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[Data West]

Over the Edge 1998 is a slog but I love the main event.

It's an overbooked nonsense mess and I love it

 

[Intheflorsh]

If the Usos are dropping the paint they need a new titantron display badly.

 

[GunBR]

Answer me WrassleGAF
Is Slater's journey of being at The Ascension level to be one of the top 5 most over wrestlers of the main roster the biggest example of how a single storyline/small push can change the status of a wrestler in the company?

 

[Caderfix]

Becky and Aj Styles with the belts, huh? That's GREAT. Heath and Rhyno deserve the belts too.

I wish Bray didn't lose to Kane

Spoiler

in 2016

though. Still, good results overall.

Also, Nega Usos are way better then Poke Usos.

 

[Caderfix]

Answer me WrassleGAF
Is Slater's journey of being at The Ascension level to be one of the top 5 most over wrestlers of the main roster the biggest example of how a single storyline/small push can change the status of a wrestler in the company?

As long as the wrestler has the charisma, promo skills and is able to hold his own in the ring, like Slater, yes.

 

[cordy]

Also, Nega Usos are way better then Poke Usos.

 

[slabrock]

The Lions won and AJ won. All in all a good day

 

[Bluekaveli]

Becky and Aj Styles with the belts, huh? That's GREAT. Heath and Rhyno deserve the belts too.

I wish Bray didn't lose to Kane

Spoiler

in 2016

though. Still, good results overall.

Also, Nega Usos are way better then Poke Usos.

WTF DID YOU SAY?

 

[Rhaknar]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nega

Hes being a nerd not racist marks.

You're working yourselves into a shoot.

 

[Data West]

You know who's aged the worst by far for me in my WCW rewatch?

Sting. I used to love Sting as a kid but now he's just so dull. He's nothing more than a decent worker with a great look. His promos feel like sub-par Hogan promos, he's not as good in-ring as Steamboat in the early 90s, He's better than Luger in-ring but Luger has this weird awful/great intangible factor that I can't explain. And Luger is hammy as fuck for the camera. Like Luger is the most 'aware' of his overness of any wrestler I've seen.

Sting's just there. He's just ok.

 

[Man God]

You know who's aged the worst by far for me in my WCW rewatch?

Sting. I used to love Sting as a kid but now he's just so dull. He's nothing more than a decent worker with a great look. His promos feel like sub-par Hogan promos, he's not as good in-ring as Steamboat in the early 90s, He's better than Luger in-ring but Luger has this weird awful/great intangible factor that I can't explain. And Luger is hammy as fuck for the camera. Like Luger is the most 'aware' of his overness of any wrestler I've seen.

Sting's just there. He's just ok.

That perfectly describes why Sting is the icon of WCW. WCW is that type of product.

 

[Bluekaveli]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nega

Hes being a nerd not racist marks.

You're working yourselves into a shoot.

Fuck that brother! You get entered into a wet t shirt contest with those words.

I want his ass in a match.

 

[Mahonay]

Heath Slater baybayyyy

Naomi botch ahyeahyeahyeahyeah

Miz the American Dragon overcomes the odds

A-J-STYLES

Kane is eternal. Kane is life.


Dear diary, Backlash was...actually good.

 

[Data West]

That perfectly describes why Sting is the icon of WCW. WCW is that type of product.

I guess that adds up with Austin being the WWF icon because everything around him is shit but he drags it up to the surface.

I'd rather everything around the shit be good than only one highlight in the sea of garbage

 

[Bluekaveli]

I bet rhat hack Meltzer feels like an idiot for doubting thw greatness that is of an SD ppv. Once again, I prove that mark wrong.

 

[Touchdown]

 

[Data West]

someone needs to book matt riddle vs hideki suzuki

 

[Caderfix]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nega

Hes being a nerd not racist marks.

You're working yourselves into a shoot.

Exactly. Thank you for pointing it out

Fuck that brother! You get entered into a wet t shirt contest with those words.

I want his ass in a match.

So you can eat the pin like Ambrose did?

 

[Bluekaveli]

Exactly. Thank you for pointing ot out



So you can eat the pin like Ambrose did?

 

[ReiGun]

As long as the wrestler has the charisma, promo skills and is able to hold his own in the ring, like Slater, yes.

Yup. Everything just clicked in this Slater story, and that's due in no small part to Slater himself. Best part is you know this probably wasn't the original plan. No way they could have guessed Heath getting over like he has or him and Rhyno having such good chemistry. So kudos to creative for adjusting once they realized what they had.

People are calling for Heath/Slater to drop the belts soon, but I'd rather they keep them at least till Survivor Series. Let them run with the ball and see what they do with it.

 

[Rhaknar]

If Blue was a wrestler he would tap out to the shitty Liontamer version or Cena's STF if he was in arms lenght of the ropes.

And thats a shoot brother.

 

[Data West]

oh no evil sting

 

[cordy]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nega

Hes being a nerd not racist marks.

You're working yourselves into a shoot.

You've worked yourself into a shoot brother. You're exposing da bisnizz.

 

[Mahonay]

oh no evil sting

EVIL STING RULES

My favorite signs at Backlash tonight;
- Heath Slater riding a rhino
- DELETE
- I KNEW YOU'D COME

 

[Rhaknar]

You've worked yourself into a shoot brother. You're exposing da bisnizz.

Shit youre right >_<

 

[Caderfix]

People are calling for Heath/Slater to drop the belts soon, but I'd rather they keep them at least till Survivor Series. Let them run with the ball and see what they do with it.

The best part is that they deserve it. Rhyno is an underrated legend near the end of his run and Heath is super consistent, he's done well with everything they gave him, so seeing those two holding a championship is awesome.

