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| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Corbin: 11:20am On Jan 07, 2021 |
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| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 8:27pm On Jan 07, 2021 |
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| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 9:35pm On Jan 07, 2021 |
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| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 8:24am On Jan 09, 2021 |
WWE Smackdown reviews recaps and reactions Last week on Raw, the show ended with us not knowing if Randy Orton burned Alexa Bliss as he slowly walked to a camera with a lit match. The camera faded as the announcers were pleading with him to not burn Alexa to death. Spoiler alert - he didn’t. It was a stupid reveal that WWE didn’t even really put much thought into. Why bother with a cliffhanger if you’re not going to deliver? On SmackDown tonight, WWE managed to give us “what’s going to happen next” moments throughout the show! The arc with Adam Pearce was incredible, as was when Big E and Apollo ended in a double pin, and Montez Ford’s excellent selling of a knee injury. These types of moments make viewing exciting. The best thing is, they ended the show with a multi-layered cliffhanger for next week. How is Adam Pearce going to process that he’s facing Roman at the Royal Rumble? Will he be able to run the shows and focus on his match? Will he find a way out of it and find a replacement? What about Kevin Owens? What about Shinsuke Nakamura? He was screwed over. How will the Rumble winner play a role here, if the Rumble winner is a SmackDown wrestler? THAT’S how you make me invested in your program. Give me consistent coherent and frankly, just logical storytelling. All of that will equal an excited weekly viewer. So, thanks for this on SmackDown, WWE. Can we get this on Raw? Let’s talk about the main hits and misses of this show. Scrap Daddy Scrap Daddy Adam Pearce gets his own shine. I have loved him as the WWE management for both shows. He hasn’t been intrusive at all and he’s a really fun dude on television. McInfart, guys and gals. C’mon. Reigns had him come out to start the show and said Owens has been a pain in his ass, but he respects him. But the reason why he isn’t around anymore, is because of Adam Pearce’s decision to put Owens in the match last week. In response, Pearce said to Reigns that he’s trying to put great opponents out there for Reigns. Reigns asked if he wanted to be in control, why didn’t he just put himself in a match, to which Pearce said it would be a conflict of interest. (See, he’s no Vince McMahon type!) Roman then started bullying Adam and said he must think that either he, Adam, or Vince are stupid. If he thinks Roman’s stupid, then he’s insulting him, he doesn’t respect him, or his family. Reigns let him slide though, although the whole time Jey was behind him, it looked like he was going to be attacked. The tension there was great! Later, another daddy, Daddy Deville, came up to Scrap Daddy and said that she took a job assisting him because she wanted to put the past behind her. This may end up playing into Sonya becoming a future authority figure? I’d dig it. Let’s see what happens. Paul Heyman came up to them and told Adam that he holds him to great respect and admiration, knowing his long career and desire to be a champion in WWE. So he pulled some strings, and Adam’s in the Gauntlet match! Throughout the night, Adam Pearce was shown as a great dude who has conviction in his job. But when Reigns or someone associated with Reigns was around, he showed a new layer of uncomfortability. It’s a really great touch because his role is helping push Roman’s douchebag heel persona to newer heights. Gauntlet Rey Mysterio and Sami Zayn started off, but Sami walked out with a mic and a camera crew. He said they were there to document the conspiracies against him in WWE by WWE. Then he got in the ring and got 619’d into oblivion. Shinsuke Nakamura entered, and Rey sunset flip powerbombed Nakamura from the ring to the floor. I always love and jump at that spot. Nakamura was on his game immediately delivering knees to Rey’s face. Nakamura got Rey out tagging with a cross arm bar. King Corbin ran in and took out Nakamura and both Mysterios. Nakamura gave him a few nasty kicks. Corbin charged at him in the corner and met another kick. Corbin countered the Kinshasa with a Deep 6 for a near fall. Corbin was doing his move out of the ring and back in and ran into a Kinshasa and his journey ended there. Bryan started with urgency, kicking Nakamura and sending him out of the ring. Bryan put him in the half crab, then an ankle lock, and then a German suplex for a near fall. Absolutely beautiful suplex that was. Nakamura took down Bryan for another arm bar, but Bryan reversed it and transitioned into the Yes Lock and Nakamura got his leg on the rope. I really enjoyed this part of the match because these two really gave it their all. I don’t remember Nakamura looking this good. And I say that because Nakamura pinned Bryan! That was shocking! So Reigns and the family walked down before Pearce, and attacked Nakamura. Roman threw Pearce in the ring, and Jey superkicked him. He sold that superkick amazingly. Dropped right to the floor. Roman told Jey to put Pearce on Nakamura and told the referee to do his job. Adam Pearce is going to the Royal Rumble to face Roman Reigns for the Universal title. Wow. Okay so I didn’t like this ending at first, but after some thought, I like it. Here’s why. First of all, Reigns is playing the old Goosebumps “you choose the scare” card with SmackDown. He is the ultimate boss. He shows no fear and no respect to management. And that’s because he is the boss. He chooses what happens in regards to his championship. And why not? No one has stopped him yet. He’s got Paul Heyman pulling strings, and Jey Uso knocking fools out for him. Also, Adam Pearce is scared of Roman. Showing his fear is an immediate issue for him because Roman has been using that fear. It was on display here, as Adam was forced into wrestling and then given the win. That’s because Roman knows he can control Pearce and won't get to suffer the way he did at the hands of Owens who was a real pain for him Soo Until Pearce develops a more Kevin Owens-esque attitude, Reigns will continue to bully him. Now that it seems for now they’ll be wrestling at Royal Rumble, he’ll be forced to acknowledge Reigns competitively. Time to boost that attitude, Pearce! The Rest Big E retained via draw / Big E defeated Apollo Crews Apollo started explosively for an early upset near fall. I’ve been so happy to see his new mentality as of late. They were having a good bout, and then we had somewhat of a convoluted 3 count and the bell rang with Apollo celebrating a win and confusion from E. When they came back from commercial, the referee said both men’s shoulders were down and a draw means the champion retains. So Apollo slapped Big E so he’d restart the match. Loved this! So Big E started the second match explosively and got a near fall. Great contrast. Apollo did a standing moonsault for a near fall. Big E got the Big Ending for the win, and that was certainly interesting wasn’t it? I actually liked the draw and restart, because it helped protect both men and threw a wrench into the normal WWE booking. See now that double pin to a commercial with confusion all around, that is how you do a cliffhanger. Leave it to WWE to do it well on one show, and butcher it on another! The Dirty Dawgs defeated The Street Profits Robert attacked Montez’s injured knee, so Montez responded by running across the ring and