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Featuring a last second substitution:

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And a match SO EXTREME it has twelve stipulations:

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Was the tag title match bumped up to the main show?

Also I think Roman Reigns has a match, but I'm not sure. Every time I try to look it up and find a graphic, I end up blacking out and losing a span of like five or ten minutes.

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Ah, this is going to be a good crowd.

I would assume so, but who knows. It is Cesaro/Kidd, and they seem determined to make them the pre-show guys.

over/under on number of CM Punk chants: 6

It was featured in the card rundown on the pre-show, so it looks like it.

Chi town crowd will make this ok.

<font color=goldenrod>lol Curb Stomp edited out of Rollins' WM31 win in the video package. I can understand banning it going forward but really?

Bet the next thing they do is remove any "Seth Rollins wins after a Curb Stomp" timestamps from the Network.</font>

Looking forward to Cena and Rusev but not much else. What else should I be hyped for?

lol
booker shooting on Milena

Oh ha, Dean and Harper should be good. Does Bray have a match? Or is he still feuding with himself? What about Ryback?

I can't wait for this crowd during Show/Reigns lol

Wow, the ears on this guy.

Really nice of them to finally turn on Ambrose's microphone for the last few words of his promo.

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I've heard 3 punk chants during the pre-show alone now.

Pretty sure they've hit that by the halfway point of this pre-show.

I've only heard one, there's been a few "Cena sucks" which kind of sound similar I guess?

"The new sensation"?

That cape is still really stupid.

As is adding "The Next Sensation" alongside "The Man that Gravity Forgot."

How do you have a fucking commercial break in the middle of a match on your own network FOR THE NETWORK?

For the new viewers watching for free. WWE is trying to get them to keep their subscriptions.

I don't think interrupting your primary product with a reminder that they're watching this on the thing they're watching it with is a good way to convince people to keep their subscriptions.

Don't TV channels show ads for upcoming content, weekly shows, etc.?

They do, but I'm not paying $10 a month for ABC.

I'm not one of those "lol, wwe is stupid, showing commercials for the network on the network" guys. It just seems dumb that that's where they cram it in. You have an eight minute match, and you're going to chew it up a minute of it with a promo you could just as easily show afterward?

Hahahahaha. They asked a "Are you still relevant?" question to Kane for this Twitter Q&A. A+

:lol: <font color=goldenrod>Asking Kane if he's still relevant</font>

"Hey, trial subscribers! Here's a commercial mid-PPV match! Everybody watches commercials still, so there's no way this can backfire on us and cause all you new subscribers who WERE thinking about keeping their subscription to cancel at 11:00:01PM EST!"

That was a short Q&A.

Look at it this way Tom Phillips, at least you didn't get lit on fire.

What are the odds of Lana in a hot American Bikini?

110%

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Going to watch Ambrose/Harper then disappear off to bed. Nothing else on the card bar the main event and the tag titles match I'm especially fussed about.

people who bring their replica belts. so dumb

Yeah, I totally understand. We don't want to see the match with interruptions, but WWE wants to show the commercial when the most people are watching, which is of course during the match.

A Chicago Street Fight that has to end in the ring. Nice

Both men wearing basically the same thing for a "street fight" as they would for a regular wrestling match.

Also, Ambrose almost got impaled by a leg of the chair.

dude with the led light pissing me off

CHICAGO PARKING LOT BRAWL!!