SummerSlam Thread

[Kris P Lettus]

Tight ass entrance though

[Kris P Lettus]

Dude looks like he parties with the Hardy Boyzzzzz

[Stickman]

So is the Undertaker going to cause a distraction during the main event resukting in Joe choking out Reigns?

[Droford]

Jinder needs an entire Bollywood production for his entrance somehow

[#1-norm-fan]

Hoping Strowman can pick up the win tonight and finally capture the only title he's never held.

[Stickman]

I actually dig Jinder as champ.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Shitstain Nakamura doesn't stand a chance against the Modern Day Maharaja

Whatcha gonna do when Nakamania runs wild on YOU?! -HH

[Triple A]

Jinder rules

[DAMN iNATOR]

So is the Undertaker going to cause a distraction during the main event resukting in Joe choking out Reigns?

Hopefully more like Braun hitting a running powerslam for the 3, but I guess time will tell.

[Droford]

For one night im a Jinder Mahalic

[#1-norm-fan]

I actually dig Jinder as champ.

I don't mind the character as much as others do but he can't wrestle worth a shit. lol

[DAMN iNATOR]

Come on, announcer guy, don't pause right after you say "one fall". That was your ONLY JOB!

[Triple A]

They should black out the crowd and put spotlights on the ring for championship match intros like TakeOver does...

[Droford]

Mekalekahimekahieniho

[Evil Vito]

The crowd woke up for Nakamura's entrance. Amazing what happens when you finally give them something they want to see.

[Kris P Lettus]

Pretty hard to believe there's only 18 lb difference between these guys

[Poit]

Come on, announcer guy, don't pause right after you say "one fall". That was your ONLY JOB!

Greg Hamilton always pauses after "one fall", so the crowd can say "one fall". I think it started in NXT.

[slik]

lol @ #1wwf fan

[Stickman]

So where is Jinder from, Punjab India is a state not a city.

[Dark One]

Jinder rules

You just like him because he's brown.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Greg knows fan involvement=money.

[Kris P Lettus]

So where is Jinder from, Punjab India is a state not a city.


Probably like Cleveland, OH

[Droford]

YOU HAVE NO MARBLES

[slik]

I can picture 1980s Hulk Hogan bodyslamming Jinder in a WM match

[Stickman]

Hopefully more like Braun hitting a running powerslam for the 3, but I guess time will tell.

I fgiured Joe because taker has a history with the other three and the three of them will be distracted.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

So where is Jinder from, Punjab India is a state not a city.

Galgary....Alberta Canada.

[Evil Vito]

Even though I'd mark out for a Nakamura win, I think the money in Shinsuke is much more in the chase vs him actually being champion.

[Kris P Lettus]

FUNAKI!!

[Ruien]

no

Sasha is champ now

Fuck you.

[KIRA]

It bothers me that the black in Nakamuras pants is on the inside leg

[Triple A]

It's cool that this match would normally not be "good" but they seem to actually be trying to "tell a story" with the match or whatever, which makes it interesting :-) (instead of just killing time with basic moves for 10-20 minutes until the last minute)

[Stickman]

Probably like Cleveland, OH

Calgary.....Alberta, Canada (srs)

[DAMN iNATOR]

Hmm, sure is tough to tell who the crowd want to win, what with all that singing of Nakamura's theme. 🤔😒

[Stickman]

If only we could get a Daniel Bryan vs Kurt Angle match.

[Evil Vito]

For one of these PPVs I hope they go full Bollywood physics with Jinder's hype video

https://i.imgur.com/PhrgLL0.gif

[KIRA]

Mahals boys couldn't quite find the shirts to match his trunks.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Best shirt of the night--- &quot;I'm jinder neutral.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/summerslam?src=hash">#summerslam</a></p>&mdash; drjonosuave (@DrJonoSuave) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJonoSuave/status/899455001587851268">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Heisenberg]

The champ mocking Shitstain Nakamura with his own taunt, Maharaja-type shit right here

[screech]

Hate when crowds sing Nakamura's theme during matches

[Evil Vito]

God dammit now I want to see Jinder in a backstage/outdoors fight segment doing shit like this

http://i.imgur.com/mskW1mQ.gif

[Droford]

Jinders finisher should be THATS MAHAL FOLKS!

[Droford]

LOL they just love that finish

[rez]

WHOOOOO!

