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 TV/Movies / Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by PurpLChi: 9:41am On May 02, 2023 |
WWE RAW REVIEWS RECAPS AND REACTIONS Shut Up Last week, I noted the shots Seth Rollins sent to Roman Reigns’ island. Initially, it all felt very personal and like someone or a bunch of someones in WWE take issue with the booking decisions around Roman’s reign. But I’m also not a completely jaded wrestling fan. I still get caught up in the moment every now and then, which is something I hope never goes away. Anyway, Paul Heyman showed up this week and confirmed that yes, Seth’s comments are part of a larger story. Paul relayed that Roman took a lot of umbrage with “freakin’ clowns” running their mouths about Roman when they know better. Seth’s music filled the arena, followed by Solo Sikoa’s. While Seth truly wants Roman, and we know the fact Roman doesn’t own a clean victory over Seth during his historic reign. But since Roman doesn’t wrestle on Mondays—and he’s smart enough to barely wrestle on Fridays—Seth settled for Solo. Of course, any match with Solo is hardly settling. Especially when the Street Champ gets specific orders as it relates to the man Paul called “a joker.” But therein lies the problem with Roman’s reign and this brand split as a whole. Roman is on SmackDown and according to Triple H, there he and his championship shall stay. Seth is on Raw, meaning its low odds we get a program between the two. That makes a match between Seth and Solo feel rather pointless because it’s not building to anything. WWE already established Roman, unlike Brock, won’t float between shows. Not only that, but the whole Bloodline belong to SmackDown after Backlash. Again, what’s the point? Why tease us with the a match and a feud that, at least in the near future, ain’t happening? Why book a no-finish DQ for Solo and Seth’s main event match on the go-home show for Backlash? The same show that represents the final time we see a lot of these cats together in the same ring on the same show. That’s not on Seth and Solo. They wrestled a fine match, showed a ton of emotion, and did their absolute best. But Jimmy & Jey Uso interfered, even after some issues between Jey and Solo popped up earlier in the show. Then the Undisputed Tag Team champs & Matt Riddle showed up to even the odds. They ran out of time and the show ended. I do have it on good authority, however, that the tapes were rolling. But on an overall solid show, this whole thing left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I don’t like setting up something that, as of now, has no shot at payoff. Roman and Paul taking issue with Seth’s words make sense but WWE’s mediocre execution of the aftermath, including the finish, emphasized the fact that none of it mattered. Roman isn’t wrestling Seth with the title on the line. Seth is moving on to another championship for the time being, and Solo will dodge the Tribal Chief’s wrath even though he didn’t shut Seth’s mouth like ordered. Similarly, NXT booked a tag team championship match between four women drafted to Raw and SmackDown! That means their match means nothing. This situation, along with the one I just critiqued for most of this section, are avoidable. And yet, here I am wondering how to feel after a main event with no larger implications and a rotten finish that sets up nothing because both wrestlers are on different shows next week. Sure, WWE might eventually lessen the brand split rules like they always do, but the keyword is “eventually.” And as of now, “eventually” is a long time away. B-Sides Damage The one thing that grabbed my attention for Damage CTRL’s match with Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan? Bayley’s attitude and performance. Okay, two things. Bayley blamed herself for letting her team down the last time Raw came to us live from an arena, so she saw this as her redemption song. It’s an interesting twist from her previous seemingly shady behavior. Sure enough, Bayley wanted this W. She not only got the W for her team thanks to a blind tag and a pin on Liv, but she interrupted the tag champs during one of their patented double team moves. Raquel put Liv on her shoulders but Bayley, standing on the outside of the ring, grabbed Raquel’s leg and stopped everything. When they got the W, Bayley reacted like she won the Super Bowl. This no doubt sets up Damage CTRL for a future tag team championship match after Backlash. But if IYO SKY loses her title shot against Bianca Belair, which sounds like the safest of safe bets, that creates an interesting problem. Does a presumed tag match featuring Bayley and Dakota Kai instead of Kai-N-SKY spark some static? Or does a IYO loss, combined with a future Kai & Bayley win, leave IYO as the odd woman out? Bianca stirred the pot during a backstage segment. She believes Dakota & Bayley hold IYO back and the Genius of the Sky needs better friends. Maybe the story isn’t about Bayley breaking up the group but rather IYO bouncing because she believes she deserves better. As my dad likes to say, we shall see. Punish Me There’s really not much to an Alpha Academy vs. Ricochet & Braun Strowman match. If you’re here for the