Don't forget SAni†Y and pre "Rusev Day" Rusev.

Ooh. Grizzled veteran Undertaker with his grey side burns!

Taker still the best of all time in WWE.

And Rev., well spaced out crowd = lower volume on applause.

=P

Expecting a lot of "smoke and mirrors"

Triple H's spaghetti legs

Undertaker needs testosterone replacement therapy. It's not cheating.

Ring's been a lot louder than usual during this entire event.

Mayor of Knoxville County isn't interfering as much as I'd expect him to

Undertaker already wheezing. Wonder who's dumb idea it was for this match going beyond several minutes.

Shawn Michaels looks to be the most in shape of everyone in this match. This makes me happy.

His baldness does not.

Is Taker choking Hunter? Fire his ass.

Yeup, Taker is completely spent. Couldn't even flip Triple H for a counter.

HBK's "return" seems so forced right now.

This match needs more HBK and less Triple H.

Bone Street Krew

:lol: at even pulling a chair from under the ring caused a loud sound to occur from the ring.

HIS HAT IS GLUED TO HIS HEAD!

:rofl: @ Hunter elbowing Kane through the table

lol Taker just punched Chioda

:lol: at Taker randomly punching the ref

Fuck! HBK is actually coming out of retirement...

Will he wrestle wearing his hat?

Gogoplata!

:lol: at the sounds Taker was making while getting choked out.

This match is dragging on for way too long.

Solid nostalgia match. Wow!

This is weird.

That was pretty much a train wreck for a main event but not solely in a bad way.

Meh for quality but somewhat entertaining in terms of shenanigans and spectacle.

Triple H really needs to end wanting the longest match at big PPVs though.

Okay! This is super adorable.

lol

Shawn just looks like a homeless person with that headgear.

HBK is stepping out of retirement.

Shawn Michaels going to kick the rest of the Undertaker's hair off at Crown Jewel.

I just started the show. The opening tag was okay.

Skipped the Flair/Lynch match cause idc.

I MISSED YOU CENA

Looks like ARNOLD

I've fast forwarded to Joe/Styles. Show is pretty lame so far!

Very meh show, 6man was okay.

I fell asleep after Joe/AJ...reading the rest now

They should call Kane the big red mayor

Onto the main event. Hopefully this is cool.

Wtf is that headband thing Michaels is wearing? Wider at the front than it is at the back, and wearing it under a hat for some reason. :wtf:

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That's a career ender right there. :eek:

That match was as usual with those two, fucking awesome.

Even with Cena's hair grown out a bit he still appears to have a mysterious thinning spot on his crown that never seems to get any bigger. :wtf:

They must have extra mics under the ring or made the centre spring looser to make the impacts sound more dramatic, never sounds like this on raw or smackdown.

Oh and what a surprise a "miscommunication" in the shield match to push along the possibility of an Ambrose split. Never seen that coming. :roll: wwe and their storylines by numbers routine.

was the show any good? didn't bother

kinda wanted Miz to win. AJ/Miz feud

It was decent overall with a couple of great matches but not really worth watching it live at the early time.

Lots of comparisons online of this being like a beefed up house show and I'd agree with that view. Same with the Greatest Royal Rumble although this show was the better of the two.

6 man was good, seems like most liked it more than me. I loved the main event. Classic WWE, those guys are awesome together. Best Taker match I can remember since the Summerslam with Brock or maybe even the last HHH match.

I missed most of the show, but that main event epitomised why I'm only a casual WWE fan now. I can only expect more of this nonsense now that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is head booker.

Heeling Strowman makes less and less sense every week when you STILL hear Roman getting booed out of the building.

Just watched the show.... was decent enough....

Am I the only one who has zero interest in seeing HBK coming out of retirement?

I can't speak for everyone but theoretically "yes". LOL j/k.

For me I just don't really care about the new stories they are presenting compared to the legacy of HBK, HHH, Taker and Kane. It grabs my interest much more than whatever BS story they are trying to pull off right now. Just not feeling it. Example. How can you have two or three months of Joe/Styles matches and none of them are "AMAZING"? Just doesn't make sense. Sure they were "good" but nothing "AMAZING" and that shit is expected between those guys.

For me it is like when Goldberg came back in the sense that they are just wrestling the same people again. Yes Goldberg technically had a match with K.O. but not really.

HBK coming back to wrestle Styles or Joe or Rollins, etc, would be interesting in the dream matches sense.

Coming back to team with HHH and wrestle Taker seems pointless, been there, done that.

