CI Wrestling Thread #56

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Disagree with that booking.

Bayley should have dropped to Eva with help from Nia Jax

Then Asuka should have destroyed Eva.

Oh well, at least we have this. (I PRAY THIS IS REAL)

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izzy has been carried out of the arena by her dad
 

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I'm a huge Balor fan but I wanted Joe to win there. Hell of a match. Every match on the card was awesome except Aries/Corbin.

Mania will not top that. It has no chance. That crowd was nuts,

I just want to bring up again that Finn Balor had a GD chainsaw for his entrance.

Does that top the Jack "The Ripper" entrance in London?
 
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Another media guy I spoke with today, said a guy from WWE told him today that Samoa Joe was originally supposed to come up and win the MITB briefcase last year but after the Tyson Kidd incident, they changed their minds.

Did not see Bayley losing the title at all. Total shocker. I also, didn't see Balor retaining. Makes me question Balor Club main roster call-up.
 
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That briefcase can't go to Joe. That doesn't seem right. They have Cena who can win it cash in on HHH to become 16 time, or go with KO,Ambrose, Rollins and my pick AJ Styles.

We haven't had a Big Show turn in weeks! What is going on?...

Ryback opening Mania against where is his green card guy.

Ambrose may die Sunday by the hands of the Lesnar kid.
 
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remember the good ol days when no one ever kicked out of a finisher? It was called a finisher for a reason? Yea, me too. ****'s annoying anymore. Can't have a good match unless a finisher is kicked out of 2-3 times each.

[thumb2] Stone Cold Steve Austin like this


I didn't get to watch last night - fell asleep getting my youngest to sleep. Watching now & that tag team to start was awesome.
 

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Heisman does lots of people have on Reigns gear. Also do you feel he will pack a big fanbase on Sunday?

He definitely has a fan base and Rob Schamberger, the WWE portrait artist says Reigns is his biggest seller and gets the most views by far on his page. However, he's going to get booed like crazy from a lot of smarks. The NXT crowd booed like crazy at a simple Mania preview and cheered Triple H.

The most represented shirts here are of Finn Balor and Balor Club, easily.

[thumb2] Stone Cold Steve Austin like this


I didn't get to watch last night - fell asleep getting my youngest to sleep. Watching now & that tag team to start was awesome.

Every match on the card was fantastic except Aries/Corbin. No one liked that match.
 

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The chants were so crazy last night. For those of you who follow me on twitter, go check out the videos of entrances and chants from Balor/Joe and Nakamora/Zayn.

"Eff PG" - Cleaning blood

"Fight forever"- Nakamora/Zayn

"Both these guys"- Cheering in the above match

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Seems like ECW started the kicking out of the finisher deal and since then all the other companies adapted it...
 

Laparkafan

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Nice link TCPUK...
Also read an article that Samoa Joe was originally booked to beat Balor last night but looks like they pushing Joe up to main roster sooner than expected.
 
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Seems like ECW started the kicking out of the finisher deal and since then all the other companies adapted it...
That's because ECW was the best. But no actually they had to in order to keep up the tough, hardcore image. If you're in a promotion that promotes the carnage that they did, falling to a finisher moved the first time would seem rather weak.
 

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just kidding... I'd look at nudes.
Jason - I mean this with all friendliness - whose nudies would you not look at?

Kudos to Hulu - Takeover Dallas was available around noon yesterday.

I'm sold on Nakamura. Match with he and Zayn will be one of the best of the year. If it had some steaks it would have been better, but you know.

American Alpha was fantastic. So was The Revival. Would like to see an extended feud with those teams. Don't know if either have a future on the main roster unless tag teams are given a real chance.

Asuka - Bailey was a very good match. Bailey got a lot more offense than I expected. I'm guessing that she'll hang around a while longer before heading up to join her friends.

Joe-Balor was probably the 4th best match and was still very good. Hardway color was different. WWE needs to let a little color in on occasion. A well timed blade job would do wonders for Ziggler. Surprised that Balor won, but Joe dominated the match it seemed. Where does Balor go from here?

Aries-Corbin was not that bad, but Aries was in there with Corbin. Best match that Corbin has had so far?

Bobby Roode getting the chyro introduction in the crowd made me happy.

