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July Wrasslin |OT| The Game, The Kane, The Pain, and The Insane (AJ)

Just rewinded the bit with D-Bry's facial expression.

LOL

I'm now convinced that D-Bry, Punk and Jerricho are having some sort of contest in the backstage area to see who can get the most ridiculous, HBJ-style expression/reaction shot on TV. Punk has been hamming it up too.
 
So I'm thinking about going to a TNA house show. Don't normally watch TNA, but it's pretty cheap ($50 for a meet & greet ringside seat, $27 reserved, $20 general admission) and it'd be on my birthday weekend.

Anyone gone to a TNA house show? Would it be worth the money, as someone who is only tangentially aware of the product?
It will be a small crowd but I have heard nothing but good things about the shows. The wrestlers are supposedly really cool guys and will talk quite a bit with fans. Plus with the BFG series House show matches count in he point standings so that is a big plus.
 

Ithil

Member
Just rewinded the bit with D-Bry's facial expression.

LOL

I'm now convinced that D-Bry, Punk and Jerricho are having some sort of contest in the backstage area to see who can get the most ridiculous, HBJ-style expression/reaction shot on TV. Punk has been hamming it up too.
That AVGN type ":mad:" face Punk pulls is hilarious.
 
I'd love to be a fly on the wall during creative's meetings....

You know, WWE can still have poor weeks that provide entertainment throughout. Tonight was just mediocre in every sense of the word.

Squash matches

Tag matches that have made up rules

A soap opera that's dragging on and is going in circles

Raw GM 'angle' being destroyed even further

Ugh.
 

Diablos54

Member
Tonight, we got 5 different squash matches about a minute each. We got 9 minutes of wrestling not involving Cena tonight. That's less than 15%. Even including Cena, RAW had about 25% of its time spent on actual wrestling. That's 1 quarter of a show spent on what it's supposed to be about.
 

Alucard

Banned
Alright, so which promotion is the most entertaining right now? The only ones I really know are...

WWE
TNA
ROH
Dragon Gate
NJPW
Evolve

Just checked that Kevin Steen is the current ROH champ. Good for him! Wicked heel. Not sure what's been happening in Dragon Gate lately, but they've never let me down.
 

Kaladin

Member
Whenever something shit happens in WWE......just remember one word. Hornswaggle.....and then you'll know it could be worse.

Caution: Does not work if it already involves Hornswaggle.
 

Alucard

Banned
Tonight, we got 4 different squash matches about a minute each. We got 9 minutes of wrestling not involving Cena tonight. That's less than 15%. Even including Cena, RAW had about 25% of its time spent on actual wrestling. That's 1 quarter of a show spent on what it's supposed to be about.

Hey, the word "wrestling" has very little to do with WWE anymore. You missed the part where the focus is on sports ENTERTAINMENT. That can mean anything from comedy skits to long interviews, to in-ring drama.
 
and Hornswaggle.....see, I just made it worse.
i agree hornswaggle is the worst

Everytime theres some sort of surprise superstar that you might get excited for Khali walks out....

So, does it get better or worse from now on?
Worse John Cena is going back to the Main Event. Punk loses his title to Cena or Bryan gets jobbed to Cena. Both Punk and Bryan go back to being ignored for the most part until Mania is over
 

Novid

Banned
Alright, so which promotion is the most entertaining right now? The only ones I really know are...

WWE
TNA
ROH
Dragon Gate
NJPW
Evolve

Just checked that Kevin Steen is the current ROH champ. Good for him! Wicked heel. Not sure what's been happening in Dragon Gate lately, but they've never let me down.

NJPW has the lead. TNA has one bad storyline but everything else has been gangbusters. Chikara is in a transition phase with maybe the loss of Del Ray to WWE, PWG has put up good shows, Dragon Gate is gonna be Dragon Gate. Evolve is fine, ROH is going through some things. WWE is in a very bad slump...outside of AJ-Chan.
 
Tonight, we got 5 different squash matches about a minute each. We got 9 minutes of wrestling not involving Cena tonight. That's less than 15%. Even including Cena, RAW had about 25% of its time spent on actual wrestling. That's 1 quarter of a show spent on what it's supposed to be about.
75/25 rule, brah
 

tm24

Member
Alright, so which promotion is the most entertaining right now? The only ones I really know are...

