Evolution PPV Thread

[KIRA]

It's not just that Becky is getting cheered, she is the most over female I've even seen in WWE. Maybe late 90's Lita comes close, but other than that I can't thing of anybody that comes close.

There is no reason WWE shouldn't pivot whatever long term plans they had an go 100% with Becky as champ.

It's the whole lightning in a bottle, yeah WWE didn't plan it this way, but that makes it better, and they shouldn't waste it by being to stubborn and stupid not to take advantage.
So of course they're going to waste it by being stubborn and stupid and not taking advantage

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the "You Deserve It" chants for Charlotte getting whacked

[DaveWadding]

this is the shit.

[KIRA]

Michael Cole acknowledging Becky's cult following but then trying to downplay it by emphasizing the word some when it's more like all

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at the welts on Charlotte's back

[slik]

Plz donut injure Becky

Thks

[Stickman]

Lol table botch

[Triple A]

damn @ table not breaking, that's a shame

[Emperor Smeat]

So Charlotte still has terrible accuracy with her moonsaults.

Charlotte's lucky she didn't bust her jaw or something just as bad with how off she was.

[Stickman]

I hate when they fuck up and try again. Move on do something else then come back to it

[Stickman]

Lol at the ladder staying erect

[slik]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at the ladder spot

[KIRA]

Charlotte is going to eat the ladder

[slik]

Good selling from C Flair on bodyslam on ladder

[slik]

Why isn't this a TLC match

[Stickman]

The ref slide the chair to Becky. Fuck me

[Blonde Moment]

a bit out of place ;P

[KIRA]

When your semi main event is worlds better than your main event can ever be

[slik]

This is a pretty good match

[Stickman]

Tlc match between these two in the works

[Emperor Smeat]

How was that not a 10 count on Charlotte?

[Stickman]

Why’d the ref take so long to count

[Emperor Smeat]

Mike Chioda is really terrible when it comes to Last Man/Woman matches

[xrodmuc316]

WTF!! Being on your knees at 9 TWICE breaks the count???

[Emperor Smeat]

This is some Super Cena/Reigns BS booking with Charlotte.

[Stickman]

WTF!! Being on your knees at 9 TWICE breaks the count???

Equality!

[xrodmuc316]

I'm so fucking confused right now

[Emperor Smeat]

If a powerbomb from the top rope to the outside doesn't end this match than Road Dogg and Vince are freaking morons.


Nevermind, Beckymania still running wild on the Blue Brand.

Really great match overall.

[KIRA]

Count you f****** idiot

[Stickman]

If a powerbomb from the top rope to the outside doesn't end this match than Road Dogg and Vince are freaking morons

I wonder what the ref was having a full conversation before the powerbomb was about

[DaveWadding]

Great ending, hell of a match.

[xrodmuc316]

LOL she was more on her feet on 7, 8, 9, and 10 than she was the last 2 times they broke the count.

Road Dogg is an idiot

[Evil Vito]

God damn I'm so glad I got home in time to see that

[KIRA]

Boy that main event was great wasn't it

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if the rumored Asuka vs Becky feud is next since Asuka was the original plan to win the Battle Royale before WWE pulled a "Did It For The Rock" move with Nia.

[Evil Vito]

LOL massive boos for Crown Jewel hype

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: another plug for Crown Jewel.

WWE has to be fully aware of how tone deaf they've become by now.

[Blonde Moment]

Well what kind of clusterfuck do we have to lok forward to now?
Nikki is not capable to carrying someone this green..

[xrodmuc316]

Wonder if the rumored Asuka vs Becky feud is next since Asuka was the original plan to win the Battle Royale before WWE pulled a "Did It For The Rock" move with Nia.

"Did it, for the people"

[xrodmuc316]

Boy that main event was great wasn't it

Great match, horrible ref logic.

[xrodmuc316]

:lol: another plug for Crown Jewel.

WWE has to be fully aware of how tone deaf they've become by now.

I wonder how WWE would react if a ton of people cancelled the network right after Evolution, then sign back up right after Crown Jewel.

That's a message WWE would have to understand right?

[KIRA]

Well they won't need to be calling an ambulance for Nikki Bella they should just make it a hearse

[slik]

Boo the Bella

[slik]

U could hear the crowd booing Crown Jewel

[KIRA]

I wonder how WWE would react if a ton of people cancelled the network right after Evolution, then sign back up right after Crown Jewel.

That's a message WWE would have to understand right?

Not this company no they'll just say it's because the evolution pay-per-view was a complete and abject failure that people were so disappointed in that they opted to miss Crown Jewel

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the poor reactions for Nikki.

Ouch at even Ronda not getting great reactions for her entrance.

Not a good sign for the main event if the crowd barely cares anymore after witnessing Stone Cold Becky's triumph minutes earlier.

