this is the greatest night in the history of our sport

They did a great job of hiding Dominik and making him look good and that sunset bomb was awesome but I'm ready for this program to end.

 

Ivar had a cervical injury

https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2020-09-07/article/ivar-injury-update

Scary shit. They went straight to the finish, too. Guess there was no time to let Ced and Rico be aware.

So, basically, you're saying that it wasn't a ref screw up (it was clearly obvious that Ricochet had kicked out at 2) but they stopped the match to take care of Ivar. In hindsight, an excellent decision considering it's a cervical injury.

Is it me or did it seem like Ivar jammed his head on either Lashley or MVP while doing that topé?

That makes sense, looked like he got a stinger the way he was shaking his arm, but if it was something that serious then just ending it like that was the best call. 

7 hours ago, SirEdger said:

So, basically, you're saying that it wasn't a ref screw up (it was clearly obvious that Ricochet had kicked out at 2) but they stopped the match to take care of Ivar. In hindsight, an excellent decision considering it's a cervical injury.

Is it me or did it seem like Ivar jammed his head on either Lashley or MVP while doing that topé?

Pretty much. The moment Ivar threw an X, the call was made to finish the match asap. Veteran ref Jimmy Korderas pretty much confirmed it on his Twitter - it was too blatant to be a simple screw up.

Not sure what exactly injured him. If not for the report, I'd say his knee was what got injured. He does seem to hit his chin on the dive, which may have caused some whiplash, though.

Hope he has a speedy recovery.

15 hours ago, sek69 said:

Also I will always expect Scott Steiner when I hear a siren on a wrestling show.

For me it's Perry Saturn.

Anything cervical is no joke, hope he recovers fast.

Is there a reason Orton has been booked to have 2 virtual wins over Lee in 7 days after they gave Lee a win that actually put him over? Between Roman and Bayley-Sasha, Smackdown has become a far better show than Raw, which is a reverse of how they were a couple of months ago

They brought up Keith Lee and then don't have him do Keith Lee things in the ring, so I wouldn't be surprised if Vince is already over him. 

26 minutes ago, MoS said:

Is there a reason Orton has been booked to have 2 virtual wins over Lee in 7 days after they gave Lee a win that actually put him over? Between Roman and Bayley-Sasha, Smackdown has become a far better show than Raw, which is a reverse of how they were a couple of months ago

Orton didn't have two virtual wins over Lee, though. At the triple threat, the one pinned was Seth, which makes it clear that the kill move was Lee's, not the RKO. Yesterday, Lee took an RKO but there was no indication he was going to lose.

IMO what's grating is not those DQ finishes, but the fact that he's not getting much to do outside those matches. Like, give him more interview segments, address the fact that Drew, despite being a "good friend", has interrupted him twice.

22 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said:

Orton didn't have two virtual wins over Lee, though. At the triple threat, the one pinned was Seth, which makes it clear that the kill move was Lee's, not the RKO. Yesterday, Lee took an RKO but there was no indication he was going to lose.

 

He RKO'd him before pinning Rollins. It was clear he could have chosen who to pin. He also hit the RKO after a back and forth match yesterday and put Lee down with it and Drew interfered immediately after to end the match. You can argue that one RKO would not get a 3-count but it is clearly booked to be virtual victories imo

1 minute ago, MoS said:

He RKO'd him before pinning Rollins. It was clear he could have chosen who to pin. He also hit the RKO after a back and forth match yesterday and put Lee down with it and Drew interfered immediately after to end the match. You can argue that one RKO would not get a 3-count but it is clearly booked to be virtual victories imo

To me in the triple threat it was clear that it was just supposed to keep Lee from pinning Seth. You can make the case for the 2nd match, but given Orton's hurry to pin Rollins, it was clear that Lee's finisher was more effective.

 

The more telling sign to me was that the announcers were way less enthusiastic about Lee than they were before, that's often a tell that Vince is no longer as interested in someone.

How can anyone see the camera work on the Cedric turn and the Mysterio kendo stick attack and hear the cringe verbiage of the Retribution promo and think this is anything but one of the worst produced television shows in history? This is the first that I'd seen any WWE TV in a while and it is genuinely unwatchable.

I've grown numb to the vertigo-inducing camera cuts, but hearing the alleged bringers of chaos I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Antifa group speaking in WWE word salad was just hilarious to me. 

Just take a break from it for a couple of weeks and try to watch again. It's an interesting experiment on how bizarre it truly is and how it must be impossible for them to ever make new fans.

I remember seeing a fan cam showing a WWE cameraman violently moving the camera up and and down while someone was hitting chairshots. Made it clear how ridiculous it looks even to people at the show itself. 

Adam Cole doing his spiel in front of the PC crowd looks so bad.

He misses having an audience that cherishes his drama-fueled wrestling

please let thatcher attack the winner of this match

lol of course cole is the first person in wwe history to have kicked out of the coup de grace

 

Right result, match was decent. Shocked they were able to restrain themselves to not go at least an hour.

hey it's velveteen nonce

Kushida out here like Dream texted his nephew.

man

barrett is so fucking good in the commentary booth