Official SummerSlam Thread: 8/5/2023

Calling it now, Cody beats Brock with a moss-covered three-handled family gradunza. 1 2 3 in the middle of the ring.

You at an AEW show?

The funny thing is is that I saw a recent episode of AEW & the entire non hard cam was literally empty and it wasn’t “before the show” it was mid show lol

But the AEW diehards and Tony will argue how much more profitable AEW is and how they’re killing the ratings with their .7 compared to WWE

Hope you have a great time. I got to attend both nights of WrestleMania this year and had a blast, especially for Night One. It's such a experience being there in-person than it is watching it on TV.

Doesn’t even have to be Heat… but with an hour-long preshow, give us 1-2 matches. Like the Kickoff use to be.

Either one 13-17 minute match, or two 7-10 minute matches. I always think back to the great matches The Usos we’re putting on during the Kickoff. Especially against the Wyatt Family.

Rousey getting a featured match while tons of way better talent aren’t booked and sitting in catering is mind numbing

Ha, I know they’ll probably never bring it back. It’s super wishful thinking on my part. But yeah, they need to do something else, cause this ain’t it.

And that’s no disrespect to the panelists themselves. They’re just doing their job. It’s just that the current direction of these pre-show formats, as they stand, is just boring, and uninteresting.

At least the previous format got mid-carders, and “curtain jerkers” some ring time, and a paycheck, instead of absolutely nothing. Back then, it made a three hour PPV really feel like a four hour one, especially when higher level talent appeared before the PPV itself.

Should be a good show, but no Rhea, Becky, Trish, Lashley/Street Profits, Fight Club, etc feels strange that they have no spot on the card. I know I’m missing a bunch more, but the people I listed immediately came to mind.