[KIRA]

Goddamn it Vince is a racist.

But YEAH MAHAL WINS

[#1-norm-fan]

DQ finish I bet

[Heisenberg]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your Modern Day Motherfuckin Maharaja!!!!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

:|

[slik]

Jinder retains and Shinsuke suffers his first pinfall loss on the main-roster

[#1-norm-fan]

Wait, seriously? lol

[Kris P Lettus]

So predictable once his goons jumped on the apron

[Dark One]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/121/258/c8e.gif

[Triple A]

lol horrible

[Dark One]

Roman's going to win the Fatal Fourway and this show will find a way to out-shit Battleground.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

not surprised by the finish. Good match though, best Jinder match I've seen. Shinsuke worked harder than I've seen him work in WWE

[RP]

You dont fuck with the Modern Day Maharaja

[#1-norm-fan]

Please go back to New Japan, Nakamura. lol

[slik]

Carmella, cash in on Jinder plz

[Droford]

So predictable once his goons jumped on the apron

Next year at SS his goons will be in the Shark Cage and maybe he finally loses

[Evil Vito]

Jinder has to be the longest sustained troll job by the WWE.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

honestly though if Nak won it wouldn't mean shit.

[Droford]

Im gonna miss no mercy. oh well

[Emperor Smeat]

They've gotten really lazy with booking the end of Jinder matches since he became champ.

Same with his promos almost always being the same each week.

[Dark One]

Welp.

I am fucking spent.

See you all tomorrow for what will probably be way less exciting, unless Joe or Braun wins the Universal Championship and Nakamura beating Mahal

[#1-norm-fan]

Jinder has to be the longest sustained troll job by the WWE.

lol Nakamura looking like just another guy... The laziest ending possible... It's gotta be a giant troll job. lol

[Triple A]

I am fine with Jinder winning and was expecting him to win

That ending still seemed really shitty though... match just abruptly fizzled and ended... very bad

[Sepholio]

Feel like Shinsuke would be champ right now if he didn't drop Cena on his neck

[Kris P Lettus]

Lol Shayna Baszler

[RP]

It's ok. Braun will win the Universal title. Not just because it will save this show, but because it will reunite this country.

[Evil Vito]

Pre-emptive

https://whatistheexcel.com/wooobooru/_images/a3eb145f3854507465355ec244889ced/10354%20-%20Raw%20animated_macro%20autoplay_gif%20brock_lesnar%20fuck_this_company%20gif%20sledgehammer%20wwe %20wwe_world_heavyweight_championship.gif

[screech]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/121/258/c8e.gif

In tears right now lmao

[RP]

They're obviously setting everything up for Super Cena to take the title from Jinder.

[Dark One]

This is Wrestlemania 32 all over again.

[#1-norm-fan]

I am fine with Jinder winning and was expecting him to win

That ending still seemed really shitty though... match just abruptly fizzled and ended... very bad

They really need to start throwing a curveball in there instead of the same interference ending over and over.

Also, the fact that they've already made Nakamura look like just another guy on the roster is mind-boggling.

[Sepholio]

Roman retired The Deadman, not The Biker. Get ready for it.

[Dark One]

Save_Us.braun

[rez]

They really need to start throwing a curveball in there instead of the same interference ending over and over.

Also, the fact that they've already made Nakamura look like just another guy on the roster is mind-boggling.

he's next year's bayley

[Dark One]

If Joe or Braun wins, this goes from December to Dismembeslam to at least Shotgun Saturday Nightslam.

[Droford]

I wonder how the crowd would react if Rollins/Ambrose try to help Reigns

[Kris P Lettus]

Roman doesn't come through the crowd anymore?

[Stickman]

A main event of four heels, interesting.

[Dark One]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Droford]

This feels like it could be attitude era clusterfuck overbooking 101

- Paul Heyman screws Lesnar
- Shield Reunion
- Undertaker
- HHH possibly

[Emperor Smeat]

They're obviously setting everything up for Super Cena to take the title from Jinder.

Think tonight was Cena's last appearance for Smackdown. Going to RAW afterwards as part of being a free agent.

[#1-norm-fan]

If Joe or Braun wins, this goes from December to Dismembeslam to at least Shotgun Saturday Nightslam.

After that last match, it's feeling more like Heroes of Wrestlingslam.

[Triple A]

Green shirt guy sitting like 6 seats to the right instead of front row center...

