Money in the Bank 2021

[Noid]

https://i.redd.it/wfu6t9ftaxb71.jpg

[Noid]

The women's money in the bank ladder match seems unnecessary. The way they handled qualifiers on Smackdown was blah. Zelina Vega has been underwhelming and I don't care for the tag team champions. They're bland and have no charisma.

[Noid]

Men's mitb match has the potential to be one of the greatest considering all the wrestlers who can do impressive aerial stunts. McIntyre is my pick.

[slik]

That's a good poster for the show

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Big E or Riddle are my picks.

[Noid]

Big E is on a downward spiral while Riddle is the focus of RAW every single week. I think it's stupid if they'd actually consider using the briefcase for a shot at the tag belts.

[slik]

Big E was literally teased in a future match with Roman this week on SD, alongside the Edge/Rollins tease. After SD ended clips were all over twitter of Big E being carried on the shoulders of other face wrestlers and cutting a big promo to the crowd to welcome them back. My pics for MITB are Riddle or Big E, leaning towards Big E, on the men's side.

For the women's match I'm going with Liv Morgan but I think they might give to Alexa Bliss...speaking of, I am very curious to see how the live crowds respond to her spooky shtick.

[Noid]

It's admirable how committed Alexa Bliss is to the gimmick. She's 100% invested and it shows. She's one of the most underrated wrestlers of the past decade. I consider her to be at the level of Bret Hart.

[slik]

Alexa is not convincing as an intimidating wrestler. Watching Shayna and others act scared of her is comical.

Clearly 100% invested


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ryan, u are the most incredible, funny, caring &amp; loving person I have ever met. I am so lucky to have met my soul mate &amp; for my soul mate to be u �� I can’t wait to celebrate your birthday today &amp; all the years to come. I love you with my whole HART ��Happy Bday <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanCabrera?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ryancabrera</a> ����</p>&mdash; Lexi Kaufman (@AlexaBliss_WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE/status/1416783104778412034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just a post to let you know I got a new Disney cup…. Ok, carry on ✨ <a href="https://t.co/yqORNDWc9Y">pic.twitter.com/yqORNDWc9Y</a></p>&mdash; Lexi Kaufman (@AlexaBliss_WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE/status/1410211581187739648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Join us tonight at 7 PM ET. To celebrate Larry-Steve’s 4th birthday &amp; his life ���� There will be musical performances, fun Larry stories, we’re gonna talk about the importance of more vet accessibility for large &amp; unique animals. We will also be raising money for a pig rescue ���� <a href="https://t.co/LDnUSZCEbq">pic.twitter.com/LDnUSZCEbq</a></p>&mdash; Lexi Kaufman (@AlexaBliss_WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE/status/1397624860512243721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[slik]

Now Eva Marie on the other hand, that is someone who is 100% invested into her gimmick.

[Noid]

Kayfabe is dead. I don't know if you're a Cornette stan but most fans know that people are playing characters on television. They don't have to play them on social media all the time.

[Noid]

Alexa Bliss is never phoning in her character when she's on television. Hope that clarifies my position.

[slik]

That does clarify for me, thanks.

[Sepholio]

Not everyone is going to be Bray and go full on gimmick all the time.

And I don't expect any of them to.

[Sepholio]

Now that I think about it it's actually really weird now to see a wrestler living the gimmick outside of work/appearances. I appreciate the commitment, but it's still strange. Everyone knows it isn't real.

[slik]

Betting site odds + other rumor




<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nikki Becomes MITB Betting Favourite <a href="https://t.co/HZ2jrcYVWI">https://t.co/HZ2jrcYVWI</a></p>&mdash; David from WWELeaks.org (@WWELeaksDotOrg) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWELeaksDotOrg/status/1416843690539094026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I saw tweets from Nikki's oldest friends earlier like they got the iggy. People who I couldn't envision saying up for a WWE PPV in 2021 in million years.</p>&mdash; SoDuTw (@SoDuTw) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoDuTw/status/1416845158453219336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source states the plan going back weeks ago was for a big time surprise tonight. Same source states they haven’t heard anything regarding it all weekend, which could just be to throw everyone off… idk, it’s not like this person can be seen or anything. ������</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1416852648750428165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Blonde Moment]

Going to pick Orton for the men's MITB and Liv or Alexa (Alexa only makes sense if you have the Fiend return on her cash in and screw her like she screwed him). Randy because I think it would be interesting for him to be the face with his feud with Riddle
I was thinking on Big E winning and cashing in tonight to make it a triple threat leading to a pissed off Kofi joining up with MVP with Woods stuck in the middle but i like the Orton idea better.

[xrodmuc316]

Man was hoping the back to starting at 8PM was a one time thing.

