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TV/Movies › Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 2:53pm On Aug 23, 2022

WWE RAW REVIEWS RECAPS AND REACTIONS

Welcome Back, Wrestling
Johnny Gargano is back. That’s a big deal if you frequent this site or any other wrestling site on internet dot com. It was also predictable as Triple H begins remaking WWE in his image and bringing back those the former guy banished to an island of irrelevancy. The Toronto crowd greeted Johnny like he was Jesus riding through Jerusalem. The only pop louder was for Edge, so props to Mr. Wrestling. Johnny talked about fatherhood, his love for wrestling, reminded everyone why he was a big deal in NXT.
And then Theory happened. Props to WWE for not ignoring their NXT history, referencing The Way in a few clever if not subtle...ways, and furthering this idea that Theory has a chip on his shoulder the size of Las Vegas casino. Pointing out that he has everything Johnny wants is a nice touch as well. Johnny wants to win championships. Theory won them first. Johnny wants big matches in bigger spots. Theory has that too. This sets up an interesting master vs. apprentice story, where the learner surpassed the teacher in a very short time. How does the master feel about that? For all intents and purposes, Johnny was Theory’s father. The moment a son overtakes a father in a contest, that relationship changes. And not always for the better. Want proof? See the way Johnny kicked Theory’s teeth down his throat when Mr. MITB offered “peace” after running down his former tag partner. Either because of jealousy, being in his feelings, or just a lack of trust, Johnny left Theory laid out in the middle of the ring.
Gargano facing Theory as his first opponent makes a lot of sense given their history and the potential for longterm storytelling. But who ultimately prevails? That might be WWE writing themselves into a corner. If Theory truly is next, he can’t lose. A returning Gargagno, especially one the audience adores, can’t lose either. At least not so soon.
This almost feels like a proxy battle between Vince McMahon and Triple H. Theory was Vince’s project—no pun—while Gargano was one of Haitch’s prized pupils. I mean, duh, the man came back because his poppa is in charge. Theory fits Vince’s idea of what a WWE wrestler is and should look like. Gargano, well, does not. Haitch took a chance on guys like Johnny while Vince barely gave them the time of day. Philosophically, this might be the most important feud in WWE once it gets going. It might paint a clearer picture of how Haitch sees WWE and the type of athletes he wants in the company. But if Theory prevails, it just shows the old man is still in charge even if he’s “retired.”

Extracurriculars
New Music Who Dis?
Could Dolph Ziggler win on behalf of the locker room vets? That was the question when the Show Off went one-on-one with Finn Balor. Finn’s new music rocked. I hoped it was a new tune for Judgment Day as a whole since their current tune still sounds like Edge and has him in its DNA. My musical gripes aside, Dolph and Finn, to the shock of no one, put on a very good match that Dolph loss due to Rhea Ripley’s interference. When the match broke down to both men just throwing fists, Dolph rocked Finn with a vicious headbutt. It actually looked like he caught him in the throat. Finn found comfort in the arms of the ref, which was all a ruse! Rhea took advantage of the distracted ref, snuffed Dolph with a mean elbow, and a magically recovered Finn did the rest.
So the question here is how long do they keep this thing going where the men can’t hit Rhea? At a certain point, the heat on her for constantly interfering on behalf of her crew and dishing out violence in their name will get nuclear. If there’s nowhere to go with it, what’s the point? To say nothing of the fact the men look dumb for not employing their own female equalizer who has no problem knocking Rhea down a peg or three.
I like Finn getting in Dolph’s face before the match. Finn believes Dolph is going after the young talent just to remain relevant, which continues the Judgment Day’s reason for living. Good seamless storytelling that furthers the Judgment Day’s story while giving Dolph something to think about in losing.

The Tournament Marches Onward...
SKY & Kai prevailed over Alexa Bliss & Asuka in the tag tournament. It was an okay match but a tad sloppy at points. The best part was the action before the match when Trish Stratus showed up in front of her home crowd. Of course, Bayley’s crew interrupted the legend, which prompted an entrance from Bianca Belair, Bliss, and Asuka. Trish teased us with a match as she told Bayley she can go from “I am retired” to “I was retired,” which was a very good line turned into a very dope line when Trish took off her jacket and showed she’s still built for a fight. Just give me Bayley vs. Trish Stratus in the not-too distant future please.

