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East_Clintwood said:
Because as much as it sucks, sometimes shit happens and an accident is just an accident, unless they were doing something reckless/negligent which doesn't sound like anyone suspects here.
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In the case of Jim Ross' wife, even if they are reckless and negligent they still won't always be charged with anything.
 
Yeah, that WHC match didn't work for me, bros. Why not just let Drew win and have Punk come out afterward to do a post-match attack? That would have generated major heat with the hometown crowd. Instead we get the Glasgow Screwjob. What the fuck was Trips thinking? Also, I hope Priest isn't seriously injured from that spot botch. That looked nasty as fuck.

Styles-Rhodes could have been better. Babyfaces never say "I Quit", so the writing was on the wall here. Missed opportunity in my opinion to make a solid program between two great workers. I just don't like seeing Rhodes getting booked as Wish.com John Cena. Also, did we really need Solo to show up? If they're setting up a Roman Reigns return at Summerslam, I guess this is the way to do it. Seemed shoehorned.

Women's Tag Title? Meh. I had no intense feelings one way or another, but I want to see this cause a rift between Belair and Jade. They could put on a good program. The seeds were planted during the Queen of the Ring tournament, so I hope this gets booked.

Women's Championship: Again, no feelings one way or the other. Bayley retains, surprising no one. I'm at the same point with Bayley that I was with Becky Lynch: go away for a while and come back when you've got an interesting angle to work. Bayley as a face does nothing for me. She could be a good tweener, but as a pure face she can't draw.

Intercontinental Title: Holy DIMES. Finally got the payoff with Otis turning face, Perc Gable continues to seethe, and Sami retains in a relatively entertaining match. Probably the best match of the night, which is unfortunate because the WHC and Undisputed Championship matches were dimes on paper.

Overall, I wasn't impressed. Major step down from the last PPV, which was much more consistent overall. This just felt like a drag to watch, probably because the only enjoyable match was halfway through the show and sandwiched between the shit matches. With MITB coming up, I'm hopeful they'll give a better PPV. But for anyone wondering when that post-Mania buzz would die, this is definitely the low point of post-Mania.
 
They ain't beating the "consolation prize title" allegations with the strap on Priest. McIntyre might have brought some real credibility to it if he won it, and then battling with Punk over it could have made it feel like a real prize.

The only worse member of the Judgment Day to hold it would have been JD McDonagh. Even Rhea Ripley would have been a better person to hold it at this point. Priest doesn't have "it" and he's barely a step above Jinder Mahal as a world champion.

They're trying to use the title to make the man, when the title hasn't been made itself yet.
 
I've never tuned in to watch Scotland-based WWE events before but I have to say that the crowds were altogether too chanty and friendly. "You deserve it" should only ever be a chant used when someone has just taken a low blow, not when giving flowers to some crying dame taking a victory lap. Everyone knew all the words to all the entrance music.

I think they thought they were at a football match. I did not like it. Chicago crowds would eat these crowds and have a deep-fried Mars bar for dessert.
 
Diana Moon Glampers said:
I've never tuned in to watch Scotland-based WWE events before but I have to say that the crowds were altogether too chanty and friendly. "You deserve it" should only ever be a chant used when someone has just taken a low blow, not when giving flowers to some crying dame taking a victory lap. Everyone knew all the words to all the entrance music.

I think they thought they were at a football match. I did not like it. Chicago crowds would eat these crowds and have a deep-fried Mars bar for dessert.
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I appreciate the enthusiasm. Those folks don’t get to see as many live events (PPV or otherwise) during the year from WWE, so when the fed comes to town, the fans go all out. It’s a striking difference from North American crowds that limit the chants, singing, and random antics.

What I didn’t enjoy was the segment between Styles and Rhodes on Smackdown. I couldn’t hear a god damn thing Styles was saying because the crowd wouldn’t shut the fuck up. It took away from the segment and made it frustrating to piece together what both men wanted to say.
 
Diana Moon Glampers said:
I've never tuned in to watch Scotland-based WWE events before but I have to say that the crowds were altogether too chanty and friendly. "You deserve it" should only ever be a chant used when someone has just taken a low blow, not when giving flowers to some crying dame taking a victory lap. Everyone knew all the words to all the entrance music.

I think they thought they were at a football match. I did not like it. Chicago crowds would eat these crowds and have a deep-fried Mars bar for dessert.
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Neighborhood Janny said:
I appreciate the enthusiasm. Those folks don’t get to see as many live events (PPV or otherwise) during the year from WWE, so when the fed comes to town, the fans go all out. It’s a striking difference from North American crowds that limit the chants, singing, and random antics.