[xrodmuc316]

Thinking Big E wins MITB, Lashley beats Kofi then after the match continues the beat down, Woods tries to help, also gets beat down, Big E comes out to make the save. New Day then get the upper hand, they encourage E to cash in, new champ Big E. Big E moves to Raw, making the New Day split even more unnecessary, and the rematch for Summerslam of E vs Lashley. That also saves us from Goldberg randomly getting another title match as rumored.

[Sepholio]

Thinking Big E wins MITB, Lashley beats Kofi then after the match continues the beat down, Woods tries to help, also gets beat down, Big E comes out to make the save. New Day then get the upper hand, they encourage E to cash in, new champ Big E. Big E moves to Raw, making the New Day split even more unnecessary, and the rematch for Summerslam of E vs Lashley. That also saves us from Goldberg randomly getting another title match as rumored.

Pretty much the same thing I see happening. But I think it actually works better with Big E having gone to SD for the last year. More impactful to have a proper new day reunion over this event rather than a regular ole save from the guy who is there every day.

[slik]

Thinking Big E wins MITB, Lashley beats Kofi then after the match continues the beat down, Woods tries to help, also gets beat down, Big E comes out to make the save. New Day then get the upper hand, they encourage E to cash in, new champ Big E. Big E moves to Raw, making the New Day split even more unnecessary, and the rematch for Summerslam of E vs Lashley. That also saves us from Goldberg randomly getting another title match as rumored.

I would prefer this outcome

[xrodmuc316]

Pretty much the same thing I see happening. But I think it actually works better with Big E having gone to SD for the last year. More impactful to have a proper new day reunion over this event rather than a regular ole save from the guy who is there every day.

I dont really have an issue with that specifically, it is more about how they do the same stupid nonsensical thing every draft where they have the option of drafting a whole team, but then dont. It makes the least amount of sense of anything they do all year.

[Sepholio]

Agreed there. Really sucked with New Day imo. As meaningful as they faction has been they deserve to have a proper breakup storyline play out when they finally do split, not be broken apart by a dumb draft.

[Jordan]

I haven't kept up with WWE storylines enough to make predictions. But, I would hope that whatever happens with Goldberg, that WWE heard the internets distain for, and would instead book him against Riddle for Summerslam. I don't know if that's in the realm of possibility though.

Big E winning MITB would be awesome, and cashing in and winning tonight would be a huge moment for the return to live crowds. But also him holding the contact for a long time would also be cool.

I am a Drew Mac fan, but I don't see a clear story for him to take the briefcase tonight. Though if he eventually turned heel, a good feud for the title could be heel Drew with briefcase vs Big E champ.

Clearly I know nothing that's going on in WWE right now tbh.

[Jordan]

Watching pre-show Lashley/Kofi montage, man Lashley has really become something special in this run since January. Awesome.

[Fignuts]

Jesus christ at mysterious entrance

[Fenix122]

WTF was that entrance?

[drave]

that was some shit from Nick Arcade on Nickelodeon in the 90s.

[Noid]

Dominick needs to go down to the performance center.

[Evil Vito]

Peacock not working for me on my X1 box.

[Triple A]

Crowd sounds so quiet...

[slik]

just turning it on, seeing people making fun of mysterios entrance on twitter, sounds like it was cgi??

[Fignuts]

Kayfabe is dead. I don't know if you're a Cornette stan but most fans know that people are playing characters on television. They don't have to play them on social media all the time.

I believe Alexa does as good a job as anyone with that shit gimmick, and she should be commended for doing her best to make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

However this excuse of "kayfabe is dead" that fans and wrestlers alike use, is a cancer on the industry. It's very difficult these days, to get fans to forget they're watching a show and invest in what's happening as if it's real. It's difficult to capture the fans emotions like that, but not impossible. That becomes much harder when the breaking of character is constantly shoved in your face literally all the time. In today's environment, you don't even have to be looking for it to see it, so simply avoiding social media isn't an answer.

Point is wrestlers should stay the fuck off Twitter unless they're in character.

[Fignuts]

just turning it on, seeing people making fun of mysterios entrance on twitter, sounds like it was cgi??

It looked like something out of power rangers. So bad.

[Jordan]

Mysterio's entrance was amazing and a tribute to Mayan culture. Rey Mysterio was fantastic in that match, what a legend. Dominic is still pretty rough but I can see potential.

[Jordan]

just turning it on, seeing people making fun of mysterios entrance on twitter, sounds like it was cgi??

They were in outworld realm (think Mortal Kombat movie from the 90's) with Mayan pyramids and they found a portal to our realm and stepped through only to wind up entering before thousands of screaming fans!

[slik]

How can Applebees be sponsoring this, I remember a listicle about how millenials killed Applebees

[Jordan]

Live Morgan and Alexa gimmicks look to similar.

