time, IMO,
Who cares? She was smoking hot.
Was, yes. Now? Not so much
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Trish is the most overrated female wrestler of all-time, IMO,
Who cares? She was smoking hot.
Was, yes. Now? Not so much
Please. If she said hi to you, the time between your hard on and climax wouldn’t last longer than an Ereck Flowers block attempt.
I'm just wondering what you're getting at, was she overrated in her looks to you? Or her in ring, mic skills, charisma or whatever? Even though my 'opinion' here is Trishs popularity was justified because of her looks; I will add that she was a great in 2004 after her heel turn on Jericho and her feud with Mickie James around Mania 22 was one of the best girl rivalries, ever.
As an outsider always looking in since 2009 or so, nothing these newer guys do or say is compelling enough for me to consistently watch. Ok, I lied the Punk pipebomb made me tune in for a small amount of time. Whether less people watch, if that's Vince's fault or the talents fault, I don't know.
Like it or not, the announcement of the Undertaker vs Goldberg match caught my attention, even though they're both about 500 years old. Unlike these new guys, because being completely honest, I don't give a fuck about any of them.
Royal rumble
MITB
Wrestlemania
Summerslam
Survivor Series
And one more. There just no time to build up a true story in a few weeks.
Royal rumble
MITB
Wrestlemania
Summerslam
Survivor Series
And one more. There just no time to build up a true story in a few weeks.
My original gripe with wrestling was in 2002 when they did the brand split. Overnight, the post invasion time period went from being one of my favorite eras in wrestling to one of my least.
Brock Lesnar was out of nowhere, the brand split, the inevitable two champions, Austin and Rock were beginning to head out. For years, WWF made fun of WCW for signing "old man" Hulk Hogan and the others. Now, years after you declared those guys old, you're crowning Hogan the champ? Lol fuck off.
You're right. The overexposure in the wrestling business and diluting of the titles was the death knell for me. Now, two shows with these guys is even sillier than before. I even said it back then, why would I want to pay a full price ticket for a show or PPV charge to see half of the roster?
Look at football, it seems as if reading the comments online and on BBI that Thursday Night Football is panned because of... overexposure.
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Too many PPVs. You only need 6
Royal rumble
MITB
Wrestlemania
Summerslam
Survivor Series
And one more. There just no time to build up a true story in a few weeks.
My original gripe with wrestling was in 2002 when they did the brand split. Overnight, the post invasion time period went from being one of my favorite eras in wrestling to one of my least.
Brock Lesnar was out of nowhere, the brand split, the inevitable two champions, Austin and Rock were beginning to head out. For years, WWF made fun of WCW for signing "old man" Hulk Hogan and the others. Now, years after you declared those guys old, you're crowning Hogan the champ? Lol fuck off.
You're right. The overexposure in the wrestling business and diluting of the titles was the death knell for me. Now, two shows with these guys is even sillier than before. I even said it back then, why would I want to pay a full price ticket for a show or PPV charge to see half of the roster?
Look at football, it seems as if reading the comments online and on BBI that Thursday Night Football is panned because of... overexposure.
They shuld have kept wcw separate
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In comment 14526686 Anakim said:
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Trish is the most overrated female wrestler of all-time, IMO,
Who cares? She was smoking hot.
Was, yes. Now? Not so much
Please. If she said hi to you, the time between your hard on and climax wouldn’t last longer than an Ereck Flowers block attempt.
Are you serious? She looks nothing like she did.
No, in the ring she was overrated. Looks-wise, she was stunning.
Rollins wins
and ends a lame show. No controversies. No new feuds. No stars returning. Disappointing to say the least.
Finn is takkng a couple of months off, they wanted to make the fiend look strong, graves even mentioned how balor should have brought out the demon...
my guess at wrestlemania yoj get demon vs fiend
you thought seth was winning? i didnt, i thought he would either lose clean or someone interferes, j didnt thjnk he would win clean
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Great match, terrible PPV
you thought seth was winning? i didnt, i thought he would either lose clean or someone interferes, j didnt thjnk he would win clean
Yeah... the only reason he dropped the belt earlier was because they didn’t want to rush a feud in 4 weeks between PPV. The plan was Brock to cash in so Seth could have a Summerslam opponent and regain the belt. I said this in the last PPV tooZ
Which goes back to there are too many PPVs. Not enough time to set feuds.
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Great match, terrible PPV
you thought seth was winning? i didnt, i thought he would either lose clean or someone interferes, j didnt thjnk he would win clean
Yeah... the only reason he dropped the belt earlier was because they didn’t want to rush a feud in 4 weeks between PPV. The plan was Brock to cash in so Seth could have a Summerslam opponent and regain the belt. I said this in the last PPV tooZ
Which goes back to there are too many PPVs. Not enough time to set feuds.
that i 100 percent agree with
Those are all good types of matches, but they should use them as needed but in a more surprising manner.
