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Post by East Coast on May 9, 2017 20:59:21 GMT -5
Orton doing a whole lot of nothing Hot tag for the win, duh Hot tag to eat the pin from ....JINDER MAHAL?
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Post by tylerbreezee on May 9, 2017 20:59:41 GMT -5
Orton doing a whole lot of nothing Hot tag for the win loss, duh
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Post by Chip on May 9, 2017 21:00:01 GMT -5
SO
MUCH
ZOOMING
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Post by tylerbreezee on May 9, 2017 21:00:30 GMT -5
Hot tag to eat the pin from ....JINDER MAHAL? THE MAH HA
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Post by King Richius on May 9, 2017 21:00:52 GMT -5
Not a bad SmackDown but not a great one either. Will be a lot better with New Day, Rusev, and Lana whenever they show up. Also... 5,000th post. Only took 4 1/2 years.
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y13
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Post by y13 on May 9, 2017 21:01:28 GMT -5
Man that's a weak finisher Jinder has.
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Post by Chip on May 9, 2017 21:02:36 GMT -5
Jinder should have pinned Sami. I HATE the booking of the heel challenger pins the champion in a multi-man match
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Post by The Future on May 9, 2017 21:03:17 GMT -5
205 live > SDL at this current point in time.
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Post by Chip on May 9, 2017 21:03:38 GMT -5
overall i feel the same as i did after RAW.
decent wrestling show, nothing terrible, but nothing amazing either.
Breezango is the best thing not named AJ or KO on Smackdown
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Post by Thought Collector on May 9, 2017 21:20:28 GMT -5
Imagine if I said a few months ago Jinder would be pinning Randy Orton before fighting him for the world title: :
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Post by J12 on May 9, 2017 21:29:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I still can't take Jinder Mahal the least bit seriously. The WWE Title is a complete joke to me right now.
Also, there's no desirable scenario in that match. If Jinder wins, lol. If Randy wins, he's still champion. Lose-lose.
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Post by blissfan4life on May 9, 2017 21:59:40 GMT -5
Jinder Mahal fighting for the WWE Title, that would be like Barry Horowitz all of a sudden fighting for the World Title.
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Post by TurboEddie on May 10, 2017 2:15:54 GMT -5
I was worried that the Superstar Shakeup would ruin SmackDown Live, but I've still been enjoying it more than Raw. It's more organized, easier to follow, and it puts an emphasis on wrestling rather than storylines. Last night's show was enjoyable and I'm excited to attend Backlash.
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Post by Manning Of Steel on May 10, 2017 7:01:20 GMT -5
I'll take Jinder Mahal being champion over Roman Reigns all day, every day.
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That 80s Guy
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Post by That 80s Guy on May 10, 2017 12:33:59 GMT -5
-- Jinder's promo next week, will make or break his opportunity...and how many more will he get? Who knows. I hope the guy takes the ball and runs with it, the guy is instantly hot right now and if portrayed correctly, BAM, you've got another main event star. Plus he's getting heat from the crowds (was at a house show recently, and the crowd was hot at the guy). WWE hitting the East Indian market is brilliant for revenue all around, and Jinder could be 'that' guy for that market.
If I had the book......... Jinder goes over Randy, new champ. Very similar to Iron Sheik's reign, keep it transitional just to see how well over he is with the title. Meanwhile, KO retains the US title against AJ, after a run-in from Corbin and eventually SZ, setting up a fatal-4-way on SDLive... Corbin takes it, KO wants his title back and SZ's feud with Corbin isn't over, thus setting up those 3 to feud over the US title. During which, Jinder is able to get past Orton once more due to the Singh Bros of Bollywood - setting up a feud between Randy and the tag team; this allows AJ to plead with Shane using the "respect" factor that he never got his 1-on-1 rematch for the title and dropping the "better late than never"; AJ vs Jinder, AJ takes it and all is right in the world ha.