[Jordan]

Tamina got those Khali knees.

[Jordan]

These entrance special effects would be so much cooler if they were actually projections in the arena.

[slik]

Alexa Bliss is never phoning in her character when she's on television. Hope that clarifies my position.

She's doing a great job right now IMO in the ring w her character tonight

[Jordan]

I highly doubt Alexa can set up a ladder by herself.

[Evil Vito]

Had to download the Peacock app on my phone and do it through Chromecast

Got on just in time for the entrances. Bliss getting a huge pop is a bummer as it means the fans are way into this terrible gimmick. Ah well

[slik]

Liv seems like she's on the verge of one of those big breakout runs

[Evil Vito]

At least Nia isn’t in this. She would’ve crippled somebody by now

[Jordan]

That ladder bashing spot Auska just did was so dumb.

[Fignuts]

Mysterio's entrance was amazing and a tribute to Mayan culture. Rey Mysterio was fantastic in that match, what a legend. Dominic is still pretty rough but I can see potential.

I don't think people were bothered by the entrance itself. Just 90's Sci fi TV show effects used to make it.

[Evil Vito]

The last 3 women’s MITB winners have become champion within 24 hours. Although last year it was kinda unavoidable since Becky relinquished the title.

[Jordan]

I don't think people were bothered by the entrance itself. Just 90's Sci fi TV show effects used to make it.

I know it was cheesy but it was good cheese for me.

[Triple A]

Nikki A.S.H. such a horrible name

[Triple A]

Crowd booing Tamina loudly after the WrestleMania crowd inexplicably was cheering her

[Sepholio]

damn hope zelina didnt blow out her legs on that landing, looked painful

[slik]

this match is sort of a mess so far

[Triple A]

This match has been a mess

[Triple A]

jinx...

[Jordan]

Yeah this has been pretty terrible. What could you expect though, these girls aren't equip to take the kind of bumps that make these matches awesome.

[Triple A]

pale Alexa very hot 2 me

[Sepholio]

Alexa already did the Sister Abigail really well but that new version is way better looking.

[Evil Vito]

Lol surely everyone could’ve just walked away instead of waiting for Nikki to spend 2 minutes posing before her leap

[Evil Vito]

Would very much like to bang Alexa and/or Liv

[Triple A]

God Tamina is terrible

[Sepholio]

wow surprised she landed that hurricanrana spot off the ladder. Nice.

[Sepholio]

Would very much like to bang Alexa and/or Liv

Why not both at the same time?

[Fenix122]

LOL What a dumb ending...I was expecting Nikki to win but that ending, wow

[slik]

Betting site odds + other rumor




<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nikki Becomes MITB Betting Favourite <a href="https://t.co/HZ2jrcYVWI">https://t.co/HZ2jrcYVWI</a></p>&mdash; David from WWELeaks.org (@WWELeaksDotOrg) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWELeaksDotOrg/status/1416843690539094026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I saw tweets from Nikki's oldest friends earlier like they got the iggy. People who I couldn't envision saying up for a WWE PPV in 2021 in million years.</p>&mdash; SoDuTw (@SoDuTw) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoDuTw/status/1416845158453219336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source states the plan going back weeks ago was for a big time surprise tonight. Same source states they haven’t heard anything regarding it all weekend, which could just be to throw everyone off… idk, it’s not like this person can be seen or anything. ������</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1416852648750428165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>




Nikki winning was correct indeed

[Evil Vito]

Did not see Nikki having any chance of winning that, good for her

Gimmick seems terrible but she’s been underused for ages

[Jordan]

I'm just glad that it's over. I cant stand WWE women's wrestling.

[Evil Vito]

Why not both at the same time?

I did say “and/or” :naughty:

[Sepholio]

Not looking forward to the 800 more times we will hear them say Nikki A.S.H. during recaps for that match -_-

That name makes me want to punch kittens. And kittens never did anything to me.

[Jordan]

Just sitting here typing in my AJ Styles gloves, sipping my Undertaker wine, sporting my Let Me In athletic shorts and rockin' a retro Edge You Think You Know me tank. Suck it haters.

[Triple A]

wincing every time Michael Cole says "Almost Super Hero"

[Sepholio]

This is once where I really hope WWE keeps up their habit of dropping everything but the first name for people. That A.S.H. crap needs to get to stepping. Uhg. Killing me.

[slik]

Looks like only one announce table, Cole/Pat calling the whole show I hope

[Heisenberg]

Do we have an update on that Roman Reigns megafan since Roman went to the dark side?

