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Post by tg11 on Aug 19, 2018 22:10:19 GMT -5
No one cares that Roman won just as long as Brock didn't. Heyman is out of here too, he done too. After what happened to Braun, I wonder if they will set up a Braun heel turn now on Reigns? It won't matter because Braun will still be over as regardless and people will cheer for Braun anyway.
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Post by daredevil on Aug 19, 2018 22:11:00 GMT -5
How does a multi year long "feud" end in one spear with one of the fastest non-intended fast counts ever?
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Post by marino13 on Aug 19, 2018 22:11:12 GMT -5
Besides being a lil long, I enjoyed the PPV. Even with two SD title matches ending in DQ finishes and even with Balor & Rousey winning rather quickly. I thought the in ring action delivered and most matches were rather enjoyable.
Add this with last night and I think it was a great weekend for wrestling.
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Post by BROKEN on Aug 19, 2018 22:11:16 GMT -5
How does a multi year long "feud" end in one spear with one of the fastest non-intended fast counts ever? BIG DAWG
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 19, 2018 22:11:29 GMT -5
Pretty fun show. Kinda of weird that Summerslam is now just another PPV. Almost nothing but Roman Brock was settled.
Spiderman 2099 Balor was cool. Glad Aj retained. More Miz and Bryan ahead.
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Post by Joey Cush on Aug 19, 2018 22:12:29 GMT -5
I thought it was a great show up until the overbooked main event.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Aug 19, 2018 22:12:31 GMT -5
The lone highlight for me was Seth rollins winning. Maybe could count the demon balor appearance. Maybe.
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Post by Papi Joker on Aug 19, 2018 22:12:46 GMT -5
seriously some of ya'll would eat whatever they give ya, it's okay to sometimes say "I DID NOT LIKE THAT" and tonight I ate CRAP for main course!
I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE INTERNET DARN IT!!
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Post by BSR on Aug 19, 2018 22:13:04 GMT -5
So a few chair shots take out braun...
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Post by TurboEddie on Aug 19, 2018 22:14:39 GMT -5
That was complete and utter crap. I would rather have part time Brock Lesnar as champion than Da BiG dAwG!
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Post by johnnyaustin21 on Aug 19, 2018 22:14:48 GMT -5
One of the worst booked big time PPV's in years,it was late WCW levels bad.You had 3 squash matches,2 matches that ended in a DQ,Miz winning dirty and a horse crap main event where you basically said your getting a cash in only not to have one.
Its said to see the current state of the main roster and you can clearly see Vince could give two you know what in terms of what the fans think or how to properly book a show.He and I assume most of the team behind the scenes don't care.They have the network money and just signed deals with USA & FOX for 2 Billion dollars they can do whatever they want and fans just have to take it.Even if fans tune out it still really doesn't matter because those network deals are locked in.
Pretty much the only good match tonight was the IC Title match that was a solid make with proper booking and then Becky Lynch turning heel.Everything else either was a bad match with bad booking or solid matches with terrible booking to end them.
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Post by tg11 on Aug 19, 2018 22:16:07 GMT -5
Reigns/Strowman for the Universal Championship is bound to happen now. Roman I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!!! I can just see it now with Braun beating Roman down and then Braun cashing in. Cue the heel turn because that is how predictable the WWE is.
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Post by crookedterror on Aug 19, 2018 22:16:30 GMT -5
I wonder what happened after the show went off the air.
