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Post by PJ on Sept 14, 2015 22:16:27 GMT -5
Im glAd the man got at least one win in the company I see it as two wins. He beat Big Show via DQ from outside interference. Then Triple H made a tag match and Sting made Seth tap. I count that as two separate matches seeing Triple H didn't say it was continuing as a tag match. So he is 2 and 1 going into NoC.
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Post by East Coast on Sept 14, 2015 22:17:14 GMT -5
I wish I was alive in the 80s and early 90s man. As an eighteen year old, even now Sting is pretty enjoyable to watch. I watch the older wrestling and he strikes me as a man who had the "it" factor. Right now though, it's best for Seth to win at NoC. heck...u missed the monday nite wars. if there was some D'Lo Brown vs Jobber match on RAW.....u could flip channels to Nitro and watch The Flock...NWO...Benoit....Jericho....Luchadores...Sting..Mortis...Ultimo Dragon. and if Nitro had some Disco Inferno vs Kenny Chaos nonsense on....u could flip to RAW and catch Undertaker, HHH, Goldust, Rock, DX and Stone Cold.
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Post by Sleazyness on Sept 14, 2015 22:19:32 GMT -5
I wish I was alive in the 80s and early 90s man. As an eighteen year old, even now Sting is pretty enjoyable to watch. I watch the older wrestling and he strikes me as a man who had the "it" factor. Right now though, it's best for Seth to win at NoC. heck...u missed the monday nite wars. if there was some D'Lo Brown vs Jobber match on RAW.....u could flip channels to Nitro and watch The Flock...NWO...Benoit....Jericho....Luchadores...Sting..Mortis...Ultimo Dragon. and if Nitro had some Disco Inferno vs Kenny Chaos nonsense on....u could flip to RAW and catch Undertaker, HHH, Goldust, Rock, DX and Stone Cold. I have actually watched all the Nitros in 97 on the network(just finished today). The tension leading up to Sting fighting Hogan at Starrcade was phenomenal. The ending to their match was such a fail though.
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Post by Casty on Sept 14, 2015 22:19:32 GMT -5
I don't know if anyone else is watching, but so far I really enjoy this Table for 3 with the New Day I'll watch it later, it intrigued me quite a bit in those ads for it. I'm confident in the fact that you'll enjoy it :b
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Post by Sleazyness on Sept 14, 2015 22:21:28 GMT -5
I thought the show was pretty good tonight. Sting looked good though I'm sure some are still not happy. Only complaints I have are, would like to have seen the Dudley wrestle. And Sheamus should not have lost clean again this week. Besides all that, I was pleased. It's impossible to satisfy everyone. With the crap ending to Charlotte vs Nikki Bella, I'd rather have watched The Dudley Boyz in action.
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Post by J12 on Sept 14, 2015 22:24:55 GMT -5
Ryback's promo was awful and all, but JBL talking over him was so incredibly ridiculous. It's amazing that this is the same guy that was so good during his first commentary run.
Also, Rollins tapping out to his challenger for the second month in a row is an absolute joke. I don't care that it's Sting. It's piss poor, detrimental booking.
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Post by JDP on Sept 14, 2015 22:25:04 GMT -5
Watching RAW a little late, of course I know that NIKKI ING BELLA Is now the longest reigning champ. Ugh. She just, wtf.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2015 22:27:07 GMT -5
I'm happy that Sting's in WWE and fighting for the title....
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Post by Rule 30 on Sept 14, 2015 22:29:08 GMT -5
I thought it was a pretty average RAW. Underwhelming for a special edition however. There was nothing really terrible about it (awful Divas Title finish aside), but nothing great either.
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Post by The IT Factor on Sept 14, 2015 22:30:32 GMT -5
This RAW was just utter trash. Especially the horrendous booking of the Nikki/Charlotte match.
Other than The New Day, the booking to this show was downright atrocious, and I don't care at all for NOC.
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Post by SodaGuy on Sept 14, 2015 22:32:00 GMT -5
When you think WWE can't make Seth Rollins look like worse.. they do. Sigh.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Sept 14, 2015 22:56:00 GMT -5
Sting got 2 wins tonight, right?
DQ win over Big Show Submission win over Rollins/Show
So, Sting should be 2-1 in WWE.
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Post by Daws on Sept 14, 2015 22:57:11 GMT -5
:/ well... Aj's title streak is over.. This is crap.
