Dolfan in NYC Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 GUNTHER vs. Chad Gable TONIGHT~! T-minus 4 days on the Honk-a-meter. Plus we have new tag team champions! Seth stomped his way to victory, but Shinsuke ain't done yet. All this and more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Let's go, GUNTHER. Let's go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Time for Fastlane build. The merger should happen in this month, if nothing changes that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 So torn on who I want to win between Gunther and Gable. I doubt it but I hope they get the main event spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Gunther, the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion ever! Historic and well deserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 I swear I didn't mean to play "99 Red Balloons" by Goldfinger during the end of the main event 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Didn't like the close up's of Chad Gable's young girls crying at ringside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Pro wrestling is your young children crying after you job. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) Babyfaces who bring their families to ringside are batting .000 in recent WWE big matches, aren't they? (edit: unless we count the Rey family at Mania only being there for Rey when they're related to both competitors) Edited September 5, 2023 by Cobra Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Gunther had to use his biggest offensive moves to keep Chad Gable down: the sleeper suplex he rarely does followed by a Powerbomb and the Lariat he tends to win with the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 I just realized, where was THIS leading up to tonight? I consider it a lost opportunity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 I can't wait for Gunther to rip off Seth's head like he's Sub Zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 So, next active belt up with a long standing record is the US Title. So, who gets a year and a half reign to pass Luger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Not a bad show tonight. Only reason I watched the whole thing was because I wanted to see Gable vs. GUNTHER. That was a damn good match. Gunther is a machine and so is Gable. Yeah it sucks they had to show the kid crying, but what other reason would they have flown them out to the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 49 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: Babyfaces who bring their families to ringside are batting .000 in recent WWE big matches, aren't they? (edit: unless we count the Rey family at Mania only being there for Rey when they're related to both competitors) If you count NXT, Roxanne Perez beat Blair Davenport with her mom and sister being ringside. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 imagine the match in 25 years between Chad Gable's crying daughter and Gunther's 6'3" unstoppable amazon daughter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Just caught the 2nd half of the show as I was watching Stigmata (Patricia Arquette mark over here) but really dug what I saw. Started watching partway through Baszler-Stark and while the ending was not as visceral as Danielson-Starks last night, it accomplished the same goal almost as well. I don’t know if the live crowd quite got what they were doing, but the announcers did a great job of putting over Zoey in defeat. I’m enjoying Finn Balor as guy awkwardly trying to integrate his two vastly different friend groups. I’ve been there buddy. Should JD McDonaugh have such a prominent spade on his outfit when Shayna is already there? Match with Zayn was good. I don’t buy Raquel Rodriguez at all and her stipulation seems dumb when Rhea has a whole stable to interfere for her. Get yourself some friends. I cracked up at her sad face when they cut to her after showing the highlights of last weeks match. Main was awesome, but I wish they gave it 10 more minutes and didn’t have the 2 commercial breaks (that seemed like they were only a few minutes apart). Hopefully this isn’t it for Gable. I don’t want Gunther to ever lose, but they’re only going to get so many opportunities to seriously push Gable and this is another one that’s fallen into their lap. But that’s a problem for next week, match this week was fantastic I’m a monster and loved seeing Gable’s kids cry. Pro wrestling kids, get fucking used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) Edited September 5, 2023 by The Natural 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 The Jey Uso segment was solid if only for the interaction with Sami at the end. Drew/Riddle vs. Viking Raiders was good fun. Not sure how I feel about the ending though I suppose it makes sense for the slow Drew heel turn that seemingly is building. The whole Nakamura/Seth segment leading into Nakamura/Ricochet and back into a Seth/Nakamura brawl was all good. Honestly, this Nakamura/Seth feud has been the most interesting thing for either guy on Raw since the Draft came into effect. Hoping it ends with a Nakamura victory though I doubt it. Shayna/Zoey was solid and did a good job of putting over both women though the crowd is still lukewarm on them right now. Raquel/Chelsea was a perfect squash. JD/Sami was solid. Dug Dom's interference and the continued build to JD joining Judgement Day. GUNTHER/Gable was fantastic once again. Loved how overbearing Gunther was with his power and all the comebacks and struggle to survive from Chad. Its a pity this had commercial breaks because some of the better stuff looked like it happened in picture in picture like Gunther beating Gable's ass in front of his wife and kids. The absolute MDK Gunther put Gable through to end things was brutal and perfect. It said just how dangerous Gunther felt Gable was. Gable's kid crying post match was sad but also kind of awesome. Really hope we get Gable taking the title from Gunther at a PLE/PPV. Gunther deserved to take the IC record here, but Gable just as much deserves to take the actual title sooner than later. Give me a Gable celebration with his family, Otis, and Jason Jordan, dammit. Raw was actually good. Will always be overly long, but I thought the matches and angles were generally good with Gunther/Gable being great . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Crying kids should be lucky they only saw him lose and didn't go thru what Dewey and Noelle did at Rumble 99. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 That Gunter/Gable was some fine wrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 3 hours ago, odessasteps said: Crying kids should be lucky they only saw him lose and didn't go thru what Dewey and Noelle did at Rumble 99. Cane Dewey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 That final stretch once they finished up the commercial breaks was just killer. I was legitimately concerned for Gable after the sleeper suplex. He alludes to it in the post-match video, but even before that I thought they would let GUNTHER break the record then run GUNTHER-Gable back with a career vs. title stipulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wF1xEQEYwE8 Gunther/Gable full match. Wish it went longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 32 minutes ago, The Natural said: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wF1xEQEYwE8 Gunther/Gable full match. Wish it went longer. At first glance I'm pretty sure it did as I don't see Gunther beating Gable's ass in front of his family which happened during picture-in-picture. Could have just missed it but there was a good 5-7 minutes of commercials during that time frame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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