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What a Pearl Harbor job HHH did on Daniel Bryan. A total miscarriage of justice.

Found it:

Being a pro wrestler and paying to see a wrestling show.

Awful looking moonsault. No wonder they never let him do it on TV.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1357mg_tripleh_sport

The three matches I was interested, John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan, Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio vs. Christian all delivered and then some. I was sat open mouthed to the Cena/Bryan finish, clean pin with a brutal running knee strike.

Don't tell Overeem, it's fun seeing him get KO'd. Look at this picture:

In other news, we got a Yoshi Tatsu sighting, as apparently he's taken Alex Riley's old job of "wrestler you see backstage randomly".

Man, I liked the Ring of Fire match. First time heels that aren't in the main event have been smart in a while.

Lost in all of the mucketymuck is the fact that DB just got his last piece of the WWE main eventer puzzle: A sudden impact finisher. And by killifying Cena with it he got it over in one night. He's going to be just fine.

Love the fact that you both posted that simultaneously, Double the viewings for me.

I think it's understanding that this a means to an end and it has the virtue of being business sensible. Orton gets the turn he needed, Bryan gets elevated and then screwed without being buried and the company gets the money feud they've been lacking that isn't the same old same old. Win-win-win.

The booking of Punk's championship reign pretty well sucked until he turned heel.

Ah, the joys of DVDVR where at least most people can be sensible about the finish, tempered slightly, by what happened in Punk when HHH got involved in 2011, but overall, sensible. Bryan chasing is a thousand times better than Bryan being champ right now.

After years and years of swerves + pointless swerves, doing the logical thing is the new swerve.

I was hemming and hawing over ordering this PPV, thinking I would for sure feel cheated if Bryan didn't walk out champion. Well, Bryan didn't walk out champion...and I don't feel cheated in the slightest. Bryan beating Cena clean as a sheet was huge, and the match had a great storyline to boot, with Cena wanting to prove the "you can't wrestle" doubters wrong, and getting himself into Bryan's style of match which he has to power his way out of to survive. The celebration lasted long enough that I got what I wanted out of Bryan's win, and now I have more Bryan matches to look forward to as he chases Orton for the title. Meanwhile, let's not gloss over this: Bryan Danielson, the American Dragon, pinned John Cena clean as a sheet in the main event at SummerSlam. That's just fucking cool. Also, loved the story of Punk/Lesnar, with Lesnar overpowering Punk, and Punk using his ring smarts and the no-DQ stip to counter that, (I kept wanting the announcers to hint at something like "Not that Brock Lesnar doesn't have experience, but there's no such thing as a no-DQ NCAA match. There's no such thing as a no-DQ UFC match. Punk's done nothing his entirely life but professional wrestling. No-DQ makes him the more experienced competitor",) but his overeagerness to revenge himself upon Heyman proved his undoing. Let's be honest, I spent my 50 bucks for the above, but ADR/Christian was a damn fine bonus. The mixed tag was meh, Natty/Brie was meh, Ambrose/RVD wasn't bad, but really didn't blow me away, and the ring of fire stip turned Kane/Wyatt into a snoozefest. I almost forgot Sandow/Rhodes even happened, though admittedly I'm a bit drunk and that was hours ago. It was a perfectly good Smackdown match, now can they get these two away from each other? I don't fucking care.

Honestly beating Cena clean is worth more than the WWE title.

Hi. Who ordered the Internet Sharknado?

That was a well booked PPV. Great heel turn as I want Orton dead, and so does most of the WWE fans. Cena can now take time off to get that elbow fixed while Bryan chases Orton.

For the people that bitched, and moaned week, after week about Punk not having a chance to have a great match against Lesnar because it's not "Believeble" for Punk to have an epic with Lesnar. GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!! Not only was that a great match, it was Lesnar's best match since returning. Yes even better than the Cena match.

Is it too much to ask that no-one post that reddit dudes spoilers anywhere on the board? Don't want some cretin to accidentally screw up the spoiler tags and ruin it.

My sweet little girl Monkey. She's basically the best thing that has ever lived. And here we are having some quality time........ And her being completely indifferent to Curtis Axel vs. The Miz

Cocaine, too! And who can forget climbing the old Heroin tree.

I fucking love Gonzalez's sig. On a related note... is there a way to still see someone's sig but block all their posts?

All that is is a miscommunication between QB and receiver. The receiver is under the illusion the back up quarterback can actually play quarterback?

Looking forward to the shows on Fox El Ocho.

So nice, you have to see it twice!

Bryan is absolutely amazing as the guy who has to overcome every odd imaginable. The WWE has a great plot device w/ The Money In The Bank. It lets Bryan continue as the underdog chasing for the title who has to overcome everything in his way to get what he deserves.Cena/Bryan was awesome. Punk/Lesnar felt like I was watching Rocky. Christian/ADR was awesome.I didn't watch Wyatt/Kane yet or The Shield stuff.Great PPV, though. I legit think the WWE is at its absolute peak right now. So many great workers who get it.