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Post by Rude Awakening on Aug 19, 2018 22:17:38 GMT -5
That ending just felt so weird, I was honestly hyped for a Roman/Brock match with Braun cashing in afterwards lol Vince straight up just finessed us into not crapping all over that match and closed out the show as quick as possible, he truly still is a mastermind đđ
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 19, 2018 22:18:15 GMT -5
WWE SummerSlam August 19th, 2018 | Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York | Attendance: 16,169
Andrade Almas and Zelina Vega vs. Lana and Rusev Itâs the most attractive tag team match in the history of anything. Rusev and Almas continued to have strong interactions together. Their chemistry has been better than expected and I say this as a huge fan of both. They worked through the obligatory Kickoff Show commercial. Zelina cut off the tag to Lana more than once. When Lana came in, she showed more improvement, though a few moves looked weak. An Almas distraction helped Zelina pick up the win with a rollup at 7:01. It was a lame finish because Zelina was too short to get her feet on the ropes for leverage. However, it made sense to continue the struggles for Rusev Day. The match was mostly fun, had a hot crowd, and did what it had to. [***]
WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Cedric Alexander [c] vs. Drew Gulak 205 Live is basically the wrestling show to go to for consistently solid wrestling (along with NXT). Alexander is unbeaten in 2018 and has several wins over Gulak, but this is a refocused challenger with a mean streak. Gulak used that to take the advantage early on. He seemed to have Alexanderâs number. It wasnât until the champion started showing a mean streak that the tide was turned. Still, Gulak is meaner, and he showed it with a brutal looking dragon sleeper on the ropes. Down the stretch, the pace picked up for some great near falls. In fact, it was Cedric turning a Gulak pinning combination into one of his own that got him the win at 10:39. A banger of a match. Gulak had his number, but Cedric was resilient and found a way to retain, even though the challenger had his number. Watch 205 Live, because stuff like this happens almost weekly. [***½]
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship: The B-Team [c] vs. The Revival The B-Team was fun but they donât need a long run. Itâs time to pull the trigger on the Revival. The challengers used their tag team knowhow to take control. With Dallas as the legal man, they took out Axel with a Shatter Machine. Lots of tandem offense, isolation, and trash talk by the confident Revival. Unfortunately, once Axel got the tag, things went downhill. He was stuck in a small package, Dallas took a jawbreaker, and fell onto the pin, turning it over and giving Axel the three at 6:10. The finish was rather creative and the Revival dominated. Theyâre so good at what they do, having them in control made for something entertaining. [**Âź]
Time for the main show.
WWE Intercontinental Championship: Dolph Ziggler [c] w/ Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins w/ Dean Ambrose Everyone in this match is good, though Dolph is bland. The Dolph/Seth series hasnât produced the way youâd hope, outside of a strong Raw main event. For the first half or so of this match, most of the focus was on Dean and Drew. They kept coming face to face, but nothing more. Dean feels like a more subdued version of himself. In the past, he wouldâve just taken out Drew and worried about consequences later. Dolph was in control and bored us to tears with a chinlock. I understand the point of those, but there are ways to do it without putting the fans to sleep. It picked up following a Seth frog splash. That included him doing an inverted superplex into a deadlift PAROXYSM! As a fan since his Tyler Black days, I popped. The move itself was outstanding. Seth survived a Zig Zag, cut off a superkick with one of his own, and won back the title with the Curb Stomp at 22:01. It took a while to get going, but once it did, it was rad. The closing minutes were great. [***½]
Backstage, the Bella Twins were interviewed for their first appearance in months. They plugged their show and YouTube channel, but said they were here to have fun. Nikki said she wanted to see Ronda Rousey make history and they just may be a part of Evolution.
WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship: The Bludgeon Brothers [c] vs. The New Day w/ Kofi Kingston The Hammer Perverts have dominated since winning the titles at Mania. New Day are the most successful tag team of the past few years. Going with Xavier Woods was an interesting choice for New Day. Heâs the smallest member of his team. The champions took advantage of that, isolating him from the opening bell. His eventual hot tag to Big E led to a great sequence. Big E has truly found his calling in this role. Everything from that point on delivered in a big way. Woods saved Big E from a Bludgeon combo and then kicked out of one of his own. The fans were into this and Kofi was doing his best Flavor Flav hype man impersonation at ringside. New Day tried a wild tandem move from the apron, but mistimed it and it never fully connected. Woods impressed by hitting his Limit Breaker elbow to the outside and New Day was on the verge of a win. Then, Rowan attacked them with a hammer for a DQ at 9:29. That was hella fun and the finish made sense. I know some will complain, but the dominant champs finally found a true threat and was unsure of how to handle it. That sets up an even better rematch. [***½]
Jon Stewart was shown in the crowd.