diving off onto Dolph and Robert. They played up him potentially getting injured further as they went to commercial. Dawkins had a flurry of punches on Roode in the corner, and Ziggler tagged in. They did the referee is distracted so the heel takes advantage spot, and Dolph grabbed the ropes after tagging in Roode to keep the hurt on. Very nice detail there. Montez kicked out of a fisherman’s suplex brilliantly but fell to a spinebuster/Zig Zig combo. Last week I said that Dirty Dawgs should get the titles, and I’m glad that they pulled the trigger. Well… for now. Last week’s dreadful Street Profits promo saw me ready for this because I’d like to see some new stuff from one of my favorite tag teams. I truly like Dawkins and Ford and they need to get the Apollo treatment. Give me some tweaks to their characters please. Billie Kay is a national treasure The Riott Squad was backstage and Billie came up to them excited to work with them more after last week. She gives them her resume and photo which she added mosh pit to. They turned her down and she started crying and said 2021 was supposed to be better and it’s not. Liv felt bad and kind of led her to believe she was accepting her in and then she got very happy and walked away. Hilarious. I love her. |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by DanieBlinkz(m): 7:57am On Jan 11, 2021 |
Smackdown was amazing as always, Roman is really elevating the show. The guys on SD are also doing their jobs well. Wonderful show. |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 10:50am On Jan 11, 2021 |
DanieBlinkz: Happy new year bro |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 10:17am On Jan 12, 2021 |
WWE Raw Reviews recaps and reactions Entertainment is subjective by nature but one thing is fast becoming an objective fact — Monday Night Raw is a terrible program. A few hours before the show, WWE let us know that Drew McIntyre tested positive for COVID-19. We already knew that he was going to face Randy Orton tonight, so obviously that match was out. We didn’t know the full scope of it at the time, but reports came out of another outbreak throughout wrestling. It was very clear from this show that things were thrown together in light of this. I can’t give them crap for COVID-19 affecting the show, but I can give them crap for how they booked this show. It wasn’t their best effort. Wrestlers pulling double duty instead of throwing some faces out we haven’t seen in a while - boo. Why does WWE have an inability to book a creative show on Mondays that is fun to watch with all of the talent they have? It’s maddening. Again, the pandemic has of course changed many different things on the fly, wrestling and non-wrestling related, but if you’re going to put out a three hour wrestling program, make it exciting to watch. I shouldn’t have Keith Lee breaking a turnbuckle as the only highlight of my night. Raw is a broken product. I’d like to return this item. Let’s talk about the main hits and misses of this show. Fireball Triple H is proud of Randy for murdering someone. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. It’s funny because it seems like if you want anything from The Game, you need to play into his biggest insecurity - his manhood. I couldn’t even tell you how many times people over the years have used the “take your balls out of Stephanie’s purse” line. And yet, it’s like Triple H has heard it for the first time, every single time. Both had their own promos acknowledging the match later in the night, and then Keith Lee came to Triple H to offer his help since he’s been mentoring and helping him out since getting to WWE. Triple H decided to decline but thanked him, and Keith gave him his leather jacket and got a fist bump. Turns out that this “match” wasn’t actually a match at all. Not even a referee present for this. Triple H reversed Orton’s table spot and pulled the sledgehammer out from under the ring. As he started getting into the ring, the lights started to go out Fiend style. All of a sudden, the sledgehammer was on fire and the lights went out. Triple H disappeared. He just… disappeared. Alexa Bliss appeared behind Orton and flashed her Pain glove. A fireball shot out of her other hand and Orton writhed around in pain to close the show. The last thing we hear - “What has she done to him?!?” Is it not obvious, you clueless buffoons? Two weeks ago the match was lit and when the cameras stopped rolling, apparently their eyes closed. Have they not seen enough fire in WWE in general (or in their own lives) to know what fire is capable of? Yes I know it’s WWE fed lines but like… man it makes them so stupid. So clearly the Fiend/Alexa/Orton stuff was going to continue and that’s fine, but boy how we got there… woof. Never meet your heroes in person Drew McIntyre responded to Goldberg’s challenge for the Royal Rumble. Though he started with a different promo earlier saying very clearly that he has COVID-19 and for people to mask up, socially distance, and be safe. This may have been WWE’s first actual pandemic PSA since this all started. Drew said last week was a literal dream for him as he respected and saw Goldberg as a hero. He was going to thank the legends on stage before Goldberg knocked on the door. He’s got him all wrong - he’s a firm believer in giving respect. This was a wonderful promo to sell the match. I still don’t want it, because they’re starting to make us think that Goldberg is going to win because the precious WWE championship has eluded him his whole career. Sigh. Coexist WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COEXIST? Don’t ya just love that trope? Hatred for Miz and Morrison could bring anyone together I guess. Sheamus and Keith isolated Morrison and tossed this dude around like a ragdoll. All of a sudden Keith Lee charged at Morrison in the corner and broke the top turnbuckle! Hahahaha! That was NOT planned! Keith and Sheamus shared a laugh after that. After fixing that during the commercial, Morrison and Miz were successful getting Sheamus isolated. Sheamus was finally able to get momentum with an Irish curse backbreaker and tagged Keith. He tossed Miz into Morrison like he was a piece of paper. Keith was getting ready for the Spirit Bomb and Sheamus tagged himself in and Brogue Kicked Morrison to win. So if you think that that was it, you’d be wrong! Because all the smiles and fist bumps turned into anger and fighting after the silly Triple H promo. They themselves had a match and beat each other up. The SLAPS on Sheamus’ chest by Keith hurt me! Sheamus isolated Keith’s left arm throughout the match to take out the Spirit Bomb. Sheamus had an excellent knee strike and Keith dropped like a sack of potatoes. I love selling like that. The isolation of the arm didn’t work though, because Keith did the Spirit Bomb anyway for the win. So Keith put out his fist to signify friendship again and Sheamus hugged him instead. … well okay then. So they never showed us how the happiness broke down between them and then they beat the hell out of each other and that accomplished nothing. Well no, it accomplished time wasting. Leave it to WWE to burn 25 minutes on the same people in back to back matches instead of showcasing the dozens of other talented people on their rosters. The Rest Bobby Lashley defeated Riddle / Riddle wins against MVP via DQ Bro-chachos. Lashley was smart and had the same strategy as Riddle last week. He mauled Riddle before the bell and when the bell finally rang, Bobby tossed Riddle across the ring. He then threw Riddle to the floor. Riddle got momentum and went on a sprint with a Broetry in motion to the outside, but it wasn’t enough as Bobby was locking in the Hurt Lock after a powerslam. After