I gather that GOT doesn't start until 9:00, so maybe we'll get a bit of traffic in here before then.

I know almost nothing of this card, but I'm going to take a leap of faith and say that the builds revolved around wrestlers climbing ladders to prove that they could.

Well, there was a very random heel turn that doesn't seem like it was very well thought out at all. Just seemed to come out of nowhere for no good reason and fans were very invested in this person. Everyone is crapping all over creative...

Oh, you were probably talking about the wrestling, right?

Well Seth vs. AJ is at least a little bit of a headline.
K-GOAT vs. Kofi could be good.
Same for Becky vs. Charlotte.

Recent MitB matches really haven't been that good. I remember 2013 being the year Heyman turned on Punk and that was pretty bad and I don't think there's been a really good one since. This one has a chance though with Ricochet, Finn, Ali, and Zayn in it. We're also guaranteed a convoluted RKO "out of nowhere" spot on one of those guys.

Kairi isn't on the card so that's to me at least.
Alexa also isn't listed on Wiki as being a participant in the MitB match despite naming herself as the last entrant in it on her talk show. Did I miss her getting kicked out of the match somewhere? It seems she was replaced with Bayley.

I think I saw on social media that Alexa couldn't pass medical clearance after all.

Nice one. Likely the best part of this thread at the end of the nite will be this joke.

Bliss got replaced by Nikki Cross for medical reasons.

Can't watch this live but I'm anticipating a really good show. Becky scenario plus the two MITB matches is a lot of intrigue.

So they have non-title matches on these things, huh?

Are we supposed to infer that Nikki Cross the character is ****ing nuts, but the person who plays her is normal? Or just that she's not crazy backstage?

Not totally paying attention. Who's the bumblebee?

Bumblebee is Naomi making some ****ing weird fashion choices (if they're her choice).

Pretty great spot by Ember.

Why doesn't Sonia grab the briefcase and then just hand it to Mandy Rose?

This is extra dumb.

It would appear that the fit Sasha threw ended up benefiting Bayley.

Anyway, my attention lapsed in and out, but I enjoyed what I watched.

🎼heyyyyy we want some Bayleyyy🎼🎼🎼

Look: I like Bayley, but you aren't going to kick-start a new Bayley push by putting a mic in her face.

Thankfully it was brief.

This makes me think Sasha is coming back soon...as a heel.

This makes sense, and I hope it's correct.

I did think it seemed unlikely that they would be talking openly about Sasha if she wasn't coming back.

Unpopular (?) opinion: I think Rey mysterio is boring and lame.

Also, his reward for losing to Joe in under a minute at the last PPV (?) is a rematch at this PPV.

WTF.

I mean I was enjoying that match, but that ending is so horrendous that my enjoyment is erased.

wow. Joe vs Mysterio was something.

There's a Shane-o Mac cage match tonite!?

Two MITB matches AND a cage match.

"The Ref didn't finish the count, what can Miz do to win this match?" How about walk out of the cage.

I hate WWE cage matches, Shane is great for being beaten up once a year, but wrestling regularly and having to pretend that he can inure these wrestlers is irritating.

I can't imagine anything less likely to make me want to tune in to Raw than finding out that they're introducing another new title.

205 Live features more announcers than active competitors on these shows. I just find that funny.

So who is Bray going to randomly attack tonight and cut nonsensical promos on for the next few weeks?