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evilwaldo

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1 hour ago, NintendoLogic said:

OK, guys. Serious question. When did MIz become a superworker?

He has always been one but the IWC has this raging boner for high spots and suicide maneuvers as if that is directly proportional to workrate.

Miz has always been a great worker.  People never appreciated his style until Bryan mouthed off at him.  

He may not do the high spots but he can wrestle with the best of them. 

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DreamBroken

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Great show. Was looking forward to this with the recent string of very good SDL episodes and every match had intrigue to it even with only six matches.

Loved the women's six pack challenge. Everyone looked awesome and I was glad they got a solid amount of time. Alexa is amazing, I continue to be impressed by Carmella, Becky remains one of the best. Excellent women's division here so far for SDL.

Dug the Usos heel work and darker look a lot, good stuff from them and a good crowd pleasing win for Rhyno and Slater. Both tags delivered well.

I love that The Demon Kane! actually went over even though I was looking forward to Orton/Wyatt but they continued that feud well. Wyatt will definitely win the first match with Orton but I feel like that could be a long feud if allowed to be.

Miz/Ziggler was great stuff from both guys, loved it. Two of my favorite guys on SDL, I didn't wanna see Ziggler lose but don't want Miz to lose the title anytime soon. The finish was well done. Felt bad for Ziggler after the preshow panel buried him, as mentioned a page or two ago with Lawler saying he beat Dolph 4 years ago with one foot in the grave followed by Lawler, Booker, and Lita all predicting Miz to win and implying Dolph may never get another shot ever if he didn't win. Glad to see most everyone praising the match. After being disappointed by Ziggler/Ambrose last month, Ziggler/Miz and Ambrose/Styles both deliver.

Awesome main event and moment for Styles to become WWE Champ. I thought they might go extra long since it started so early so I was almost surprised it ended without either finisher being kicked out of. Both guys put on a hell of match with some memorable spots, excellent main event style work. Feels like this rivalry just got started so I look forward to more from them and whatever happens next with Miz and Dolph plus the great womens' division, lots to love coming out of this show.

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Kyuubi

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Okay, so that Ziggler and Miz match was surprisingly good and Miz brought his working boots out finally. 6 years in the closet, fam,  and dusted them motherfuckers off. But one match does not make him a superworker after years of perpetual mediocrity. And no, his style tonight was not usual Miz. Dude busted out a rope-assisted powerbomb and that nifty opponent on their knees DDT. Last time he did the formert, it was with Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight championship. Miz looked great and I am sure I won't be saying that again. Fuck Ziggler's busted ass HBK impression.

Naomi just needs to pace herself. Like shit, man. She is stupid athletic. She is the only woman in the world I can think of that can do Springboard moves without the bottom rope to assist. I feel like she has enough leg power to do a shooting star press. But the skin your cat headscissors was horrible especially with Nattie insisting on doing that move at the expense of breaking story and common sense. She should have just kicked Naomi off. Speaking of which, why in the blue hell were the women throwing eachother out of the ring so blatantly. I get that when it comes to multi-person matches, you don't want to crowd the ring with too much action, but they were throwing each other out of the ring for the sake of just doing that. It made no sense. Becky getting the win was great. She deserved that shit, but I wish it was for a better match. Alexa had fantastic expressions like she always does and everyone else was okay except Carmella who is still green as grass.

The Usos vs Hype Bros was okay at best. The real story that they had to get over was Slater/Rhyno and this match did it's best to sell that the Usos(squeaky babyfaces) were heels.

Bray Wyatt just can't catch a break. Look, fam, when Kane beats you, you are done being taken seriously. Like you were already done before, but damn dude. Yeah, Randy interfered, but come on.

This booking got Heath Slater over. I don't want to hear anymore excuses because if proper booking can get him over than Vince's throwing people out there to drown to miraculously conjure up a reason for audiences to give a shit style booking needs to be thrown away. I am starting to like Smackdown/NXT tag matches because they are so fucking eventful and chaotic just like tag matches should be. There was a crisp story with Rhyno and Slater in which Rhyno was Slater's Big Cass. In fact, they do the gimmick better than Enzo and Cass.

So AJ Styles is awesome. We knew this shit. 5 years ago, you could not tell me that AJ would be this fantastic heel and then NJPW and now WWE pulled the trigger on that and damn, he is such a shit talker. Not Mark Henry level of talking shit, but he is up there. I love the consistent story telling they sell with non-John style matches in which it is AJ Styles all-around best wrestler in the planet at any style vs Dean Ambrose brawler. Dean was busing out moves I have not seen out of him since his SHIELD days and for once, his offense looked unpredictable. Well as unpredictable as the WWE style allows. It was also one of the times where story that they built up to the match unfolded in the ring. At the beginning of the feud, it was kicked off with AJ finding himself on the ropes hitting his "Jesus Zipper." AJ dick kicks him in the promo for the match and as soon as he gets the opportunity, he dick kicks Ambrose again to get the W.