WWE
TNA
ROH
Dragon Gate
NJPW
Evolve

Just checked that Kevin Steen is the current ROH champ. Good for him! Wicked heel. Not sure what's been happening in Dragon Gate lately, but they've never let me down.

PWG as always
 

Novid

Banned
Well, they went PG 13 on the first part. Eve was throwning them pipe bombs - should have called her some Japanese Pillow Cover for extra effect (maybe in the 1000th episode with Lita, Lita smacks Eve cause thats AJ's "Mom", catfight insues.)
 

GaimeGuy

Volunteer Deputy Campaign Director, Obama for America '16
In fairness now, I don't HATE the angle in the sense that I like the people in it and the ending prospect is appealing to me, I just dislike how they're dragging their heels on it and stretching it out without progression.

It's even amusing to watch in a cheesy way, more so than Cena's worthless time wasting promos. Bryan's faces alone make it worth watching their segments.

I'll give Bryan and Punk credit: They tried to make this work. But you can only polish a turd so much. :(
 

Ithil

Member
Really hope AJ does something else after MitB. This is just becoming stupid.

While she's talented enough to carry a story, in the current climate of the WWE I don't know where she's supposed to go if she ends the story and any involvement with Bryan or Punk.
 
NJPW has the lead. TNA has one bad storyline but everything else has been gangbusters. Chikara is in a transition phase with maybe the loss of Del Ray to WWE, PWG has put up good shows, Dragon Gate is gonna be Dragon Gate. Evolve is fine, ROH is going through some things. WWE is in a very bad slump...outside of AJ-Chan.
WWE is flat out awful, ROH is in a slump right now, NJPW always has great matches but I dont speak Japanese so I know nothing of their angles, Chikara is severely underrated, I had never heard of it before WrassleGAF and I really like it a lot, TNA is very, very good right now sans one awful storyline, but even that awful storyline led to an exceptional match at the PPV on Sunday. I am afraid TNA wont keep it up though because people are still skeptical and dont watch the show. It is a shame. The other companies I cant comment on because I dont really watch them.
 

Ithil

Member
I'll give Bryan and Punk credit: They tried to make this work. But you can only polish a turd so much. :(

Yeah, it's a thin story going in circles, but I will commend AJ, Bryan and Punk for actually selling the storyline, cheesy as it is. They're committed to it, which is more than I can say for Cena who basically ignores storylines.
 

Novid

Banned
Yeah, it's a thin story going in circles, but I will commend AJ, Bryan and Punk for actually selling the storyline, cheesy as it is. They're committed to it, which is more than I can say for Cena who basically ignores storylines.

and rules.

and isnt a heel
 

Kaladin

Member
Here is how the match will be booked Sunday....

AJ screws them both throughout the match.
One of them gets a deciding blow but AJ has her hand up before counting three.
Cena's music hits and he is cashing in money in the bank during the match to make it a triple threat.
AJ allows it and Cena wins in record time.....preferably 18 seconds.

End result = AJ screws them both, doesn't give a damn about Cena, match is all about her.
 

Ithil

Member
The only good to come out of this RAW will be the Best/Worst, RAW in 5 minutes, and screens of Bryan's hammy faces.
 

jobber

Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
Here is how the match will be booked Sunday....

AJ screws them both throughout the match.
One of them gets a deciding blow but AJ has her hand up before counting three.
Cena's music hits and he is cashing in money in the bank during the match to make it a triple threat.
AJ allows it and Cena wins in record time.....preferably 18 seconds.

End result = AJ screws them both, doesn't give a damn about Cena, match is all about her.

AJ is really working for Cody Rhodes.
 

Kaladin

Member
Here is how the match will be booked Sunday....

AJ screws them both throughout the match.
One of them gets a deciding blow but AJ has her hand up before counting three.
Cena's music hits and he is cashing in money in the bank during the match to make it a triple threat.
AJ allows it and Cena wins in record time.....preferably 18 seconds.

End result = AJ screws them both, doesn't give a damn about Cena, match is all about her.

I forgot to mention, this would also lead to an awkward moment with AJ seducing Cena to be with the champ, her acknowledging his divorce on TV, and Cena probably providing us with a sequel to the Cena/Eve gif.
 
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