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Post by @brit_figs on Sept 12, 2016 11:18:08 GMT -5
I enjoyed the ppv last night. Who would have though a year ago that KO, AJ and Nakaumra are all champions in WWE/ NXT. THIS. Ngl, but I feel like AJ vs Joe needs to happen in 2017.
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Post by hbkjason on Sept 12, 2016 11:24:55 GMT -5
While I am glad AJ Styles is the champion and he certainly deserves it with the way he has gotten over and the performances he has had. But does any one else think that Ambroses behaviour or just the way he came across in that interview with Austin may have sped up them taking the belt off him?
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Post by havoc7179 on Sept 12, 2016 11:37:10 GMT -5
While I am glad AJ Styles is the champion and he certainly deserves it with the way he has gotten over and the performances he has had. But does any one else think that Ambroses behaviour or just the way he came across in that interview with Austin may have sped up them taking the belt off him? Yes. Yes I do. If you look at Ambrose's character in recent weeks when he's not cutting a promo, it's been him being a goofball going around the back and messing with catering and people's coffee. Kind of fits his demeanor during the Austin interview. Its interesting to me because when he's cutting promos, Ambrose's character is completely different from how he's portrayed during backstage segments.
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Post by J12 on Sept 12, 2016 11:44:01 GMT -5
Kane beating Wyatt, with interference from Orton or not, is piss poor, unacceptable garbage. Wyatt should have destroyed Kane. Period, end of story. Now, when Orton inevitably beats Wyatt, it will mean absolutely nothing, because Bray will have just lost to Kane. Just awful.
I'm finishing the show now, as I opted for Sunday Night Football last night instead. The show is good, but it feels like a good episode of Smackdown rather than a Pay-Per-View. These single brand shows are gonna get real old, real fast.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on Sept 12, 2016 11:45:12 GMT -5
While I am glad AJ Styles is the champion and he certainly deserves it with the way he has gotten over and the performances he has had. But does any one else think that Ambroses behaviour or just the way he came across in that interview with Austin may have sped up them taking the belt off him? Yes. Yes I do. If you look at Ambrose's character in recent weeks when he's not cutting a promo, it's been him being a goofball going around the back and messing with catering and people's coffee. Kind of fits his demeanor during the Austin interview. Its interesting to me because when he's cutting promos, Ambrose's character is completely different from how he's portrayed during backstage segments. Ambrose has always acted that way throughout his singles run. His whole gimmick is he's a normal guy who likes to go drink and have fun, but when he steps into the ring he's all business. I don't think the podcast had anything to do with him dropping the title. As I said before, I think the entire plan was for AJ to beat Cena clean, go on to win the title and then feud over the title with Cena whenever he comes back to TV. It was clear from the way they booked Ambrose's title reign since the brand split that they had no idea what to do with him and he wasn't going to hold the title much longer.
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Post by bigshab421 on Sept 12, 2016 11:48:54 GMT -5
How was the attendance at the show? Looking at some pictures on Instagram and the arena has very noticeably empty seats. Didn't notice any empty seats, crowd was very lively They did full circle crowd shots all night and it didn't seem like anything was tarped off or empty.
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Post by ARUN on Sept 12, 2016 11:58:43 GMT -5
I enjoyed the ppv last night. Who would have though a year ago that KO, AJ and Nakaumra are all champions in WWE/ NXT. THIS. Ngl, but I feel like AJ vs Joe needs to happen in 2017. Same here. I don't think they are in a hurry to call up Joe. He's the biggest star in NXT along with Roode and Nakamura in my opinion.
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Post by rob29 on Sept 12, 2016 12:14:18 GMT -5
I was quite impressed with backlash and found it rather refreshing.
when Nikki Bella wore the colour blue, last night, I thought WWE are bound to let her win, she's wearing smackdown! blue coloured attire, plus she was out for almost a year, I was almost certain it would be her - I enjoyed the swerve WWE pulled, having Becky Lynch win the 6-pack challenge.
when Bray Wyatt insisted on a 10-count, that if Randy didn't answer, he would forfeit the match - I thought wait for it, it will get to 8 or 9, then we will hear 'I hear voices' being blasted out - but we didn't, another refreshing surprise.
And what with the USO's recent heel turn, I thought right, their bound to win the tag titles, otherwise their heel turn means very little, they didn't it was Rhyno and Heath Slater winning.
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Post by J12 on Sept 12, 2016 13:08:13 GMT -5
Just finished the show. Outside of the main event, the show definitely felt like a good episode of Smackdown rather than a Pay-Per-View. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, though. At least it was good.
Ambrose/Styles was excellent. It was the best performance of Dean's title run, and another stellar outing for AJ. I absolutely loved the fact that they told a compelling story without falling into the trap of "WWE main event style", where both guys kick out of each other's finishers several times. Ambrose never hit Dirty Deeds, and one Styles Clash put Dean away. That was refreshing. At this point, I'm not sure I could find a compelling argument against AJ Styles being the best active wrestler in the world. He's just knocking it out of the park every single night, and when he gets put in a main event position, forget about it. He's on fire.
As a stated early, putting Kane over Bray Wyatt is indefensible and brings the overall show down a peg. There is no excuse for that kind of miserable booking.
The Intercontinental Title match was very good, and I was glad to see Miz retain, but all in all, it's just more of the same for Ziggler. He hasn't shown anything new since getting a bit of a push following the brand split. And it's more than just a problem with him, it's a problem with the show as a whole.
