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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jul 20, 2015 12:28:33 GMT -5
My Thoughts: Not a bad starter between Randy Orton and Sheamus. Crowd helped a lot too. Nothing special on the Tag Team match. I wish The New Day won their championships back. Really enjoyed Bray Wyatt vs Roman Reigns. It may be the match of the night for me. Disappointing Divas Match, I felt some awkward pacing/transitions. John Cena vs Kevin Owens was another good match from these two. But ever since their first match, I just feel like the others have been super similar which takes away from them. And that's why this is not the MOTN for me. Strange decision of making Owens tap out... Main Event was basically what I expected with the way Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins have been booked, with Brock Lesnar super strong and Seth Rollins a weak/coward champion. Winch is a shame because Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar could have a great match without this squash thing going... The Undertaker return was cool. Too bad I got spoiled by FalconArrow so I was expecting it already. You may like the review on my blog. We seem to have similar thoughts on the show.
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Post by YES! YES! YES! on Jul 20, 2015 12:43:04 GMT -5
Why Taker?
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Post by AJ F'n Brooks on Jul 20, 2015 12:44:11 GMT -5
My Thoughts: Not a bad starter between Randy Orton and Sheamus. Crowd helped a lot too. Nothing special on the Tag Team match. I wish The New Day won their championships back. Really enjoyed Bray Wyatt vs Roman Reigns. It may be the match of the night for me. Disappointing Divas Match, I felt some awkward pacing/transitions. John Cena vs Kevin Owens was another good match from these two. But ever since their first match, I just feel like the others have been super similar which takes away from them. And that's why this is not the MOTN for me. Strange decision of making Owens tap out... Main Event was basically what I expected with the way Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins have been booked, with Brock Lesnar super strong and Seth Rollins a weak/coward champion. Winch is a shame because Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar could have a great match without this squash thing going... The Undertaker return was cool. Too bad I got spoiled by FalconArrow so I was expecting it already. You may like the review on my blog. We seem to have similar thoughts on the show. Just finished reading your review and indeed we have very similar thoughts on the show.
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Post by A-Rob on Jul 20, 2015 12:48:00 GMT -5
Here's a highlight from last night.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Jul 20, 2015 13:47:36 GMT -5
Lesnar should have hit 21 Germans last night if they were deadset on Taker....
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Post by Arthur Speaks on Jul 20, 2015 15:23:14 GMT -5
WWE has officially booked themselves into a corner. There is absolutely no reason for Undertaker to want retribution for Lesnar ending the streak at this point. They were both at WrestleMania this year. If they really wanted Taker to get involved, just do it then and have Rollins cash in afterwards. Now we have to see these two compete at SummerSlam in a match that we never wanted in the first place. I imagined Undertaker wanting vengeance, but not 15 months afterwards. Not three months after he beat someone else at WrestleMania. There are only two solutions: Undertaker beats Lesnar clean or Sting gets involved and costs Undertaker the match, setting up the two at WrestleMania XXXII next year. Lesnar wins clean, Undertaker looks like an idiot for coming back. Undertaker wins clean, then there was no reason to end the Streak even though it would make more booking sense at this point. I really don't see any positive outcomes of Lesnar vs Taker. If Taker wins, ending the streak was all for nothing. I said this in another thread but the only thing I could think of is Lesnar winning clean to continue his dominance, get back into the title picture, go into WM32 as champ and get topped by whatever upcoming face. I don't know, I don't feel great about any of this. The way I see it, Undertaker going over would be the lesser of two evils. He came back for some kind of "retribution" so he might as well follow through. Lesnar winning does absolutely nothing for him. He beat him once and destroyed him, so why would he need to beat him again? I don't understand why this had to happen now. Or at all.
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Post by cripplercrossface on Jul 20, 2015 15:32:30 GMT -5
Goodness, Undertaker looked awful. You need glasses. Taker looks good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 16:19:50 GMT -5
Well...that was certainly a special of some sort... Should've stuck to my guns and watched American Horror Story instead... Hahahahaha, you think WWE writing and booking is bad, wait for the last two seasons of Anerican Horror Story. So horrendous. Oh, I know it is...but at least I haven't fallen asleep while watching American Horror Story...
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Post by attitudesback on Jul 20, 2015 16:45:58 GMT -5
Anyone know why the show finished super early? It seemed to finish about 10-15 minutes earlier than I thought it would. Lesnar/Rollins was pretty short, imo.
