Credit where it's due, the girls were awesome in that main event last night. Not Sasha/Bayley levels, but probably the best main roster women's match we've had in a while.
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Credit where it's due, the girls were awesome in that main event last night. Not Sasha/Bayley levels, but probably the best main roster women's match we've had in a while.
Heyman's been really odd during this Goldberg feud and his unshaven, bleary-eyed look during the interview with Cole was just weird.
I thought it was great.
Cesaro and Sheamus' buddy cop routine in the boarded-off pub full of indy wrestlers was amazing.
The Elite are truly amazing!
https://youtu.be/xcgozCq8IhY
I want to hate it, just like I wanted to hate the Owens/Jericho thing when it was first thrown together seemingly to give them something to do but bugger me it's good food. It helps that they actually work a decent tag match.Quote:
Originally Posted by wullie
I'm hoping that the constant mentions of New Day beating Demolition's record actually work in an appearance by Ax and Smash. They'll look decrepit but it'll be worth it for the music and sex dungeon outfits.
Krona Krush and Black Top Bully meet backstage, they give each other a long look and then proceed to the nearest rooftop. Complete in Demolition gear, they powerbomb The New Day to the streets below.
Aren't Demolition part of that concussion lawsuit against the WWE? I thought that was the entire reason for them wanting to beat their record.
They look pretty shit nowadays
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cx1UsDIUsAAQSL7.jpg:large
First show I ever saw was Summerslam 90 where they brought in Crush because Ax had a bad heart so couldn't wrestle loads, how the hell is he still alive 26 years on?
I'm surprised they haven't had anyone take CM Punk's longest modern reign record with the world title, they did it with AJ and all she did was marry him.
It would appear the TLC PPV is tonight. I don't know any of the matches and too late to check now as I might hit a spoiler but the last time I enjoyed a ladder match I think was when Joey Mercury got his nose split wide open. :drool:
TLC was a bit shit.
I don't know that I ever enjoy the whole of a PPV where there are several gimmick matches that are, to all intents and purposes, the same.
- Wyatts vs. Rhyno/Slater felt inevitable but I am quite enjoying the dynamic between the three of them.
- IC title match I enjoyed because I like the two together, but presumably and hopefully that's the end of it.
- Corbin and Kalisto was far better than the non-entity I expected, because Corbin actually put some effort into it while Kalisto bumped how you'd expect but Corbin actually sold his attacks and made it feel like a proper match. I expected a procession.
- Styles/Ambrose.... I was bored of ladders and things by then, sadly. This was nothing special and I'm reading for Ellsworth to fuck off now.
Didn't bother with either womens match. None of it was remarkable but nor did I hate it.
I've put RAW on as last week's was alright, and the first 45 minutes have been really good. Not cared about Big Show since 2001 but it was close to a mark out moment, I just wish they had let him go over, though what they did protected both I guess. Owens Vs Sami, as usual, has been decent. Promising start, already better than TLC.
Ellsworth interrupting AJ when he was fingertips away from the title, then goes and pushes Ambrose because he wanted AJ to win.....
This Undertaker return's going great. Smackdown in Houston, not a peep from him.
Going to WCPW.
Angle Vs Del Rio sold it. :drool:
Ambrose deciding he didn't need to bother selling the endless work Miz had done on his leg in that IC title match so he could do one of his shit suicide dives was top, top stuff.
Unless it's Road Warrior levels of no-selling, I don't want to know about it.
He went from terrible over-selling to no-selling so he could do the dive then back to over-selling.
Has anyone signed up to What Culture's paid service? I'm definitely going to give a month a go.
Fuck yes Cody Rhodes is the newest member of Bullet Club!
I feel that warrents a :D but I'm hardly shocked if I'm honest.
I'm passionate. :)
It will be a good thing I reckon. His matches will be great over there and he won't have to spew a scripted promo. Are you not a fan of NJPW?
