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Not the biggest fan of Braun, because I think he's green and goofy, but this does feel a lot like Ryback to me. I wasn't the biggest fan of him either. It seems they get someone, however limited, that the audience they have left reacts to and does their best to piss on them somehow.
Braun is obviously being put into the feature attraction of the elephant at the variety show, so he shouldn't worry. Yet. When the novelty wears off -- and it will wear off -- he'll be in surprisingly low positions in the future. But they keep everyone around forever and keep them paid. It's more insulting to the fans that are trying to emotionally invest in this shit. |
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MVP Mark
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Braun has been going strong for over 2 years now. Eventually everyone gets bored of everyone but hes mo flash in the pan.
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I'm not only bored...I'm anNoid. I like it, Dale.
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Trickster Demon
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Hey Mister!
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Enjoyed all of those tbh. Not "james Steeleish mark out" level, but I'm glad they put those matches together. Still feel that the Rollins match is particularly underappreciated.
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It's a blood match!
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Yeah but all of those save one is a really good match.
I am talking about the Lesnar match. |
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boop/bop/beep
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Hacksaw Braun Stroman
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Hey Mister!
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The more time that passes, and the more I think about it the more disappointed I am in the finish to Asuka vs Charlotte.
I know the match was still fantastic, but that's exactly the problem. Maybe it's just me, but when you have a match that close to perfect, that flaw just gets bigger and bigger in my head and I can't help but think what could have been. Just a few more minutes is all they would have needed in my opinion. Where the match ended charlotte should of went for the standard figure 8, but dropped back down due to the pain in her arm. Asuka gets out, puts on the asuka lock and we can get a good 30-45 second period of drama of charlotte trying, but failing to get to the ropes, and looking like shes about to fade out, but then starts torqueing on asukas leg to make her relinquish the hold. Charlotte then gets the one armed figure 8 for the win. That finish would have established more drama in the ending, and would have made asuka tapping more believable, as there wasn't nearly enough work done on her leg in the match for that abrupt tap out that we got. So yeah. Great match. But shit won't stop bugging me. Like a cancerous tumor in my head. |
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Resident drug enabler
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Yeah, I was cool with Asuka losing but she tapped almost instantly after not having her knee worked on at all. It made her look way too weak. It was the way some random Carmella-type diva would have gone out. The match did a way better job of bringing Asuka down to the other women's level than it did bringing Charlotte up to a world-beater level.
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Taller than Adam Cole
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Asuka-Charlotte and the Styles-Nakamura matches would have befitted a lot by having an extra 5 minutes. Both were starting to pick up the pace and hit peak status but suddenly ended instead.
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Hey Mister!
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BUT GUYS WE NEED THOSE EXTRA MINUTES TO SHOW ADS FOR THE NETWORK PEOPLE ARE ALREADY WATCHING THIS ON AND THAT SAME EXACT CLIP FROM THE PAIGE MOVIE FOR 75TH TIME THIS WEEKEND
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Hey Mister!
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DURRRRRR PAIGE HERE
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They're not bad, but my emotional investment was not earned. They were HHH ego-strokes. There were better opponents for each guy every year.
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Feeling Oof-y
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Wade Barrett seemed like the logical choice to face Undertaker. It turns out he was just going to be a Triple H lackey, but Trips didn't want to turn heel yet so the plan was scrapped altogether. It may not have been a "better match," but it would have been much more interesting than Triple H playing smoke and mirrors catch-up to try and follow Shawn.
CM Punk had a fairly quiet 2010 compared to his 2009, but he would have been a lot more fun for Taker too. John Cena was there. Hell, John Morrison, while not exactly a major, major player at the time still had an amazing 2010 where he was having the match of the night at every PPV. Triple H was boring as fuck around this period (2002-present). |
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Resident drug enabler
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Sting vs HHH wasn't remotely memorable outside of the odd forced, nonsensical nostalgia run-ins. It certainly had no business being the longest match on the card.
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I remember Sting jumping off the top rope to the outside or something. The booking infuriated me. Triple H then came out and acted like he was 100% for the Rousey stuff, haha. Fucking ass.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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People here seemed to love/like them, but I didn't like the Undertaker vs. HHH matches
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"Let's-a go!"
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Triple H vs Undertaker from 2001 was actually a pretty good match. Both men were younger and in their primes. As Bret Hart mentioned however, their matches from a few years ago was very easy wrestling. Lots of brawling, limited creativity, and basically a giant spot fest. Now granted, Bret is almost always overly critical of HHH since Bret now holds HHH primarily responsible for the screw job, but Bret was bang on here. Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker was absolute classic. Both matches. Shawn Michaels is the greatest wrestler of all-time in my opinion.
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Resident drug enabler
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I loved the Hell in a Cell. First one's kinda overrated.
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BAY BAY
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His name is Jeff Harvey
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Just got back from New Orleans. Holy fuck what a great week. Might have to make a thread about my trip.
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Hellraiser Extraordinaire
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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You should have met and fought slik
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Yeah, I remember liking their Wrestlemania 17 match. Was only taking about the other two.
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"Let's-a go!"
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Hey Mister!
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Someone earlier was asking for a clean version of Nak's entrance that wasn't recorded from the stands.
Here's the best version so far. Little bit of crowd noise still, but honestly I think it actually adds to it. |
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King K Cool
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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But those are stills.
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Do Unto Others...
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SCG Radio returns as we discuss WrestleMania 34 Weekend and Beyond! Covering all the big topics of discussion from the biggest weekend of the year in pro wrestling, we talk all things NXT TakeOver: New Orleans and Mania itself, looking at Ronda Rousey's blowaway debut match, mind-boggling decisions, a crowd that needs to look in the mirror, the end of Asuka's streak, the fate of Daniel Bryan, the ongoing trials and tribulations of Roman Reigns, AJ/Nakamura, and some spectacular rants at The Undertaker, Paige and yes, the crowd the night after WrestleMania on Raw. Breaking down the shows to their pro and cons, big picture and nuances, check it out and let us know what you think!
https://squaredcirclegazette.podbean...and_Beyond.mp3 |
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Great listen. "Fuck you." I also loved your rant on the crowd.
I'm with Kieran on Charlotte. When she and Ronda both won, fans were immediately talking about a match between the two. You can always build to Charlotte/Ronda later, as Karl said (he's certainly not wrong about anything), but now they've earmarked it and got their ironic fans into it. |
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