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*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II
- Thread starter GIMH
- Start date
King Pietersen
International Captain
That was the best episode of RAW in a long time. Didn't feel like it dragged at all, we had some fantastic matches which ended in the correct result. Sacha as champ is awesome, and Finn vs Rollins is going to be incredible. Although the Universal Championship is a terrible name.
OverratedSanity
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Has anyone ever had a debut like that? Beating the guy who was the champion a month ago in a number 1 contender's match for a title shot at Summerslam? Insane.
OverratedSanity
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Also loved how they did that finish. Big counter-> Big move-> Finisher-> Pin. No delay, all in one smooth sequence.
It was a bit similar in the Sami-KO match too.
It was a bit similar in the Sami-KO match too.
I really don't think NXT era debuts are comparable to those in the past. There might have been quite a few guys over the years, if DSW/OVW/early FCW had been televised and built up to the degree NXT has been, who'd have been sufficiently over to do that.
I find it hard to call it a 'debut' when Finn has been on WWE TV, including as a major champion, for so long.
I find it hard to call it a 'debut' when Finn has been on WWE TV, including as a major champion, for so long.
I think the mainstream WWE audience are a hell of a lot more clued in than they once were. And sure, while there's a lot of people going "who the **** is Finn Balor?" right now, there's almost certainly a metric shitton more thinking "**** YEAH FINN BALOR" than for when, say, CM Punk (or any other indie guy who went to WWE pre-NXT) popped up to begin with.
Plus, with how hard the WWE push the Network, I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few 'casuals' have seen bits and pieces of NXT while messing around with their free month.
I mean, I'd happily wager that more 'mainstream' WWE fans watch NXT than NJPW or ROH. I'd happily wager that if Finn hadn't had the NXT exposure and was booked in this way, it wouldn't have worked/got the reaction it did.
I suppose, as a contrast, look at the reaction to Gallows/Anderson. Same pre-WWE hunting ground, different NXT exposure.
I suppose, as a contrast, look at the reaction to Gallows/Anderson. Same pre-WWE hunting ground, different NXT exposure.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Summerslam shaping up alright though
Confirmed:
Balor vs. Rollins
Ambrose vs. Ambrose
Orton vs. Lesnar
Likely:
Cena vs. Styles
New Day vs. The Club
Sasha vs. Charlotte
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Rusev and Miz also in the middle of some solid championship runs that should round out that card.
Confirmed:
Balor vs. Rollins
Ambrose vs. Ambrose
Orton vs. Lesnar
Likely:
Cena vs. Styles
New Day vs. The Club
Sasha vs. Charlotte
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Rusev and Miz also in the middle of some solid championship runs that should round out that card.
Mike5181
International Captain
https://twitter.com/TheMVPlaya/status/758088086114926592
Damn, look how upset AJ was when he heard Anderson/Gallows were drafted to RAW.
Damn, look how upset AJ was when he heard Anderson/Gallows were drafted to RAW.
Compton
International Debutant
General thoughts on the last few weeks
- The draft was awful. Smackdown is the land of new opportunity, no more of this old guard nonsense. So our draft picks are Cena and Orton!
- Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins have some of the best in-ring chemistry I've ever seen. They could wrestle 100 times and it wouldn't get boring. Incredible.
- Banks-Charlotte on Raw had about 10 botches and was still incredible. Great match.
- Balor <3
- I really like Graves commentating on Raw. Whole thing feels more relaxed.
- Owens and Zayn should fight forever.
- Orton Lesnar is going to be awful and everyone knows it. So long as we get a few Heyman promos I'll accept it though.
- The draft was awful. Smackdown is the land of new opportunity, no more of this old guard nonsense. So our draft picks are Cena and Orton!
- Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins have some of the best in-ring chemistry I've ever seen. They could wrestle 100 times and it wouldn't get boring. Incredible.
- Banks-Charlotte on Raw had about 10 botches and was still incredible. Great match.
- Balor <3
- I really like Graves commentating on Raw. Whole thing feels more relaxed.
- Owens and Zayn should fight forever.
- Orton Lesnar is going to be awful and everyone knows it. So long as we get a few Heyman promos I'll accept it though.
Compton
International Debutant
Apparently it's mostly down to agreeing on Heyman's other commitments, rather than any real desire from either side not to extend. He'll almost certainly be at Summerslam.
