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[PhilTLL]

The HBK tribute act is at an all time high tonight. My god.

[cpst]

Owens looks even fatter than usual tonight.

[FMKK]

These two don't construct matches as much as they just autopilot their way into trading spots.

[WingedEagle]

Really haven't loved anything from Owens since the Cena feud. Hopefully a Zayn feud will reignite him.

[Death From Above]

Maybe my expectations for Owens/Ziggler were too low but I've really enjoyed this, even if it is "Dolph/Owens greatest hits".

 

I seem to be in the minority here but I like Owens very much. His combo of trash talking, brawling, and highspots is something I really enjoy.

[JerryvonKramer]

I enjoyed that for what it was.

[Parties]

Ziggler and Owens didn't have much chemistry. Had Ziggler not had his jobbing frown on the entire match, there might have been a moment of suspense. Two guys each trying to call the match and actively working against each other, leading to lots of headlocks and pointless flurries of Dolph launching himself into turnbuckles. Did they botch a crotch spot? Owens' bump into the post was great though, and to his credit Ziggler took Owens' big implant suplex off the top very well (though that move not being a deathblow finisher is crazy). When Ibushi leaving New Japan is the biggest news to come out of your match, it can't help but seem that something's off.

[JerryvonKramer]

Small thing but I hate that talk pause talk delivery and intonation that is so prevalent in modern WWE.

 

Kane did it massively just now.

 

Here's a line

 

Pause

 

And here's my next line.

 

It's not Harold Pinter ffs, it's wrestling, just talk.

 

That intonation is one of many things that makes watching this stuff a chore.

[...TG]

Meltzer in his live updates said "the crowd was pretty hot with it being in Cleveland which is Ziggler's home town". I was thinking the exact opposite, felt they were kind of dead. Oh well, good match, and they woke up towards the end. Good show so far.

[Johnny Sorrow]

I hate the fact Ziggler's Twitter handle is "@heelZiggler"

When he set it up he was a heel. Changing your Twitter handle is a pain.

[JerryvonKramer]

I don't care about his alignment it's the fact he used the word on his handle. At least pretend kayfabe is a thing.

[hammerva]

Well something tells me the string to good matches tonight ends dramatically

[Death From Above]

I don't care about his alignment it's the fact he used the word on his handle. At least pretend kayfabe is a thing.

 

You want WWE to play into the hands of morons that don't watch wrestling that still mock wrestling fans with "you know it's fake, right" in 2016?

[JerryvonKramer]

Those morons will say that no matter what till the end of time.

[Woof]

If I'm the guy stuck behind Byron Saxton right now I'm pretty pissed. "Hey dick! History says there's about two dozen steel chairs under the ring right now. Why not grab one of those and sit down!"

[sek69]

Vince must be furiously masturbating during this six man....

[Loss]

That was part of Ziggler's gimmick at the time. He actually had merch prepared with all sorts of insider terms that WWE reneged on at the last minute.

[Death From Above]

This is the best possible match between these six guys, basically.

 

So far this is a solid PPV.

[JerryvonKramer]

Ryback seems like the most over guy on this show so far.

[Childs]

Not sure why the Wyatts lost the match, but it was pretty damn good.

[Blehschmidt]

Show and Kane certainly needed to be kept strong heading into Mania.

 

Fucking Ridiculous

[sek69]

Looks like Ryback hurt another guy, wonder if he has Luke Harper action figures to make another mocking social media post.

[Parties]

Giant Dudes trios match was good, if only to give Harper ring time. Ryback as FIP feels like Reigns being sublimated: a weird, dumb, misinformed way for bookers to think they're creating sympathy for their guy when they're actually burying them. Or it's more HHH conspiracy theory brilliance. Big Show screaming encouragement from the apron just felt even more oblivious. Finish of the match was really fun and I agree with the Twitter proposal of Ryback-Harper for fifteen minutes at Mania. Masked Kane remains worlds beyond Unmasked Kane.

[hammerva]

Not sure why the Wyatts lost the match, but it was pretty damn good.

 

Something tells me it will make sense in the main event

 

That couldn't have been a good landing on the slam by Ryback on Harper. No idea how his shoulder isn't fucked on that one

[JerryvonKramer]

-3000/10 for this segment, fucking hell. Woeful.