[Dark One]

"The one thing Reigns has that these other two men don't have is match experience with Brock Lesnar."

I feel like no one in this company remembers the last two months between forgetting Joe/Brock and then earlier tonight forgetting the Ambrose/Rollins tag match to START THE WHOLE FUCKING REUNION.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I'm hoping the Shield interferes to help Roman and they all turn heel.

[Evil Vito]

I want Asuka to walk out and beat down all these motherfuckers and leave with the belt.

She's the hero this company needs.

[Kris P Lettus]

The announcer with the Jon Jones reference. "If Lesnar loses it's not like he couldn't go elsewhere and break Bones". Jones will smash him if that fight happens.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wanted them to give Brock pyro just as an FU to everyone else lol<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SummerSlam?src=hash">#SummerSlam</a></p>&mdash; DavKind (@DavKind76) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavKind76/status/899460052586811392">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Kris P Lettus]

Also I still love Paul Heyman

[Kris P Lettus]

Fuck yeah Lesnar

[slik]

Brock looks scared of Braun

[Droford]

Braun beating local jobber .. oh wait

[Evil Vito]

Welp, there's the excuse for Lesnar to take a nap for most of the match

[Sepholio]

Lesnar looks gassed already lol

[Droford]

Welp, there's the excuse for Lesnar to take a nap for most of the match

no..that is

[slik]

This could end up being my favorite SummerSlam main-event ever if it continues at this pace

[slik]

Brock is dead

[Sepholio]

Braun should put them all through tables.

[Droford]

Braun beating Lesnar can only happen at WM where Lesnar beat Taker.

They have to nurse it to then

[Stickman]

Missed the start of this match cuz my cable box took a shit...now all i know is strowman is destroying everyone.

[Poit]

I will never get bored of Braun throwing chairs.

[Evil Vito]

I would love to believe they made the rest of the show as terrible as possible just to make this match seem even better.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Braun chucking a chair at Joe and Reigns

[Poit]

RIP JBL's hat.

[Triple A]

lol so sweet

[Dark One]

Braun is life...

and death.

But mostly life.

[#1-norm-fan]

Pretty sure Brock has it in his contract that he only has to actually wrestle for like 5 minutes per match. lol

[owenbrown]

Braun's mayhem sponsored by Office Depot

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess Cole forgot all the times Goldberg manhandled and embarrassed Lesnar.

[Sepholio]

POWERSLAM THROUGH TABLE CITY

[slik]

Braun fucking Strowman, yes!

[Poit]

Clearly they couldn't move that table off Brock until J&J Security arrived.

[A.J.K]

This is Awesome!

[owenbrown]

J&J Security sighting

[Stickman]

I hate these spots where someone gets taken away on a stretcher

[Droford]

Braun needs to swing the stretcher with Lesnar on it into the ring post like Big Show did

[owenbrown]

is Brock putting up the X?

[#1-norm-fan]

Brock gonna do the Daniel Bryan comeback.

[slik]

Has Lesnar ever done a stretcher job before?!

[Dark One]

https://media.tenor.com/images/31143951e130364b32665be858b088df/tenor.gif

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Lesnar getting the Goodbye song

[Heisenberg]

Fuckboi crowd

[A.J.K]

Has Lesnar ever done a stretcher job before?!

He faced big show 2003 in one i think.

[Droford]

Braun should just demolish Roman and Joe and have them both be stretchered out too

[Savio]

So sick of the "Stretchered off, return later spot"

[owenbrown]

Braun is not winning this obviously :(

[Dark One]

I am 100% fine with this being a 30 minute snuff-film / Braun coronation.

[#1-norm-fan]

Strowman should just send everyone else out on a stretcher and win the match via all three being unable to continue.

[Heisenberg]

Undertaker should come out as the newer KFC Colonel and end this massacre

[Dark One]

Braun is not winning this obviously :(

You shut your whore mouth.

[Stickman]

So sick of the "Stretchered off, return later spot"
Me too, I will likely cancell my subscription after this.

[Droford]

Strowman should just send everyone else out on a stretcher and win the match via all three being unable to continue.
They'd probably call no contest though

[Emperor Smeat]

If WWE wanted to coronate a new "Beast" this is how you do it with Strowman.

Him winning the Universal title after taking out Lesnar would be the icing on the cake.

[Stickman]

I really dislike Reigns.

