Did no one pick up on the commentator actually saying Gangrel in the video?
Did no one pick up on the commentator actually saying Gangrel in the video?
Yeah that was fairly clear.
Fucking better be bullshit.
Rollins Vs Ziggler would be a joke of a main event. One because it's for the fucking IC title, and two because they've literally given it away for free multiple times.
Styles Vs Rusev should be the main event, but I'm not shocked whatsoever that the clash of the big sweaty men gets the nod.
I have the feeling that Rusev is getting this one and only title match to shut the fans up. English or Lana will cost him it somehow and then he comes crashing back into the midcard where Vince likes him.
I haven't seen the show yet but the only thing that should be ahead of a World title match on any card is the end of a major storyline.
Anyone who counts down from 10 and does the stupid buzzer sound in any match that's not the rumble should be banned from ever attending again. Fuck off.
The last NXT episode had a great tag main event but the dueling chants went on for over 10 minutes and almost ruined it. That and the superfans with their gimmicks all trying to be part of the show too much.
They did? It didn't fucking work if they did.
Watching now.
Both pre-show matches were good like I hoped but far too short (fuck the panel).
Stunned that they've given The fucking B Team the titles but I'm hoping that's because they're gearing up to the AOP (the only decent actual tag team on the show) to take them soon. Balor/Corbin was meh like it was always going to be because fuck Corbin.
Asuka/Carmella continues to make Asuka (what a fall since Wrestlemania) look like an absolute mong. Although I guess trying to batter Ellsworth is better than being transfixed by him in your costume.
Edit: US title match was pointless but Nakamura was guaranteed to win as Jeff is apparently absolutely fucked with injuries.
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I skimmed through the show:
Pre-Show- didn't watch it
B Team Vs Deleters- So bland and boring, didn't care either way. Bray Wyatt still absolutely sucks.
Balor Vs Cuntstable Boring- Skipped it.
Asuka Vs Carmella- Fucking awful, with another stupid ending.
Nakamura Vs Jeff- Pointless, but I'm guessing Jeff wasn't capable of more.
Strowman Vs Owens- Both of them look like complete morons. At least Owens won so Shania has to live up to the deal.
SD Tag Titles- Crap match with nothing to redeem it. The Wacky Races team are boring as fuck now.
Reigns Vs Lashley- Skipped it
Nia Vs Alexa- Crap. No idea why Nattie was out there (yea she's Ronda's mate, but Ronda wasn't in the match). Really, really poor weapon spots. Glad Alexa won, but her worst match in ages.
Rusev Vs Styles- Boring. Predictable. Nothing to see here.
Ziggler Vs Rollins- Didn't like it at all. Both are obviously talented, but the booking was shitty. Rollins completed mugged Ziggler off beating him twice inside 10 minutes (was it 5 even?) and then the actual finish was shite too. It's not a new match Corey. They better not use that to ignore Drew showing up again because it's completely not true. Needed a better ending to close the show.
Overall, just as bad as I expected, and nothing to convince me to change my mind on the cancellation. If we get Alexa Vs Ronda at Summerslam, I may watch that, but that will be about all I care about.
Owens/Boatman
Smartly worked and a good way to get Owens the win with a nice nod to Foley too.
There was nothing smart about that. Both of them looked like twats. Owens should have just escaped immediately after the handcuff, and Strowman should have slammed him into the ring, not out of it. You can claim he didn't care about the win, but that's stupid.
Have they given up completely on determining Natalya as a face or heel considering she can't really do either? Wise if so.
Reigns losing
Hopefully that ends the possible Lesnar match at Summerslam.
Edit: lol at that first barricade push by Rousey. That was almost as bad as the Asuka/Carmella match.
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Get some botch gifs up.
I'm a twit
Finished now and it was pretty poor overall.
Best match was probably Reigns/Lashley or Styles/Rusev although neither were all that great.
Really bad booking for the Ironman match, especially the finish. I also didn't understand why Rollins didn't let Ziggler run with a minute left, that would have given him the countout win.
And one more:
I reckon they got away with that last one (Nia Jax, not Kane). Sin Cara though, that mask must be cursed.
According to someone who was there, they took the clock away until they started chanting shit like “where’s the clock” at which point it came back.
That’s the last time we get a non Reigns main event.
Yet, most of the Pittsburgh crowd will be seething every time we see Reigns headlining...
Well I have Omega v Naito from yesterday plus a whole show from this morning waiting for me at home.
There's also some mad looking match between Okada and Suzuki that appears to be held outside in the middle of the pouring rain.
Ya that Okada in the pouring rain shit looked awesome given his "rainmaker" bit
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Im having to pace myself this time around during the G1.
Jay White's match against Juice and the G1 against Okada are both must watches.
I don't know why anyone would be interested in all that nonsense when you could see James Ellsworth hanging upside down from a cage instead.
Thus far I would encourage people to seek out:
Yano v Ishii
ZSJ v Ibushi
Omega v Naito
Page v Elgin
Just watched NXT and I think the tag team match was even better than the one they had in the Albert Hall.
Brilliant performance by all 4 in the match and I thought the ending was well worked.
20 mins of Being the Elite has set up 6 months of story, including Jericho and the Bucks v Omega, Cody and Marty on the Cruise of Jericho. Also a few lines to Juice.
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I watched Extreme Rules yesterday afternoon while ironing and packing for my holiday, and it was probably the worst PPV I've seen in years. I enjoyed Owens' bump, but the rest of the show was just abysmal. I found myself focusing on the ironing more than the TV.
Fucking lol at Reigns/Lashley to determine the number 1 contender a week after a PPV where they had a match attempting to become the number 1 contender.
I wouldn't have even put Reigns and Rollins (although he does deserve it based on what he's done this year) into the running after losing yesterday.
Lashley will go on to a Summerslam match against Hogan to determine once and for all which colour is best.
Lashley will probably take a knee for the national anthem just before the match too.
It's funny the things you notice in wrestling.
Like Danny Burch and his big pants, not so big that they're comical but big enough to be vaguely unsettling. Also, on NXT last week Adam Cole exposed a ghostly white knobbly knee and now I'm not sure I can take him seriously. Like when Cody Rhodes used to wrestle without kneepads and it was all I could look at during his matches.
Kofi Kingston and Chris Jericho with their weird muscle cleavage always creeps me out.
Everything about Kona 'THE FINEST' Reeves is disturbing.
Alexa, what if John Morrison was a Hawaiian serial killer?
I've missed heel Orton.
Get him punting half of the roster again please.
The bit where he pulled at Jeff Hardy's goth earhole thing was one of the most gruesome things I've seen in ages, genuinely thought it was a prosthetic that he was going to rip off.
Todays afternoon musing: Bianca Belair.
What is an 'Est' and why is she one? Also, how do we feel about the hair? It doesn't seem quite within the spirit of the rules to me but then again it is in a 'Universe' where Big Show was allowed to have a hand cast in the shape of a club and Lex Luger got a metal plate installed in his arm.
The thing where she deadlifts her opponents is ace, there will be something wrong if she doesn't make it huge the proper way, presented as a star for two weeks on the main roster before losing via distraction rollup.