meat, then you got an appetizer that only whetted your appetite rather than providing a full meal. In fact, if I I have one complaint of this match, it’s that we didn’t get enough Otis and Braun action. BUT, it’s one more loss for Alpha Academy, and one more time Chad Gable seemingly let Otis down as the big man took the pin while his partner tried a very late save. Maxxine might have a point. And that is the point. Timz-N-Hood Chek Brock Lesnar interrupted the WWE Draft! The nerve! Seriously though, I do like the idea that Brock basically does what he wants and WWE management is far too inept to do anything about it. Adam Pearce tried with some keystone security cats, but we all knew the outcome. Except Cody Rhodes provided a twist. After calling out Brock last week, Cody had revenge on his mind. His music played and while Brock, the security guards, and Adam looked at the entrance, Cody attacked Brock from behind. For Cody, turnabout is fair play and he gave Brock a bit of his own sucker punch medicine. Cody tested Brock’s mettle and while the big man walked away, he now knows Cody is about all that action. And a special shoutout to Cody for calling Brock “Doomsday” during a follow-up interview. Let that nerd flag fly, homie. Xxplosive While Kevin Owens is less than thrilled about hanging with Matt Riddle all the time, he does have his back. Not only that, but Kevin, Matt, & Sami Zayn not only have the Bloodline’s collective number at the moment, but they’re smarter than them as well. This doesn’t include Roman Reigns, so relax, Tribal Chief devotees. But they’re also united. The Bloodline? Not so much. Jey Uso accompanied Jimmy Uso during the latter’s match with Matt but got himself removed from the match. This left Jimmy all by himself. Matt & Jimmy battled to a standstill until Jimmy removed the turnbuckle pad. But KO reacted quicker than my inner child when the I hear the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers theme and smashed Jimmy’s head in the exposed turnbuckle. Jimmy looked dejected as his rivals celebrated. Besides the fact that he and his brother can’t solve the enigma that is Matt Riddle and the Undisputed tag champs, he did it all dolo. No Jey and, most notably, no Solo. Jey ran up on Paul Heyman and Solo backstage with that very thing on his mind. He asked why Solo stayed in the locker room rather than at ringside having his big brother’s back. Apparently, Roman deemed it unnecessary since Solo has a problem that looks a lot like Seth Rollins, but we all know the deal. This is what it looks like when someone gets iced out, and the Usos are freezing right now. Ebonics Miz apparently never learned that repeating sentences or phrases in a language you don’t know is a bad idea. Shinsuke Nakamura guested on Miz TV and, in his native tongue, called Miz the king of tiny balls. Of course, before Shinsuke translated for Miz, the A-Lister hyped the whole crowd and repeated the phrase over and over. Humor aside, this segment set the scene for possibly Shinsuke’s first feud on Raw while also prepping us for the upcoming WWE World Heavyweight championship tournament since Miz used that as the segment’s centerpiece. Miz ain’t winning that chip any time soon, but Shinsuke makes for an interesting component. Squash Nope, Omos doesn’t get a song reference. I’m not giving his squash match against Anthony Alanis. Yup, Anthony Alanis. Take Them 5 Whew, the crowd really hates Dom. Maybe especially Texas since the crowd booed him out the building the minute he grabbed a microphone. All of Judgment Day spoke: Rhea Ripley to Zelina Vega, Damian Priest to Bad Bunny (in Spanish, a great touch), and Finn just being Finn. And the crowd booed them but it felt more obligatory. Plus, they let them speak. Dom though? Nope. I’m always amazed at that man’s heat and how he beautifully plays into that emotion. Besides Dom, the actual MVP here is Finn. During the mixed tag match between Judgment Day (Damian, Dom, Rhea) and the LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Zelina), Finn sacrificed his well-being during Rey’s 619 attempt. Rather than Damian taking the blow, Finn stepped in the way and took a shot to the back of his head. That, along with Dom & Rhea neutralizing Santos & Zelina, respectively, spelled the end for the LWO. Making Damian look strong and dominant is the right call. Rey taking the L in a tag match with a lot of shenanigans doesn’t hurt him. In fact, with the LWO on SmackDown and Judgment Day on Raw, it actually whets the appetite for another Dom & Rey clash. Or at least more interactions between the two. Backlash might represent the last confrontation between the two for a while, so let’s savor it. I thought Raw was pretty solid for the most part and then that main event hit. No thank you. As I said, that’s not on Seth and Solo but rather the booking and lack of logic applied to their situation. Still looking forward to Backlash but the sooner these draft results go into effect, the better. |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 4:32am On May 01, 2023 |
phr0nesis: Their movie goers are sissies |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 4:26am On May 01, 2023 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 5:57pm On Apr 30, 2023 |
