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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 21:34:35 GMT -5
This dude is ugly as chit!
Oh wait, is this not the Official SDL/Temptation Island Thread?
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Mar 26, 2019 21:41:33 GMT -5
Can’t wait for Vince to shorten AJ’s name to just “Styles” Nah, they will just shorten it to AJ... or better yet, just A Idk. Styles sounds wwe. Better yet Stylez. Make him resonate with cool people that use z instead of s. |
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Post by McBlake on Mar 26, 2019 21:59:12 GMT -5
What happened to the fatal four way? The really couldn't give 2 shits about anyone in the female Smackdown roster excluding Charlotte and Becky.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 22:00:15 GMT -5
What happened to the fatal four way? The really couldn't give 2 craps about anyone in the female Smackdown roster excluding Charlotte and Becky. Realized not a single one of them belong anywhere near a Championship match at WrestleMania. |
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Post by sonstuds on Mar 26, 2019 22:00:45 GMT -5
Objectively speaking there were no worthy Smackdown Women Title matches for Mania, but WOW if the IIconics, Natalya, Beth Phoenix, Tamina, and Nia Jax are on the card and Asuka isn't.
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Mar 26, 2019 22:28:05 GMT -5
Objectively speaking there were no worthy Smackdown Women Title matches for Mania, but WOW if the IIconics, Natalya, Beth Phoenix, Tamina, and Nia Jax are on the card and Asuka isn't. I agree with this. |
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Post by Hasbromaniac on Mar 26, 2019 22:58:35 GMT -5
Glad I taped Smackdown. Charlotte beats Asuka, Miz beats up Sanity and New Day beats up the tag division  Wow, creative has gone down the toilet. Seriously, I'm in the minority probably but who writes this garbage. Might be the 1st year I watch WM after it happens. |
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Mar 26, 2019 23:46:00 GMT -5
Didn't see the point in having sanity Benjamin and the remaining Colon brother there plus the security jist for miz to beat down.
Also enough with the gauntlet matches now? Kofi has beaten every singles main renter and E n Woods have totalled the entire tag division way to build people up.
Angles match went exactly as I assumed, I thought it would have gone on longer though. In a way I'm glad it didn't with all due respect to Kurt he's pretty pathetic in the ring these days hopefully its just an act to throw us off and we get an excellent retirement match from him on the big stage.
I skipped Lottie v Asuka didn't even realise if was for the title until coming here. Totally pointless win there. Charlotte should chose to either remain as smackdown champion and we get Asuka vs Charlotte or vacate the title and well have a miltiwoman match for the gold.
Talking of multi-man matches Uso's forfeiting their part in the gauntlet should get them punished by having to defend their titles against The Bar, Naka and Rusev and The Hardyz
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Post by @brit_figs on Mar 27, 2019 2:48:37 GMT -5
Now that they’ve done this I just KNOW there is a Big E & Xavier turn coming soon. The more I think about it, the more I feel like it’ll be at Mania.
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Post by TurboEddie on Mar 27, 2019 3:08:21 GMT -5
This is the least excited I’ve ever been for WrestleMania. The booking right now is ass.
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Post by kingnothing ~ Hardwired... on Mar 27, 2019 6:41:51 GMT -5
Having Kofi win the gauntlet last week to get the title shot would seem more fitting than to have his partners win their matches for Kofi to get the title shot. Just seems like ridiculous booking to me. Or they could have done the gauntlet matches in reverse. Have the tag match last week with Bryan/Rowan being the surprise add that costs Kofi the shot, only for him to come out with the win this week. |
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Post by Funk The Revival on Mar 27, 2019 7:09:55 GMT -5
Why do Becky Reigns, Charlotte Goldberg, and Ronda Lesnar need both belts in their match? Probably the most annoying booking decision by WWE in a while, urgh. Shame for Asuka, hopefully something changes by WM...
