06-14-2020, 09:49 PM | #81 |
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I keep waiting for the Edge injury, I'm glad it didn't apparently happen early on in the match
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06-14-2020, 09:54 PM | #82 |
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lol Rock Bottom
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06-14-2020, 09:54 PM | #83 |
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at them busting out other people's finishers for this match.
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06-14-2020, 09:56 PM | #84 |
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06-14-2020, 10:01 PM | #85 |
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When did this match start, 9:20-9:25?
Should be over any moment now if they only taped around 35 minutes for it. |
06-14-2020, 10:01 PM | #86 |
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at the match ending via a low blow (and punt)
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06-14-2020, 10:04 PM | #87 |
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This was never actually going to live up to being the greatest wrestling match ever BUT WWE has given 2 really great matches in 48 hours although the rest of Backlash was totally ignorable
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06-14-2020, 10:10 PM | #88 |
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Edge vs. Orton was very good overall. Not "Greatest Ever" tier by a long shot but still the best match on tonight's show and a ton better than their Iron Man match was at Mania.
Feel WWE going overboard with the "enhanced" audio stuff hurt more than it helped since the match really didn't need it at all. If anything, the rest of the show would have benefited a lot more if it got that treatment instead. Backlash was pretty much very forgettable until the last 2 matches and cinematic thing between Street Profits and Viking Raiders. |
06-14-2020, 10:12 PM | #89 |
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It was a great match, of course not the greatest ever. That match and the Street Profits/Viking Raiders/Tozawa/Brauns car whole thing saved the show.
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06-14-2020, 10:15 PM | #90 |
It's a blood match!
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It was as advertised The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever. Crisp and intense, I hung onto every turn as if the next moment could be the last! Anticipating each bludgeoning move as these two legends throttled each other for nearly an hour. Randy Orton is the true Crown Prince of Pro Wrestling and Edge is the one Highlander of our age. Returning from another time to clash with the titans on the grandest stage of them all. 5 Stars.
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06-14-2020, 10:16 PM | #91 |
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A few too many kickouts - but really good match, a for sure MOTY contender
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06-14-2020, 10:20 PM | #92 |
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For some reference, their match at Mania 36 was almost 37 minutes long. |
06-14-2020, 10:55 PM | #93 |
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06-14-2020, 11:32 PM | #94 |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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06-15-2020, 02:06 AM | #95 |
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06-15-2020, 03:35 AM | #96 |
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Edge vs. Orton was way better than I thought it was going to be. Orton is so fucking good and, man, Edge was fucking on. Don't know if the guy struck me as that good a worker back when he was full-time, haha.
Haven't seen Bryan vs. Styles yet, so it might not even be WWE match of the week. When it comes to producing the best in-ring content, WWE is still far and away the #1 US promotion, as much as it sours the average internet fan. |
06-15-2020, 04:43 AM | #97 |
OH u Like IT
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Jordan omogbehin is going to dominate
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06-15-2020, 07:19 AM | #98 |
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The aggressive promoting as “Greatest Match Ever” is just search engine optimization. So now if a new fan searches for the greatest match ever they get a match between two guys who have basically never worked outside of WWE.
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06-15-2020, 07:52 AM | #99 |
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A hidden highlight of the match for me was Randy looking up to the sky before he did the three amigos. Kind of a subtle apology for the “Eddie’s in hell” bullshit from 2006.
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06-15-2020, 10:05 AM | #100 |
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06-15-2020, 04:13 PM | #101 |
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They’ve got more chance of making new fans than AEW at this point. Way more exposure, way more younger people watching, way more global penetration, way better content.
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06-15-2020, 04:17 PM | #102 |
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Dude, you sound like Trump.
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06-15-2020, 04:24 PM | #103 |
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Felt like there were some strange results. Didn’t expect Sheamus to win, guess they’re going to Extreme Rules with this one. Orton winning seemed odd too, but I guess they switched the result when Edge got injured, so that makes sense.
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06-16-2020, 12:35 AM | #104 | |
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5 years ago Vince would have wanted to get him hot and make some money with his last run before having him out somebody over on his way out. Now, Vince will pay him the last 10 months or so of his contract and have him put over EVERYBODY on his way out. |
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06-16-2020, 05:57 AM | #105 |
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06-16-2020, 12:47 PM | #106 |
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06-16-2020, 01:23 PM | #107 |
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Hey, it flowed. AEW shouldn’t make itself such an easy target for emphasis.
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