10-06-2018, 12:48 PM | #241 |
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They should call Kane the big red mayor
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10-06-2018, 01:07 PM | #242 |
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Onto the main event. Hopefully this is cool.
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10-06-2018, 01:10 PM | #243 |
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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.
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10-06-2018, 01:13 PM | #244 |
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10-06-2018, 01:38 PM | #245 | |
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That's a career ender right there. |
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10-06-2018, 02:01 PM | #246 |
It's a blood match!
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That match was as usual with those two, fucking awesome.
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10-06-2018, 04:19 PM | #247 |
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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.
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10-06-2018, 04:53 PM | #248 |
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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. wwe and their storylines by numbers routine. |
10-06-2018, 05:24 PM | #249 |
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was the show any good? didn't bother
kinda wanted Miz to win. AJ/Miz feud |
10-06-2018, 05:35 PM | #250 |
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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. |
10-06-2018, 06:33 PM | #251 |
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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.
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10-06-2018, 10:42 PM | #252 |
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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.
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10-06-2018, 11:08 PM | #253 |
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Heeling Strowman makes less and less sense every week when you STILL hear Roman getting booed out of the building.
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10-07-2018, 01:53 AM | #254 |
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Just watched the show.... was decent enough....
Am I the only one who has zero interest in seeing HBK coming out of retirement? |
10-07-2018, 10:18 AM | #255 | |
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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. |
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10-07-2018, 10:46 AM | #256 | |
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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. |
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10-07-2018, 01:13 PM | #257 |
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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. |
10-07-2018, 02:46 PM | #258 |
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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.
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10-07-2018, 02:53 PM | #259 |
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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.
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10-07-2018, 03:00 PM | #260 |
Loque Ja
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I'm just not that into seeing an old bald man saunter out and be called a Kid.
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10-07-2018, 04:36 PM | #261 |
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Kane was absolutely useless. I miss when he was a monster. He’s a cuck now.
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10-07-2018, 05:12 PM | #262 |
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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.
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10-07-2018, 05:34 PM | #263 |
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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.
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10-07-2018, 07:01 PM | #264 | |
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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 |
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10-07-2018, 07:15 PM | #265 | |
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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. |
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10-07-2018, 07:29 PM | #266 |
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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.
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10-07-2018, 08:09 PM | #267 |
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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. |
10-07-2018, 08:58 PM | #268 |
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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.
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10-07-2018, 09:13 PM | #269 |
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I cant get past John Cena's hair. I'll never forget.
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10-07-2018, 10:23 PM | #270 |
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I agree with those who think he looked like a smaller John "Bradshaw" Layfield
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10-07-2018, 11:01 PM | #271 |
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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. |
10-07-2018, 11:55 PM | #272 | |
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10-08-2018, 01:29 AM | #273 | |
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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. |
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10-08-2018, 02:21 PM | #274 |
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I honestly thought this was a pretty solid show, but the main event fucking sucked ass.
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10-08-2018, 03:15 PM | #275 |
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Thank you.
I've been somewhat scratching my head reading Jordan X's posts and wondering if he was being serious or not because the main event was absolutely awful. The majority of the match was basically two old men flailing about in the ring gasping for air. It didn't help that you could clearly hear everyone calling spots during the entire match. The inclusion of Kane was just mind boggling as he did absolutely nothing other than just stand there like a spare prick. Even when Michaels was interfering, Kane just either stood and watched or walked over to him and looked at him. The money Kane got must have been great because why would anyone bother traveling halfway around the world to just stand for twenty minutes whilst wearing a mask and wrestling gear. I think the match was a horrible way to end the whole "Undertaker/Triple H" thing and it really should have been left alone after WrestleMania XXVIII but if people enjoyed it, then that's cool. I just like that I now know that I'm not the only one here that thought that match really sucked. I really can't be doing with more HBK though. I like the guy and all that but seeing him (potentially) back in the ring doesn't interest me at all. These days, he's not really the Shawn Michaels we all know. He's now some bald old man who walks around somewhat gingerly and wears questionable headgear. |
10-08-2018, 03:15 PM | #276 |
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The whole event itself was pretty "meh" though but that's probably because I really wasn't interested in the majority of the matches. I think my interest was only really in three or four of the matches and one of them only lasted two minutes.
It was just one big glorified house show, really. |
10-08-2018, 03:15 PM | #277 |
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10-08-2018, 03:22 PM | #278 |
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Buddy Murphy and Cedric Alexander are both dope.
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10-08-2018, 11:01 PM | #279 |
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Watched AJ/Joe, the six man, and Taker/HHH. Liked all three matches and I thought the Taker vs HHH match was the best.
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10-08-2018, 11:18 PM | #280 |
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But fucking HOW?
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