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Post by J12 on Sept 14, 2015 22:59:56 GMT -5
I'm surprised people care about Nikki taking AJ's record. The title means nothing and tonight just proved that even more. The entire segment was basically a wet fart from the crowd's perspective. Meanwhile, how the did Big Show get back in the main event? At this point, Vince is just a toddler trying to fit the square block into the circle hole on his playset. If you're wondering who Kevin Dunn is in this scenario, he's the babysitter who keeps telling Vince that he's doing it right.
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Post by ZDB on Sept 14, 2015 23:37:18 GMT -5
Loved the Divas segment
Nikki had a great match
Ending was perfect, Nikki gets away with the title and breaks AJ's streak
Charlotte wins Sunday
Everybody happy (except AJ Lee fans but get over it)
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Post by TurboEddie on Sept 14, 2015 23:47:44 GMT -5
Raw had the potential to be good, but was yet again a disappointment.
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Post by Daws on Sept 14, 2015 23:55:15 GMT -5
Loved the Divas segment Nikki had a great match Ending was perfect, Nikki gets away with the title and breaks AJ's streak Charlotte wins Sunday Everybody happy (except AJ Lee fans but get over it)
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Post by The-Rock on Sept 15, 2015 0:01:46 GMT -5
Pretty decent Raws the past few weeks, just kind of sad that 15 years ago every week was this exciting. Obviously Sting is losing to Rollins, and even if he doesn't you know Sheamus will cash in. While Sting's style is sort of Cena-esq (hits his 5 signature moves of doom) in his old age...I still think he is worthy of being used weekly. Not to mention his character lends itself to wrestling once a month or so. From a business standpoint, I think making Sting WWE champion is the right marketing move. It has the potential to draw more viewers and officially makes his time in WWE legitimate and adds prestige to the belt. Merchandising for Sting also has tremendous value.
In terms of people bitching about Big Show. It was clear from the get go he was chosen because Show moves slow and it easily masks Sting's old age/inability to be lightning quick. It also prevents any big moves or massive bumps. Although I was shocked he did that ddt off the top rope.
Glad the dudley's didn't wrestle, too much of a good thing can get old quickly. I question if making the Dudley's tag champions is the right move more so than giving Sting the WWE title. Only because having the Dudley's hold the belts makes "up and coming"/more mid-card wrestlers look useless, whereas forcing maybe 1 or 2 main eventers to lose to one of the greatest wrestlers of all time doesn't really destroy their credibility (see Cena losing to The Rock, Punk losing to The Rock, anyone who loses to Undertaker, HHH losing to Hogan, anyone who would lose to Flair). Not to mention, the dudleys putting someone through a table is what it is all about at the end of the day anyways.
This divas revolution isn't terrible, but the concept would be better served with a male stables. They've literally condensed an entire division to a 9-person permutation. Ive always felt the women's division was at it's best when it intertwined with male storylines (like Santino/Beth in 2008).
I've seen a lot of people complaining about the Rusev/dolph storyline. While the progression has been pretty sub-par...the storyline itself is such an upgrade over the stuff we saw from 2008-2014. I can't even remember the last non-title, non-main eventer elongated feud the did. Storylines like rusev/dolph and Wyatts/Reigns & Ambrose are Attitude Era par for the course.
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Post by The-Rock on Sept 15, 2015 0:16:55 GMT -5
Loved the Divas segment Nikki had a great match Ending was perfect, Nikki gets away with the title and breaks AJ's streak Charlotte wins Sunday Everybody happy (except AJ Lee fans but get over it) Ya I thought that was a brilliant finish for a free match. There is no benefit to having AJ be the longest title holder, just like when they had Orton break Brock's record as the youngest champion. No sense in rewarding someone who just kind of left them hanging. The Bella's have somehow become cornerstones of the company purely because of Total Divas
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Post by AmericanMadeLesGold on Sept 15, 2015 1:38:40 GMT -5
Loved the Divas segment Nikki had a great match Ending was perfect, Nikki gets away with the title and breaks AJ's streak Charlotte wins Sunday Everybody happy (except AJ Lee fans but get over it) Ya I thought that was a brilliant finish for a free match.There is no benefit to having AJ be the longest title holder, just like when they had Orton break Brock's record as the youngest champion. No sense in rewarding someone who just kind of left them hanging. The Bella's have somehow become cornerstones of the company purely because of Total Divas Maybe they got the screwjob bullcrap out of their system before NOC. This felt like Rollins/Ambrose at MITB, so hope they aren't saving more of that for NOC.
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