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August Wrasslin' |OT 2| All popped everything ft. Injuries too
- Thread starter Bluekaveli
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This reminds me of the Dungeon of Doom vs Horsemen feud that never quite made sense and was eventually swept aside in when the nWo train came to town.
Professor Beef
Banned
I agree with this a lot. As big a fan as I always have been, he got pushed too fast and too early. He was on a good track when Miz had the IC belt and he was messing with him, but then they shoved him into an unwinnable situation with Punk and his title streak.
FlammableD
Banned
UrbanDandy
Member
Vince to Ryback: "I owe you one."
FallingEdge
Member
It's not a bad listen.
ramoisdead
Member
Knowing how WWE will fuck this up, they will probably make Big Cass the champ.
The smart thing will be for Steph to cost Rollins the match after failing her eveytime she went to bat for him and someone like Owens wins it. And there's your face turn.
FlammableD
Banned
eww
edit: also didnt ryback make fun of punk for his exit podcast? now he's running a whole fucking show of it
SallyIsNow
Banned
Bring back Punk and give him the strap now. Have him squash Ryberg/Gillback on RAW tonight!
I mean they had DX on the cover of one of their Monday Night Wars DVD.
Nocturnowl
Member
Here's the anime version:
So who's going to deliver the gif reviews of this classic? it can be a joint promotion with anime GAF.
Marvel
could never
Straight up Jabroni.
Mocks Punk for quitting even though he kinda didn't then quits himself lol.
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Everything about Ministry Taker is the best incarnation of the character. Current Taker's ring gear is such a downgrade.
Nocturnowl
Member
Well excluding actual match quality.
Can't believe we're talking about the theme without posting it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhxTS_0vl0E
*insert Bella headphone gif here*
Bluekaveli
Member
Go back a page and you'll have the key points.
SparkleMotion
Member
You voted for Kevin Owens? He's the one least likely to win.
*Vince will remember that
When you have talent that the company goes out of their way to remind every goverment and business authority as independet contractors then they should have the right to seek some opprutinites.
Punk wanted the sponsorship (which they then let brock had)
Punk wanted to walk out to a UFC event (which HHH then did and everyone ignored him over Bieber)
Ryback was trying to get on the cover of flex maginzine (was told no because Steph was on the cover of another mag at the time)
Everyone has complained about the merch situation and Ryback brought up the fact that people like Big Show don't even have shirts at live events despite being with the company for so long.
Plus he brought up the fact that they still don't pay for travel to cut costs.
Tom Nook
Member
Vince: The Universe has spoken! Put the belt on my man Roman.
Uno Venova
Banned
I don't care about Raw tbh. So I'd love to see Roman win, and The Undefeated return.
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
yeah, speaking strictly from a character perspective. I honestly can't remember a single Ministry Taker match.
I've been watching wrestling for a long time. My granddad introduced me to WCW around around 1989, I found the WWF a few years later, and watched both until WCW folded (even went to the last Nitro in Panama City Beach) and eventually quit watching WWE around 2008. I got back into watching WWE just before Wrestlemania 30, and have been keeping up with it steadily pretty much ever since.
While there are certainly parts of Raw and Smackdown that make me wonder why I spend my time watching this stuff instead of actually doing something productive, I recently realized that between main-roster WWE and NXT, since I started back watching I'm enjoying wrestling more than I have since the end of the Attitude Era. I can't put my finger on exactly why; some combination of the talent roster being great and storylines that are actually interesting (Cruiserweight Classic, the Universal Title situation, Smackdown feeling relevant for the first time since the Smackdown Six period, NXT in general), I guess. It feels like wrestling, specifically the WWE-related parts, is hitting highs it hasn't hit in years.
Anyway, I just wanted to share my little bit of optimism. Carry on.
While there are certainly parts of Raw and Smackdown that make me wonder why I spend my time watching this stuff instead of actually doing something productive, I recently realized that between main-roster WWE and NXT, since I started back watching I'm enjoying wrestling more than I have since the end of the Attitude Era. I can't put my finger on exactly why; some combination of the talent roster being great and storylines that are actually interesting (Cruiserweight Classic, the Universal Title situation, Smackdown feeling relevant for the first time since the Smackdown Six period, NXT in general), I guess. It feels like wrestling, specifically the WWE-related parts, is hitting highs it hasn't hit in years.
Anyway, I just wanted to share my little bit of optimism. Carry on.
Bluekaveli
Member
Confirmed that KO definitely won't win lol.
I still don't want to believe Owens may be champ tonight.
I think deep down it's still a kayfabe problem. He's never been pictured as chasing the world title, nor was in any feud around it. There was just ZERO built nor momentum to that... unfortunatly.
Sometimes they can go with it and they'll find out how he works as a champ..
I think deep down it's still a kayfabe problem. He's never been pictured as chasing the world title, nor was in any feud around it. There was just ZERO built nor momentum to that... unfortunatly.
Sometimes they can go with it and they'll find out how he works as a champ..
esmith08734
Member
Watched parts of SummerSlam. It was average. Styles and Cena had a great match. Cena is a pretty great worker. He deserves more credit. I am glad the smark crowd gave him an ovation after the match.
But man, Styles is gold. He's, by far, the most talented wrestler in the business now and arguably the best professional wrestler I have ever seen. He sells, he executes, protects, and is just so athletic.
Get the belt off Ambrose and give this dude the title. Now.
But man, Styles is gold. He's, by far, the most talented wrestler in the business now and arguably the best professional wrestler I have ever seen. He sells, he executes, protects, and is just so athletic.
Get the belt off Ambrose and give this dude the title. Now.
SallyIsNow
Banned
I'm just watchin' to be able to say I was there when WWE died tbh
Jimmy King
Member
It's Owens' time tonight
to get injured by Rollins
I always liked this version, solely because of the cheesy wailing guitar. I know it's stupid, but it makes me smile every time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysw2M3SSC50
Isn't his entire shtick that he's been getting a shit deal since he showed up? Now he's got a chance to slide in the backdoor and prove he belongs there, and if he goes over 3 other dudes, that'll definitely be a reference point in his future promos.
ramoisdead
Member
It's definitely why I don't think he'll win since there was no build for him leading up to this. He's been in a lot of multi men matches that placed him on the short end of the stick. The safest choice is Rollins.
During his indie days Bryan worked a slower style to do the longer matches often required of him in the indies. He was a lot more technical and mat based and I missed that in his transition to WWE.
D
Deleted member 47027
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For sure. You should track down AJ vs Minoru Suzuku from the G1 a couple years ago, fantastic goddamned match. Wait, I'll find it for you.
https://vimeo.com/102825529
Maybe my favorite Styles match. It's so good.
To give Slater / Rhyno an easy first round win.
yo I can't waiiiiit for the grandmaster sexay pop for these losers
Bluekaveli
Member
Did you know that Chaz's girlfriend died?
Yes there is that except it was never consistent. Concretely on TV he never really tried to break the glass ceiling, nor claimed he wanted to go at one of the champs.
That's the major problem those days with this kind of anti authority figure wrestler. They are just wayy to docile and accept their position in the roster... That kills their character. After the Draft he was meant to be unhappy, so what does he say in an interview ? "I can understand i'm not picked before guys like Reigns, Rollins, Ambrose.." really ? lol He should be shitting all over their face..
I had only watched a couple of his ROH matches before.
He still does the same stuff he did later one but yeah, at a very different pace. But I think changing to a very explosive state was crucial for him later on.
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