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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 22, 2024 14:01:46 GMT
Dynamite was alright. At least they're making Mercedes a big deal, and also the women's division. I really couldn't stomach the Okada/Eddie match, especially when he's wearing your dads lounge pants. The main event was good fun. Oh and yeah looking forward to Okada/PAC. Okada being startled by the pyro was funny. Reminded me of Vince jumping at Theory's music because he thought it was Austin. Eddie should do tag matches. Guys legs looked gone in that match.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2024 1:39:13 GMT
Eddie is trash, and Okada was always a boring generic ass generic wrestler, who only got fame because Tanahashi and Meltzer praised him. He didn’t do anything well, but people liked his look.
Of course that match was a dud.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2024 5:05:34 GMT
Didn’t catch Smackdown aside from the Roman/Cody promo battle.
I’m sorry, but after all this time, I’m still not convinced by Cody. This is gonna sound like praise, but it’s backhanded praise. He’s the modern day Bret Hart. He can wrestle and he plays the good babyface in his entrance, but the moment he opens his mouth, he loses all credibility. It doesn’t help that he reused the Seth story for Roman and the Jericho promo for The Rock. But even if the words were good, his damned high school drama class delivery stomp any fire he could’ve had.
He was better in AEW where nobody could talk.
I don’t care if it’s Jey, Sami, Seth or The Rock, but somebody else needs to beat Roman. Not this cornball.
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 23, 2024 13:40:03 GMT
Let her beat him
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 24, 2024 11:45:46 GMT
Can't think why that Rhea video is all over twitter today......
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2024 3:34:18 GMT
Fantastic Raw all around. “Cody Crybabies” from a month ago was a goofy term, but it’s proven more every week that the reason it hit such a nerve with the IWC is because it’s true. Rock has been the highlight of every show he’s been on. The live crowds see this, but the internet won’t stop bitching.
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 26, 2024 8:59:09 GMT
Apart from Rock's stuff and Drew being Drew I feel WWE's lost some steam in the last couple of weeks.
Mostly because I've seen this Cody routine before and Rollins bores me to tears.
Still, can't wait for Drew/Punk - should be epic. Think Drew was telling the truth when he says Punk is his muse - he's brought out the best version of Drew I've ever seem!
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Post by zisssou on Mar 26, 2024 9:25:24 GMT
I thought it was a solid RAW! I can't help but see Cody as some corporate Wrestlemania promoter.. reel off the same bollocks every week, and get upstaged by a bigger star. But the crowd lap it up. The whole Drew/Punk/Seth was gold. I was very entertained!
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 26, 2024 9:39:26 GMT
Can't argue that their main events have been promoted extremely well - they've even got me interested in Drew/Rollins.
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Post by captbirdseye on Mar 26, 2024 13:33:07 GMT
Cody seems to be slowly going down his AEW route of boring everyone to tears with the same promos.
The Rock has buried him week after week and then they give him the title lol.
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 26, 2024 14:08:59 GMT
Kevin Dunn crying somewhere
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Post by simple on Mar 26, 2024 16:09:57 GMT
Cody seems to be slowly going down his AEW route of boring everyone to tears with the same promos. The Rock has buried him week after week and then they give him the title lol. At which point he finally has the self-awareness to begin the descent into Homelander Cody?
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 26, 2024 16:24:12 GMT
Fantastic Raw all around. “Cody Crybabies” from a month ago was a goofy term, but it’s proven more every week that the reason it hit such a nerve with the IWC is because it’s true. Rock has been the highlight of every show he’s been on. The live crowds see this, but the internet won’t stop bitching. Funny thing is. None of the last couple weeks happens if not for those "crybabies" forcing them to pivot back to Cody.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 27, 2024 2:35:07 GMT
I'm not watching any of this, just following it here. So I might have totally the wrong end of the stick, but.. Isn't it a bad idea for them to basically have The Rock come in and trash talk their two main guys, making them look bad. Then leave. They aren't even getting a proper main event The Rock match at wrestlemania out of it. PS/ Looking at the Wrstlemaina page, am I the only one confused by the fact that Seth, Roman and Drew all look basically the same?
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 27, 2024 7:01:45 GMT
They are getting a tag match on night one with Cody/Seth vs Rock/Roman which is looking like being the main event. Rock/Roman will likely win that which means everyone's allowed to get involved in the Cody vs Roman match so they are getting two nights out of him.
Definitely feels like they are leading up to an Avengers End Game style moment with a bunch of guys coming to Cody's save and to end Romans reign.
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Post by simple on Mar 27, 2024 7:18:19 GMT
I hadn’t thought of it like that but Rock’s Final Boss character definitely feels more like a supervillain than your average heel now you frame it that way.
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 27, 2024 7:41:52 GMT
If Austins music hit as the last guy to come out and giving Rock one last stunner... best WM moment ever.
Cenas been making a lot of comments recently about wanting to be apart of this year's WM.(still can't understand why they wasted wins over him for Theory and Solo).
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Post by zisssou on Mar 27, 2024 8:29:22 GMT
They need to continue this Bloodline storyline with The Rock over a period of time. Maybe take a cooling off period, but the thought of The Rock screwing Roman at Mania leaves me cold.. considering what he's done to Cody.
If someone else does come out to help Cody, like Cena or Austin, then yeah that's a good ending.
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 27, 2024 8:34:55 GMT
Problem now is the match everyone wants to see is Rock/Cody - Roman's a complete afterthought.
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Post by zisssou on Mar 27, 2024 8:36:54 GMT
That's the problem when you have someone who is levels above promo wise everyone else. Same for Punk.
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 27, 2024 8:43:48 GMT
Still can't believe we're lucky enough to get this version of Rock. Feels like he's lifting up everyone's game around him, too.
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 27, 2024 8:50:31 GMT
Seth is coming out of WM in such a bad position. He definitely needs to lose to Drew but what next? Drew vs Punk is the much bigger feud now. Cody would likely move to SD if he wins the title.
Roman will feud with Rock. I don't see a big feud for Seth after WM.
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 27, 2024 8:53:21 GMT
What a crime
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 27, 2024 9:11:11 GMT
The WHC would have been much better if Finn had just won it at Summerslam. At least they could use it to build tension between Priest and Finn and give a better reason for him not cashing in yet.
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Post by simple on Mar 27, 2024 11:19:00 GMT
He won’t do it because Drew will need an opponent while Punk heals up but it really feels like Seth could do with a break from tv for a bit so he can refresh himself and come back with something new
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 27, 2024 12:16:51 GMT
It's probably been said before but Rock's new entrance is genuinely one of the best, coolest looking entrances I've seen in a long time.
Whoever designed it needs a bloody raise.
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 27, 2024 12:40:55 GMT
Yeah him walking out on Raw looked fantastic. Again proper final Boss/Thanos stuff and I really like how it kicks into the Hollywood Rock theme.
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Post by zisssou on Mar 27, 2024 14:27:23 GMT
I always liked his helicopter entrance back in the day. Takes a full minute to get going haha.
ISSS COOOOOKKKINNNNNNNN
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Post by simple on Mar 27, 2024 14:41:20 GMT
Didn’t that footage get given to The Miz?
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 27, 2024 19:42:58 GMT
Think bits have been used for others over the years?
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