Money in the Bank: Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens This entire rivalry has been Strowman being a dick to Owens for no real reason. Like their Steel Cage match, this was all Braun. He kicked Owensâ ass as soon as the match opened, including slamming him onto the ramp and then winning with a powerslam in 1:55. Wow. That sucked. Braun is no longer interesting and KO deserves better. [DUD]
WWE Smackdown Womenâs Championship: Carmella [c] vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Iâd say this feud was more interesting before dull Charlotte got added. It couldâve been the best heel against the best babyface. Carmellaâs gear seemed inspired by Jim Neidhart. Right from the start, she got beat up, but did her best to play Becky against Charlotte. In fact, Carmella continued to shine. All Iâve seen online are people bashing her ring work. There are TONS of great wrestlers out there, but only a handful who can match Carmella for character work. It makes her special and itâs why sheâs been so successful. Becky was a fantastic fiery underdog. Charlotte didnât sell much because thatâs Charlotte for you. In fact, Iâd say Carmella outperformed Charlotte by a fair amount here and was right there with Becky. Charlotte came close with the Figure Eight, but Becky broke it up with a flying leg drop. Carmella busted out a tope suicida and Charlotte topped her with the corkscrew moonsault, though she missed both opponents. They told a wonderful story of Becky coming so close on so many occasions. As she had the Dis-Arm-Her locked in on Carmella, Charlotte hit her with Natural Selection to win in 14:40. That was a fun match that told a great story. Carmella shined brightly and was the star there. Of course, the title goes to Charlotte âStatus Quoâ Flair, who is the most boring choice for champion. [***ž]
Post-match, Charlotte hugged Becky, only to get slapped. The fans popped HARD for Becky destroying the perpetually bland Charlotte. They better not think Becky should be the heel in this thing. Sheâs the strongest booked PERSON on the roster. Yes, more than Roman Reigns. And she took Beckyâs spotlight.
WWE Championship: AJ Styles [c] vs. Samoa Joe Before the match, Joe pointed out that AJâs family was in the crowd and told his daughter that, âDaddyâs coming home tonight.â Despite that, this got off to a slow start. AJ and Joe took to feeling each other out and having a basic wrestling match in the early stages. They shouldâve gone right to war if this personal issue was the route the angle was going. Once AJ got to hitting the moonsault reverse DDT, the pace picked up and so did the match. However, it still struggled to reach the personal level it needed. Then, AJ got busted open and Joe made more comments towards AJâs wife. AJ attacked him through the guardrail and beat up officials. He hit Joe with a chair for the DQ finish at 22:42. This had some great spots and was actually a very good wrestling match. However, there were several some glaring issues in terms of intensity. It never felt like the bitter battle it needed to be. Hopefully, that gets fixed in the expected Hell in a Cell rematch. Good, but it missed what it needed to for it to be great. [***Âź]
Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz I havenât been this excited about a match in wrestling in years. Two of my five favorites of all time, having a match that is eight years in the making. Bryan brought his signature offense, but Miz was quick to use it back on him. It led to some great exchanges. I popped for Miz pulling out the Nigel clothesline, just like he did during their 2010 US Title match. There were so many great exchanges throughout, with Miz being a step ahead of Bryan in the early goings. Bryan started rallying and bringing the offensive style he became famous for. The style that separates him from the Miz. I loved when Miz started doing the âYesâ kicks, only for Bryan to lean into them. He was basically saying, âYour kicks are weak and mine are legit.â Great character stuff. The Skull Crushing Finale near fall was tremendous. Bryan missed a kick and hit the ring post, getting put right into the Figure Four. The idea that the wrestling master would tap to the reality TV star was so well done. Bryan survived and it led to more fantastic exchanges. Another great bit was seeing Bryan get vicious with the Yes Lock applied, straight up punching Miz in the back of the head. The same goes for the desperation of Miz biting Bryanâs hand to get closer to the ropes. In a simply perfect finish, Maryse handed Miz a foreign object. Bryan went for a tope suicida and Miz clocked him with the weapon to win in 23:22. Outstanding match and such a great finish. Miz beat Bryan with a punch to the face, which is what Bryan kept saying he wanted to do to the Miz. The âdangerousâ wrestler took a risk and the âsmart, safeâ wrestler made him pay to steal it. Incredible. The match was fantastic, with so many top notch exchanges and storytelling that was so fitting of their history and feud. The best match of the weekend and probably of the entire month. [****½]
They ran an ad to hype Triple H vs. The Undertaker at WWE Super Showdown in Australia coming this October.
