Jamie G
Mid-Carder
I was at Summerslam '92
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Post by Jamie G on Aug 18, 2016 13:34:20 GMT -5
I'll only watch the main show, and will skip parts. If it takes me longer than 2 hours to watch it, I'll be surprised. Depends what mood I'm in. Being in the UK, I'll watch it on the network Monday night when I get home from work. I'm in the UK as well and there's no way I'm staying up to watch it live. Will watch parts on Monday after. Where in the U.K are you mate? |
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Post by Christian Small on Aug 18, 2016 14:21:03 GMT -5
I'm in the UK as well and there's no way I'm staying up to watch it live. Will watch parts on Monday after. Where in the U.K are you mate? Leicester in the midlands. |
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Post by john casey on Aug 18, 2016 17:55:21 GMT -5
Other than the length, another thing that concerns me is the fact that the entire card is full of regular matches. Surely they could have thrown a couple of gimmick matches in there to break up the monotony.
I was hoping that the 6 Woman tag was a match I was quite interested in, however with the recent news, I'm not that interested now.
I've got a feeling that there will be several long matches in a row so I'm hoping that Apollo Crews wins in under a minute, That Jeri-KO imitate Enzo and Cass's entrance (Even though I'm not looking forward to the now required mash-up of their theme songs)
Until WWE realise that we want quality instead of quantity and that less is more, I'm dreading to see how long Wrestlemania is going to be next year.
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Post by Tim Rowcliffe on Aug 19, 2016 10:04:19 GMT -5
With Eva Marie out...If Bayley wins on Saturday at Takeover do we see Asuka get the call to take her spot? Putting her on Smackdown would make sense since she hasn't had a program with Charlotte or Sasha and it would really boost the Smackdown women's roster.
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Post by kalgoroth on Aug 19, 2016 10:18:39 GMT -5
My picks: Brock Lesnar d. Randy Orton: I can see it going the other way if Orton is in line of a huge run, but I think Brock's next loss is one of the few "special" things that WWE still has in their pocket. Orton doesn't need it. Finn Balor d. Seth Rollins: Why build up the Demon King and have him lose his first match? Dolph Ziggler d. Dean Ambrose: This is the pick I'd be least likely to put money on, but I just can't see two babyface champions happening right now. Ziggler wins and somehow goes full heel in the process. John Cena d. AJ Styles: Cena evens the one-on-one score. Rusev d. Roman Reigns: More accurately, Rusev leaves with the belt, though maybe Reigns is the official winner. Otherwise, I have no idea why Reigns went over clean on Monday (or why the match happened in the first place). Sasha Banks d. Charlotte: Welcome to the next Orton/Cena feud. Sasha wins this round so both can go do other things for a bit and help build the women's division. Gallows and Anderson d. The New Day: While we're busy building divisions... Enzo and Cass d. Jericho and Owens: This is Jericho's job these days. Put over a team, then put over his partner. Can't wait for Owens vs. Jericho soon. The Miz d. Apollo Crews: Miz wins this one, but Crews gets the belt as early as next Tuesday on Smackdown. Sheamus d. Cesaro: The heel always starts up 1-0 in these things, right? Plus, the whole scenario gets even dumber if Cesaro beats him for the third time in a row. Carmella, Becky Lynch and Naomi vs. Natalya, Eva Marie and Alexa Bliss: Heels win. Eva Marie does nothing to help but gets the fall. Reading this has made me realise how stacked the card is towards Raw. Smackdown have representation in two of the 4 headlining matches, but after that? A cold IC title bout (which wouldn't surprise me to see bumped to the pre-show) and a 6-woman tag (with one of the women now currently suspended!), while Raw has a US title match with a fair amount of build, a Women's title match which many think could one day main event a PPV, TWO tag matches featuring some of the hottest teams in the industry plus two outstanding performers in their own right (notably Smackdown has NO tag representation) and...well, Sheamus v Cesaro. but again, has been given a story of sorts. Likely just due to the lack of a women's or tag belts on SD and so nothing for those divisions on that brand to fight for, but still, it's clear the two brands are far from being seen as equal. |
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Post by Christian Small on Aug 19, 2016 10:52:23 GMT -5
With Eva Marie out...If Bayley wins on Saturday at Takeover do we see Asuka get the call to take her spot? Putting her on Smackdown would make sense since she hasn't had a program with Charlotte or Sasha and it would really boost the Smackdown women's roster. The problem there is Charlotte & Sasha are on Raw. Personally I wouldn't call Bayley or Asuka up right now, they are the only female stars NXT have right now and they should really use them to help build up the rest of that roster. They have some very talented women on that roster: Ember Moon, Nikki Cross and Billie Kay to name a few. They just need time to be built. |
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Post by Tim Rowcliffe on Aug 19, 2016 11:55:56 GMT -5