Fights On like Tys-on
Kevin Owens is on a tear. That’s the story here and might be the same story for several weeks. Owens challenged Chad Gable when the latter told Toronto the Alpha Academy was recruiting. Gable badmouthed Toronto and rightly dissed the Toronto Maple Leafs for losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Look, I don’t watch hockey but I do know “ice” and “hockey” aren’t the first two things anyone thinks of when they think of any city in Florida. For a hockey team from freakin’—not Seth—Canada loses to that team, that’s unacceptable.
But I digress. Chad and Kevin put on a hell of a physical match that all came down to Owens’ determination vs. Gable’s arrogance. Once Owens got the W with the Pop Up Powerbomb, the Academy tried executing the typical post-match beatdown. But Owens wanted all the smoke this week. He bested both members of the Academy and walked away as the conquering hometown hero. I don’t particularly like one man making two men look weak, but I do understand how it makes Kevin look like a man on a mission. But if two men attack one, especially two former tag champs, they should prevail. Good match with some extra material I could do without.

Brawl for All
Raw barely started before we got our first fight. And I love it. Any time the show starts with a fight between two people who can’t help themselves, I’m happy. The two people in question were Riddle and Seth Rollins. They fought from the backstage area to ringside, showing an intense hatred for one another that all good feuds need.

Beth is Ready
Remember when I said someone needs to even the odds with Rhea Ripley? Of course you do, I just said it a few paragraphs up. Well, that someone might be—and hopefully is—Beth Phoenix. After Damian Priest and Edge’s good but not spectacular match, a victorious Edge had evil plans for his ex-disciple. Plans involving two chairs and Damian’s skull. Judgement Day made the save and before the numbers game went against Edge, the Glamazon came to her husband’s aide and wrestled a chair away from Balor. The Judgment Day backed off while Rhea and Beth kept their eyes locked on on one another.
Yes, yes, and yes. Like I said, Rhea needs her comeuppance and Beth is a perfect candidate to dish it all out.

Back Like She Left Something
Trish Stratus was all over Raw this week. She even instigated a match between Aliyah and Bayley! Yes, this was Bayley’s first match in God knows how long. And it was just...fine. Nothing awful yet nothing great. Bayley won after Aliyah put up quite the fight in her hometown and looked good while losing. But how do they not advertise Bayley’s first match on Raw in forever? This needed more pomp and circumstance and just felt like another match rather than the big deal that Bayley is in the division.

Surprise, Michael (Read that in your best Ghsotface voice from Scream)
Well, I figured this space was reserved for discussing the tag match between the team of AJ Styles & Bobby Lashley vs. Ciampa & Miz. Oh how wrong I was. Dexter Lumis showed up towards the end of the match, dressed in Riot officer gear, and kidnapped Miz! No, seriously, he yoked Miz by his neck, pulled him over the barricade, and dragged a kicking and screaming Miz into the bowels of Toronto.
Earlier in the show, Adam Pearce and a couple Keystone Cops walked around with Dexter’s picture. Clearly they were outsmarted by his Wil E. Coyote-style cunning. Dexi was even smart enough to have a decoy attack AJ Styles while he waited in the wings for Miz!

The opening, Trish, and Johnny’s return highlighted a solid Raw.

Grade: B+

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TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 2:22pm On Aug 23, 2022

oyaskii:
So after experiencing greatness with that epic Ep1 of HOTD, you still went ahead to saturate your eyes with mid?? Major bleeep up Chief

I no go try am again

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 2:21pm On Aug 23, 2022

abduleez1:
Shït, this thing just delete my entire post.
Lol, quit tripping bruh.
The Dragons in GOT are the true definition of pets, Drogon included. Viserion is probably the tamest before being transformed by the Night King.

Caraxes, Daemon's Dragon is the most vicious beast among all dragons in that era. Even larger and far older dragons like Vhagar dey respect am.
Even Syrax, Rhaenyra's Dragon that gave the burial rites to the late Queen that you think is calm is fvvking wild bro. It killed someone very close to Rhaenyra and a Targaryen at that.

Bruh, the dragons in this era aren't tamed or anything close to what GOT gave us. This era is the first time in Westerosi history where dragons face each other and there were casualties.