Baron Corbin vs. Finn Balor THE DEMON! FINN BROUGHT OUT THE GODDAMN DEMON FOR THIS! It was a surprise and it worked. He took Baron off guard and dominated. I donât think Corbin got in any offense and Finn won with the Coup de Grace in 1:29. Complete squash. The paint looked fantastic. [NR]
WWE United States Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura [c] vs. Jeff Hardy Last time these two had a PPV match, it ended in about six seconds. Here, we got much more of a match and it worked. Heel Shinsuke has been far better than his bland babyface persona and it showed here. A ton of personality showed from him in this one and it worked so well. The spot where Hardy had the Twist of Fate countered and avoided the low blow was great. Jeff seemed to have the match in hand, but made a critical mistake. He went for the Swanton Bomb on the apron, only for Shinsuke to move. Seeing him crash and burn there was wild. Shinsuke rolled him back inside and hit Kinshasa to retain in 10:57. A solid match that played well off their personalities. [***]
WWE Raw Womenâs Championship: Alexa Bliss [c] vs. Ronda Rousey Natalya came out before the match and got a nice ovation from the crowd after her fatherâs passing this past week. Onto the match, Ronda came out with weird face paint, but a demeanor of a woman looking to destroy her opponent. Thatâs just what she did. This lasted 4:39, but only because Alexa stalled outside a bit. Ronda dominated her for our third squash of the night. It was needed. I like Alexa and consider her at the very top of the womenâs division in terms of character and overall package. But, as the heel, you need to get what you deserve. That never happened against Nia. Here, she got wrecked and tapped out to an armbar. Great booking. Fun murder. [***]
WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Roman Reigns They had a banger at WrestleMania 31, only to follow it up with crapty matches at WrestleMania 34 and the Greatest Royal Rumble. Before the match, Braun Strowman came out, seemingly to cash in and make it a Triple Threat match. Instead, he opted to wait until this was over. Roman came out with Spear after Spear. Brock started throwing his moves. âYou both suckâ chants. Same old, same old. Braun ended up taking an F5 and getting hit with his briefcase. Brock also threw the briefcase to the top of the stage. Brock got back in the ring with a chair and hit the Spear to finally win the Universal Title at 6:10. Meh. It was another one of their matches, but was kept short enough to not be awful. The finish felt kind of weak after everything theyâve been through, but Iâll take it over a finisher barrage. [**]
Overall: 7.5/10. Usually, Iâm very anti-long PPVs. This did suffer a bit from that, but it wasnât front loaded the way others were. There was a consistent pace and a lot of good matches on the show. Miz/Bryan was a classic and needs to be seen, especially if you pay attention to their history. The only thing on the card that was flat out bad was Braun/Owen and it was over quick. The title is off Brock in a short match, we got Demon Finn wrecking crap, a great Bryan/Miz match, and a whole bunch of good, quality wrestling matches. I dig it.
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Post by tg11 on Aug 19, 2018 22:19:21 GMT -5
Cormier can now kick Brock's ass and if this was Brock's last appearance in WWE along with Heyman, then I say good riddance to bad rubbish for both.
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Post by tg11 on Aug 19, 2018 22:21:24 GMT -5
That ending just felt so weird, I was honestly hyped for a Roman/Brock match with Braun cashing in afterwards lol Vince straight up just finessed us into not crapping all over that match and closed out the show as quick as possible, he truly still is a mastermind đđ Yeah but tomorrow night on RAW people will in crap all over RAW especially Reigns now that he's WWE Universal Champion. People may just tune out of RAW altogether. I know I will. I would much rather watch Smackdown Live anyway.
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Post by King Richius on Aug 19, 2018 22:22:28 GMT -5
Welp, looks like it's time for me to join in on the craze everyone else seems to be doing: rejecting what is reality and substituting my own. Take it from me, you'll be much happier if you do. I'm so excited that KO took the MITB briefcase from Braun and cashed in on Roman to close SS. Best PPV ever!
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Post by tg11 on Aug 19, 2018 22:24:05 GMT -5
Hell if we had other companies on Monday and Tuesday doing shows then I would tune into them on Monday night and Tuesday night that's for sure. ROH and NJPW look a whole lot better to me now that WWE continues to up their own product and screw over the fans.
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Post by zigglerbryanpunk on Aug 19, 2018 22:26:37 GMT -5
So glad I cancelled the network. No matter how much better Smackdown is every week, they'll still put raw on for the main event. NJPW is lightyears ahead of WWE right now and if it wasn't for NXT, I would just stop watching completely.
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