With Eva Marie out...If Bayley wins on Saturday at Takeover do we see Asuka get the call to take her spot? Putting her on Smackdown would make sense since she hasn't had a program with Charlotte or Sasha and it would really boost the Smackdown women's roster. The problem there is Charlotte & Sasha are on Raw. Personally I wouldn't call Bayley or Asuka up right now, they are the only female stars NXT have right now and they should really use them to help build up the rest of that roster. They have some very talented women on that roster: Ember Moon, Nikki Cross and Billie Kay to name a few. They just need time to be built. I'd like to know what the heck has happened to Tessa Blanchard and Rachael Ellering. They seem to have moved on already. I think Asuka would be a better fit on Smackdown since the next one getting a big push on Raw is Nia Jax. If Bayley comes up she will go to Raw and be paired with whoever the odd one out is on the Raw side. I am also being selfish because I hope Bayley stays with NXT until after the Ontario tour... |
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Post by Christian Small on Aug 19, 2016 12:33:19 GMT -5
The problem there is Charlotte & Sasha are on Raw. Personally I wouldn't call Bayley or Asuka up right now, they are the only female stars NXT have right now and they should really use them to help build up the rest of that roster. They have some very talented women on that roster: Ember Moon, Nikki Cross and Billie Kay to name a few. They just need time to be built. I'd like to know what the heck has happened to Tessa Blanchard and Rachael Ellering. They seem to have moved on already. I think Asuka would be a better fit on Smackdown since the next one getting a big push on Raw is Nia Jax. If Bayley comes up she will go to Raw and be paired with whoever the odd one out is on the Raw side. I am also being selfish because I hope Bayley stays with NXT until after the Ontario tour... Tessa & Rachel are still working the indies, they were probably brought into NXT to put over others for a pay day. But that's a way to get into the company. The 2 apparently put on great matches together as its getting booked all over the place. I do expect them to get hired eventually, they've got the name value and the talent. I agree Asuka would be good on Smackdown, they really need good female workers on that show plus she has a great appeal which would help a lot. I still don't understand why they put Eva, Carmella & Alexa on that show. None of them are ready for the main roster. |
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Post by deezy on Aug 19, 2016 14:38:47 GMT -5
Nikki Bella is cleared by WWE docs......fingers crossed she comes back and goes heel and takes Eva's place.
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Post by whobetta on Aug 19, 2016 19:29:04 GMT -5
What do you guys think are the odds of any of these happening at SummerSlam and the RAW after:
-Connor Mcgregor appears
-Goldberg returns costing Lesnar his match or Bray costs Orton and Goldberg is teased next night on Raw for a Lesnar feud
-Gallows Anderson win Tag belts. Finn wins Universal with their help or not and The (Balor) Club has all the titles except US and is reunited with Balor as leader and possibly Heel with Seth turning Face.
-Bubba turns on DVon and starts a singles heel run in WWE, one year after the Dudleyz return.
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Post by RKing85 on Aug 19, 2016 22:41:34 GMT -5
0% chance Conor appears
10% chance Goldberg appears
70% chance Gallows and Anderson win the tag belts
51% chance Finn wins the Universal Title
Dudley's are definitely breaking up, don't know who will turn on who though.
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Post by Christian Small on Aug 20, 2016 1:41:38 GMT -5
-McGregor is fighting tonight so unless he picks apart Nate Diaz in the 1st round I imagine he'd want to do nothing the next day but relax & recover.
-Goldberg is there promoting the video game, guys have been taking pics with him. My question is when would you do the Goldberg/Lesnar match? As if you're holding off till Mania then this might be too early to do the angle.
-I do see the Club & Finn winning titles on the show but not teaming up after. Finn has only just been called up as a babyface, bit too early to turn him heel out of no where. I also think they'll continue Finn/Seth after and Seth is the better heel of the 2.
-I think the break up is happening and they should go with Bubba as the heel, problem there is that Devon gets lost in the shuffle. It happened in TNA and it might happen here as well. TNA really showed that Devon needs Bubba and Bubba is fine by himself.
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Post by RKing85 on Aug 21, 2016 15:40:11 GMT -5
nobody will shed a tear if we never see D-Von again.
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Post by Tim Rowcliffe on Aug 21, 2016 15:45:09 GMT -5
Based on what happened at the Olympics today, if Orton beats Lesnar will Heyman strip down to his tighty whities?
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Post by offrezwolf on Aug 21, 2016 22:27:40 GMT -5
Overall the PPV was good, but the match placement was disjointed. Lesnar/Orton should not have closed the show, instead I would have had Ambrose/Ziggler and Balor/Rollins book ending the Lesnar match. The ending felt so "meh" because both Lesnar and Reigns matches were basicly non-matches. There were no angles (new or existing) that could really be built on with those two matches. Styles/Cena basically stole the show, but Charlotte and Banks was pretty good as well. Taking the belt of Sasha is puzzling though.
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