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Post by adzy on Aug 20, 2018 1:00:42 GMT -5
Managed to nod off a couple times during the show, very average. Felt really flat and even the crowd didn't seem to be that into it for a special big 4 PPV. Another terrible Lesnar/Reigns match, thought Strowman could've saved it but it was not to be. Takeover was again a much better show top to bottom.
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Post by Triple S on Aug 20, 2018 1:04:50 GMT -5
SummerSlam sucked. Way too many quick matches.
Clearly shows that as long as the money is coming in, booking a good show doesn’t matter a single bit.
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Post by Planktung on Aug 20, 2018 1:28:59 GMT -5
Maybe I'm some weirdo because I liked SummerSlam.
I should try complaining about everything but continue to watch the show that I make sure I let everyone know I despise.
Could be a nifty experiment.
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Aug 20, 2018 1:35:54 GMT -5
Really wanted to see dean turn heel 😩
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 20, 2018 1:43:19 GMT -5
I haven't watched the show yet but just looked at the results and photos on the website. Please can someone explain to me why the Bellas ended up in the ring with Ronda? So they can built towards Nikki Bella vs Rhonda Rousey as the main event for Evolution.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Aug 20, 2018 1:58:32 GMT -5
Maybe I'm some weirdo because I liked SummerSlam. I should try complaining about everything but continue to watch the show that I make sure I let everyone know I despise. Could be a nifty experiment. For maximum results, you have to tell everyone you stopped watching months/years ago, yet still comment on every show to let everyone know how much you despised it.
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Post by Dan on Aug 20, 2018 2:58:35 GMT -5
Last night literally just confirmed why they absolutely had to have Roman win at Wrestlemania, and if not, then the Greatest Royal Rumble. There was no pay off at all. Nobody cared about Brock Lesnar finally being beaten clean, it meant nothing, and did nothing for Roman. They tried the Austin vs Bret route on Roman at Wrestlemania 34, by having him brutalised and coming up just short. It still gained him no sympathy. They tried having him screwed by unjustifiably losing at in the Cage. It still gained him sympathy. Then, they finally tried keeping their Universal Champion off of television for as long as they could in order to get Reigns over as being the one to finally bring back the Belt full time to Raw. Nobody cared, because nobody wants it to be Roman. Everything they built up Brock Lesnar to be, from beating the Streak, to dominating Cena, to beating Goldberg, has eventually all but fizzled out, due to their inept ability to pull the trigger on Roman time and time after again, yet still insisting he be the one to chase the Belt.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 3:03:18 GMT -5
Great show in my opinion, happy to see Roman win clean, glad Ronda trashed Bliss too. I love the quick matches, reminds me of the old days a bit, we shouldnt mind seeing people ger squashed once or twice, i enjoyed it
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Post by tg11 on Aug 20, 2018 5:04:58 GMT -5
Braun if he tries cashing in on RAW tonight, I can see Owens screwing Braun similar to how Big Show screwed Cena out of his cash in back in 2012
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Post by ecwrhino on Aug 20, 2018 5:08:47 GMT -5
I thought the PPV was pretty good.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Aug 20, 2018 6:51:19 GMT -5
SummerSlam sucked. Way too many quick matches. The show lasting nine hours wouldn’t have been an improvement.
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Post by tylerbreezee on Aug 20, 2018 6:55:01 GMT -5
Ya’ll think Vince even watches NXT?
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Aug 20, 2018 7:00:37 GMT -5
So very stoked that Brock is not champion anymore. 504 days. Five hundred and four. This reign was at best 380 days too long. He should *NEVER* have been champion that long. Absolutely not. No way.
Don't even mind that it's Roman. Because the belt will be on the show week in and week out now. And defended at every PPV, as it should.
Other thoughts:
-That Thanos attire was sick af. And I'm glad Seth is IC Champion again, and that Dean did not turn heel. That was a fantastic way to start the show.
-The SD Women's Championship fell flat. Should never have had Charlotte in there. I popped when Becky turned.
-Could have fallen asleep during the SD Tags. Just not a good match imo.
-Style/Joe was good. I hate the mid-match jawjacking and I don't like when they bring families into a match. May just be me....
-Fell asleep before Miz/Bryan ended, and missed the end of that match, plus Jeff/Nakamura, and Raw Women's. Doesn't seem like I missed much though. Ronda should not be champion. Completely undeserving.
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Post by King Richius on Aug 20, 2018 7:03:54 GMT -5
SummerSlam sucked. Way too many quick matches. The show lasting nine hours wouldn’t have been an improvement. The length of WWE PPVs has become a real problem for me. They don't put in the work telling compelling stories to support 4 hours of wrestling; more if you count the pre-show matches. There was nothing I found all that wrong about the show until you got to the final match - but we knew that was gonna' be a clusterbleep going in. Time will tell how salty I am about Becky getting screwed but that bad booking decision won't bother me if Becky gets put over Charlotte sometime soon. I'm okay with the DQ finishes and thought most if not all matches delivered on their potential. The show was just too long. THREE HOURS! Everybody and their mother needs to Tweet that to Vince and the WWE. Three hours is the ideal length for a PPV. Not less and certainly not more.
