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WWE Summerslam 2016 |OT| The Flo Rida Concert Is Canceled

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Trojan X

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GraveRobberX said:
Why or How is Balor demonic?

I need the deets, does he just do it for rge hell of it
What's the gimmick behind the gimmick?
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He suppose to fight hard style more than anything else along with no regrets, full impact, no forgiveness and chances. In Finn's mind, he is far more focus and ruthless than ever to the point of putting "fear" into his opponents. That the case unless someone in the execs department tells him to calm down in fear of hurting the opponent, or Finn doesn't make his fighting style distinction distinctive enough between his norm and alta-ego. I believe it's the latter rather than the forma.

The info I got was from Finn himself in interviews, not the one that he recently gave.
 
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cLOUDo

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i hope AJ Styles take that belt quick, this is too much...


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Pandaman

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kinda looked like orton wasnt helping all that much with the suplexes, wonder if that contributed to the elbow.
 
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JesseEwiak

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Another #politicalhit on Roman, Cena/AJ going overboard on self conscious epic WWE match style, Finn Balor continued to be shoved down out throats, a meh Ambrose/Ziggler match, Brock continuing to be pushed as a killer despite the lack of evidence he's a draw at all, and Sasha and Enzo continuing to their bet on who can end their careers sooner.

But hey, we had the return of Nikki-sawa, so it wasn't all bad.
 
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BewareTheBatsie

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Ambrose can't win with me. He wears the tank-top I think he's too skinny to make the look work, he has it off I think he's too skinny to pull off wrestling shirtless and should cover it up.
 
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Mr. Enigma

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GraveRobberX said:
Why or How is Balor demonic?

I need the deets, does he just do it for rge hell of it
What's the gimmick behind the gimmick?
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Lita actually did a good job explaining it on the pre-show. She said sometimes you can absorb a piece of art or something artistic to unlock or channel something within you that you don't normally have. In Finn's case, it's this idea of a demon that he's come up with that he uses to unlock his full potential in the biggest of moments.
 
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Edzi

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cLOUDo said:
i hope AJ Styles take that belt quick, this is too much...


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Yeah, that was bad. I'm starting to realize that Ambrose is at his most compelling when he's not actually in a match, since the sloppy "lunatic" style of wrestling they have him doing just doesn't work for me.

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kinda looked like orton wasnt helping all that much with the suplexes, wonder if that contributed to the elbow.
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I definitely noticed that too. Orton didn't seem to be making any effort to lift himself, which led to some really limp looking suplexes.
 
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GraveRobberX said:
Why or How is Balor demonic?

I need the deets, does he just do it for rge hell of it
What's the gimmick behind the gimmick?
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He's not "Demonic" in the sense of Kane or the Ministry of Darkness Undertaker.

He does it for big spots to get into a certain mindset. I don't think it's different from, say, Macho Man going into "Macho Madness" in PPVs. Sure, Savage was always nuts, but in PPVs, he took it to another level, cutting crazy promos and doing more to try to secure a win (Cream of the Crop WMIII for instance, but also a half dozen others).

I feel like people want to think too much about it. Like, just enjoy it as a wrestling gimmick. Was Macho Man legitimate crazy? Well, no, he just got extra at PPVs. Is Finn Balor a legitimate demon? No, it's just a persona to hype himself up.

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I had to double take when I saw that live.
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What's even worse is that they showed that in a replay too. It was a delayed reaction that they someone showed a replay too.
 
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Trojan X

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The Silver said:
he told Ambrose he thought he was resting on his laurels and wasn't pushing himself as much as he used to
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I think it is a mistake to do anything too script based with Ambrose. He doesn't operate like that. Still.. the match was horrible! Looked bad for both stars; they weren't compatible which is why you mustn't script a match with Dean.
 
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Forkball

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BewareTheBatsie said:
Ambrose can't win with me. He wears the tank-top I think he's too skinny to make the look work, he has it off I think he's too skinny to pull off wrestling shirtless and should cover it up.
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Ambrose is jacked, or at least was jacked at one point. And to their credit, WWE has been trying to move away from human rectangles made of muscle. You don't need to be 250 pounds to be the champion.
 
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Bowser

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Cena/Styles was worth the price of admission alone.

The rest of the card was pretty meh though, kinda wish I went to Takeover last night instead.