Great show. Could you imagine AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura and Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn headlining Wrestlemania? Like holy shit.

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Stevie Ray Von Erich

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Miz has been consistently good since he was wearing capris.

This is the first WWE show I've watched live and all the way through in maybe a year or so? I loved it. Everything was entertaining and made sense. In that regard it honestly felt more like an NXT Takeover than a WWE PPV (which might just be the new writing staff).

Love the new tag team belts. But how weird is it that Rhyno is a WWE champion in 2016?

And good for AJ! He's been one of my favorites since I first saw him tag with Air Paris in WCW. Such an awesome career and a generational talent able to get over any and everywhere.

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Jiji

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15 minutes ago, EVA said:

Given the roll that AJ is on and the reaction to the Summerslam match, they're fools if they don't run with AJ/Cena on top for the belt at Wrestlemania.

But then don't you have to put Cena over? I mean, yeah, I guess.

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EVA

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2 minutes ago, L_W_P said:

Nope.

AJ Styles should be the kryptonite that finally gets one over on Cena. John shouldn't beat him for years and years.

"Should" has very little relevance to WWE booking.  Surely we all know that by now.

Cena is beating him when he comes back.

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Jenalysis

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1 hour ago, evilwaldo said:

He has always been one but the IWC has this raging boner for high spots and suicide maneuvers as if that is directly proportional to workrate.

Miz has always been a great worker.  People never appreciated his style until Bryan mouthed off at him.  

He may not do the high spots but he can wrestle with the best of them. 

I had him pegged as one as far back as the team with Morrison, which could have been one of the all-time greats if they stuck around longer. 

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Niners Fan in CT

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THAT was a fun PPV.  I really enjoyed it.  Yes, the Bray v. Kane stuff wasn't really my thing but I loved everything else.  All the important matches were given plenty of time and I thought they all delivered.  AJ is a freakin' God of the squared circle. That women's match was bananas. I really liked Miz and Dolph too with an exceptional finishing sequence.

Two thumbs way up.

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Matt788

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Everything on this show was amazing!!! Perfect everything.

I'm listening to Bryan and Vinny (and Tom Lawler) pick it apart right now and trash it. Sometimes I hate them sooo much. hate hate hate.

I mean even Carmella and Mojo looked good! Uso's were a brand new team. Miz was a boss. Perfect women's match. Slater got a big moment. AJ and Dean were great. Alexa Bliss was so hot I actually steamed a plate of broccoli on top of the TV.

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I loved the hell out of Slater winning. Of course I can't stand The Uso's, but Slater winning was such a great moment. YO BEULAH, WE GETTIN A DOUBLE WIDE BEY BAY!!!

Miz/Ziggler turned into a way better match than I was expecting. Miz going all out to prove he's a better wrestler than Daniel Bryan might be the best angle of the year if they just keep running with it.The internet might explode if he eventually takes the Yes lock as a finisher. Bryan looked so legit pissed after that "I want to renegotiate my contract" bit backstage. Maryse....oh, God bless her. She is the new baby doll and I love it.

AJ/Ambrose was great. The crowd was not into it which was weird (or they were all for AJ and were booing Ambrose). I loved Mauro's moral outrage at how AJ tainted his legacy with how he won the WWE title. As if some of his other title wins weren't so dubious. Ambrose needs a make over. I'd love for him to ditch the street fighter look and go back to his wrestler look again. He just needs to freshen up the look. He's done all he can with it.

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Beech27

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A night of--Bray aside--correct decisions, executed even better. The sort of show that actually makes me excited to watch wrestling the next three nights. 

Random things:

-Two champs with distinct southern accents, in 2016. 'Rasslin, man. (I know West Virginia is pretty far north to be south, but let's go with it.)

-There are a lot of things that make Becky such an amazing babyface promo, but I think the most prominent, right now, is her earnest and perpetual emphasis on winning. (And yes, winning the right way.) You immediately get how much it matters to her, more than if her promos were kayfabe-skirting stuff about working good matches to put women's wrestling over. (This isn't meant as a shot at Sasha, whom I think is great, but the material she's getting.)

-The Uso's ring gear is great, as was their limb breaking offense--but damn do they need a new entrance video. 

-Styles should hold that belt until someone gets on his level. Could be a long time. 

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