Wrestling Thread 3: Dan vs. Cam • Page 1112

Drew Beringer · Jun 18, 2018

Mick said:

Went to the Paramore/Foster the People show last night, but was able to stay away from most spoilers until I got home to watch (except Braun winning, saw a photo of it on Twitter).

Didn't bother watching the pre-show, but thought Big Cass and Daniel Bryan was mostly fine. Think what you will about Big Cass, but Daniel Bryan getting the better of a bigger and stronger dude a couple different times is exactly what they should be doing to build him back up as a legit threat if he's ever to get that shot against someone like Brock or Braun. Offers a level of believability, even if they position back into the ultimate underdog role.

Fell asleep about a minute into Zayn and Lashley. When I woke back up, we were a couple minutes into Seth vs. Elias. Didn't go back to rewatch Zayn and Lashley. Pretty sure I made the right call. Elias and Seth was a lot of fun, and I was totally fine with Seth using the tights on the roll-up. Mostly because of how they worked the knee all match and because it looked like Elias had the tights first on his roll-up anyways. I don't know why anyone would be complaining about this anyways, though. Thought we were all in agreement that heel Seth is the best character version of him, and even if his work-rate is in the top 3 in the world right now, I find squeaky-clean Rollins to be just meh. I think there should always be that little hint of a smarmy guy who is willing to do whatever it takes to get the win to his character.

Really enjoyed the women's MITB, especially the first 5 minutes of it or so. Thought there was a lot of really cool new spots that showcased pretty much everyone off well. Not entirely sure why everyone is so upset at Alexa winning without her taking many bumps, especially when everyone would have been completely fine with the Miz winning MITB in the same exact fashion had it happened. Some timing gaffs, but that's so common in these matches is it even worth really condemning the entire match over them? The entire philosophy of climbing a ladder in pro wrestling is so fucking unbelievable anyways, like, c'mon now.

Fast forwarded through Roman and Jinder because I don't hate myself.

Don't agree with how they're positioning Asuka. Fine with the booking of Carmella had she been facing pretty much anyone else on the roster, but you had something so incredibly exciting and fresh with Asuka coming to the main roster. A long-term story arc where you keep getting screwed out of a title works well for a Becky or Bayley character, but I think it pretty quickly erases all the hype you created for Asuka. The James Ellsworth wink was fucking hilarious, though.

AJ vs Nak was good, but not truly great. This may be because I still had Gargano/Ciampa so fresh in my head, but I didn't feel like they really did anything that over the top for a finish to a Last Man Standing match. I liked it, though!

Was impressed with Ronda, once again. Thought she looked great, and her selling was fantastic. That moment where she tried to stand up after the powerbomb to then fall backwards through the ropes was a great playcall out of Kyle O'Reilly's book. Was cool with Alexa cashing in, too. Too early for Ronda to have a belt. Only nitpick was I thought Alexa should have hit the DDT on the briefcase, then cashed in, and then hit Twisted Bliss to cap it all off.

Men's MITB was good fun. Just goes to show you how stacked WWE is right now. You could make a case for every single guy in that match to be challenging for the world title right now and I wouldn't be mad about any of them (except maybe at Roode being a face—please turn him ASAP). A little bummed it wasn't Balor or Joe, but Braun literally running through a ladder was gnarly and I'm excited to see what direction they take him holding the briefcase in. I know some people hate it, but I really enjoy when we get a little bit of Braun's personality and humor, and I think him holding the briefcase could be a great way to give us more of that.

TL;DR: How do I block Drew and Slade?

Rude

M.Lee · Jun 18, 2018

Both briefcases were "wasted" on people that didn't need them at all, which is honestly a pretty bad sign for the future. Braun can definitely do some entertaining stuff with it though, and doesn't have nightmare booking.

I do think people are being short sighted about him though. I think the briefcase will be used during the fall to drive some storylines after Reigns beats Lesnar (sorry).

bones · Jun 18, 2018

I am free to watch Raw tonight and looking forward to how long I can make it before being enraged

LuigiPeppercorn · Jun 18, 2018

wow bones is already enraged

devenstonow · Jun 18, 2018

Wasn't MiTB supposed to now be part of the "big 5" PPVs? Wonder if they'll establish RAW after MiTB as something....

bones · Jun 18, 2018

LuigiPeppercorn said:

wow bones is already enraged

Nah I like Alexa

oldjersey · Jun 18, 2018

SHES SNAPPED

bones · Jun 18, 2018

Angle stinks tho

enlliac · Jun 18, 2018

This is better than most opening segments

oldjersey · Jun 18, 2018

BAW GAWD

enlliac · Jun 18, 2018

Ronda gotta learn how to swing that case tho

J.C. · Jun 18, 2018

so they're writing off Ronda for a bit

LuigiPeppercorn · Jun 18, 2018

that was great and also theres your summerslam program

PeacefulOrca · Jun 18, 2018

She did good, the way she got so heated at the end was legit believable

bones · Jun 18, 2018

Rousey not speaking is good
Just let her fuck shit up

Most I’ve liked her

PeacefulOrca · Jun 18, 2018

I kinda wanna see her beat people up and try to get in the building

bones · Jun 18, 2018

HELL YEAH BABY

LuigiPeppercorn · Jun 18, 2018

bones is stoked

PeacefulOrca · Jun 18, 2018

McIntyre taking his belt back heh

bones · Jun 18, 2018

Raw rules, don’t know what you nerds have been complaining about

enlliac · Jun 18, 2018

Raw is good again because Bones is watching

bones · Jun 18, 2018

You’re welcome

PeacefulOrca · Jun 18, 2018

Wow, I just read up on Bray Wyatt. Bad guy.

Taketimeandfind · Jun 18, 2018

PeacefulOrca said:

Wow, I just read up on Bray Wyatt. Bad guy.

What did you read

PeacefulOrca · Jun 18, 2018

Taketimeandfind said:

What did you read

He left his wife and kids for jojo and refuses to pay child support (and supposedly is going out of his way to spend that supposed money on jojo)

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