What I didn’t enjoy was the segment between Styles and Rhodes on Smackdown. I couldn’t hear a god damn thing Styles was saying because the crowd wouldn’t shut the fuck up. It took away from the segment and made it frustrating to piece together what both men wanted to say.
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It's the price to pay with a PPV event in a town that's starved for shows. Idk when the last time they were in Scotland, but crowds these days are too nice. They want to steal the show, but they also don't want to drive the WWE away forever. It's a conundrum because on one hand, hostile crowds are usually the best but these days, any murmur of words that aren't TV-friendly are muted. I still think back to ECW One Night Stand 2006 where the crowd was constantly bad-mouthing the talent and it was glorious. If that were to happen today, half the show would've been silent. I know that was a PPV, but still. All one could hope for is that Netflix is more lenient and maybe crowds will become better when they're not being muted.
 
Went to sleep around the Bayley match, woke up thinking Drew would have won.
I guess I was dreaming broken dreams...

Honestly as fun as this feud is I can't actually see it holding up in a straight up match. Drew's like eighty times Punk's size and Punk's probably going to injure himself going down the ramp.
 
Diana Moon Glampers said:
I've never tuned in to watch Scotland-based WWE events before but I have to say that the crowds were altogether too chanty and friendly. "You deserve it" should only ever be a chant used when someone has just taken a low blow, not when giving flowers to some crying dame taking a victory lap. Everyone knew all the words to all the entrance music.

I think they thought they were at a football match. I did not like it. Chicago crowds would eat these crowds and have a deep-fried Mars bar for dessert.
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Glaswegians would beat the shit of Chicago and its bugmen crowds
 
Neighborhood Janny said:
Styles-Rhodes could have been better.
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Way better.
IMO they should've had AJ win via heel antics.

You had Judy Bagwell Mama Rhodes there; use her damnit.
Have AJ realize Cody will not quit no matter the beating he receives, so (after Cody makes a comeback and both men end up battered and at the point of exhaustion) he grabs Mama Rhodes and holds her hostage; threatening Cody to quit lest he sees his mother pay the ultimate price. Show Mrs. Rhodes shout at Cody 'don't quit', only for Cody to hesitate, causing AJ to bump Mrs. Rhodes, causing Cody to say the magic words.
Presto; AJ wins and Cody is protected from a loss by falling to heel tactics and once again chases after the gold (which as Nash says, is always more exciting than seeing the face hold the gold more than a few weeks); demanding his rematch at MITB and telling AJ this feud will come to an end: "You and I, AJ... in HELL. in a. CELL."
Neighborhood Janny said:
Intercontinental Title: Holy DIMES. Finally got the payoff with Otis turning face, Perc Gable continues to seethe, and Sami retains in a relatively entertaining match.
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I hope we get a Gable/Otis feud. Otis needs some time in the spotlight and the story's pretty much written already.
 
Gable should have won. Sami's a bore and quite frankly, him losing the belt and being brought back into the Bloodline fold by Roman himself as the voice of Sauron to put Solo in his place would at least liven up the Roman-less Bloodline.

As for Punk/Drew, I hope they don't go all in on a Punk heel turn. Drew's acting like a dick and it wouldn't work if they intended this to be Punk's heel turn; if and when they pull the pin on Punk going heel again, it needs to be with an opponent that fans will rally around and not someone who will split the crowd 50/50. Use someone like Johnny Gargano or Dominic Mysterio who could use the rub of beating a heel CM Punk.
 
THE STRESS said:
Whatever happened to the good ol' days of people croaking from the damage of their long term drug use?
I give Jeff until his early-mid 50's and Matt until his early 60's. Probably both from heart failure. Like the good ol' days.
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They stopped injecting gear and popping pills they bought from the meathead at the local gym and started going to actual doctors.
My death pool is Matt dementia and i think Jeff Cirrhosis of the Liver.
 
Billy Stinkwater said:
They stopped injecting gear and popping pills they bought from the meathead at the local gym and started going to actual doctors.
My death pool is Matt dementia and i think Jeff Cirrhosis of the Liver.
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Matt I can agree with.

Jeff, it’s either going to be his liver failing or him doing a dive and landing on his head the wrong way. Outside chance says drunk driving accident.
 
The alternate timeline where it’s DDP vs Booker T for the WCW title and Buff Bagwell is the creepy stalker.

Nitro replaces Raw and Smackdown becomes the WWF show.
 
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