Dolfan in NYC Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 ALL CHAMPIONSHIPS DEFENDED~! (except (AT LEAST) one!) ALL KINDS OF SHITTY TAKES INCOMING~! WELCOME TO JEDDAH, KSA! THE CARD! TOURNAMENT FINAL FOR THE INAUGURAL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - Seth F. Rollins vs. AJ Styles FOR THE UNDISPUTED TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Les Ours du Canada (Owens / Zayn, c) vs. The Bloodline (Reigns/Sikoa) FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP - GUNTHER (C) vs. Mustafa Ali FOR THE RAW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Bianca Bel Air (c) vs. Asuka FOR THE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Natalya Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar *Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) Shocked Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens are working Night of Champions. Only other thing I can see if Zayn gets taken out a week or two before to stop it. Roman Reigns may join the very rare list of holding the WWE Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship at the same time with Solo Sikoa. Can only think of Diesel in 1995, Steve Austin in 2001 and John Cena in 2007. If he does even temporarily, that's another belt on hiatus with Reigns' schedule. Not breaking up the Unified WWE Universal Championship and Unified WWE Tag Team belts has led to this. Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn not winning the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XXIX and Elimination Chamber 2023 respectively. Edited May 15, 2023 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Sami's biggest problem with working the Saudi shows was his the Syrian part of his dual citizenship. The KSA did not have formal relations with Syria until a few months ago, which could have, you know been slightly problematic in a place as repressive as Saudi is. Now that it's taken care of, Sami is free to work the shows. The one guy you'll probably never see at a Saudi show is Noam Dar, who's Israeli. And I am NOT poking or even looking at that hornet's nest, and neither is anyone else here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 You can easily see the Saudis having different rules for athletes part of their sportswashing project. If Newcastle go to train there, would they leave home squad members with potential customs issues? Or would they get magically waved in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Gunther vs Ali has banger potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) I'm still not going to watch the show because...well...do I even have to say why anymore? BUT I will say of the Saudi shows this has some interesting matchups that on any other show I would like to check out. Ali/Gunther in particular looks very promising even though the winner feels obvious. Edited May 23, 2023 by NikoBaltimore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 11 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: I'm still not going to watch the show because...well...do I even have to say why anymore? BUT I will say of the Saudi shows this has some interesting matchups that on any other show I would like to check out. Ali/Gunther in particular looks very promising even though the winner feels obvious. The biggest annoying thing for me since HHH took over creative is that the Saudi shows actually have good cards now. Still not watching them for similar reasons, but this does look nice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Sami Zayn getting all the love. 57:00 mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Okay this doesn't make sense. The whole reason for the new belt is because Roman Reigns is a part timer and we need someone who will defend against all competition Seth Rollins have been spending weeks talking about it. So they have the media thing and only AJ Styles is there because Seth is filming some movie or shit. What? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Cody using a loaded cast is just like his daddy using that loaded boot. #DrJosephEswanick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 That Sami Zayn moment when he came out and the promo was the best. Guess I was wrong... JIMMY fires the first shot. So I guess Roman is gonna beat the shit out of him now and Jey will have to save his brother again and finally stand up to Roman. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterien Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Good ending. I was waiting for Jey to pull the trigger but all in good time I guess. Great moment for Sami and KO. I know people like to shit on Roman, the reign and his part timer status but the man has (by association and storyline) made a star out of Solo and made The Usos and KO/Sami even bigger stars than they already were. The whole Cody stuff was laughable, such a fucking hammy performance by him, he passes out but then rolls around the ring and is up and with it 40 seconds later?! I don’t get Seth Rollins’ current shtick and i never will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Thought this started later in the afternoon so I missed everything before Bianca/Auska. Twitter says Ali/Guether was worth watching. Did not expect Auska to win here which does help keep Bianca out of "lol Cena wins" range. Trilogy at MITB or SummerSlam? Crowd was hype for the last 2 matches so that was good. And Jimmy sealed their fate after being fed up. Roman will pass Morales but will he catch up to Bruno's 2nd reign at 1,237? That would take him past next WM right? We'll hopefully get some more progression in the Bloodline story after this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Another good show. Happy Asuka won the Raw Women's title that belongs to Smackdown. Gtg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 As a big fan of Asuka I am happy she won, but something with that entire match didn't click. The crowd was the quietest for this match than any other on the card which didn't help, I am not sure if they were just buzzing down after the Ali match or fans worldwide were getting a little tired of Bianca's title reign. But the ending felt anti-climatic for ending such a long reign, it just all felt a little off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 They COULD do Cody-Brock rubber match at Battleground, Cody wins the ladder match at MitB for the world title shot, Cody beats Roman at Summerslam... right? I know it's unjustified optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 BattleGround is NXT brand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Riiiight... that's the show that's on tomorrow. Never mind! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) I forgot the show started at one so I missed most of AJ and Seth. Was there was any doubt Seth was winning. Rest of the show was pretty good. Roman is gonna kill Jimmy and this next step in the bloodline story will be awesome. Edited May 28, 2023 by Phantom Lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 the "Cody is certainly gonna make his move to dethrone Roman" talk gets funnier by the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 How were the matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Eivion said: How were the matches? I think this is the best Saudi Show as far at workrate overall Asuka vs Bianca was good. Seth vs AJ was great. I liked Ali vs Gunther and Trish vs Becky was better than I expected. The main event was overbooked towards the finish and the match kinda dragged early on but the finish was entertaining watching it as it happened because I was expecting Roman and Solo to win. I was expecting one of the Usos to turn but I wasn't sure it would be today. Edited May 27, 2023 by Ziggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) I loved that it was Jimmy who turned first. It plays off the origins of the Bloodline, when Jimmy returned wearing an " Nobody's Bitch" shirt and at first wasn't bending the knee to Roman like his brother did after getting beat by Reigns in HITC. Edited May 27, 2023 by Johnny Sorrow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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