Other Sports Rasslin is YES! YES! YES! - Page 213

Last thread has well over 10,000 replies. Its body is breaking down like The Undertaker's. Seeing as we might have crossed the threshold into a new era in the business, here's a fresh new thread.

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Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Shame about the crowd. Better match than it seemed because they weren't in it. Not that it's their fault, 7 and half hours is brutal.

WWE crowds have been dead for almost 20yrs
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OK, who won the 3 way, Rhonda, Charlotte or The fiery redheaded Man?
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The man becky won!
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Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut:
The man becky won!

Oh boy, that will get a Rowdy Flair going! :-)
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The finish for the women’s match was botched.
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I thought HBK was back on the somas during commentary
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Originally Posted by DaNewGuy:
I thought HBK was back on the somas during commentary

LOL it was so good in all the worst ways....hilarious.
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Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
If AEW ever gets a serious TV deal, they'll end up beating WWE in ratings, and will start to force Vince's hand, just as Turner/Eric Bischoff did in the late 90's.

The current WWE product is ****ing garbage on all levels, and everyone knows it...those who say otherwise are lying to themselves. Not sure why anyone gives any of their time and $ to them.

I have a feeling AEW will end up on TBS. I know the Khans gave their Super Bowl tickets to the AEW guys and there may have also been meetings when they were down in Atlanta. They have a lot of work to do to build up the roster but they have a damn good start. If they somehow get Punk then things will get a lot more interesting.
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Originally Posted by Swanman:
I have a feeling AEW will end up on TBS. I know the Khans gave their Super Bowl tickets to the AEW guys and there may have also been meetings when they were down in Atlanta. They have a lot of work to do to build up the roster but they have a damn good start. If they somehow get Punk then things will get a lot more interesting.

Meltzer was hinting that Double or Nothing might stream via the service of the network they signed a deal with...I thought that was interesting. Does TBS/Turner have one? I think they have a deal with Bleacher Report or something like that?
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Originally Posted by Jerm:
Meltzer was hinting that Double or Nothing might stream via the service of the network they signed a deal with...I thought that was interesting. Does TBS/Turner have one? I think they have a deal with Bleacher Report or something like that?

I don't know that they have anything standalone but I know they have partnered up with Hulu to some extent. Bleacher Report streaming would be cool. Jim Ross said in an interview recently that they will be on tv starting in October.
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No crowd is going to be popping after 8 hours, we're getting to the point that Mania might need to be 2 days.

Overall I thought it was a good show, the matches were solid enough and the people tha should have won did for the most part.
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Either shorten the show or spread it out over 2 days. After the Kofi win/celebration the crowd was gone.

People were also leaving early because getting out of there after midnight was a fucking disaster for most people.
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The card structuring was shit, too. Having Roman/Drew go on when it did just zapped the fuck out of the crowd and only Vince can get 82k people to chant Asshole at a cancer survivor.

Beginning of the card was just ok. I hated how the Rollins/Brock match happened but the result was fine and Randy Orton can drag down any match.

The middle of the card was strong till Roman and Drew and the rest of the card was downhill.

The whole Ronda/Becky/Charlotte stuff was all way too much.
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