There's also wild dragons present in this era in Dragonstone that I hope and think might be shown in the show. The Cannibal, Sheapstealer and the calm one Grey Ghost. The first two are some wild dragons in a class of its own as they where never ridden and killed and ate everyone who tried to tame, train or ride them.

Wo, I no just wan spoil the show for others.

Their designs look different...you're talking theoretically from the source material I know but via what we've seen on screen Drogon is still their daddy...all of them.
Viserys even looks bigger and more wicked than
Caraxes and his slender body.

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 2:15pm On Aug 23, 2022

abduleez1:
Lol, na so e be at times.

I really don't think we'd be seeing Belloc anytime soon. The few times I've read of her was in Mike Carrey's run in Lucifer comics. Unless, prolly Gaiman and the showrunners wants to encompassuch of the universe.

Okay

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 7:59am On Aug 23, 2022

OhBritannia:
This will be the 5th time i will be watching the episode 1 of the house of dragon in less than 24 hours.

The series has just broke a record in my own personal life

It keeps breaking records, online and even offline.

Can the ring of fire Match and go toe to toe with the house of Dragon?

If you ask me, i have doubt it can because what could be possibly better again than what we have just seen?
I mean this is the peak of entertainment we just experienced.

Well let's wait and see what the ring of fire have for us.
All eyes are now on Amazon

That one looks like it would be kind of a slow burn so the first episode might not be all that...

I may be wrong tho.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 7:56am On Aug 23, 2022

Nova15:
That's because they've been tamed na.

Drogon and Viserys were also tamed but they look way more vicious.

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 1:27am On Aug 23, 2022

The dragons shown in this episode look like tamed pets compared to Danaerys' Drogon or Viscerys tho.

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 1:11am On Aug 23, 2022

Just finished the new HOD episode....peak TV
And instead of me to sleep in peace I went and started that travesty that is She-hulk
Na me fvck up

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TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 11:09pm On Aug 22, 2022*

abduleez1:
Belloc?? I think I missed that one.

Do you mean the quthor that stole Calliope's power? His name is Richard Madoc.

Elaine Belloc will mostly feature if Lucifer becomes the main focus as well as the battle for heaven with Michael, Amenadiel and the Presence.

oh, that was Madoc?
I swear my brain was seeing Belloc the whole time

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 6:36pm On Aug 22, 2022

Abduleez1 In that extra episode from Sandman is that Belloc surname an Easter egg or am I reading toomuch meaning?

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 5:24pm On Aug 22, 2022

oyaskii:
Exactly plus LOTR is well versed fantasy universe and anything connected to it is bound to have huge following and views.

My fear is Amazon taking on this ambitious project. It's not just to spend money, Everything has to be right so as not to stain Peter Jackson's white.

Nice rhymes

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 5:19pm On Aug 22, 2022

teeshet:
The man from toronto looks like Central intelligence. Who's with me? P.u7pl3

Kevin Hart is at his best when he has to play off dynamic chemistry from another contrasting actor.
That's why most of his films feel the same.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:47am On Aug 22, 2022

teeshet:
see All that ass: The orgy 1 and Ass Everywhere 1. Two wet blue flicks featuring Cherokee D ass, one of black BBW adult stars with gigantic booty that will make the earth quake. The plot is orgasmic. I came in record time.

That last detail wasn't necessary

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 7:12am On Aug 22, 2022

Paxxcarl:
should have ended in the first part

Even normal porn has better plot

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 12:52am On Aug 22, 2022

The next 365 days

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 10:52pm On Aug 21, 2022

Rarre:
Better better not try this nonsense selfless act again to give anyone penalty to take

Asin eh...man would have been on 2 goals now.
Even if you want to be selfless give it to someone that actually deserves it

TV/Movies › Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 12:23pm On Aug 21, 2022

Gidah:
Smackdown was fun

Hella fun Sami Zayn show

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 11:07pm On Aug 20, 2022

Why did Hazard miss that goal?
Why did Benzema give up his pichichi race headstart??
Shebi him dey forget who him dey up against?
Hazard sef just couldn't put more effort into that shot??

Omo that whole sequence vex me sha...
Well I'm glad Valverde scored that goal, be had a better 2nd half like the rest of the team...
We meuve.

