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[Aiii]

Watching Smackdown for the first time in, at least, a year and a half.

The Power of June Owens

 

[KenOD]

Any news or info on whether the WWE Network will ever put up Shotgun Saturday Night?

What're some of the must-listen Steve Austin podcast episodes?

Steve Austin vs The Fly

Wrestlemania 17 commentary. Watch it alongside his match against the Rock.

Dutch Mantell/Zeb Colter

Superstar Bill Dundee

William/Steven Regal Part 1 and Part 2

 

[canadian crowe]

I'm right behind the commentators at the BOTSJ tournament right now.

 

[British Monsoon]

I'm right behind the commentators at the BOTSJ tournament right now.

Awesome! I'll keep an eye out for you. Stream's not live, as of yet.

 

[canadian crowe]

Awesome! I'll keep an eye out for you. Stream's not live, as of yet.

I'll try to upload pics from my seat tonight. KUSHIDA on commentary.

 

[FlammableD]

Oh, yeah, next Sunday! (This one snuck up on me)

'The Villain' Marty Scurll (c) Vs. 'The Phenomenal' AJ Styles

2 Out of 3 Falls for the British Cruiserweight Championship

- Matt Sydal vs Will Ospreay (c)

Undisputed British Tag Team Championship Match

- Revolutionists vs The Thrillers (c)

International Dream Match

- Shinsuke Nakamura vs King Ricochet

Heavyweight War

- Tomohiro Ishii vs Big Damo

Tag Team Challenge Match

- Colt Cabana & Matt Classic vs Lord Gideon Grey & Rishi Ghosh

 

[British Monsoon]

I think Damo vs Ishii is the match I'm most looking forward to. Speaking of Damo...

Ricochet vs Nakamura is a proper dream match, hope it lives up to the hype. Interested in Styles vs Marty, but I think we know it's going to be full of shenanigans. Tag title match should be fun, as should Ospreay vs Sydal III. Card's stacked.

 

[FlammableD]

I think Damo vs Ishii is the match I'm most looking forward to. Speaking of Damo...

Ricochet vs Nakamura is a proper dream match, hope it lives up to the hype. Interested in Styles vs Marty, but I think we know it's going to be full of shenanigans. Tag title match should be fun, as should Ospreay vs Sydal III. Card's stacked.

It's definitely the best on paper card of theirs I've seen. The closest to neutral opinion I have is the Cabana/Classic tag match, and even then I still want to see the antics.

Also, Damo killing dudes is always welcome.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

I find it hard to believe that Finlay let his Son get that awful tattoo.

 

[canadian crowe]

Nakamura is crazy charismatic in person. I wonder if he would ever get an offer from the WWE.

 

[Aiii]

Whatamark.

I wish WWE would have started using Michael Buffer when WCW went down, for that big fight feel of championship matches.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Would it have added anything to the Sting v HHH Wrestlemania match having Buffer?

 

[Hasney]

Weren't they paying him $250k per appearance? Should have gotten Bruce in.

Would it have added anything to the Sting v HHH Wrestlemania match having Buffer?

If he was one of the guys doing a run-in, sure.

 

[Aiii]

250k, huh? I'll gladly pay 25 cents a month extra for the WWE Network for Michael Buffer.

Would it have added anything to the Sting v HHH Wrestlemania match having Buffer?

Oh God yes.

 

[Browny]

Buffer would make Corbin vs Bull more exciting.

(I was going to say Big Show vs Kane, but that's pushing it.)

 

[Jamie OD]

Oh, yeah, next Sunday! (This one snuck up on me)

'The Villain' Marty Scurll (c) Vs. 'The Phenomenal' AJ Styles

2 Out of 3 Falls for the British Cruiserweight Championship

- Matt Sydal vs Will Ospreay (c)

Undisputed British Tag Team Championship Match

- Revolutionists vs The Thrillers (c)

International Dream Match

- Shinsuke Nakamura vs King Ricochet

Heavyweight War

- Tomohiro Ishii vs Big Damo

Tag Team Challenge Match

- Colt Cabana & Matt Classic vs Lord Gideon Grey & Rishi Ghosh

I'll be there among the Irish contingent. Praying there won't be any last minute cancellations since the line up looks like a cracking good show.