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Naomi has enabled Kevin Dunn mode. <a href="https://t.co/aVmj1mrBIg">pic.twitter.com/aVmj1mrBIg</a></p>&mdash; SkullsMedia.com by GIFSkull (@SkullsMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkullsMedia/status/1416920042302623746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

Do we have an update on that Roman Reigns megafan since Roman went to the dark side?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I could swear I have more than 65 Shield Shirts, I have no clue how many Roman, Seth, Dean/MOX, Undertaker, Bayley Alexa, Hardy Boys etc shirts. I wanna get a Gold MITB briefcase. <a href="https://t.co/fiGkPv6vvB">pic.twitter.com/fiGkPv6vvB</a></p>&mdash; The last Hound of Justice! (@MarkDeering3) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkDeering3/status/1413704123216764929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Noid]

Wow! Are they seriously reminding people of the embarrassing things Viking Raiders have done on the main roster

[Jordan]

Do we have an update on that Roman Reigns megafan since Roman went to the dark side?

He's very lonely but otherwise the same as always.

[Jordan]

Very thankful that WWE won't be showing Battleground flashbacks before every match in a week or so.

[slik]

Yeah, he had some tweets about getting catfished or scammed or something recently IIRC

[slik]

Hope Omos/AJ win this

[slik]

eating spicy pork rinds

what is everyone else eating tonight during mitb

[Jordan]

eating spicy pork rinds

what is everyone else eating tonight during mitb

I had some Chinese food earlier but just finished some buttery salty popcorn.

[Noid]

eating spicy pork rinds

what is everyone else eating tonight during mitb

Pigs are intelligent. They're smarter than dogs.

[Triple A]

eating spicy pork rinds

what is everyone else eating tonight during mitb

Had some "Drunken Noodles" earlier + Thai iced tea :y:

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BRO AJ STYLES IS 44</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1416922503432351744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

Pigs are intelligent. They're smarter than dogs.

It's true but so many delicious foods come from them

Bacon
Salami
Prosciutto
Ham
Pepperoni

[Noid]

It's true but so many delicious foods come from them

Bacon
Salami
Prosciutto
Ham
Pepperoni

whatevs..

[Jordan]

I think Shaq is a better wrestler than Omos.

[Noid]

This tag team run has greatly crippled AJ Styles in ring work.

[slik]

I agree Jordan X

[OssMan]

Damb i don't have shitty peacock... oh well

[Jordan]

Omos is just slightly better at selling that El Gigante

[Sepholio]

Omas acting really awkward when he tries to sell lol

[Jordan]

Can't remember WWE ever showing the top section of an arena.

[slik]

seems like aj/omos should not be heels on raw anymore going forward

[Noid]

Mixed reaction for McIntyre.

[Jordan]

You can't really bash on WWE too much for the age of their roster. The guys in their 40's in this era are clearly better than most people in their 20's.

[slik]

Good @ Drew mixed reaction

The storytelling gimmick on RAW is really lame

[Sepholio]

AJ plays a great heel but he also makes it very hard not to cheer for him. He's so damn good and likeable.

[Sepholio]

Uhg imagining Drew winning tonight :/

[Jordan]

Raw announce team is pretty good save Corey Graves, he tries too hard.

[slik]

You can't really bash on WWE too much for the age of their roster. The guys in their 40's in this era are clearly better than most people in their 20's.

Finn turns 40 in a few months :y:

[Evil Vito]

You can't really bash on WWE too much for the age of their roster. The guys in their 40's in this era are clearly better than most people in their 20's.

I think about this when I play EWR. The game came out in 2003, and by that time nearly everyone in their 40s still wrestling was a broken down old husk. So guys’ stats get hit super hard after like age 35 in that game

Nowadays guys work into their late 40s like it’s nothing. Even a bunch in their 50s that can still go. It’s wild.

[Noid]

Uhg imagining Drew winning tonight :/

It would be the right decision. Drew is clearly the biggest name in the match.

[xrodmuc316]

WWE Title Match before Men's MITB??? Well there goes my prediction :'(

[Noid]

Raw announce team is pretty good save Corey Graves, he tries too hard.

I don't know what's worse, Corey's commentary or his wrestling.

[Jordan]

If Drew wins it would still be interesting because the moment Lashley loses the title Drew could cash in on the new champ, but not until.

[Noid]

Kofi's entrance package is gorgeous.

[Jordan]

Kofi/New Day tron video is dope. Feeling good momentum for Kofi again. The whole pre show panel predicted Bobby which made me think Kofi may have a chance.

[Fignuts]

I think about this when I play EWR. The game came out in 2003, and by that time nearly everyone in their 40s still wrestling was a broken down old husk. So guys’ stats get hit super hard after like age 35 in that game

Nowadays guys work into their late 40s like it’s nothing. Even a bunch in their 50s that can still go. It’s wild.

