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Really bizarre show. I'll keep an open mind about Jinder since his promo was kind of good and drew heat, but they have a ton of work to do to make him seem like a viable contender against Orton. And I agree that Jinder + Shining Stars suddenly looking good on SD had the effect of making it feel like a total B-show.

It's funny that we always want them to make the US/Intercontinental title feel more important, but having all the top guys going for the US belt while Orton/Jinder feud over the WWE title is just weird.

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04-19-2017 , 04:11 PM

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I'm giving this Jinder heel stable a chance. He's been pretty good on the mic lately and he's getting genuine heat. I have no idea how well he can put on matches though.

AJ/Owens feud sounds good and Nakamura is there. Apart from that there isn't much else to look forward to on SD right now. Womens division is **** outside of Charlotte, Becky and Naomi. Corbin does nothing for me and Mojo seems to be getting attention. It would be nice if they gave Harper something to do. It's still only 2 weeks into the "shake up".

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04-19-2017 , 04:29 PM

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Meltzer reported that WWE is really high on Corbin, likely even higher than they are on Braun. So that basically means SmackDown is going to be unwatchable.

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04-19-2017 , 05:05 PM

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I feel like some of the heels aren't acting heel enough on Talking Smack. Miz seemed to be the only one who got what that was. It's more of a shoot, but because it's unscripted. It's not really supposed to be out of character. A lot of people are acting completely differently than they do on the actual wrestling portion of the show.

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04-20-2017 , 05:22 PM

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Hey, anyone who can almost beat the Big Show in a random house match on a Saturday night has to be good enough to challenge for the title.

(but please dear God don't let him face Big Show, that was eyeball-piercing nonsense)

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04-20-2017 , 06:16 PM

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Who is it you don't want to face Big Show? Jinder, Corbin or Harper?

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04-20-2017 , 06:19 PM

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Who is it you don't want to face Big Show? Jinder, Corbin or Harper?

Yes.

(There was a Jinder/Show match at the house show I went to last week. It was eleven minutes of leg work/rest holds by Jinder that looked terrible, followed by a choke slam. Do not want.)

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04-24-2017 , 08:06 PM

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In. By "in" I mean that I'll have RAW on as background noise. But I'm awaiting the slaughter of the luchador and Roman attacking Braun from behind. That no good cheater always jumping unassuming heels.

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04-24-2017 , 08:18 PM

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WWE has managed to successfully ruin a promo segment with Jericho and Miz. Bravo to creative, that's hard to do.

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04-24-2017 , 08:22 PM

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philurivey

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Ya that seemed weak, It could have been great.

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04-24-2017 , 08:49 PM

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A) "Ares has yet to defeat the King of the Cruiserweights."

B) Has a title shot Sunday.

WWE Booking Manual: If conditions A & B are met then the contender must pin the champion on Raw.

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04-24-2017 , 08:56 PM

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Braun and Kalisto in a dumpster match....isn't every match on Raw a dumpster match?

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04-24-2017 , 09:10 PM

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I'm having flashbacks. "and Big Show stepped through the table...". Creative, please die.

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04-24-2017 , 09:11 PM

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"We want Roman."

"No we don't."

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04-24-2017 , 09:30 PM

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Braun and Kalisto in a dumpster match....isn't every match on Raw a dumpster match?

No, you're thinking of a dumpster fire.

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04-24-2017 , 09:39 PM

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How many years trying to get Reigns over as the main face and it's come to using a very recent mid carder to do the job. And they have pushed that mid carder into an awesome monster heel in the span of two or three weeks and then are going to unsuccessfully sacrifice him for Roman. I don't get it.

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04-24-2017 , 09:53 PM

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It was just a month or so ago that the same midcard monster heel was getting over and they fed him to Reigns. Only suprise is how they are doing it again so soon.

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04-24-2017 , 09:55 PM

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Braun's going over in their ppv match. It's the only way they can feed someone to Brock at SummerSlam. Unless they're going to put Roman over at SS and I seriously doubt that's happening.

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04-24-2017 , 10:01 PM

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Alexa so good on the mic

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04-24-2017 , 10:01 PM

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Bayley so bad on the mic

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04-24-2017 , 10:05 PM

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Summary of this promo:
Alexa - "I didn't come here to talk." Continues talking until Bayley comes out.
Bayley - "I didn't come here to talk." Bickering commences for 3 more minutes until Sasha comes out.
Sasha, Bayley, Alexa talk.

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04-24-2017 , 10:07 PM

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Alexa so good on the mic

Top notch female talker for sure.

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04-24-2017 , 10:08 PM

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Anything worth tuning in for? Is the main event announced?

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04-24-2017 , 10:16 PM

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Ambrose and Jericho are teaming in the main event because they're best friends now since Jericho's a face. They're facing Miz and a mystery partner, if he can find one.

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