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Brock is such a good all-around performer when he gives a shit.

The work in that match was terrific, and I'm fine with them giving Bryan a crew. But the pacing of this show is nutty.

After two excellent women's title matches, this has been ... not that.

Rousey-Jax has been tremendous. The Ronda haters are such dopes, and Nia has great chemistry with her.

I don't watch a lot of Big Japan, but this was good. Liked the way Suzuki pressed his size advantage early, Nomura's intensity as he tried to take control of the match and the dickish finality of Suzuki's last big punt. You get the sense these guys have an even better match in them, but I'm glad we still see glimmers of shootstyle in 2018.

Just know that if you wait until morning, I may no-sell your offense.

How did the throws not matter? He had Bryan beaten in a squash and picked him up because he's a cocky asshole. It fit his character, and Bryan spent plenty of time selling the damage. And I wouldn't say he slipped on a banana peel. Bryan hit a small cluster of moves on the leg, and they paid off in a single moment. It was a small, well-timed reward for Bryan's opportunism. I'm not saying it was the height of wrestling storytelling, but it was an effective, well-executed match that made good use of their talents and personas.

To me, you're going too far asking a match to be a perfect math equation. In sports (and certainly in life) input doesn't always equal output. Sometimes, you hit a few moves at the right juncture and your opponent falters, regardless of what happened earlier in the match or in another match on the same day. I'm not saying you abandon all logical causality, and I don't think they did. But the ratio doesn't have to be, and probably shouldn't be, one-to-one. They took the fans on the exact ride they intended.

Great main event. Thought it was every bit as good as Lesnar-Styles in a different way. Really good show.

I agree. Thought this was great. I can't say with certainty that it was their best match, but it might have been. Everything these guys do well was on display. The sense of moment-to-moment competition was tremendous.

I guess if you're going to promote a grotesque disaster, you might as well double down on it.

I think I'm done with WWE if they go through with this show. It's an arbitrary line given all the awful shit they've done over the years. But enough.

Watched this again because I was sleepy the first time, and my opinion fell much more in line with the rest of the thread. I got into Ishii's performance and the crowd's reaction to him.

Watched Ishii-Omega again because I was groggy the first time, and I liked it a good bit better. Ishii's performance and the crowd's support for him popped a lot more. It lacked the hellbent intensity of the G1 match, but that's not a criticism. It was a great match in its own right.

The Naito-Suzuki match felt really long to me. They don't seem to mesh that well. It's like the match belongs entirely to the guy who's on offense instead of feeling like a competition between styles. And I never love it when Suzuki goes down like a church mouse after dominating most of the way. I actually think White-Okada would be a good direction for the Dome, though I wouldn't be particularly excited for the match. But I don't want to see Okada in the main event, so that probably colors my view of it.

This is not a good thing overall. We needed a long break from Brock.

Did Vince pay him $10 million this time?

You know Ziggler has been waiting his whole career to do the HBK cell bump.

What are Braun and Roman selling exactly?

Seth Rollins's punches are every bit as shitty on top of a cage as on the ground. So we know that at least.

If I were booking, I'd put a Bill Watts-style moratorium on tables. Such a tired fucking trope.

Joe's one-night pivot from family stealing thug to guy with legit beef is strange booking to say the least.

You're right. It's just frustrating when they book a feud that calls for it, especially one between two good/great workers, and can't deliver. It shouldn't be disappointing, because we all know the limitations. But it still leaves a bad taste at times.

Did Brie bust Miz open hard way?

That's nonsense. I've seen plenty of great brawls between middle-aged men with big guts and bad knees. WWE just isn't very good at booking blood hatred, and Joe and AJ have not transcended that.