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Jackie D posted:The crowd being dead as poo poo really kills it for me Tough part is with all the audio fuckery and manipulation it's hard to tell when they actually were or it was manufactured
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didn't watch summer slam but listened to it in the background while having a migraine and getting bombarded with drunk texts from a coworker sounds like i got off easy
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... Seriously and sincerely, I genuinely was not aware that "how would Vince McMahon react to having to burn everything, and wouldn't it be fun to be a fly on that wall" was some sort of outlandish idea. Terrible things happening to awful people, ruining their awful plans, is the bread and butter of basically every comedy show I grew up with; I rather assumed everybody and anybody would be familiar with the idea. Sorry for my apparently incorrect assumption and/or poor phrasing, evidently I did not convey my meaning accurately. (ed: and I'll take that on board for the future.)(ed2: sorry, anxious compulsion to always put things right. Sorry again. Will stop.)
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Fresh Like Zafo posted:Roman winning means Brock is getting a rematch. Finn, Owens, and Goldberg are still waiting for theirs
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pressedbunny posted:... Seriously and sincerely, I genuinely was not aware that "how would Vince McMahon react to having to burn everything, and wouldn't it be fun to be a fly on that wall" was some sort of outlandish idea. Terrible things happening to awful people, ruining their awful plans, is the bread and butter of basically every comedy show I grew up with; I rather assumed everybody and anybody would be familiar with the idea. Dude, unless you wanna become the Roman Reigns Child Porn Guy, just stop talking and let it die. Don't respond to this post. Just stop.
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Aug 20, 2018 04:34
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My thoughts are that the r were some good matches, some graceful matches, I'm glad the coronation finally happened and it happened in the worst way possible to make Roman look weak af
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pressedbunny posted:... Seriously and sincerely, I genuinely was not aware that "how would Vince McMahon react to having to burn everything, and wouldn't it be fun to be a fly on that wall" was some sort of outlandish idea. Terrible things happening to awful people, ruining their awful plans, is the bread and butter of basically every comedy show I grew up with; I rather assumed everybody and anybody would be familiar with the idea. Sorry for my apparently incorrect assumption and/or poor phrasing, evidently I did not convey my meaning accurately. (ed: and I'll take that on board for the future.) Just keep digging eventually you'll get out
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I hope that this leads to more universal title matches on ppv now that Reigns has taken the belt off of Brock...but I'm hoping that Reigns isn't the champion or challenger in these future title matches.
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Aug 20, 2018 04:37
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Mechafunkzilla posted:bad matches, awful finishes, The only bad matches I saw where the real squashes, which sure, shouldn't have been there, but honestly I will take a bad squash over a bad match that goes on for a while and plenty of PPVs have had those. Finishes, it varies. Seth v ZIggler ended well, Miz/Bryan had a solid end, while Joe/Styles was a gently caress finish it was really well done from an emotional/story standpoint, as I said the crowd basically saved Charlotte's win. A little screwy but it's not the transparent "Why would you even DO this" booking of say, last year's Mania. I understood the booking in most cases. quote:zero stakes or investment in storylines Here's where I really have to disagree because I think there were some cool story beats. The Bludgeon Brothers finally being pushed to the point where they have to use the drat things, Lynch going off on Charlotte, Miz/Bryan was very old school in its theatrics, and Joe/Styles also had a very classic "heel makes it personal" angle which led to the finish. Heck, even the main event had something- Lesnar losing because he spent so much time trying to neutralize Strowman was actually a clever bit. It makes sense that after winning so decisively so often he finally takes his eye off the ball and that's what does him in.
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VJeff posted:Dude, unless you wanna become the Roman Reigns Child Porn Guy, just stop talking and let it die. Don't respond to this post. Just stop. Quick BIG DAVE, say something stupid!
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Namtab posted:My thoughts are that the r were some good matches, some graceful matches, I'm glad the coronation finally happened and it happened in the worst way possible to make Roman look weak af Even weaker and lamer than I thought possible. I never even thought of this way, and yet here we are. I applaud WWE in their complete and horrid ineptidude to do most things sensibly. At least the squashes were good.
