Save that for Dana Brooke. Dana's been good but the hatred she'll get online for beating Bayley for the title will be sweet.
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August Wrasslin |OT| The Sunday of Summer
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Save that for Dana Brooke. Dana's been good but the hatred she'll get online for beating Bayley for the title will be sweet.
real_slime
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Just checked out Summerslam 2013 - well, the Brock vs CM Punk and Bryan vs Cena matches anyway, the rest look like chaff.
Two things I guess!
Brock vs CM Punk was entertaining enough to watch the whole match. That isn't saying much coming from me since Brock is my favourite thing ever, and I've always been curious about CM Punk since I only started watching just after he left, but the match was cool especially because Brock was doing all kinds of moves he isn't doing at the moment. Nice to see a recent match from him where he pulls out different things, and I hope they incorporate that back in when he's challenged in a storyline rather than being the unbeatable force that can only be cheated against. CM Punk was good, also.
This match isn't quite my Brock, his physical acting is different since he's pure heel with some cowardice (through Heyman interference) thrown in, but it was still pretty dang cool.
And about the Bryan vs Cena match - I remember back at Wrestlemania XXX, which I watched the run up to due to this Daniel Bryan guy being the best thing ever, a lot of people were saying the WWE were forced into giving Bryan that Wrestlemania spot and didn't want to have him as a major star. It seems from this main event, and the creation of the Authority the following night with the intention of stopping Bryan from getting the title back, that what HHH said about them playing out a long story of Bryan getting his reward after a long feud seems true. This is clearly all part of an elaborate set up for Bryan to get the championship again, even if they didn't intend it to play out exactly as it did. I didn't really know what was going on back then so I figured you guys were right about Daniel Bryan hijacking the show and WWE wanting him out of the main event etc, but it just doesn't seem like that was the case from this.
The stuff with Roman the next year definitely does seem like some serious misjudgment from the writers about what the fans were gonna respond to, though. Then they pulled out their ace card with Seth to kind of save all of that. So they're resourceful when they do fuck up, but maybe they don't fuck up as much as people think.
I dunno! I still think Undertaker is gonna beat Brock on sunday and that is a bummer...
Two things I guess!
Brock vs CM Punk was entertaining enough to watch the whole match. That isn't saying much coming from me since Brock is my favourite thing ever, and I've always been curious about CM Punk since I only started watching just after he left, but the match was cool especially because Brock was doing all kinds of moves he isn't doing at the moment. Nice to see a recent match from him where he pulls out different things, and I hope they incorporate that back in when he's challenged in a storyline rather than being the unbeatable force that can only be cheated against. CM Punk was good, also.
This match isn't quite my Brock, his physical acting is different since he's pure heel with some cowardice (through Heyman interference) thrown in, but it was still pretty dang cool.
And about the Bryan vs Cena match - I remember back at Wrestlemania XXX, which I watched the run up to due to this Daniel Bryan guy being the best thing ever, a lot of people were saying the WWE were forced into giving Bryan that Wrestlemania spot and didn't want to have him as a major star. It seems from this main event, and the creation of the Authority the following night with the intention of stopping Bryan from getting the title back, that what HHH said about them playing out a long story of Bryan getting his reward after a long feud seems true. This is clearly all part of an elaborate set up for Bryan to get the championship again, even if they didn't intend it to play out exactly as it did. I didn't really know what was going on back then so I figured you guys were right about Daniel Bryan hijacking the show and WWE wanting him out of the main event etc, but it just doesn't seem like that was the case from this.
The stuff with Roman the next year definitely does seem like some serious misjudgment from the writers about what the fans were gonna respond to, though. Then they pulled out their ace card with Seth to kind of save all of that. So they're resourceful when they do fuck up, but maybe they don't fuck up as much as people think.
I dunno! I still think Undertaker is gonna beat Brock on sunday and that is a bummer...
Even Dean Ambrose seems to be going: "Guys...seriously?"
Mr. Luchador
Member
Shane Douglas. No.
they just called up 3 women and they need a strong central figure for the nxt divas, i can't imagine Bayley being called up anytime soon, but i do imagine Dana will be the one to take it from Bayley since she's the furthest along
I beg your pardon.
Dana Brooke should be nowhere near any title picture. She's below Eva Marie as far as in-ring ability goes.
Alexa Bliss is the right answer, by the way.
Best stuff from the Ruthless Aggression Era was Eddie (both heel and face) and the short tenure Muhammad Hassan had. Edge was great, too.
The worst was easily the Triple H shit. Much worse to me than Cena circa 2005-2008. Triple H in '08-09 was equally awful. Dude barely lost and main evented all the time. Fuck off.
Remember when HHH feuded with Bubba Ray Dudley?
Heel Cole was AWFUL, and it's honestly one of the worst things ever. If you think the commentary was bad now, listen to any matches he called during that era. Jerry Lawler having a heart attack forced him to become a face.