Yeah it's amazing how not getting black out drunk and coked out of your mind every night does wonders for your health.

[slik]

Let's go Big Match Bobby!

[Jordan]

I loved Bobby's matches against Drew. I think this run has been great from what I've seen and I kind of don't care who wins because I like them both.

[Noid]

If Drew wins it would still be interesting because the moment Lashley loses the title Drew could cash in on the new champ, but not until.

Drew spends a year telling stories on RAW and lets the one year time limit expire.

[Jordan]

I am feeling like these two were made for each other. The way Kofi bumps for Lashley is fucking awesome.

[Noid]

This match has gone on for too long.

[Noid]

Bobby Lashley bringing back the dominator.

[Jordan]

Goddamn that was a helluva squash.

[Evil Vito]

A squash and a half, good stuff that made Lashley look like a killer

[Evil Vito]

Too bad the payoff to that amazing squash is Lashley vs fucking Goldberg

[Jordan]

Too bad the payoff to that amazing squash is Lashley vs fucking Goldberg

Wouldn't it make more sense if it was Big E, Money in the Bank winner who challenges Bobby to get the gold and get revenge for his fallen New Day member?

[Noid]

Too bad the payoff to that amazing squash is Lashley vs fucking Goldberg

More fodder to legitimize Lashley's impressive reign. Nothing can please you marks.

[Noid]

Hotshotting Ripley to the title picture has backfired and exposed how green she is. She's a horrible promo.

[Noid]

Even Carmella had a much better character than Ripley when she became champion.

[slik]

Wish Doudrop would attack Charlotte and then win the title for Eva Marie

[slik]

Rhea sucks

[Noid]

Flair giving the middle finger to the crowd..classic.

[Evil Vito]

Wouldn't it make more sense if it was Big E, Money in the Bank winner who challenges Bobby to get the gold and get revenge for his fallen New Day member?

I’d be all in favor of that. But it’s WWE so it’s probably Goldberg.

[Evil Vito]

:lol: we want Becky chant

Crowd does not care about this match

[Noid]

Flair giving the middle finger to the crowd..classic.

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[Damian Rey 2.0]

More fodder to legitimize Lashley's impressive reign. Nothing can please you marks.

Goldberg has lost to Lesnar, Taker, Braun and Drew, which are a majority of his most recent matches. Let’s not pretend that there’s still a mystique to him. There isn’t. It’s a 5 minute match spammed with spears before Lashley kicks out of the jackhammer and puts Goldberg away and nobody will care and Lashley didn’t gain much if anything beating a guy who’s lost his last 2 big matches.

If Big E wins the mitb, he’s a good choice for Lashley at summer slam. And it’s a fresh match with guys who we haven’t seen much if at all in the main event.

[Evil Vito]

Vince already missing the Thunderdome

[screech]

Don't give a shit about this match. Have never really enjoyed these two together.

[Noid]

Goldberg has lost Lesnar, Taker, Braun and Drew, which are a majority of his most recent matches. Let’s not pretend that there’s still s as mystique to him. There isn’t. It’s a 5 minute match spammed with spears before Lashley kicks out of the jackhammer and puts Goldberg away and nobody will care and Lashley didn’t gain much if anything beating a guy who’s lost his last his last 2 big matches.

If Big E wins the mitb, he’s a good choice for Lashley at summer slam. And it’s a fresh match with guys who we haven’t seen much if at all in the main event.

Big E vs Lashley is appropriate for a B PPV not Summerslam. Goldberg has more star power in his pinky compared to most of the roster.

[Noid]

Flair and Ripley doing their best to win the crowd over again. That's commendable.

[Noid]

Charlotte Flair is in a league of her own. Riddled with bad booking and ungrateful marks.

[Noid]

Ripley kicking out of natural selection was genius.

[slik]

Big match Char giving Rhea her best main roster match

[Jordan]

I don't like this match.

[Noid]

From "we want Becky" to "this is awesome" chants. These two women are putting on a clinic. This is an excellent match.

[slik]

This has turned into the match of the night so far and I credit it all to Charlotte

[Jordan]

I think Charlotte just got Million Dollar Babied.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

You can’t create new stars booking pushing guys nearing 60 who can’t go anymore and have lost 4 of their last 6 matches and their last two title matches. Beating Goldberg does nothing for Lashley. Pushing Big E, even if he loses, and making him look close, possibly setting him up for a title win down the line and creating fan support behind it, does way more.

Goldberg brings nothing to the table at this point. He’s better off aaa a one off on TV destroying a jobber in a segment. He shouldn’t be anywhere near s as headline match. If you’re gonna use older stars from yesteryear, go with more recent olds, like Edge and Cena.

[Noid]

I don't like this match.