that match, Riddle challenged MVP. MVP literally just wrestled in his suit. Lashley tried to interfere and Riddle kicked him, so Lashley got in the ring and caused a DQ. As I said in the opener, this show was just full of unnecessary time wasters like this. There are multiple people that we haven’t seen in weeks that could have gotten some TV time. T-Bar defeated Xavier Woods I was confused as to how Kofi’s broken jaw made this match, since New Day have been feuding with The Hurt Business and RETRIBUTION with Ricochet. If COVID-19 had a play in this they could just be transparent! Maybe instead of burning another 10 minutes on Sheamus and Keith Lee they could have done an angle to make this make sense. T-Bar pummeled Xavier for the first 2 minutes and got a near fall on a nice clothesline. Xavier gained some momentum but got distracted by RETRIBUTION distraction. Eyes Wide Shut got T-Bar the victory. This match was fine, pretty decent even. I’m just confused as to why WWE can’t make sense of things with even a few hours notice. Kofi’s broken jaw had nothing to do with this so it didn’t even need to be mentioned. I don’t even know if that’s legit. I hope it’s not because that would be awful for Kofi. Lacey Evans defeated Charlotte Flair You want to make Charlotte a babyface then you definitely have her pummel Lacey Evans every week. Lacey’s character is pretty much the worst. This 1930’s sassy Southern belle crap is not my cup of tea at all. All of a sudden Ric Flair’s music played and I thought “Oh okay that’s smart of Lacey to do a distraction” and no actually Ric Flair strutted out. Uh... okay. Not like there was another COVID-19 outbreak very recently. And then exactly what you think was going to happen happened. Ric helped Lacey win. So we’ll be seeing more of 71 year old immuno-compromised Ric around in Lacey’s corner. Stupid. Jaxson Ryker defeated Jeff Hardy / Jeff Hardy defeated Elias Whatever and whatever. Here’s hoping AJ Styles and/or Omos weren’t affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. I was enjoying their feud with these dorks. And it turns out they weren’t. WWE just decided to insert Jeff back with Elias for reasons. AJ Styles defeated Drew Gulak Aj was talking to Adam Pearce and Drew Gulak came up to them and declared himself an entrant in the Royal Rumble, but Adam said he can’t just do that so he put them in a match for Drew to be able to get into the Royal Rumble. Gulak had a nice Tiger Driver for a 2 count. A backslide for a 2 count, and then his momentum was halted by a pele kick. AJ sent him to the outside and then Omos stepped into frame for a great visual. That distracted Gulak enough for AJ to hit the Phenomenal forearm to win. Nice little match here. Really don’t know why they randomly dropped AJ and Elias’... feud? But I was enjoying it. Oh well. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler defeated Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke More dissension teased between Nia and Shayna and please split these two. Please somebody find Triple H and get him back home to his family |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 10:59am On Jan 15, 2021 |
I just remembered I didn't post NXT Reviews...well I didn't even remember to watch it  |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by NewDelhi(m): 10:48pm On Jan 15, 2021 |
DStv Chanel 128 was showing some throwbacks today. That yokozuna entrance song brought back memories mehn. The song gives you a taste of Japanese culture while sending chills down your spine. Went to YouTube and found his debut with his agent Mr Fuji way back in 1992. Very funny match.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya1Pm23-XMI |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 9:10am On Jan 16, 2021 |
WWE Smackdown reviews recaps and reactions SmackDown has continued to be a phenomenal show in 2021. Seriously. Friday nights are an absolute delight. Why not Monday nights? The people who run creative on this show are mostly the same as the ones on Raw. So how is it that Raw is complete garbage, and SmackDown is high quality entertainment? For the very first time, I can happily say that there was not one thing I disliked. I have never been able to say that about any WWE show in all my time recapping the main roster. This was the best SmackDown in a long time, and the bar is very high this year. And this is even with Liv Morgan losing to Natalya on this show! If they can do this on the blue brand, why the hell is the red brand such trash? Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro, Daniel Bryan, maybe Kevin Owens, Sheamus, Keith Lee, and I guess if you wanna throw Brock Lesnar in there because it’s WrestleMania season, all could win the Royal umble. This is incredibly exciting. Keep me guessing! Swerve me in a logical and surprising way. It’s been working out tremendously on SmackDown. Every week I want to know what’s going to happen next. Every week I watch Raw and I want to stab my eyes out with a fork. Please, WWE, make Raw great aga… eh, let’s not do that. Let’s talk about the main hits and misses (there were no misses) of this show. Card subject to change Welcome to the Bloodline Show. They did everything right throughout this show. I absolutely love the show long storyline progression they’ve been doing. The show started with Roman and Paul Heyman and Heyman assured Roman that he will handle the contract signing. So Heyman walked to Adam Pearce with a contract that said the match at Royal Rumble is a No Disqualification match. He just signed it immediately, knowing what it meant. Interesting. Heyman took the contract back to Roman, and Roman was hanging out with Apollo Crews! Interesting. Heyman let Reigns know the stipulation and he was very upset about it. No DQ? Nah. Last man standing. Take it back. So Heyman went back to Pearce and said it’s last man standing now, and that Reigns wants him in the ring later. Hm. Pearce is taking this better than many. The main event. Adam walked down to the ring and sat down. Then Roman decided he wanted the chair Adam sat in and Jey made him get up faster. Pearce signed the contract. Roman sat at the head of the table and signed the contract. Adam grabbed it and got up, saying “I’ve been waiting all night for you to do that.” Confused faces all around, Pearce walked up the ramp and started limping and grabbing his knee. IT WAS A SET UP ALL ALONG! Pearce announced that because he is an official he makes the matches and the card is subject to change. Out came Kevin Owens! This was brilliant! All night I was asking myself why is it that Adam is just going along with all of this, and he got Roman to sign the contract without thinking Pearce would pull some funny business. And this story works because of what happened last week. Last week I said that Pearce needs to boost his attitude. And boy did he do it! This was the first time that Roman has lost the upper hand, and he sold it wonderfully. Now I can’t say I’m not a little sad we aren’t getting Adam in a match, but this reveal was brilliant, and who knows? Maybe this may lead to something on SmackDown in the next few weeks leading up to the Royal Rumble. Ding Dong! Hello! So Bayley went and got herself a talk show. Bayley came out in her best Morning Show wardrobe and made Bianca ring the doorbell and walk through the door set up in the ring. Gold. Bayley said she had a special preview of Bianca’s WWE special but instead played the moment when she pinned Bianca last month. To get out of getting smacked in that moment she asked Bianca what the inspiration was for EST. After going through her EST’s Bayley interrupted and said that she must now be the best because she beat Bianca. So she challenged