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BKH34

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Too lazy too look right now, but there has to be a compilation of exploder suplexes on YouTube right? Probably my favorite move to watch at the moment
Well...there's this.

I just wanted to post this. Taz in ECW was maybe the best work Paul Heyman did as a booker. I thought he killed people.
 

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As if the Summerslam show wasn't going to be long enough they have now added
Neville and Sami Zayn vs The Dudleyz to the show.

ROH has a PPV tonight...going to say Adam Cole beats Jay Lethal for the title tonight and become a 2-time champ
 
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Well scratch that, guess they are going to get everyone on the roster on the show.


American Alpha, The Hype Bros and The Usos vs.
Breezango, The Ascension and The Vaudevillains has been added to the Kickoff Show for SummerSlam.
 

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I know that one guy who used to post here is at the show, saw pics of it on Twitter. Didn't start until 9:00 think the main event is just starting
 

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As if the Summerslam show wasn't going to be long enough they have now added
Neville and Sami Zayn vs The Dudleyz to the show.

ROH has a PPV tonight...going to say Adam Cole beats Jay Lethal for the title tonight and become a 2-time champ

Hell of a show tonight. The crowd was great.
 

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Hot take: Did Marty Jannetty kind of suck? I mean...



Just because you can take the flip bump doesn't mean you have to do it every match. Except Rikishi. He can do it every time.

When WWE brought in the Rockers, the assumption was that Marty would be the breakout star from the team. He had a good match against Doink one time on Raw.
This is a guy who, in a match with Shawn when people cared about him, got his right shoulder plowed into the ring post, and then sold his left shoulder before he was on the floor. Yeah, just saying he sucked is being kind to him.
 
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Adam Cole is the new ROH Champ being Jay Lethal. He joins Austin Aries and Jay Briscoe as the only two time champs.

Ready for the Takeover Show tonight, if Joe and Nakamura isn't a 5 star Match of the Year Candidate I will be really surprised.
 

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Eva Marie tested positive for adderall too. Why does anyone care if someone takes adderall?

Her claim is she has a prescription but "didn't submit the paperwork to WWE in time" so her effort to gain relevance continues. I for one know nothing about her nor do I care to.
 

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I had never beeen to any non-WWE show before last night. ROH was awesome. Adam Page vs Briscoe was great. It even made Page throw up. The main event was badass as well.

Plus, I got to see Shibata, Bullet Club and IWGP champ Okada.
 

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NXT Takeover Prediction Time

Joe retains over Nakamura- something to set up the rematch later
Asuka over Bayley
The Revival over Gargano and Ciampa- Turns on Johnny Wrestling
Roode will be Glorious over Almas
Jose over Aries
Ember Moon over Billie Kay

Watched the CWC I was ticked Gallagher lost
 

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I had never beeen to any non-WWE show before last night. ROH was awesome. Adam Page vs Briscoe was great. It even made Page throw up. The main event was badass as well.

Plus, I got to see Shibata, Bullet Club and IWGP champ Okada.
How was Fish-Mark? Fish did a great job building that. I want him in NXT.
 

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How was Fish-Mark? Fish did a great job building that. I want him in NXT.

Hell of a match. Fish is great and Mark had the fans going for him. They had a cool table spot too.

Page used a noose to choke Jay Briscoe. That would get you canned in WWE.

One of the cool things was being in the arena before the public and seeing guys going over their matches and practicing. I had never seen that before. Super cool.
 
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Best Kevin Owens promo ever? :joy:

Disclaimer *LANGUAGE*



Didn't watch Takeover before the last two matches. I liked the main event a lot. It's been a pretty awesome weekend so far for wrestling.

As for tomorrow, predictions, I think Balor wins the Universal title and Anderson and Gallows win tag titles.

Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens
winner- Enzo and Big Cass


Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. Gallows & Anderson
winner- Gallows and Anderson

Women's Championship: Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte
Winner- Sasha Banks

United States Championship: Rusev (c) vs. Roman Reigns
Winner- Rusev

John Cena vs. AJ Styles
Winner- Cena

World Heavyweight Championship: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler
- Winner Ambrose

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor
Winner- Balor

Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton
Winner- Orton but my gut says Brock probably does it simply because he's allowed to do whatever the heck he wants.
 

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[sick]

Sounded like That was one heck of a show. Only got to see the last match live.

I like Nakamura but was hoping Joe would win. Wonder if Joe legit got hurt at the end

I think he did legitimately get hurt. Did I imagine it or did the refs throw the "X" sign?

I think Nakamura was simply to send the fans home happy due to the rest of the card. They want a babyface with that title right now due to limited depth.
 

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I;m behind. Haven't gotten to this week's CWC, NXT or Takeover. I did watch Impact because I'm curious about what they do with "Aron Rex" and Broken Matt Hardy is turning into a guilty pleasure.

Predictions for SS:

Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens
Winner: Enzo and Cass

Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. Gallows & Anderson
Winner: Gallows and Anderson

Women's Championship: Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte
Winner: Sasha

United States Championship: Rusev (c) vs. Roman Reigns
Winner: Rusev

John Cena vs. AJ Styles
Winner: Cena

World Heavyweight Championship: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner: Ambrose

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor
Winner: Rollins

Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton
Winner: Orton (Also wouldn't be shocked in the slightest if Brock goes over)
 
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Wrestling hatboggan: USA chants when Bret would wrestle a Japanese heel [laughing]
YES.

