WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules - Who booked this crap?

[kas]

That image cannot be real. You cannot convince me that was the actual final image of the match.

[C.S.]

8 minutes ago, hammerva said:

By the way wasn't Jeff Hardy supposed to have a "Bar fight" against Shemaus?

You're right. Did that get stealth cancelled?

More bait-and-switch. 

(Not that anyone likes the feud, but at least a bar fight stip and setting has the potential to be fun.)

[cactus]

I didn't even notice the fake eye. 

Sasha vs Asuka is fun, but it's struggling to keep my attention after the insanity of that last match. 

[KawadaSmile]

Of course this match rocks. Sasha is back to her TOP 5 IN THE WORLD form

[KawadaSmile]

Does Sasha have a death wish?

[KawadaSmile]

what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[MoS]

Another excellent match with a terrible finish imo

[C.S.]

WTF was that?

[cactus]

Really good match, but man, that finish was crap. 

[hammerva]

Another really good to great with an awful finish.   So basically if you wear the ref shirt you are always the ref

 

[Kadaveri]

Asuka vs. Sasha was just getting into MOTYC territory for me then that ridiculous finish marred the whole thing. Why would you do that.

[C.S.]

This is why I wasn't at all invested in Asuka vs. Sasha - good rasslin' or not - because WWE always ruins it with shit like this.

[hammerva]

It is funny how last year at this time, Sasha and Bayley as a team was pretty much an after thought.  Now they basically run the company.  At least until Charlotte 14 belts wins the titles

[KawadaSmile]

One of the finishes in the PPV had a man puking and an eye ripped out, and it wasn't the most disgusting finish of the night!

Hey, this means Ziggler is getting squashed, right?

[cactus]

God, this eye shit is embarrassing.

This has to be one of the best worst PPVs they've done in a long time. Mania was a success and MITB and Backlash were better than they had any right to be, but this is bad even by lockdown standards.

[KawadaSmile]

The thing is: it's not bad because the matches sucked or anything, quite the opposite. They *booked* the matches to have bad and/or unsatisfying finishes.

[MoS]

2 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said:

The thing is: it's not bad because the matches sucked or anything, quite the opposite. They *booked* the matches to have bad and/or unsatisfying finishes.

Which almost makes it a worse watching experience, at least in real time

[KawadaSmile]

Look this needs to go the Ziggler/Goldberg route

[hammerva]

So basically a one man Extreme Rules match.   

[C.S.]

It's not even 9 p.m. yet, so I'm expecting at least 30 minutes out of this.

Edit: I forgot about The Swamp - didn't we all? - but I'm still expecting a longer match out of this.

[cactus]

2 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said:

The thing is: it's not bad because the matches sucked or anything, quite the opposite. They *booked* the matches to have bad and/or unsatisfying finishes.

That's it. WWE's has had a solid in ring product for well over a decade now. The main issues with their shows is the booking and presentation. 

This Ziggler/Mcintyre stipulation is dumb, but they're pulling it off reasonably well, for now at least...

[KawadaSmile]

Fuck, that table spot was BRUTAL

[MoS]

Finally a great match not ruined by the finish!

[KawadaSmile]

Man, that finish was GOOD.

[Coffey]

This show has been not good.

The main take away that I have is that no one in WWE seemingly understands ring psychology even a fucking little bit. 

The wrestling has been eh but it's the finishes that have hurt the show a lot, really.