Not enough coffin drops.

[Evil Vito]

#CharlotteWinsLOL

[Jordan]

You can’t create new stars booking pushing guys nearing 60 who can’t go anymore and have lost 4 of their last 6 matches and their last two title matches. Beating Goldberg does nothing for Lashley. Pushing Big E, even if he loses, and making him look close, possibly setting him up for a title win down the line and creating fan support behind it, does way more.

Goldberg brings nothing to the table at this point. He’s better off aaa a one off on TV destroying a jobber in a segment. He shouldn’t be anywhere near s as headline match. If you’re gonna use older stars from yesteryear, go with more recent olds, like Edge and Cena.

I think it could do well if the put Riddle over Goldberg.

[slik]

Charlotte wins clean, the right decision

[Noid]

This has turned into the match of the night so far and I credit it all to Charlotte

Absolute genius. Charlotte Flair is a living legend.

[Jordan]

Not enough coffin drops.

Not that. I generally don't give a shit about women's wrestling and on top of that I find Charlotte quite repulsive to look at.

[Noid]

You can’t create new stars booking pushing guys nearing 60 who can’t go anymore and have lost 4 of their last 6 matches and their last two title matches. Beating Goldberg does nothing for Lashley. Pushing Big E, even if he loses, and making him look close, possibly setting him up for a title win down the line and creating fan support behind it, does way more.

Goldberg brings nothing to the table at this point. He’s better off aaa a one off on TV destroying a jobber in a segment. He shouldn’t be anywhere near s as headline match. If you’re gonna use older stars from yesteryear, go with more recent olds, like Edge and Cena.

Lashley vs Goldberg is far more marketable than Lashley vs Big E. Nobody cares about Big E's perceived potential. Perceived potential doesn't sell tickets.

[Evil Vito]

Guy on Twitter at MITB saying they piped in a lot of the noise in that match.

Hence why Charlotte got a short massive pop upon winning followed by audible boos

[slik]

Peacock having some weird buffering issues for me, anyone else?

[Jordan]

Lashley vs Goldberg is far more marketable than Lashley vs Big E. Nobody cares about Big E's perceived potential. Perceived potential doesn't sell tickets.

The tickets are already sold.

[Jordan]

Peacock having some weird buffering issues for me, anyone else?

Yeah same.

[Fenix122]

Peacock having some weird buffering issues for me, anyone else?

same

[slik]

my stream is gone

[Noid]

That backstage segment was rich.

[Evil Vito]

Now Chromecast is going to hell. Fuck Peacock.

[slik]

FFS not during the MITB match

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Lashley vs Goldberg is far more marketable than Lashley vs Big E. Nobody cares about Big E's perceived potential. Perceived potential doesn't sell tickets.

Tickets have already been sold and WWE doesn’t give two flying fucks about marketing stars because their entire selling point of the brand itself, not the stars. Goldberg is a zero unless he’s gonna put over Riddle, because, unlike giving a guy coming of back to back title losses another match for no reason, a Riddle v Goldberg Match actually makes sense.

[rockman725]

Mine took a dump too. With getting an error message last month losing the first 15 min of the broadcast and now this, I want the old Network back.

[xrodmuc316]

Yeah this stream is absolute trash right now.

[Evil Vito]

Too bad WWE doesn’t have their own network to show PPVs on instead of having to rely on a third party.

[slik]

Peacock sucks

[Jordan]

They need to stop the show and fix the feed.

[slik]

Worst timing for it to crash/freak out

[Jordan]

Reading on twitter that the issue is global not just peacock.

[Noid]

The tickets are already sold.

My point remains, Big E in a title match at summerslam is laughable. Don't think he can even headline a b level PPV. He's simply not on the level.

[xrodmuc316]

Peacock trending with 18k tweets in the last 5 minutes lol

[Noid]

Corey Graves is unbearable on commentary. Running down Boogs like a jackass.

[Jordan]

If they don't fix the feed I am going to kill myself.

[Noid]

Morrison sending Miz to the back because he wants to do this on his own :lol:

[Damian Rey 2.0]

My point remains, Big E in a title match at summerslam is laughable. Don't think he can even headline a b level PPV. He's simply not on the level.

Lmao your point was rendered irrelevant. The show sold its rickets. Goldberg isn’t on the card. Nobody gives a shit if he wrestles or not against the B champion of the company because they bought tickets anyways, because WWE markets the brand as a whole, not individual stars.

[Evil Vito]

Holy fucking shit imagine the feed doing this during the Rumble next year.

[Noid]

McIntyre getting a very mixed reaction.

[keeper2k]

This really is some fucking bullshit. It's like trying to stream on a goddamn dialup modem connection.