Modric was a deserved MOTM.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 9:59pm On Aug 20, 2022

Devvy4:
Dead RW, Rodrygo can’t stay fit, No good attacker on the bench, No plans for signing a new attacker

Situation of things RN

I don't know why that wing has been cursed...we need to find who placed a curse on that wing.
Just look at the rubbish Valverde has been playing there today.
Safe to say that the Valverde as a winger experiment is like forcing a square peg into a circle hole.

TV/Movies › Re: Thread For Anime Lovers (NO HENTAI PLEASE) by pu7pl3(m): 9:50pm On Aug 20, 2022

Kaycee7:
Make I tell you?

Yes boss, please.

TV/Movies › Re: Thread For Anime Lovers (NO HENTAI PLEASE) by pu7pl3(m): 1:13pm On Aug 20, 2022

Kaycee7:
Lucky you

I don't feel lucky o

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 12:49pm On Aug 20, 2022

Devvy4:
I keep wondering why Carlo don’t even want to use any of them right now, even with absentee in the team right now

Carlo is someone that values calmness, perhaps he thinks bringing them in now will be admitting that he truly needs reinforcements and it might create panic.
So Baba wan do strong head for now, but the season is long so I still think he will bring them in finally.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 12:48pm On Aug 20, 2022

monerozi5590:
Sometimes i wonder whether some Barca fans do research before they post.

One boldly said Madrid created the name BBC because of MSN. like wtf. When BBC was winning the UCL in 2014 they was nothing like MSN. Suarez was still in Liverpool then.

One of them again told me Kroos' passes are trial and error. I brought up stats to show him he lied but up till now he is yet to admit he was wrong.

their name dey affect them..."Cule"
So no too blame them...it's spiritual...na strong man of God go fit break am cos na ancestral something.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 12:46pm On Aug 20, 2022

Devvy4:
Lmao

One the bots was saying that KCM never had an era

I believe the words he used were "they don't exist".
No need to go dey argue with that one obviously

TV/Movies › Re: Thread For Anime Lovers (NO HENTAI PLEASE) by pu7pl3(m): 12:42pm On Aug 20, 2022

Kaycee7:

I'm among people that don't know

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 9:03am On Aug 20, 2022

nani667:
⬇️⬇️

Same thing I did last night too...I felt it wouldn't be right to watch Meverick without watching Top Gun OG first

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 8:58am On Aug 20, 2022

hopefulLandlord:
Now that Casimiro has left I hope we don't sell any more midfielder and probably go for a backup serviceable right winger

Additions will probably happen next season, I still see us using our Castilla players when things get tough with squad depletion.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 8:57am On Aug 20, 2022

hopefulLandlord:
I didn't see the post till now but you spelt my monicker wrong, you missed an L

Sorry about that, I'll modify...

Hope you got me tho...we can have all the intelligent discussions and arguements you want on here tbh...

We have Monerozi, Fergie, Devvy, Topmaike, Goddyora and co that wouldn't make you lose brain cells during discussions or arguements cos how can someone not know what "this century" means and how can someone say winning a UCL treble is "nothing special" cos 2 other teams has done it?

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TV/Movies › Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 8:51am On Aug 20, 2022