Smackdown's thin roster should be lending itself to really buckling down and elevating new talent, but they're failing entirely. Bray Wyatt lost to Kane, Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin, both of whom desperately need wins, fight on the pre-show, Ziggler is elevated but then continues to lose. It's the same old song and dance and it's going to catch up to them sooner rather than later.
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Post by Dan on Sept 12, 2016 13:26:11 GMT -5
Delighted that they went with AJ Styles. My only worry going forward is that the lack of depth in the Smackdown Roster is going to seriously harm or diminish the value of his WWE World Championship reign.
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Post by Chip on Sept 12, 2016 13:54:30 GMT -5
I gotta say, as a WRESTLING show....what we got last night was pretty good.
I mean they could have cut some filler and got Corbin/Crews on the main show, save the pre-show for the real jobby jobber stuff. Especially with brand split PPVs now.
First tag match was fine. Established the Usos as dirty heels. Mojo Rawley is just really bland. Like he's OK in the ring, but I just can't care any less about his presentation. Ryder still stuck in jobbersville, as he has now been eliminated TWICE in a single elimination tournament
Miz/Ziggler was really good. I mean, it's where both guys belong, honestly. Fighting over the IC title and who's the best at that level. They laid it out and had a fun, entertaining, and well booked match.
Bray/Orton/Kane I was puzzled by. I mean I get that Orton can't wrestle, so Bray taking him out made sense....but why not leave it there? Like...did Orton HAVE to come out? Bray should have taken him out, that's it and then gone on to destroy Kane. The idea of Bray attacking Orton, then Orton hitting him with the RKO costing him the match, it's an old story. It's been told 146,000,000 times by this company. It was just not necessary.
Usos/Beauty & the Man Beast. I havent marked out for a title win more since Ryder's IC win at Mania. Heath Slater is money. That guy has been given the craptiest of crap by this company and he has managed to make it WORK every single time. I love the pairing of these guys, it's so off the wall. And it works because Slater is good enough in the ring to play "face in peril" then Rhyno gets to be the hot tag machine and demolish leaving Slater to get the wins. Great booking ,a fun match and an even better reward. Hopefully they dont drop the belts Tuesday night, because this IS the WWE and the absolutely LOVE to just troll us over and over and over again
Main Event. Easily one of Ambroses' best matches in the WWE. Just all around entertaining and damn fine wrestling. I love that they didn't kick out of 215 finishers. The finish being a little "screwy" was typical WWE, but it at least sets up a rematch and maybe they can actually continue a feud for more than 2 weeks. I seriously cannot believe AJ Styles is the WWE Champion. What a time to be alive.
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Post by havoc7179 on Sept 12, 2016 15:25:39 GMT -5
Just finished the show. Outside of the main event, the show definitely felt like a good episode of Smackdown rather than a Pay-Per-View. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, though. At least it was good. Ambrose/Styles was excellent. It was the best performance of Dean's title run, and another stellar outing for AJ. I absolutely loved the fact that they told a compelling story without falling into the trap of "WWE main event style", where both guys kick out of each other's finishers several times. Ambrose never hit Dirty Deeds, and one Styles Clash put Dean away. That was refreshing. At this point, I'm not sure I could find a compelling argument against AJ Styles being the best active wrestler in the world. He's just knocking it out of the park every single night, and when he gets put in a main event position, forget about it. He's on fire. As a stated early, putting Kane over Bray Wyatt is indefensible and brings the overall show down a peg. There is no excuse for that kind of miserable booking. The Intercontinental Title match was very good, and I was glad to see Miz retain, but all in all, it's just more of the same for Ziggler. He hasn't shown anything new since getting a bit of a push following the brand split. And it's more than just a problem with him, it's a problem with the show as a whole. Smackdown's thin roster should be lending itself to really buckling down and elevating new talent, but they're failing entirely. Bray Wyatt lost to Kane, Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin, both of whom desperately need wins, fight on the pre-show, Ziggler is elevated but then continues to lose. It's the same old song and dance and it's going to catch up to them sooner rather than later. Funny. I didn't see this post till now but just started one separate from here. Aside from the Kane/Bray match, there were no multiple finishers in these matches. One and done. Whoever hit first won.
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Post by Rule 30 on Sept 12, 2016 16:22:12 GMT -5
While I am glad AJ Styles is the champion and he certainly deserves it with the way he has gotten over and the performances he has had. But does any one else think that Ambroses behaviour or just the way he came across in that interview with Austin may have sped up them taking the belt off him? I don't think so. AJ is hot right now after beating Cena clean so it made sense to put the title on him. They needed to capitalize on the big win from SummerSlam, and they couldn't have AJ lose another title match.
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Post by Rude Awakening on Sept 12, 2016 16:36:35 GMT -5
The show was incredible. Normally I would have that one match in a ppv where I'd zone out and go get something to eat, but I didn't cause I was interested the whole night. Styles vs Ambrose might be match of the yearOkay Okay let's not go that far, it was all fine and dandy, but it certainly isn't that. I much preferred Ziggler vs Miz. My bad just rematches Ziggler vs Miz, and what a f'n match! It was very competitive and the promo before the match gave it a big fight feel.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Sept 13, 2016 11:52:20 GMT -5
I absolutely loved Backlash! Enjoyed every match from start to finish, a great show just as I had hoped it would be.
At first I was disappointed that Orton wouldn't be on the show but meant I got to see Kane with Orton still making an appearance. A win-win for me. I'm guessing Orton and Wyatt will have a proper match at No Mercy.
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