Bianca for an obstacle course next week. That should be really fun, and only because Bayley and Bianca are incredibly entertaining. Intergender match Carmella was interviewed with Reginald. She said she told the truth about Sasha Banks and Banks can’t touch her. But Sasha hasn’t been sound for the past few weeks. She proved that she’s better in every way. All of a sudden Sasha pushed Kayla Braxton out of the way and Reginald got between her and Carmella. Sasha said that if Carmella wants a title match, Reginald has to wrestle her first! This was wonderful because one - we don’t see intergender matches in WWE often, and two - Reginald bout to get his ass beat. I’m sure that there will be some shenanigans but I’m not going to let that negativity rain on the parade of this week’s excellent show. Please do not ruin it next week, WWE. The Rest Cesaro defeated Daniel Bryan What they showed before this match legitimately made me laugh out loud. An earlier meet up saw Cesaro walking up to Bryan and Otis hip thrusting on the floor. To taunt Bryan, Cesaro did a hip thrust and called it the Macarena. Hahahaha it was genuinely funny and I don’t know how either person didn’t bust out laughing. Bryan had an excellent takedown transitioned into technical arm work. Both men tried to wear each other down and Bryan sent Cesaro into the ropes and he landed awkwardly on his head. Cesaro targeted Bryan’s left leg after kicking the ring post. They traded uppercuts and Bryan tried the Yes! Lock, but Cesaro got out of it and executed the Swing into the sharpshooter. Bryan rolled through and tried the Yes! Lock again but Kevin Dunn decided not to let us see Cesaro’s leg on the top rope. Cesaro won with the Neutralizer and just go press play and watch this. These two are incredible together. Bryan is on the downside after the past few weeks. Smells like a Royal Rumble win to me… for now. You know how they like making wrestlers lose before they do something major with them. We’ll see! Go watch this now! Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Jey Uso Jey’s promo was magnificent, and for it to end with Shinsuke’s old music playing was soooooo sweet, y’all. In just two weeks, Shinsuke Nakamura feels revitalized. He and Jey started hot, with flurries of knees and punches. About two minutes in, Cesaro’s music played and he walked out as Shinsuke sent Jey to the announce table. Jey had Shin in the corner and then Shin got momentum and did another really awesome snap german suplex like last week for a near fall. Jey then hit a neckbreaker for a near fall. The whole time Cesaro was putting both Shin and Jey over on commentary. Jey used the classic heel tactic using the ropes for the pin, and Charles Robinson caught him. Shin took advantage and gave him a Kinshasa for the win. Apollo Crews defeated Sami Zayn They showed Heyman’s excellent promo from Talking Smack last week where he got Apollo fired up. Big E was lounging on a white couch with a fruit cup. I love him. Apollo started off hot and with urgency. He hit a moonsault off the announce table, where E told Sami not to call him brother. Sami grabbed Apollo’s tights and the referee called him out. Then Apollo grabbed Sami’s tights away from the ref’s eyes and won. Conspiracy! Apollo showed off more of that new personality getting in E’s face. Loving this a lot. Natalya defeated Liv Morgan I know I’m supposed to be paying attention to the match so I tried hard here I promise. Billie Kay. My God. Natalya was very aggressive and hit a nice snap suplex. Liv stomped on Natty in the corner but Liv went for a near fall. Billie tried to get the referee’s attention to yell at him and got in Tamina’s face. To escape her, she ran into the ring and stunned Liv, and Natalya rolled her up. This is so great. King Corbin defeated Rey Mysterio Corbin dominated Rey for the start of the match until Rey hit a Bulldog. Corbin threw Rey out of the ring and started taunting Dominik on commentary. Rey went for the 619 and Corbin countered with a Deep Six for a near fall. Corbin went for a cheap shot on Dom and that got him riled up enough to try and get him back. Rey stopped him but Corbin pushed Rey into Dom and did the End of Days to get the victory. I hate Corbin but I love his moveset, honestly. The End of Days is very protected and I love that. In the back, Rey had to tell Dom that he doesn’t pick a fight with a giant without a plan. Dom was hot about it and Rey said that he knows who to talk to if Dom wants Corbin. I like showing some aggression and personality from Dom here. He wants to fight and being a cruiserweight will help him in matches with guys like Corbin. Let’s see where this goes. Grade: A+ |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Qu3sT(m): 4:02pm On Jan 16, 2021 |
Apollo finally having sense and joining the tribal chief [img]https:///e9bf03b6be25ea590ba2f5a02b170320/7206ff1fbd2f0840-2e/s640x960/baa19f4b68194dbb113efa169f31b3c6f8f4b7b7.jpg[/img] what a glorious day |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 6:26pm On Jan 16, 2021 |
Qu3sT: Who gave them those caps? |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Qu3sT(m): 8:06pm On Jan 16, 2021 |
Zeemuthafuka:Apollo of course, who else? |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 8:15pm On Jan 16, 2021 |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Qu3sT(m): 9:34pm On Jan 16, 2021 |
Zeemuthafuka:Free me oh |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 9:57am On Jan 19, 2021 |
WWE Raw Reviews recaps and reactions After watching this show and thinking about last week’s SmackDown, I came to a realization I hadn’t before. Have you noticed that SmackDown hasn’t done any type of cinematic stuff since Roman returned? Like… Raw is constantly cinematic moments, specifically when it comes to the Fiend. The problem though, is that it’s been making The Fiend a magical character. He didn’t start that way. He never should have become this. Then they brought Alexa Bliss into the fold. She started out as a person manipulated by The Fiend, and now she too magically appears and disappears, and shoots fire out of her hand. Now she can transform into dark Alexa. Uuuuugh. They have relied so much on these magical looking cinematic segments that have taken away from the original characters. Possessed Alexa good! Magical Alexa bad! On top of all that, nothing matters on Monday nights. Seriously. Raw is a YouTube clip show. Most of the matches have no stakes, most of the matches make no sense and get no one over, and most of the talking is terrible. This show sucks. Possession Alexa Bliss said she just wanted to talk to Orton last week, but things got a little “heated.” She introduced Asuka and Asuka tried to sit in the swing next to her but said she wasn’t allowed to. She kept addressing the empty swing as if it were the ghost of the Fiend, which was really one of the only parts I liked about this segment. Asuka mentioned His name, and Bliss snapped at her as the rocking horse in the ring rocked back and forth by itself. In the match later, Asuka would hit Bliss and Bliss would smile, similarly to her match with Nikki Cross. She dove into the ring from the outside and then the lights started going out like the Fiend, but it sounded a bit different than usual. Bliss transformed into some new clothing and goth lipstick. Asuka was kind of intimidated and still willing to fight. Bliss was taking Asuka’s moves but recovering quickly with an emotionless face. Bliss tried a Mandible Claw and Asuka blocked it. Asuka kept attacking her but Bliss did the Sister Abigail and won. Then she transformed back into gleeful Bliss and said Let Me In, but with the Fiend’s voice. Alrighty. So after everything I said in my