Summerslam 2017, or How to get through a 6 hour show with a little help from your friends at PWO

[The Thread Killer]

YES YES YES!!!

 

Outstanding match, which obviously had no place on the damn pre-show. This whole Usos/New Day feud has been GOLD, I tell you. Gold, Jerry. Gold!

 

As much as I rag on WWE, to me there is no doubt that their Tag Team match style is SO much better than the stupid New Japan/ROH Tag Match style. Good, solid action without all the stupid multi-team spotfests.

 

That was outstanding, I got totally caught up in that match.

[cm funk]

HELL of an opener! Great tag match there. I don't think I'll ever get tired of Usos-New Day matches, none of them are the same, and they were clearly motivated to pull out all the stops being on the pre-show

[hammerva]

Damn what a great tag team match. It doesn't matter if it is a pre show match they always bring it. Both teams

[cm funk]

Man, either I was late to the party when it comes to appreciating the Usos, or they have really improved. Since their heel turn they are rapidly becoming my favorite team.

 

Also, I don't like New Day, but I am a big fan of Big E's cloak.

 

And Xavier Woods is excellent at selling, in my opinion.

 

 

You're late to the party, but welcome all comers!

[Mad Dog]

Then why change the title in the first place, Thread?

 

Because sometimes being unpredictable is better especially when you've been painfully predictable.

[...TG]

Didn't think I could like Braun more, then he goes and cuts off one of Heyman's overrated, endless promos.

[Mad Dog]

Let's get this match over with so Baron Corbin's awful push can finally end.

[fakeplastictrees]

History does not show this to be true, but I would like to think WWE has smartened up and realized the company can have its 7 hour show and only force the live audience to see 3-4 hours of it. This prevents burn out. Its easy for people watching The Network to 'go do something else', but once you are in the arena...that's it. You are there! Takeover last night was Off The Wall and tonight's SummerSlam looks like Invincible. A product that is overly long, cliche, and shouldn't be the product of someone who is considered an icon and innovator in the business.

[Mad Dog]

I think Cena wrestling the blowup doll from DDT would be more interesting than this match.

 

Bad card construction here. The New Day/Usos got everyone warmed up and Corbin murdered them.

[...TG]

I think Cena wrestling the blowup doll from DDT would be more interesting than this match.

 

Bad card construction here. The New Day/Usos got everyone warmed up and Corbin murdered them.

 

Crowd seemed fine to me, plenty into everything. Good, not great match. I have no idea where Corbin goes from here.

[Johnny Sorrow]

Jordan has been a massive flop thus far.

Well, since the whole deal is for him to turn heel, I think this is all part of the story.

But, what's not on purpose is that ticket/ crowd being let in snafu.

[Mad Dog]

Hopefully down the card. I disagree on the crowd. That's a pretty dead crowd for a Cena match. He's just not good and he got more than enough of a chance to show something.

[The Thread Killer]

That match was not so good. To me, the word best used to describe Baron Corbin is: plodding. As in "slow-moving, unexciting...lacking in imagination or intelligence."

 

There have been those who have said that Cena has held down younger up and coming talent like Wade Barret or Alex Riley. This is the one case where if it's true, I am totally fine with it.

[Mad Dog]

Cena having the crowd chant for and against him was a really meta burn on the state of Corbin's place in the WWE right now.

[EricR]

I remembered this was airing as of Friday, completely forgot about it by Sunday morning. BUT, I'm now doing a "live" blog from the beginning! Death march!

 

http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2017/08/wait-summerslam-is-today-wwe-summerslam.html

[...TG]

That match was not so good. To me, the word best used to describe Baron Corbin is: plodding. As in "slow-moving, unexciting...lacking in imagination or intelligence."

 

There have been those who have said that Cena has held down younger up and coming talent like Wade Barret or Alex Riley. This is the one case where if it's true, I am totally fine with it.

 

I think Corbin's work is really good. His stuff is basic, but solid and he's a pretty good bumper and seller. He just doesn't have much in the way of charisma and can't talk for shit.

 

Wade kept getting injured right when he was getting over. I don't know about Riley, I've heard the stories but it's not like he was a young Cena or something.

[Mad Dog]

Naomi is a really good bumper. I feel like she just needs to learn how to pace and structure a match and she could actually have a lot of potential as a worker.

[Mad Dog]

 

That match was not so good. To me, the word best used to describe Baron Corbin is: plodding. As in "slow-moving, unexciting...lacking in imagination or intelligence."

 

There have been those who have said that Cena has held down younger up and coming talent like Wade Barret or Alex Riley. This is the one case where if it's true, I am totally fine with it.

 

I think Corbin's work is really good. His stuff is basic, but solid and he's a pretty good bumper and seller. He just doesn't have much in the way of charisma and can't talk for shit.

 

Wade kept getting injured right when he was getting over. I don't know about Riley, I've heard the stories but it's not like he was a young Cena or something.

 

 

I never saw much in Riley. Seemed pretty mediocre in the ring with some charisma.

[hammerva]

Wow didn't think Natalya would actually win the title. Now it is a question when the cash in happens

 

Really good match between the two. Definitely exceeded expectations

 

Holy fuck that is one of the creepiest PPV promo videos in a while.

[Mad Dog]

Naomi/Nattie was better than it had any right to be. Cut some of the bloat out of the middle and it would have been pretty good.

[Jimmy Redman]

Nattie winning clean with no Carmella was about last on the list of things I thought would happen.

[Mad Dog]

They need to figure out how to structure these shows. It's not even 8 and they're already losing the crowd.

[The Thread Killer]

To me, Corbin's whole schtick seems to consist of:

 

Execute a basic maneuver, effectively but slowly and unspectacularly.

Wander around the ring, mug to the crowd and shout at them a bit.

Repeat.

 

Like I said, plodding.

 

And I have no proof that Cena ever did hold anybody down, but it has been speculated that he did. Edge and Jericho flat out said on a podcast that he campaigned to squash the Nexus. But whatever, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. But if he is going to do that to somebody, it may as well be Corbin, as far as I'm concerned. For a scary moment there, I was worried that Cena was going to put Corbin over before he left for Hollywood to make Transformers movies. I just honestly don't think that Corbin deserves that kind of rub. I don't think he's good enough. Maybe he will be someday. But not today.

[The Thread Killer]

They need to figure out how to structure these shows. It's not even 8 and they're already losing the crowd.

You guys are right. This crowd is dying and they were HOT during the New Day/Usos match. Something cooled them off.

[Mad Dog]

I'm not an Enzo fan but wow does this promo suck.