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Post by ClashOfStyles on Mar 6, 2017 10:58:53 GMT -5
This PPV didn't make any sense. Bayley breaks Charlotte's PPV streak at FASTLANE? No reason why Charlotte shouldn't have won last night and then it would have been way more special if Bayley would have broken that record at WreslteMania. Hell, Bayley shouldn't even be Champion yet! They should have saved Bayley winning they belt and breaking the streak for WrestleMania....instead they did one on RAW and one on FastLane....both times making the accomplishment way less special. Braun Strowman loses clean. Why? Why? Why? All the build up to make him look like a buffoon flying off the top rope. Why couldn't they have had Roman Reigns about to win, the lights go out, the gong sounds, the lights go back on, and Strowman has Reigns by the throat and slams him for the win? That way NOBODY has to lose clean, and it heats up the Reigns/Undertaker feud that WWE wants to happen for some reason. WWE is probably going to just have Reigns walk out tonight and go "I'm the Big Dog in the yard! And then Undertaker will limp out and say it's his yard and then disappear until WrestleMania when he jobs to Reigns. Goldberg can't wrestle and is Universal Champion. That's all I'm going to say. Awful. Lesnar/Goldberg didn't need the belt for their feud. Joe/Zayn was good, and Neville/Gallagher was good, but for the most part, this PPV was a dumpster fire. Last night may have been the worst PPV I've ever watched. From the sh*tty booking to the pointless losses, "dumpster fire" is the perfect phrase to describe this PPV.
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Post by BorrachoBancho on Mar 6, 2017 11:28:44 GMT -5
I'm shocked at the amount of positive comments I've read elsewhere about the main event. I get that its wrestling, you can't foolishly try to watch each show with a bookers mindset, and in a few months it'll sort itself out with some different angles/title holders. But my lord. I have 0 idea how anyone in power can legitimately think what they presented last night was a PPV worthy product. And unless you're an old school fan who stopped watching after WCW closed shop and things transitioned away from stars like Rock/Austin (or you hate Owens with far too much passion), I don't see how you can have any sort of positive opinion over Goldberg winning.
Terrible stuff. They created an ugly situation having Brock tear through the roster as a part timer. Then they add fuel to the fire by bringing in Goldberg as another part timer that is essentially just a super powered face version of Brocks current character. Instead of containing the disaster as its own entity, leaving those 2 boring buffoons to just batter one another around in a feud, they let the fire spread heavily into the main roster. And now (presumably) the Mania main event.
My head is spinning at how bad these Raw shows/PPV's tend to be, and how horribly jumbled together the Wrestlemania card is looking. I feel like I have the worst luck whenever I finally build up the nerve to try following WWE more regularly. Almost always, I end up starting right before a terrible event like last nights. Despite my ranting, I'll try to make time tonight for Raw, but I may just nestle into my work bench with some basketball game on in the background.
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Post by tiny04 on Mar 6, 2017 11:43:48 GMT -5
Roadblock: End of the Line was worse for me. Roadblock was bad, but I enjoyed the Iron Woman match until the finish. This has been a total mess. After then watching the main event and then looking back on the show as a whole, you're right. Roadblock was better. That main event last night pushed that show into WOAT territory for me.
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Post by bigshab421 on Mar 6, 2017 12:36:13 GMT -5
Roadblock was bad, but I enjoyed the Iron Woman match until the finish. This has been a total mess. After then watching the main event and then looking back on the show as a whole, you're right. Roadblock was better. That main event last night pushed that show into WOAT territory for me. Roadblock was uneventful, but pretty solid wrestling wise.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Mar 6, 2017 13:04:05 GMT -5
It wouldn't shock me if they made the PPV so badly done, so they can use that as an excuse as to 'fire' Mick from his GM job since Stephanie apparently wasn't there last night and was stuck in an airplane.
Crafty, sneaky, WWE writers they are.
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Post by 859approved on Mar 6, 2017 13:04:20 GMT -5
I'm kinda happy Goldberg won. Dont like how quick it was. Takes away from Lesnar being "shocked" and "taken off guard", I would have preferred a 5-8 minute match at the least.
