WWE Battleground

[Jimmy Redman]

What's on first?

[Cornette's racket]

The new day have a very Apollo creed rocky IV feel going on.

[Cornette's racket]

What's on first?

New day vs the usos.

[WingedEagle]

WOW. That powerbomb on the floor! Slow start but business has indeed picked up.

[Cornette's racket]

Why is one of the usos wearing a hoodie ?

[Matt D]

I caught most of that tag match. It needed to be about 40% more Tag-Team-Y and 30% less Triple Threat Guy On The Floor-y.

[Cornette's racket]

The new day win the belts.

[WingedEagle]

I thought the tag title match started out a bit slow and bland, but from the Usos cleaning house on the floor it was pretty damn great. A few big near falls that the crowd absolutely bought into, but not so many that it became overdone. Some incredible timing on the cutoffs and big spots, and I appreciate that they even had Kofi MIA for a while after that powerbomb rather than returning quickly and rendering it meaningless. The finish felt a bit sudden after the last Woods save, but hardly a major flaw. Fun opener!

 

***1/2

[Ricky Jackson]

Great tag!

[hammerva]

Really good match although excessive with the punishment that Woods took. But the crowd loved it and that is all that matters. New Day winning was kind of their only choice given how weak the tag division is on the babyface side after this feud

 

This is really going to be interesting because Nakamura really needs a good singles match. Dolph wasn't it. Luckily Corbin can lose since he has the briefcase

[El Dragon]

The Usos are quietly climbing the ranks of the WWEs best tag teams ever at this point. Heck, how many WWE tag teams have had there resume working as both faces and heels? Most of the best were always just one.

[Grimmas]

The Usos are quietly climbing the ranks of the WWEs best tag teams ever at this point. Heck, how many WWE tag teams have had there resume working as both faces and heels? Most of the best were always just one.

Demolition. Hart Foundation. That's it, I think.

[Matt D]

I made it about this far through the Nak match and while I think a bearhug is a good heat-generating move for Corbin, I decided I'm going to go back and watch that Dunne/Bate takeover match that people really liked instead. I'm just not good at modern WWE PPVs I guess. There's no urgency anymore and as much as I like you guys, without that, the shared live experience is good for Mania and little else. Nothing feels like it matters anymore.

[WingedEagle]

This Corbin match is as boring as the opener was entertaining. I don't get his push at all. He's nothing in the ring and on the mic, along with a zero in look charisma. Just baffling.

[El Dragon]

I made it about this far through the Nak match and while I think a bearhug is a good heat-generating move for Corbin, I decided I'm going to go back and watch that Dunne/Bate takeover match that people really liked instead. I'm just not good at modern WWE PPVs I guess. There's no urgency anymore and as much as I like you guys, without that, the shared live experience is good for Mania and little else. Nothing feels like it matters anymore.

I mean, when you get the opportunity, I know some other matches you couls watch...

[WingedEagle]

An appropriate finish as that match did to each of us what Corbin just did to Nakamura.

[hammerva]

Really you have to protect Corbin?

 

By the way Nakamura really didn't get a great reaction from a Philly crowd that should go apeshit for him. Not sure if that speaks to how average he has been on Smackdown or how dull Corbin is in the ring

[Matt D]

 

I made it about this far through the Nak match and while I think a bearhug is a good heat-generating move for Corbin, I decided I'm going to go back and watch that Dunne/Bate takeover match that people really liked instead. I'm just not good at modern WWE PPVs I guess. There's no urgency anymore and as much as I like you guys, without that, the shared live experience is good for Mania and little else. Nothing feels like it matters anymore.

I mean, when you get the opportunity, I know some other matches you couls watch...

 

At this rate, with NWAonDemand down, i'm going to have to lose bets just to figure out what to watch. I'll have both of yours watched/written up by the end of this week barring disaster. I'm running casual and noteless tonight. (which means I'm not writing up this Bate/Dunne one either, though I will say that I love how into everything Dunne is. Surly teenager isn't necessarily a hard character, but the commitment is charming).

[Mad Dog]

 

 

 

I made it about this far through the Nak match and while I think a bearhug is a good heat-generating move for Corbin, I decided I'm going to go back and watch that Dunne/Bate takeover match that people really liked instead. I'm just not good at modern WWE PPVs I guess. There's no urgency anymore and as much as I like you guys, without that, the shared live experience is good for Mania and little else. Nothing feels like it matters anymore.

I mean, when you get the opportunity, I know some other matches you couls watch...

At this rate, with NWAonDemand down, i'm going to have to lose bets just to figure out what to watch. I'll have both of yours watched/written up by the end of this week barring disaster. I'm running casual and noteless tonight. (which means I'm not writing up this Bate/Dunne one either, though I will say that I love how into everything Dunne is. Surly teenager isn't necessarily a hard character, but the commitment is charming).

Try the Stardom streaming service. Lots of content and it's broken up into matches.

[WingedEagle]

 

By the way Nakamura really didn't get a great reaction from a Philly crowd that should go apeshit for him. Not sure if that speaks to how average he has been on Smackdown or how dull Corbin is in the ring

 

Yes and yes. And yes.

[KawadaSmile]

Nakamura is coasting ever since his Dallas match against Zayn. After that lackluster NXT run it shouldn't come off as a surprise that he's putting almost minimal effort in his matches.

[Cornette's racket]

Let's go Becky. Yes I'm biased but she's the best wrestler in the match.

[Mad Dog]

I agree Nakamura is coasting but Corbin is just awful. I don't get what they see in the guy at all.

[WingedEagle]

 

 

 

I made it about this far through the Nak match and while I think a bearhug is a good heat-generating move for Corbin, I decided I'm going to go back and watch that Dunne/Bate takeover match that people really liked instead. I'm just not good at modern WWE PPVs I guess. There's no urgency anymore and as much as I like you guys, without that, the shared live experience is good for Mania and little else. Nothing feels like it matters anymore.

I mean, when you get the opportunity, I know some other matches you couls watch...

At this rate, with NWAonDemand down, i'm going to have to lose bets just to figure out what to watch. I'll have both of yours watched/written up by the end of this week barring disaster. I'm running casual and noteless tonight. (which means I'm not writing up this Bate/Dunne one either, though I will say that I love how into everything Dunne is. Surly teenager isn't necessarily a hard character, but the commitment is charming).

Try the Stardom streaming service. Lots of content and it's broken up into matches.

 

 

Cosign. Take DDT for a spin -- they have a women's group on their service as well so plenty to mix it up, although DDT is very hit or miss for me. The comedy stuff just doesn't do it for me but they've got some really great, young wrestlers as well.

 

G1 is an obvious go-to. A few fun workers in Sendai Girls which is easily accessible in the archive.

[EricR]

I'm doing a Battleground live blog at Segunda Caida. I'm already loving it because Aiden English got a clean pinfall win. This is truly a momentous night.

 

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