Great show, shit ending. The exclamation mark to me was Cole saying "and now Orton is a seven time champ" Well obviously they couldn't let the crowd be happy and give Bryan one day with the title (could have ran the same angle tomorrow), we gotta give this guy his SEVENTH run. They will prob feud and he might get it back but why book Christian to lose, punk to lose, and Bryan to lose. There was like no faces that won but Ziggler. Two great matches, though. Just kind of pissing on the fun at the end a bit. oh yeah, agree with the natural that the last running knee strike was BRUTAL as fuck. Someone needs to GIF that.

Enjoying pro wrestling in any form. Also probably not the best idea to pick a fight with Henry and Show. Looking like Heyman was the brains all along.

The show averaged 1.71 million viewers. That might sound low, but this is a channel on its first day so that is pretty good. It will be interesting to see what the next one does as it is less stacked.

I was less than thrilled about Triple H appointing himself as guest referee but I woke up today feeling like I have to order this show. I still want to see Cena vs. Bryan and definitely Brock vs. Punk. Plus, the undercard looks solid. Fuck it. I'm hyped.

The match wasn't much, but the entrances were fucking insane. http://youtu.be/6oOWYS8PY6k

Yeah, It doesn't help when you've had multiple knee surgeries either.

MANHATTAN MAYHEM V RESULTS: Prince Nana is announced as Nigel's "talent scout". Silas Young def. Adam Page Corino tried to join the commentary table, but was removed by security. C & C Wrestle Factory def. Adrenaline Rush Matt Taven def. Mike Mondo Forever Hooligans def. Young Bucks After intermission, Marshall & Evans bitch about not being booked. Nana intro's his first signees, two guys "in creepy clown masks" who unmask to reveal Homicide & Eddie Kingston. Homicide & Kingtson def. Marshall & Evans. They then break one of Evans' fingers. Tomasso Ciampa def. Michael Bennett in a tournament match. No Maria. Kevin Steen def. Roderick Strong in a tournament match. Michael Elgin def. Karl Anderson in a tournament match. reDRagon def. American Wolves to regain the tag titles. The champs are then attacked by Homicide & Kingston who break one of O'Reilly's fingers, then *sigh* vow to destroy RoH and call themselves Outlaws Inc.

Great fight card in my opinion. Everybody keeps saying Overeem not respecting his opponent but i think dude was just tired. He punched himself out early. I thought Shogun was a good matchup for Sonnen. Just dominated.

It's from the same Kawasaki stadium show with the Kudo vs. Combat Toyota deathmatch everyone raves about. Hayabusa/Masato Tanaka vs. Mr. Pogo/Terry Funk. A really great, crazy, goofy show in general actually. A little bit of everything in there. FMW Seventh Anniversary Show May 5, 1996 in Kawasaki Stadium drawing 33,231

Reminds me of the song Cartman wrote about kneeling in front of Jesus and feeling salvation all over his face.

Betty was the smartest character in Revenge Of The Nerds. She jumped the jocks ship before anyone knew it was sinking.

I'm actually one of eight octuplets. My mum had her hands full.

Trying? I dunno, man, Hank finally met Heisenberg and he looked like he was about to shit his pants. And the last guy who punched Walt didn't turn out so well, and that guy actually knew who he was dealing with. This seemed to me to lay it out that Hank is in over his head and shit's about to wind down for the guy. Brilliant bit on that from the AVClub Review (which I would put in spoiler tags but I'm not sure how to do on the new board.) But there’s another side to Walt’s restful retirement and tiresome re-raveling of loose ends. Like most premature retirees, he’s bored stiff, and as is traditional, he copes by interfering in his wife’s business. Look at how he shows up at the carwash to bug Skyler about his elaborate plan for restructuring the displays to move more high-margin air fresheners. The man always got off on solving problems better than anyone else. Now the only outlets for his talents are penny-ante schemes to move money around, one $14.95 basic wash at a time. (“Please give this to your carwash professional, and have an A-1 day.”) So when he realizes Leaves Of Grass is missing, connects the dots to Hank’s discomfort, and confirms his suspicions by finding a tracking device on his Dodge Challenger, it’s both terrible and wonderful. Terrible: His secret is out. Wonderful: He has a project. And he feels fully up to the task, all but sneering at Hank for his clumsy use of the same tracking device the two of them planted on Fring’s car. “If you don’t know who I am, maybe your best course of action is to tread lightly,” he warns a shaken, awestruck Hank. Making meth was never what Heisenberg was all about. Having an enemy to crush, whether it be in business or in the struggle to survive—that’s the essence of Walt’s alter ego. And he seems to grow a foot taller when he’s able to set that side of himself free. EDIT: Rewatching now. Really hating that in the midst of all the Hank/Walt talk, the Badger/Pete fanfic isn't going to get its proper due.

I'm going to Summerslam so fuck all your scenarios that don't end with Daniel Bryan tapping out Cena and then tapping out Orton...followed by Bryan leading me and the Staples Center in a Yes! Chant as the show closes... ...ONLY FOR MARK HENRY TO EMERGE FROM A HOLE FROM BENEATH THE RING AND GIVE BRYAN A WORLD'S STRONGEST SLAM AND TELLING US THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.