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No shit. It will change soon as I am working a story where count outs will become more rare as time goes on. Hopefully, by the end of the year and my Tag Team tournaments, we'll see some shocking pins and a change in philosophy.

The Rock N Roll sticking up for sick kids.... AWESOME!!!

Got it!!!!!

What happened... did you forget to post this show first or are we airing a re-run???

MAn, that show was so Memphis complete with race-baiting Ernie Ladd angle. Crazy!!!

Loved this show. I don't know if I could watch David go 30 minutes TWICE but I got my money's worth with the Flair-Race match and the Bock-Eaton match.

Brody is in All Japan on 9/30.

Cena & Ziggler vs. Kane & Barrett - This is a case where guys should watch the matches before them. Jericho grounded Neville with the headlock. Cool. Owens hooked Balor in the headlock to be a dick. Cool. Barrett using the headlock for heat… overkill for one 2 hour card. Mix in an armbar - Early on, solid but unspectacular. I did like Barrett;s kick to Cena’s ribs from the corner though - I like the structure of the tag but the heels should be hooking in bear hugs and Boston Crabs, not headlock and chinlocks. - Big example of what can make an ok match great. Kane gets tagged in while Barrett has Ziggler stretched with his arm bar and foot on the face. Kane halfass kicks him when he could have nailed a knee drop or leg drop to the arm or face of Ziggler. - Solid face in peril section by Ziggler with some nice hope spots. - Fuck.. again Kane gets tagged in with the lazy kick punch takeover. Fuck Kane. Again, the structure is fine but the offense by the heels isn’t nasty or dynamic enough to make this great. - I would have preferred a longer finishing stretch but Kane & Barrett are jobbers anyway so I can live with it. - OK match that could have been great with better heels and a bit shorter. In a way, this was hurt by placement. Cena is a main event player but the main event should have been Owens vs. Balor. Overall: Great 2 hour show. It just highlights how easy RAW would be to watch at 2 hours and how they can deliver a great 2 hour wrestling show. Easy thumbs up!

Bummed there is going to be no Cesaro either

Oh shit... Balor giving Bullet Club Too Sweets to the crowd!!!

FUCK YEAH.... FUJINAMI!!!!

Bummer. I was looking forward to it.

Owens vs. Balor for the NXT title - What the hell was Owens doing. Balor hits a nice forearm.. he no sells it. He grabs the ropes, Balor misses a dropkick, he sells it. Get your shit together man. - OK, Owens dishing put punishment and playing to the crowd is awesome. - I really liked Balor trying to fight back, tries to jump on the apron and Owens just punches him to the floor. Sweet. - Owens is such a fucking troll… Running the ropes to lock on the headlock. Love it! - “Not impressed? I don’t care. I hate this country and everybody in it” - KO doing his John Cena Tribute was pretty great. Right now, Balor is getting in enough hope spots to keep it interesting. - I don’t think Vince is running the announcers booth because they are doing a good job calling the action - Balor’s comeback is pretty great with the Pele kick, the big dive outside, the Curtain Call. Owens coming back with the German and rolling senton to the package drop is all good! This match is getting hot! - After Balor hit the Slingblade, LOVED Owens hanging on to his leg for dear life when Balor went up top. - Man, I thought the double stomp was the finish. They got me. - Christ, that flip senton was sick! - These nearfalls are pretty great. I thought the brainbuster was the finish!! - I like that Balor didn’t kick out of the powerbomb but evaded it completely. - By far, my favorite Balor match ever. Great Match!!!

July 4, 1983 Saitama · Riki Choshu © defeated Dick Murdoch via count out in a WWF International Heavyweight Title Match · Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura defeated Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi when Kimura pinned Teranishi · Akira Maeda & Tiger Mask defeated Rusher Kimura & Kantaro Hoshino after Maeda pinned Hoshino. All four men shook hands after the match. · Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Abdullah the Butcher via disqualification after Abdullah stabbed the referee with his spike · Pete Roberts pinned Kuniaki Kobayashi with a European pinning move. Ishin-Gundan attacked Roberts after the match · Kazuo Yamazaki pinned Dave Finlay · Adrian Adonis won his match against Brian Blair after applying his “Goodnight Irene” sleeper · Osamu Kid , Ryuma Go & Shunji Kosugi defeated Makoto Arakawa, Masanobu Kurisu & Tatsutoshi Goto

Shit, I love Brock destroying Kofi and Woods. I was hoping Big E. would be the neutralizer and we could get Brock vs. E later on. Man, if this takes New Day out, I was looking forward to their tag match

Lesnar vs. Kingston - Loved Kofi throwing everything he has and Brock shrugging it off. Loved Kofi escaping the first German only for Brock to lock the next one and unleash suplex city. - This is exactly what it should have been.

Maybe but she was pretty good here. Nice lariats early on, stiff headbutts, big splash, superkick, no blown spots.... all good.

Nikki Bella vs. Paige vs. Tamina for the Divas title - Shit, Tamina taking over for Naomi is going to make this match suck more than it would have - I take that back, digging Taminia’s stiff clotheslines and headbutts. - Actually this three way format is benefitting the ladies because they aren’t blowing their spots and really working stiff including those nasty knees by Paige on Nikki in the corner. - Ref fucked up by not counting the first pin on Nikki after the corner car crash spot. Not going to penalize the girls for that. - Nice sequence with the PTO locked in leading to a Tamina superkick leading to the missed splash. - I can accept a pin after the missed splash but the finish fell a little flat. Either way, this was a thumbs up from me as well. Not great but good and way more than I was expecting.

That sounds like an awesome Dusty special!!!

Jericho vs. Neville - Smart move opening with Jericho who was really over. - Early on, I could appreciate the counters and each guy going tit for tat. - I actually like the pace they are working. Not going too fast and allowing the crowd to rally them with their dueling chants. - It makes sense that Jericho would be one step ahead and they are going for the “old dog is outsmarting the young gun” theme - I really enjoyed the sequence where Neville fights off the superpplex, rolsl through his own 450, attempts a rana and gets caught in the Walls. Great stuff. - Great nearfalls at the end with Neville hitting the flipping splash, Jericho nailing a lionsault and Neville getting nailed with the codebreaker off the springboard - Jericho getting the knees up and locking on the Liontamer was a suitable end but Neville really should have grabbed the pin here. - Super fun opener. A little sloppy early on but once they got going, this turned into a really good match. Thumbs up from me!

I like Balor but this propaganda special has me sold!!!! BALOR FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

OK, my wacky sleeping schedule is causing me to watch this live. Here's the reported card from the Observer... Cesaro vs. Diego Lucha Dragons vs. Big E & Woods, Nikki Bella vs. Paige vs. Naomi for the Divas title Jericho vs. Neville Owens vs. Balor for the NXT title Lesnar vs. Kingston Cena & Ziggler vs. Kane & Barrett Lets do this!

I plan on submitting my ballot this week. I am old. I am set in my ways. I know what I like and don't. A few more matches aren't going to alter my feelings.

Funk, Hansen

Beast, why weren't all the names nominated added to the ballot?