[Evil Vito]

When Braun debuted two years ago, he seemed like such a generic hoss.

I never imagined he'd be my favorite guy on the entire roster.

[A.J.K]

Strowman vs Lesnar , last beast standing match at wrestlemania?

[slik]

The edge of the steel steps are what busted Braun open

[Droford]

Undertaker chant

vince is backstage having a seizure

[#1-norm-fan]

They'd probably call no contest though

How would that be a no contest? lol

[Stickman]

Love Lesnar

[owenbrown]

goddammit Roman, go away

[Sepholio]

Worst. Spear. Ever.

[Droford]

How would that be a no contest? lol

Match can only end in pinfall submission countout or dq

[Savio]

This is a hellacious match, Carmella should cash in on the winner.

[Stickman]

Worst. Spear. Ever.

Lol yeah. He sucks

[#1-norm-fan]

Match can only end in pinfall submission countout or dq

Clearly a countout or a DQ doesn't end the match... lol

Have you really never seen a match where one guy can't continue and the other guy wins?

[Poit]

Match can only end in pinfall submission countout or dq

There are no DQs in triple threats, four ways, etc., unless it's an elimination match.

[KIRA]

I fucking hate Roman right now

[Droford]

lol at roman popping back up

[KIRA]

They need to take him out first

[Emperor Smeat]

Reigns' Superman Punches are the worst thing about this match (and his matches in general).

[slik]

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[RP]

Biker Taker music hits but he's still stuck at the hotel parking lot trying to start his hog

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[Stickman]

Yes!

[Kris P Lettus]

Fuck yeah Lesnar

[Droford]

LOL I GOT IT 100% right in tipsters

[Evil Vito]

This wrestling company just isn't for me anymore.

[Sepholio]

wtf.....

[DAMN iNATOR]

I'm OK with this. At least Roman didn't get his grubby hands on the belt.

[rez]

oh well. at least reigns didn't win

[GD]

What a main event! Absolutely awesome!

[slik]

Lesnar pins Roman Reigns to retain, 1-2-3. That wasn't expected (Roman getting pinned).

Fantastic match!

[Droford]

Braun vs Lesnar at WM is as good as booked

[Emperor Smeat]

Universal match was pretty good overall. Surprised it was Reigns who took the pin.

[Dark One]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/121/258/c8e.gif

[Triple A]

Great freaking match

[KIRA]

Ok now I can say it there is an upcoming event in Memphis and Brock is advertised for RAW

[Savio]

F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S

[Kris P Lettus]

Braun vs Lesnar at WM is as good as booked

I will be there

:cool:

[GD]

Can't believe they had Lesnar pin Roman. I am so ecstatic.

[Stickman]

The main event may have saved a terrible show.

[GD]

No Taker :lol:

[Dark One]

I'll give this show 3/10.

One point for getting its name right.
One point for Usos vs. New Day
One point for Braun murdering people.

[#1-norm-fan]

Stream crapped out. Cool match though and apparently the ending was what it should have been.

[#1-norm-fan]

Probably gonna be Brock vs Strowman at Survivor Series and then Brock vs Roman for the title at WrestleMania.

[Evil Vito]

The match was great but if you think the WM34 main event isn't gonna be Lesnar eating a clean pin against Roman, you're nuts.

[Triple A]

The main event may have saved a terrible show.

Ya I think so

[Droford]

Probably gonna be Brock vs Strowman at Survivor Series and then Brock vs Roman for the title at WrestleMania.

The match was great but if you think the WM34 main event isn't gonna be Lesnar eating a clean pin against Roman, you're nuts.

Brock probably wont even be around again til December or right around Royal Rumble.

Braun wins the Rumble

Id imagine Roman/Brock at the Rumble

[slik]

Brock has had TWO match of the year contenders. Tonight at SummerSlam and against Goldberg at WrestleMania

[Droford]

The main event may have saved a terrible show.

RAW Tag Title Match onwards was all good

[Evil Vito]

The match was great but I can't get even find myself getting excited about a potential Lesnar/Strowman match in the coming months because it's just so ridiculously obvious they're gonna be doing Lesnar/Reigns at Mania. I really don't trust them at all to strike when the iron is hot on Strowman.

Maybe I'm just worn down by this company. Wish I could be more optimistic but it's hard to be nowadays.

