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April Wrasslin' |OT| 2017 Season Premiere
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Sir_Crocodile
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Yeah, but the very idea that THAT is the bar blows my mind given the talent vince has.
Just god tier mismanagement.
Although I guess Aries/Neville would have been a lot better if it happened after the sun went down.
That's Sad
I still don't get why they're heels. They just want people to vacation in Puerto Rico.
That made me laugh so much for some reason.
Bluekaveli
Member
Well Shane did great job carrying that match.
FlammableD
Banned
I thought Naomi was supposed to be good now?
I didn't think you could make the Benadryller look shittier, but she managed it.
/dead
I didn't think you could make the Benadryller look shittier, but she managed it.
/dead
You were worked. Her intro is good, she isn't
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Neville/Aries - ***
Mojo Battle Royale - dud
Ambrose/Corbin - *
Styles/McMahon - ***
Owens/Jericho - **
Bayley and co. - **½
Hardyz, etc. - ***
Cena and friends - *
Rollins/H - **
Orton/Wyatt - *
Goldberg/Lesnar - **½
Naomi and more - *
Undertaker/Reigns - dud
Speaking of.. does Hideo Itami exist as a thing still?
I would make Roman talk like does in real life.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
He's cleared to wrestle
Neville/Aries - ***
Mojo Battle Royale - MINUS. FIVE. STARS.
Ambrose/Corbin - *½
Styles/McMahon - ***½
Owens/Jericho - **½
Bayley and co. - **½
Hardyz, etc. - ***
Cena and friends - *
Rollins/H - **
Orton/Wyatt - **
Goldberg/Lesnar - **½
Naomi and more - ½
Undertaker/Reigns - *
Mojo Battle Royale - MINUS. FIVE. STARS.
Ambrose/Corbin - *½
Styles/McMahon - ***½
Owens/Jericho - **½
Bayley and co. - **½
Hardyz, etc. - ***
Cena and friends - *
Rollins/H - **
Orton/Wyatt - **
Goldberg/Lesnar - **½
Naomi and more - ½
Undertaker/Reigns - *
FlammableD
Banned
Everyone seemed to be raving about her
I don't get it. I find her the 5th best talent on the Smackdown roster at best
Sir_Crocodile
Member
They're just fondly remembering the raves they went to in the nineties
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Naomi's entrance is over and popular. She got a title push because Orlando and she dances.
Dudes got a crown. He's the king until someone takes it. It is known.
Didnt Galvatron crush that?!?
BewareTheBatsie
Member
How does that Naomi move look when good?
avengers23
Banned
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Neville/Aries - ****
Mojo Battle Royale - *
Ambrose/Corbin - *
Styles/McMahon - **
Owens/Jericho - **
Bayley and co. - **
Hardyz, etc. - ****
Cena and friends - **
Rollins/H - *
Orton/Wyatt - **
Goldberg/Lesnar - **
Naomi and more - *
Undertaker/Reigns - *
Mojo Battle Royale - *
Ambrose/Corbin - *
Styles/McMahon - **
Owens/Jericho - **
Bayley and co. - **
Hardyz, etc. - ****
Cena and friends - **
Rollins/H - *
Orton/Wyatt - **
Goldberg/Lesnar - **
Naomi and more - *
Undertaker/Reigns - *
Only things I'd change :
Styles/McMahon - ***
Rollins/H - ***½
Goldberg/Lesnar - ***
TarpitCarnivore
Member
This promo should be playing 24/7 on NXT tv's. TJP is like 1/18th of this charisma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9py4aMK3aIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9py4aMK3aIU
The Pedigree exchange sequence says otherwise.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Rollins vs HHH was boring as fuck with the crowd not caring until the last five minutes when everything picked up. Five minutes of good stuff in a 25+ minute match isn't a good thing.
The rest of the match being a snoozefest and Rollins forgetting to sell his knee says otherwise.
