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SUMMERSLAM XXXVII - 8/3/2024


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So a lot happened Saturday and I'll save the lovely details for the Basically Livejournal thread.  But for the part that's relevant to the show somehow my brother-in-law and myself ended up on South Street in Philly.  We got cheesesteaks at Jim's Steaks which were amazing and were walking back when I noticed there was a store called Suplex Vintage Wrestling.  I had to stop in and sure enough they had a Summerslam watch party inside of a store that had lots of great shit at decent prices.  I nabbed the El Generico Micro Brawler and the Darby LJN-style figure for $10 each which was a steal plus the guys there were great.

My brother-in-law doesn't watch wrestling but his kids sometimes watch Smackdown but he was down for watching the show.  We walk in when the end of Rhea/Liv happened so I simply said "Don't ask" because trying to explain it to him would have been more effort than it was worth.  But in this little store there were a room packed full of people who lost their fucking minds over the ending.  So not a bad introduction of the night to come.  The matches that stood out to him were Gunther/Damian for the blood due to the chopfest and of all things Tama Tonga's presence causing some in the crowd to do that snarl that Tama's done.  He was laughing so damn hard that he was doing the snarl many times after that.  Which is funny at first though when he's doing it at a busy airport at 2am I had to ask him to stop.  He said he'll do that in front of his family and I pre-emptively apologized to my sis letting her know I had nothing to do with this.

As for the matches I'm glad I was there watching it and not alone as the fun atmosphere kept me from thinking too much about the matches or the melodrama in some of them.  I was sad to see Bayley lose but I kind of hate that I wish I could like Nia again.  If she's not saying dumb shit online anymore then more matches like this might get me to turn the corner but fair play to her she was great.  Gunther/Damian was nice and brutal and the lack of chemistry mentioned above kind of worked for this match as it's supposed to be a struggle between two tough motherfuckers.  The Finn turn was expected but done well enough though I felt bad for this guy in a Judgment Day shirt who was having a bad night. 

Punk/Seth definitely benefitted from me being with a crowd as we were laughing at the bulk of the match.  Between Seth not giving a fuck to them fighting over a bracelet we all thought Punk was a dumbass who deserved to lose.  I mean I understand Stephanie's point but in the moment the only way the match would have been funnier was if somebody in the crowd had a sign saying "They're fighting over a bracelet!"

Then there was the main event which had an absurdly long Cody entrance that once he was in his trailer I made my way to the restroom.  I saw the part with Arn but even while taking my sweet time the entrance was still going on when I stepped out.  The points about the crowd waiting for the bullshit to happen were true there as it was largely quiet there too.  But man once the run-ins happened the excitement to the inevitable happened and once Roman returned it was insanity.  Cody won, all was well and it was a great way to kill time before having to go to the airport.

A few days removed from the show I look back and agree with what a lot of you said.  But the show was fun to watch and I feel the urge to go there again when there's a PPV on a Saturday.  A day trip to Philly with a cheesesteak and wrestling sounds like a helluva time and unlike going to Jimmy's Seafood this will be a lot cheaper.

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3 hours ago, The Natural said:

Hope all's okay, Nick.

Thanks, man.  We're all good, just tired after a day plus of random airline/weather bullshit.  Topics and practically everything else aren't linking like it should on PC but I posted in the Livejournal thread.

http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10885-basically-dvdvr-livejournal/&do=findComment&comment=1384141

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16 minutes ago, NikoBaltimore said:

Thanks, man.  We're all good, just tired after a day plus of random airline/weather bullshit.  Topics and practically everything else aren't linking like it should on PC but I posted in the Livejournal thread.

http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10885-basically-dvdvr-livejournal/&do=findComment&comment=1384141

Glad you're ok, mate.

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