C.S.

He'll save that for the face turn.

Two very important questions for you, MoS: 1. How do you and the other 1.3 billion people in Jinder Mahal's home country of India really feel about the Modern Day Maharaja as your WWE Champion? 2. When Jinder Mahal speaks to those 1.3 billion people in his native language of Punjabi, what is he actually saying?

A great post, Thread. I agree with you that Itami has been an absolute disaster in NXT. Whatever he had that was special as KENTA is now gone, assuming it was ever there in the first place (I've never seen a KENTA match, admittedly). I was into his mini-feud with Kassius Ohno though (really wish they had dropped that stupid name into a ditch when Hero came back). I think Ohno vs. Itami should've been at TakeOver instead. BTW, I never knew Itami was on the juice, but the "steroidal bitch tits" he was sporting at TakeOver make a whole lot more sense now.

Fair enough if you "hate, hate, hate" Mauro, but... How do you know this? Were you there? No. With that said, I agree people were quick to jump to conclusions about JBL - but what you posted in the quote above is also jumping to a massive conclusion.

What's sad is that I don't remember anything from Great Balls of Fire, much less what Roman did, which tells you how bloated and over-saturated these PPVs/"Network Specials" have become.

What is the story here?

Learned the wrong lessons from Jericho's comedy gimmick?

These PPVs would be a lot less bloated without the commercials and endless recap clips (save that shit for the DVDs/Blu-rays, guys!)

There are commercials on this PPV, so kudos to whoever predicted that was coming.

I think we agree more than disagree. If they were going to give Tozawa the title, and they did, they should've run with it. Otherwise, Neville should've kept the title and uninterrupted reign. What we got instead was some half-baked compromise that benefits nobody. This is my guess, even though it makes no sense to me after Miz dismantled Jordan so cleanly and completely. :\

Then why change the title in the first place, Thread?

Why bother with a six-day Lex Luger reign? WHY?

Considering how long and laborious some of these shows are to get through, that may not be such a bad thing after all.

Jordan has been a massive flop thus far.

It's ridiculous that this is a 5+ hour show, but the Intercontinental Title isn't being defended - instead, we're getting a useless Miztourage vs. Hardys/Jason Jordan match on the pre-show. Also, I'm surprised WWE didn't make more of a big deal out of the "30-year anniversary" (even though that's technically next year) with this being the 30th annual SummerSlam. What an underwhelming lineup for the big 30th show. BTW, have the Hardys been wearing different colors for a while and I just haven't noticed, or is this the first time?

Best show of the year? That was awesome! Like Dragon said, the main event was the worst match and it was still good.

Fire Linda.

LOL at this trolling tweet... Baron Corbin‏ @BaronCorbinWWE 4h4 hours ago Replying to @WrestlingNewsCo What matches and promos has Dave meltzer done. Ohh none! He is a old man who could never do what anyone on the roster can or could. https://twitter.com/BaronCorbinWWE/status/895773416879423498 Responses: Mike Gilbert‏ @GetUpMike 3h3 hours ago Replying to @BaronCorbinWWE @WrestlingNewsCo Uncle Dave is more respected in wrestling than you will ever be. Baron Corbin‏ @BaronCorbinWWE 3h3 hours ago Respected by who. Losers like you with a profile pic in a high school gym Indy show.

Everyone: Save yourself the trouble of watching this horrid preview video and giving RF hits - just read the transcript instead: http://wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/0809/629943/simon-gotch-on-enzo-amore-being-a-detriment-to-wrestlers/

I watched the Gotch shoot preview video last night. What a fucking mess! 1. Choppy as hell, and cuts off in the middle of a sentence (I get that they want you to buy the video to hear the whole story, but still). 2. Has that hideous RF Video background that would be like nails on a chalkboard to watch for two hours. On a positive note, Gotch seems like a cool guy who would be fun to listen to - something that didn't come across at all on NXT/WWE TV - and he has one of the better Dusty Rhodes impressions I've heard.

As some old-time 'rassler might say, "Enzo Amore drew more money than Simon Gotch, so that makes Enzo a better worker...brother." And I agree. I'd rather watch Enzo any day of the week than Gotch. Reason being: I actually care about what Enzo's doing. Nothing Gotch does matters to me because the character never mattered to me. The Vaudevillians had a cool entrance though! Sure, you can say the same about Enzo's pre-match rap, but at least I cared about Enzo after that was all said and done. Where is this extended Gotch promo anyway? I don't want to put a cent in RF's pocket either, but no harm in watching a free preview.

Am I the only one who thinks it sucks that Jordan will be at SummerSlam but Gable (probably) won't be? At this point, I wouldn't mind an underdog team of Gable and Enzo. (Enzo would have to switch brands, but after being thrown off the bus by Roman Reigns, a change of scenery is probably best for all involved.)

More on the stripper story mentioned above: Crazy series of tweets from a stripper who claimed Enzo was full of himself and high on weed. I have no idea if any of this is true, but holy shit... https://twitter.com/KikiBeeTard/status/891283672606924801

Beautifully said, Thread Killer.