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Wrasslin' Thread 20XX |OT| New Age WrestleGAF

Dthomp

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Man Drew getting screwed again, really thought this was time to put the belt on him for a longer stretch and let him get that monster pop. Priest is beyond boring, leads a stable of mostly jobbers and joke characters and has negative charisma (handle JD business guys). I get Punk/Drew doesn't need the belt...but shouldn't the hottest feud involve the belt to make it an even bigger deal? Or did they paint themselves into a corner with Gunther winning KOTR and they didn't want Drew/Gunther heel/heel and Drew eating the L...but isn't Priest/Gunther gonna be heel/heel?

At least Cody/AJ delivered the goods, fun match great atmosphere. Rest of the card was the usual WWE PLE house show
 
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dudester

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Since they didnt give drew the big moment I hope they do for Gunther for Bash in Berlin. I would even build to Gunther llja for it.
 
Dthomp

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dudester said:
Since they didnt give drew the big moment I hope they do for Gunther for Bash in Berlin. I would even build to Gunther llja for it.
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I expect Gunther gets his big moment at SS and is defending champion at Bash, not sure if they can elevate Ilja quick enough for that one yet or if it'll be a Priest rematch. I think Drew will slowly be elevated back to the title. As much as I wanted Drew to win I get that a big 4 PPV with Punk and Drew going over is a bigger deal then beating a midcard Priest for the belt. Punk elevates Drew, Drew potential Rumble winner after the double turn with Punk and a babyface terminator Drew with momentum dethrones Gunther after a 6 month reign could be money
 
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Drew McIntyre

Gunther won King of the Ring and has a title shot at Summer Slam, so Drew losing at Clash of the Castle was predictable. Drew vs CM Punk is going to be a huge match and it doesn't need a title.

Chad Gable

There are some wrestling fans on Twitter who are upset that Chad Gable was squashed by Braun Strowman. I don't see anything wrong with this at all.
They're obviously setting up Chad Gable with the Alpha Academy.

Tag Team Division

The Miz and R-Truth had a nice moment at Wrestlemania but it's time for them to drop the titles.

I'm glad Jade and Bianca dropped the tag titles because they're too strong as a tag team. They're better as singles competitors. I hope this leads to a Bianca and Jade feud.

The Sicks/Wayatt 6

Awesome debut. It's great to see Bo/ Taylor Rotunda take the mantle of Bray Wyatt.

It's being reported that they're not going to lean into the supernatural elements and that's a great move because it did not work with Bray.

The members are:

1. Bo Dallas
2. Erick Rowan
3. Joe Gacy
4. Dexter Lumis
5. Nikki Cross

Alexa Bliss is expected to play a role during Summer Slam.

Cody Rhodes and Solo Sikoa

Not sure how this is going to play out but....


WWE signed Jacob Fatu and Hikuleo. They might play a role in this feud very soon. I think Jacob Fatu would take over as the new face of the Bloodline. He's great on the mic and a more believable heel.
 
Dthomp

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Kind of hope the Bo/Rotunda group stays what we saw on Raw, I don't think they need Alexa and Cross looked awesome and will just get overshadowed if Bliss returns.

I was hoping that their debut would be to cost Jey the MITB spot because Finn deserves something nice, and I find Jey beyond boring, both in ring and on the mic, but hey at least he's "in your city" one of the worst catchphrases I can remember.
 
NickFire

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Dthomp said:
Kind of hope the Bo/Rotunda group stays what we saw on Raw, I don't think they need Alexa and Cross looked awesome and will just get overshadowed if Bliss returns.

I was hoping that their debut would be to cost Jey the MITB spot because Finn deserves something nice, and I find Jey beyond boring, both in ring and on the mic, but hey at least he's "in your city" one of the worst catchphrases I can remember.
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But yeet? Or I mean Yeet! Or is it Yeet Yeet?

i vote they change his tag to Mid Card Jey.
 
AJUMP23

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How cold must AEW be that no one even talks about the Forbidden Door PPV.

I hear it was great, but I do not care about it. Britt Baker returned.

 
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TheAtomicPile

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dave_d said:
In good news Tetsuya Naito beat RTH, aka Plumber Moxley, for the IWGP Championship.
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A small step in the right direction, but you have to wonder what was the point of giving the top title to AEW in the first place?

House of Torture is building heat so intense that the president of Bushiroad had to respond and tell fans to calm down. Why not put gas on that fire and give the title to Evil? Or Narita? How about anything except more AEW crap?

NJPW is in the absolute mud and it's hard to watch.
 
adamsapple

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
For the love of the troll-gods, let Chelsea Greene win the MiTB match, Shit's gonna be hilariously awesome.
 