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Aug 20, 2018 04:39
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IC was good. AJ/Joe was good. Miz/Bryan was good. Demon squash was good. The crowd cheering Becky's heel turn was good. There's definitely been worse shows, even if the main event shenanigans were an all-time lovely thing.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Okay I obviously don't know what makes good wrestling or something since I overall liked that but thought it was too long As has been the case, the quality for the average roster match isn't necessarily bad The issue is, and always has been, their inability to stick the landing and stop themselves from loving up the ending This PPV had a lot of matches that were fine (at worst) until the last minute or two, which tend to be the most memorable part The most memorable part of the whole show is of course usually the ending of the last match, which here was....that. The best-case takeaway you have leaving a PPV shouldn't be just "well, at least now I get to see a belt defended more often than once or twice a quarter-year and the champ show up more often than 6 times total"
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it's better to have an absentee champion than roman, who is not good despite the weird "the fans hate him for SOME reason but he's actually real good guys!" thing that's become popular lately. If there was a top 100 active wrestlers list he'd be lucky to crack the bottom 5.
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Ok I'm big enough to admit it: SummerSlam sucked.
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yeah IC was good too. New day/Bludgeon was good until stupid DQ finish. AJ/Joe was also good and the DQ made sense but uhh, yeah: Dont bring your toddlers into storylines. To quote Vinny Verhei "they dont get it.". I just was not cool with that. If it was just his wife sure it wouldve been awesome. But uhh the kid being there made it pretty uncomfortable.
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I thought it was really funny that Heyman emphasized "defending" eight times as if that was particularly impressive for a guy who was champion for 500 consecutive days Heyman rules but lol
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The best part of the Braun troll is how hilariously shortsighted it is. It worked tonight but it’s just gonna piss a lot of people off even more.
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sportsgenius86 posted:The best part of the Braun troll is how hilariously shortsighted it is. is RAW in the same place tomorrow? and were packages of both summerslam and RAW tickets sold?
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Raskolnikov38 posted:is RAW in the same place tomorrow? and were packages of both summerslam and RAW tickets sold? Yup.
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GrimGypsy posted:it's better to have an absentee champion than roman, who is not good despite the weird "the fans hate him for SOME reason but he's actually real good guys!" thing that's become popular lately. If there was a top 100 active wrestlers list he'd be lucky to crack the bottom 5. Seriously Roman is poo poo in the ring and bad on the mic. At least with Cena there was an argument to be made.
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GrimGypsy posted:it's better to have an absentee champion than roman, who is not good despite the weird "the fans hate him for SOME reason but he's actually real good guys!" thing that's become popular lately. If there was a top 100 active wrestlers list he'd be lucky to crack the bottom 5. I recall his matches with Styles and his match with Bryan being pretty good. Obv not saying that's anywhere near entirely on him, but if he's against a good opponent it's absolutely better than "champ no-shows for months and the entire supporting cast just shrugs and has matches without acknowledging it"
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Shoenin posted:Even weaker and lamer than I thought possible. 4 years 4 years 4 years 4 years. I want to emphasise that they've wanted to crown Roman for about 4 years and tonight they did it in the lamest way possible
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Aug 20, 2018 04:57
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What is the best golden era summerslam I very much need a palette cleanser friend
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Like I said, even weaker and lamer than I thought possible.
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Chris James 2 posted:I recall his matches with Styles and his match with Bryan being pretty good. Obv not saying that's anywhere near entirely on him, but if he's against a good opponent it's absolutely better than "champ no-shows for months and the entire supporting cast just shrugs and has matches without acknowledging it" On the other hand his matches with Joe and I don't remember who else were loving lame, seemingly deliberately
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beergod posted:What is the best golden era summerslam 94 had a pretty fun (but a bit long) Owen Bret cage match but it also had Undertaker vs Underfaker. Summerslam 98 and '02 are both pretty solid, I'd say they're #2 and #3 respectively. Maybe the best one of all time is '92 just for the atmosphere of it being overseas and that insane IC match, but I may be biased and it's probably been outclassed since.
