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[Vic Boss 612]

Bray Wyatt was the highlight for me. When I realized what was happening, I said to my sister "Mick won't be able to bend over backwards to do the Sister Abigail... I hope he does the Mandible Claw" and then he fucking did it an I popped like a motherfucker

[Vic Boss 612]

Wow, they actually made me watch a Dolph Ziggler segment on SDL

[Blackjak 57]

So Xavier and Big E were on commentary for the first hour of SD. (Byron's dad died a couple days ago and Corey is apparently filming a movie?) 

 

Needless to say, it was pretty amazing 

 

Also, Isiah "Swerve" Scott (Shane Strickland) and Gulak had a pretty damn fantastic match on 205 Live.  

[Vic Boss 612]

49 minutes ago, Blackjak said:

Also, Isiah "Swerve" Scott (Shane Strickland) and Gulak had a pretty damn fantastic match on 205 Live.  

 

Just came here to say exactly that

[Vic Boss 612]

Mother fuck, that was an awesome Raw.

 

Happy for Dolph Ziggler too

 

He finally got to live out his dream of being Shawn Michaels

[Vic Boss 612]

SDL was pretty solid. I legit fucking lol'ed at that ending

[MT 917]

Genius

 

 

[Blackjak 57]

On 7/30/2019 at 10:27 PM, Death Rider Mox said:

 I legit fucking lol'ed at that ending

 

Yeah, that ending was hilariously bad. But everything else on TV was pretty good this week. 

[Vic Boss 612]

I actually found NXT and UK pretty lackluster this week compared to the main product. I don't think that's ever happened since I started watching again.

[Vic Boss 612]

Another pretty good Raw and a good build-up for Summerslam

 

- Who keeps trying to murder Reigns

- DAT FIEND

- That was the right pick to make the Women's Tags relevant again

- I can dig Dolph getting squashed by Goldberg

[Vic Boss 612]

Do they have Ryan Ward doing SDL again or is Paul?

 

That show was snappy as fuck, didn't dwell too long on any match or storyline, got across what it needed to. This is the formula WWE needs

 

Fucking Dolph Ziggler again. After killing him Raw, they have him take out Rey, a legend, and then win a quick match against Ali to show that hey, he can actually do some shit and may have a chance against Gold- SPEAR JACKHAMMER 1-2-3

[Vic Boss 612]

Raw was an above-average short-matches show. Did kind of feel like a 2 hour show that had to be stretched to three, but they mostly filled it out with squash matches so it's fine

[Vic Boss 612]

Roman Reigns and Kenny Omega Buddy Murphy had a banger on SDL

[MT 917]

 

[Vic Boss 612]

Fuckinnnnnnn 5 Observer Rewinds left, about  2 weeks unless daprice's job/life interrupts ;_;

[Vic Boss 612]

Raw's pretty good again.

 

That fuckinnnn RKO

 

Finish for the last match was pretty awesome too

[MT 917]

Smackdown

 

You can tell how hard Bryan's trying to not crack up during this.

[Psycho666Soldier 283]

He had to have burst out laughing as soon as that scene was over.

[Vic Boss 612]

Really liked the AJ/Braun finish, nice twist on a classic finish

[MT 917]

Finn Balor's hoot nicknames

 

Never gets old.

[Vic Boss 612]

SDL

 

That fucking Tornado DDT from between the ropes by Ali onto Buddy Murphy

[MT 917]

Kacy Catanzaro leaves WWE

 

That stinks, she had potential.

[Vic Boss 612]

Oh shiiiii dat

 

Bayley turn

 

Really liked that NFL-like instant replay conference they did with the ref after Joe and Ricochet double-pinned each other

[Vic Boss 612]

Oh also, next week

 

If the Fiend attacks Austin, I'm gonna lose my shit

[MT 917]

Worlds Collide tournament to happen Royal Rumble weekend instead of an NXT Takeover.

[MT 917]

An interesting article on the WWE Network. 

 

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WWE wants to include the same free-to-watch videos you’d find on its mobile app as part of WWE Network everywhere, including on TV devices. “Our free content lived separately from our premium subscription content. They were kind of in different places,” Barrios told me, outlining the Network’s upcoming free streaming option. “What’s coming here soon, in weeks and not months, is the beginning of integration of our free content with our paid content. It’ll be one integrated experience, and what content you can access just depends on what level member you are.”
 
But WWE has bigger ideas for the future, including a step-up premium subscription that could add exclusive content and even add merchandise and ticketing components.

 Free: This will offer the same free-to-watch videos you’d normally find on WWE.com. Barrios said WWE might also offer timed previews of paid WWE Network content.

Regular: The standard WWE Network experience, combining free content with subscription benefits like live pay-per-views, on-demand streaming, and original programming.