Wrestling fans got a great show with Takeover. Now Sports Entertainment fans can enjoy Wrestlemania. The womens match will probably as as good if not better than Bailey-Asuka. Doubt that any other match on the WM card is as good or better than any Takeover match other than Corbin's - though there should be good heat for UT-Shane, great action in the IC train wreck match, and New Day will get a huge pop. Lesnar-Ambrose will be fine as well, though the elephant in that room is that Lesnar is more popular than Ambrose.
 
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Hoping for a good show tonight. Hard to believe anything tonight will top Zayn-Nakamura from Friday night.

Kalisto over Ryback

Team Diva's over Team Bad and whatever

Uso's over Dudleyz

Styles over Jericho

Somehow someone from Social Outcasts win the Battle Royal

New Day over League of Nations

Sasha Banks over Charlotte and Lynch

Zack Ryder wins the IC title

Ambrose over Lesnar

Shane over Undertaker

Reigns over HHH
 

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Well didn't get to see Takeover yet but will tomorrow hopefully. Sounded like one heck of a show, but I would have had Joe win.
Caught the last half of the Hall of Fame show, thought it was really good, guess with Sting retiring you can officially stick a fork in WCW.

Predictions for tonight

Kalisto over Rybarf
Usos over Dudleyz
Big Show or Mark Henry to win Battle Royal

Roman over HHH, maybe a double turn here, maybe Rollins comes back??
Brock over Ambrose
Shane over Taker, expect more run-in that a Jeff Jarrett WCW 2000 math, Cena Wyatt's, Kane?? Balor Club
Sasha to win women's title
AJ over Jericho
Sami Zayn wins IC Title
New Day Rocks, New Day Wins
Team Divas over the other team. More interested in who gets more boos, Reigns or Eva Marie

Will be interesting to see what they do with Rock and Austin
 

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So many possibilities, and im pumped for it all. Not gonna lie, I kind of hope that Reigns wins baby face just to see the smarks smarkout so smarking hard. The house that Jerry built may be the house Vince and Roman destroyed.
 
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Jason - I mean this with all friendliness - whose nudies would you not look at?

Kudos to Hulu - Takeover Dallas was available around noon yesterday.

I'm sold on Nakamura. Match with he and Zayn will be one of the best of the year. If it had some steaks it would have been better, but you know.

American Alpha was fantastic. So was The Revival. Would like to see an extended feud with those teams. Don't know if either have a future on the main roster unless tag teams are given a real chance.

Asuka - Bailey was a very good match. Bailey got a lot more offense than I expected. I'm guessing that she'll hang around a while longer before heading up to join her friends.

Joe-Balor was probably the 4th best match and was still very good. Hardway color was different. WWE needs to let a little color in on occasion. A well timed blade job would do wonders for Ziggler. Surprised that Balor won, but Joe dominated the match it seemed. Where does Balor go from here?

Aries-Corbin was not that bad, but Aries was in there with Corbin. Best match that Corbin has had so far?

Bobby Roode getting the chyro introduction in the crowd made me happy.

Wrestling fans got a great show with Takeover. Now Sports Entertainment fans can enjoy Wrestlemania. The womens match will probably as as good if not better than Bailey-Asuka. Doubt that any other match on the WM card is as good or better than any Takeover match other than Corbin's - though there should be good heat for UT-Shane, great action in the IC train wreck match, and New Day will get a huge pop. Lesnar-Ambrose will be fine as well, though the elephant in that room is that Lesnar is more popular than Ambrose.
Wait what the NXT shows are on Hulu now?? This is life changing news. Thank goodness I am still on the free trial of the WWE Network, I can cancel that and just watch NXT on replay on Hulu now.
 
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In the press room. The rumor is that the battle royal is now in between the Shane/Taker match and the main event.
 

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Ok so the 10 divas match moved to USA and the battle royal moved to Wrestlemania I feel is a good call by WWE
 

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Surprised Eva didn't turn heel. Another observation Emma is a lot hotter now than her last run on the main roster.
 
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So just curious once this is over do we reset like the old games used to? Man I hated that!

However it does always seem boring after WM
 

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Uso's and Dudley's also on kickoff show surprised getting 2 matches on kickoff show. With the 7pm start that's 4 hours to fill I guess a few of those matches will be long. I hope they give Ambrose and Lesner about 45 minutes.