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[PHOENIXZERO]

LOL from jobber to WWE champion in a month.

I'd probably be annoyed if Randy was interesting/entertaining... Or if I haven't already pretty much cut out Smackdown too.

 

[Rhaknar]

KO just went aroud his giant face in the ground, I assume to not step on it... thats an amazing little detail

 

[excelsiorlef]

Ha ha ha as far as Suzuki-gun cheating to win goes that one was really clever

Other than ass spike that was a pretty good match.

 

[Zach]

Was Abe Lincoln a shooter, Dato?

no john wilkes booth was

Too soon.

 

[British Monsoon]

Taguchi was in great form there, even hit the Devitt swan dive. The ass spike though...would've loved to see Regal's reaction haha.

 

[miserable]

love BUSHI's masks

 

[excelsiorlef]

Taguchi was in great form there, even hit the Devitt swan dive. The ass spike though...would've loved to see Regal's reaction haha.

Yeah Taguchi was great and awesome finish


Why Regal?

 

[Zach]

so how was Twin Peaks?

Watched episode #1 live. It did not disappoint. I'm into it. Gonna watch ep 2 with coffee shortly.

 

[British Monsoon]

Why Regal?

Regal and Canyon Ceman are in Korakuen watching the show right now.

 

[Zach]

Also WWE crowds now fake react to get themselves on the screen. It was inevitable and has been the norm since Undertaker lost at Mania.

Yuck.

 

[shaowebb]

Too bad their was hardly any other excitement the rest of the match with midcarder Mahal slowing things down to a dull drone.
Best part of the match and it wasn't even a Jinder's spot.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Regal and Canyon Ceman are in Korakuen watching the show right now.

Bwhahahahaha awesome... probably pulled out some classic wtf face from his Main Roster GM days

 

[DMczaf]

I just can't get over how bad Jinder's backne is.

He's the most obvious case of Steroid abuse in a long ass time, and was still rewarded.

Vince is desperate

 

[FlammableD]

Yeah, that WCPW stuff is nuts. Beyond had it really bad as well, say what you want about building your business on another platform, but the alternative is no business. I'm hoping that What Culture's campaign works out for everyone, rather than the sweetheart deal YouTube gave WWE.

 

[Rhaknar]

KO vs AJ was fantastic, shocking I know. Not even mad about the count out, since it clearly means they will have another match.

AJ "slipping" on the top rope because of the bad leg ws so well done, the dude is ridiculously above everyone else, if he doesnt get his "Wrestlemania moment", aka win a title on a WM main event (or co-main event whatever), its a crime.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Woah he dove around the post

 

[HashtagLapsed]

I consider myself pretty seasoned to watching, listening to and living some pretty weird shit but the last 20 minutes of that episode. What in the absolute fuck.

For real, holy shit. What a fucking show.

Spoiler

James <3

 

[Zach]

Hey, what's Rusev up to? Is it possible we could see a face Rusev feud with Jinder? I still want Rusev to be The Man. Woo!

Woo!

Wooooooo!

 

[excelsiorlef]

I consider myself pretty seasoned to watching, listening to and living some pretty weird shit but the last 20 minutes of that episode. What in the absolute fuck.

For real, holy shit. What a fucking show.

Spoiler

James <3

Wait till you watch tonight's BoSJ and witness the ass spike

 

[Bluekaveli]

Jinder is going to be JBL's first title reign all over again. That was a loooooooong year.

Jinder will be defeated at WM by the new face of the company, NAKAMURA!

 

[excelsiorlef]

For what was not the most exciting card on paper this was a pretty great show... especially the Super Junior matches.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Wait till you watch tonight's BoSJ and witness the ass spike

I'll watch it in the morning I would have watched it now, but everyone here was watching this and even this wasn't buffering well, so..

But, seriously. And this is a spoiler. The music in this is so, so, so fucking ridiculously on point.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGUboLZx3Tk

 

[excelsiorlef]

I'll watch it in the morning I would have watched it now, but everyone here was watching this and even this wasn't buffering well, so..