[xrodmuc316]

"I can't stay with you without marriage"
"Lets get married"
"I can't marry you cause I want kids"
"I will have kids with you"
"I can't marry you cause???"
"I guess you can no longer C Me"

All I can think about when Nikki Bella shows up

[slik]

The Bellas suck

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Infamous ref from Carmella's MITB cash-in

Mike Chioda is not an infamous ref.

[xrodmuc316]

Fearless, not afraid of anything, but marriage :)

[KIRA]

I will concede that Daniel Bryan probably married the wrong Bella Twin

[Triple A]

I like how Rousey tries to realistically fight out of submission moves instead of them just being shitty boring unrealistic 2 minute rest holds like in other WWE matches

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE needing Ronda to do long matches really exposes how weak they suddenly made her after starting off as a beast. Same problem Goldberg had where his aura started to feel a lot less special the more he had to do longer matches.

[KIRA]

Takes out the 6ft 5 Triple H having serious trouble with the Bella Twins WWE logic

[Triple A]

Ronda's forehead bleeding, wonder if she actually hit her head on the ringpost

[Stickman]

Lol at Micheal cole texting

[RP]

Hey guys, I think Nikki has a chance here.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Ronda being too loud calling the spot.

[slik]

Michael Cole taken out lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Decent main event but also way too long.

Smackdown title match really should have closed out the show.

[Crimson]

Wtf was that kissing necessary

[KIRA]

There is also a massive bruise on Nikki Bella's hip

[Crimson]

Where's the other horsewomen

[Emperor Smeat]

Entertaining event overall even if some of the matches had flat or meh endings ... just like regular WWE PPVs so I guess that counts as equality.

Guess on the bright side, at least WWE didn't throw away a historic main event just to put the spotlight on something else instead.

Like with the Women's Rumble match having Asuka's spotlight taken away for someone not involved in the match, rumor was the MMA 4 Horsewomen were going to interfere in this match and likely turn Ronda heel in the process. So basically Evolution's main event would just have been a toss-away moment for Survivor Series and Ronda's Pals.

[Triple A]

Wtf was that kissing necessary

Long ass uncomfortable kiss

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

was pleasantly surprised with the main event. For the most part it made sense when Ronda was selling.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Far too much Crown Jewel stuff tonight.

[slik]

Really good show overall

[Volare]

I watched for this...

https://media1.tenor.com/images/67b8598df7d47ee1bfab7fd59d427ba9/tenor.gif?itemid=12573529

and this...

https://66.media.tumblr.com/6c655e65ca807cf87c790fabc0795bf7/tumblr_pbv3wsYul01uvyu9yo1_500.gif

That is all.

[Tom Guycott]

Would you expect anything less?

[xrodmuc316]

You know what, why does Nia Jax cry every time she wins a match? That makes sense for an underdog, but when you weigh 200 pounds more than your opponents, shouldn't you expect to win?

[RP]

she needs to stop eating.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Has a company ever done a great thing and followed it up five days later with something shit?

Is Evolution the NXT TakeOver of Crown Jewel?

[Emperor Smeat]

Has a company ever done a great thing and followed it up five days later with something shit?

Is Evolution the NXT TakeOver of Crown Jewel?

WCW once had Lex Luger break Hogan's ironhold grip on the WCW World Championship only to hand it right back to Hogan 5 days later.

[Triple A]

You know what, why does Nia Jax cry every time she wins a match? That makes sense for an underdog, but when you weigh 200 pounds more than your opponents, shouldn't you expect to win?

Yeah... also always feels extremely forced... like all of her promos tbh

[slik]

Ronda vs Nia was good the 1st time it happened but I'm surprised they are already doing a rematch

[Sepholio]

Ronda v Nia round 2 at SS is how they will debut the 4 horsewomen angle that they held off on tonight.

[slik]

Wouldn't that angle turn Ronda heel tho?

There's zero chance of Shayna getting a face push. Seems like turning Ronda heel would be 'dumb' r/n

[slik]

Then again they think Charlotte is a face

[GD]

It was a fine PPV. Appreciated the production and lighting scheme. Felt more of a NXT event rather than a WWE one. I guess Vince wasn't involved as heavily. Did anyone else catch Cole on the phone during the main event?

[slik]

Cole was texting all night I read

[slik]

#WhoWasColeTexting

[Lock Jaw]

Sorry I was not here with y'all, but I started watching the show late.

Anyways, I loved the show. Probably one of my favourite shows of the year. I hope they do more all-women events. Maybe a "Big Four" per year. (Not timed around the other Big 4 which already have NXT Takeovers)

Even the matches I thought that I wouldn't care about like the Battle Royale and the 6 women tag ended up being highly enjoyable.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Texting with Vince or Corey Graves?

[slik]

Maybe Cole was sexting!!

[slik]

@lock jaw


I really liked it too. Great show.

