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July Wrasslin' |OT| ALT+CTRL DELETE DELETE DELETE NERO, IT'S OVAH!
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Jimmy King
Member
Here are the MVPs of the night
1. Kalisto: Much like Cesaro his language is in the ring, but tonight he blessed us with some mic work.
2. Booker T: Shooting on Roman right to his family. Hilarious.
3. The rest of the Network panel for being themselves.
4. Chris Jericho for his faces.
5. AJ Styles for his swag.
1. Kalisto: Much like Cesaro his language is in the ring, but tonight he blessed us with some mic work.
2. Booker T: Shooting on Roman right to his family. Hilarious.
3. The rest of the Network panel for being themselves.
4. Chris Jericho for his faces.
5. AJ Styles for his swag.
Just don't see it. Crusierweight division on RAW. Best tag teams on RAW. Two best women wrestlers today on RAW. Balor on RAW. The spectacle of Lesnar on RAW. Literally the only thing missing is AJ - if he was on RAW, for me, there'd be legit no reason to watch SD.
Jimmy King
Member
Cruisers is a blow, but it makes sense with RAW at 3 hours.
Best tags on RAW? Nah. Alpha is on Smackdown and have the edge with their supporting cast. New Day's great, but they're beyond the tag division at this point.
Lesnar is part time and his shtick isn't anything new at this point.
SmackDown has nowhere to go but up, whereas I think RAW looks pretty status quo.
Upon rewatching it, it's crazy how good the Neville/Zayn feud was. It had a build, characters evolved but never felt like sudden shifts. Everything felt natural. The matches were great, the build-up was a perfect wrestling feud buildup. Not a big blood feud but more than just a 'we are wrestlers and respect each other' feud that the independents always do. Neville was still himself but over time you saw him basically going, 'this mother fucker is trying to come for my money?'
So much better than the Owens stuff. Probably the best feud out of the WWE in the last decade that I can think of. Nothing in NXT since has made me feel the absolute need to watch their programming. And Red Arrow is like top 5 most beautiful moves in wrestling when done by Neville. It's up there with the Macho Elbow, and I'm usually not a flippy fan.
So much better than the Owens stuff. Probably the best feud out of the WWE in the last decade that I can think of. Nothing in NXT since has made me feel the absolute need to watch their programming. And Red Arrow is like top 5 most beautiful moves in wrestling when done by Neville. It's up there with the Macho Elbow, and I'm usually not a flippy fan.
UberTag
Member
https://twitter.com/mauroranallo/status/755604863195705344
Sounds like Mauro will continue to be left off the commentary team for the big 4 PPVs outside of the pre-show.
At least he'll have Smackdown-only PPVs to call now.
That Cruiserweight division is going to be dead on arrival with RAW's listless commentary team.
Sounds like Mauro will continue to be left off the commentary team for the big 4 PPVs outside of the pre-show.
At least he'll have Smackdown-only PPVs to call now.
That Cruiserweight division is going to be dead on arrival with RAW's listless commentary team.
I didn't even really think about Nakamura and Samoa Joe not being drafted. Hahaha. Amazing.
But surely that's because Triple H wants an amazing Nakamura/Joe feud in NXT first, right?
I hope Kalisto gets an earnest, awkward promo guy gimmick
...I should probably check out this promo.
Bluekaveli
Member
Sf shot that promo back in the day. Sadly, he still sucks.
British Monsoon
Member
Super J-Cup starts in just under 5 hours, who's watching?
Jimmy King
Member
https://www.wwe.com/article/new-wwe-announce-teams-revealed
RAW Announce Team: Cole, Graves, Saxton
SD: Mauro, JBL, Otunga
RAW Announce Team: Cole, Graves, Saxton
SD: Mauro, JBL, Otunga
sf2fanatic
Member
I hope Kalisto gets an earnest, awkward promo guy gimmick
Hey Data saw my post of this video..lol
TheFurizzlyBear
Member
So close yet so far....
UberTag
Member
Guess Jerry is officially out of a job after that last domestic dispute, eh?
JBL's one redeeming quality of trashing Saxton is now gone.
Bluekaveli
Member
Jerry is off tv
this is literally incredible
the raw roster, smackdown roster and now commentary teams have juuuuuust the right shit to good ratio that everything just ends up being shitty
JBL and Otunga will drag down Mauro
Cole and Saxton will drag down Graves
I don't want to watch any of this shit
SallyIsNow
Banned
King gone.
Saxton has a job
What the fuck.