[KIRA]

Summerslam: where the kickoff is our best shot

[#1-norm-fan]

RAW Tag Title Match onwards was all good

lol Did you watch a different Nakamura vs Mahal match than Everyone else?

[slik]

Brock has been advertised for the next RAW ppv, No Mercy, for weeks.
John Cena has too, so get ready for Cena to appear on RAW for the next month.

[Triple A]

I feel like Strowman doesn't need to have the WWE Championship and might even be better off without it for now (until they're ready to give him a "dominant" reign or whatever, instead of just having him lose in a few months to Reigns)

[Droford]

lol Did you watch a different Nakamura vs Mahal match than Everyone else?

i liked it aside from the finish

[#1-norm-fan]

Brock has been advertised for the next RAW ppv, No Mercy, for weeks.
John Cena has too, so get ready for Cena to appear on RAW for the next month.

... They're gonna waste Cena vs Strowman as a throwaway match on Raw, aren't they?

[Triple A]

I agree with Droford actually I think

Everything was good / pretty good (other than the Jinder/Nakamura ending) from the tag match onwards

[Droford]

Marti Belle lol

More TNA castaways

[Kris P Lettus]

@Darkone didn't you used to love Lesnar?

[slik]

Is Marti Belle good?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

yeah mahal nakamura was fine, finish was bad, and it was strangely short. But the action was decent.

[Droford]

https://i.redd.it/wzp6f4icnygz.jpg

I didnt see the preshow..ouch

[DAMN iNATOR]

Biker Taker music hits but he's still stuck at the hotel parking lot trying to start his hog

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Would be better than if he had it happen at another PPV, like what happened during his entrance @ Verngeance 2003...worst part was he kept looking around and trying to start it for like at least a minute before he FINALLY gave up, got off the bike and walked to the ring...so bad...they zoomed in on 'Taker's face a couple of times and the commentators joked about how he was focused on Cena as a really bad cover up for what was going on...his entrance lasted probably over 2 minutes, when he should've been down to the ring in a little over half the time.

[Droford]

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I wanna see Heath Slater as Universal Champion while that pic is possible

[Emperor Smeat]

I feel like Strowman doesn't need to have the WWE Championship and might even be better off without it for now (until they're ready to give him a "dominant" reign or whatever, instead of just having him lose in a few months to Reigns)

Wouldn't put it past the WWE to feed Strowman to Lesnar so Reigns eventually victory is made into a bigger deal but WWE really needs to pull the trigger soon on Strowman. If the sheets are correct, Reigns is winning the belt at Mania and having the long reign needed to make him into the next Cena.

Strowman's red hot now with crowds but its not going to last and WWE has a really bad habit of not striking the iron while its hot for stars.

[#1-norm-fan]

yeah mahal nakamura was fine, finish was bad, and it was strangely short. But the action was decent.

I look at matches as a whole. And overall it was a steaming pile of dogshit. The action didn't really matter at all because it built to nothing. The ending was abrupt and horrible. It was like they were slowly building the beginning of a 20 minute match and then they just ended it halfway through in the worst way possible.

[Bad News Gertner]

Amazing Summerslam

[#1-norm-fan]

https://i.redd.it/wzp6f4icnygz.jpg

I didnt see the preshow..ouch

lol What!?!

[#1-norm-fan]

I need to watch that match now just to see what it looked like.

[FakeLaser]

The Hardyz and Jason Jordan vs. Miz, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel
who cares
*

Akira Tozawa (c) vs. Neville
Thought this was really good, will be forgotten because it was 11 hours ago.
***3/4

Big E and Xavier Woods (c) vs. The Usos
Best pre-show match of all-time, best WWE tag match since Revival/DIY III.
****1/2

John Cena vs. Baron Corbin
Basically a TV match. Don't give a fuck about Corbin so don't care that he's being buried. Glad we don't have to deal with a shitty Corbin title reign this year.
**

Big Cass vs. Big Show
Awful. Enzo and Cass are annoying as fuck but neither of them should be singles wrestlers. They hid their weaknesses well as a team, and are best served working the opening match to pop the crowd. They're really not capable of anything more. Big Cass is basically an even worse version of Test.
DUD

Randy Orton vs. Rusev
Should have just left this off the card but I guess they needed a Randy Orton match and figured an RKO "outta nowhere" would pop the crowd after the Show/Cass match they probably knew would bomb.
DUD