But that was my first time seeing Styles live, so I'll take it. Crowd was on fire for that match.

Felt bad for Balor/Rollins with the crowd shitting on the Universal Title, but my god, how the fuck did they think that design was a good idea? That thing is hideous.
 
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Discotheque

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Dean is trash. Forwarded that match

And wtf at sasha losing the title. Loved her reign so much. Did she do something to fuck that up or what? I'm actually upset about a title loss here.
 
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JesseEwiak

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Forkball said:
Ambrose is jacked, or at least was jacked at one point. And to their credit, WWE has been trying to move away from human rectangles made of muscle. You don't need to be 250 pounds to be the champion.
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Dean's problem is that he's neither in athletic shape like Balor/Rollins/Orton or enormous like Roman/Rusev/Brock/etc.

He just looks like a guy who occasionally goes to the gym.
 
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Trojan X

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Bowser said:
Cena/Styles was worth the price of admission alone.

The rest of the card was pretty meh though, kinda wish I went to Takeover last night instead.

But that was my first time seeing Styles live, so I'll take it. Crowd was on fire for that match.

Felt bad for Balor/Rollins with the crowd shitting on the Universal Title, but my god, how the fuck did they think that design was a good idea? That thing is hideous.
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Why on earth didn't you go to Takeover when you had the chance to do so AND you known that time and time again on every single Takeover show that they blow the roof off in comparison to every single WWE PPV including f**king Wrestlemania??????! EXPLAIN THAT, BRO!?!?! Explain that, my friend?
 
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Toki767

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Honestly though, all they had to do for the Universal title was probably make a bigger version of the Women's title.

White strap with a red background and it would've been perfectly fine.
 
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Toki767 said:
Honestly though, all they had to do for the Universal title was probably make a bigger version of the Women's title.

White strap with a red background and it would've been perfectly fine.
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They would have been shit on for that too. That's not a good idea.
 
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KissVibes

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I've cooled on Ziggler considerably over the years but Ambrose gave him absolutely nothing to work with. If that was Ziggler and Styles, Ziggler and Cena, or shit Ziggler and Bray...it would've gone MUCH better.
 
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Bowser

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Trojan X said:
Why on earth didn't you go to Takeover when you had the chance to do so AND you known that time and time again on every single Takeover show that they blow the roof off in comparison to every single WWE PPV including f**king Wrestlemania??????! EXPLAIN THAT, BRO!?!?! Explain that, my friend?
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I went to Takeover last year and I'd never seen Styles live, so that was my justification.

Kinda kicking myself for missing Nak live though.
 
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UraMallas

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The good thing about it is that they might actually take a long hard look at the title belt now and change it. If it wouldn't have been booed initially, and therefore probably booed tomorrow, it wouldn't get changed. I think it has a high probability of being changed now because this has set a precedent.
 
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Trojan X

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Discotheque said:
Dean is trash. Forwarded that match

And wtf at sasha losing the title. Loved her reign so much. Did she do something to fuck that up or what? I'm actually upset about a title loss here.
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You know what? That insane botch caused by Charlotte actually IMPROVED the match by a landslide! A botch that needed as it ended up giving the match a better fighting story. So in the end, I really enjoyed that fight though it was obvious that Sasha was massively hurting and lacking control as we all saw how Charlotte tried to calm down and work things out with Sasha's condition.

Heh, it also unfortunately proven that Vince McMahon and everyone of us is right, Sasha is NO CAT in the end. She is a broken or damaged neck waiting to happen. She scares me each and every time when she is airborne and until she knows how to manoeuvre in the air, she NEEDS to save her hide by avoiding big airborne falls.

I hope they won't do a rematch with both of them anytime soon until Sasha gets more trained his her gymnastics for she REALLY needs it.
 
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Brian_FETO

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Toki767 said:
Honestly though, all they had to do for the Universal title was probably make a bigger version of the Women's title.

White strap with a red background and it would've been perfectly fine.
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This idea might be insane but what if they made it a black belt with a red background

Crazy I know, I imagine the other consideration was lime green strap and purple background with orange logo
 
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Lord Frieza

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Toki767 said:
Honestly though, all they had to do for the Universal title was probably make a bigger version of the Women's title.

White strap with a red background and it would've been perfectly fine.
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I mean, they are going for a more uniform look and all to their belts, but that's pretty extreme to just have two belts be basically the same thing lol
 
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