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That hype package was amazing. I'm all in on this match just from that video.

Well... I'm 0-whatwver on picks so far. This is a Mania where they are delivering finishes that people actually want to see.

My feed just crashed also

That was a legit Mania moment. Nice surprise.

He's none of them. More like RVD, Davey Richards and Road Dogg rolled into one... but better.

I was not expecting AJ vs. Shane to open the show. Interesting.

I know El-Ps disdain for the show was a theme in an earlier thread. Let's not have that here. This is a thread for predictions and actual show reactions.

I haven't seen any WWE TV in months so I'm going into this one based off threads and podcasts. Andre the Giant Battle Royale - Sami Zayn Neville vs. Austin Aries Smackdown Womens Title Match - Becky Lynch Gallows & Anderson vs. Enzo & Cass vs. Cesare & Sheamus Dean Ambrose vs. Baron Corbin John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon Bailey vs. Charlotte vs. Nia Jax vs. Sasha Banks Seth Rollins vs. HHH Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar Roman Reigns vs. The Undertaker I have no idea if my predictions will be anywhere close to accurate. I could go 0-13 and it wouldn't surprise me.

I probably won't make the deadline

Ok... so no Rude?

So to be clear, so far we have... Rock N Roll Express Rick Rude Kurt Angle Teddy Long DDP

Teddy Long's longevity amazes me.

pretty sure that's a Scott Keith bullshit rumor Amazing. I could have sworn I heard it talked about on an RF shoot video. It might not just be an SK thing.

Wait a minute... Rude fucked Jake's wife, right? Why on earth would Jake agree to induct him?

SBG era?

Definitely an MIS topic

I really can't believe people forgot about Papa Briscoe.

I'm loving Cena's lariats.

I recently watched the New Japan gauntlet from 1984. I think that's the one for me. I also rewatched Hennig-Bock hour long draw from 1986 this past week. That's up there. 6/9/95 is up there for me as well.

Evolve San Antonio: Hero's Exit Opening match was Ethan Page and his bodyguards vs. Sabre, Darby Allin and some other dude. Big spot fest with the highlight being a Darby leap of faith after climbing a steel beam halfway to the gym ceiling. Big fun spot fest. Tracy Williams defeated Laredo Kid. Chris Dickinson and Jaka defeated Jason Kincaid and Sammy Guevara. ACH defeated Fred Yehi with a brain buster. Nothing else so far has come close to this match. Both guys were on point and I loved the finish. No trading finishers. No excessive 2.9s. ACH hit the brain buster and that was that. Matt Riddle pinned DUSTIN in a No DQ fight. Tons of chairs and a table spot. Lots of spots outside the ring. Highly entertaining live but I have no idea how it will come across on tape. Crowd was losing their shit. Timothy Thatcher pinned Jeff Cobb in a good match. This was grappler vs. powerhouse and if you enjoy the grapplefuck style, you'll enjoy this. Zach Sabre Jr defeated Chris Hero with the coolest submission move ever. Hero hit a pedigree to a huge pop but it only got a 1 count which made the place come unglued. Super fun match that felt like a special moment.

EVOLVE San Antonio Opener was Jaka vs. Peter Kaasa. Match was really heating up when Kaasa attempted a middle rope moonsault, the turnbuckle broke and he nearly crippled himself in an ugly fall. He was able to continue and they ended the match quickly with Jaka pinning him with a sit down powerbomb. Darby Allin defeated Chris Dickinson. Dickinson was going for a Razors Edge move when Allina rolled him up in a cool reversal. Short but really fun match. Justin Kincaid defeated DUSTIN with some submission move I've never seen. Dustin is Chuck Taylor. This match was really fun as Kincaid feels like a flippy flip guy but he has a way of making every flip move seem like the logical choice. Dustin was a pretty good heel. Zach sabre Jr beat Ethan Page in a grudge match. I don't care about Page at all. I have a tendency to ignore his matches. Matt Riddle pinned ACH with a fisherman suplex brain buster pin thing in the match of the night so far. Fred Yehi and Tracy Williams defeated Jeff Cobb and Timothy Thatcher. Yehi made Thatcher tap in another great match. I prefer the ACH-Riddle match but this was worth watching. Chris Hero beat Keith Lee with a piledriver. First the top rope snapped and then the 2nd rope collapsed and they still had a good match. Fuck, if I was Hero, I wouldn't wrestle tomorrow's show with this faulty ring. Overall, really fun show but those fucking ropes. It was bad enough that the top rope busted but the 2ne rope busted twice. Someone should be fired.

I'm at the Evolve show but I don't have a front row ticket like Pete does.

I also went with Garvin for the same reason. If I'm going to look through matches featuring the guys on this list, Garvin is the one I'm going to be most excited about.

Like Childs, I watched the AXS TV version because of the 6 star hype. I have seen all of the big Okada-Tanahashi matches and enjoyed them quite a bit. I've seen the big AJ Styles matches in NJ and liked them quite a bit. I didn't love this. I didn't really even enjoy this. It might be my age or my expectations, but whatever it is that they were doing is exactly what I don't want to watch in my wrestling. When Okada finally got double stomped with the table on top of him, my first instinct was that he would be selling some broken ribs or spitting up blood. I don't recall if he ever sold his midsection once after the spot. The top rope suplex gave me flashbacks of Richards-Elgin. Omega flying through the table outside was awesome... but meant nothing. I don't think this is being disconnected from New Japan wrestling or out of touch. It just didn't give me anything that I actually enjoy about wrestling. Right after watching this match, my buddy William and I watched Lucha Underground's Aztec Warfare and I had a blast watching that. I had issues with the match itself but it didn't leave me feeling empty like Okada Omega.