abduleez1: Omo him done fall my hands with this one 😪😓 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 1:17pm On Apr 30, 2023 |
abduleez1: Did he actually say that? |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 7:35pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
abduleez1: Yep, especially if he uses the void. |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 7:35pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
God please let them be okay 
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| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 7:26pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
oyaskii: This one wey you just dey watch Nazi movies these days... 👀 |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 7:23pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
I hope Vinicius wasn't injured oh |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 7:19pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
2 flying headers ruled out🤌🏿🤌🏿 |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 6:54pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
Damn what a save to deny Rodrygo's chip from point blank range. |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 6:53pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
ALEXAPLAYME: That was lack of concentration from Kroos. I don't think he will switch off like that against City sha. |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 6:51pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
myami: Doomsday has beat him in the comics but by feats Darksied wipes the floor with him. |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 6:50pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
We just dey concede stupid goals. Wtf was Kroos thinking about there  |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 6:37pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
Rodrygo Golazo🔥🔥🔥 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 6:26pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
abduleez1: That's Doomsday. At his base he is the weakest but he is the one that'll keep coming like Hulk. |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 6:22pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
NaijaMemes: wrong everywhere. Physically Hulk is the strongest there, Doomsday is the weakest. Juggernaut's weakness is not only to mind control, he can and has been stopped physically. That's not Hyperion, that's Sentry. Hyperion is not Superman on galactic steroids, he is weaker. You're welcome 3 Likes 3 Shares |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 6:20pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
No clean shit for the big man |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W8rld by PurpLChi: 5:58pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
We have 2 filthy genius wingers. And they are young too. We are soo blessed |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 5:21pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
| TV/Movies / Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by PurpLChi: 5:21pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 4:17pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
1 Like 2 Shares |
| TV/Movies / Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by PurpLChi: 12:09pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
WWE RAW REVIEWS RECAPS AND REACTIONS This week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown was largely built around the start of the WWE Draft, which is always kind of fun in the sense that change is coming and we get to learn exactly what that change will be. But it’s also a bit of a ball and chain. After all, they have to interrupt their show to announce draft picks while still sorting through the stories they’re currently telling (and are about to be forced to wrap up sooner rather than later). That’s part of the awkwardness of it all. They only made certain wrestlers eligible for the first night so they could avoid obvious issues like not having to instantly trade champions. But then that just makes it seem as though we’re all but getting a spoiler for the second day. GUNTHER moved to Raw, so Austin Theory is surely headed to SmackDown, yeah? They also had other obvious issues. For example, they had “war rooms” featuring what we were told were “the brain trust of Raw and SmackDown” fighting over who they would pick for their respective brands. But really they were just two doors with a Raw and SmackDown logo on them. We were never told who exactly those people are. They didn’t even bother to let us know if it was USA Network and FOX folks, in a battle of the networks. In fact, the only time those doors opened is when a presenter was coming out with a card to deliver picks. To be fair, it was a good distraction, having the likes of Rob Van Dam and Teddy Long and Shawn Michaels show up to get a pop and read off some names. It just didn’t really mean anything. That’s maybe the biggest issue of all — none of this really feels like it’s nearly as important as it’s supposed to. It doesn’t help that they just spent the past few months completely