But, seriously. And this is a spoiler. The music in this is so, so, so fucking ridiculously on point.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGUboLZx3Tk

Do me a favor I'm going to bed. PM me your reaction to the ass spike XD

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Awesome to see Dunne & Bate getting so much love from the wrestling world. If I'd said a year ago that those guys had the potential to put on the best match on an NXT TakeOver card, the majority of WrassleGAF would have laughed at the idea, called them vanilla midgets, or just shat on the UK wrestling scene in general.

I finally watched this match and it was easily one of the best I've seen out of my time watching NXT. I know Trent isn't wwe quality but I would love to see those three do their thing in WWE.

I think above all it shows how little the performance center can do for people. Guys have spent 2/3/4 years down there and we're a fraction of the potential in that match.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Team Jinder. So what the push was quick? A quick, seemingly undeserving push giving Jinder Roman heat would be absolutely perfect as people would tune in to see him lose. Jinder has a great look, and now the title. As long as they keep it on him and don't job him out a month later like they did with Bray Wyatt he'll be a great heel champion.

Great win.

a guy on steroids and the wwe champion

Jinder Mahal is the only guy in WWE on steroids.

 

[Beefy]

Too bad their was hardly any other excitement the rest of the match with midcarder Mahal slowing things down to a dull drone.
Best part of the match and it wasn't even a Jinder's spot.

Orton being dangerous as fuck was the best moment? Nah

Great win.

Jinder Mahal is the only guy in WWE on steroids.

Doubt it.

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Afternoon Wrasslegaf

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

So was the main PPV any good or should I just watch BOTSJ again?

 

[Rhaknar]

that Harper / Rowan ending seemed super botched

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Also how was Nak and Ziggler? I saw it went 15 minutes which seems kind of silly

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Do me a favor I'm going to bed. PM me your reaction to the ass spike XD

Haha, will do.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Also how was Nak and Ziggler? I saw it went 15 minutes which seems kind of silly

3.5 stars, solid opener. Ziggler sold the Kinshasa extremely well but it isn't the same without Cory Graves yelling it on commentary.

 

[Auraela]

Also how was Nak and Ziggler? I saw it went 15 minutes which seems kind of silly

Terrible. They need to stop booking nak has getting shit beaten out of him for 15 mins then doing few moves. On his end in nxt this was his booking there too n it absolutely kills him

 

[excelsiorlef]

So was the main PPV any good or should I just watch BOTSJ again?

Owens vs AJ fantastic

Nak v Ziggles good but not close to great

Women's tag match... whatever

Tag title match great if you love comedy

Harper vs Rowan decent but dead crowd and a total shit ending.

Orton vs Jinder... eventful and better than it had any business being. Crowd helped

 

[Officerrob]

Team Jinder. So what the push was quick? A quick, seemingly undeserving push giving Jinder Roman heat would be absolutely perfect as people would tune in to see him lose. Jinder has a great look, and now the title. As long as they keep it on him and don't job him out a month later like they did with Bray Wyatt he'll be a great heel champion.

Great win.

Jinder Mahal is the only guy in WWE on steroids.

They couldn't sell out a PPV in Chicago with Jinder in the main event, and you are selling me people tuning in to see him lose? Nobody thinks Jinder is ever going to be "the guy" like Roman, there is absolutely no comparison. Jinder is a desperation India play combined with Vince's physique fascination, nothing more. The next dollar or rating Jinder draws (if ever) will be the first

 

[DMczaf]

I still can't believe they failed to sell out a PPV in Chicago

They deserve this

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

snip

Interesting. I'll probably put it on in the background. It'd be an instant classic if my man Taguchi was all up in it.

 

[British Monsoon]

I think above all it shows how little the performance center can do for people. Guys have spent 2/3/4 years down there and we're a fraction of the potential in that match.

Apparently the roster's so bloated now that a lot of talent aren't getting the in-ring time they need (obviously not including house show matches). Compare that to an indie wrestler in an active scene like the UK, Pete Dunne for instance - in two weeks last month he'd wrestled against a hugely diverse range of talent: Omega, The Bucks, Penta, Fenix, Havoc, Scurll, Callihan, Tyler, Thatcher, WALTER, Dieter Jr, Joe Coffey & Matt Riddle. I don't care how advanced the performance centre is, you can't get that kind of experience there.

 

[Caderfix]

Hey, what's Rusev up to? Is it possible we could see a face Rusev feud with Jinder? I still want Rusev to be The Man. Woo!