The Pedigree exchange at the end was pretty good though, I'll give you that.
But Rollins set fire to the ramp....
I actually liked that Rollins didn't oversell his knee. It wasn't so much a snoozefest as the crowd was burned out by the matches that came before it. It suffered from bad placement more than anything.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
You know who managed to have a great match with Triple H who was in the Shield but wasn't Roman or Seth? And with no gimmicks required?
90 quality seconds doesn't negate 23 other minutes of boring bullshit.
FlammableD
Banned
"good"
It's my most hated thing Ricochet does.
It looks OK when he does it more like a Pele rather than waiting for the other guy to land, making the fireman's carry pointless...
You know who managed to have a great match with Triple H who was in the Shield but wasn't Roman or Seth? And with no gimmicks required?
Daniel Bryan and Dean Ambrose are probably the only great solo matches HHH has had since... damn, I can't remember
You know who managed to have a great match with Triple H who was in the Shield but wasn't Roman or Seth? And with no gimmicks required?
Ambrose has become lazy as fuck though
BewareTheBatsie
Member
NXT's quality in writing and storylines has taken such a nosedive since Dusty's passing.This promo should be playing 24/7 on NXT tv's. TJP is like 1/18th of this charisma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9py4aMK3aIU
Dusty passing plus the NXT creative team moving to Smackdown
One of my friends pointed out that Rollins brought out the table, set up the table, and then immediately ignored its existence. Like, there wasn't even any kind of table spot tease leading up to it because Rollins immediately disregarded the table upon setting it up.
Bluekaveli
Member
It was a boring match, deal with it. Another dud for THE GAME-UHHH
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Seth's selling game was shitty during the match too.
'Lemme use consistent knee based offense throughout the match but don't worry for about twenty seconds I'll scream and grab my knee and move around the ring in pain on the ground but then I'll stand and hit Triple H with more knee based offense but I'll hit the ground again and again, and let's keep repeating it until I get my win with a move that literally involves me jumping up in the air and crashing down on my knees.'
'Lemme use consistent knee based offense throughout the match but don't worry for about twenty seconds I'll scream and grab my knee and move around the ring in pain on the ground but then I'll stand and hit Triple H with more knee based offense but I'll hit the ground again and again, and let's keep repeating it until I get my win with a move that literally involves me jumping up in the air and crashing down on my knees.'
True, they brought it out and ignored it. It was even one of those rare spots where the person setting up the table didn't go through it.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Shoot: I think the only straight up blemishes on Ambrose last year are the Lesnar match and the Ziggler match. One of those isn't his fault.
His matches against KO, Triple H, the triple threats that he was in (Fastlane, Battleground, No Mercy), his matches against AJ, they are all good to great.
His matches against KO, Triple H, the triple threats that he was in (Fastlane, Battleground, No Mercy), his matches against AJ, they are all good to great.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Aries vs Neville was the biggest disappointment of the night. I expected match of the night and I got an average at best match with little to no excitement. It could have been a 205 Live main event. Pretty much every match disappointed me except Rollins vs HHH, the Raw ladder match and and AJ vs Shane.
LOVED HHH Rollins by the way. That was the match that had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish.
LOVED HHH Rollins by the way. That was the match that had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish.
You know what, I actually think I'm going to side with you on this. I think Ambrose has slacked off since WrestleMania last year but I do think that maybe the hate on Ambrose is getting to be a little too much. I think it didn't help that Ambrose got called out by Steve Austin and then put out that Dolph Ziggler stinker not long after.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
The Shield triple threat at Battleground was kinda disappointing and that's more really on WWE then the actual guys. It was an okay match wrestling-wise but for the big Shield triple threat, it ended up being a good enough match on a B PPV to head into the brand split.
It's a match that could easily main event a Wrestlemania if they put the right amount of build into it.
It's a match that could easily main event a Wrestlemania if they put the right amount of build into it.