Matt Hardy version 1 confirmed

[Noid]

Lmao your point was rendered irrelevant. The show sold its rickets. Goldberg isn’t on the card. Nobody gives a shit if he wrestles or not against the B champion of the company because they bought tickets anyways, because WWE markets the brand as a whole, not individual stars.

If that were true, you'd have Drew Gulak and Lince Dorado main event summerslam in an iron man match for the world title.

[slik]

Fuck Peacock

[slik]

Stop the fucking show and FIX the stream

[Noid]

Ricochet almost dying with that suicide dive

[Jordan]

Okay stop casting, close the app, reopen it and recast it's working for me.

[Noid]

McIntyre tossing away Ricochet like he did at last years rumble ppv.

[Triple A]

I'm just watching a stream now

http://baked.live/tv/wrestling

[slik]

Restarted everything and mine is working now

[Triple A]

Lots of good wrestlers in this match...

[Evil Vito]

Okay stop casting, close the app, reopen it and recast it's working for me.

Ya I’m back now too

[Jordan]

Nice flippity do by Morrison.

[Sepholio]

Still can't get mine going on my cable box but it's running fine in my browser.

[Jordan]

Nakamura seems more motivated with the crown.

[Noid]

Nobody does flippy shit like Morrison. A true pioneer.

[slik]

Nakamura looks good in white gear

[Jordan]

Has WWE ever done a John Morrison/Seth Rollins program? I can't remember. Seems like an obvious dope match.

[Jordan]

Ricochet back in tights tonight because Slik is watching.

[slik]

Ricochet back in trunks, thank the heavens

[Jordan]

Pat Mac and Jimmy Smith have saved WWE commentary from the depths of hell.

[keeper2k]

Closing the app on ps5, hard power down and booting back up seems to have fixed mine

[Sepholio]

Rollins and Morrison work well together.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

If that were true, you'd have Drew Gulak and Lince Dorado main event summerslam in an iron man match for the world title.

Except now you’re being dumb because neither those two are regularly featured on Smackdown, part of an extremely popular merchandise machine of a group, coming off a singles run as IC champion, or over.

But yeah other than all that it’s exactly the same. Big E is marketable. He’s over. He’s good. He’s been regularly/heavily featured for years, he can talk, and a match against Lashley makes sense. And it’s Lashley. A guy who was feuding over Lana and jobbing at Mania in a meaningless match a year ago. Big E doesn’t even need to be built up that much. He’s already over and it’s an easy fan favorite and a fresh face. But yeah you’re right Gulak or Dorado would be pretty much the same thing.

[Evil Vito]

Has WWE ever done a John Morrison/Seth Rollins program? I can't remember. Seems like an obvious dope match.

Nah since Morrison was barely back before the pandemic started and they were on different brands. Would love to see that match

[slik]

LMAO at Jordan X reading my mind

[Noid]

Except now you’re being dumb because neither those two are regularly featured on The or Smackdown, part of an extremely popular merchandise machine of a group, coming off a singles run as IC champion, or over.

But yeah other than all that it’s exactly the same. Big E is marketable. He’s over. He’s good. He’s been regularly/heavily featured for years, he can talk, and a match against Lashley makes sense. And it’sLashley. A guy who was feuding over Lana and jobbing at Mania I’ma meaningless feud a year ago. Big E doesn’t even need to be built yo that much. He’s already over and it’s an easy fan favorite and a fresh face. But yeah you’re right Gulak or Dorado would be pretty much the same thing.

because WWE markets the brand as a whole, not individual stars.

Sit down mark and let the adults watch the show.

[Noid]

Big E has done nothing of worth in this match except for trying to break his neck with the dumb suicide dive.

[slik]

shenanigans

[Jordan]

JINDER

[Jordan]

Drew Mac gonna show off his chair shot wounds later on insta.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Sit down mark and let the adults watch the show.

Lmao ok guy. You’re allowed to say you were wrong and your initial point about marketing was dumb. As was comparing Big E, a guy the company clearly likes, to fucking Drew Gulak and Lince Dorado lmao. But ok, guy. Keep ducking. You’re doing a great job :y:

[Noid]

Ricochet is the king of flippy shit. That was brilliant!

[slik]

Is the walkway thinner than it used to be when it had a ramp?

[Triple A]

Ricochet rules......

[Jordan]

Amazing Ricochet spot!

[Evil Vito]

Ricochet is incredible

[Jordan]

Is the walkway thinner than it used to be when it had a ramp?

Yeah I think so, I like it!

[Noid]

Lmao ok guy. You’re allowed to say you were wrong and your initial point about marketing was dumb. As was comparing Big E, a guy the company clearly likes, to fucking Drew Gulak and Lince Dorado lmao. But ok, guy. Keep ducking. You’re doing a great job :y:

Jinder Mahal had more of a presence than Big E in this match. He's just not as good as you think he is.

