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Post by ahunter8056 on May 8, 2019 17:13:53 GMT -5
If they're going to keep up the whole "make sports reference" thing in every single IIconic promo, I might have to stop watching them. I'm not American, I don't understand them or care. I watch wrestling to watch wrestling. Not to constantly hear about sports that I couldn't give a crap about. It's such an incredibly cheap, overused, and flat-out lazy tactic. Probably my biggest pet peeve in wrestling. Also, what happened to Bayley? I'm certain it was supposed to be a 6 woman tag. That's where you draw the line? Lol. Awful booking, inconsistent storytelling, start stop pushes, no clear anything to most of what they do...that's cool. Sports reference...oh my God I cant take it. Lmao. We'll miss you. I guess. Who are you again? Please actually read a post before you decide to quote it in such an warranted, condescending, sarcasm-laden manner. I said I would consider stopping watching THEM, not the product. If I can't engage with a certain superstar, I simply don't watch them, and skip any clips that feature them. I can't engage with the IIconics while their promos rely solely on sports references. There are far too sports references on the commentary teams, let alone forming the basis of promos. Think before you post. |
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Post by ahunter8056 on May 8, 2019 14:36:04 GMT -5
www.itv.com/news/2019-05-08/itv-announces-major-wrestling-event-for-itv-box-office/Absolutely HUGE news for AEW concerning it's UK audience. ITV is the second biggest broadcaster in the UK. Practically everyone in the country watches at least something on the BBC or ITV. Not even WWE has a partnership with either of the big two. To watch WWE in the UK, you have to buy a Sky box or a Virgin Media box and pay for their sports package to gain access to Sky Sports. If AEW weekly TV is broadcast in the UK on ITV, that will be huge and get a LOT of eyes on the company. Being on free to air channels in the UK didn't do much for TNA or World of Sport. Well of course, there has to be quality there for the audience to continue watching. |
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Post by ahunter8056 on May 8, 2019 9:44:08 GMT -5
www.itv.com/news/2019-05-08/itv-announces-major-wrestling-event-for-itv-box-office/Absolutely HUGE news for AEW concerning it's UK audience. ITV is the second biggest broadcaster in the UK. Practically everyone in the country watches at least something on the BBC or ITV. Not even WWE has a partnership with either of the big two. To watch WWE in the UK, you have to buy a Sky box or a Virgin Media box and pay for their sports package to gain access to Sky Sports. If AEW weekly TV is broadcast in the UK on ITV, that will be huge and get a LOT of eyes on the company.
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Post by ahunter8056 on May 8, 2019 9:31:25 GMT -5
You can add AEW to the list, now that Double or Nothing will be available on ITV Box Office.
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Post by ahunter8056 on May 8, 2019 7:25:52 GMT -5
If they're going to keep up the whole "make sports reference" thing in every single IIconic promo, I might have to stop watching them. I'm not American, I don't understand them or care. I watch wrestling to watch wrestling. Not to constantly hear about sports that I couldn't give a crap about. It's such an incredibly cheap, overused, and flat-out lazy tactic. Probably my biggest pet peeve in wrestling.
Also, what happened to Bayley? I'm certain it was supposed to be a 6 woman tag.
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Post by ahunter8056 on May 2, 2019 14:32:22 GMT -5
It's amazing how drastically different the quality level is between RAW and SmackDown Live. I'm not saying SDL is perfect, but it's perfectly watchable at the moment, whereas RAW just isn't. I enjoyed watching every single clip from last night's SDL that WWE put up, but I struggled to make it through the handful of RAW clips that I did watch from this week. How can there be such a disconnect? That aside, SmackDown Live had plenty of good points, and honestly, the only cons I can think of is purely due to omissions rather than what was on the show. Pros:- A heavily injured Xavier Woods standing up to Kevin Owens no matter the consequences, personifies exactly what such a tight-knit group such as the New Day are all about. - Charlotte attacking Becky and Bayley immediately following their match is perfect for heel Charlotte. I kinda want them to add Bayley to make it a Triple Threat match now, but that would take Bayley out of the MITB Women's match. - Holy crap, Kairi Sane and Asuka are becoming a fantastic tag team! Lots of good double team moves, really fast-paced exciting action. - Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville supporting each other was a really wholesome segment. I think I've had enough of them teased as being catty and diva-like wanting to stab the other in the back, so this is a welcome development. - Lars Sullivan punching the steel chair out of R-Truth's hands was great. I really like how strongly they're pushing Lars as an unstoppable monster. - Roman Reigns' segment with Shane McMahon and the subsequent match against the B-Team with Elias was entertaining enough. - I'm really glad that both Ember Moon and Carmella are in the Women's Money in the Bank match. With such a pitifully low bar set on RAW, the Women's Money in the Bank match is now beginning to look watchable to me. Ember Moon is my pick to win, if Sasha Banks doesn't make a shock return to replace somebody else on the night. - Are Finn Balor/Ali/Randy Orton/Andrade the Men's Money in the Bank SmackDown Live competitors? It was never mentioned in the YouTube clips. I only assume so, because why else would there be this random tag match? - The Kevin Owens/New Day action figures/Kofi Kingston was a pretty nice segment to end the show on. I feel like this segment should have been saved for closer to the event though. Cons:- Where is Liv Morgan? I was hoping she'd be one of the competitors in the Women's Money in the Bank match. I was excited for a solo run when she got traded to SmackDown Live, but it's been two weeks and she's still yet to appear. Why split the Riott Squad up if they're not going to be used? - Disappointed that Aleister Black isn't in the Men's Money in the Bank match.I think the WWE are protecting him because they feel that he isn't needed for a match like this. Let's say if Black was in this match and wins the briefcase, he is going to look silly as crap with it. They have big plans for him. He has that persona similar like the Undertaker. True, but I don't think it would really hurt him too much if he didn't win the MITB match, but still participated in it, given the nature of a multi-man ladder match. It just feels odd that Aleister Black, who along with Ricochet feels he was on a pretty significant winning streak since joining the main roster, but still not being given an opportunity after proving himself. |
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Post by ahunter8056 on May 1, 2019 7:47:50 GMT -5
It's amazing how drastically different the quality level is between RAW and SmackDown Live. I'm not saying SDL is perfect, but it's perfectly watchable at the moment, whereas RAW just isn't. I enjoyed watching every single clip from last night's SDL that WWE put up, but I struggled to make it through the handful of RAW clips that I did watch from this week. How can there be such a disconnect?
That aside, SmackDown Live had plenty of good points, and honestly, the only cons I can think of is purely due to omissions rather than what was on the show.
Pros:
- A heavily injured Xavier Woods standing up to Kevin Owens no matter the consequences, personifies exactly what such a tight-knit group such as the New Day are all about.
- Charlotte attacking Becky and Bayley immediately following their match is perfect for heel Charlotte. I kinda want them to add Bayley to make it a Triple Threat match now, but that would take Bayley out of the MITB Women's match.
- Holy crap, Kairi Sane and Asuka are becoming a fantastic tag team! Lots of good double team moves, really fast-paced exciting action.
- Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville supporting each other was a really wholesome segment. I think I've had enough of them teased as being catty and diva-like wanting to stab the other in the back, so this is a welcome development.
- Lars Sullivan punching the steel chair out of R-Truth's hands was great. I really like how strongly they're pushing Lars as an unstoppable monster.
- Roman Reigns' segment with Shane McMahon and the subsequent match against the B-Team with Elias was entertaining enough.
- I'm really glad that both Ember Moon and Carmella are in the Women's Money in the Bank match. With such a pitifully low bar set on RAW, the Women's Money in the Bank match is now beginning to look watchable to me. Ember Moon is my pick to win, if Sasha Banks doesn't make a shock return to replace somebody else on the night.
- Are Finn Balor/Ali/Randy Orton/Andrade the Men's Money in the Bank SmackDown Live competitors? It was never mentioned in the YouTube clips. I only assume so, because why else would there be this random tag match?
- The Kevin Owens/New Day action figures/Kofi Kingston was a pretty nice segment to end the show on. I feel like this segment should have been saved for closer to the event though.
Cons:
- Where is Liv Morgan? I was hoping she'd be one of the competitors in the Women's Money in the Bank match. I was excited for a solo run when she got traded to SmackDown Live, but it's been two weeks and she's still yet to appear. Why split the Riott Squad up if they're not going to be used?
- Disappointed that Aleister Black isn't in the Men's Money in the Bank match.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 30, 2019 9:30:23 GMT -5
Well that RAW was horrendous. I don't know why every year they put the effort in for WrestleMania season, but then as soon as WrestleMania is over they think "oh that's over, time to write the worst crap we can". Pros:- The Men's Money in the Bank match is awesome on the RAW side! Honestly, I would be fine with any of those four men winning, though my preference is for either Drew or Ricochet. - I enjoyed that second Firefly Funhouse segment. I'm starting to get behind it now, they managed to make it creepy throughout, which I don't think they quite accomplished with the first one last week. - Nice to see Viking Raiders continue to get built up. - I really like the fact that Lacey Evans is presented as a credible fighting heel, rather than a stereotypical cowardly heel who runs away from every fight. Gives it a breath of fresh air. - Sami Zayn is just brilliant in his new role of pointing out the flaws of fans. Every single week I can't help but agree wholeheartedly with him. Cons:- Why is this Miz/Shane feud still going?! It should have ended with Miz getting the win at WrestleMania. It's gone on too long now. - The Women's Money in the Bank match is  ing horrendous on the RAW side! I have no interest in any single one of the four women in the match so far. Natalya is one of the most boring performers in the company. What has Dana Brooke done to deserve being in this match? They can't do absolutely nothing with her, shove her in this match without the slightest bit of build-up, and then expect me to care. Naomi, I've just never been a fan due to how weak most of her offence looks and how horrendous she is on the mic. Alexa Bliss, I never want the slightest chance of her winning anything ever again after her 2016-2018 superpush. The 2019 Superstar Shake-up was good for all divisions except the RAW Women's division. The RAW women's division has been weak for at least the past year, but it's never been anywhere near as weak as it is now, with Bayley and Ember on SmackDown Live, Sasha on hiatus, and Nia injured. I can only hope that Sasha will return to take one of the RAW competitors out, because otherwise the RAW side is ridiculously weak. - That Usos/Revival backstage segment was an absolute joke! These two teams are two of WWE's best, they should be feuding to decide which team is supreme, but instead they're feuding about...Dash shaving Scott's back?! What the ?! Not only that, but whichever Uso hiding behind the wall made it even worse with him trying to impersonate a snake or whatever the he was doing. - Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins have absolutely no business beating the Revival. Why on earth are they still champions anyway?! Honestly, WWE are going to have to step the quality up significantly to retain my interest. lmao Alexa hasn't even been pushed that big lately. Lately? No. But her 2016-2018 push did enough damage in my eyes for a lifetime. Completely soured me on her as a wrestler. |
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 30, 2019 9:11:17 GMT -5
Well that RAW was horrendous. I don't know why every year they put the effort in for WrestleMania season, but then as soon as WrestleMania is over they think "oh that's over, time to write the worst crap we can". Pros:- The Men's Money in the Bank match is awesome on the RAW side! Honestly, I would be fine with any of those four men winning, though my preference is for either Drew or Ricochet. - I enjoyed that second Firefly Funhouse segment. I'm starting to get behind it now, they managed to make it creepy throughout, which I don't think they quite accomplished with the first one last week. - Nice to see Viking Raiders continue to get built up. - I really like the fact that Lacey Evans is presented as a credible fighting heel, rather than a stereotypical cowardly heel who runs away from every fight. Gives it a breath of fresh air. - Sami Zayn is just brilliant in his new role of pointing out the flaws of fans. Every single week I can't help but agree wholeheartedly with him. Cons:- Why is this Miz/Shane feud still going?! It should have ended with Miz getting the win at WrestleMania. It's gone on too long now. - The Women's Money in the Bank match is ing horrendous on the RAW side! I have no interest in any single one of the four women in the match so far. Natalya is one of the most boring performers in the company. What has Dana Brooke done to deserve being in this match? They can't do absolutely nothing with her, shove her in this match without the slightest bit of build-up, and then expect me to care. Naomi, I've just never been a fan due to how weak most of her offence looks and how horrendous she is on the mic. Alexa Bliss, I never want the slightest chance of her winning anything ever again after her 2016-2018 superpush. The 2019 Superstar Shake-up was good for all divisions except the RAW Women's division. The RAW women's division has been weak for at least the past year, but it's never been anywhere near as weak as it is now, with Bayley and Ember on SmackDown Live, Sasha on hiatus, and Nia injured. I can only hope that Sasha will return to take one of the RAW competitors out, because otherwise the RAW side is ridiculously weak. - That Usos/Revival backstage segment was an absolute joke! These two teams are two of WWE's best, they should be feuding to decide which team is supreme, but instead they're feuding about...Dash shaving Scott's back?! What the ?! Not only that, but whichever Uso hiding behind the wall made it even worse with him trying to impersonate a snake or whatever the he was doing. - Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins have absolutely no business beating the Revival. Why on earth are they still champions anyway?! Honestly, WWE are going to have to step the quality up significantly to retain my interest. |
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 29, 2019 16:06:53 GMT -5
Honestly all I'm hoping for tonight is that Alexa Bliss is NOT a participant in this year's Women's Money in the Bank match. She can't win if she's not in the match. She's absolutely fantastic in non-wrestling roles, but after her 2016-2018 championship runs, I don't want to see her win anything ever again. Especially not to ruin one of the year's best events like in last year's Money in the Bank. That PPV stopped me watching for a good few weeks.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 26, 2019 12:26:30 GMT -5
I'm glad they finally decided to do something with her, but it still bewilders me how they completely wasted her the first three months of her main roster run. She's athletic, and I can definitely see her as a future champion, but she talks way too slowly in her promos for my liking, dragging her sentences out for far too long.
There's no way she should win at Money in the Bank though, nor do I think they will give her the win.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 24, 2019 7:26:34 GMT -5
I'm hoping they go all in on this Owens part of New Day thing. Then one week when Kofi isn't available we get a Owen/Woods tag match. Mid match have Owens absolutely decimate Woods. Setting up Kofi vs Owens one on one. Go with the story that Kofi is alone for the first time in years. And then when Kofi prevails, it will make him look even stronger. I was kinda close. Slightly. Literally all I thought as I watched it was "hang on, I only just read something pretty similar to what's actually happening". |
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 23, 2019 16:03:22 GMT -5
That's absolutely insane! I'm a University student and I only have time to focus solely on my degree, never mind holding a job, especially one as all-consuming as WWE! She must surely be a part-time student, only way I can see it being possible. And even then it must be near impossible to manage alongside WWE.
I've gained an incredible amount of respect for her through this knowledge.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 23, 2019 6:45:35 GMT -5
Overall a well-booked RAW for a change. Every creative decision made sense, perhaps apart from Naomi squashing Billie Kay. Although I really don't know what to think about that Bray Wyatt segment. I'm not a fan of Roode's name change though. To me, "Bobby Roode" sounds a lot better than "Robert Roode". Thrilled that we're getting the dream match of AJ Styles versus Seth Rollins!
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 21, 2019 18:09:28 GMT -5
Loving these screenshots! They always capture the action perfectly, and it's obvious that a lot of care and thought goes into them. I enjoy every new post in this thread.
I don't suppose you'd consider putting your screenshots in spoiler tags? With the sheer amount of screenshots in this thread already, it takes a short while to load each image. It would make it easier for me as a viewer to open the spoiler tags for a particular show to instantly see the new screenshots, rather than having to wait to load the entire page.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 20, 2019 10:18:32 GMT -5
People criticizing Sasha has nothing to do with her being a woman, or a woman of color. It stems from her being treated VERY well on the main roster yet still not being satisfied and seemingly feeling that she should never have to lose a match or drop a title. Sasha Banks is a multi-time Raw women's champion. Half of the first ever WWE Women's tag team champions. She was in the first ever women's royal rumble, hell in a cell, and elimination chamber matches. Wrestling is an up and down system. At times faces are on top, at other times heels are on top. To advance the story they need to alternate. Sasha has no problem WINNING matches and titles, but when it's time to do the favor for somebody else as they have done FOR HER many many many times, she acts like a child in the toy store not getting their way. I think the reason why people such as Luke Harper and the Revival requesting their releases was met with praise was because they have not been given even an iota of the opportunities and succes that Sasha Banks has. She's arguably been given more titles and success than anyone else besides Alexa Bliss and Charlotte, but acts like she's mistreated. So again, nothing having to do with gender or race and everything to do with not appreciating what she's been given by WWE. Daniel Bryan, Bobby Lashley, Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey, the Revival, and Buddy Murphy were all asked to lose Titles at WrestleMania; none of them are reported to have thrown fits and tried to quit. Seems like they understand that WWE is a show and Titles are just props to advance the story and it seems Sasha takes it as a personal demotion. First of all, "she acts like a child in the toy store not getting their way". There has yet to be any verified proof that she did anything the rumours have suggested. The "temper tantrum" story reported by Ryan Satin has already been shown to be less than credible, given that he tweeted "I never said that they laid on the floor", after previously tweeting "Sasha Banks and Bayley were laying on the floor". Furthermore, there is still no proof that Sasha did actually try to quit at all. In fact, there's far more evidence that these rumours have no truth to them, given that Sasha shared a photo of her smiling with the IIconics after their win, she's tweeted using WWE hashtags, and WWE continue to promote her on social media and on commentary during their weekly broadcasts. All three of these things suggest that this is either a work, or a rumour started by "journalists" with nothing better to do. So I would perhaps not blindly believe these stories and hold them against her. Secondly, I agree that wrestling is an up and down system. But I cannot agree with your statement that she's been "treated VERY well". She has 4 RAW Women's title reigns, yes. However, those four title reigns number a total of 82 days combined. Hardly prestigious title reigns! She was in the first ever women's Royal Rumble match, the first women's Hell in a Cell, and the first women's Elimination Chamber match. But did she win any of them? No! Every big match she's been in, she's almost always been booked to lose. After a year of campaigning for Vince to create the Women's Tag Team Championships, the Boss 'n' Hug Connection were crowned the first champions, as they rightly should have been for their efforts in creating them. And then they're booked to lose them a mere 2 months later after their appearance on NXT strongly hinted that they would be given a long and prestigious reign, before they even had the chance to defend those titles on NXT? The whole point of a championship is to make it prestigious. That can't be achieved if the company is hot-potatoing the titles pretty much immediately. Another title reign, another quick loss. IF this decision was indeed only made known to Sasha and Bayley the day of, it's very understandable IF they were unhappy with the decision. All the effort gone into making them a reality would seem wasted if the company treats them as props to constantly throw around, rather than prestigious championships. The championships are ultimately props for a show, you are correct. But the appearance of prestige cannot be understated. Being given a championship is a sign from the company that "we appreciate what you're doing and think you deserve to be viewed as one of our best". If it's a title that's already constantly passed around on a whim, or is only given for a very brief period of time, that doesn't mean much. Your statement of "Sasha has no problem WINNING matches and titles, but when it's time to do the favor for somebody else as they have done FOR HER many many many times, she acts like a child in the toy store not getting their way" isn't exactly accurate, is it? She's previously dropped a championship 4 times on the main roster. Were there rumours of her threatening to quit after dropping the titles repeatedly to Charlotte Flair, and then to Alexa Bliss? I certainly don't remember any. If there were, were any of them proved correct? I don't see how you can act like this is apparently constant behaviour. Was she reportedly complaining or threatening to quit after losing the first women's Royal Rumble match or Elimination Chamber match? I didn't think so. If you'd listened to any interviews with Sasha, you'd know how much she appreciates WWE. She's constantly gushing about how working for WWE has always been her dream and how happy she is to be there. But IF she feels she could attain success elsewhere when she's consistently not booked anywhere close to the top of the division, can you really blame her for wanting to take a chance on herself? She's constantly referenced by co-workers as being incredibly passionate. Passionate people obviously always want their work to mean something. Mike Kanellis put it into words particularly well when asked by a fan about Sasha "bitching and complaining about everything like spoiled brats", with his tweet reading: "what you call bitching, I call being passionate". If her co-workers don't have a problem with her, why should you? If anybody has a right to be upset with a wrestler's backstage behaviour, it's their co-workers. If they're not upset, then fans shouldn't be either, as far as I'm concerned. Again, I must emphasise this: NOTHING these rumours suggest has been proved at this point. It would be nice if a lot of people weren't blindly accepting them as fact. Speculate on them IF they are true, I have no problem with that. But getting all angry and insulting Sasha Banks for something she's not proved to have actually done makes no sense to me. 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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 18, 2019 10:37:38 GMT -5
Heard a lot of praise about this series from John Blud of newLEGACYinc. Looking forward to watching when they're made available in the UK.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 18, 2019 10:14:26 GMT -5
Men: Aleister Black VS Ricochet VS Andrade VS Drew McIntyre VS Finn Balor VS Ali VS Lars Sullivan VS Samoa Joe
Winner - Finn Balor
Women: Sasha Banks VS Zelina Vega VS Ruby Riott VS Naomi VS Kairi Sane VS Charlotte Flair VS Ember Moon VS Liv Morgan
Winner - Sasha Banks
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 17, 2019 9:13:09 GMT -5
I think this has been a really good superstar shake-up. Both rosters with a lot of change to make them feel fresh again.
Good SDL. Some good moves from RAW, even if I'm slightly disappointed at the lack of Undisputed Era, and I would have thought Sasha needed the move more than Bayley. The complete lack of Sasha since WM (while WWE still tweet about her and she's continually mentioned on commentary), and Bayley moving to SDL to split them up, has me convinced that Sasha is going to return in the next couple of weeks as a heel. Because unless they moved her to SDL or turned her heel, there isn't really anything for her to do otherwise. Given how strongly the audience booed Bayley last night, I would have thought Sasha would get booed even stronger, which is even more incentive.
But still, very pleased with Kairi's call up, and I'm optimistic about the pairing of her and Asuka. Besides, always happy for Paige to be regularly featured again. Now Io can have her time to shine alone on NXT, and then maybe get called up to join Kairi and Asuka to make it a faction.
Really shocked at Liv Morgan being split up from the rest of the Riott Squad. Mixed feelings there. I think she was the best of the three, so I'm very happy for her to be given a chance to shine as an individual. But I did quite like the Riott Squad.
I think Heavy Machinery have good potential on SDL, now that they can feud with the likes of the Bar and Nakamura/Rusev.
Ember Moon was fantastic choice for SDL. She was completely wasted on RAW, so hopefully they have plans for her now.
Roman Reigns going to SDL is pretty cool.
I don't know why they wouldn't just post the full list during the show, instead of depending on fans checking WWE.com. Even if they don't have time to give each superstar airtime, they could have at least shown a graphic with the full changes.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 16, 2019 12:37:01 GMT -5
So how did they announce Eric young? I only watches the youtube clips and couldn't figure it out They didn't announce him at all. They just put up a graphic of a few of the superstars who had already appeared, and Eric Young was on there too. He didn't appear on the show at all. |
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