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Post by Rob on Mar 6, 2017 13:37:38 GMT -5
This PPV is a picture perfect example of everything that is wrong with WWE today. I haven't watched Raw in a few weeks so i didnt even bother watching this PPV because i had a gut feeling exactly how it was going to turn out and it did. Reigns mowing over Strowman like a pile of crap is EXACTLY why nobody likes this ing guy and WWE STILLLLLLL doesnt get it. They just dont get it. Owens getting squashed like a ing bug by a 50+ year old guy who hasn't wrestled a full match in 13 years is exactly why WWE cant create new stars anymore. And that isnt even the worst of it. When you realize that Goldberg/Lesnar, The 2 guys responsible for the worst match in WM history at WM 20 is now going to be the main event of WM 33 for the title. Surely this match isnt going to last beyond 3 mins. Yeah, Between a squash match as a main event, Reigns going over Taker, Another Lesnar title reign where he shows up once every 2 months despite there being a 30 day title defense rule(Yeah, They just did it with Naomi on SD), Its time to cut Raw out for good.
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Post by Chip on Mar 6, 2017 14:24:02 GMT -5
look...i know we all love to book what we think would be good....but people really wanted Undertaker to cost Roman Reigns a match vs. Strowman why? what does that prove? why would Undertaker even want to do that? because something happened at the Royal Rumble? The is the point of it? It's as lame as Reigns just beating Strowman clean after overcoming the odds.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Mar 6, 2017 14:25:59 GMT -5
Only caught some of the show last night because I was just too tired. Don't care what anyone says, I love that Goldberg won. Every time he squashes someone quicker than he did before me and my friend burst into laughter, it's become a PPV tradition since November. People sure were and still are overreacting on Twitter. There's still the US Title which Owens can take from Jericho at WrestleMania, it makes perfect sense. Roman's shoes looked ridiculous, it's all I could focus on. And yet another one gets fed to Roman. Surely to ing god they won't have him beat Taker at Wrestle ingMania... No idea what they're doing with the women, they couldn't have saved Bayley's big win and Charlotte's PPV streak being ended for WrestleMania?
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Post by Dan on Mar 6, 2017 15:32:08 GMT -5
Some of the illogical booking from Fastlane was literally baffling. I was half expecting Undertaker to help finish the Reigns Match as a No Contest, protect them both from losing, and set up the inevitable match at Wrestlemania. However, a clean win for Reigns is of course complete WWE logic. You just know that while he should be going full blown heel and retiring the Undertaker in the process, that he'll just be kept as this awkward babyface and they'll attempt to have Undertaker raise his hand in yet another desperate effort to get him over.
The Womens Match made absolutely zero sense whatsoever, as has the whole previous few months. There is so many ways they could have gone with this, are they genuinely that incapable and dumb? It's only a matter of time before the fans turn sour on Bayley, and it's purely down to nonsensical booking. She should have had a natural progression and won the gold, ending Charlotte's streak at Wrestlemania and being made a star in the process. Instead, they decide to take a non-organic fast track route with her by winning the Title on Raw. Ok, this at least seemed like they were at least saving Charlotte's PPV Streak as the big marker as opposed to winning the Title, and looked as though they'd taken the route of having two pay offs. Why on earth the Streak ended last night, just four weeks prior to Wrestlemania, it's mind boggling, and the way it went down has almost made Charlotte a babyface in the process. You've got the face Champion in Bayley, using distracting tactics to heelishly retain the Championship, and leave the crowd feeling sorry for Charlotte having lost her streak in the process. We're getting a Fatal Four Way for the Title at Wrestlemania, but at this point, who really cares in it now? Bayley has had her crowning moment and is already slipping off the boil, Charlotte's PPV value has diminished, Sasha will most likely have a rushed and forced Heel turn & if she doesn't then we've already seen her as Champion countless times with no worth, and Nia just lost clean. It's absolutely senseless.