 

[Alucard]

Unpacking is pretty fun though work-intensive. Gonna live in this house for at least the next 20 years, so I feel much more invested and want to keep it clean and organized a lot more than I did with the places I've rented throughout my life.

Nesting is a good move, friends.

 

[British Monsoon]

The Suzuki-gun promoted show "We Are SZKG" will be live on NJPW World this Tuesday! Kinda significant in that it's *almost* a NOAH show live on New Japan's streaming service. Here's the card;

We Are SZKG, 2015/06/09
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

1. Naomici Marufuji vs Yuji Nagata
2. Genba Hirayanagi & Hitoshi Kumano vs Jon Webb & Jack Gamble
3. Gedo & Zack Sabre Jr. vs Captain New Japan & Captain NOAH
4. Taichi & El Desperado vs Jushin Liger & Yoshinari Ogawa
5. Shelton Benjamin & TAKA Michinoku vs Takashi Sugiura & Daisuke Harada
6. NWA World Tag Titles: Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer (c) vs Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
7. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Maybach Taniguchi

Super Jr's show was good today, some fun matches and

Spoiler

KUSHIDA vs O'Reilly should be an awesome final

.

 

[Man God]

Speaking of Real Ass Stone Cold I just got to the Pillman's got a gun episode of RAW. Yep, he sure does have a gun. Yep, Stone Cold is trying to murder this man because he spent five seconds talking about the Shitman three weeks ago. Yep, Real Ass JR is on commentary blaming McMahon for this, and rightfully so.

 

[FallingEdge]

The Suzuki-gun promoted show "We Are SZKG" will be live on NJPW World this Tuesday! Kinda significant in that it's *almost* a NOAH show live on New Japan's streaming service. Here's the card;

We Are SZKG, 2015/06/09
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

1. Naomici Marufuji vs Yuji Nagata
2. Genba Hirayanagi & Hitoshi Kumano vs Jon Webb & Jack Gamble
3. Gedo & Zack Sabre Jr. vs Captain New Japan & Captain NOAH
4. Taichi & El Desperado vs Jushin Liger & Yoshinari Ogawa
5. Shelton Benjamin & TAKA Michinoku vs Takashi Sugiura & Daisuke Harada
6. NWA World Tag Titles: Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer (c) vs Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
7. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Maybach Taniguchi

Super Jr's show was good today, some fun matches and

Spoiler

KUSHIDA vs O'Reilly should be an awesome final

.

this is fantastic

CAN'T WAIT

except for match 3, gtfo

 

[Zach]

1983
Starrcade '83: A Flair for the Gold - B

1984
Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge - C

1985
WrestleMania - B-
The Wrestling Classic - D+
Starrcade '85: The Gathering - C

1986
WrestleMania 2 - C+
The Big Event - C-
Starrcade '86: The Sky Walkers - C+

1987
WrestleMania III - B-
Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat - C+
Survivor Series '87 - C-

1988
Bunkhouse Stampede '88 - C-
Royal Rumble '88 - C-
Clash of the Champions I - B+
WrestleMania IV - C
Clash of the Champions II - C+
The Great American Bash '88 - B
SummerSlam '88 - D
Clash of the Champions III - C-
Survivor Series '88 - D
Clash of the Champions IV - C+
Starrcade '88: True Gritt - B

1989
Royal Rumble '89 - F
Clash of the Champions V - C-
Clash of the Champions VI - B
WrestleMania V - B-
WrestleWar '89 - C
Clash of the Champions VII - C+
The Great American Bash '89 - B+
SummerSlam '89 - C
Clash of the Champions VIII - B-
Halloween Havoc '89 - C+
Clash of the Champions IX - B
Survivor Series '89 - D+
Starrcade '89: Future Shock - C+

1990
Royal Rumble '90 - D+
Clash of the Champions X - B-
WrestleWar '90 - C
WrestleMania VI - B
Capital Combat: The Return of Robocop - B-
Clash of the Champions XI - C
The Great American Bash '90 - B-
SummerSlam '90 - D
Clash of the Champions XII - D
Halloween Havoc '90 - C-
Clash of the Champions XIII - D
Survivor Series '90 - D+
Starrcade '90: Collision Course - B-

