WWE TLC 2017 POSTSHOW THREAD (aka the one where everyone got sick)

[Black Angel]

I loved that show...and I don't usually say that so yeah. Also what I'm getting from this is the mumps are the biggest babyface on the roster right?

[Hail Sabin]

Yeah at some point in the next few weeks a Smart crowd will start a chant of "the Mumps are Awesome." 

[odessasteps]

4 minutes ago, Hail Sabin said:

Yeah at some point in the next few weeks a Smart crowd will start a chant of "the Mumps are Awesome." 

Mumps are lit. As the kids said during the NHL mumps epidemic.

[AquariumDrinker]

Miz was so great last night. Sold like a champ.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

1 hour ago, Black Angel said:

I loved that show...and I don't usually say that so yeah. Also what I'm getting from this is the mumps are the biggest babyface on the roster right?

Mumps gave us Balor vs. AJ, so that makes it a top babyface. At the very least, mumps deserves a Slammy.

[The Natural]

10 hours ago, piranesi said:

How do people not love that Kurt is incapable of breaking character no matter where/what he is/doing. This is the guy he is. Heel or face. It doesn't matter what outfit you put him in.

 

 

He is only capable of two emotions: "Clueless happy jock dude" and "guy who will give you a running start before he kills you."

[The Natural]

3 minutes ago, The Natural said:

This is what TNA does to you ; ).

[Hail Sabin]

2 hours ago, The Natural said:

This is what TNA does to you ; ).

To be fair that is also how he looked at Sharmell. 

[Web Conn]

Just watched Aj vs Balor and Meltzer only gave it 4 1/4 stars but fuck that i'll give it 5 stars. And i'm not even one for star rankings. After watching the match I think we have witnessed Finn Balors coming out party in the WWE, he proved he can go toe to toe with the best the WWE has to offer at a moments notice and deliver. Star making performance of course.

[Godfrey]

2 hours ago, Web Conn said:

Just watched Aj vs Balor and Meltzer only gave it 4 1/4 stars but fuck that i'll give it 5 stars. And i'm not even one for star rankings. After watching the match I think we have witnessed Finn Balors coming out party in the WWE, he proved he can go toe to toe with the best the WWE has to offer at a moments notice and deliver. Star making performance of course.

If only he wasn't squashed the next night he could've ran with that.

[Web Conn]

I caught the last hour and a half of Raw. I missed the whole Kane vs Finn Balor deal. It was that bad huh? Was Curt Hawkins busy?

[Godfrey]

It's not the whole match but you get the gist. Kane barely sold for Finn and dominated the match.

[Web Conn]

That's ridiculous. Everything was going good until Kane countered the Coup De Grace. So I get they are building Kane up to feud with Braun Strowman, but couldn't they have gotten the same effect have Kane go out there and have the same match with say a Rhyno?

[Nice Guy Eddie]

9 minutes ago, Web Conn said:

That's ridiculous. Everything was going good until Kane countered the Coup De Grace. So I get they are building Kane up to feud with Braun Strowman, but couldn't they have gotten the same effect have Kane go out there and have the same match with say a Rhyno?

Don't worry. I'm sure multiple rematches are in the works, so we can get Demon King vs. Demon Kane. Watch Michael Cole's head explode as he says Demon King and Demon Kane about 500 times throughout the match.

[tbarrie]

On 10/23/2017 at 11:43 AM, OSJ said:

What the bloody hell is the matter with you? I could have easily watched Finn and A.J. go for an hour. An absolutely terrific match and one that should finally shut up the Finn haters.

If it was so great, what was the story of the match? All I saw was two guys trading moves until one guy went down. And it's not like the individual moves were particularly spectacular.

Admittedly, implying the match wasn't even "good" was a bit harsh. It's not like they were blowing moves or embarrassing themselves out there. But it was definitely unexciting, and probably the low point of the night.

 

[Web Conn]

Sometimes just two athletes who are at the top of their games, going out there and busting their asses off to outlast and outperform your opponent in a battle of attrition to see which one of them is the better competitor on that given night is story enough. 

[Matt D]

I guess the question then would be whether or not the match (including the selling, both emotional and physical) portrayed that successfully? Did the consequences of the moves create that meaning? Was there logical escalation in counters and momentum shifts? Etc. 

@tbarrie does not seem convinced.

[Web Conn]

I thought there was a dramatic shift after the calf crusher and Finn was wrestling with a limp for the last 6 minutes and everything kinda went full throttle from there.

[The Natural]

On ‎27‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 12:21 AM, Web Conn said:

Just watched Aj vs Balor and Meltzer only gave it 4 1/4 stars but fuck that i'll give it 5 stars. And i'm not even one for star rankings. After watching the match I think we have witnessed Finn Balors coming out party in the WWE, he proved he can go toe to toe with the best the WWE has to offer at a moments notice and deliver. Star making performance of course.

Dave gave the same ****1/4 rating for the TLC main event. Disagree there.

[Web Conn]

2 hours ago, The Natural said:

Dave gave the same ****1/4 rating for the TLC main event. Disagree there.

Hm, no? I don't know the main event was great for different reasons. I don't know 4 1/2 stars! 4 1/2 stars for every one!!! I didn't like Braun being thrown into a dump truck and murdered but other than that I enjoyed the main event a lot.

[tbarrie]

On 10/27/2017 at 1:58 PM, Matt D said:

I guess the question then would be whether or not the match (including the selling, both emotional and physical) portrayed that successfully? Did the consequences of the moves create that meaning? Was there logical escalation in counters and momentum shifts? Etc. 

@tbarrie does not seem convinced.

Also, I think some posters are predisposed to accept them as "two athletes at the top of their games" based on their work in other territories. Myself, I've only seen their WWE stuff, and Finn has done nothing to impress me. AJ has, but he's kind of shit as a face. So I didn't go into the match with much interest. A great match could overcome that and suck me in anyway, of course. This one didn't.

[Dolfan in NYC]