Bray Wyatt vs. 'The Demon' Finn Balor
Perfectly cromulent
***

Sheamus and Cesaro (c) vs. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins
Pretty good match, giving it an extra 1/2 star via Cesaro popping the beach ball.
****

AJ Styles (c) vs. Kevin Owens
This would have been better if it was less a vehicle to build to Shane vs. Kevin Owens but it was still v good with some cool sequences.
***1/2

Naomi (c) vs. Natalya
I actually thought this was pretty good, especially because I figured it'd be garbage. Match played to Naomi's strengths, letting her display her athleticism with Nattie dictating the pace.
***

Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks
Very meh. Alexa is great with her facial expressions and cuts a good promo, but she's still not much in the ring.
**

Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Another mailed in performance from Nak, who only brings it when he feels the match/opponent are on his level. The Mahal experiment needs to end. He's got great presentation (for 80s WWF) but his matches are just awful and you're basically guaranteeing a mediocre to bad main event at every SD PPV, which is just not acceptable these days.
*

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe vs. Braun Strowman
Great hoss fight, unexpected result. I see people talking about how Lesnar showed up to work for once, but he basically napped in the back for half the match and threw a couple of suplexes. Multi-man matches are the best use of Lesnar, really. Star-making performance for Braun if he wasn't already basically a made man. They may hold off on him getting the strap until Wrestlemania. He's proven that he can really rally the crowd behind him authentically and he's a Vince wet-dream. Sky's the limit. Was pulling for Joe but whatever.
****

[Dark One]

@Darkone didn't you used to love Lesnar?

I did and still kind of do, but it's hard to be hyped for a dude that shows up once every three months for a five minute match that's as predictable as it is short.

I still think he's a great special attraction, but almost all of his matches since the match with Roman at Wrestlemania 31 have felt pretty much the same. WWE seems to have a problem lately of finding a pattern that kind of sort of works for a guy and just mashing the shit out of that button until no one cares any more--like with Jinder, every one of his title defenses has been exactly the same, whether it was in a Punjabi Prison or whatever else, and he's not even a hundredth of the attraction that Lesnar is.

[Kris P Lettus]

That has been the same since the beginning of professional wrestling.

[Dark One]

Not really sure what WWE's endgame was for this show.

They pulled the trigger on a bunch of title changes... but a vast majority of those aren't even moderately interesting.

Like, Naomi's reign was pretty blah and flat, but I can't imagine that Nattie "YAAAAAAAAAAAAYing" for the next two months is going to be any better.

Why kill Neville's legitimizing reign just to give him the title back six days later? What's the upside either than a short-term pop on Raw that they gave all of like two minutes to? Same thing with the SD Tag Titles--like, I'm cool with Thug Usos being champs again, because they're hot right now, but why take the belts off of them for a month, then?

Raw Tag Titles will be interesting, at least, since the crowd is super into Dean/Rollins, but given the track record of the past month, I have zero faith they won't immediately lose tomorrow night in a rematch.

The two big scenes that needed changing are the world title situations on each brand. Jinder's run has been just as repetitive as Brock's, just in a more condensed time period since he's on the show every week. It's been mostly the same promo and the same title defense show after show, but after playing 52-pick-up with the other scenes that don't need it, they leave both of those the same as they came in as?

[Kris P Lettus]

It will probably be the same until Vince McMahon finally retires. Or gets rid of some of their older writers who are stuck with bland old ideas

[Dark One]

That has been the same since the beginning of professional wrestling.

I would argue that the Mahal/Lesnar stuff is more egregious than most, because neither of them have any real substance to them other than the bullet points they hit in every defense.

Jinder's matches have plenty of white noise in them to fill time, which maybe obfuscates it a little better, but it's just that--white noise. Like, it feels like killing time for the brothers formerly known as Bollywood to get murdered, the Khalas, and then walk away to cut another promo about how no one likes him because of his heritage or whatever, repeat.

Lesnar is just a handful of suplexes in five minutes and then an F-5.

I'm not arguing that this isn't something that's happened since the dawn of time, but I will argue that there's usually something more substantive between the bullet points. Sure, Rollins won via Corporate Kane or J&J or other shenanigans month after month, but stuff still felt like it happened in his defenses between the bell ringing and the usual chicanery.

