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I am more annoyed that the NXT pre-Network shows are completely gone. Not even on Hulu anymore. But yeah it stinks So was the Edge and Christian reference to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter the first Meltzer reference on a WWF/WWE show? I mean besides the usual terms like "dirt sheets" or "newsletters" Not sure which was more surprising/awesome that reference or the CM Punk in UFC part.

So Styles vs Reigns at Extreme Rules now. So I guess the Finn Balor to RAW speculation will continue for another month

Well I mean the Attitude Era was largely built around a McMahon in some form so why not make the New Era the same thing This might a new era in terms of in ring work and guys in the ring but in terms of finishes not much has changed

And here is the setup for the Balor Club entrance.

Reigns with the slightly heelish power moves is awesome. These two guys are hitting the hell out of each other

Wow the crowd reaction to Styles is almost non existent. And then they show a fucking beach ball for some strange reason Okay it is starting to pick up but this crowd is more interesting in booing Reigns than cheering for Styles

I really would love to know what the actual plan was for this Shane vs Taker thing after WM because no way in hell this was the original plan.

I think we have hit the "time to make up time because of the first match" part of this trainwreck

Shockingly Corey Graves actually asked that question in the pre show which was pretty surprising.

God bless them but in any other city, fans look at people doing a CM Punk chant like complete morons.

JBL mentioning Flair "issues this week" was pretty funny. Hated the finish but at least they did it with the right ref

Well I guess they had to somehow figure out how to keep the belt on the Miz because beating him cleanly would have been just unrealistic. Sets up 4 way at next show I guess Wow why in the world would you let Sami eat the finisher again after the comeback. He is definitely the 4th man on this totem pole now

Oh fuck we are going to get a full match of Owens neutering Byron Saxton while Cole and JBL pile on. We get enough of that on every other show.

someone needs to possibly explain to me how that was a work unless you just trolling? I doubt they are trying to push the Vaudevillians as people who can destroy careers Hopefully Zayn vs Owens get the extra minutes and not in the McMahon's segment

Would rather have that then the two fucks in full clown makeup. Fuck Enzo hurt in his first huge match hitting the ropes. That isn't going to be good for multiple people

Kalisto should have died on the botched flip. Luckily Ryback was in a bad spot to save him Say what you want about Ryback, he is working his ass off in this match. Thank god this match wasn't on Wrestlemania in front of a stadium with 5% of the crowd in it

Yeah but Ziggler has been an act the WWE has had zero use for since that Survivor Series where Sting debuted. There is no reason to give Dolph a win

Arn doesn't come off bitter as well but he definitely has the Al Snow "these kids today don't understand how good they got it" mentality. But the reality is that they do. Not sure if half of the current roster could handle the insane schedule the Crocketts had from 85-88. The best part was Arn saying "I spilled 20 buckets of blood that War Games tour. Not 19. Not 21. 20 buckets".

Figure it is going to be like Wrestlemania where they are some really good matches with some really questionable finishes. What comments did Ryback make? I mean it explains why he hasn't been on RAW and maybe Smackdown since WM and they booking a rematch for the title because why not I guess Really hope Ambrose wins but have no faith in that. I figure it will be like Styles where he wins the big shows, loses on RAW and Smackdown and claims he "put the guy over"

I guess I am so used to Karl Anderson being so half-assed in New Japan tag matches for the last couple years that I enjoyed the intensity from him Some things never change though. No matter how dominant they try to make a tag team, they will always get destroyed by ONE main eventer guy

Since Jericho won the feud over AJ Styles and pinned Sami Zayn clean last week, there is no chance Ambrose is winning at Payback right

Whatever Adam Rose is taking it is clearly not making it to his legs. He is the definition of the "don't work the legs" guy at the gym right now Hell even Konnor isn't looking that great. He is starting to get the Chris Hero physique

I guess what I am trying to say is that Dave's increased arrogance/doucheness on twitter and on radio shows is a much bigger issue than posting spoilers. Some will argue that he has been that way since the beginning though. I mean in my opinion talking about Larry Sweeney death as if it was a drug or not having “his head on straight” issue if so much more offensive to be As far as the "journalist" thing, I guess he would be considered a journalist if you consider people like Chris Matthews or Bill O Reilly or Skip Bayless one. People who don't follow wrestling or MMA on a regular basis might I guess.

Well everyone knows why he is going that. He despises Matt Striker who works there. Plus he believes that those results from the spoilers were specifically done as a rebuttal/fuck you to the Meltzer and Cornette of the world who complain about intergender wrestling. But again it isn't just LU. He blurts out Smackdown and Impact spoilers like nothing but nobody really complains about those.

Can't tell what is more sad though. Meltzer just willingly going through spoilers like they are nothing or the fans constantly bitching about it. I mean if you follow the Observer in any way you know that 80% of what you are going to watch is going to get spoilers. Hell even if you read the newsletter only you are probably half of your shit spoiled. Of all the things to complain about with Meltzer (and plenty of them last month) spoilers should be the low one on totem pole