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WWE Summerslam 2016 |OT| The Flo Rida Concert Is Canceled

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Lothars

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I thought the PPV was okay especially with how good the first half of the show was but the worst part is by far Brock Lesnar, What a way to shit up the PPV. I liked him in his first run but he's been consistently terrible since he's been back. I loved Cena vs Styles that was an great match.
 
People unimpressed with this PPV also need to step back and take a look at the card.

No Big Show
No Kane
No Undertaker
No Rock
No Stone Cold
No Goldberg
No HBK
No Sting
No WCW guys (e.g., Nash, Hall, etc)
(edit)
No Dudley Boys

I'm sure there's others who have appeared in other PPVs who aren't present in this one.

Aside from the "main event" smash Lesnar vs. Orton, every match was generally a "new" WWE wrestler, and it didn't try to tie into the attitude or post-attitude era.

I think this was a really good card of what WWE has, which is a lot of good veteran and young talent.
 

Sephzilla

Member
Overall I thought the show was a C+, maybe a B-. Cena vs AJ was by far the match of the night.

Oh, and how the fuck is Roman Reigns the face in that feud with Rusev? He's doing nothing but heel shit.
 
That's what happens when you do a bunch of flips and expect a "This is Awesome" chant all the time. He needs to stop crying on Twitter.

Where are the lies in this post? I can't find them.

I don't remember anything about the match, but I remember the crowd chants and that alone put it above the Ziggler/Dean match.
 
Cena vs Styles was great. That should've been the last match. Having Cena leave his armband in the ring and walking out would've been great.
 

Verendus

Banned
I thought the PPV was okay but the worst part is by far Brock Lesnar, What a way to shit up the PPV. I use to like him in his first run but he's been consistently terrible since he's been back.
Nothing wrong with Lesnar, but his matches only work when he's against a top star in there since his entire persona is built around that right now. Which means unless he's facing Reigns or someone out there like The Rock, it's not going to mean anything since he's already killed Cena and Undertaker, who were the only other two opponents he could've had interesting matches with. The person in there with him needs to be someone who can actually win. Orton obviously wasn't going to win so that already destroys the atmosphere a little. It doesn't feel as important.

There isn't going to be another great Lesnar match until he finally faces Reigns again. And you can balee dat.

Overall I thought the show was a C+, maybe a B-. Cena vs AJ was by far the match of the night.

Oh, and how the fuck is Roman Reigns the face in that feud with Rusev? He's doing nothing but heel shit.
Shut your goddamn mouth Seph.

Roman does whatever the hell he wants to do. These arbitrary rules of face and heel don't apply to him. He's The Guy. That means he's above the rules.
 

Syder

Member
I don't know if Bálor was pissed at the crowd too but for a guy that's 'wanted this all his life' he didn't look too pleased about the rocket up his arse.

If this isn't a man disgusted by what he's holding then I don't know what is...

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I don't know if Bálor was pissed at the crowd too but for a guy that's 'wanted this all his life' he didn't look too pleased about the rocket up his arse.

If this isn't a man disgusted by what he's holding then I don't know what is...

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Is that a direct quote? How could he want a title that's never existed all his life?
 

Rellik

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I don't know if Bálor was pissed at the crowd too but for a guy that's 'wanted this all his life' he didn't look too pleased about the rocket up his arse.

If this isn't a man disgusted by what he's holding then I don't know what is...

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I'm still laughing at that monstrosity.
 

Ithil

Member
I don't know if Bálor was pissed at the crowd too but for a guy that's 'wanted this all his life' he didn't look too pleased about the rocket up his arse.

If this isn't a man disgusted by what he's holding then I don't know what is...

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He was deliberately not raising the belt when celebrating because he knew the crowd was booing the belt but not him.
Smart.
 

Syder

Member
Is that a direct quote? How could he want a title that's never existed all his life?
This is THE belt now, right? It went on after the WWE Championship. The way Finn talked in all of his NXT interviews he makes it sound like being in WWE is the peak of his career.
 
I don't know if Bálor was pissed at the crowd too but for a guy that's 'wanted this all his life' he didn't look too pleased about the rocket up his arse.

If this isn't a man disgusted by what he's holding then I don't know what is...

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That title really just looks like Kane's custom title. Right down to the black accents
 

Guzim

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People unimpressed with this PPV also need to step back and take a look at the card.

No WCW guys (e.g., Nash, Hall, etc)

AJ was on the PPV ;-)

I don't know if Bálor was pissed at the crowd too but for a guy that's 'wanted this all his life' he didn't look too pleased about the rocket up his arse.

If this isn't a man disgusted by what he's holding then I don't know what is...

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He knew if he held the belt, he'd get booed.
 

UraMallas

Member
I think his gimmick works when in this day and age. First, it's a PPV only gimmick (right?). Like normally he wrestles as Finn Balor, and then at PPVs, he wrestles as "The Demon King," which is basically the same thing but just more fired up and psychological.

1) The crowd was way into his intro and it was an awesome intro
2) Seth Rollins played it really well... He was doing the "I'm not intimidated by this... [but is obviously intimidated by it]" selling job.

I think that works now. Someone having a gimmick isn't necessarily a bad thing. Like, maybe 90% of guys have normal personality gimmicks. It isn't a bad thing for 10% of the guys to have a special persona during PPVs.

