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Marty taking the hit for his match against Okada kinda puts things into perspective. Of course they can try to play that into the next BTE episodes, but I think it is telling that both pretty much refused to take it home. It is a very pro wrestling thing, to be honest - nearly ruining your friends' most important event.

Doesn't Ember also do a rad suicide dive? I remember her murdering Sasha with one during a multi woman match earlier this year. I feel like crying constantly over what was lost - and over our overall situation.

Gimme Shield (maybe with Finn, he's bro with at least two of them) vs RAW. The show's been wild, to the point I'm actively looking forward to it.

HBK in 2018 might be a worse promo than Ziggler which makes me dread 2028 Ziggler promos.

Hey, AOP need a mouthpiece and Drake can talk. He might even be a mastermind behind a heel 205 Champ with AOP as the bodyguards. Using people in new ways is something that can work.

I'd say it is worse to stand next to Ziggler because he fucking sucks.

Renee on commentary, such a blissful episode.

A 200 year old museum going up in flames. Fuck. Either way - Bellas vs Riott Squad is obviously going to rule.

I've seen people comparing it to Barely Legal, both from the standpoints of production mishaps and actual historical significance. Sounds like a fun show, to be honest, and I'm really happened it got to be that way. Janela/Page and the main event sounded like a hoot, from all accounts. Gonna check those out later.

the fuck was up with that?

Per Ringside News, it was a car accident.

It was confirmed by Game Changer Wrestling earlier today. One of the first deathmatch wrestlers I actually watched. Such a shame.

A couple of good people are at the show wearing BIG DOG shirts. Good on them. Hope they don't run into shitty stinky BC fans.

It's good for business and good for the people involved, especially Cody and bucks. Zero hype from me, but it is an accomplishment.

@sek69 bumping at a young age can never ammount to good things, even moreso if she's trying to make this a long term career. The body isn't fully developed at that point to handle even "normal" bumps like those. At age twelve, flatback bumps in what essentially are wooden boards is not a good idea. And when you take in consideration that she's training in Chasyn Rance's gym, it is even worse for more disgusting reasons.

I'd argue that Jeff and Orton did more to warrant a cell match than Joe and AJ.

Joe Doring, my dudes. His entire presentation is a throwback to Hansen/Brody, in terms of appearance. Edit: completely missed him in the OP. Silly me. I think that this generation's big men are more about thickness (Sekimoto, Okabayashi, BODYGAA) than height. But, all things considered, I'd say Punisher Martinez could be considered a big man, too. There is also Odinson, who's pretty damn huge.

I... don't think they are applying what they've learned from Roman's push into this Charlotte/Becky feud. For one, even if a portion of the crowd booed Roman, it wasn't rare to listen to "this is awesome!" and "Let's go Roman/Roman sucks" chants. You can claim that he's divisive, but he was never someone to have the crowds go quiet, and even less he was one to not have the crowd rally behind him at some point. In Charlotte's case, I believe they are actually booking her as a heel and Becky as a face, even if by complete accident and ineptitude - her promo last night was something atrocious, when you consider it was a face supposing to be saying it. From the content to the delivery, you could think Flair was possessed by the ghost of The Living Miz. Meanwhile, Becky swears in her promo and looks like an Austin-esque badass superstar. Then, if we think about the reactions she's getting throughout her appearances, it's even worse. There's no crowd split, they really don't care about her as much as they care about Becky. All in all, it's not even the same thing as Roman, they just made themselves another crazy scenario. This one seems to have a clearer solution, though.

It is a slight exaggeration, to be honest. Carmella was the better perfomer every single time she faced Charlotte, and while Flair wasn't the absolute pits like in the first match they had together, Carmella's performance here was great. She's good. Can become great - and considering how little in-ring experience she has, it's quite the leap!

Once again, Carmella carries Charlotte to a good match.

Well, Vega and Andrade also aren't a real couple, so Cena and Nikki being there would even things out.

What a great match and post-match beatdown. Miz and Andrade acknowledging each other is great.

KING BOOKAH SMACKDOWN PEAKED

Does Tinieblas have the coolest mask ever?

Braun is one of those guys that just screams "HEEL". Killed the Raw tag team division by himself (although I did enjoy that segment with Nicholas), bullied KO into quitting the company... His road to superstardom started with him killing jobbers. People enjoyed that for the sheer cartoon brutality (as they should), but his shelf life as heel is much bigger than as a face. I mean, other than teaming up with small guys like Nicholas and Finn, there wasn't really much to his face tenure. He's not going to cool down either way.