opening remarks, I liked what they did with Alexa in the possessed part of her match. Everything else before… didn’t feel it this time. They really are relying too much on the cinematic aspect of this. I’m not really much of a fan anymore. I’d much rather preferred they just make a Fiend version of Alexa instead of relying on these possession and magical tactics. I’m not enjoying this anymore. El Dandy Orton So Orton has a Lucha mask now. You could see it was covering some burns on his face, as he opened the show saying that the voices in his head are as loud as ever after getting burned last week. He’s wearing the mask to shield us from the horror he went through. He chose compassion but it backfired on him. But he doesn’t blame Alexa Bliss. Instead, he blames the Fiend. He knows why the Fiend is doing this. He wants to stop Randy from being in the Royal Rumble. With all that has happened, Orton said he’ll still be in the match next Sunday because while everyone probably was happy to see him burn, he’ll never let this get in his way from winning and going to WrestleMania. I was wondering how they were going to do this reveal of Orton, and I actually don’t mind this. A plain Lucha mask is certainly interesting. I thought maybe they’d have done an eye patch or maybe a Phantom of the Opera style mask (come on that would have been HILARIOUS) to then do some twisted gruesome reveal. Remember we had an eye incident a few months back. Who knows what this company will do at this point? Gillberg vs. Drew McInfart Holy shit. This was one of the worst segments I have seen in quite some time. Not surprising that it involved The Dirt Sheet with Miz and Morrison. Shout out to David Krumholtz! Great to see your crack live on television. I’m sure Vince loved it. The Rest The Hurt Business defeated Riddle and Lucha House Party Before this match, Riddle met the Hurt Business in the back and “Slobby Bobby” (Sigh) “stomped” on Riddle’s foot. He did not. Alexander continued the dissension by not tagging his partner and then almost lost the match. Dorado wiped the floor with Cedric and then the Hurt Business traded tags with him, which he took badly and Benjamin shoved him out of the ring. Riddle finally got tagged in and worked over Benjamin. After some more fighting, Bobby got the win with the Hurt Lock on Metalik. Metalik and Dorado were really good with Shelton. Shelton has some fun moments with luchadors. Riddle attacking Lashley after the match only furthers their feud. I like Cedric’s massive ego, but I don’t want to see them kick him out just yet. Mace defeated Xavier Woods I like Mace’s look out of all the RETRIBUTION group. He had an awesome chokeslam lifting Woods out of the corner and held him up in the air for a good 15 seconds. Woods tried wearing Mace down with elbows and a kick to the face but Ali got Mace to “shut him down” which I’ve said before would work really nicely as a way to get Ali to motivate them. Which worked in this case too, but there was definitely some sort of botch with Mace’s finisher. I really like that they’re using Ali and Kingston’s history on SmackDown from when Ali was supposed to get the big push until he got injured, and KofiMania was born out of it. Ali hoping that Kofi gets to feel the way he felt that time is great. I don’t know how bad Kofi’s jaw injury is but sadly, I don’t see AliMania coming from this RETRIBUTION stuff. AJ Styles defeated Ricochet For some strange reason, AJ Styles has become a gatekeeper for the Royal Rumble. Last week Drew Gulak tried declaring himself for the Rumble as was denied, now this week as multiple people are declaring themselves, Ricochet needs to have a match to see if he can be considered to be in the match. Huh? Omos played a role here catching Ricochet and then dropping him to the floor. Ricochet’s backflip into the German suplex is beautiful. He really can sell like death. I love watching his matches. Styles went for the Phenomenal Forearm and Ricochet countered with the Recoil for a near fall. Ricochet literally bounced into a Styles Clash from the top rope. I absolutely hate that he lost but man that was a great looking spot. Charlotte Flair defeated Peyton Royce Evans walked in with Ric Flair talking about how she’s learning from the dirtiest player in the game. Ew. Charlotte Flair was chopping Royce to smithereens but caught the post and Royce took advantage. DIdn’t work too well though because Flair got the upper hand and was pinning her, and then Papa’s music interrupted the match. Ric brought Evans out in her own purple robe. Royce got a near fall on the distraction. Figure 8 got the win for Charlotte. Yeesh. Just… ugh. Jeff Hardy vs. Jaxson Ryker ends in a DQ Jeff Hardy was done with Elias, but then as commentary stated, he decided to reignite his old rivalry. Uh… why? Whatever. This is stupid. Shayna Baszler defeated Mandy Rose They continued dissension with Jax and Baszler with Nia on commentary. Baszler dominated for most of the match. She targeted Mandy’s left arm throughout the match and twisted the arm in ways I haven’t seen. Kirifuda Clutch got the win. Still a big fan of splitting Jax and Baszler, even though it looks like they may be getting a rematch for the tag titles |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 9:08am On Jan 21, 2021 |
WWE NXT Reviews recaps and reactions FIGHT PIT! Capitalizing Fight Pit the way we do at Cageside is slightly tongue in cheek. It’s such a ridiculous name for a wresting gimmick, over the top as we expect in our sports entertainment. But it’s actually one of my favorite innovations in recent memory. It has a very unique look. It’s a cage, but there are no ropes and there’s a balcony that the men can fight on that always seems perilous. The tap out or knockout rule is also unique enough. It’s part Last Man Standing, part submission match. In itself, that’s not new, but coupling it with the structure, it’s a different presentation. It’s the Fight Pit, and it works. With the unique style brings a different psychology. There’s no reason to do anything to try to pin your opponent. It’s either hurt your opponent enough so they can’t meet a ten count or force them to tap out. The structure is tailor made for Timothy Thatcher, which is why it’s pretty much his personal gimmick match. He can lose his matches in the regular ring, but the Fight Pit is his. Tommaso Ciampa was a worthy competitor. Unlike Tim’s last opponent Matt Riddle, Ciampa isn’t going to keep up with the grappling. But he can viciously beat the hell out of a man. That’s what he did here. Knocking Thatcher’s head into the steel bar of the Pit demonstrated that. However, he couldn’t beat Tim in his structure. Ciampa got his leg stuck between the walls of the cage and Thatcher capitalized, applying a Stretcher Muffler to the other leg, forcing the dangling Blackheart to submit. It wasn’t a long match. Maybe 15 minutes, though a third of that was Picture in Picture. But it was effective. It’s a match I want to see again, but I know that the Fight Pit is best used sparingly. We shouldn’t see it again until at least later this year. I have to wonder if this loss is going to bring Ciampa’s self doubt to the forefront. His locker room policeman persona hasn’t really clicked. But there’s plenty to explore with a Tommaso Ciampa who lacks confidence. Remember, he once got straight up squashed by Karrion Kross. That top of loss is not something that competitors forget about. Thatcher called out Ciampa’s doubt last week. We’ll see how the Psycho Killer responds to another substantial L. Upset City The Women’s Dusty Cup debuted this week. And it wasn’t without fanfare. Beth Phoenix, who returned to the announce desk in person for the first time in months, put over this new historic event. And while I would normally roll my eyes at them pushing history for a tag team tournament, I appreciated that the focus was on the history of women’s wrestling in NXT’s relatively short tenure. We know it, but it’s still pretty amazing to hear the list of women who became stars that came from NXT. Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Alexa Bliss to name a few. And while those people became stars within the WWE system, that’s important because it was the beginning of WWE’s new focus on women’s wrestling. The match that kicked off the Cup was the underdog Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter facing Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez. The KCs were fighting from the bottom most of the match, often just surviving. An impressive hot tag from Carter started evening the score, but the big factor was Io Shirai, who returned to get her revenge on Martinez when the referee was not looking. This allowed the underdogs to pick up a win when Kacy delivered an incredible finisher from the top rope. The right team won. Carter and Catanzaro are the truest team in the entire tournament so their battle cry to win the whole thing should be on the table. Toni and Mercedes are a formidable force, but they’re not a real team. The loss here means they’ll both have matches with Shirai in the future, two programs that should be great. Baby, I’ve Got Your Number The kickoff match for this week’s installment was a Dusty Cup match between the Way (Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory) and Kushida & Leon Ruff. Kushida picked up a pinfall on Gargano and the win for his team. It’s the logical next step for the eventual Kushida/Gargano North American title program. The small amount they worked in that bout was a fantastic teaser for the full match in the future. They showed strong chemistry in a short amount of time. A 20-minute title fight should be a banger. I’m very glad that Leon Ruff is still thriving in NXT. There was real worry that he’d fade into nothing after his North American title program ended. Instead, he’s stuck around and has been treated as more of a legit competitor than he was when he won the burgundy belt. He’ll always play the underdog given his size and stature, but he already does it very well. As he gets more experience, he’ll only get better with it. Plus, he’s got Johnny Gargano’s number like few do. I don’t expect Ruff and Kushy to defeat the Grizzled Young Vets (possible favorites to win it all), but they accomplished what they needed to with their win this week. All the Rest: - Finn Bálor convinced William Regal to give him a match against Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch next week. But the champ needed to find a partner and settled on his foe Kyle O’Reilly. This should be an interesting dynamic. It’ll also give us a clearer view of whether Kyle has a program with someone else soon or if he’s still part of the NXT title scene. - Karrion Kross won a squash match against Ashante Adonis (he’s not using the Thee any more, but he’ll always be Thee to me). Kross works well in these types of bouts because it’s all character and less wrestling. And of course, there’s whatever was on Scarlett’s head. - Lucha House Party scored what could be an upset victory over Imperium to advance in the Dusty. This sets up a second round match against El Legado del Fantasma and possibly another cruiserweight title match for a member of the House Party. When these teams brawled later, #1 contender Curt Stallion (something that happened on 205 Live a while back) joined in. He’ll finally get his title match next week. - Bryan Rust booked himself a match against big Bronson Reed this week, much to the chagrin of his manager Malcolm Bivens. Rust had a good showing against the big man they’re clearly pushing, but he was not able to pick up the victory. A little bump in the road for this Bivens Enterprises partnership, but it’s early. The Fight Pit delivered in the main event. The tag bouts were fun and the tournament should only get better as we get deeper into the bracket |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Zeemuthafuka: 1:29pm On Jan 23, 2021 |
WWE Smackdown reviews recaps and reactions SmackDown had its first misstep in a few weeks. Thankfully, it had nothing to do with the best storyline in wrestling today. We’ll get to the bad later. This show succeeded in silencing those who were upset to have not seen Roman Reigns be staring up at the lights yet. It happened thanks to the best babyface in the company at the moment. SmackDown’s best quality aside from consistency, is actually the other thing that WWE gets so wrong with Raw - getting people over. They’re doing that brilliantly with so many people on this show. Owens got the best look here, but even after the beatdown by Bayley, Bianca carrying Otis was an amazing visual. Cesaro, Nakamura, Banks, Big E, and Crews are also getting that good treatment. It makes me realize more and more that WWE is capable of making shows fun to watch. So… why not do that then? Three hours is too long for a wrestling show, but attempt to make it fun. Most Monday nights so far this year have been YouTube clip shows. SmackDown is must see TV. Vince, wouldn’t you like to see all this positivity for Raw? Living for the violence Roman Reigns said that Kevin Owens and Adam Pearce thought they pulled something on him. We aren’t going to see Owens because he says so. Card subject to change is how losers think. It means people are scared to come to work. It took a pandemic and his health to keep him out of the ring. Reigns asked what if he was a “puss” (my GOD) like Pearce and said that his body parts hurt, specifically his back because he’s been carrying WWE for years. So Pearce came out and Reigns just tore him a new one. How dare he say he’s in pain and whine about it. Reigns has been the workhorse and always showed up every time. Heyman was laughing at what Roman was saying, and Pearce called him out. So Reigns gave Paul the mic, and he said that he’s from New York (so am I come at me bro) and he’ll take on Pearce tonight on a verbal agreement. Adam shook his hand and accepted. Later, Heyman said that Roman was brilliant. Thinking that they pulled one over on Pearce, Heyman was really playing it up, but Reigns said that no he actually now has to face Pearce. That was brilliant, but then we see what was really going on. Heyman came out in the main event and faked an injury and said “card subject to change.” Bait and switch! Roman came out to face Pearce instead and Roman beat him up all over the ThunderDome. Surprise Kevin Owens appearance and he dominated Reigns for the very first time. He gave Reigns two stunners and a pop up powerbomb through the announce table. This is the first time since Roman returned that he was laid out effectively and not standing tall to end SmackDown. And it was done brilliantly. I love that Owens got the most babyface fire after the amazing promo he cut earlier, which I’ve talked about in a bit. It was legitimately a good feeling. I don’t know if Jey Uso’s absence on this show was planned but it certainly made Reigns look a bit weak after all this time. We know that Jey has been the enforcer and the main reason why Reigns is still champion. If Owens was a normal man, he should be deathly afraid of showing up to work next week. But Owens is not normal. He lives for the violence. It’s lovely. Reginald’s debut So I guess this was more of an intergender match than that one with James Ellsworth! Yo. Reginald is INSANE. Like literally moves like a cruiserweight. Like… better than a cruiserweight even. He was very cocky and tried giving Sasha Banks