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September Wrasslin' |OT| because Triple H is good for business
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MisterLuffy
Member
Seth Rollins is insane.
Pristine_Condition
Member
Well, you can only stretch peoples' suspension of disbelief so far. I mean, Eddie taking Rey's son Dominick...fine. The urn giving the Undertaker supernatural powers...no problem.
People caring about the Miz? Come on.
Dead and buried.
Vestal
Junior Member
If he wouldn't have a smirk 99.9999% of the time he would been even more over.. That's the only thing that kills me about his character, too much smirking.
Dark Ninja
Member
Ryder back on RAW maybe we will get another great moment
I laughed
He's like Ziggler if Ziggler had a literal death wish.
Net_Wrecker
Member
That was a really fun ending to Raw. Finally some energy has been injected into this lumbering angle. Even Orton played his role well. Dude should NEVER be anything but a psychotic character, whether face or heel. It's all he does well.
And CHRIST @ Rollins' bumps. He's gonna kill himself.
And sigh @ Punk still floating in some alternate dimension with Heyman and Rybonk. They need to pause that angle for a few months, it's getting tiring.
And CHRIST @ Rollins' bumps. He's gonna kill himself.
And sigh @ Punk still floating in some alternate dimension with Heyman and Rybonk. They need to pause that angle for a few months, it's getting tiring.
Pristine_Condition
Member
That was real smart. Whoever the agent was that made that happen knows what they're doing. Because Reigns has been looking awesome, and he looked good in this match. Usually, that would mean WWE making him look weak immediately, throwing all that work right in the garbage, but here they actually protected his heat.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
So Battlegrounds is the new War Games???
He also probably hurt his spine
in the replay he was looking like his hand went numb
He also probably hurt his spine
in the replay he was looking like his hand went numb
Guys bumping like that are idiots. It's not even effective bumping. They'll flop around, then pop right back for the next move. Better selling is when a guy simply acts like a move is real and shows some prolonged aches and pains. Show a limp or grab your head. Something.
Reminds me of earlier in the show when Swagger had on an ankle lock on an Uso for a long while. Uso breaks it, then jumps onto the top rope like nothing happened.
Reminds me of earlier in the show when Swagger had on an ankle lock on an Uso for a long while. Uso breaks it, then jumps onto the top rope like nothing happened.
Before he jumped on the top rope he made sure to kick him first though
He used the foot that the ankle lock was on, lol.
Guys like Ziggler and Rollins do these ridiculous bumps for no reason. Just some sensible selling would be more effective. Got kicked in the head? Grab your head? Kicked in the leg repeatedly? Limp for a while. Guys don't do that anymore.
Serpentine
Banned
loooooooooooooooooool, holy shit
on the other hand, the midcard isn't as broke as he is. They don't have families to take care of!
i thought that was the other uso on the top rope, didn't he make a tag?
Kane is filming a movie. He doesn't care about broke ass wrestlers.
Professor Beef
Banned
So what happened on Raw? I only recently got off of work.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Rollins is REALLY good at selling, though, so him flopping around like that actually works.
Rollins is basically Ziggler + WAY more stylistic variation. And better offense. When he goes solo, all they need to do is have him rock out Jeff Hardy style, with face paint and such. and they'll have a big star for the teen girls to pop for.
I mean, he climbed the top rope like it was nothing. Your ankle should be hurting. You can't just run up the top rope like it's nothing.
I loved reigns selling the knee. Made Bryan look like a technician without taking a stupid bump. A little limp an shaking it or tapping it now and again.
Reigns really impressed me tonight.
Naito does. Ambrose also does.
They're making a sequel to knuckleheads?
Rollins is better at selling than Ziggler (selling, not bumping), but both guys overdo the bumps. There's no need, and it shortens their careers.
funkystudent
Member
Everyone is either dead or fired.
Vestal
Junior Member
He is still green as far as carrying a match, but the guy has a solid future. He has the look, and knows how to convey a message through facial expressions. His move set while limited is still pretty effective. He needs to fix his Samoa Drop drop though, doesn't look so hot.
But please don't over use the spear. Find your own finisher, maybe a modified Batista Bomb would be good for him, the Moment of Silence while nice doesn't feel as sudden or as powerful.