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beergod posted:What is the best golden era summerslam 1997 is maybe the best Summerslam they ever did, start to finish. Climactic moment of the Hart Foundation Against America angle, Bret/Taker’s really good, Owen/Austin is great until, well, y’know, Pillman/Goldust is painful to watch because of Pillman’s ankle but otherwise is all right, and the opener is motherfucking Mankind and Hunter in a steel cage. All the Foundation matches have good stips attached to add a little extra heat, the show builds to a boil over the three hours, and the end of the main had everyone intrigued on where on earth they were going to go (the answer: to the first Hell In a Cell and the Montreal Screwjob). Edit: also the hype vid they have at the front of the show is easily top five show promos they’ve ever done; elucidates the shades of character of the guys involved in their top match (of which there are actually some), sets the tone for the show and where the company is at that moment as they turn towards Attitude, and for whatever reason it’s really, really well-written for what it is. IF LIFE WERE FAIR... The Cameo fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Aug 20, 2018 |
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Aug 20, 2018 05:10
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On the one hand teasing the cash in was a lovely bait and switch but on the other hand it was clever to try and trick the Brooklyn crowd into thinking there might still be a cash in as the show went off the air to keep them from being totally mutinous during Roman's celebration. So if that's what it takes to get them to just put the drat belt on him so we can all move on with our lives then great! So be it imo. Also I really liked how there were three squash matches. I want more major PPVs with multiple squash matches.
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I don’t know if it was to keep them from being mutinous, I think it was just to keep them from leaving
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beergod posted:What is the best golden era summerslam 2002
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what if someone found the thousands of GB of cartoon porn samoa joe has. Then Good Old JR Showed It to vince to prove that some people like that sort of thing and they began to hire cartoon wrestlers. i'll hang up and listen
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Cavauro posted:what if someone found the thousands of GB of cartoon porn samoa joe has. Then Good Old JR Showed It to vince to prove that some people like that sort of thing and they began to hire cartoon wrestlers. i'll hang up and listen Camp WWE would be a much weirder show, I'll tell you that.
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beergod posted:What is the best golden era summerslam I'd say 2002 was the best Summerslam.
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pressedbunny posted:... Seriously and sincerely, I genuinely was not aware that "how would Vince McMahon react to having to burn everything, and wouldn't it be fun to be a fly on that wall" was some sort of outlandish idea. Terrible things happening to awful people, ruining their awful plans, is the bread and butter of basically every comedy show I grew up with; I rather assumed everybody and anybody would be familiar with the idea. Sorry for my apparently incorrect assumption and/or poor phrasing, evidently I did not convey my meaning accurately. (ed: and I'll take that on board for the future.)(ed2: sorry, anxious compulsion to always put things right. Sorry again. Will stop.)
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Cavauro posted:what if someone found the thousands of GB of cartoon porn samoa joe has. Then Good Old JR Showed It to vince to prove that some people like that sort of thing and they began to hire cartoon wrestlers. i'll hang up and listen I really shouldn't read posts like this at work. I'm choking from stifling my laughter.
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Was a good PPV. But I skipped over 5 matches, the promos, and entrances and watched it all in 3 hours. How the hell does every match on the preshow end in a rollup? Why do they put so many matches on the show and have so many squashes?
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beergod posted:What is the best golden era summerslam Watch Summerslam 2001 because 15 year-old CarlCX was there and you can pretend WCW still exists for a minute.
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Samoa Joe loving rules though and I hope they give him a run with the title. He comes across as a mean, tough dude at all times and the crowd buys into it
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Did Brock's run eclipse Punk's? Because I remain convinced that's why he was signed to an extension after Wrestlemania and I want to see if I'm right.
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