a rose and Banks SLAPPED him. He was a perfect jerk here, sliding out of the ring and flipping over the steel steps. Reginald caught Banks trying to do a cross body and went out of the ring again, and she did a meteora. There was some matrix-esque stuff into another meteora in the ring, and Banks locked in a Bank Statement for the win. Honestly I thought they were going to bait and switch us again, and I’m pleasantly surprised that we got an actual match. Reginald had less offense and more defense, which worked perfectly. Sasha had her moments and it was great, too. No complaints with this. We know Carmella is going to have another match, and now she has to avenge her tossed champagne. But like… can we get more of Reginald? Emotional message Wow. Okay so I actually teared up watching this promo. Kevin Owens sent us a message from his car. He showed up for work and was told he wasn’t allowed in the building because Roman Reigns pulled some strings. He can’t stay away and can’t stop fighting, because Reigns has yet to beat him like a real champion. And then it got real personal. He shows his hand tattoo with his grandfathers’ initials on them and says they always had his back all the way and were his biggest fans. Nothing made them happier than seeing him in the ring, and his biggest regret will always be that he didn’t make it to WWE in time for either of them to see him on the big stage. The mark they left will always be there. He went on to talk about them having illnesses and I was tearing up through this. It’s probably one of the best promos I’ve heard from Owens. We must protect Owens with our lives. I’d like to hug him one day. This man can sell me a ticket any time. The Rest Ultimate Athlete Obstacle Course Tires, hurdles, boards, basketball, and… Chad Gable. Bayley started by lifting the tire and going through the tiny obstacles and fireman’s carry to Gable. The final basketball shot was taken and all Belair had to do was beat the time of one minute and twelve seconds. Before she could start though, Bayley decided to “EST” the course with normal hurdles. When Bianca cleared all that, Otis was chosen to be the person she had to fireman’s carry over the line, which she did with ease. She beat Bayley at her own game with time to spare, and then sore loser Bayley attacked her. This actually ended up being really fun. I love Bianca so much and I want her to win the Royal Rumble this year. Cesaro defeated Dolph Ziggler This was a nice back and forth bout. First up, Bryan came out and said he wants to win the Rumble for the first time in his career. Cesaro came out and said that as the first Andre Memorial Battle Royal winner, he’s very experienced and will make sure that doesn’t happen. So instead of fighting Bryan, he issued an open challenge which Ziggler accepted. Ziggler got a sleeper hold and Cesaro did the swing and it was a real good one. Haven’t seen a really good swing like that in a bit. That led to an awesome pin reversal and then Ziggler hit a desperation Zig Zag he couldn’t capitalize on. Cesaro picked up the win with a Neutralizer. Cesaro’s looking strong! Let’s keep that going please. Big E vs. Apollo Crews ends in a ref stoppage The urgency was here yet again as both men exploded to start. Crews did the standing moonsault for a two count. Both men were up on the ropes and Crews drop kicked E. And then Sami Zayn who handcuffed himself to a barrier outside for the whole show up to this point took off the handcuffs and Helluva kicked both Crews and E and ended the match. No one looked bad here, which is a delight. Thinking we may see a triple threat coming out of this! King Corbin defeated Dominik Mysterio Corbin delivered a nasty clothesline and dominated to start the match. He went for End of Days but Dominik rolled through. Dominik tried to gain some momentum, but Corbin gave him a stiff punch and succeeded on the second End of Days for a quick win. I would have liked to see a bit more out of this, but I guess this is just to further possible dissension between father and son. Rey was trying to coach his son before this match but Dom said he was confident in his abilities. Welp. Time to listen to Papa! Charlotte Flair and Asuka defeated The Riott Squad Alright so, this was a weird one. The past couple of SmackDowns have been ace top to bottom, but this match was the least interesting for a few reasons. What was the point of this match? Why were Natalya and Tamina shown in the back watching? No mention of Alexa fighting Asuka, no mention of the Flair/Lacey Evans stuff. The last time Asuka and Charlotte were together was the night after TLC. That’s very odd. I’m not too happy about Riott Squad losing here either. Just not the best stuff here. Not a bad match, but very little to no consistency with the women’s tag division. |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(m): 8:53am On Jan 26, 2021 |
WWE Raw Reviews recaps and reactions Sometimes it feels like every Raw creative meeting goes like this: “Okay, which 10 superstars are we going to have wrestle each other in a combination of 3 or 4 different matches throughout this 3 hour show?” What are you doing, WWE? All these restarts and multiple matches with the same people each week. Multiple segments just don’t click for me. Look if you’re enjoying Raw, more power to you my friend. This is not a good show. Magical bait and switch Alexa Bliss recapped Orton’s recap of his recap of the previous week’s events. Recap-ception! She just wanted to have some fun with Asuka last week, but Asuka decided that she didn’t want to play nice. So now she has the opportunity to get herself a shiny new toy. They did it again. Asuka was actually having a great first half, until they went right back to the magical stuff. Asuka was sent to the outside, and then a rocking horse appeared in the ring. Then they came back from break and the rocking horse was gone. No explanation for where it went or what happened during the break. Throughout the match, Alexa was smiling more than showing hurt. Asuka got back into a groove, and then music played and Alexa was back in her old gear crying and she looked like she was in a trance but was able to sidestep Asuka. And the music played again and the lights went out. Alexa turned into goth Alexa again. Asuka tried the Asuka lock but Alexa was able to power out of it and Mandible Clawed Asuka. And then mask-less Orton appeared and RKO’d Alexa. No contest. Show ends. Alright. I should have seen this coming. If you also didn’t see it coming, we’re in the same boat. Hey, where was Charlotte? You know, Asuka’s tag team partner? Why is she just out there all alone? It’s maddening. On top of that, Asuka is once again playing third wheel in someone else’s feud. Uuuuuuugh! WHY?!? They could have just… not booked this match! But what do I know? I’m just a nerd recapping wrestling. This was awful This was a disaster. It started as Charlotte vs. Shayna and that was getting fun until Nia interfered. Disqualification. Then Mandy and Dana came out to help Charlotte and Lacey came out too. They had a six woman tag. Then Shayna missed the count and that match ended in a count out. Restart! … come on, man. Hey, where was Asuka? You know, Charlotte’s tag team partner? Charlotte and Asuka are the tag team champions. If commentary didn’t occasionally remind us, we’d never know. Seriously. Charlotte was involved in a two on one situation and a six woman tag AND a restart of the six woman tag, and not one time did Asuka make an appearance. So does Asuka not care about her supposed friend and tag team partner? She’s essentially involved in two feuds by herself. Make it make sense for me abeg Edge is back Edge said 2020 has taught him that you can’t