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Yeah if you are going to do a live performance it is much better to do it while showing the WWE opening promos. It gives it kind of a purpose. One of the reasons why nobody bitches about live music during entrances like in WM but always when it is just a concert to kill clock Man I can't believe how super over Gargano is. He might get the biggest pop of the night. Not sure if Almas should have won but damn what a great finish throwing a DIY shirt at Gargano to distract him

Shibata is still selling that headbutt. Terrific. To be far Dave has admitted that was legit. Although I believed early on he thought it was a work. I was talking more about EVIL and Ishii getting knocked out in the G1.

Huh? Like Dave didn't give Flair the highest star ratings during his prime in the '80s? The Flair-Steamboat series was the first thing he ever gave over 5 stars to anyway. It's not like the Young Bucks aren't highly regarded by a large number of fans. I don't have a spreadsheet of star ratings but at this rate it seems that Omega has higher rated matches in the last year than Flair in his entire career which is either really stupid or really suspicious. And while maybe his friendship with the Young Bucks maybe isn't a factor, his New Japan delusional bias is showing more and more lately telling people that botches in matches are now planned spots and that concussions and injuries are nothing but "great selling". Not saying that Omega isn't a great talent. Easily top 5 guy in the business now Edit: I actually looked at the spreadsheet of star ratings. Assuming this isn't BS, Ric Flair has been in 6 with a 5+ star rating in his career. One in a war games match. Omega has been in 5 with a 5+ star rating mostly in the last year.

Like I said before in my opinion any star rating over 5 stars is just Dave trolling the internet. Although I am sure if Ric Flair had friends who named wrestling moves after him there would be more 5 plus star ratings for him

It is definitely a human reaction if you feel that your job security isn't always secure. if Braun thinks that it is going to get heat with Kurt which is going to heat in the locker room then I can see it. That is probably an unrealistic worry but given the ultra-paranoid nature of the business I don't know. Guys and girls in the WWE have been fucked over things 10 times as tame as this

Why would you have Corbin cash in the Money in the Bank and win the title before the India tour? I guess if you want a real heel to face Jinder in India that would work instead of a guy like Cena or Nakamura would have to heel it up. Plus you can have a potentially awful match in Corbin vs Mahal in a country that wouldn't know the difference So I guess typing it up it does make more sense than whatever they end up doing with Nakamura in summerslam.

If he lands on his head like that we won't get 5 more Cena vs Nakamura matches. That looked terrifying

I don't know what we did to deserve that Russev vs Chad Gable match but now I want to see it more and more. Such a great technical match

I love listening to Beau's history about wrestling and he will always have a soft spot for me for what he did to help those flood victims in West Virginia 2 or 3 years ago. But him spitting chewing tobacco right into the mic goes up there with Kris's obsession with Mickie James nude photos as the awful things to hear on the show. but as long as he keeps bringing the history I can live with it for 3 hours every 2 months.

yeah that definitely falls into the "great wrestler but what a scumbag' category.

So it is Cena vs Nakamura next week where the winner faces Jinder at Summerslam. Man so ways they could go with this and most of them are not good for Nakamura

So I assume that Cena vs Jinder is at Summerslam. I can see Cena winning the title from Jinder AS LONG AS Jinder wins it back in India. If that isn't the plan then Cena has to lose and lose until the day after the India tour

They are both Canadians so there can't be too much heat. Plus he was on Renee's show. I am convinced the only person KO legit can't stand is Byron Saxton. Everything else is him being a great asshole

Jesus fuck those little guys hate their bodies The least they could have done is clean off the table. He almost landed on the monitors.

Steel enforced bamboo?

I've seen far worse. This isn't good but something like Starcade 99 was worse by a mile. Okay how about WWE PPVs? In order for a PPV to be all time worst it has to be extremely insulting to even the most casual wrestling fan. There hasn't been anything like that tonight. Just dull and kind of uninspiring

Well that is the end of that character. Might as well start the break up angle

Not sure I want Bryon Saxton to be the judge if something with a woman is creepy.

Decapitated stuffed horse head will never be more devastating as the loss of Daryl the cat Yeah I don't think so unless the entrance music is what you are talking about

Seriously if I was Russev I would throw the flag stand into the 5th row. At least he used it as a weapon Actually think this is a fun match once they went with the bells and whistles on the ramp. Still goofy as hell.

Didn't know this was also sort of a stretcher match where you have to cross some goofy finish line with the flag

Hyping this match as the most important match of his career makes even more likely that this is going to be long night for Russev

This match could be a little more interesting if Russev was still a Russian. Given the mess things are in DC and they are making this like some kind of "fighting for all the US" This assumes Russev actually has a chance against Cena which he definitely doesn't

The finish seemed kind of off. I figure that Owens was supposed to win anyway

Really you have to protect Corbin? By the way Nakamura really didn't get a great reaction from a Philly crowd that should go apeshit for him. Not sure if that speaks to how average he has been on Smackdown or how dull Corbin is in the ring