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Post by ahunter8056 on Mar 27, 2019 7:56:51 GMT -5
Really puzzling decision to have Charlotte win the title. As someone already mentioned, there weren't really any worthy SmackDown Live Women's Championship matches they could have made, unless they had made Lacey Evans or Nikki Cross a legitimate threat a month ago. It still doesn't really make much sense to rob a whole division of a title match at WrestleMania. Talk about one step forward, one step back. Sure, giving the biggest women in the industry the main event of WrestleMania for the first time is huge, and has been the dream for the entire division. But then reducing the amount of female matches on the card as a result? That's a step backward, at the exact same time that they're taking a step forward.
After watching Cultaholic's response to this, I think the two reasons they suggested sounded very credible:
1) This has been done to give the final WrestleMania image of all the Four Horsewomen standing triumphant with their titles. Becky with the RAW title, Charlotte with the SmackDown Live title, and Sasha and Bayley with the Tag Team titles. Now personally, I'm a huge fan of all four Horsewomen, and I absolutely loved this concept image when it was posted on the internet back in January, and I did really want to see it happen. But even I think sacrificing a whole division for it is just too much. They could have got there without sacrificing the division, if that was their plan all along.
2) It's throwing everything they can into the one match, knowing that the most mainstream media attention will be focused on the main event, putting all their eggs in one basket. I think this is probably the more likely scenario. It will probably make it slightly more memorable to have both titles in the match. But was it really necessary?
Upon reading the news, I thought it a bit strange how a lot of women on the roster instantly tweeted their disdain for the result and their appreciation for Asuka. Even heels like Nia Jax were furious. Carmella, Mandy Rose, Naomi, Sasha Banks, Sonya Deville, Lana, Becky Lynch, Asuka herself, the list goes on. The fact that so many on the roster tweeted their outrage immediately makes me think this is leading to something big next SmackDown Live. We don't usually see wrestlers openly criticise WWE's booking decisions, so I can't help but feel that they knew exactly what was coming, and ordered to react appropriately. One idea I thought of was that next week, the SmackDown Live roster all team up to beat the crapout of Charlotte, and we end up with a new champion by the end of the night, and the SmackDown Live Women's Championship match at WrestleMania is back on.
I'm just saying, although the decision seems really odd at first, I'll wait until after next week's SmackDown Live before I fully judge it. For all we know, it could be leading to something great. Remember how furious the internet was after Randy Orton beat Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship in Christian's first defence in 2011? Remember how that led to a really interesting heel turn and storyline? It may be the same situation here.
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Post by havoc7179 on Mar 27, 2019 8:31:09 GMT -5
Really puzzling decision to have Charlotte win the title. As someone already mentioned, there weren't really any worthy SmackDown Live Women's Championship matches they could have made, unless they had made Lacey Evans or Nikki Cross a legitimate threat a month ago. It still doesn't really make much sense to rob a whole division of a title match at WrestleMania. Talk about one step forward, one step back. Sure, giving the biggest women in the industry the main event of WrestleMania for the first time is huge, and has been the dream for the entire division. But then reducing the amount of female matches on the card as a result? That's a step backward, at the exact same time that they're taking a step forward. After watching Cultaholic's response to this, I think the two reasons they suggested sounded very credible: 1) This has been done to give the final WrestleMania image of all the Four Horsewomen standing triumphant with their titles. Becky with the RAW title, Charlotte with the SmackDown Live title, and Sasha and Bayley with the Tag Team titles. Now personally, I'm a huge fan of all four Horsewomen, and I absolutely loved this concept image when it was posted on the internet back in January, and I did really want to see it happen. But even I think sacrificing a whole division for it is just too much. They could have got there without sacrificing the division, if that was their plan all along. 