The Main Event was pretty gripping in fairness. We knew what the outcome was, but it was about seeing how it played out. I'm slightly getting worried that Vince is going to have Goldberg retain at Wrestlemania now, and drop the Title the next night on Raw. I'll be beside myself if this is the route they go though. Realistically, Goldberg should appear to have caught Lesnar and got his number once again with a Spear & Jackhammer straight from the off, only this time Lesnar manages to kick out. After that unfolds, Lesnar should then go full on Beast Incarnate mode and decimate Goldberg into retirement. It has to be emphatic though. One F5 for the victory does not do it for me, it still would seem as though he just got the better of him on this one occasion, but Goldberg will still be 2-1 up. Lesnar has to erase all of that by absolutely obliterating him on the biggest stage.
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Post by Triple S on Mar 6, 2017 15:37:40 GMT -5
Just nonstop complaining in this thread. Why do some of you guys even watch if you don't like it? For the off chance that they'll do the smart business move. ... it happens sometimes and when it does it's magical and makes sense.
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Post by Yayo on Mar 6, 2017 15:51:08 GMT -5
Remember that rumor that WWE wanted a great WM main event after WK11? Lolol
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Post by Chip on Mar 6, 2017 15:54:23 GMT -5
the one thing i really cant understand from last night..... so the bell rings for the title match...then they do the announcement (in this corner the challenger.....) ref holds up the belt and they act like the match started. but then Owens leaves the ring and out of nowhere Cole is like "the match hasnt even started yet!!!" so then after the stalling, Owens gets in the ring and calls for the bell for like 10 seconds....meanwhile, Jericho's music hits.....5 seconds later the bell rings while jericho's music is still playing, and the match starts/ends?? it was a gigantic cluster and made ZERO sense.
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Post by Yayo on Mar 6, 2017 16:02:21 GMT -5
the one thing i really cant understand from last night..... so the bell rings for the title match...then they do the announcement (in this corner the challenger.....) ref holds up the belt and they act like the match started. but then Owens leaves the ring and out of nowhere Cole is like "the match hasnt even started yet!!!" so then after the stalling, Owens gets in the ring and calls for the bell for like 10 seconds....meanwhile, Jericho's music hits.....5 seconds later the bell rings while jericho's music is still playing, and the match starts/ends?? it was a gigantic cluster and made ZERO sense. Logic isn't of importance, gotta make Goldberg look strong
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Post by The American Daydream on Mar 6, 2017 17:33:49 GMT -5
I'm still wondering how Byley didn't get disqualified? Sasha clearly hit Charlotte with a forearm. That whole match was a mess honestly.
Skip to 08:50 in the video and see where Sasha clear as day hits Charlotte while the Ref is staring right at them. Amazing job WWE.
I also want to point out that Bayley was outside the ring with Charlotte from 08:23 in the video to 09:03 at which point Charlotte rolled in after Sasha and while I'm no expert on ref counts, that seems a lot longer than 10 seconds.
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Post by k5 on Mar 6, 2017 17:51:22 GMT -5
main event was poopy and did to a degree mirror punk/rock. i enjoyed the ppv otherwise - cruiserweight match, roman/strowman, and joe/sami were all good bouts
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Post by Joey Cush on Mar 6, 2017 18:57:01 GMT -5
I was too excited for this show. Thought there would be cool twists and surprises, especially with Reigns/Strowman and the Main Event. God I was wrong. Going to start going into every show for now on with no expectations so i wont be disappointed. But its the WWE, so you can still be very let down.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Mar 6, 2017 19:14:10 GMT -5
Was hoping for some more smoke and mirrors in the main event, but it sets the US title match up nicely. Reigns vs Strowman and the cruiserweight match were good fun. Triple H looks like a jerk not helping Owens at all in the match.
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Post by LA Times on Mar 6, 2017 19:21:47 GMT -5
"NXT is the future of the WWE"-HHH since 2012
2017: Goldberg wins the WWE Universal Championship and will main event Wrestlemania
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 1:01:12 GMT -5
Overall an extremely crappy PPV, the only matches I enjoyed were Zayn vs Joe and Neville vs Gallagher. In my mind the main event all but proved that WWE have no faith in Goldberg to actually wrestle a match, if anyone could have carried him through a match that's longer than two minutes KO could have and it's clear they don't even feel Goldberg was capable of that. Feel bad for Owens but at least he'll have a good mania match with Jericho I guess.
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