Saxton has a job
What the fuck.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
As unsurprising as it is that they fucked this up, it's surprising how much of this they fucked up
Bluekaveli
Member
Idk why in the wasn't jbl on the show anyway?
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Ugh. Smackdown... Shouldn't be surprised, USA is gonna be pissed when Smackdown's ratings get even worse.
I missed it and it looks like she deleted Tweets.
I missed it and it looks like she deleted Tweets.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
UberTag
Member
You know what the proper response is then, right?
Don't give the WWE any of your money and vote with your wallet.
Bluekaveli
Member
Most disappointing, Scott Steiner wasn't in the draft.
GIMME A FUCKING MIC,
How they fat asses gon have a mofuckin draft without the big bad booty daddy!
GIMME A FUCKING MIC,
How they fat asses gon have a mofuckin draft without the big bad booty daddy!
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Good luck AJ Styles, Cena, and Orton. yooooooouuuuulllllll need it!
So, let me get this straight.
You kept Otunga, who shows potential, but is clearly still green in SD instead of NXT.
You move JBL to SD for no reason other than apparently he's the closest heel to King? And in his place you bring Graves who is well-deserved, but will have to share the spotlight with the entertainment void that is Saxton and the Mcmahon puppet that is Cole? When he would have been an infinitely better fit with Mauro?
AND you have the cruiserweight division (SUPERSTARS FORTHCOMING) being called by Cole and Saxton?
What are we doing here Vince? Who wins here?
Ninja Scooter
Member
JBL/Mauro has got some serious potential if they actually let JBL be a pure heel announcer.
Corey Graves calls matches like a serious sports color commentator. I think that probably will work better with the cruiserweight division to be honest.
Corey Graves calls matches like a serious sports color commentator. I think that probably will work better with the cruiserweight division to be honest.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Twitter has its own ratings officially recognized by Nielsen. Even just talking about the show now benefits it, so really even giving money no longer is needed, the endgame, or the end all be all of the matter. Fucked up but there's really no longer a way to escape it. You throw out your TV, computer, phone, books, and car where it might be on the radio, all to disengage and disassociate yourself from it, and what do you have left that fills your time, what do you have left that makes you you?
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Cole can still be good though. I honestly think that with Graves being on Raw Cole will improve again. I think JBL's style just didn't mesh well with Cole and it brought down the whole team. Maybe Mauro can bring something out in JBL but who knows. Saxton is Saxton and can be mostly ignored.
Graves will do just fine with the cruiserweights. It's the other two I'm worried about.
sf2fanatic
Member
I love that game.....
Sweeney Tom
Banned
USA wanted better ratings for SD and if WWE want any leverage at all in their next TV deal (their last one ended when they seriously played themselves and thought they had more demand than they did because wrestling's still in a decline), they needed to give USA more including a live show. This splits the roster into two house show markets and ups PPVs, giving their own Network more material
JBL has potential if he's allowed to be a heel announcer and not just a mouthpiece for vince's poop jokes. luckily, that was the case for King when he went to Smackdown and the commentary benefited from that.
the problem is still the third man. with mauro and king it was saxton, now it's gonna be otunga. fuck three man commentary teams.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I agree. Three men are totally unnecessary.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
JBL/Mauro could be fun but man, Otunga probably should be Graves' replacement down in NXT.
Nia's reaction to being called up was nice. She was typing away on her phone and then her name gets called and she's like "wait, what".
Nia's reaction to being called up was nice. She was typing away on her phone and then her name gets called and she's like "wait, what".
Bluekaveli
Member
Maybe it's a joke and Otunga is going to nxt but King is staying. Yeah. Please be. Please wwe.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Oh yeah, we're also getting 3 hour SD PPVs
With that roster
With that roster
Hopefully t he split on Raw means we'll get Shoot Cara gimmick.
He's had enough of peoples shit of calling him a botcher. Or the Sin Cara mask carries a tradition of causing the user to be a prick and get into fights backstage with people. Either gimmick is money.
He's had enough of peoples shit of calling him a botcher. Or the Sin Cara mask carries a tradition of causing the user to be a prick and get into fights backstage with people. Either gimmick is money.
Avon Barksdale
Member
Why is WWE still trying to make Roman Reigns happen? When I went to a RAW last month, he got booed out of the building...and he wasn't even in the building!
Ninja Scooter
Member
He draws heat.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Ugh...
It really is amazing just when you think these fucking idiots couldn't, they some how find a way do things that are even more stupid. The only thing I should be surprised about is their not splitting up Enzo and Cass because that would've been right up Vince's alley.
The more I think about it the more angry I get.