The Punk-Brock match is awesome because it's pretty much the only time since Brock came back in 2012 that the crowd actually cheered for his opponent. I don't know if you've seen Summerslam 2012, but watch that for the ending. It is hilarious. I'll put it in the spoiler in case you didn't see it and want to watch it.
Brock defeats HHH, and HHH tries to do the whole sympathetic stay in the ring after a match and have the crowd cheer for you routine. Instead the crowd chants you tapped out, and WWE tried to get Thank You HHH to trend on Twitter. I think WWE tried to do something like that AGAIN the next night on Raw to have the crowd cheer for him.
Thing is as far as in ring goes, nobody in the NXT women's divison is "ready" right now the standards set by the current stars. Unless they are hiding someone super competent in their callups that have yet to debut it could be a while before we get really great matches again once Bayley goes away. That way I'd prefer if she stayed in NXT for a while and defending against Bliss (who can then go and turn back face if they want) and Dana (who can lose and continue working on getting better).
Bayley on the main roster is a disaster I cannot bear to see
avengers23
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Emma or Glitter Glitz Sparkle Bliss
Emma would be a pretty good transitional champ
Sibersk Esto
Banned
The transition from Bradshaw to Jbl happened over a week, and he was immediately thrust into the main event against Eddie, where he proceeded to basically copy Triple H on Raw except his stable was full of goobers who weren't meant to get over.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Did anyone else get this message regarding the network:
"We were unable to process your WWE Network subscription payment using the credit card/debit card or PayPal account information currently on file in the payment profile section of your account. As a result, your account is currently suspended."
Nothing wrong with my card or my bank account. I re-entered the information and now it says it's fine.
"We were unable to process your WWE Network subscription payment using the credit card/debit card or PayPal account information currently on file in the payment profile section of your account. As a result, your account is currently suspended."
Nothing wrong with my card or my bank account. I re-entered the information and now it says it's fine.
Owens doing some good Ambrose cosplay
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Deleted member 47027
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lmao wtf is this?
best part about this aside from Seth's smile is the Dean unlookalike taped his fists.
He's ready to take care of Shawn in case he shoots on Austin.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
So just me with the network huh? :/
Dammit. This stuff makes me paranoid. If there's nothing wrong with my card or bank account, why would they be unable to process my request?
Dammit. This stuff makes me paranoid. If there's nothing wrong with my card or bank account, why would they be unable to process my request?
I would like to try this dehydrated watermelon and jelly. Never tried.
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Deleted member 47027
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Call your bank
BronsonLee
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Ninja Scooter
Member
Dehydrating watermelon seems to defeat the purpose of watermelon.
Check and as usual it's cluttered with old g1s and a random picture of NWA. I need to learn how to make gifs because this years G1 was a gold mine.
BTW I don't know if I'm late but they just open up a Wrestling Bundle webstore, sort of like Humblebundle except it's for wrestling goodies .
https://www.thewrestlingbundle.com/
The Wrestling Bundle #1
.https://www.thewrestlingbundle.com/
The Wrestling Bundle #1
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Life is Strange, friends....
GOTY?
GOTY
GOTY?
GOTY
i take it you finished episode 4?
Now I know you are going blind Vince...you spelling Rocket League absolutely wrong.
newdayrocks
Member
Wife and I just bought a dehydrator. I'm making my own jerky this week, but now I want to try watermelon.
i just started playing, not feeling it yet :/
Pretty much. Hoping they don't cock up Episode 5 somehow.
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Deleted member 47027
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almost. I had a terrible delay thanks to Win10 not working with it but an nvidia patch fixed me up, so I'm finally going through.
That "first decision" took no time at all for me to make the choice, but I also knew how I felt.
Rocket League ain't shit. Can't hold a candle to the stuff I've played...
BronsonLee
Member
It's the GOTY and it ain't even close.
Like I said in the OT, Episode 5 could literally be 3 hours of a black screen and it still wins.
I like Rocket League. A lot.
But nah fam. Life is Strange is special.
Also oh my god Sunny that first choice destroyed me, but I decided pretty quickly too. The way they fuck with you if you're indecisive is terrible, too.
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Deleted member 47027
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Life is Strange and Her Story both gave me experiences I can't get anywhere else.
Rocket League is the type of game you play while you're waiting to die.
Rocket League is the type of game you play while you're waiting to die.
Game of the fucking year.
Everybody's gone to the Rapture is pretty good as well, but still doesn't hold a candle to Life is Strange.
slightconfuse
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Millenal simulator is GOTY?
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Deleted member 47027
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Yep. Don't knock it till you try it
Teenage girls are millenials now?
Ninja Scooter
Member
Axiom Verge and Rocket League are neck and neck for my goty so far. Bloodborne not too far behind. Still need to try galak-z though.
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Deleted member 47027
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As nice as Bloodborne is, it ain't sniffin my Fave Five at the end of the year. Souls series needs to hang it up for a decade and come back reinvigorated. I got the fatigue.
I been hearing good, nay GREAT things about the new King's Quest.
I been hearing good, nay GREAT things about the new King's Quest.