[FakeLaser]

I don't think I've seen Mahal do anything but restholds

[Simple Fan]

Seen most the show after the shark cage match. Thought it was good for what it was, assume they'll split the two if they do another shake up. Bliss vs Banks was a great match and probably the best Blss match yet in my opinion. Felt like I was watching a HHH match a bit with how dominant Alexa was in the match. Liked Finn/Wyatt but it was nothing special. US championship matches was match of the night in my opinion and sets up KO/Shane which could be brutal. Interested to see where Styles goes with the US title now as well. Didn't watch all of the Raw tag match but what I did I liked. She is reunion would be cool but who would they really fight? Kind of checked out of the Mahal/Nakamura match, just didn't have that big fight feel like the main event plus a weak build. Main event was exciting, Braun is a monster and a match with him and Lesnar alone should be great. Not sure where Joe goes now but again could be moving in another shakeup. Overall what I seen was a great show. Going to go back and watch the cruiserweight and SD tag team match later.

[RP]

Best Summerslam ever.

[Destor]

Really strong show. Dunno what all the bitching is about

[Dark One]

At least this show gave us this:

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[Evil Vito]

Despite there being a lot of amazing content on the Network that would more than justify the $10 pricepoint - WWE still manage to make me feel filthy for giving them any money when they put out PPVs like this.

Coming back to this thought now that the show is over and I have more "perspective"...it really is at the point where consumers need to decide what is more important to them: the main product being good or all the other stuff the Network has to offer.

For me (right now at least) it's the latter. Takeover ruled, I'm excited to see the direction NXT heads moving forward, and I'm kinda pumped for the Mae Young Classic. I thought this show mostly blew ass, but anything I got out of it would've been a bonus as the $10 was already worth it for the other stuff.

But for people whose disappointment of the main product exceeds any enjoyment you get from the rest of the stuff.......really don't see why you'd keep giving them money every month at this point. Seems kinda dumb considering how much other wrasslin' is out there in 2017.

We all know the main product isn't gonna really change much until Vince is no longer in charge anyway.

[Dark One]

They're flirting with danger by canceling so much of that "other content" I think.

[FakeLaser]

Really strong show. Dunno what all the bitching is about
Questionable booking, length (5.5 hours), bad WWE title match.

I'd have cut Cass vs. Show and Orton vs. Rusev. Those are TV matches. The only purpose they could have served on this show is as cooldown matches but instead they put them both at the start of the show which made the PPV feel DOA.

Cut the pre-show by an hour and main event it with Naomi vs. Natalya. Open with the Hardyz/JJ vs. Miztourage.

Open the PPV with the SD tag match to heat up the crowd. First couple of matches on the PPV killed the show's momentum before it even got started. Move the cruiserweight match to the PPV also.

Show would have been 100x better if they cut some of the filler and paced it better.

There was no fixing the WWE title match. Nak doesn't bring it in matches he feels are beneath him. He was the same in NJPW. They shouldn't have booked the match at all, or just had Nak bulldoze him to end this charade.

Owens vs. Styles would have been way better if it wasn't basically just an angle to build to Shane vs. Owens. Kinda weird to book a blowoff match between two of the best wrestlers in the world at a major PPV to build to a match between one of the wrestlers and the non-wrestler guest referee which will likely take place at a B PPV.

I'd have had Tozawa retain as well, Neville has basically done all he can do in the CW division. Would be great to move him up. Imagine if they put him in a program with Styles now.

[Droford]

Best Summerslam ever.

02 and 98 are saying hey..

[FakeLaser]

02 and 98 are saying hey..
I'd say 1992 and 2013 were better too.

[#1-norm-fan]

02 is easily the best.

[FakeLaser]

02 is easily the best.
1992 is prob my favorite but yeah 02 is better top to bottom for sure.

[FakeLaser]

Love 1994 as well, mainly for the cage match, though Nakano vs. Blayze is also good and Diesel vs. Razor is decent enough. Main event is unbelievably bad and the rest is forgettable or terrible (looking at you, Luger vs. Tatanka.)

[FakeLaser]

Haven't seen Summerslams 2004-2012 though I suspect I'm not missing much

[slik]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Really wouldn't mind Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Slater for the Universal Title on a RAW. Slater is a legitimate main eventer now that they've brought the roof down on that.