It was booked merely as an angle in what should have been the main event.
You could tell with Seth's emotion tonight he REALLY was put over by Brock.
That was a big match for Seth that was teetering on disaster from his entrance. Seth was getting some boos early, and that easily could've turned from 'some' boos to getting booed out of the building. But he went out there laser focused and put on an absolutely stellar performance, won the crowd over, and had them cheering him towards the late-middle/ending of the match. That's the mark of a great in-ring performer right there to come up big in a situation that easily could've gone the other way with the crowd possibly booing him out of the building. Great performer.
By far the best match of the night.
I'm just wondering what you're getting at, was she overrated in her looks to you? Or her in ring, mic skills, charisma or whatever? Even though my 'opinion' here is Trishs popularity was justified because of her looks; I will add that she was a great in 2004 after her heel turn on Jericho and her feud with Mickie James around Mania 22 was one of the best girl rivalries, ever.
She looks better now IMHO
I think he needs to get mpre serious and ditch the new day pancakes gimmick, hopefully last night was the start of it
I never got the whole craze with judging a wrestler by their in-ring abilities, grading matches, predicting spots. Stone Cold was a brawler because he was limited with neck issues, the Rock wasn't anything special, neither was Hogan and I guess you could say the same thing for John Cena. Those were the biggest stars in recent years. Again, Trish was who she was and got where she got because she had a sparkling, grade A personality! LOL!
As a kid, I never really noticed (or cared) what Macho Man did bell-to-bell and he was one of my favorites. I was engrossed with what he had to say, his personality and his direct storylines involving Miss Elizabeth, the nWo, Hogan, DDP.
I never gave a fuck about women's in-ring ability, either. Majority of wrestling fans are (or were) men. I thought the attitude era was the perfect balance. Women's "wrestling" was non-existent but there was Sable. Everyone wanted a piece of her as the ratings showed, and then she power bombed Marc Mero lol. I like eye candy and it is nice to see above-average attractive women like those every once in a while.
Again, I never really took notice anybody cared about this "behind the scenes" stuff until John Cena got booed royally by the Chicago crowd at Wrestlemania 22. I personally thought that hostility was a bit of a weird, overreaction on the crowd's part and I am no John Cena Maniac myself. But hey, who am I to judge? They paid the money for the ticket, they can do whatever they want with their time at the show.
That was horrible and completely out-of-place. If Austin isn't going to be Stone Cold, there's no need for him to be on TV.
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No, in the ring she was overrated. Looks-wise, she was stunning.
I never got the whole craze with judging a wrestler by their in-ring abilities, grading matches, predicting spots. Stone Cold was a brawler because he was limited with neck issues, the Rock wasn't anything special, neither was Hogan and I guess you could say the same thing for John Cena. Those were the biggest stars in recent years. Again, Trish was who she was and got where she got because she had a sparkling, grade A personality! LOL!
As a kid, I never really noticed (or cared) what Macho Man did bell-to-bell and he was one of my favorites. I was engrossed with what he had to say, his personality and his direct storylines involving Miss Elizabeth, the nWo, Hogan, DDP.
I never gave a fuck about women's in-ring ability, either. Majority of wrestling fans are (or were) men. I thought the attitude era was the perfect balance. Women's "wrestling" was non-existent but there was Sable. Everyone wanted a piece of her as the ratings showed, and then she power bombed Marc Mero lol. I like eye candy and it is nice to see above-average attractive women like those every once in a while.
Again, I never really took notice anybody cared about this "behind the scenes" stuff until John Cena got booed royally by the Chicago crowd at Wrestlemania 22. I personally thought that hostility was a bit of a weird, overreaction on the crowd's part and I am no John Cena Maniac myself. But hey, who am I to judge? They paid the money for the ticket, they can do whatever they want with their time at the show.
It matters a lot. Who the hell wants to see the same old shit week in and week out? That's part of the reason why John Cena is the most hated babyface of all-time (though Roman Reigns is coming up the rear). He was predictable and had such a limited moveset that it bore people during his matches. I mean how many times do we have to see him do flying shoulder blocks, followed by the 5-Knuckle Shuffle and the AA?
The performance aspect is just as big as the promo aspect. We just Gargano and Cole tear the house down. We just saw a memorable Rollins/Brock match. Those events will be talked about for years to come.
The thing is, there weren't snarks back in the 80s and early 90s. People suspended their belief and bought into characters those days. Today, the snarks think they no better and what is best and unfortunately are the vocal minority of wrestling fans. It is very similar to politics
It's just they didn't turn Cena heel completely as they did with Hogan joining the nWo, and Stone Cold aligning with Vince. I don't think they had to, he was a heel, just to the older audiences. Keeping him face did them just fine with the younger crowd because, merchandise, money.
Like him or not Cena got a ton of reaction, I thing I know Vince looks for. Nothing worse than an uninterested crowd, which seems to be a more constant theme these days.