Woo!

Wooooooo!

Zach, I pure straight hate you, but God damn it do I respect you.

 

[Rhaknar]

Lets go Jinder

Jinder sucks

See the problem with being that smarky is that they just go "see, they do it for everyone not just Roman"

 

[Caderfix]

Team Jinder. So what the push was quick? A quick, seemingly undeserving push giving Jinder Roman heat would be absolutely perfect as people would tune in to see him lose. Jinder has a great look, and now the title. As long as they keep it on him and don't job him out a month later like they did with Bray Wyatt he'll be a great heel champion.

It has the opposite effect on me. I don't want to tune in at all.

I'll give Smackdown the RAW treatment. I'll just watch "review a smackdown" instead.

Jinder Mahal is the only guy in WWE on steroids.

Not even close to being the only one, friend haha People suggesting so are crazy.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Lets go Jinder

Jinder sucks

See the problem with being that smarky is that they just go "see, they do it for everyone not just Roman"

Ehh put him against not Randy Orton and/or not in a smark town and all that goes away

 

[Rhaknar]

by the way Im actually into Jinder's look. He looks cartoonishly evil, which I like.

 

[Caderfix]

Ehh put him against not Randy Orton and/or not in a smark town and all that goes away

I don't know. Jinder is pretty close to becoming a meme, that is if he isn't one already.

I expect a portion of every crowd to support him due to that fact alone.

 

[Officerrob]

Ehh put him against not Randy Orton and/or not in a smark town and all that goes away

Everything but the sound of crickets goes away

 

[excelsiorlef]

In the end I look at wrestling like horror movies... so bad it's good is a thing for me.

This is funny to me ergo I enjoy it...

Everything but the sound of crickets goes away

Ehh he's actually gotten crowd reactions, problem is no one will pay to see him...

He's actually one of the only guys who can get heat... but getting heat and drawing money are not always connected

 

[Hasney]

Team Jinder. So what the push was quick? A quick, seemingly undeserving push giving Jinder Roman heat would be absolutely perfect as people would tune in to see him lose. Jinder has a great look, and now the title. As long as they keep it on him and don't job him out a month later like they did with Bray Wyatt he'll be a great heel champion.

I haven't watched Smackdown since he started getting pushed so I have no idea why that would change until it's clear the whole show is changing direction. I don't want to watch him win, or lose. I don't want to watch him at all.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

They couldn't sell out a PPV in Chicago with Jinder in the main event, and you are selling me people tuning in to see him lose?

Yes? Building a new main event heel is a slow process, and Jinder was a jobber just over a month ago. WWE surely has accounted for this.

Jinder has good heat, but before last night had no legitimacy. Now he does, and the longer he holds the title without 'deserving'* it, the more heat he will get. I don't get you guys sometimes. You complain about building guys slow, but then also complain when a guy doesn't immediately draw. Give the dude a minute to breathe.

* What the hell is this bullshit about "deserving" a title win? This is scripted entertainment. The story is what puts asses in seats, not who 'deserves' it the most. Jinder not 'deserving' to hold the title will just give him more heat, which is what WWE wants.

Doubt it.

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Afternoon Wrasslegaf

It has the opposite effect on me. I don't want to tune in at all.

I'll give Smackdown the RAW treatment. I'll just watch "review a smackdown" instead.



Not even close to being the only one, friend haha People suggesting so are crazy.

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[FlammableD]

Apparently the roster's so bloated now that a lot of talent aren't getting the in-ring time they need (obviously not including house show matches). Compare that to an indie wrestler in an active scene like the UK, Pete Dunne for instance - in two weeks last month he'd wrestled against a hugely diverse range of talent: Omega, The Bucks, Penta, Fenix, Havoc, Scurll, Callihan, Tyler, Thatcher, WALTER, Dieter Jr, Joe Coffey & Matt Riddle. I don't care how advanced the performance centre is, you can't get that kind of experience there.

The best thing that could come out of the WWE Regionals would be proper excursions.

 

[Beefy]

.

 

[Rhaknar]

Too bad their was hardly any other excitement the rest of the match with midcarder Mahal slowing things down to a dull drone.
Best part of the match and it wasn't even a Jinder's spot.

just got to that spot and lol at Randy's face