[slik]

Cole prob sexting someone unexpected...maybe IVORY??

[slik]

OH MY

[slik]

COULD IT BE

[slik]

IT IS!!!

[slik]

(Michael Cole sends a dick pic)

[slik]

AN EXPLOSIVE DEBUT!!

[xrodmuc316]

Nia is more miscast as a face then Charlotte is. King Kong Bundy wasn't a face, and Nia shouldn't be either.

Also confused at putting over Ember Moon throughout the match just to not put her over and give her the win.

[GD]

I wish Ember Moon would've won the Battle Royal but then again Nia Jax is far more popular and a rematch with Ronda is warranted.

[slik]

Ember a solid contender to win the Royal Rumble now imo

[xrodmuc316]

I wish Ember Moon would've won the Battle Royal but then again Nia Jax is far more popular and a rematch with Ronda is warranted.

More popular than Ember? I beg to differ.

[GD]

Ember is solid in the ring. Wish her character was more defined. Has been a complain since her days in NXT.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the Network went from Evolution to House Hardy Halloween <a href="https://t.co/vjppaj5sjL">pic.twitter.com/vjppaj5sjL</a></p>&mdash; BIll kauFF (@BillKauff) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillKauff/status/1056734807219146753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nope.</p>&mdash; Rebecca Quin (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1056741669733838848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Becky Vs. Ronda Survivor Series after all. :y:

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Ember is solid in the ring. Wish her character was more defined. Has been a complain since her days in NXT.

It really is. She has been the character since a kid playing Dungeon and Dragons.

[Franco Vazquez]

What a poor PPV. Crown Jewel sold all seats within few hours whereas it took months to fill seats for this one. I see many people praising Becky vs Charlotte match. Like just because they did some monkey stuff doesn't its good. Men wrestlers hardly get any stipulation like that in WWE otherwise I am pretty sure they would have 1000 times better match than that.

[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She tried. <a href="https://t.co/roO56ylSAJ">pic.twitter.com/roO56ylSAJ</a></p>&mdash; Rebecca Quin (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1056890653374853120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Volare]

Savage Beck.

[ClockShot]

:rofl:

Brutal. I love it.

[slik]

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[Lock Jaw]

Scrolling down, thought she was kissing a vibrator

[Gerard]

What was the attendance for this meant to be? The setup looked more like a house show with the regular railings with banners on them instead of the padded ones we see on most other shows?

[Swiss Ultimate]

What was the attendance for this meant to be? The setup looked more like a house show with the regular railings with banners on them instead of the padded ones we see on most other shows?

It was meant to be slightly bigger than a backyard wrestling match.

[Mr. Nerfect]

What was the attendance for this meant to be? The setup looked more like a house show with the regular railings with banners on them instead of the padded ones we see on most other shows?

Not sold out. They were selling tickets for $7 right up to the event and there were pockets of empty seats and they had plenty of room to put people into the crowd for spots.

[Emperor Smeat]

Based on those at the event, WWE pretty much shut off the feed on the tron whenever they showed ads for Crown Jewel. Got that upset over the crowd who kept booing it rightfully so.


What was the attendance for this meant to be? The setup looked more like a house show with the regular railings with banners on them instead of the padded ones we see on most other shows?
The usual 10k-15k range for smaller PPV events.

Considering WWE supposedly barely cared about the event itself to begin with, made sense they'd use a house show or NXT format for the setup and lighting.

[Vastardikai]

The question on everyone's mind:

How many Titties got honked?

:shifty:

[Swiss Ultimate]

The question on everyone's mind:

How many Titties got honked?

:shifty:

I don't think Lawler was even there.

[Bad News Gertner]

Not a fan of how this inspires women to be whatever they want to be.

[KIRA]

Not a fan of how this inspires women to be whatever they want to be.

You didn't even enjoy Becky killing Charlotte?

Also I'm pretty sure Shayna baszler is a man.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Thinking about checking out the Becky/Charlotte match. Was it as good as I hear?

[GD]

Meltzer suggested it was one of the best main roster matches of the year.

[Emperor Smeat]

Could make a strong argument on it being the best ever women's match on the main roster and MotY candidate in the WWE. I'd be shocked if WWE didn't put it in the Top 5/10 for their own list at the end of the year.

Only real complaint was the ref being comical at how inconsistent he was with the counting. Like the final 10 count shouldn't have happened since he called off similar downs earlier in the match.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I watched a condensed version of the show on YouTube. The Becky Charlotte match looked fun, although there were some clips of Becky being sorta cowardly in demeanor. I'm stunned she won honestly.

[Mr. Nerfect]

That's a very frustrating thing though, haha. It kind of defeats the hard work the women did. If I can't make sense of it, maybe I should give it a skip.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I watched a condensed version of the show on YouTube. The Becky Charlotte match looked fun, although there were some clips of Becky being sorta cowardly in demeanor. I'm stunned she won honestly.

