Jmare007

"This is finally what the people wanted!"

This is fucking ridiculous, I hope the ratings are even lower than last week.

Dear lord A 20 minute Mcmahon family opening segment. I can feel the change already!!

So Paige is out of a job too?

I died at the crowd cheering when Hunter said the four of them would be on TV weekly

I've loved all the matches they've had against each other this year and this was their best one yet, as expected. And what's more amazing is that they still left a couple of more high end stuff for their next match (probably at the Rumble but I'd love for them to save it for Mania). They are so fucking good at wrestling that they had a back and forth match in 2018 WWE that didn't rely in a single high spot or flippy move to get the crowd invested, and they made a fucking half crab a believable finish. Mr. Small Package strikes again, I just adore that D-Bry is having his 05-06 ROH Title run in WWE, I can't fucking wait for every match he's about to have. PS: Two favorite parts of the match were the knee strikes-to-cravate suplex that DB pulled off (so brutal, so simple, so effective, that's my kind of wrestling) and AJ selling the 450 splash perfectly. It hurt like a motherfucker to pull the move off, but he still went for the pin as quick as possible because he had a sense of urgency. It's the kind of detail no one in the US pulls off anymore.

All in one link That might be promo of the year, dear lord.

I hope the gimmick match they are gonna have at the Rumble is a 2/3 Falls match. I'd love for them to save they next match for Mania though. Make D-Bry avoid AJ like the plague and Styles having to scratch and claw to get a rematch.

This is amazing.

I marked out.

After Seth's sad comments about how "hard" is too book WWE TV these days, this tweet blew my mind And the funniest part is that Christley's NInja Country Purge is the most interesting thing on it

It's amazing how hated Bryan is just a month into his heel turn.

I really hope they give Mutafa and Bryan a two segment match.

Holy crap, I didn't know that. I remember being shocked when he didn't panic when Rollins and Owens did bad ratings (and didn't help house show business either), specially because those were the kind of guys - specially Owens - he would try to course correct ASAP when any metric didn't went in their favor. At this point I think he either believes the TV deals are in no danger whatsoever no matter what, and/or he's too focused on the new XFL

Houston did not care much for RAW it seems.

Holy shit

I've never figured out when Dave actually gets annoyed by that kind of stuff or when he's trying to make a joke/be sarcastic.

Not sure you'll love it as much as I did but check your PM for the link. Here's what I wrote about it https://forums.prowrestlingonly.com/topic/47573-2018-04-22-bjw-dick-togo-vs-daisuke-sekimoto/

Almas vs Gargano - Takeover Philly Nomura vs Abe - BJW Feb 2018 Nomura vs Suzuki - BJW 6/20/18 Togo vs Sekimoto - BJW April 2018 Suzuki vs Sekimoto - Ryogokutan 2018

The Sane One, Seth Rollins.

Well, they already had a very simple feud - that was pretty good IIRC, at least in the first couple of months - in 2014 that was about betrayal and jealousy. They probably felt the need to add more shit to the rivalry this team around?

They finally did it. They were able to combine the "human chess game" element of their 2 draws (and the Strong Climb match) and transition nicely to a good finishing stretch. I fucking loved the first 10 minutes or so with them just wrestling and fighting every inch to gain an advantage, there's nobody who does it better than them today and it's such a lost art in current wrestling. Hideki worked so fucking smart too, the ways he finds to get the upper hand never cease to amaze me, and the fact that he was always going for the win because he knew Daisuke ain't no one to fuck with - because he's the only one that has taken Suzuki to his limits every time they've faced each other - was a dope little touch. Hideki's defenses sometimes suffer because the first portion of the match is just him dominating and his opponent cant do much to make it compelling. This doesn't have any of that, stuff like Suzuki keeping the cravat locked in, even though Sekimoto was trying to break free with body slams and then flipping roles with Daisuke not letting go of a hammerlock even though Hideki was trying to break free with a snapmare is the type of shit I just adore in my wrestling. There's zero excess in this, there's barely any strikes and here's like 5 moves total. The finish came out of nowhere, but that's how the Strong division is, any move at any time can seal the deal. I realize not a lot of people will love it as much as me, but this was pretty much catered to my tastes. One of the best matches of the year

Does his first attack being on the leg count for something? All jokes aside, I agree with what you are saying. Specially in the case of Brock matches, his formula requires iffy selling by either him or his opponent (or both) and details do get overshadowed by the "spectacle" of it all.