Never seen it personally. I'll youtube it :thbup:
Prince Devitt
https://youtu.be/oFY24KX13Rk
Kenny Omega winning G1
https://youtu.be/ACNilWqVTnI
Elite v Okada + 2 others
https://youtu.be/xcgozCq8IhY
Nakamura v Aj Styles
https://youtu.be/r_qu5V0j7sw
Nakamura v Kita Ibushi
https://youtu.be/oYoRfzKTrfI
Might just be me but the WWE as it is currently is pretty boring after watching these type of matches.
#toosweetordelete
Kevin Owens 1-0 That kid's Mum.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/10-best-n...es-of-the-year
WWE really has a had an awful year in comparison.
Edit: I mean the Main roster.
According to Meltzer's match ratings, it's the best year in a while. I'd say the actual wrestling is great at the moment, but storylines are lacking.
Maybe it's down to taste but I really enjoyed Wrestle Kingdom and G1. Don't get.me wrong NXT is a brilliant show and for me is consistently more entertaining than the main roster.
I'll have to suss out more of Meltzer's podcasts.
I was talking to somebody yesterday about who the fuck they're going to have face AJ now. My stance was that matches between him and Ziggler should be at least consistently solid but that they haven't really done anything with Ziggler to propel him from losing out to Miz into the World title picture.
*Ziggler becomes #1 contender*
I get that Smackdown is going to have to have these feuds for the WWE title to boost the champ and kill time (there's no chance of Ziggler actually winning it yet, shirley?) but at least position the guys to do it.
Wait, he went from "I'm quitting" to "I'm #1 contender" in that short space of time?
That's gone a bit Eric Young, lads.
So from what I can see upcoming PPVs for Smackdown are Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber and then presumably there'll be one more between that (at the start of February) and Wrestlemania. That being the case while it's still a bit odd maybe Ziggler sort of makes sense as he may only get a single 1v1 PPV title shot out of it. Depending on if my Google-fu has failed me or if there are likely to be any extra PPVs announced.
AJ beats him at the Rumble, Ziggler is one of a number (including Cena, as he's back soon) at Elimination Chamber and then..... Cena beats AJ at Wrestlemania to get his 16th?
Undertaker beating him and defending against Cena going for Flair's record is the general guess.
It is precisely this. The 'in-ring product' is good, but there's no reason to give a shit about most of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SvN
I totally forgot about Undertaker's all-conquering return. EC might make sense for that too, actually. He gets to win the title and "beat" five other guys in the process without actually having to do much.Quote:
Originally Posted by wullie
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/talent_c...a7192a17d3.jpg
Are they shitting it about this ITV wrestling thing then?Quote:
LONDON — At a historic press conference at the O2 Arena in London, Triple H revealed that WWE’s first-ever United Kingdom Champion will be crowned this January.
The WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament is a 16-competitor, two-day throwdown at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom, airing live and exclusively on the award-winning WWE Network, featuring some of the best talent the U.K. has to offer. The last man standing at the end of the tournament will be crowned champion and awarded a title, which was also revealed at the conference.
Yep they really are
Someone should have sent HHH a tape of when ITV did Celebrity Wrestling with D'Lo Brown and Just Joe coaching Lee Sharpe and Mark Speight (later mastered the suicide dive weeeeeeeeeeey)
Nigel McGuinness and Michael Cole commentating and it's going to be a weekly UK show now, what the hell
I really hope the UK wrestling scene forces the WWE to get back to basics and focus on professional wrestling and not the other nonsense that they continue to fail at.
My British Wrestler gimmick can only be introduced under a very specific set of circumstances, so I'll give this a miss and hope Grado wins.
Just seen the list of competitors for this and one lad from Wolverhampton is called Trent Seven. Can't help but think he's taking the piss because all of West Midlands' water supply is done by Severn Trent.
The belt looks like something made on a WWE 2K game.
Giant Hay Tax.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Scott Hull.
I can't wait for Mr B. Rexit.
Doug Williams already bagged that.
Hull Hogan, surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by 7om
The British Wrestler was actually conceived lolling at Nigel McGuinness, specifically him shouting 'LISTEN 'ERE TINKERBEW' at Jay Lethal (he wears a mask, so I also planned to cut the promos myself and have McGuinness do the wrestling), so this is a nice way to bring it about.
'Now let me tell you something... chuck!'Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis