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Online opinion on last night's big show seems really divided. Some people are saying it was the best show of the year so far, while others are saying it totally failed to deliver on the hype and excellent build up to Joe vs. Lesnar. Some people think the Main Event delivered, others think Joe got buried or the match was too short. Some people say the Ambulance Match was great, others disagree. What did you think of the show, overall?

From WWE.com: WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Austin Aries. WWE wishes Aries the best in all of his future endeavors. http://www.wwe.com/article/austin-aries-released This is a real shocker and I think it deserves its own thread. Wonder what the hell happened.

Easily the most excited I've been about a WWE main event since I literally can't remember. Not sure it will be great, but a dream match in an era desperately short on dream matches.

So I usually wait 3 years or so before getting the next game in the series because the gameplay upgrades are never really worth it. I eventually do it for the roster and because they eventually shut down the online stores. However, I got 2k17 and I am really not impressed with the online created wrestlers for download selection. It has been abysmal. I usually stack my rosters with all my favorites, but the options are really limited and what they do have is often a letdown. I play very casually so it wasn't a huge deal to me, but I am wondering if this was an anomaly or a trend I hadn't noticed because I buy so infrequently. Anyone else notice this? Is it something t…

Hot damn. That Enzo promo wasn't half bad. The "You're a catch-phrase that I wrote" line was gold. Finally Enzo is scoring back after being the victim two weeks in a row. I really wish they hadn't broken up Enzo and Cass so quickly, but I have to admit they have both done pretty damn well in the promo department with this story. I wonder if that teardrop tattoo and "New Life" tattoo of Enzo's are real, and if so I wonder if he got them because he and Cass broke up, and if so, I wonder if he's mental. Also, if I never ever saw Noam Dar again as long as I lived, I'd be A-OK with that.

IWC sucttlebutt is talking DDP and Rude so far.

Bored at the office afternoon timekiller… Imagine if you will that the WWE, in another effort to throw some first-run content up on the network, decided to rip off the G1 Climax tournament idea and booked two 10-man round robin blocks (one from Raw, one from SmackDown) for house shows, throwing the relevant matches on the network like New Japan does. Who makes the cut? Or if you're really ambitious, who beats who along the way? Also, what kind of WWE-ized name would they give it? Eligible rosters as of today are: RAW Apollo Crews Big Cass Big Show Bo Dallas Braun Strowman Bray Wyatt Brock Lesnar Cesaro Curt Hawkins Curtis Axel Dash Wilder Dean Ambr…

So that LaVar Bell segment was certainly a thing. Also heel Big Cass was way better than I thought it would be.

Is anyone watching WWE weekly TV anymore in this place? There hasn't been a thread for it in like 3 weeks I've barely watched anything besides PPVs after Mania and the last few weeks I haven't even bothered reading what's up. Was kinda surprised seeing on twitter this Sunday is the MITB show. Card so far is 1) The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) © vs. The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and/or Xavier Woods) - WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship 2) Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract 3) Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya vs. …

We are one day removed from a show featuring: -The Ascension as a SURPRISE -JE winning #MITB -One too many teases of Ziggler winning MITB - Lana cosplaying as SUPERSERIOUSRASSLER1!!11!!!~! -Fashion Police dropping MICHAEL JACKSON REFERENCES~! and of course Orton doing "Orton" things. Now its time for Raw....Roman and Braun have both returned and WWE is building to SummerSlam!

- Pretty good pull-apart brawl between Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar but this has to be what? The 3rd or 4th time they've done this with Brock? I'd say it was ineffective, but the crowd ate it up and it was cool seeing Joe kick Lesnar square in the face. I'm not expecting these two to turn back the clock at Great Balls (yeah, I'm shortening it and hoping it catches on worldwide), but I'm definitely going to tune in. - If you're Seth Rollins - hell, if you're anyone - you're hurting yourself by selling shock or fear of Bray Wyatt. Bray Wyatt really is the anti-Taker as Taker was basically protected for all of his WWE career and Bray Wyatt hasn't been protected for any of…

Card from WWE.com: Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Bálor vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Samoa Joe (Extreme Rules Fatal 5-Way Universal Title No. 1 Contender’s Match) Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz (If Ambrose is disqualified, he will lose the Intercontinental Title) Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley (Kendo Stick on a Pole Match) Raw Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz vs. Cesaro & Sheamus (Steel Cage Match) WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville vs. Austin Aries (Submission Match) Rich Swann & Sasha Banks vs. Noam Dar & Alicia Fox (Mixed Tag Team Match) Kalisto vs. Apollo Crews Like Backlash, this doesn't look promising on paper. The main…