[Droford]

I'd take Slater randomly beating the miz for the IC title

[Evil Vito]

Show would've been much better if it had more Daryl Takahashi

http://assets.change.org/photos/0/qw/mq/tTQWmQtwHGiMDah-1600x900-noPad.jpg?1500720882

:love:

[A.J.K]

I'd take Slater randomly beating the miz for the IC title

Seriously though, Heath Does Deserve at least an IC title win. Then again it would also be nice to see Rhyno with a Championship too.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Worst SummerSlam ever.

Agreed.

[Moose Knuckle]

I'd say 1992 and 2013 were better too.

Gotta throw 2001 in there as well. Loved the Austin-Angle and Van Dam-Hardy matches.

[FakeLaser]

Gotta throw 2001 in there as well. Loved the Austin-Angle and Van Dam-Hardy matches.
True

[Mr. Pierre]

I love wrestling, but man this show dragged and was just too long.

All the matches were at least good, but wasnt a fan of Jinder/Nak and Show/Cass.

On a 4-6 hour PPV, the writing needs to be off the charts and creative to keep people in attendance and at home invested. You can get away with poor booking but good matches on a 2.5-3 hour show, but not a show like last night.

Good stuff from majority of the talent, there were just flat stories throughout the show.

[Emperor Smeat]

Reason for the Cruiser title change yesterday and why it also happened last week on RAW.

It appears that Akira Tozawa's Cruiserweight title win on Monday was a decision that was made by Vince McMahon the day of the event, according to the latest Wrestling Observer Radio. With the title changing hands again at SummerSlam, it was obviously a change just for TV purposes made by Vince as the long term plan is still to push Neville as the champion.

So not even Tozawa is being seen as the guy to lead the division next.

[GD]

I wish Vince did not micromanage the 205 roster.

[Big Vic]

Ridiculous

[GD]

Maybe they'll build up Lio Rush.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Maybe they'll build up Lio Rush.

Surprised they didn't rescind his contract offer after that bullshit piledriver no sell.

[mike adamle]

For someone who hates indy wrestling you sure do seem to know what a lot of indy wrestlers have been up to.

[JimmyMess]

I didnt get to watch but it sounds like roman took the pin? Thats the last guy i thought

[DaveWadding]

2003 was a great Summerslam too. But I was there, so I have a little bias.

[Mr. Nerfect]

For someone who hates indy wrestling you sure do seem to know what a lot of indy wrestlers have been up to.

It pops up on these corners of the internet, mike. You don't need to go into a wrestler's personal diary to find out what they have been up to when you have it shared on forums you frequent.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Surprised they didn't rescind his contract offer after that bullshit piledriver no sell.

Lol, WWE style and indy geek style are converging very quickly. I doubt it will ever completely overlap, but the WWE style is quickly becoming indy with rest holds over commercial breaks.

[JimmyMess]

So what did baron corbin do to have everything stop for him? Didnt wwe do the same thing to kennedy? But just took the case from him instead. Killed the push either way. Is he just that terrible?

[Mr. Nerfect]

So what did baron corbin do to have everything stop for him? Didnt wwe do the same thing to kennedy? But just took the case from him instead. Killed the push either way. Is he just that terrible?

He got into a Twitter argument with someone who served. They defended Dave Meltzer and Corbin called him a geek who hasn't done anything, and the guy replied by with something like "Vince McMahon didn't think I was a geek when he met me last year as I was fighting for this country," and Corbin back-tracked.

Honestly, faux pas from Corbin that it might be, he back-tracked in about the smartest way possible. "I was wrong, I don't like your opinion, but you're not nothing." Or something like that. It's dumb, because it's heels on Twitter, but I'd rather he be punished because he sucks, haha.

[Emperor Smeat]

Supposedly he also has a lot of heat backstage to the point he's hated as much as Enzo is but for unknown reasons.

According to the Observer, the Twitter stuff was the final straw causing the WWE to respond harshly.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

https://i.imgur.com/p8Qwtfr_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high

[#1-norm-fan]

Probably gonna be Brock vs Strowman at Survivor Series...

Damn. Even thinking they could only hold it off til Survivor Series was giving them too much credit.

[Lock Jaw]

Hey, my first thought was that it would make a great Wrestlemania main event.

"lol"

[Cool King]

I bet Rusev beats Orton clean. Orton doesn't need the win

But he'll get it anyway.

We shall see

[Cool King]

Ten seconds.

[XL]

I didn't pay attention the whole way through, was there anything mentioned about Goldust's "new project" at all?