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WWE TV 04/26 - 05/02 Roman Reigns fans are the smartest in the world
Edwin replied to KawadaSmile's topic in WWE
This. Holy heck. That superplex from Braun was bonkers. Looked like a super brainbuster. -
This was a wild heavyweight match with them throwing some wild bombs that felt like two Mack trucks colliding into each other. Strowman countering the Claymore with a big powerbomb and McIntyre's big spinebuster were great, however the highlight has to be the that superplex that looked more like a nasty top second rope brainbuster as McIntyre landed on his neck. That chest punch from Strowman is kind of lame as were the constant camera cuts to MVP and Lashley, but those served their purpose. Pretty good heavyweight main event TV match which I wouldn't mind them running back.
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Childish drama. The guy who created didn't credit the photographer either. I love the hypocrisy when they scream "we need to end cyber bullying" and then proceed to cyber bully folks over something like this even after she apologized.
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We need Brock vs. Otis whenever we get another Brock return run.
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I dug this much more than opening tag match (which was still good in its own right). This was shorter and more compact with Otis and Gable just doing an incredible job of bullying and tossing Dominik around. Otis just coming in to ram into smaller folks and bulldoze them is great. Gable's float over belly-to-belly suplexes and the tiger suplex were a thing of beauty. These two teams have been feuding for a few weeks now and have yet to have the great match between them that they have in them but this is so far the best one. I'm really looking forward to this feud's development and to seeing more of Gable and Otis together.
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Heck of a lengthy opening TV tag match. This goes through 3 commercial breaks and is worked at a high pace. The first segment kicked off with a wild 4 man brawl and culminated with a a great save from Cesaro after the big buckle bomb and big splash from Jey. The second segment was more of a heel beatdown and FIP segment from Bryan with some nasty offense from Jey including a nasty kick to the liver and a great cutoff with a big Samoan drop catching a desperate leaping Bryan. Loved the double collision cross body leading to the hot tag (instead of a one man comeback leading to the cold tag). Cesaro's apron work isn't particularly remarkable (kind of hard to pull that off with no live audience) but he comes in like a house on a fire and wrecks havoc with some nasty European uppercuts. The Jey cutoff super kick counter from the dive was a neat way to cut to another break and the finishing run being fast paced and brief was great as well. Not a MOTYC or anything but I still thought this was very good.
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Best Gulak singles match this year so far. He absolutely brings the aggressiveness and caves Garza's chest in and busts his mouth open with a sick dropkick in the corner (if there was a dropkick that required a John Woo bump, it's this one). He also channels Volk Han as he catches Garza's superkick and puts him in an ankle lock before transitioning to that sick side STF Han used to do. Garza's facials for that were great as he genuinely looks like he's about to pass out while Gulak's forearm is deep under his chin. Aside from his great facials in the STF, I thought Garza was decent in this fighting from underneath. His comeback clothesline after the pants toss was solid and that big right hand near the end looked great.
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[2021-04-11-WWE-WrestleMania 37] Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan vs Edge
Edwin replied to KawadaSmile's topic in April 2021
This wasn't on par with the past WM triple threat main events of the past and Edge is doesn't do it for me but I thought there was enough chaos in this to say it was good at least. It's pretty wild to think Bryan would agree to that conchairto at this point his career with his concussion history. Definitely benefited from Bryan being thrown in the mix instead of a straight up Reigns vs. Edge singles match. Hope Reigns moves on to new opponents as Big E and Cesaro are there now available. -
Matt Riddle defends the WWE United States Title Given the chemistry and some of the past matches these two have had before, I was super hyped to see what these two would on the big stage. Unfortunately this didn't reach the level of their TV matches which were much better as they were much more condensed. I still dug this as the work was tight and snug and we got some great bits such as the great knee counter to the Riddle flip from the ring apron inside the ring. That entire White Noise botch off the top rope was obviously silly but the big Bruiser Brody like King Kong Knee Drop off the top rope from Sheamus was great and looked like it would crush Riddle's jaw. Sheamus has a pretty great year, so it was cool seeing him win and I look forward to seeing where his runs leads to.
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This was the big main event and it had the big match feel to it. Heel Sasha is much better than face Sasha and we get instances of heel Sasha here with her constantly going after Bianca's braid to use it against her, including her going after Bianca's braid and using it to keep her close so she can punt her constantly with one of those punts landing on the mouth. We get a big Sasha dive early on which Bianca catches and roles through and we get one of the most impressive press slams ever with Bianca carrying Sasha up the stairs and tossing her inside the ring from the ring apron. Sasha is also someone who can get wild on offense like Manami Toyota and she will just throw herself recklessly as she did here when she just absolutely launched herself knee first into the guardrail in a Meteora attempt. Belair's athleticism is always a sight to behold as she will just casually pull out a running shooting star press and a big 450 splash that gets countered by Sasha's knees. The Bank Statement with Sasha using Belair's braid was a great spot and the nearfall false finish from the second 450 splash was great. It really gave the impression Sasha was going to retain at that point. The hair whip is one of the coolest and most brutal moves in wrestling as Sasha had a brutal welt on her ribs from it (hope they continue to save this for her big matches). The finish had people crying and jumping out of their seats. This was a homerun. One of the best women's matches in North American wrestling history.
