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The Wrestling Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Dáibhí, Jul 13, 2014.

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  1. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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  2. MikeyBhoy89 Stranger In Paradise

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    Overall a good show i thought, better than last year. Good points were triple IC match. SD womens titke, ronda match, d bryan returning. Last three matches were dross mind you, naka heel turn was good. 6/7 out of ten for me, what yous think?
     
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    More good than bad, which is a plus. Ended on a downer with a pretty rubbish match, didn't even live up to Lesnar-Roman at Mania 31 and was basically just finisher kickout after finisher kickout, hardway bleed, finish.

    I never expected the Rousey match to be a legit contender in the match of the night discussion, it was probably the most entertaining of the night (not necessarily the best, but there's a case to be made for it which is more than can be said of AJ-Nakamura... but I'll hold off from criticizing that if they manage to get a proper long-term feud out of the heel turn).
     
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    Unless they find a way to retroactively void the result/make it non-canon, is Nicholas the youngest person to ever hold a WWE title?

    Spoiler alert... this guy bare a resemblance to a certain WWE tag champ?

    [​IMG]

    Nicholas is the son of WWE referee John Cone! It's a work, brother.
     
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    Wouldn’t mind Ronda straddling me like that!!!
     
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    A truly worthy post for your 4000th!
     
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    Here we go. Got in on now. Only know one result as i asked my girlfriend to find out. Reigns vs Lesnar.
     
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    Dont get the Nakamura heel turn at all, if anything should have been AJ Styles, Nakamura has always seemed pretty over to me since he debuted on Smackdown last year!
     
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    Really good match to open the show
     
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    Jesus! Didn't actually think Charlotte would win. Brilliant.
     
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    Bet Lesnar will just vacate the title or something.

    On a more serious note, he's beaten everyone now, who else is there left for him to face that could realistically beat him?

    Pretty good show overall, I don't think the last few matches were helped by how long the show was.
     
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    I think in hindsight given the potential this wrestlemania had, sadly some of the matches didn't live up to the hype.

    Pretty * as well that 3 of the 4 main titles didnt change hands (woman's and men's main titles) but in a contradiction to that it was great to see Roman lost despite the match being *, also, sure that blood was fake.

    Rousey I think had the performance of the night due the surprise factor.

    Taker squashing Cena was also great

    Biggest disappointment was the Bryan match, although I probably had higher expectations then it perhaps deserved.
     
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    Really liked the first half of the show, then it fell off a cliff.

    Loved Charlotte ending Asuka's streak, great shocker.

    Was really enjoying the storyline of Cena sitting in the crowd watching the show haha, would have dragged that out more. Thought the stuff with Taker was * though tbh. Time to call it a day, reaching old Hogan/Flair levels of going for too long now imo.

    Ronda match was class, she's going to be a big success for WWE imo. Best match of the show for me.

    Nakamura vs AJ was pure * imo. Major letdown. Thank * they turned him heel after.

    Roman vs Brock was a total disaster. Don't care what anybody says, that was fake blood on Roman. Looked so rubbish.

    Still can't wait for Raw tonight though, always my favourite one of the year.
     
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    Not just me that thought that the blood looked a little comical.

    I think the WWE have done well lately to keep results a secret, a lot of the matches ended in ways I don't think many people would have expected.

    But aye, the first half was decent watch but that second half was a struggle to get through.
     
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    Certainly a few surprising results last night. Not really sure what they're going to do with Lesnar now. He's beaten everyone and although i'm not a fan, Reigns winning would have made more sense.

    Expected more from Styles v Nakamura but the heel turn gives us something at least.

    The Ronda match was fairly simple but much better than I had feared.

    Asuka v Charlotte probably match of the night. Did not expect a Charlotte victory at all

    Overally a decent show, long but decent. Looking forward to Raw tonight
     
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    In kayfabe Lesnar is probably the G.O.A.T

    He's beaten so many in both his runs.

    In his first run.

    The Hardys
    RVD
    Ric Flair
    Hulk Hogan
    The Rock
    The Undertaker
    The Big Show
    Kurt Angle
    John Cena
    Chris Benoit

    Since 2012.

    Triple H
    CM Punk
    Big Show
    The Undertaker (twice)
    John Cena
    Seth Rollins (along with Cena at RR 2015)
    Dean Ambrose
    Randy Orton
    Goldberg
    Samoa Joe
    Braun Strowman
    Kane
    Roman Reigns


    In terms of what's next my fantasy booking would be Lashley coming in destroying him and taking the title, though I'm not sure how long Lesnar has next and if he's even gonna have another match (you'd assume so given he's still universal title).
     
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