2) It's throwing everything they can into the one match, knowing that the most mainstream media attention will be focused on the main event, putting all their eggs in one basket. I think this is probably the more likely scenario. It will probably make it slightly more memorable to have both titles in the match. But was it really necessary? Upon reading the news, I thought it a bit strange how a lot of women on the roster instantly tweeted their disdain for the result and their appreciation for Asuka. Even heels like Nia Jax were furious. Carmella, Mandy Rose, Naomi, Sasha Banks, Sonya Deville, Lana, Becky Lynch, Asuka herself, the list goes on. The fact that so many on the roster tweeted their outrage immediately makes me think this is leading to something big next SmackDown Live. We don't usually see wrestlers openly criticise WWE's booking decisions, so I can't help but feel that they knew exactly what was coming, and ordered to react appropriately. One idea I thought of was that next week, the SmackDown Live roster all team up to beat the crap out of Charlotte, and we end up with a new champion by the end of the night, and the SmackDown Live Women's Championship match at WrestleMania is back on. I'm just saying, although the decision seems really odd at first, I'll wait until after next week's SmackDown Live before I fully judge it. For all we know, it could be leading to something great. Remember how furious the internet was after Randy Orton beat Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship in Christian's first defence in 2011? Remember how that led to a really interesting heel turn and storyline? It may be the same situation here. I hate the term burial, but that is exactly what has happened to both the singles, tag, and women's division on SDL and Raw. 1) WWE already had the hottest act in wrestling in the Man v. Ronda, and WWE unnecessarily complicates it. Then, they decide to basically have the other women fall to the side. Why? To add to an already convoluted storyline. Just have it Becky v. Ronda and that's all that needed to happen. Sorry Charlotte. You may be the son of Ric Flair, but even he didn't main event Wrestlemania. You did not need to be involved in this. 2) For some reason, people love Kofi.They are enjoying this underdog story. The odds against him were already established weeks ago. Now, it's beating a dead horse. He's beat Joe, Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton, Rowan, the Bar cleanly in gauntlet matches. IDK about you, but I don't think Connor McGregor could face 10 people in a row and come out looking victorious. I do know that if this had been Cena or Roman running through the roster, the entire IWC would be cancelling their network account. Oh, and then you have his friends run through the Good Brothers, Shinsuke/Rusev, and the Bar. Yes, it's Mania season, and there's probably a reset after Mania vis-a-vis a roster shakeup, but you have devalued a lot of wrestlers because of multiple unnecessary gauntlets. |
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Post by 5th Horsewoman on Mar 27, 2019 8:41:16 GMT -5
On one hand it's kinda stupid.
On the other i like all 4 of the Horsewomen and think it will be cool all are holding titles at the same time.
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Post by kingnothing ~ Hardwired... on Mar 27, 2019 8:58:24 GMT -5
On one hand it's kinda stupid. On the other i like all 4 of the Horsewomen and think it will be cool all are holding titles at the same time. Yup. Then all this Ronda leaving talk turns out to be crap and her horsewomen show up to fight the WWE horsewomen. |
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Post by blissfan4life on Mar 27, 2019 9:07:30 GMT -5
Asuka just probably should go back to Japan at this point. Its obvious Vince hates her, which is why he continues to bury her.
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Post by 5th Horsewoman on Mar 27, 2019 9:27:29 GMT -5
On one hand it's kinda stupid. On the other i like all 4 of the Horsewomen and think it will be cool all are holding titles at the same time. Yup. Then all this Ronda leaving talk turns out to be crap and her horsewomen show up to fight the WWE horsewomen. Have the other 2 of Ronda's horsewomen even had a match? |
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Mar 27, 2019 10:31:48 GMT -5
Becky's gonna run down to NXT and steal Shayna and Toni's belts so it'll be an all champion main event. Seeing how silly her character is atm, she'd probably do that. |
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Mar 27, 2019 11:12:30 GMT -5
Yup. Then all this Ronda leaving talk turns out to be crap and her horsewomen show up to fight the WWE horsewomen. Have the other 2 of Ronda's horsewomen even had a match? Yes. A couple on NXT TV and they’ve been working the NXT house show loop for about a year. |
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