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that raises a question - what's the lowest rated 30 minute+ PPV match in history?

I'd have to think that rarely do you get ** or worse matches going 30 mins, no?

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07-23-2017 , 11:40 PM

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I watched GoT then was catching up on some recent g1 stuff. Totally forgot there was a PPV tonight. Then this came across my timeline:

Just looool smackdown. Road Dogg too busy arguing with people on Twitter why pyro is unnecessary to not book a show like a dumbass over the past few months

Daenarys is building a better stable than Jinder.

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07-24-2017 , 12:00 AM

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Really, it's remarkable how bad this PPV was given all the talent on SD's roster. I don't know how they did it.

Hopefully it was just a temporary lull before Summerslam, but not optimistic since Jinder is still champ (and sucks).

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07-24-2017 , 12:32 AM

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The only instance I can remember of a low blow actually triggering a DQ was Christian-Orton MITB '11.

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07-24-2017 , 04:12 AM

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07-24-2017 , 06:44 AM

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that raises a question - what's the lowest rated 30 minute+ PPV match in history?

I'd have to think that rarely do you get ** or worse matches going 30 mins, no?

Hart Family vs. Shawn Michaels/Knights from Survivor Series 1993 topped 30 minutes and was one of the worst matches I've ever seen. Meltzer gave it *1/2 and I consider that to be far too generous.

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07-24-2017 , 08:19 AM

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Skipped it

Mistakes weren't made

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07-24-2017 , 08:32 AM

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Looking around and even the sites more favorable to WWE are calling this the worst PPV in several years. Glad Game of Thrones is a thing.

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07-24-2017 , 10:09 AM

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It was pretty bad. Watch the tag match that opened, that was pretty good.

I didn't think it was possible for KO and AJ to have a meh match, but they managed it.

The flag match and the main event were pretty awful.

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07-24-2017 , 10:54 AM

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that raises a question - what's the lowest rated 30 minute+ PPV match in history?

Was going to say Roman/HHH but that was only 27 minutes. And Meltzer surprisingly gave it 3.25 stars. I think the consensus here was around 2 stars.

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07-24-2017 , 11:22 AM

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Great Khali huh?

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07-24-2017 , 12:20 PM

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The Great Khali, who was once singlehandedly eliminated from a Royal Rumble by Beth Phoenix.

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07-24-2017 , 12:27 PM

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Was going to say Roman/HHH but that was only 27 minutes. And Meltzer surprisingly gave it 3.25 stars. I think the consensus here was around 2 stars.

TBF, while I did not think that Roman/HHH match was even mediocre while watching it live, I think that was more a result of the fatigue of it being the end of a 6 1/2 hour show. When I went back and watched it a bit fresher,(I didn't watch the preshow, watched it in two smaller sized chicks, and FFed through that terrible Rock segment, the match wasn't nearly as bad as I first thought it was. It was still in the bottom half of WM main events, but not nearly as bad as I and everyone else here thought at first

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07-24-2017 , 01:18 PM

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that raises a question - what's the lowest rated 30 minute+ PPV match in history?

I'd have to think that rarely do you get ** or worse matches going 30 mins, no?

Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude at WM4.

...what do you mean, it was only 15 minutes? That thing felt like it took an hour.

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07-24-2017 , 01:46 PM

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It takes a brave man to re-watch WM 32. :-)

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07-24-2017 , 04:10 PM

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The Great Khali, who was once singlehandedly eliminated from a Royal Rumble by Beth Phoenix.

Technically she used both hands.

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07-24-2017 , 06:06 PM

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It takes a brave man to re-watch WM 32. :-)

Trust me, I didn't want to, but I had to finish the WM rewatch and review thread

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07-24-2017 , 06:24 PM

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So I assumed Jinder would go over so they could finally kill this feud and set up Jinder/Cena for SS. But with the dog**** booking of Orton getting screwed for the 5th time is there any way it's not just Jinder-Orton at SS for the 6th straight month?

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07-24-2017 , 06:54 PM

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Might be Orton vs. Khali, hopefully in a match that will last no more than two minutes.

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07-24-2017 , 09:21 PM

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Might be Orton vs. Khali, hopefully in a match that will last no more than two minutes.

I didn't watch the PPV, and haven't watched SD in weeks. This can't seriously be a possibility for SS can it? If so Road Dogg is just the WOAT.

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07-24-2017 , 09:38 PM

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I think it's a preferable alternative to running Orton-Jinder back again. At least it creates a different title match.

It's horrible of course, but given what they've set up I do think it's better than another rematch.

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07-25-2017 , 01:55 PM

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Orton seeks out all the second generation guys to reform Legacy to take on the Punjabi Four Horsemen.

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07-25-2017 , 05:34 PM

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Meltzer is reporting that AJ Styles was supposed to win his match.

"That wasn’t supposed to be the finish, that’s all I know. I don’t know if it was changed during the match. I don’t know if it was changed before the match. Styles was supposed to win when the show started. "