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And y'all might think I'm on crack for saying this, but MoJo could potentially be one of the few 'mainstay' main eventers, within the next couple years. In '98, I predicted Edge was going to be huge. And in '02 into only his 3rd week, I predicted Cena was going to be 'The Franchise' (using those exact words!!); long and behold what happened. I'm saying now, MoJo Rawley will become one of WWE's top guys! They gave him the Andre rub, the guy's good with kids, and he's like the modern day babyface/white guy version of Monty Brown (TNA fans might remember that Monty had main event written all over him). He not only uses the "Pooooouuuuuunce" and is a former football guy, but he's charismatic AF and has agility I can only imagine having, for a guy his size. If I had the book............ Once he's ready, I'd hold off on Ryder's return and let MoJo continue to rise and gain just a bit more success. Which then, Ryder returns, both engage in a Hype Bros reunion....Ryder turns heel on MoJo! And it's THIS feud that is going to elevate BOTH guys, maybe save it for Summerslam to give it that Big Time feel. It gives the ball to Zack to let loose any aggression built up from his injury, and where his career has been at since WM32; which as a newly found heel, gives him purpose to want more. And it gives the ball to MoJo to turn that volume up even LOUDER on his already-intense personality, by having his former mentor turn on him... the story writes itself!!!
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Post by Chip on May 10, 2017 13:02:23 GMT -5
i think this is the first time, since i joined the board in 2007, that i created a threadhead thread
and it's probably the shortest ever.
fitting.
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Post by McBlake on May 10, 2017 13:29:30 GMT -5
-- Jinder's promo next week, will make or break his opportunity...and how many more will he get? Who knows. I hope the guy takes the ball and runs with it, the guy is instantly hot right now and if portrayed correctly, BAM, you've got another main event star. Plus he's getting heat from the crowds (was at a house show recently, and the crowd was hot at the guy). WWE hitting the East Indian market is brilliant for revenue all around, and Jinder could be 'that' guy for that market. If I had the book......... Jinder goes over Randy, new champ. Very similar to Iron Sheik's reign, keep it transitional just to see how well over he is with the title. Meanwhile, KO retains the US title against AJ, after a run-in from Corbin and eventually SZ, setting up a fatal-4-way on SDLive... Corbin takes it, KO wants his title back and SZ's feud with Corbin isn't over, thus setting up those 3 to feud over the US title. During which, Jinder is able to get past Orton once more due to the Singh Bros of Bollywood - setting up a feud between Randy and the tag team; this allows AJ to plead with Shane using the "respect" factor that he never got his 1-on-1 rematch for the title and dropping the "better late than never"; AJ vs Jinder, AJ takes it and all is right in the world ha. -- And y'all might think I'm on crack for saying this, but MoJo could potentially be one of the few 'mainstay' main eventers, within the next couple years. In '98, I predicted Edge was going to be huge. And in '02 into only his 3rd week, I predicted Cena was going to be 'The Franchise' (using those exact words!!); long and behold what happened. I'm saying now, MoJo Rawley will become one of WWE's top guys! They gave him the Andre rub, the guy's good with kids, and he's like the modern day babyface/white guy version of Monty Brown (TNA fans might remember that Monty had main event written all over him). He not only uses the "Pooooouuuuuunce" and is a former football guy, but he's charismatic AF and has agility I can only imagine having, for a guy his size. If I had the book............ Once he's ready, I'd hold off on Ryder's return and let MoJo continue to rise and gain just a bit more success. Which then, Ryder returns, both engage in a Hype Bros reunion....Ryder turns heel on MoJo! And it's THIS feud that is going to elevate BOTH guys, maybe save it for Summerslam to give it that Big Time feel. It gives the ball to Zack to let loose any aggression built up from his injury, and where his career has been at since WM32; which as a newly found heel, gives him purpose to want more. And it gives the ball to MoJo to turn that volume up even LOUDER on his already-intense personality, by having his former mentor turn on him... the story writes itself!!! The "Andre rub" as you put it really hasn't done anything for anyone. Not even Corbin I'd argue. The only reason he won was so hos buddy could get involved and WWE could promote his appearance. I don't really see much in the Monty Brown comparison either, but I think their WWE careers will go pretty much the same way. Marcus Car Von was it?
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Post by Sizzle on May 10, 2017 14:02:30 GMT -5
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Post by marino13 on May 10, 2017 16:22:41 GMT -5
I... I probably should have stickied this, huh?
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Post by Funk The Revival on May 10, 2017 17:12:10 GMT -5
Thought Smackdown was decent. Breezango gon' get that gold.
Will go next time they're here in November.
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