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Yeah, that is not a thread title I thought I would ever be typing on here. This wasn't an all-time classic or good or anything but it far beyond exceeded expectations and is one of the best celebrity wrestling matches ever. Bad Bunny busting out a wild counter into an armdrag, La Casita like he's Negro Casas, a headscissors and a Destroyer was wild. Also his selling was far better than it had any right to be. Priests hot tag offense was on point and I would say he's improved a ton and been much better since moving up to the main roster. This is a match they obviously rehearsed a ton at the Performance Center before but kudos to everyone involved, specially the Miz who was clearly guiding this in the ring.
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Another match that was much better than I was expecting it to be. They start with the New Day as faces and AJ and Omos as heels but the roles are reversed in this as the New Day refuse to wrestle Omos early on and they put an extensive beatdown on AJ and constantly cut him off from tagging in Omos. Eventually the anticipation to seeing Omos make his in ring debut is built up and we get a hot tag that delivers with Omos coming in absolutely wrecking the New Day; he catches Kofi with a Volk Han aikido wristlock throw and he absolutely crushes Woods' ribes with a brutal rib breaker. The Headshrinkers like assisted springboard Phenomenal Forearm was a great looking spot as was the big finishing bomb from Omos on Kofi. Another match that I would say exceeded expectations on this card.
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This was soooo much better than I was expecting it to be. I'm not a big Rollins fan but I would be lying if I said he wasn't good here. The lead in to this was built around Cesaro's giant swing and how he'd humiliated Rollins with it in recent weeks so of course there's a giant swing tease in this that gets the crowd going nuts. Cesaro's main offense is usually a variety of European uppercuts and Rollins hurts Cesaro's shoulder with a buckle bomb so we get portions of Cesaro's main offense being shutdown briefly due to it. There's two really neat transitions here that look like throwbacks to transitions Cesaro would do with Quack for Ian Rotten in IWA Mid-South; in one Cesaro tries to take Rollins on a ride with a quebradora and he ends up hitting a great looking Neutralizer and in the other Rollins counters the Neutralizer and he lands a pedigree. Rollins also nails Cesaro with a vicious elbow to the back of the head that looks even more vicious in the slow motion replay. The finishing stretch if great with Cesaro hitting a brutal elevated European uppercut, followed up by his wild spinning torture rack bomb and a big giant swing to give Cesaro his big WrestleMania win. Really good match.
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Both guys have been really good throughout the year and both guys brought it here and put on together a hot opening heavyweight title match. This didn't have the stiff strikes or potatoes the Drew/Sheamus match had but it had a bunch of big bombs from both guys. There's also a wild dive from Drew in this which unfortunately got brushed off by Lashley and MVP and McIntyre just splatted back first on the outside. That no sell kip up from Drew to the second spinebuster felt very Shawn Michael'ish and was something I could have done without but the crowd went nuts for it so it worked. The drama and false finish with the kimura was a great and the referee stoppage to the Hurt Lock was great as well. Very good match.
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This match was originally scheduled to take place last year before the pandemic and unfortunately it got cancelled and rescheduled for this year. This was more so a pro-wrestling match with some segments of shoot style. The ground work here is tight and gritty for the most part and the ground and pound from both guys is pretty brutal as they both unloaded a variety of elbows from the top on each other. This is the first time I recall there being blood in a Bloodsport match and it added to the brutality of the match, namely Moxley who had a near Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL crimson mask. Moxley pulling a Mike Tyson and biting Barnett's ear and not getting DQ'd on the same card SHLAK got DQ'd for biting Super Beast's foot early on was odd. Great match with the vicious ground and pound and nasty blood being the highlight.
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Wut? The show was great. Aside from the tag team turmoil, everything else was good/great. And even then the tag team turmoil was fine. Edit: Forgot the cage match. Yeah, that one sucked.
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Greatest WrestleMania ever? Seriously, what a show.
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I'm Puerto Rican and am watching this with my wife and some family members and we are all going nuts watching this. Benito was so much better than anyone was expecting him to. That entire match was soooo much fun.
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This was a nice surprise. I'm not particularly big on James the times I've seen him but I thought he was decent here as he got some big throws in and was decent on the ground with some gritty transitions grinding his elbow in Grimm's face and also attempting multiple subs. However Grimm was on another level here. His striking was decent (hit James with a pretty nasty spinning back fist) and his groundwork looked great as he looked constantly active and he made it all look like a struggle (those headbutts on the ground from Grimm were great). The big butterfly suplex leading to the kimura was gratifying finish. Much, much better match than I was expecting.