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Post by Bandalero on Aug 20, 2018 7:44:04 GMT -5
Tell me I'm not the only one who thought of this resemblance with the makeup?
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Aug 20, 2018 8:26:07 GMT -5
Lesnar had to lose this one, Vince wasn’t going to jeopardize his champion getting beat on a UFC ppv. Ironically, he beats all his champions with UFC guys on his own shows, go figure.
If Lesnar goes to UFC now and wins the belt, Roman looks great for having beat the UFC champion, if Lesnar loses, Reigns looks great for having beat the guy who clearly has lost a step. This whole “UFC people beating WWE people” is to eventually put over 2 people. Reigns and Charlotte. They’ll be the ones to beat the UFC people. And of course if HHH decides he ever wants to be either WWE or Woman’s Champion. (The latter sounds like a joke but don’t underestimate him, he lived out part of his fantasy of wrestling Ronda at this past years ‘Mania.)
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Post by King Richius on Aug 20, 2018 8:34:38 GMT -5
Tell me I'm not the only one who thought of this resemblance with the makeup? You're not.
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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 20, 2018 8:41:21 GMT -5
Thought the show was a lot more good than bad.
Ziggler/Rollins - Thought this match was great. I think we all know Ambrose is turning so the shenanigans on the outside being kept to a minimum was a nice surprise. The last 10 minutes of this match were the best wrestling of the show imo.
SD Tag Titles - Didn't care going in. Enjoyed Big E and the Woods elbow drop spot. Still don't care.
KO/Braun - Does nothing for Braun because people love KO (he's been hilarious and endearing during this feud) and Owens looked like sh*t. Just bad.
Charlotte/Carmella/Becky - Carmella's best in-ring performance to-date. Charlotte winning again is nauseating but I loved Becky attacking her and the crowds reaction to it was great. Charlotte should be a heel and Becky is the most over woman on Smackdown. So that's fun.
AJ/Joe - MOTN for me. Joe tried to grind him down early but it didn't work and then he went back to the mind games. Loved the finish and AJ's family involvement helped here when it could have easily gone the other way. I still really want Joe as champion but I'm not mad the feud is going to continue with the DQ. AJ being busted open made the whole thing look awesome.
Bryan/Miz - The match I was most excited about but I never felt like it got going. The finish was really generic. We've seen better out of Miz/Maryse, specifically against Ziggler. This was supposed to be a blood feud, which is how Bryan treated it, but Miz worked it like just another match imo. The Reality Show Wives tie in is terrible, but I guess that's business.
Balor/Corbin - A+ amazing. I know it's random and "why doesn't he do it all of the time" is valid, but because wrestling. Balor was so aggressive and I think Corbin sucks. So it was perfect imo. Sometimes the 911 booking is the best booking.
Nakamura/Hardy - I was burnt out by this point. I love Jeff and used to love Nakamura but I couldn't get into it. I thought the outside Swanton was insane, and probably unnecessary, but that's what Jeff does. Didn't care for a clean finish with Randy around and then Randy came out afterwards for no reason.
Ronda/Bliss - Another A+ for me. Ronda came out like she was going to kill Bliss. Just killed Bliss. And then we got some real emotion from her, which is both her greatest strength and biggest weakness, but in this spot it was a strength. I have no clue what the hell the Bellas were doing out there, but Ronda's moment was awesome.
Lesnar/Roman - Haha. I think they thought they were doing a good thing by teasing Braun but that just pissed the crowd off more. The "you both suck" chant was spectacular. I don't understand why this didn't happen at Mania or TGRR but here we are, with king Roman as champion. Praise be to Gege.
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Post by CM Poor on Aug 20, 2018 8:57:34 GMT -5
I went to bed thoroughly sports entertained.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 9:31:54 GMT -5
My thoughts on the show, which I attended...
The opening was awesome! Seth Rollins needs to go back to main eventing after he drops the IC title.
I didn't mind the squash matches in fact I thought they were well done. Especially Balor.
Speaking of Balor, I loved seeing the Demon back and squashing Corbin is what the Demon should have done. Finn as the Demon is now 3-0 in Summerslam. Maybe there will be a long streak like Undertaker and Wrestlemania?
Miz vs Bryan was great, but I knew Maryse would play some role in the match with the fake baby.
Finally the belt is off of Lesnar! Roman seemed to even get some cheers winning.
Overall I liked the show. I was afraid it would be at least 4 and a half hours, but it was a hair over 4 hours(I'm not counting preshow). Enough.
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