1991
Royal Rumble '91 - D+
Clash of the Champions XIV - B-
WrestleWar '91 - C+
WrestleMania VII - D+
SuperBrawl - C-
Clash of the Champions XV - B-
The Great American Bash '91 - F
SummerSlam '91 - C-
Clash of the Champions XVI - C
Halloween Havoc '91 - B-
Clash of the Champions XVII - B-
Survivor Series '91 - D
This Tuesday in Texas - C
Starrcade '91: Battlebowl - C-

1992
Royal Rumble '92 - B-
Clash of the Champions XVIII - B
SuperBrawl II - B+
WrestleMania VIII - B-
WrestleWar '92 - B-
Beach Blast '92 - B+
Clash of the Champions XIX - B
The Great American Bash '92 - C+
SummerSlam '92 - C-
Clash of the Champions XX - B+
Halloween Havoc '92 - C-
Clash of the Champions XXI - C+
Survivor Series '92 - C-
Starrcade '92 - B-

1993
Clash of the Champions XXII - B
Royal Rumble '93 - C
SuperBrawl III - B-
WrestleMania IX - C-
Slamboree '93 - D+
King of the Ring '93 - C+
Clash of the Champions XXIII - B-
Beach Blast '93 - B-
Clash of the Champions XXIV - C+
SummerSlam '93 - D
Fall Brawl '93 - C-
Halloween Havoc '93 - C+
Clash of the Champions XXV - C-
BattleBowl - D
Survivor Series '93 - F
Starrcade '93 - C

1994
Royal Rumble '94 - C-
Clash of the Champions XXVI - B-
SuperBrawl IV - B-
WrestleMania X - B-
Spring Stampede '94 - B
Slamboree '94 - C
King of the Ring '94 - D
Clash of the Champions XXVII - C
Bash at the Beach '94 - C-
Clash of the Champions XXVIII - C+
SummerSlam '94 - C-
Fall Brawl '94 - C-
Halloween Havoc '94 - D+
Clash of the Champions XXIX - D
Survivor Series '94 - F
Starrcade '94 - D

1995
Royal Rumble '95 - C-
Clash of the Champions XXX - D+
SuperBrawl V - D+
Uncensored '95 - F
WrestleMania XI - D+
In Your House 1 - C-
Slamboree '95 - C-
The Great American Bash '95 - D
King of the Ring '95 - F
Bash at the Beach '95 - F
In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks - C
Clash of the Champions XXXI - C
SummerSlam '95 - C+
Fall Brawl '95 - D+
In Your House 3: Triple Header - C+
In Your House 4: Great White North - D+
Halloween Havoc '95 - F
Survivor Series '95 - C+
World War 3 '95 - C
In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings - C-
Starrcade '95 - B-

1996
Royal Rumble '96 - C-
Clash of the Champions XXXII - C
SuperBrawl VI - D+
In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage - C-
Uncensored '96 - D
WrestleMania XII - B-
In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies - C-
Slamboree '96 - C
In Your House 8: Beware of Dog - B-
The Great American Bash '96 - B
King of the Ring '96 - B-
Bash at the Beach '96 - B
In Your House 9: International Incident - C-
Hog Wild - C
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - C+
SummerSlam '96 - D+
Fall Brawl '96 - B
In Your House 10: Mind Games - C
In Your House 11: Buried Alive - C+
Halloween Havoc '96 - C+
Survivor Series '96 - B-
World War 3 '96 - B-
In Your House 12: It's Time - C
Starrcade '96 - B-

1997
Royal Rumble '97 - D+
In Your House 13: Final Four - C+
WrestleMania 13 - C
Barely Legal '97 - C-
In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker - C-
In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell - C
King of the Ring '97 - D+
In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede - B-
SummerSlam '97 - B
Hardcore Heaven '97 - C
Ground Zero: In Your House - D+
One Night Only - C
Badd Blood: In Your House - D+
Survivor Series '97 - C+

What a black eye on this once-great sport. Just disgusting to see. Why would Vince do it? I mean, what could possibly be his excuse for hiring Crush in the first place? Just shameful.

