It's the same thing with Baron Corbin, I think he's great on talking smack but on smackdown I can't stand to hear him talk
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It's the same thing with Baron Corbin, I think he's great on talking smack but on smackdown I can't stand to hear him talk
BewareTheBatsie
Member
i like the mugs
BananasWithGuns
Member
Is there any chance they bring Rusev back as a face?
Preferably into the title picture.
Preferably into the title picture.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Let's be honest: if Nakamura, Styles, Zayn, or Owens had won, they would have been booked the same as every other non-Cena/RVD/Kane briefcase holder and lose every match before winning the case, and every match between the moment after winning the case and the moment before cashing it in
Don't believe me? Corbin was the favorite going in specifically because he kept losing right before this.
Don't believe me? Corbin was the favorite going in specifically because he kept losing right before this.
Aeternus Malum
Member
To be fair, Mahal said on Jericho's podcast that he loved the promo Vince wrote for him once his push started
TimeEffect
Member
Smackdown needs more top heels.
And damn, Baron also cutting awesome promos
Talking smack is great
Officerrob
Banned
Apparently he and Vince loved it so much it's on repeat every Tuesday
BewareTheBatsie
Member
highlight of the night is the fact they changed carmella's theme to go right to the lyrics
now it's officially the goat theme
now it's officially the goat theme
In Talking Smack he doesn't need to follow a script
In SD he will go back to "I'm indian, Americans are dumb. Now I'm gonna talk in a language that less than 3% of people in India understand"
serenewarfare
Banned
She'll drop it eventually. I think people overestimate how many true favorites Vince has. Most of the people he likes now, he'll cool off on in six months. First it was Eva who Vince loved and would be pushed to the top forever. Then it was Dana. Now it's Alexa. Vince's favor comes and goes for most people. Unless you're Roman or Cena level.
TheSkullPrince
Member
I know people hate him, but I like seeing Jinder as champ, and no not ironically. It's that whole being shit on your whole career that you're finally at the top aspect to it and you finally made it.
UberTag
Member
They'll get you back by offering you a free sub to pad their subscriber numbers which you'll take happily. That's how this always works.
I agree.
And man I'm loving this Booker T/Corbin thing going on. Man, Booker hyping dude up like a fight promoter this shit is genius.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Is Mike Bennett any good in the ring? Or is it a case of 'yeah, we really only want your wife but we'll bring you along to'.
Gonna have to go ahead and say that was the worst PPV of the Year so far. It had no redeeming qualities except maybe Jinder and Randy being surprisingly watchable.
Usually WWE PPVs are bad because they're boring and unoriginal but this one was just insulting in many ways.
Usually WWE PPVs are bad because they're boring and unoriginal but this one was just insulting in many ways.
He's fine but it's the latter.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
The match was really good up to that point, then they lost a lot of steam due to stupid decisions. Omega and Okada are clearly great performers, but what made the match so good was everything made sense within the stupid wrestling narrative, they built on the stupid intricacies of wrestling and actually kept to the logic. Okada the missing rainmaker would have been stupid as fuck in outside of wrestling, but when you have a promotion built on fighting spirit and not selling offence to nail big moves then dying, having a dude avoid a finisher due to him collapsing then having the guy using the move fly to the other corner of the ring due to his momentum then be dead was so good and made perfect sense.
People being dead for as long as required for the booking is as stupid as Rec where people turned into zombies days after infection at the start of the film then turned in a matter of minutes for dramatic effect.
serenewarfare
Banned
He's fine. Not great, but not bad. Just fine.
He mainly gets work because of Maria.
He's very Miz like, serviceable. No bad but not great.
Officerrob
Banned
They keep giving me 3 months free. I haven't (and wouldn't) payed in about a year
TheSkullPrince
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But Corbin though, fucking ughhhhh. Never thought I'd see a worse MitB winner than Jack Swagger.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
Keep Rusev off TV until his hair grows back
the textbook definition of mediocre.
i dunno, AJ / Nakamura faceoff had me marking out big time
BewareTheBatsie
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DISCO INFERNO MENTION?!
But this is different. Dana and Eva never touched the belt. Dana's push stopped before it even started. Plus I guarantee if Eva never got suspended, she'd have gotten the belt at some point. Alexa has been in the title scene practically since she got to the main roster which has almost been a year. From the Backlash build up last year to right now, she's never been away from the belt, either as champ or fighting for it.
ambar_hitman
Member
lol we will see.
Officerrob
Banned
He's mediocre
We got Damien Sandow that one time.
He's decent, but yeah. They only wanted Maria.
serenewarfare
Banned
And that's fine. I'm sure she'll be a main event woman for most of her career, but it always has and always will ebb and flow. She'll hold the title for a while, then she'll have time away from it. It's how these things work.
Nah, Swagger was worse. Sandow was worse. Sheamus was worse.
It's never going to be like it was in Japan though, especially not when it's a small spot in a ladder match.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Thanks for the replies. Based Maria. She better have her old theme if she ever wrestles.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Corbin's solid in the ring and always kills it when talking if he's not scripted. Guy's always been really good. Him and Sami are the guys that should break out big.
TheSkullPrince
Member
But people actually liked Sandow.....fuck now I remembered that he cashed in and failed to beat Cena FDHFRJREGHREFGH
Sheamus actually made people cheer for Roman during 2 weeks
This show how bad he was at that time
serenewarfare
Banned
Those 30 seconds with AJ were the most motivated Nakamura has looked in well over a year.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
I suppose. We'll see when she loses the belt, whenever that is.
For the record I'm fine with Alexa having the belt. It's the clean win monster booking stuff which is the issue.
TheSkullPrince
Member
I'm not a big fan of Sami either, but if I had to pick between the two, I'd go with El Generico.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
Low standards are a wonderful thing for fans. I'm jealous. My life would be easier if I could say baron Corbin is entertaining.
serenewarfare
Banned
I'm fucking ecstatic she's getting clean wins because god forbid we have a heel champ who looks like they can actually win big matches.
AJ vs Nakamura on WWE
Fastlane
But I doubt that Nakamura is going to try his best in any other match
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I really don't get why people hate Corbin. He's the antithesis of everybody's ideas of a fantastic wrestler in that he doesn't have a great bod and he hasn't spent years in the indies. However, he has a natural presence, when he's unscripted he has a natural charisma and in the ring he's a natural despite his lack of experience.
His chokeslam tonight was better than any spot Taker's done in the last 5 years. The dude still has shotcomings but he's a natural.
What's your issue with Sami?
His chokeslam tonight was better than any spot Taker's done in the last 5 years. The dude still has shotcomings but he's a natural.
What's your issue with Sami?
serenewarfare
Banned
FYI, all this women's stuff is eventually leading to
Charlotte vs. Alexa.
Opponents Nakamura will try his best for: AJ Styles and John Cena most likely
TheSkullPrince
Member
I just don't see it. He's bland, boring, dull. Sure he' good on Talking Smack, but he needs to bring that to the actual main show, we need to see him do that on Smackdown.
With Jinder also winning clean tonight, I hope that WWE is going to finally stop with the "Heels always win the belt cheating" rule
It works great for guys like Miz, but have a fighting heel is good sometimes
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Who cares? The divisions are already dead.