sleep on tomorrow. Pick yourself up and keep walking forward. Ten years ago, after WrestleMania 27, he went to bed as World Heavyweight Champion, but within a week he had to forfeit his title and his career, which was his ultimate dream. He got the fire back in his gut to make him fight for nine years to get his career back. And then at Backlash, Randy Orton tore his tricep and gave him another reminder of how what you hold dear can be torn away from you. And now, he’s back and he’s in the Royal Rumble on Sunday! This is being highlighted because it was as powerful as Kevin Owens’ promo last Friday. Now him being in the match, could be interesting. Could he win? Maybe! He might be in the final four. I’m just extremely happy to see him again. His and Orton’s promos from back in April and May were real highlights. Cedric might be in trouble I just want to say before all this, Shelton Benjamin forgot to take his mask off before coming out and quickly took it off when he realized and it was a genuinely hilarious moment. Alexander, Benjamin, and Lashley had a special surprise present for MVP for being the reason why all of them are wearing gold (and silver! Yes the tag titles are not gold and I’ll never call them a color they aren’t). It was a nice necklace with big letters THB. R-Truth crashed the party and Lashley was telling him to get in the ring, but all the 24/7 fodder came out and brawled with Hurt Business. Riddle came in and hit MVP in the face and got out quick. Riddle started with Benjamin and both had nice urgency to put each other away. Benjamin had Riddle in a nasty submission and Riddle kept fighting his way out. Riddle locked in a Guillotine and Benjamin got out of it but Riddle got a near fall. Alexander tried interfering but it distracted the referee as Benjamin had Riddle pinned, and you know what that means. Riddle switched the roll up and got the win. MVP was next but he was very busy trying to get Benjamin and Alexander to stop the infighting, and the referee rang the bell and Riddle immediately made him tap out. Welp. Not really a well-oiled machine here. Alexander was last, and he did a gut buster and Riddle was able to kick out. Riddle bounced off the ropes right into an explosive drop kick, and then Alexander and Benjamin started fighting with each other again. MVP was coaching Alexander and not getting any thanks for it. Alexander powerbombed him to try and get out of the triangle submission, and it didn’t work. Cedric ended up having the best match out of everyone and it was interesting to see that MVP now is even getting on his case. The coaching was pretty direct, and he spent more of Shelton’s time focusing on him instead of coaching Shelton, who was also not winning. It’s setting up a babyface break for Cedric, but we’ll see. Lashley came out at the end and put Riddle in the Hurt Lock. I’m intrigued to see how the break up happens since Cedric and Shelton are tag champs. Though if he’s in any way involved in making Lashley lose, he may not be safe. No enthusiasm Drew came out and said things. Miz and Morrison came out and said things. Goldberg did the thing. Goldberg and Drew speared and Claymored Miz and Morrison. End. The Rest Xavier Woods defeated Slapjack Woods and Slapjack actually ended up having the most exciting match out of all the RETRIBUTION boys. Woods hit a dropkick right off the bat. Slapjack tried getting some offense in with a back body drop, but Woods fired up with the Honor Roll. Ali ordered T-Bar to shut him down, but Woods got the win. After the match, Ali looked like he was about to hit Woods with a chair, but put it down and sat in it instead. Reckoning gave him a mic, and he asked Woods to deliver a message to Kofi. He’s out of the Royal Rumble, and tell him that Mustafa Ali is replacing him. Absolutely brilliant promo work here. Sheamus defeated Morrison / Miz and Morrison defeated Sheamus Sheamus hasn’t had a bad match in recent memory. He did the Irish Curse backbreaker for a near fall, but Morrison caught him midair and took out his left knee. Morrison hooked his leg in a knee bar and Sheamus knocked Morrison loopy so he could get out of it. Sheamus powerbombed him for another near fall. White Noise got him the win. And then Miz grabbed a mic and said that he should now face both Miz and Morrison in a handicap match… Very stupid for agreeing to this, sir. Miz and Morrison dominated for most of the match, until he eliminated Morrison from the Royal Ru… oh sorry no just threw Morrison over the top rope regularly. If you were playing a drinking game when commentary said “If this happens on Sunday…” you were drunk at this point. Sheamus went to the top rope and knocked both Miz and Morrison down. Sheamus Brogue Kicked Morrison and Miz gave him the Skull Crushing Finale to win. AJ Styles defeated R-Truth R-Truth was put on the “qualify for the Royal Rumble list”, so the gatekeeper of the Royal Rumble had another match to try and keep someone else out. He succeeded with the Calf Crusher, but the match had its moments. They did the Omos is gigantic spot again which I love, and Truth did the Five Knuckle Shuffle like his idol. This was harmless fun. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(m): 4:52pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
#WWESuperstarSpectacle is on right now is anybody watching? I'm not at home to watch these indians  |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(m): 4:57pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
I just realized I've been talking to myself here...this is like my own Diary section |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Kaycee7(m): 5:39pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
Man! I haven't been able to keep up and I'm dodging NXT spoilers. That 24/7 fodder segment almost made me want to cry. See talents wasting. Humberto, Tozawa. They really broke up Heavy Machinery so Tucker could be doing this nonsense. Chai! Anytime I see Drew Gulak and remember his match with D. Bryan, I just want to cry. RAW will disgrace you. |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(m): 6:00pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
Kaycee7: My posts are not spoilers |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Kaycee7(m): 6:16pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
pu7pl3:Lol! Of course not. You're the one keeping me updated on RAW and SD. I just prefer a more personal experience with NXT. Like imagine if I had read about MSK's debut before seeing it. |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by ValeeLove(m): 7:01pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
WWE sold WWE Network rights to Peacock NBC |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(m): 8:40pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
Kaycee7: I understand |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Qu3sT(m): 3:46pm On Jan 27, 2021 |
na so Alexa for carry beat asuka like dat ehn [img]https://media1./images/84421e27db58585df5c7110c1c28f06a/tenor.gif?itemid=4207696[/img] that nigga 'the fiend' needs to transfer some of those powers to Bianca, sis needs to win the royal rumble. |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by NicestDude: 4:31pm On Jan 27, 2021 |
i have been away for quite a while... sighs* |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(m): 9:21pm On Jan 27, 2021 |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by Kaycee7(m): 10:12pm On Jan 27, 2021 |
NicestDude:You for just return for the Rumble. The pop for your entrance for just blast Nairaland roof. |
| Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(m): 10:38pm On Jan 27, 2021 |
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