Yeah, I was predicting Charlotte to win and piss off the crowd.

[Lock Jaw]

Thinking about checking out the Becky/Charlotte match. Was it as good as I hear?

You should definitely skip it, because you don't like good things anymore.

[Mr. Nerfect]

:roll:

[Fignuts]

Thinking about checking out the Becky/Charlotte match. Was it as good as I hear?

I think it's been overhyped a bit, but the PPV is worth a watch. Becky vs Charlotte, Storm vs Shirai, and Sane vs Bayzler were all good. Everything else was at least a solid fun match.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Becky versus Charlotte was a touch sloppy at times but where they succeeded was with intensity and creating a big fight feel. Maybe not an all time classic, but they definitely delivered something worth talking about when the division needed it.

I preferred it over that clusterfuck NXT ladder match from earlier in the year that everyone acted like was the greatest thing ever.

[Bad News Gertner]

You didn't even enjoy Becky killing Charlotte?

Also I'm pretty sure Shayna baszler is a man.

I don't even watch the men, let alone the women. (I'm just being annoying, I like women's wrestling but I don't watch current wrestling at all. Judy Martin > Anyone on the show .)

[Swiss Ultimate]

I don't even watch the men, let alone the women. (I'm just being annoying, I like women's wrestling but I don't watch current wrestling at all. Judy Martin > Anyone on the show .)

I think I removed all ads through this thread. Now you can read everything I said.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I think it's been overhyped a bit, but the PPV is worth a watch. Becky vs Charlotte, Storm vs Shirai, and Sane vs Bayzler were all good. Everything else was at least a solid fun match.

It sounds like they avoided a lot of the "chokepoints" I thought they might hit. The sadist in me was kind of hoping they would, becomes sometimes a disaster of a show is more fun than something solid, lol.

That referee thing might seem little, but that sort of thing really bugs me. Is it super-noticeable?

[slik]

Gertner actually attended the show. I have proof:


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There was a dude in the men’s room last night at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEEvolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEEvolution</a> ranting about wanting “hot lesbian action” and bra and panties matches. “That’s what we want!” The response was crickets. He had zero support. One guy replied, “Do you want a time machine, too?”</p>&mdash; Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) <a href="https://twitter.com/marc_raimondi/status/1056921616721035264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Bad News Gertner]

The show would been actually entertaining. Pudding matches > Becky vs Charlotte.

[Big Vic]

Not a fan of how this inspires women to be whatever they want to be.

It's this kind of toxicity that inspires people like Bad News Gertner to not want to post anymore.

[Bad News Gertner]

Bad News Gertner hasn't been around in a long time has he?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

His lack of presence is the worst news of all :(

[#1-norm-fan]

Main event of this show is already being given away for free on YouTube by WWE.. It’s Rousey vs. Nikki Bella and for some reason it’s 20+ minutes long. Do they do a good job of making an excuse for why it takes Ronda over 20 minutes to dispose of Nikki Bella or should I just ignore it?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The condensed version I saw the night of the ppv showed her in peril and Brie giving her trouble. So I'm not sure how you'd take that.

How Ronda isn't a Brock Lesnar esque wrecking ball is odd tho. She doesn't need 20 minute matches. She might get more over just bulldozing people.

[Destor]

Why would she dispose of nikki bella in less than 20 min? Its a work. Everyone buying a ticket knows that grandpa

[Simple Fan]

Bad News Gertner hasn't been around in a long time has he?

Nashvember is upon us and he's usually Nashgiving. Hopefully he'll make a return.

[#1-norm-fan]

Why would she dispose of nikki bella in less than 20 min? Its a work. Everyone buying a ticket knows that grandpa

The same reason Lesnar doesn’t have 20 minute matches. If you’re booking someone as a killer, having them do the same long, competitive matches as everyone else is fucking stupid.

[#1-norm-fan]

But again, if there’s some creative shenanigans that extend the length of the match, I’m all for it.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Main event of this show is already being given away for free on YouTube by WWE.. It’s Rousey vs. Nikki Bella and for some reason it’s 20+ minutes long. Do they do a good job of making an excuse for why it takes Ronda over 20 minutes to dispose of Nikki Bella or should I just ignore it?

I hate Ronda selling for dainty divas, but the psychology was tight. Nikki only gained her advantage when her and Bri double-teamed/distraction tacticked her. She got posted a few times and it looked "brutal".

Her comeback was strong and she pretty much murdered Nikki. Nikki on offence was a bit blah, but Ronda needs a bit more time to work on those middle portions of the match which can come with seasoning

It was by no means a classic, or even a great match. But it was solid work from the two ladies.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Ronda's ring post spots have been great from what I can tell. Near Lesnar level.