Yeah, I'd be interested if it was him having some one-off matches against younger dudes.

But seeing all these old people out there just slugging it out and ding their thing, it made me realize how much I don't actually want to see that.

Actually, not sure I'd even like to see him fight younger dudes. Just let his glory days be his glory days, and let a retirement stick in wrestling.

HBK getting time with Styles, Joe, Rollins and some of their other current guys would be fun. But they aren't likely to do that. Which kills the interest in seeing him.

I'm just not that into seeing an old bald man saunter out and be called a Kid.

Kane was absolutely useless. I miss when he was a monster. He’s a cuck now.

Glad Bryan won. That’s about all I can really bring myself to care about. Shawn Michaels coming back is likely to be brilliant though.

There's a lot of exciting potentials for Michaels. But they're not gonna find that pitting him against what's left of the Undertaker, who, judging by the clip I watched from Raw, is fucking toast. Old, fat, winded, and kind of an embarrassment compared to what he was even a few years ago against Lesnar.

"The Heartburn Senior" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Also, pretty underwhelming show. I'd rate it a C-.

PROS
• AJ v. Joe
• Cedric v. Buddy Murphy

CONS
• Unusual 5AM start time ET
• Boring 6-man tag
• 'Taker v. HHH

I can't blame them for still taking big paydays, but WWE really thinks we still want these guys in the top spots.

Once upon a time they did nothing but rip WCW for pushing a roster of 40 year olds.

Now WWE puts 50 year olds in all the top spots and their roster is FAR older than WCWs ever was.

Take Summerslam for example, not counting the women, the youngest male on the show was 32.

Not counting Alexa Bliss, the youngest woman on the show was 30.

Say what you want about John Cena and Randy Orton, but when you start giving main roster pushes to guys who are still under 25, you have the best chance to ensure you will have stars for a decade plus.

I really enjoyed HHH and Taker at SSD in Melbourne Australia. I enjoyed the additional layer to the story. I was satisfied with it being finished but also I like this extra unexpected chapter.

Can't tell if Jordan X is being facetious. I've seen Triple H v Taker at 3 different Manias. They were all good to great. Didn't need to see it again when one of the two isn't even in good shape aesthetically, anymore.

I don't even care that Triple H gets in the ring. He looks fucking legit and he's still able to go. I'd rather he be used to put over guys like Reigns, Rollins, Bryan, etc. Same for HBK. We all know he can prob still go. Let him put over the current guard.

I honestly wouldn't against HBK getting the Universaltitle, if it means a good story and him putting someone over for it Mania. Fuck, I'd take him chasing and losing to Reigns at Mania, just because it's a fresh matchup.

Part of what made it fun to watch the Rock in his last run is we got 4 matches between him v Punk and Cena. New stuff. That we'd not seen. That's the appeal of the old guys. Do that.

No I'm serious I really enjoyed the match and the extra chapter to the story really works and so far hasn't hurt the legend of the rivalry with HHH/Taker/HBK it's really cool to get more of it. I don't really care if HBK goes against some actual guys on the main roster or if it's Taker, having him back is awesome, even if he's oddly bald a with a black thong on his head. Taker was in great shape for this match, you could see the steroid bacne and everything so he was jacked and much quicker than he's been in years. It was cool.

I cant get past John Cena's hair. I'll never forget.

I agree with those who think he looked like a smaller John "Bradshaw" Layfield

I thought Cenas hair with how much smaller he was sure made him look a lot older.

Sure he is more cut, but he looked frail next to Lashley. Rock did the same thing when he first went to hollywood, just dropped like 30 pounds of muscle.

Cena was so small he didn't even for into him t-shirt, looked more like a kid in the audience than anything else.

Yeah, and that "sixth" move of doom looked like the rejected first version of the Hadouken from Street Fighter II. Worst part was we'll never be able to un-see it.

There is another part to that equation, though: that being WWE expects guys they pick to get that push to be INSTANTLY over and an boundless revenue stream from merch and tickets. They stopped building characters ages ago. They want to hitch their wagons to one talent (deadhorse Reigns) and ride it until the wheels fall off instead of letting 10 guys go out and see what currently works and stoke those flames for future use.

Also, remember, Cena and Orton were "experiments". They weren't even sure they wanted to push those two in spite of being everything they fucking want in a star now. If the company had its way, they'd still have been booking Rock and Austin, and those two would be "what if" hindsight booking contenders.

You'll never really see that new talent push until there is either a regime change, or more likely, another massive round of overlapping walk-offs and injuries and they scramble to try to rewrite everything to hotshot guys they should have been slow burning up the card the entire time.