 

[Data West]

Heenan: "Does anyone have more heart than Benoit?"

Physically speaking, probably not

 

[Mahonay]

The best part is that they deserve it. Rhyno is an underrated legend near the end of his run and Heath is super consistent, he's done well with everything they gave him, so seeing those two holding a championship is awesome.

Them both telling each other thank you at the end was a weirdly touching moment.

 

[SallyIsNow]

If Blue was a wrestler he would tap out to the shitty Liontamer version or Cena's STF if he was in arms lenght of the ropes.

And thats a shoot brother.

Tru

 

[Sweeney Tom]

At least the Hardys like people like me

Why do the fucking tolerant ones have to be in the Nazi company, this sucks

Trade them with Seth and have them kill off Styles

 

[Mahonay]

At least the Hardys like people like me

Why do the fucking tolerant ones have to be in the Nazi company, this sucks

Trade them with Seth and have them kill off Styles

Good news is that Corgan wants to buy the company outright from them.

 

[ReiGun]

The best part is that they deserve it. Rhyno is an underrated legend near the end of his run and Heath is super consistent, he's done well with everything they gave him, so seeing those two holding a championship is awesome.

Yup. Much as I like American Alpha, them winning wouldn't have felt nearly as good. Heath and Rhyno earned this moment.

Them both telling each other thank you at the end was a weirdly touching moment.

I know we like to say everything on Talking Smack is a shoot, but I do think Rhyno was being sincere when he said he saw something in Heath and wanted to help him out. Both dudes are probably super grateful to each other.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

"man i miss them old hardy boyz and how they used to be like when jeff hardy was was like nehnehneh and matt hardy was like i will not die man imma take a page out of your book

i will not die" - promo of the year

 

[Data West]

At least the Hardys like people like me

Why do the fucking tolerant ones have to be in the Nazi company, this sucks

Trade them with Seth and have them kill off Styles

why are you watching pro wrestling if you're looking for tolerancy

 

[giancarlo123x]

I went to Virginia to visit my girlfriends sister and took a detour to backlash. Had fun cheering for aj winning the title but it sucked getting a speeding ticket ten minutes away from where I'm staying after driving for almost 2 hours.

 

[ScaryShark]

What has happened with Slater really makes me miss Sandow again.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

What has happened with Slater really makes me miss Sandow again.

Why

If anything, it would have made things more damning. Willing to push Slater and Rhyno, while Ryback, Cody, and Sandow struggle for time

 

[Bluekaveli]

If Blue was a wrestler he would tap out to the shitty Liontamer version or Cena's STF if he was in arms lenght of the ropes.

And thats a shoot brother.

HEY YOU DIDN'T ASK IF YOU COULD MENTION MY NAME! Get in line groupie!

 

[MC Safety]

Why

If anything, it would have made things more damning. Willing to push Slater and Rhyno, while Ryback, Cody, and Sandow struggle for time

Those guys would likely have prospered with the brand split.

They chose to leave or make salary demands the WWE found outrageous.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Ryback would've been on Smackdown, thank god

 

[Bluekaveli]

You know, I need a best of Rick Martel dvd before he headlines the hof next year.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Those guys would likely have prospered with the brand split.

They chose to leave or make salary demands the WWE found outrageous.

hahahahahah yeah okay

People have been thinking Sandow would have prospered from the moment he came up short against Cena, and Cody was thinking he'd get out of that dumb costume and gimmick from the moment the Goldust feud bombed out of existence. Shit wasn't happening, no matter how much time any alternate universe was willing to give it that ending wasn't getting happier for those two.

 

[Rhaknar]

HEY YOU DIDN'T ASK IF YOU COULD MENTION MY NAME! Get in line groupie!

Ok Alex Wright

 

[Bluekaveli]

Ok Alex Wright

My name isn't Alex but I'm always right.

 

[Mahonay]

hahahahahah yeah okay

People have been thinking Sandow would have prospered from the moment he came up short against Cena, and Cody was thinking he'd get out of that dumb costume and gimmick from the moment the Goldust feud bombed out of existence. Shit wasn't happening, no matter how much time any alternate universe was willing to give it that ending wasn't getting happier for those two.

Also people forget how awful that short Sandow run was once he dropped the Mizdow gimmick. He just came off as super obnoxious and bombed hard.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Slater's the new Ziggler. Wait his time and then get his 15 minutes

 

[Bluekaveli]

I wonder if Vince can get us an En Vogue reunion at Mania 33 for the national anthem.

 

[blackaroni]

Slater's the new Ziggler. Wait his time and then get his 15 minutes

You didn't have to compare him to Ziggler to say that. So disrespectful.

 

[sf2fanatic]

You didn't have to compare him to Ziggler to say that. So disrespectful.

It's true brother. It's damn true. He is. It's all the creative minds fault

 

[cordy]

As previously reported, John Cena is being kept off WWE television as part of a storyline with AJ Styles and the two are expected to face each other sometime later down the road.

We have learned that Cena is scheduled to work the next SmackDown brand WWE Network special event, presumably against Styles but that has not been yet confirmed. The next SmackDown brand event is WWE No Mercy, which takes place on October 9th. Cena will take another hiatus from the company shortly after No Mercy to start filming the second season of American Grit, which would keep him off WWE programming for the rest of the year.

Cena wrestled the tour in Manila and Shanghai and is scheduled to work Monday's SmackDown WWE Live Event in Fairfx, VA. and Tuesday's SmackDown taping in Philadelphia. It is possible that Cena could setup his next bout with Styles as early as this coming Tuesday.

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