I think this counts as "modern" since it's on Youtube. Anyway, I spent the morning putting together these playlists for your convenience. With the explosion of 70-80s WWF house shows on Youtube (thanks to landy1987, the Wrestling Collector, and some others) I thought I would organize them by arena and in chronological order. I've started with the Big 3--MSG, Spectrum and Boston Garden. I'll add more arena playlists later. Enjoy while it lasts. WWF MSG WWF Spectrum WWF Boston Garden

Card: WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos vs. Breezango United States Champion Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi, Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch vs. Natalya, Carmella & Tamina (Six-Woman Tag Team Match) Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin Tye Dillinger vs. Aiden English (Kickoff Match) Luke Harper vs. Erick Rowan Curious about the booking of the title match and Nakamura, otherwise, nothing really stands out. As usual with WWE big shows, it probably will end up being a good show.

Basically starting this thread to express how irrationally happy I was to see movie buff heel Goldust again. I know it won't amount to much most likely but that was my favorite version of the Goldust character.

I'm surprised this doesn't have its own thread... - Roderick Strong vs. Eric Young - WWE UK Championship: Tyler Bate © vs. Pete Dunne (with guest commentator J.R.) - NXT Tag Team Title Ladder Match: Authors of Pain © vs. DIY (Ciampa might be injured) - NXT Women's Championship: Asuka © vs. Ruby Riot vs. Nikki Cross - NXT Championship: Bobby Roode © vs Hideo Itami From the main NXT thread:

yeah so this blows. Braun has an injured elbow and his availability for next 2 PPVs is in question. WWE may have to change their creative plans. http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/braun-strowman-elbow-issue-injured/#.WRDmLNy1uM9 WWE tapes TV in London this week

I dunno guys, I think I may have to start reviewing this show. I've seen bits and pieces before, my mum watches it every week, but I think this was the first time I've sat down to a whole episode. This one was about the Draft, and can be summed up thusly: "I DON'T WANT TO BE SEPARATED FROM MY BOYFRIEND/HUSBAND/BEST FRIENDS/THE CAST OF TOTAL DIVAS IN THE UPCOMING WWE DRAFT!!" I mean, I know a lot of their hysterics are for the show, but the underlying fear and panic of their lives being ripped up and relationships being put in jeopardy because of the draft is real. They used to go through this every year, and now it's starting again. And they don't get told shi…

Other than NXT every week, I haven't watched any WWE since catching bits of the immediate post Mania shows. Looking forward to Reigns vs Strowman. The rest of the card has potential to be good Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe Neville vs. Austin Aries (Cruiserweight Championship) Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. Cesaro and Sheamus (Raw Tag Team Championships) Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss (Raw Women's Championship) Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho (United States Championship) Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt (House of Horrors)

By God, this starting segment is great. Alexa is actually a better heel than Charlotte and a way better promo.

Deadline reporting a biopic entitled "Pandemonium" has been greenlit about Vince's life. Sony's TriStar will be releasing it and WWE studios is one of the producers. Michael Shannon as Vince?

So, today we'll have a dumpster match. BRAAAAAAAAAAAAUN is going to provide some TV greatness, as usual.

Dash Wilder broke his jaw during a match on Friday and will be out for around 8 weeks, which totally sucks timing wise. Also sucks that it was the oft injured Hideo Itami who broke his jaw. Guy can't catch a break

Our pal Jason Greenhouse tossed some ideas out in a column today http://placetobenation.com/shaking-things-up-how-to-freshen-the-wwe-rosters/ But... what do we think will happen or... should happen? AJ to Raw seems like a given at this point. Should Reigns move to Tuesdays? Could set up a Cena/Reigns SummerSlam match... Charlotte moving to Tuesdays is interesting possibility as well.

I haven't seen any WWE TV in months so I'm going into this one based off threads and podcasts. Andre the Giant Battle Royale - Sami Zayn Neville vs. Austin Aries Smackdown Womens Title Match - Becky Lynch Gallows & Anderson vs. Enzo & Cass vs. Cesare & Sheamus Dean Ambrose vs. Baron Corbin John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon Bailey vs. Charlotte vs. Nia Jax vs. Sasha Banks Seth Rollins vs. HHH Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar Roman Reigns vs. The Undertaker I have no idea if my predictions will be anywhere close to accurate. I could go 0-13 and it wouldn't surpr…