I honestly thought this was a pretty solid show, but the main event fucking sucked ass.

Buddy Murphy and Cedric Alexander are both dope.

Watched AJ/Joe, the six man, and Taker/HHH. Liked all three matches and I thought the Taker vs HHH match was the best.

But fucking HOW?

HHH is one of the best in ring performers ever and Undertaker looked good in my opinion. Plus the story they told with Shawn and Undertaker throughout was golden. Nothing else on the show topped what they did in that match.

I don't get it.

Granted I didn't watch the whole show but I don't get how you weren't into that match.

It was slow, boring, shenanigan-filled for no reason, Kane was still wearing a wig...not really sure what there was to like. It was embarrassing watching people past their prime act like nothing was wrong with what they were doing. It was an abomination.

I love Kane. He is my favorite wrestler ever.

But he didn't really add anything to that match at all. And it was a match that could've used things added to it. I'm glad people enjoyed it, but it was a rough one.

I disagree somewhat, mostly about the new stars. WWE decided that to get one class of trainees and they were going to give them spots and protect and build them.

They could do that whenever they want, they just dont.

I used Cena and Orton cause they were young and have been around over 15 years, but they also got Batista and Shelton from that class. Brick as well, but they have him the ball immediately so he is just a different situation.

Instead of bringing guys up from NXT and have them get better and better for a year or 2, they instantly get a half hearted push that goes nowhere, then they are just there a few months later.

If that match was boring I'm not sure what you found entertaining about that show. They may be old but they understand pro wrestling better than any current roster member. The progression and story told during that match topped anything on the card.

Especially when you take into account that the next night they announce a DX vs Brothers of Destruction match and the one thing the six man sold was the Shield's unity but they blew that away on Raw.

You're hung up on Kane wearing a wig?

Firstly, you didn't watch Lynch/Charlotte or Murphy/Alexander, so pump your brakes.

Secondly, yes, that wig is fucking stupid.

I seen the finish of both. Don't care anout either though. Haven't watched a second of 205 Live and the Charlotte/Becky fued is just backwards. Charlotte is a natural herl while Becky is everyone's favorite, it makes no sense.

I don't get how you are so torn on a wig though. It'd be stupid looking having a bald Kane with a mask.

At least I watched and understand the backstory of the match that I think sucked. You'd probably like 205 Live, but your loss, I guess.

And they're really not forcing a dynamic on the Charlotte/Becky feud. The shit's been good, and the matches have been great.

Not when everyone knows that he's fucking bald already and the wig LOOKS so fake that it's distracting.

As for a bald Kane with a mask, that would have a lovely Jason Vorhees feel to it. They should give it a try.

Would you like Shawn Michaels to put on a fucking wig too?

I didn't say the match sucked. It just doesn't touch what HHH/Undertaker did. There is a reason that WWE keeps calling these guys back to the ring and its because they are better than the damn cruiserweight division or even their main event scene.

I've watched the Becky/Charlotte stuff and they are definitely trying to make Becky the heel. Deny it all you want but its pretty obvious.

So fucking what if Becky's a heel? Her character is so much better now. Heel/face doesn't even matter so much anymore. People can cheer for anyone without it ruining the show.

Think about how Roman can get the biggest heel reaction or the biggest face reaction in any given city.

And I'd much, much, MUCH rather watch Buddy Murphy v. Cedric Alexander a hundred times that whatever the fuck that was on Saturday in the main event.

Kane is a character same as Jason Vorhees is. He's known for the mask and hair so you don't change it when going for nostalgia. You sound like a mark that is responsible for ruining kayfabe.

What the fuck are you talking about? You were a gigantic fan of Broken Matt Hardy and you want to talk to me about RUINING KAYFABE??? Fuck off with that nonsense.

Shawn Michaels has always had long hair. They're not gonna put a wig on him. Triple H used to have long hair. They haven't put a wig on him. KANE HAS BEEN BALD ON TV BEFORE. Arguably, during his best run. Evolve or perish. Don't be a fucking dick about it.

She's not a heel though. Her story is your typical underdog story. She's been in the shadow of Charlotte for a while and finally wants to break out. Why should I hate her for that? On top of that Charlotte has been a heel most of her career and I have no reason to really cheer for her.

I don't care what you say, if people cheer the heels and boo the babyfaces than shit isn't working.

Life has gray areas. Characters have layers. If you don't think it's working, why don't you listen to the (good) reactions Becky was getting then and compare them to the (great) reactions that Becky is getting now.