Pegasus Actual

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AJUMP23 said:
How cold must AEW be that no one even talks about the Forbidden Door PPV.

I hear it was great, but I do not care about it. Britt Baker returned.
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This thread is pretty low volume. For my part Forbidden Door is the worst AEW PPV just because I don't know any of the NJPW stuff. But somehow I can still predict how every match is going to go, Bryan Danielson gets his one bucket-list win a year against a Japanese dude, most of the other Japanese also job, and Mox had to give back his title. AEW PPVs are complete endurance shows always going like 4 hours.

Ospreay was a little too elevated, they absolutely had to do the "not willing to wrestle dirty and take the L" bit, but then they also just did basically the same plot with MJF/Daniel Garcia.

MitB was also very predictable, right down to the Drew/Punk stuff. The only thing I missed was the Zayn/Breaker match, I was leaning 60/40 the other way, but in hindsight it makes sense that they needed a crowd pleaser there. Figured it would be Tiffy Time, despite fast forwarding through most of the women's stuff on the weekly shows. (Okay I do watch Chelsea, she seems swell, I would dress up like a mob couple with her and take her to the Olive Garden, anything on the menu, my treat!)

Toronto crowd was good. The show had enough material for an entire Botchamania ep.
 
adamsapple

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Mami's back!


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And I'm sorry but no, I'm not watching Joe Hendry in anything. (When he was with Dalton Castle that was kind of cool but he's pretty much the same and that was 3 or 4 years ago.)
 
Pegasus Actual

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So what's the deal with Jericho? When I started watching AEW he had just put together the Appreciation Society, which was a stable of jobbers that he was trying to get over. Now he's the Learning Tree, with... a stable of jobbers he's trying to get over... and I always hear reference to "The Inner Circle" which.... hey was that a stable of jobbers that he was trying to get over, or was that actually a little different?

Because I don't think any of these jobbers have gotten over. But I could be wrong.
dave_d said:
And I'm sorry but no, I'm not watching Joe Hendry in anything. (When he was with Dalton Castle that was kind of cool but he's pretty much the same and that was 3 or 4 years ago.)
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I don't know Joe Hendry from anything other than his music video popping up on Botchamania. And now you're telling me he was with Dalton Castle, who I've seen like 4 times on AEW TV and always thought he was amazing... and what I'm getting at is maybe I have been watching the wrong wrestling by going AEW/WWE exclusive. I believe in Joe Hendry.
 
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Pegasus Actual said:
I don't know Joe Hendry from anything other than his music video popping up on Botchamania. And now you're telling me he was with Dalton Castle, who I've seen like 4 times on AEW TV and always thought he was amazing... and what I'm getting at is maybe I have been watching the wrong wrestling by going AEW/WWE exclusive. I believe in Joe Hendry.
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Yup, that was back when both were in Ring of Garbage in like 2021 or so. He was pretty much doing the same thing as now, even with the I believe song. Before that Hendry was in TNA/Impact as a sidekick to Grado. FWIW Grado is a "wrestler" who is so bad at his job he makes me wish I was watching a pockets match. Also if you thought Dalton is good now you should have seen him in his career before he messed up his back. (Entertaining as hell out of the ring and was one of the best guys RoH had in the ring.) Anyway maybe we'll get lucky and WWE hire him to be an NXT announcer. (I wouldn't mind if Booker replaced Pat Mcafee on Raw)
 
NickFire

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Weak sauce finish IMO. I wonder if anyone on earth actually thought, for even a second, that Darby would light Jack on fire.
 
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Dthomp

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NickFire said:
The story of Dirty Daddy Dom has been so predictable yet so captivating beyond belief. And I will be cheering when he turns on Rhea (even though I am a big fan of Rhea at the moment).
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It's almost too predictable and after decades of Vince always doing the wrong thing there is that tiny part of me that fears that he actually helps Rhea and they try to turn him babyface with her. JD needs a retool, and I'm cool with Rhea leaving and Finn turning on Priest, but they need to add a new big to be the muscle cause a group of Finn/JD/Dom/Liv is just way too tiny to be taken seriously (Kinda like current Elite)
 
adamsapple

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Dom Dom finally ripped the band-aid. Fuuuuuck if he wasn't the most hated person in WWE already lol
 
adamsapple

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Priest had a decent run, Gunther is probably holding the title till Mania, easily.
 
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rkofan87

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In storyline, Seth Rollins is a thief and Screwed punk out of the match.And he's a baby face.Yeah right
 
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JohnnyPhats

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I’m unreasonably excited for Raw tonight. Maybe it’s just the “turn my brain off” relaxation wrasslin provides for me. Dirty Dom has to kick of the show. His heat is nuclear. Heel turn for a heel. Good shit.
 
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