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sek69 Posted May 25 Author Report Share Posted May 25 I tend to think that we'll probably see Wyatt Family 2.0 debut here since this card is honestly the most predictable one in a long time. The only one that seems not 100% obvious is the IC three way, since you could make a case for all of them based on what direction they go after this. Are they kicking off Bronson's main event push? Going all in on heel Gable? Paul seems like he's a long title reign kind of booker (other than gimmicks like MITB of course) so I wouldn't be surprised if Sami retains for a while longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Based on the hints & teases we got today, I lean more towards Clash at the Castle for the Uncle Howdy stuff to debut. We might get something extra tomorrow but I'd be surprised if we get anything major about this tomorrow. My Gunther & Lyra for King & Queen of the Ring agenda is still alive though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted May 25 Author Report Share Posted May 25 It's entirely possible I'm just trying to come up with ways to find some kind of intrigue around this show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Per Meltzer, the level interest of Backlash in the US was ridiculously low. The Bloodmoney shows always had a lot less interest from the US audience as well. I wonder if this will end up a trend with this new business model of selling shows for super high prices to various cities elsewhere in the world (although I'm not sure Lyon actually paid for it, since basically they wanted to go to Paris and could not because of the Olympics coming up, so they settled for Lyon instead), making the money on the price tag for the event and the gate (with a super high ticket price), while the US audience doesn't really care about it, which doesn't matter now and will matter even less once they get on Netflix. I see the card, no Jamal Khashoggi Memorial Battle Royal this year I guess. Also, don't forget that in a week, WWE Universe is gonna celebrate Pride Month, because it's so important for the company to support the LGBT+ community ! See ya in Glasgow, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted May 25 Author Report Share Posted May 25 All Hail King GUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNTA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted May 25 Author Report Share Posted May 25 I've said it before but the Saudi crowds are low key some of the better ones WWE has. Regardless of all the (extremely) questionable reasons these shows exist, the folks show up and bring it each time. By no means saying that as any defense of them mind you, but at least there is some positives out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, sek69 said: All Hail King GUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNTA This motherfucker DOESN'T MISS. It's insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Was the Gunther/Orton finish designed to build a rematch or just a botch that they're playing off of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Looks like it's a botch and they're trying to salvage it. Gunther was still likely meant to win the KOTR but not in that fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 I'm not sure I saw what the botch was? Maybe it was just the bad camera angle? From what I saw, Orton hit the RKO and had the cover, but Gunther slapped/punched him in the knee (which Orton had been consistently selling as damaged from early on during the abdominal stretch), which shocked Orton into sitting up. Gunther then rolled him up (sloppily, but good enough) to get his shoulders on the mat for a quick pin. I thought the match was terrific. Maybe not MOTY-territory, but very, very good. I'm not as well-versed on Gunther's resume, but just based on his main roster WWE output, he's got to have one of the highest batting averages of banger matches I can recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 32 minutes ago, DMJ said: I'm not sure I saw what the botch was? Maybe it was just the bad camera angle? From what I saw, Orton hit the RKO and had the cover, but Gunther slapped/punched him in the knee (which Orton had been consistently selling as damaged from early on during the abdominal stretch), which shocked Orton into sitting up. Gunther then rolled him up (sloppily, but good enough) to get his shoulders on the mat for a quick pin. Exactly. I thought the match and the finish went off pretty much how it was supposed to, and it was surprisingly good, bordering on great. The crowd being so insanely into it definitely helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 No way Orton's shoulders were close to being on the mat for most of the three count, that was definitely botched. I am surprised that the ref actually counted the fall, at least a couple of years ago they were told to call it as they see it, ergo if a cover is botched, don't count the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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