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Post by johnnyaustin21 on Jul 20, 2015 17:50:13 GMT -5
I could have went the rest of my life without ever seeing another Brock/Taker match up.Their just so many issues with these two having a match again all being negative and not helping the company in the long term.First of all Undertakers last two matches have been lackluster at best he clear can't go at a high caliber anymore and last night look old as and out of shape with his beer belly.Brock isn't the same wrestler he once was back in '02-'04 when he was a true BEAST and could turn out four star matches with easy and actually carry guys to good match,Brock in 2015 is a shell of his former self and can't have good or even great matches unless he's paired up with a top flight talent thats smaller them him and can carry the bulk of the match i.e. Punk,Rollins,Cena.So just on paper alone the chances are extremely high the match will suck.In terms of storyline it also makes little sense with Undertaker getting payback a year and a half later,Why didn't he look to screw Brock at SummerSlam last year in his title match or get payback at Wrestlemania this year instead of feuding with Wyatt when both men where around and on the same show ? Why in the world would Brock even care or give to shits about old ass Undertaker.He's beaten the piss out of his threwout his whole career when both where in their primes in '02 he beat him clean in a Hell in the Cell match and then just last year ended his streak.Theirs no reason why he should act like this big bad boogyman is coming to get him.Back to the actual match up if Taker wins that defeats the whole point of Brock ending the streak but if Brock wins Undertaker just looks like again he's old as and can't go anymore and Brock doesn't need another rub from Taker sense he's already owned his threwout his career. Theirs nothing about this in terms of a good storyline or possible in ring match up that makes have Brock/Taker again make any sense or for the good of the company in the short term or long term.Really just a waste of both mens time as well.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Jul 20, 2015 17:54:49 GMT -5
Anyone know why the show finished super early? It seemed to finish about 10-15 minutes earlier than I thought it would. Lesnar/Rollins was pretty short, imo. The IC title match was cut due to rybacks injury. Show knocked out Miz, but that took like 5 min.
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Post by attitudesback on Jul 20, 2015 18:33:03 GMT -5
Anyone know why the show finished super early? It seemed to finish about 10-15 minutes earlier than I thought it would. Lesnar/Rollins was pretty short, imo. The IC title match was cut due to rybacks injury. Show knocked out Miz, but that took like 5 min. Yeah, but the matches could've gone longer. Especially Lesnar/Rollins.
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Post by honeybear 619 on Jul 20, 2015 18:56:37 GMT -5
I could have went the rest of my life without ever seeing another Brock/Taker match up.Their just so many issues with these two having a match again all being negative and not helping the company in the long term.First of all Undertakers last two matches have been lackluster at best he clear can't go at a high caliber anymore and last night look old as and out of shape with his beer belly.Brock isn't the same wrestler he once was back in '02-'04 when he was a true BEAST and could turn out four star matches with easy and actually carry guys to good match,Brock in 2015 is a shell of his former self and can't have good or even great matches unless he's paired up with a top flight talent thats smaller them him and can carry the bulk of the match i.e. Punk,Rollins,Cena.So just on paper alone the chances are extremely high the match will suck.In terms of storyline it also makes little sense with Undertaker getting payback a year and a half later,Why didn't he look to screw Brock at SummerSlam last year in his title match or get payback at Wrestlemania this year instead of feuding with Wyatt when both men where around and on the same show ? Why in the world would Brock even care or give to craps about old ass Undertaker.He's beaten the piss out of his threwout his whole career when both where in their primes in '02 he beat him clean in a Hell in the Cell match and then just last year ended his streak.Theirs no reason why he should act like this spam boogyman is coming to get him.Back to the actual match up if Taker wins that defeats the whole point of Brock ending the streak but if Brock wins Undertaker just looks like again he's old as and can't go anymore and Brock doesn't need another rub from Taker sense he's already owned his threwout his career. Theirs nothing about this in terms of a good storyline or possible in ring match up that makes have Brock/Taker again make any sense or for the good of the company in the short term or long term.Really just a waste of both mens time as well. Everything you said was spot on. Pathetic, old, overrated undertaker!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 20:22:53 GMT -5
Goodness, Undertaker looked awful. You need glasses. Taker looks good. He looks awful without glasses. With my glasses on he looks like sh*t.
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Post by 0,Y on Jul 21, 2015 3:44:26 GMT -5
I was watching the PPV with my best friend and we marked out like crazy when Taker appeared and kicked Lesnar's ass. Looking forward to this feud.
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