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True. Like I said, seeing someone take bumps on glass and barbed wire, even if they are gimmicked, can be more visually unpleasant than diving headfirst into wood - which was the most dangerous spot in the whole match, and also the least necessary given the context of it. The broom shot was rough, too. Specially because it hit Ambrose in the neck/ear. They should study Onita matches. Wear thick shirts and jeans. The visuals of barbed wire getting stuck on pieces of clothing is more interesting than them tearing flesh.

Spears was cast perfectly as Tye Dillinger. A jobber with a good catch phrase.

Kenny/Mox was... interesting. I mean, I can't say it was good because it was a forty minute deathmatch AND it featured many of Omega's NJPW main event bullshit. However, it does spark up an interesting discussion of fans' perceptions and sensibilities. Of course all, or most of us in PWO saw more brutal and gruesome matches, with light tubes and whatnot. We didn't mind it much. A considerable portion of the crowd yesterday sure did mind the violence. Some seemed disgusted and not really entertained by it, and the fact that it kept going, and going and going sure didn't help. Now, are superficial cuts with barbed wire and glass worse than a Phoenix Splash head first into wood? No. But visually speaking it might be more shocking and less appealing. Doing a deathmatch is not really the worst thing ever, but they can't be doing that everytime, and I do believe there are smarter ways of doing so. Like, Orton and Hardy had a pretty damn good hardcore match with memorable moments without resorting to barbed wire and blood. Fans nowadays care about the wrestlers. They don't wanna see another KOTR '98, or another wrestler have their face explode like Eddie did against JBL. Nor they want to see wrestlers take idiotic bumps after what happened to Foley and Benoit. We know what CTE can do more than 20 years ago.

I don't really recall the term being so grating this year on RAW or SD. It was clearly annoying in the last couple of years, but in this occasion it seems that they toned it down.

I remember that being the talking point when Roman had a hernia as well. And yeah, after he returned, he won the Rumble and despite beating DBryan and supposedly being the one to beat Lesnar, afterwards he went on to have so many useless feuds, so it's not like it's a first for him. Honestly it feels like the only year they had some things going for him was 2016, and even then he had a bullshit wellness violation. Unlucky dude.

Dana OWNED that match. I love Fire and Desire, but I'm okay with the result (which won't mean anything anyway)

yo the crowd is going nuts for Fury let him stay for a while

Y'know what it's all good it's Lula Livre anyway

Look WWE I didn't really expect you to deliver this but holy shit

Some people are saying that Imperium could appear in the tapings today to further the NXT Invasion angle. Please give us Roman vs WALTER

Shame that spot happened. It was the one bad moment in an otherwise solid match, which probably won't get its due because of it. Taynara is improving. Give her pairing with Stoke TV time already

Rhea alienating all the other faces after winning the NXT Title only for Dakota to beat hear would be a much more engaging storyline IMO

NXT was excellent, huh? UE vs OC vs NXT's finest is some dope stuff.

Pretty much perfect analysis. I'd argue that Jinder had more of a champion's aura than Sheamus, and I'm one of the biggest Sheamus marks here. Seth's tag with Jason Jordan was really damn good. It actually helped JJ improve into a more complete worker overall, because he had lots of time to talk and get featured in segments with his dad.

Seth's 2019 title reign is the worst top title reign since Seth's 2015 one

Look I like Ciampa but if they make Roman take the fall I'll be so damn pissed

Roman can actually talk and motivate people properly. No wonder he was the de facto locker room leader. I need more details on this

I totally get you, but the common denominator here is AJ. Ricochet, Cedric and now Humberto all feuded with him and all of them got basically the same treatment.They sort of get a win early on the feud, but afterwards get dominated. With Carillo it's even worse, I don't think the dude won a single TV match since going to RAW. The fact that Rico managed to stay relevant (although running in place) after feuding with AJ shows that he's got something going in terms of crowd connection. The pop he got when he came to help Rusev was a delight. When will we face the fact that AJ, despite being a very entertaining dude, is not really an engaging *champ* and is not putting anyone over? Hell, he only lost the title to Bryan after a low blow.

I'd argue it's more about AJ than Cedric in this case. Will we say that Humberto was buried, after going up against Rollins, and then losing three times to AJ? I doubt he'll get used as much afterwards, either.

I mean more that they were going to protect Rollins. Can't imagine a more overpushed and protected wrestler. But yeah, Raw almost ignoring the invasion angle was weird as fuck.

Predictable.

AJ beat Ricochet, Cedric and Humberto in decisive fashion multiple times. Who is he going to properly put over?

Reason #4663×6 on why they should've pushed Roman

They really are pushing Cole, huh? Insane.

Break her neck Shayna!