 

[Data West]

suzuki always stuck with iizuka

 

[British Monsoon]

this is fantastic

CAN'T WAIT

except for match 3, gtfo

Oh, I dunno - match 3 could be kinda fun. Zack trying to rip off the Captain's arms, plus Gedo squaring off against Captain NOAH/Jado.

 

[FlammableD]

I don't keep up with Japan very much, I thought Zack was anti Suzuki-gun/face/wouldn't be teaming with Gedo?

 

[FlammableD]

Oh yeah, in more BritWres I forgot about news, the Lionheart/AJ rematch is tonight. The hype for that died down a fair bit.

 

[XenoRaven]

I don't keep up with Japan very much, I thought Zack was anti Suzuki-gun/face/wouldn't be teaming with Gedo?

Gedo is part of CHAOS, not Suzuki-gun. While technically CHAOS is a heel stable, it's made up almost entirely of people that one one wants to boo.

 

[Kaiterra]

Forgot to tune in to NXT, catching up now. I'm not as down on Crowe as a bunch of you guys but the way he took a breath before each line in that interview was super distracting.

Also, this was totally not the right way to bring Eva Marie in. Should've just let her show her stuff in-ring instead of with a promo. At least the reaction didn't seem to rattle her much.

 

[Aiii]

Forgot to tune in to NXT, catching up now. I'm not as down on Crowe as a bunch of you guys but the way he took a breath before each line in that interview was super distracting.

Also, this was totally not the right way to bring Eva Marie in. Should've just let her show her stuff in-ring instead of with a promo. At least the reaction didn't seem to rattle her much.

She's gonna get booed either way.

Thing is, she actually got a decent pop during the live event (the night before this was taped), so I was kind of surprised the crowd turned back on her. But whatever, if she's as improved as I hope she is, it's gonna be fun to see her win the crowd over.

 

[Kaiterra]

She's gonna get booed either way.

Yeah but she can do more to turn those around with action than words if those training videos are any indication. I don't buy into the idea that this crowd can't be won over and I hope she can do it.

 

[Sephzilla]

Forgot to tune in to NXT, catching up now. I'm not as down on Crowe as a bunch of you guys but the way he took a breath before each line in that interview was super distracting.

Also, this was totally not the right way to bring Eva Marie in. Should've just let her show her stuff in-ring instead of with a promo. At least the reaction didn't seem to rattle her much.

She's gonna get booed either way.

Thing is, she actually got a decent pop during the live event (the night before this was taped), so I was kind of surprised the crowd turned back on her. But whatever, if she's as improved as I hope she is, it's gonna be fun to see her win the crowd over.

Yeah, she'd get booed anyway, but having her come out and cut a promo about her wanting to compete with the best was probably the worst thing they could have done.

 

[Fox318]

Would it have added anything to the Sting v HHH Wrestlemania match having Buffer?

Vince is a cheap asshole and never would have signed this.

Hell how often do they use their shitty music instead of licencing a song.

 

[lovely ladies]

Forgot to tune in to NXT, catching up now. I'm not as down on Crowe as a bunch of you guys but the way he took a breath before each line in that interview was super distracting.

Also, this was totally not the right way to bring Eva Marie in. Should've just let her show her stuff in-ring instead of with a promo. At least the reaction didn't seem to rattle her much.

Rock should have done her a solid and showed up in the NXT zone.

 

[Zach]

Watching the first couple matches of November to Remember '97 and Justin Credible is Poochie.

 

[Data West]

i bought that splatoon bundle thing.

i also went on facebook and looked up an ex-girlfriend. plastic surgery is a thing, friends. and it's no one's choice but the person who chooses to do it.....