Man. We have very different views on this. The gimmick doesn't work precisely because it's 2016.
 
Look man, it's not Seff's fault he had the arduous task of making the Demon King look good. Lay off.
Sorry man. Just too many folks in here trying to pretend that match was interesting.
Where are the lies in this post? I can't find them.

I don't remember anything about the match, but I remember the crowd chants and that alone put it above the Ziggler/Dean match.
AJ needs the strap ASAP. Dean should just give it to him tbh. No need for a match.
 

Sephzilla

Member
Shut your goddamn mouth Seph.

Roman does whatever the hell he wants to do. These arbitrary rules of face and heel don't apply to him. He's The Guy. That means he's above the rules.
Interrupting a celebration of love, humiliating a woman and ruining her wedding dress just for a laugh, and then repeatedly attacking a defenseless man who had a broken rib and ignoring the commands of officials?

#BeAStar

Roman is a bully confirmed
 
Just finished Styles vs Cena, holy shit! That avalanche AA kickout made me jump out of my chair. Definite MOTY contender, and I love when Cena is on his A game. His facial expressions after the kickout were perfect, as well as the "what the fuck?" he uttered during it. It's all downhill from here.
 

Verendus

Banned
Interrupting a celebration of love, humiliating a woman and ruining her wedding dress just for a laugh, and then repeatedly attacking a defenseless man who had a broken rib and ignoring the commands of officials?

#BeAStar
That's life.

You go and get what you want. No time for weaklings. And I'm pretty sure I've heard Roman tell people this is real life before.
 
Interrupting a celebration of love, humiliating a woman and ruining her wedding dress just for a laugh, and then repeatedly attacking a defenseless man who had a broken rib and ignoring the commands of officials?

#BeAStar
Rusev attacked Roman first though. You can't attack a man from behind and not expect an ass whoopin'.
 

Sephzilla

Member
Rusev attacked Roman first tonight though. You can't attack a man from behind and not expect ass whoopin'.
Can you blame Rusev for jumping Roman after what Roman did? Plus that doesn't excuse Roman leaving twice and returning to attack.

HE'S NOT A GOOD GUY
HE'S A BAD GUY
 
Interrupting a celebration of love, humiliating a woman and ruining her wedding dress just for a laugh, and then repeatedly attacking a defenseless man who had a broken rib and ignoring the commands of officials?

#BeAStar

Roman is a bully confirmed

No it means he's related to the rock
 

Trojan X

Banned
So happy that AJ won! SUPER F**KING HAPPY!!! But man! UGH! I really wished that AJ SPINAL TAP Cena's ass straight after that Phenomenal Forearm to make a perfect 3-step finisher. That would have blew up the roof!!!


Step 1 - Styles Clash -
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Step 2 - Phenomenal Forearm -
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Step 3 - SPINAL TAP
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Now THAT would have made us all lose the plot. Oh well. Still. Well done, AJ. Awesome match he had with John Cena and I don't want them to fight again on Smackdown for I believe it won't be emulated and knowing Vince, he would want John Cena to win.
 
Can you blame Rusev for jumping Roman after what Roman did? Plus that doesn't excuse Roman leaving twice and returning to attack.

HE'S NOT A GOOD GUY
HE'S A BAD GUY

You can't attack someone first before they're ready, and then cry foul when they take you to the cleaners. That's being a b i t c h
 
Can you blame Rusev for jumping Roman after what Roman did? Plus that doesn't excuse Roman leaving twice and returning to attack.

HE'S NOT A GOOD GUY
HE'S A BAD GUY
Roman tried to be Rusev's friend and Rusev decided he wanted a fight. What else was Roman supposed to do?
 

Verendus

Banned
Rusev attacked Roman first though. You can't attack a man from behind and not expect an ass whoopin'.
This is also a valid point. I didn't even know this.

Just epitomizes the modern male really. Be a punk ass bitch, then cry about it using worthless word games when someone decides to whoop your ass for being a punk ass bitch. The solution is not to be a punk ass bitch.
 

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Why or How is Balor demonic?

I need the deets, does he just do it for rge hell of it
What's the gimmick behind the gimmick?
 

Sephzilla

Member
I was legit shook that AJ won clean like that especially after letting AJ get a tainted W already. If the Cena/AJ feud continues after this I worry Cena will get his wins back and then some, though
 

Edzi

Member
Why or How is Balor demonic?

I need the deets, does he just do it for rge hell of it
What's the gimmick behind the gimmick?

I don't know if he had a different explanation for it over in NXT, but the explanation he gave on Raw sounds pretty legit. Seems like it's just meant to symbolize the legends and monsters he takes inspiration from. I don't think he's literally becoming a demon in kayfabe (the way Kane seems to do it).
 
To be fair, an Ambrose/Ziggler match shouldn't have even existed. I would've rather seen Ambrose/Wyatt again.
I would have rather seen Ziggler vs. Wyatt. Ambrose looks AND wrestles like a chump. He makes everything around him worse. His offense is boring, contrived, and a constant reminder that everything happening in the ring is fake. Then there's the dad bod that ranks in the bottom half of the roster. The guy cuts a decent promo to his credit, but a heavyweight champion should be a hell of a lot more than that.
 
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