Favorite example: 1989 Rumble. Six-man tag, Hacksaw and the Harts vs. Dino Bravo and the Rougeaus. They're putting the beatdown on Bret so Hacksaw starts up the USA chant to get Bret fired up.

Side note: Been watching a lot of 80s WWE lately and the Fabulous Rougeaus were AWESOME. Those dudes should be in the Hall of Fame. The All-American boys gimmick is so good.

Also, until WWE signed the Brain Busters, the Harts were on an entirely different level in the tag team division. Bret was so good that the heel announcers couldn't even think of ways to trash him. Too bad the Harts couldn't have been in WCW because that's the tag team division they belonged in.
 

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I agree the WCW had the better tag division but WWE was better at the time too. I mean the Harts, Rockers, British Bulldogs, Demolition, Legion of Doom, Strike Force, Rogeau's, Natural Disasters, Colassal Connection, Bushwackers, Nasty Boys, Money INC and a few others to.

The difference is WCW knew how to book!
 

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I always wanted to see Midnight Express - British Bulldogs.

NXT isn't really that thin at the top now. Joe, Nakamura, Aries, Itami, GLORIOUS - you have give guys that are legit champs with just one month of programming.

Revival - DYI was the match of the night. I'm ready for them in a Best of 7 series; winner gets the NXT title, loser goes to Smackdown.

Bayley-Asuka was a good match. Asuka giving Bayley props after the match cements her as a face. Hope Bayley lands on Smackdown where she can be the main attraction.

GLORIOUS

GLORIOUS

GLORIOUS

Aries-Jose was fine. Aries won and set up the program with Itami (which both guys really need to win; the first match needs to be a time limit draw or double DQ) , Aries got the win, but he made Jose look very good in the process. If they put Jose with Andrade and let him go over (sorry Cien), they might make something out of Jose.

Takeover was great. Revival is GREAT. DIY is GREAT. Revival may be the best tag team in the world; or at least the best tag team in WWE (and I love Alpha, but I think Revival is better than Alpha, not more talented, but better if that makes any sense).

So, the Dusty tag tournament is going to be an annual thing? Really, really wish they would incorporate some CWC things and let tag teams come in just for it - perhaps RedDragon or WarMarchine from ROH and the Young Bucks. Make it a true world wide/indy plus NXT tag tourney.
 

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RE: Revival vs. Alpha

Who's better, the Brain Busters or the Steiners?

If you say Brain Busters, you probably prefer Revival. If you say Steiners, you probably prefer Alpha.

Alpha is like a Harts/Steiners hybrid - which is to say completely awesome, but Revival is pure Arn & Tully for this generation of wrestling fans.
 
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Summerslam Prediction Time

Balor over Rollins

Ambrose over Ziggler

Orton over Lesnar- Goldberg gets involved??

The Club over New Day

Roman Smash Rusev

Charlotte over Sasha

AJ Over Super Cena

Enzo and Cass over Owens and Jericho

Sheamus over Cesaro- Why is this a best of 7

Miz over Crews

Neville and Sami over Dudleyz

Betting Nikki Bella returns tonight so her team will win

Team American Alpha and the other teams over the bad guy teams


Favorite Tag Teams of All-Time

1 Road Warriors
2 Midnight Express
3 Tully and Arn
4 Hart Foundation
5 Steiners
 

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Only predicting where I give 20% or more of a ****:

Balor
Ambrose
Rusev
JericKO
Sasha
Anderson Gallows
Alpha
Crews
Neville Zayn - Duds fight

Revival is more believable now. But if you let Alpha have good matches too, then I will call them equals. Not AA fault that they haven't faced great competition as recently as Revival.

Top 5 teams...

Best/favorite hybrid

Midnights
Bulldogs
Road Warriors
Hart Foundation
Arn & Tully
Hollywood Blondes
Steiner Brothers
Miracle Violence Connection
Harlem Heat
Hardy Boys
Edge & Christian

I'm going to stop while my top 5 had 11
 

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Now that I think of it I would probably replace the Steiners with the Dudleyz.
and I am in The Revival corner more than American Alpha.
That is one Fugly Belt for the Universal Title
 

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So, is Sasha Banks the latest victim of The Dopening? Lost the belt and pulled from live events for the next 30 days.
 

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Revival or Alpha? What does that mean? Yes I know I'm a stupid.

My issue is yes the Steiners late in their career were muscle heads(which I assume your getting at) but when they were a tag team man they were pure!
 

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Revival >>> Alpha just because I think Alpha's finisher is stupid looking.

The new belt(s) look stupid AF. Seriously, they look like cartoon renderings
 

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Revival or Alpha? What does that mean? Yes I know I'm a stupid.

My issue is yes the Steiners late in their career were muscle heads(which I assume your getting at) but when they were a tag team man they were pure!
The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) and American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) are two NXT tag teams that had a bunch of great matches against each other, with Alpha getting called to the main roster recently. Revival are great old school southern style heels, while Alpha is the big guy/little guy combo, except both guys have legit amateur credentials.
 

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That PPV was awful outside of Styles/Cena. Even Rollins/Balor was a let down.

Also, who the hell picked the order of the card? It made no sense at all.

Oh and word is Sasha had nagging injuries that need taken care of so apparently not a failed test.