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Entirely different match from WALTER/Ciampa as this is more of a straight up hoss fight. Rampage brings the fight to WALTER and it's a 15+ minute bomb fest between these two. Match is worked evenly as it should be with Rampage looking like a threat to WALTER. That Doctor Bomb from Rampage was pretty nasty as WALTER landed on his shoulder. They go a bit overboard in the finishing stretch with the big move 2.99 kickouts but I still dug this and thought it was very good. Would like to see them run this one back once they are fans back in the arenas.
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This was so much better than I was expecting it to be. I remember being cold on Raquel before she got repackaged and she was working mostly Florida live event as Reina Gonzalez. She never really stood out and was always much bigger than most of the other women on the roster but she seemed to be afraid to work like a big girl. Since being repackaged and paired up with Dakota Kai, she's been great. I would have preferred if this was more of a David vs. Goliath type match with Raquel working on top for the most part and Io getting sprints in of her flashy offense instead of having Io work on top for most of the match but I still think this was good as Io went balls to the wall here and busted out some wild stuff such as the neat armdrag from the 619 and the big dive off the top of the skull from the entrance. Dug Raquel rushing to the outside after the moonsault and that lariat after the palm strike was a fantastic way to setup the finish. I'm not a massive fan of Io but this maybe the best singles match I've seen her have in NXT this far.
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I'm a big fan of WALTER but I feel he works way to evenly with much smaller opponents at times (such as the A-Kid match from NXT UK earlier this year) but that didn't feel as the case here as Ciampa is pretty jacked and almost as tall as him. WALTER chopping the table and tearing it in half was perfectly executed, as was WALTER's selling of his injured hand moving as he added the little touches (such as not being able to put on an STF, not being able to hold onto the bridge, having to use his other hand and clutching his own head to keep on a rear naked choke, etc). Ciampa using endless lariats to chop down WALTER (who had to rely on the ropes to stay up) was great. I get why some folks may have been bugged by Ciampa kicking out of the two powerbombs but WALTER using a chop to win puts over the brutality of them even more. Great match.
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Good BJJ vs. wrestler match. Martyr seems to have a wrestling background and is tiny so he has to use his speed to try and trip takedown the much bigger Garrini. He's also a dirty fighter as there's a neat moment early on with him suckering in Garrini to engage in a clinch and he rushes in with a sneaky headbutt and he uses the leverage for a trip takedown. Garrini of course has no problem tossing Martyr around with some wicked German suplexes. Both guys exchange ground and pound here with some stiff shots being thrown by both sides. Martyr gets cocky and Garrini blasts and drops him with a stiff slap that Martyr sold with a blank stare that gives the impression he was legit KO'd. The finish was great with Garrini absolutely launching Martyr and catching him in a really deep bulldog choke under the chin and Martyr taps as he's about to go out.
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Not a MOTYC or anything but this is a good heavyweight match that is built as a fighter with a more varied MMA fighter vs. a more one dimensional grappler. There's some odd and overly flashy strikes from Benjamin but aside from that he throws some good looking body and leg kicks, some great knees to the body and ground and pound elbows. He also pulls off a cool arm trap transition into a deep rear naked choke (that would have been a perfectly fine finisher as it was under the chin and deep). Tito on the other hand struggled on the feet and was constantly pushing to get the fight on the ground and he busted out a massive throw and he also caught an overconfident Benjamin spin kick and tapped him out with a neat heel hook.
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This was a really good match. First time seeing Karaoui and I was really impressed. He's a French wrestler who's apparently spent years in Mexico and he busts out some wicked lucha submissions yet he makes them look credible in shoot style ala Alexander Otsuka (obviously not as fluid as he's less experienced in the style). Makowski is always a guy who impresses me when I see him but unfortunately he usually works smaller shows which fly under the radar for the most part. As every other time I've seen him, he was incredible here. Some of his strikes here were questionable but he threw a pretty wicked knee in the clinch. There's some neat throws in this as well with Karaoui hitting a nice slam on Makowski and Makowski dishing out a beautiful judo throw. This however was very grapple heavy and developed on the mat for 90% of it and it featured some grittiness and some nifty exchanges including Karaoui's sick lucha submission attempts and Makowski even making a sharp shooter look credible in a shoot style environment. Makowski's chaos theory into an armbar ala Mighty Mouse is one of the coolest finishers in modern wrestling. Not to nitpick but there's some flaws to this, such as some questionable strikes, a weak looking crossface from Karaoui and nasty armbreaker that was basically brushed off by Makowski near the end but this was still really good regardless. I wouldn't mind seeing a rematch between these two and I definitely hope we get more Karaoui in Bloodsport matches.