Premium: “We think there’s also an opportunity to super-serve our most passionate Network subscribers with a premium tier that’ll bring together more content for them, more features for them, and also integrating some of our other non-video services like our commerce — potentially integrating something like free shipping, bringing together our digital ticketing efforts in there. It becomes the one place to experience everything WWE.” Barrios didn’t disclose how much WWE might charge for the premium tier.

 

[Vic Boss 612]

They've been talking to every promotion to see if they can lock down PPV or streaming rights for their shit for that Premium tier

[MT 917]

Why entrance music matters

 

 

[MT 917]

Big Cass arrested after threatening to murder Joey Janela

 

Yikes.

[Eizan 126]

8 minutes ago, MT said:

Big Cass arrested after threatening to murder Joey Janela

 

Yikes.

Dude really needs to get some help, he clearly has some mental issues. This is being in a serious manner, before he actually ends up doing something to someone or himself

[Blackjak 57]

Spoiler

 

The entire Baby Gender Reveal segment (including the matches) was full of hilarious and ridiculous commentary that I can't believe wasn't just a fever dream. 

 

Corey Graves actually called Mike Kanellis a Beta Cuck on WWE TV. What is this world?

 

 

[Psycho666Soldier 283]

God, I fucking love The Fiend.

Spoiler

God, I fucking love The Fiend Bray Wyatt.  Everything involving him this episode was epic.

 

Also, Rusev back handsomer than ever and that sweet AOP promo.

 

All-round, this was a pretty kick-ass RAW.

 

[Vic Boss 612]

That AOP promo was good as fuck. Made me think of the twins from Breaking Bad

 

The King of the Ring Final should've ended about 20 seconds earlier than it did.

[MT 917]

18 minutes ago, Death Rider Mox said:

That AOP promo was good as fuck. Made me think of the twins from Breaking Bad

Why they can't do a similar thing for others that don't have English as their first language is beyond me.

[Psycho666Soldier 283]

8 hours ago, MT said:

Why they can't do a similar thing for others that don't have English as their first language is beyond me.

I'm hoping things like this and Sami playing manager to Shinsuke is a sign of things to come.

[Psycho666Soldier 283]

The Fiend fucking with the production might be my favorite small detail of WWE right now.

[MT 917]

Forget Johnny Takeover, what about Johnny WWE?

 

Former Impact Wrestling Champion John Hennigan has signed a deal to return to World Wrestling Entertainment, PWInsider.com has confirmed.

 

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[Vic Boss 612]

I was wondering what was up with him, he left Impact some months back and didn't pop up anywhere else.

[Psycho666Soldier 283]

31 minutes ago, MT said:

Forget Johnny Takeover, what about Johnny WWE?

 

 

 

 

Source

Ohhhhhh shit!  My boy!

 

Even though my mancrush subsided on him a while ago, John Morrison was one of my new favs when I got back into wrestling in 2010.  Didn't catch much of his Impact stuff, but I liked what he did as Johnny Mundo in Lucha Underground.

[MT 917]

The guy that played the fake Razor Ramon died

[Vic Boss 612]

Man, only 49 ?

[Vic Boss 612]

They're really trying to break up Rusev and Lana still, eh?

[Blackjak 57]

Smackdown:

 

Spoiler

I'm so fucking Sports Entertained

 

Edit: Note - I wrote this before the main event

 

[Vic Boss 612]

They're becoming more like WCW with each passing day

 

WCW was the WWF retirement home, now WWE is the UFC retirement home

[MT 917]

Looks like I made the right choice to stop watching main roster WWE.  

[Blackjak 57]

The first hour and 50 minutes of the show were actually pretty great. Everything had a great energy about it, the new set is excellent, the camera angles weren't all Kevin Dunn-y. 

 

Yeah, when there was 7 minutes left for the main event, it was pretty apparent that it was going to go the way it did, and that definitely sucks... but don't knock the whole show. 

[Psycho666Soldier 283]

I will say that ending makes me consider just skipping out on SmackDown and sticking to RAW, NXT and Dynamite.

 

Spoiler

They did Kofi wrong, man.  We knew he wasn't going to win, but at least give him a few minutes.  Terrible finish to his reign, and for that to be followed up with a Cain Velasquez debut just felt wrong.  I dunno, I hate MMA, and I don't think this means he's even going to be a signed wrestler, so this feels like a shitty trade-off.  This is also on top of the bit with Tyson Fury.

 

The rest of the show was pretty good.  Loved parts of it.  But I have zero interest in the WWE Title scene.

[MT 917]

Still feeling pretty good about my decision 

[Blackjak 57]

I'm annoyed by the main event's ending (most of it was awesome) and happy that Nick and I are going to go watch AEW in a couple weeks in Pittsburgh. 

 

 

[Vic Boss 612]

I just realized

 

The Fiend's Mallet is mocking Hunter's burial sledgehammer