PTBN Reaction Show: Payback 2016

[Bigelow34]

Will is joined by Kris Zellner (Exile on Badstreet, Between the Sheets, Premier Podcast Brand), Johnny Sorrow (Titans of Wrestling, Brainbuster) and Dave Musgrave (Wrestling Culture) to talk WWE Payback 2016. Hot takes on the booking, AJ Styles, Roman Reigns and more!

 

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[SomethingSavage]

Kris' well-timed, "Well I don't give a fuck. THIS IS ME!" during the main event discussion cracked me up.

 

Good stuff, guys. Your pre-show coverage actually made me want to go back and scope that out for myself as well.

[soup23]

This may be the funniest Kris has ever been on a podcast. I got a kick of his "welcome to the world of business" line as well.

[Judy Bagwell]

I Love Will but he is in a dark place right now, and its hurting these reaction shows. His abuse of Johnny is getting worse and I actually feel for Johnny as his perspective is just as important anybody else

[KrisZ]

I was in a good mood because of how good Payback was

[Zero]

I agee with Will about Sami/Owens, and then I agree with everybody else about the main event.

 

and Kris's "Well, I don't give a fuck" is a nominee for line of the year. Perfect.

[Johnny Sorrow]

I Love Will but he is in a dark place right now, and its hurting these reaction shows. His abuse of Johnny is getting worse and I actually feel for Johnny as his perspective is just as important anybody else

I know. I feel so bullied and abused. Can't I have a safe space? Words hurt.

[Cross Face Chicken Wing]

Great show, guys. But Kris: Don't ever use the words "Randy Orton" and "freshen things up" in the same sentence ever again.

[KrisZ]

Yeah I get your point but he's been gone long enough now where he would be fresh

[SomethingSavage]

There are times I honestly enjoy Orton. He actually seemed to be loosening up and having a blast with the babyface stuff by the end of his last run there.

 

I wouldn't be lining up to see another Reigns rematch, by any means. But bouts with Rusev, Owens, etc. are okay. And, based on things like the Rollins series, I could see him matching up well with Styles.

 

They still haven't tapped into a Brock match, if that was ever seriously on the table in the first place.

 

And I actually think a high-profile garbage match with Ambrose could be entertaining - if they positioned it right and didn't place it on some card that featured a half dozen other gimmick matches to hinder it. I'm thinking something along the lines of Randy's SummerSlam match with Christian or any of his Last Man Standing stuff. He's far from terrible in those settings, and something like an I Quit match could really give Dean's character a spotlight and a critical boost at this point.

 

So yeah. I see it. There are enough interesting things on the table for Orton's return. Whether or not they tackle any of that, well... we'll see.