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11-24-2019 , 04:36 AM
Haven't finished yet the entire show yet but that 3-way was insanely awesome. Best match I've seen in a long time.
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11-24-2019 , 05:03 AM
Finished the show now and liked it a lot. One nice thing about the War Games set-up is you can have tons of mayhem and spots without no-selling them with kickouts since there's always someone to break up the pin. I also felt like both tonight did a better job of making it feel like the wrestlers were struggling to hit the big spots.

I also liked the triple threat with Dunne. Riddle/Finn wasn't incredible but I actually liked that they kept it (relatively) short instead of having every match try to be epic.
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11-24-2019 , 05:53 AM
Finished the show and really disliked Finn/Bro. It was every WWE 2019 match ever. The men's WarGames was fantastic. Kinda figured K-GOAT would be the fourth guy but marked anyways .

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4 on 2 and the 2 won.

Fuuuucccckkkk thiisssss
This was my thought as well. It threw away any enjoyment I had of the match.

Overall was happy to catch this unspoiled and even with two meh matches it was well worth the watch.
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11-24-2019 , 12:46 PM
Wow, it seems aside from crapping on the women's match result, everyone posting seems to have a vastly different opinion on every match. Although, I guess nobody really liked Brolor.
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11-24-2019 , 04:12 PM
I loved the women's match result and don't really get the hate. It seems dumb on paper for 2 to beat 4 but the way everything played out made sense -- Io took out herself, Candice and Bianca, then Rhea took out Kay Lee and it was one-on-one. Shayna's team didn't work well together, got overconfident, and lost due to hubris. If the problem is that it makes the heels look bad... well, they're heels, and also Shayna has been booked like god for about two years and was due some comeuppance.
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11-24-2019 , 04:22 PM
I didn't even realize they showed Britt Baker (AEW) on camera last night.
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11-26-2019 , 01:04 AM
I got such a kick out of this video of Mauro doing his thing.

https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhal...=meetedgar.com
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11-26-2019 , 05:21 AM
Mauro might be new to wrestling but he's still a combat sports legend and forever the voice of Pride, Graves is a monkey with a neck tattoo that sells merch at hot topic.
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11-26-2019 , 05:23 AM
I hated Mauro on that last show. He was way too ott. Graves was absolutely right in what he said but certainly not the way he went about it.
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11-26-2019 , 05:53 AM
I'm not a fan of Mauro when he does wrestling but I like him in MMA. Graves is insufferable in everything he does.
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01-25-2020 , 07:15 PM
Worlds are like...colliding man...anybody in?

Guess I'm mildly interested in Undisputed vs the foreign group whose name I can't remember. That is what's happening here, right?

And Ripley's match probably.
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01-26-2020 , 02:45 PM
Wolf getting legit KO'd here probably hurt the main event, but not too much. Still an enjoyable fight. The DIY/Mustache match was probably worth watching too, but nothing else really stood out.

I did cringe a bit on a spot where Ciampa was dumped on his neck and then when he was kinda holding or rubbing it afterwards, but thankfully, I haven't read anything about an injury. Hopefully he was just subtly selling it.
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01-26-2020 , 03:34 PM
It was an alright show. DIY was the best part of it unsurprisingly. I don't know the guy that fought against Balor so it was hard to get invested in that match. The injury in the main event was rough but he seems to be ok and blames himself for the injury for not keeping his chin up. I still don't get the appeal of Walter (he chops people and sometimes hits a dropkick i guess?) but his/imperiums theme is probably the best fit for a person in a long, long time. Cruiserweight match was alright. Overall, I've never really cared much for the "brand supremacy" ppvs so this one didn't grip me as much as normal. Still a fine way to spend a couple hours though.
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01-26-2020 , 03:37 PM
I dialed this up to tune in last night and then closed it out when I discovered en route to starting it that it was brand supremacy. I sure hope that dies one day as an idea, but I'm not holding my breath.
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01-26-2020 , 04:58 PM
I'm fine with brand supremacy as long as the people fighting have a long and storied association with the brand. What Survivor Series has become is ridiculous when you change half the roster every year and twice this year. NXT is a little better, especially since not a lot of guys generally move off an overseas roster, but still lacking consequences. These are not guys you're going to see fight each other very often.

I don't entirely get the whole Walter thing either. Seems like a big dad bod guy who doesn't do anything that spectacular in the ring.
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06-07-2020 , 05:34 PM
Just caught up on my NXT for tonight. Looks pretty strong on paper:

1. Last Chance Backlot Brawl (If Dream loses, he can no longer challenge for the NXT Championship while Cole is still champion): Adam Cole (c) vs. Velveteen Dream
2. Triple Threat Match for the NXT Women’s Championship: Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Io Shirai
3. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Karrion Kross
4. North American Championship Match: Keith Lee (c) vs. Johnny Gargano
5. Mia Yim, Shotzi Blackheart and Tegan Nox vs. Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez
6. Finn Bálor vs. Damian Priest

The video package for the women's match they did on Wed. was good. Never realized Rhea is very attractive underneath all the goth stuff.
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06-07-2020 , 07:22 PM
Am I just being a hater or is Vince's 'crowd' just unbearable. I found it embarassing during that NXT opening match.

They were chanting "this is awesome" before the match even started.
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06-07-2020 , 07:48 PM
No crowd >>>>>>>>>> standard NXT crowd >>> current situation.
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06-07-2020 , 08:10 PM
Keith Lee looks to not be in the best shape. Maybe it's just me though.
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06-07-2020 , 08:15 PM
Just tuned in. I like these crowd effects over empty-arena matches.
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06-07-2020 , 08:22 PM
This is confusing. It's a back lot brawl...but there's a ring...and the ref keeps telling them they have to keep it in the ring.
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06-07-2020 , 08:25 PM
I literally can't watch this match because the editing/direction/etc is so bad. Felt the same about their Gargano/Ciampa cinematic match so I guess it's an NXT thing.
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06-07-2020 , 08:31 PM
Creepy Dexter character has been crushing it.
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06-07-2020 , 08:39 PM
Dream might be hurt more than any wrestler on the roster with no crowd.

Dexter Lumis, however, is totally awesome
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06-07-2020 , 08:40 PM
Remember seeing Scarlett in Impact and never thinking she was a WWE type. Cross, on the other hand, should do well.
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