See No Evil 2.
Pristine_Condition
Member
Yeah. Orton selling the arm tonight in the first segment was FIRST CLASS, and shows a lot of respect to D-Brine.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
There's no NEED, but there's no denying it gets the crowd behind you and makes your comeback even more emotionally satisfying. Hell, Ziggler got a WHC reign, however crummy, from taking great bumps. (And he's pretty good at selling, too, FWIW. He sold ADR's armbar super well during their cash-in match.)
Edit: I'd go as far as to say that I didn't think Reigns' match with Bryan was substantially worse than either the Rollins or Ambrose matches in the last few weeks. That's probably more a credit to Bryan that Reigns, but still, it takes two to make a match, and Reigns has "it".
Vestal
Junior Member
Yup this... I was also pissed at that, it was horrible booking of that match or TERRIBLE selling by the Uso. Simply do not setup a highflying move right after someone tries to break your ankle.
While I do agree that Rollins over bumps, it has its place, and he does sell very well. Reigns was selling the shit out of Bryan as well which surprised me.
Not really. The drop kick that sent him flying into the table was probably not intended to be taken the way that he took it, but that bump that he took from the Busaiku Knee Kick was a pretty standard bump that is easy to do when you go with the momentum. He had his head turned to the side and everything.
Pristine_Condition
Member
I like guys who take crazy ass bumps. And at least these guys are doing it in front of millions instead of 26 people in a national guard armory.
funkystudent
Member
This GTAV install bar better not job at 14% again....
Downloading 18 gigs TWICE is no joke.
edit.
15% YES! YES! YES!
Downloading 18 gigs TWICE is no joke.
edit.
15% YES! YES! YES!
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
To be fair, that dropkick through the ropes was fucking NUTS. I actually jumped out of my seat a bit, I was so legit shook.
yeah but who even saw the first one though? LOL.
Arrowgigantic
Member
Miz injured his entire torso.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Watch Orton kill Miz for the lulz, then skip to the main event + aftermath. The rest of the show was just....Raw.
Oh and HHH took his belt back, fired Scott Armstrong, and found "abeyance" in the dictionary.
slightconfuse
Banned
Triple hbtook his belt and went home
It's their most profitable movie.
Arrowgigantic
Member
How Salty is CM Punk about that kiss?
Where is CM Punk anyway?
What a prestigious honor!
Where is CM Punk anyway?
What a prestigious honor!
El Pescado
Member
This is the best gif. The best. XD
Don't bother watching it, Cena wasn't on at all!
funkystudent
Member
If Paul can find new love so can Punk.
Is Teddy Long doing anything? He could become a manager again.
Is Teddy Long doing anything? He could become a manager again.
Dead.
Took Raw off after the match yesterday most likely.
His sodium levels are at an all time high.
Ryback is a bear
Wow. This was one of the more entertaining Raws I can think of. I thought the beginning segment between Trips, Bryan, and Orton was well done. Stephanie was firing on all cylinders all night. "Bring those long legs out here." The Show/Dusty segment was the first time I actually felt bad for Show. Heyman/Ryback was fucking HILARIOUS. Orton/Miz was great. And my blood was pumping at the end of the Bryan/Reigns match.
WWE just seems to be on a roll right now.
WWE just seems to be on a roll right now.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Your indifference to anything WWE is just stunning.
This was, top to bottom, the most entertaining Raw I've seen since the one right after... was it Extreme Rules? I think so. Great opening segment, good Ambrose/Ziggler match, good final showoff between The Usos and The Real Americans, alright Fandango/R-Truth and Sandow/RVD matches, hysterical Heyman/Ryback promo, GREAT fucking promo from Dusty Rhodes (and a good use of Big Show crying afterwards), Miz getting killed, and a main event match that made Roman Reigns look like a champ. The only particularly bad thing was the Divas match, and that was like 6 minutes.
I'm being honest when I say I don't know what else WWE could reasonably do to make you enjoy the product.
Ryback's reaction reminds me of Grover from Sesame Street, when Grover would be teaching a kid how to spell and the kid'd ask for a hug. Ryback actually opens his mouth the same way as a muppet.