WWE SMACKDOWN REVIEWS RECAPS AND REACTIONS

Sami Zayn is fantastic. He always has been, but he was given the main spotlight on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown in Montreal, getting a show long story that ended horribly for him — I mean, come on, they always do, right? — but reminded us of all the things that make him so great.
I mean, look at this guy cozying up to Roman Reigns, finally feeling good about getting the chance to do just that.
Then taking a call from Jey Uso and delivering the bad news that The Usos wouldn’t be on the show, thinking he can get himself in even further by offering his services up. Reigns encourages him to go win the Intercontinental championship and bring it back to The Bloodline.
The best part might be the look on Roman’s face after Sami says “we should do this more, this is great.”
Later, Zayn gets a hero’s welcome in Quebec, the fans absolutely blowing the roof off for him. It’s been some time since we’ve seen one crowd so heavily behind a single wrestler like this, with this much focus and intensity:
He proceeds to deliver the goods in the match itself, getting everyone to the edge of their seat united in their desire to see him pull off the victory in a Fatal 5-Way he almost certainly wouldn’t be winning. There were glimpses in the match of the Sami Zayn who was delivering like this on the regular not all that long ago, before his character arc took him in another direction, a great reminder of the brilliance that remains and can be unleashed at any time under the right circumstances:
In the end, Zayn came oh so close but came up just short once again. It was destined to be. It’s not time for him to turn again just yet, even if you couldn’t help but get swept up in everything with this amazing crowd on this show.
By the end of the evening, when Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre were set for their face-to-face encounter, it seemed clear it was as much about how Zayn would insert himself as it was about promoting the match these two are scheduled to have in a couple weeks. Sure enough, he sacrificed himself for Reigns, eating a Claymore Kick for him. The WWE Universal champ failed to capitalize on that, eating one of his own a very short time later, but Zayn gave himself up to give him the chance.
Of course, this is almost certainly leading to Zayn as the fall guy anyway. Reigns used him all throughout this show, because he didn’t have his normal backup, and he won’t be able to accept his failures here, despite Zayn going out of his way to assist him. It’s certainly not on Sami that it played out this way but we know damn well it will be painted that way.
The question now is after the reception he got here, and the way everything was booked, are we in for a babyface turn? Should we be? I’m probably swept up in adoration for him right now, admittedly heavily influenced by that electric response for him, but I’m fully on board. If they keep playing this right, there’s no reason Reigns vs. Zayn couldn’t headline an event sometime this year.
I can’t say it enough, so I’ll say it again — Sami Zayn rules.

All the rest
Ronda Rousey is on WWE television while suspended more than Roman Reigns is while he’s champion! Okay, with that dumb low hanging fruit out of the way, we got a retread of Rousey wreaking havoc like last week. This time, Adam Pearce had her arrested when she attacked the security guards and refused to leave until her suspension was lifted. She willingly submitted to the cops without a fight and her parting words to Pearce just before they slammed the door were “You know what, Pearce? Nice haircut!” Good one, Ronda! The Montreal crowd was well and truly behind her but this didn’t land for me as well as last week’s angle.

There’s no telling if plans called for Nikkita Lyons & Zoey Stark to advance in the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament, but once Toxic Attraction took their place it seemed obvious they would be defeating Natalya & Sonya Deville. I mean, come on, is Triple H going to have this duo come up to the main roster and instantly do a job to a makeshift team? No way. Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY were there to soften things up a bit, what with providing distractions. The match was solid. It will be most interesting to see who gets the push come next week when Dolin & Jayne take on Raquel Rodriguez & Aliyah.

Maximum Male Models were made to look like the biggest dorks on Earth when they were laughed off and tossed out of the ring by Hit Row, who proceeded to give us “something special” in the form of performing their entrance theme in the ring to a crowd that, at least on television, seemed entirely disinterested. Maxxine Dupri danced along and upset Max, really driving home just how dorky the whole crew was made to look here.

We learned what a Viking funeral is on this show, when Erik & Ivar painted each other’s faces up and then burned some t-shirts. It was well produced but this kind of thing does nothing for me personally. Maybe you’re a fan, and if so, good for ya.

It’s been really fun listening to commentary for Liv Morgan lately, what with Michael Cole and Pat McAfee spending a lot of her match against Shotzi on this show talking about how she’s in deep shit. They’re treating her title match against Shayna Baszler as a foregone conclusion. Shotzi did a good job of putting her over here to build her up but it really does just feel like a matter of time.

I enjoyed this show.

Grade: B+

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 8:33am On Aug 20, 2022*

HopefulLandlord when will you learn that squabbles with minnows is a fools errand?
The foul ones will even drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

It's your choice sha but I think it's demeaning.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:16pm On Aug 19, 2022

Ishilove:
Yes o, I do. Not everything must be action action. Let's laugh a little instead of gbas gbos all the time

Without gbas gbos man is nothing

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:03pm On Aug 19, 2022

Ishilove:
The Secret Headquarters:

A very fun, super hero family movie headlined by Owen Wilson, Michael Pena and Jessie Williams.

Walter Scobell is a very talented child actor and I see him going places.

The film doesn't take itself seriously. At all. You're going to laugh throughout, I guarantee it. I wish more superhero movies were like this

Noooo
Please.

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