C.S. Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Undisputed WWE Championship Match: John Cena © vs. Randy Orton United States Championship Fatal Four-Way Match: Jacob Fatu © vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest vs. LA Knight Intercontinental Championship Match: Dominik Mysterio © vs. Penta Women's Intercontinental Championship Match: Lyra Valkyria © vs. Becky Lynch Michael Cole on a Pole Match (not really): Pat McAfee vs. GUNTHER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 I actually don’t have a major problem with them not having both major titles defended on the same show. Besides, apparently Jey Uso is defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Logan Paul at SNME at the end of this month. Besides, he just defended it on Monday against Rollins in what was a shockingly good match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Just now, The Thread Killer said: I actually don’t have a major problem with them not having both major titles defended on the same show. Besides, apparently Jey Uso is defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Logan Paul at SNME at the end of this month. A major pet peeve of mine is titles being left off shows - especially "World" Titles. But yes, they have way too many titles now to put them all on a show - even WrestleMania - which is another huge problem from where I sit. That's the industry now, though, I guess. AEW also has a million titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 While I'm not following the weekly TV shows and Gunther losing his belt just to feud with a commentator makes my blood boil, the rest of the card looks actually pretty darn dope. I'm all in for Penta vs Dom. Dominik became is low-key one of the best workers in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 15 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: Gunther losing his belt just to feud with a commentator makes my blood boil I hear what you’re saying, but to be honest the way they had booked that angle, Jey pretty much had to win at Wrestlemania, otherwise there’s no way he would ever be taken seriously again. He was 0-3 against Gunther already and after that beating Gunther laid on Jimmy, Pro Wrestling logic pretty much dictated that Jey had to get revenge. Besides, as much as I like to knock the WWE creative team, I can’t honestly say they haven’t done a good job with Gunther. From the minute he showed up, he has been pretty much unbeatable. He has held a title pretty much the entire time he’s been there, whether it was the NXT UK title, or the Intercontinental title, or the World title. He has been booked so strong that he’s pretty much bulletproof at this point. Having said that, I have to assume this whole deal with McAfee is being done as either a way to write McAfee off WWE TV (as in Gunther pretty much destroys him tonight) or they are using it as a segue into Gunther’s next feud. I don’t expect this match to be 50-50, if I recall correctly a couple of years ago they did pretty much the same thing where McAfee was around for the “road to Wrestlemania” but then afterwards he left because of his other commitments. I assume they are going to use this to get him out of the broadcast position and move Corey Graves back in. If everything I am speculating about is wrong, and this is just some bizarre match they decided to book for no reason, then I will take back everything I said. But my hope is that this is going to be used to make Gunther look like a total killer and move him into his next angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 23 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: I'm all in for Penta vs Dom. You know what I have found really interesting, is how the crowds have reacted to the Lucha Brothers as individuals in WWE. If you had asked me beforehand, I would have told you that for sure Fenix would be a massive star in WWE and definitely outshine Penta. I know Penta has a headstart on Fenix, but to me it seems like the fans are way more invested in Penta than they are in his brother. I would assume that has something to do with Penta’s look, and all his theatrics with the whole “Cero Miedo” thing (because Lord knows WWE fans just LOVE to act like trained seals and repeat things) but I always looked at Penta as the weaker brother. Of course, in my opinion Penta has been booked way better on Raw than Fenix has been on SmackDown. This whole angle with Fenix and Legado Del Fantasmo is going nowhere fast and that’s not helping anybody. I saw an interview with Nick Khan this week where he was talking about their internal metrics and ratings and stuff like that and he said that Penta has been a needle mover for sure, both in terms of merchandise, but also fan interest from the Latino market. I am definitely looking forward to the eventual day where they bring the two back together, but in the meantime, I’m definitely enjoying Penta’s solo run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 JEFF COBB is here... ...as Solo's new enforcer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Welp, Jeff Cobb is here, and Jacob Fatu doesn’t look entirely pleased with that. Fun match otherwise, not surprising considering the participants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, C.S. said: JEFF COBB is here... ...as Solo's new enforcer? Yeah, with Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa and Bronson Reed all out with injuries, I guess Solo has to re-staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 1 minute ago, The Thread Killer said: Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa I could see these two end up as future releases. Without The Bloodline, what do they really bring to the table? Pretty much every other Samoan ever is more interesting in-ring and as characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 I think Tama Tonga has some limited potential, but Tonga Loa? Yeesh. Mind you, if you are even indirectly related to Dwayne, you are probably safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 8 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said: Mind you, if you are even indirectly related to Dwayne, you are probably safe. That means Sami Uso probably has a job for life. Thank God! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Dom just gets it. His two dads must be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Just when you thought Michael Cole couldn’t be any more annoying… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 11 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: Dom just gets it. His two dads must be proud. That suicide dive into the DDT was very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 If Gunther beats up Michael Cole, I’m voting him #1 in GWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 11 Author Report Share Posted May 11 3 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said: If Gunther beats up Michael Cole, I’m voting him #1 in GWE. For the first time ever, I'm relieved Mauro is no longer in the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 11 Author Report Share Posted May 11 Not how I expected this to go. Imagine if they did this match and build with a babyface who could make them money for years to come, instead of a pale announcer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Gunther came out of that looking fine, it’s not like it hurt him any, but I’m not sure what the point of it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 McAfee appeared to prepare for this match by drinking beers and watching wrestling tapes. Which some would argue is better than the Logan Paul/Bad Bunny way which is train hard and practice the match to death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Either Cena is a really awful actor or we are getting the first signs of Cena already having regrets of what he had to do in order to become champion for the last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 That match reminded me of an old TNA Main Event. Too long, too many ref bumps and a dumb finish. I guess they did the best they could, considering everybody’s limitations, but it’s a good thing I didn’t go into this expecting much, cause I sure didn’t get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 The Jeff Cobb thing makes sense since it's been clear for a while Jacob is about to snap on Solo. Once that happens Jeff Cobb can be the mid boss Jacob has to go thru to get his hands on Solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Decent show really. I have questions about things like Jeff Cobb being immediately inserted into Bloodline 3.0 storyline despite being one of two guys from that region of the globe not related to this family. And why Gunther goes from the 600+ day NXT UK title run to 600+ day IC run to Summerslam to WM world title run to the follow up being a competitive match with an announcer. Not that it wasn't a pretty solid match and I think Pat actually does get it more than Logan Paul, but just....Gunther specifically as the talent he is and how he's been pushed to do an announcer match seems strange to me. Could have easily and probably could use a 3 month break and then come back for another start of a dominant run. Somehow Cena/Orton wasn't the absolute dogshit I was expecting and was better than Cody/Cena by a lot despite being 80% one or both hitting RKOs and AAs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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