[Triple A]

Happy to be enjoying a WWE match again for the first time in forever...

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Ricochet is RIDICULOUS!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MITB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MITB</a> <a href="https://t.co/VrSvOje8L0">pic.twitter.com/VrSvOje8L0</a></p>&mdash; Jessi Davin (@jessithebuckeye) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessithebuckeye/status/1416945644783157248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Sepholio]

Jinder looks way better with the shaved head and being a bit less toned and vascular.

Those boos were clearly piped in, you know everyone was cheering for Drew getting taken out.

That was also the best GTS I think Ive ever seen from Nak

[slik]

Yeah I think so, I like it!

Same, makes the wrestlers look bigger

[Noid]

Rollins killed Owens.

[Sepholio]

KO ded

[Jordan]

Goddamn that Owens bump.

[Noid]

That Big Ending was impressive.

[Evil Vito]

Fuck yeah Big E! That was the right call.

[Jordan]

BIG E! The world is CELEBRATING!

[Noid]

Big E wins! What an incredible moment. I've always known this guy was destined for greatness. Can't wait for him to become world champion.

[Sepholio]

The big ending off the ladder. Holy shit. That is a SICK move. Love it.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Jinder Mahal had more of a presence than Big E in this match. He's just not as good as you think he is.

Is that because Jinder is better than Big E or because that’s how the hatch was booked despite Jinder never being very good of good at all?

And that still doesn’t explain your asinine marketing comment without realizing summer slam already sold out or that Gulak or Dorado would be the same as booking Big E. Duck duck duck.

[slik]

Men's MITB match was one of the better ones I can recall

[Sepholio]

That might be my fave move off the ladder ever. It just came off so perfect in every way.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Big E wins! What an incredible moment. I've always known this guy was destined for greatness. Can't wait for him to become world champion.

Well well well

Meanwhile good for Big E. If they’re gonna feed stars of yesteryear to Roman, which they should, then maybe Big E is destined for Raw.

[Sepholio]

Men's MITB match was one of the better ones I can recall

Agreed. Really good match all around this year.

[Triple A]

Big E looks like his left arm might be hurt based on how he has it on his side...

[Jordan]

Big E looks like his left arm might be hurt based on how he has it on his side...

I noticed that too. Hopefully it's not serious. I think the right story is Big E going for Bobby at Summerslam to avenge the crushing of Kofi tonight.

[Sepholio]

Big E looks like his left arm might be hurt based on how he has it on his side...

Thought the same about Morrison after that top rope wtfelbow onto the edge of the ladder. Riddle hit his really good too.

[Jordan]

I wish WWE would stop calling their monthly events PPV's because they aren't PPV's anymore. Just call it a Peacock Special or something.

[Noid]

Well well well

Meanwhile good for Big E. If they’re gonna feed stars of yesteryear to Roman, which they should, then maybe Big E is destined for Raw.

I've always known he was going to be a big deal. From the moment he made his debut on NXT. He's truly one of the best in the company.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I have to say flip flop noid is better than cynick nerfect noid.

[Jordan]

I like this version of Seth. I'm hoping that Roman wins this bout. I've read Edge/Rollins for Summerslam is projected so let's see how they get there.

[Noid]

No mention of Bryan Danielson whatsoever. Rumors seem to be true.

[Jordan]

No mention of Bryan Danielson whatsoever. Rumors seem to be true.

Fingers crossed.

[Noid]

I have to say flip flop noid is better than cynick nerfect noid.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm just basking in my boy Big E's victory.

[Noid]

Did they seriously lower the crowd volume during Edge's entrance?

[Jordan]

I wonder what happened where WWE decided to start booking strong Champions? Remember when Seth had a losing record as a Champion for like a whole year, and KO too.

[OssMan]

is this in a smaller arena... it feels smaller

[Evil Vito]

No mention of Bryan Danielson whatsoever. Rumors seem to be true.

I’ll still believe it when I see it.

But if The Final Countdown hits at Arthur Ashe myself and 17,000 other people will jizz their pants.

[slik]

Edge super over

[xrodmuc316]

Not sure about all the crowd reactions tonight, but Edge is over as hell in Texas

[Jordan]

is this in a smaller arena... it feels smaller

I don't think so. I think it's just that they cut off a large side because of the screen.

[slik]

is this in a smaller arena... it feels smaller

Yeah, it seats 14k

[OssMan]

lol Ramon Reigns is the champion... two boring guys...

[Noid]

There's nobody in the wrestling industry who's even close to Roman Reigns right now. An ascension of epic proportions. I don't know anyone else who's reinvented themselves so magnificently.