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Yes sir. Absolutely.

SmackDown HUMPED. Basically everything felt like it served a purpose.

Reigns vs Riddle would absolutely stomp, and it does have a wildcard in Sami Zayn which could justify a title change or a rematch.

This was fucking great.

OH MY GOD I can't wait until GOONTHER says DIE RICOCHET DIE is just him speaking in German. It's The Ricochet, The!

This crowd is giving Nattie a lot, man. They are on fire tonight.

Shotzi just Holm'd Rousey, holy shit.

IIRC she does have legit martial arts experience in kung fu and kickboxing, so it's not like she's an amateur who got the gimmick based on her nationality. It is a thin line between highlighting someone's culture and being stereotypical about it, but so far it has mostly been played straight. Either Adam Pearce is thanking the heavens that the wrestlers are doing his job for him, or the production crew is going "fuck yeah we don't have to pad out the show now".

Oh shit Ronda calling out Nattie's super shitty sharpshooter

Ronda still being this fucking over is insane to me.

How so, bubba? Like, the entrance gear, the martial arts part? I didn't pay attention to the entrance theme, tho. Lacey might actually be good now? What the fuck?

This looks a lot like Kitana vs Sonya, to be honest.

Xia Li vs Lacey Evans. Finally something DIFFERENT.

Drew vs Sheamus humps, big surprise

I'd think Cole is there just to take the fall, especially now that he has one good shoulder. I get they don't want Page to get pinned in another title match, but it would be against fucking Okada, the dude New Japan has spent like a decade turning into the most important wrestler in their history. That wouldn't devaluate him. Another possibility, one that is just for shits and giggles, is that Okada just wanted a lighter match. A triple threat would easily fix that, as he would be too knackered/not giving enough of a shit to go 100%. Everybody wins here. Except Cole. Fuck him.

Listen, Hashimoto has more DUDs and negative star matches than 5* ones. If you think about it too much, you'll pop a vein.

The IWGP Title match turning into a triple threat sounds hilarious for a multitude of reasons.

Yeah, Roman missing three PREMIUM LIVE EVENTS in a row is some fuck shit. What worries me the most is that he ain't even making TV. Hope there is something tonight. Also: LETS GO

Roman unifying the titles and proceeding to vanish has me worried.

Wait, from what I could gather he's been dealing with that injury since the Adam Page feud. Given how miserable that injury is, I'm really questioning him winning a whole damn tournament, and possibly working Forbidden Door. Just let the dude rest and heal.

Also, I'm confused about Wardlow's reasoning. He says he doesn't want to beat anyone but Punk for the belt, but isn't the Interim Title the fastest way to get to him?

Yeah, Black/Ricochet just being a tag team of two top NXT dudes was good while it lasted. It was getting them over, too! Shame they didn't commit to it, but at least we got that great Black/Cesaro match.

The issue with KOR winning is that the subsequent Mox match had nothing of intriguing past "yeah it's gonna be good". Yuta or even Darby winning would be more interesting choices. What @strobogo just said about there not being enough storylines is true. Last night we had the whole Interim Belt kerfuffle (which already took a huge part of the show), Wardlow beefing with security guards, Forbidden Dorks appearing to mess with FTR and Trent, and the seeds for Storm/Rosa. It's really not much, and most of those things seem to be one and done, specially the ones building to FD. As it is, it feels like they *just* have the in-ring action to offer.

Welp. Storm is a good name, but this might mean the end for Rosa's reign.

They have given Thunder Rosa fucking nothing for her reign, huh?