Spoiler

but man

 

[Sephzilla]

good surgery or bad surgery

 

[British Monsoon]

Fucking HYPE;

Kongo's replacing Brodus. Total upgrade, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[British Monsoon]

The June 23rd APWA vs W-1 show from the ECW Arena is going to be an iPPV;

http://www.gfl.tv/event/Fight/Wrestling/American-Pro-Wrestling-Alliance/2926

1. Masayuki Kono vs Viper
2. Mad Man Pondo vs Yasufume Nakanoue
3. Jason Kincaid vs Sakamoto
4. Ray Lyn vs Amber Lea vs Mary Dobson
5. AJ Istria & Rionne Fujiwara vs Silencer & Deget Bundlez vs Solo & Drollix
6. Masakatsu Funaki vs Rob Terry
7. APWA Tri-State Title: Dylan Bostic (c) vs Shuji Kondo
8. Wes Briscoe vs KAI
9. Cross-Promotional Title Match: Ricky Reyes (c) vs Facade vs Minoru Tanaka (c)
10. The Great Muta & ??? vs Moose & Onyx

 

[miserable]

Heath Slater got his first win of the year when he pinned Adam Rose at the May 25th WWE Live Event at the Nassau Coliseum. Going into the weekend, Slater had a 1-44 record, which is the worst in the company.

Other talents who went into the weekend with bad records include: Bo Dallas at 3-39, Cameron at 2-35, and Adam Rose at 5-56.

poor Adam Rose

 

[Data West]

(1) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ultimo Dragon [Toryumon MEXICO] vs. SUSHI & Yohei Nakajima
(2) Zeus [FREE] & Naoya Nomura vs. The Bodyguard [FREE] & Tomoya [FREE]
(3) Atsushi Aoki vs. Soma Takao [DDT]
(4) Jun Akiyama & Taiyo Kea [FREE] vs. Takao Omori & KENSO
(5) Suwama & Joe Doering vs. Go Shiozaki & Jake Lee
(6) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [38th Champion] Kotaro Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Hikaru Sato
~ 2nd title defense.
(7) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [52nd Champion] Akebono vs. [Challenger] Kento Miyahara
~ 1st title defense.

AJPW upcoming has a ton of potential. I expected them to delay Bono/Miyahara though as I thought that's why they gave the title to Bono so he can drop it to Miyahara.

 

[jmdajr]

Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Bryan's documentary has footage of him in 2010 being excited to face Sheamus at Mania, and then is followed by stuff from both of them depressed about how often that would happen over the years/Manias :jnc

 

[BronsonLee]

I'm right behind the commentators at the BOTSJ tournament right now.

Grab the face one and throw him into some water!

poor Adam Rose

More like poor Cameron, jobber supreme

 

[slightconfuse]

Bullet club party

What's it like being the second most population tag team in the bullet club? Lol

 

[Mr. Luchador]

I'll be off to that local wrestling show soon. MAFFFEWWWWWOFBOTHCHAMANIAAAAAAAAAAAA is in attendance.

 

[Black Republican]

oh paige, you aint gonna last long in the wwe with them promos bashing the bellas like that. tsk tsk.

 

[Kaiterra]

Bryan's documentary has footage of him in 2010 being excited to face Sheamus at Mania, and then is followed by stuff from both of them depressed about how often that would happen over the years/Manias :jnc

That was the worst part of 12 Seconds. They got bumped from the show two years in a row, so then it was so exciting to see what they would actually be able to do on the big stage... Then there still isn't really a match. It was so fucking disappointing on every level. If Sheamus was supposed to get an Ultimate Warrior moment it would have been much better to have it be against, like, the Miz or someone else nobody really wants to see wrestle anyway.

 

[Alucard]

oh paige, you aint gonna last long in the wwe with them promos bashing the bellas like that. tsk tsk.

I abhor her promo delivery. If she's shooting for "catty and annoying face," she's hitting the mark, though.

 

[Black Republican]

I abhor her promo delivery. If she's shooting for "catty and annoying face," she's hitting the mark, though.

i missed her nxt run but was she ever a heel? shes better off as one i think

 

[Data West]

i missed her nxt run but was she ever a heel? shes better off as one i think

she was always terrible at the anti-diva thing. like she only used it because it sounded cool and that she still did everything a diva would do but she somehow wasn't? because she didn't have blonde hair? emma was a better 'anti-diva' than she was, honestly.

 

[Sephzilla]

I wish Paige was still in NXT. She'd be having pretty good matches with the current batch of talent there.