ignoring the brand split and having wrestlers from each brand appear on any show. Hell, Rhea Ripley is still a Raw wrestler and she’s been SmackDown women’s champion for a month now. At least we’re halfway through! Outside of the Draft, the one show long story was about The Usos challenging Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE tag team championship. Early on, they cut promos on each other. Nothing to write home about there. But later, during a backstage chat, Jimmy & Jey were hyped up by Heyman while they were sitting in front of him, facing the other direction. When he was finished hyping them, he did the thing again — speaking like he was talking to The Usos but actually directing his words to Solo Sikoa, who was given some tape and told that tonight is the night this ends. Whatever could that mean?!? Then it came time for the match and it was moving along as expected — which is to say, they were having yet another good match — when they cut to backstage where Sikoa was watching with Heyman. A call came through, and Heyman delivered the news. “That was the call. This is your night.” And with that Solo took off to the ring. Again, whatever could that mean?!? Before Solo could get to the ring, he was chased off by Matt Riddle, who still has beef. They fought backstage and it seemed he was completely out of the picture. Back in the ring, The Usos were getting the better of Owens before he managed to recover enough to get Zayn back involved. A Stunner was followed by a Helluva Kick and the pinfall came right after. So what did it mean? Well, we can’t know now. But the underlying message is that quite literally everyone in the family let Reigns down and even if the idea was for Sikoa to take care of business, he may need The Usos just as much as he needs Solo. Either way, the tag team titles aren’t going anywhere just yet. All the rest -The “SmackDown LowDown” last week set up the first match of the evening, as LA Knight kicked up trouble with The Brawling Brutes and found himself in a singles match against BUTCH. They had a fine TV match that saw Knight go over clean, something the fine folks in Corpus Christi rewarded with cheers. Despite his booking, LA remains over as hell and he deserves the push he should have coming. -The Street Profits were drafted to the blue brand and then instantly won a triple threat tag team match, defeating Ricochet & Braun Strowman and the LWO. Strowman, for his part, looks to be in damn good shape after reportedly suffering a concussion recently. -Zelina Vega defeated Sonya Deville in a warm up for her match against SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley at Backlash. It wasn’t much of a match but the big angle was Ripley returning to television and attacking her immediately after she won. That got a pretty solid pop, as did Ripley head butting Deville and scaring off Chelsea Green. Vega did lay her out before escaping to the back, showing that she can at least get one up on the champ. Does that mean she has a shot in the actual match? That’s what they want us to feel. They really drove it home by having Santos Escobar and Rey Mysterio give her a pep talk. -AJ Styles is back! Actually, the entirety of The O.C. is back, as Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows also finally appeared on TV in a meaningful capacity for the first time in quite a while. Michin was also with them, and they also got to knock the rust off by putting the boots to The Viking Raiders & Valhalla. -Shinsuke Nakamura got drafted to Raw but Karrion Kross was still sure to get a shot in on him backstage during an interview. Hey, at least they stayed up to date with the story they were starting to tell. They’ll finish that up in a match next week. They managed to make this a decent enough show, despite the limitations of the Draft interrupting everything. Grade: B |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 12:07pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 12:29pm On Apr 28, 2023 |
ShaqFu: Maybe he'll be out of his depth this time🤭 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 10:02am On Apr 28, 2023 |
ShaqFu: Looks like it Our favourite detective not named Batman is there. |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 8:09am On Apr 28, 2023 |
abduleez1: Only the Batman Festival in that movie is enough to keep me hyped 🤭🤭 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 8:06am On Apr 28, 2023 |
JohnnyMcCarthy: It looks like a 4hrs movie🔥🔥 |
| TV/Movies / Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by PurpLChi: 10:08pm On Apr 27, 2023 |
blingxx: How is this the best Trailer of 2023? 😏🙄 |
| TV/Movies / Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by PurpLChi: 8:24pm On Apr 27, 2023 |
ValeeLove: It's not a cheap knockoff, it looks very classy and has this legit aura about it. |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by PurpLChi: 10:38am On Apr 27, 2023 |
2paid2Bmad: 🤭🤭😂😂 |
| TV/Movies / Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by PurpLChi: 10:37am On Apr 27, 2023 |
ValeeLove: it's a new heavyweight world title so he mainy just talked about what the title represents. |
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