The Natural Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, Overly Critical Man said: I very much feel you on the Asuka thing. Not that she lost, but what a shitty way to end the streak. And then she cuts an even shittier promo to make the whole thing cringier than it already was. 10 minutes ago, Black Angel said: Yeah. Feel cheated for some reason. 10 minutes ago, HumanChessgame said: I don't mind her streak ending because excessive winning streaks/title reigns are something I really can't stand as they come of as so forced and lead to obnoxious booking decisions. The match itself was fantastic and I don't have any complaints about it. Fuck Cena for interrupting the end though. And Jinder winning the title was bullshit. Cheers lads. Wasn't sure if it was me feeling that coupled with no sleep in 24+ hours. I hated all that and I don't often feel like that with wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Brock can fuck off also. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 That Nia/Alexa match would've been absolutely perfect as the rematch at Backlash. But tonight needed to be a squash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Just now, Rick said: Cena can blame the loss on the two miller lites he had during the show. Seriously though, Cena is in Hogan/Austin/Rock territory, he shouldn't be getting squashed like that. Taker looked good, slick, fast, immobile. You clearly had more than two Miller Lites. Taker was barely surviving doing what he was doing. There's a reason that match lasted three minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 minute ago, The Natural said: Brock can fuck off also. I went in thinking it was pretty clear Roman was winning and that no matter how bad the match might be at least Brock would be gone. Worst of both worlds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The layout of the RAW Women's title, Bryan/Shane vs Owens/Sami, and the main event all were just God fucking awful in different ways. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angel Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hold up. Does this mean we have to sit through more Roman crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Okay, match by match anaylasis. Andre Battle Royal was a thing. No surprise entrants. Hardy/Wyatt angle was eh. It was... there. Cruiserweight Title Match was a minor letdown. It was solid, but it felt like it was told to finish just as they were about to really go crazy. Hope we get a rematch on 205 were they can go 20. Womens Battle Royal was good! The NXT girls got to show some cool shit, Naomi was a good surprise winner, I was down. Triple Threat to open was good shit, and I say that as someone who doesn't like Finn or Seth. Just a very well structured Triple Threat match. Asuka/Charlotte was fucking good shit. I wasn't in love with Asuka losing, but the match was good enough I could buy that being the match Asuka lost. Really really good shit. The US Title match was mediocre and the wrong guy one. The wrongest guy won, even. Fuck Mahal. The Rousey tag passed Big Show/Mayweather and Shane/Vince for best non wrestler match I can ever recall. Steph and Rousey were just fantastic. I'm actually wondering where it ranks for best 1st match performance ever. Even if they did rehearse the match, for someone with no real matches in front of a crowd working that well in a match in front of 78 thousand people is incredible to me. The Smackdown match had a crowd that couldn't care cause holy shit what set it up was bonkers, but Harper and Rowan got a Mania main show match when Wyatt didn't, and that's funny, also they destroyed 5 people and took some belts. Good by me. Cena's angle was going great, and it doens't bug me. I assume there's a chance they rematch with a slightly more competitive match next year. But it didn't bother me a bit. Nia/Alexa should have been shorter. It wasn't a bad match by any stretch, but Nia should have won it within 5 minutes. Styles/Nak was certainly very good, but tired crowd didn't help at all. Loved the Nakamura heel turn. Credit to Matt for my favorite line of the night with "God Dammit, work the apron, you little snot" over on PWO. I laughed for like 2 minutes. I didn't mind the idea, and they'll drop the belts tomorrow. Main Event was hot fucking garbage. Brock's style is awful, Reigns isn't the guy no matter how much they tell you he is the guy, and blarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Nakamura's entrance was awesome by the way 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Shane must be Ronda’s new boxing coach, by the looks of it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Just now, Black Angel said: Hold up. Does this mean we have to sit through more Roman crap? we ALWAYS have to sit through more Roman crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 If I was disappointed by anything it was entrances. I mean I guess the best were 1) Chralotte Flair was essentially a sado-masochistic dream sequence I may or may not have already storyboarded in my special notebook 2) Finn Balor because fuck anyone who didn't like that 3) HHH/Steph mainly because stephs hog was a big as his and they both had to hold a bunch of water in their mouth that whole ride down and also they had a seriously awesome group of Russ Meyer ladies as their bodyguards. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Says a lot when a 10 year old winning the Tag Titles isn't the oddest booking decision of the night. The betting odds were way off the results which makes me thing Vince tinkered with the whole card last minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 What I found weirdest about the US title match was that they did the two guys with their own ring announcers entering consecutively, and the one who got the crowd going didn't win. I probably dug the other women's title match more than the Ronda-Steph show, but Charlotte vs. Asuka was probably the match of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The show was legit great up through the Bryan tag. Everything after underwhelmed. Asuka/Flair was MOTN. Rousey was great. Bryan is still the goat. That's all I really wanted out of the show. The Nak heel turn was an interesting move and I'm here for it. Even more here for this slow burn Cena ultimate heel run. If that doesn't happen chalk that Taker/Cena match up as worthless, but I'm a believer. Cena will main event next year as a heel. Mark my words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Black Angel said: Hold up. Does this mean we have to sit through more Roman crap? Adam Cole is the next Vince guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Fuck Jinder too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, sydneybrown said: You clearly had more than two Miller Lites. Taker was barely surviving doing what he was doing. There's a reason that match lasted three minutes. Which is why it doesn't make sense to build him up for Cena. It probably should have just been: Elias comes out to sing lights out...bong...entrance punch punch, slam, brand-new-hip legdrop, tombstone, pin cheer cheer done. It would have saved us about 7 hours of dumb Cena promos over the last six weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rows Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 They have that Saudi Arabia event in a few weeks. A title could change hands there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overly Critical Man Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 They shouldn't have changed the name of the Moolah battle royale, because that thing set back women's wrestling almost as much as Moolah did. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FluffSnackwell Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, piranesi said: I love that Nia didn't squash Alexa. I know people wanted it and that's great for character reasons, it means Alexa works as a shit heel. But she's just so goddamn good at working heel and her comeback was convincing and dirty and it made Nia earn this and keeps Alexa strong. Hell I was sort of hoping she would win to have Alexa/Charlotte set up since they were practically invincible. Imagine the entrances for that. The best heel in that match was the overly protective referee who kept obstructing Nia and providing openings for Alexa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The three best matches of the night were done by the end of fourth match (main show only) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On a positive note: The presentation from the set to the ring entrances. Good opener in Miz/Balor/Rollins. Bludgeon Brothers belatedly winning tag titles on the main roster. Daniel Bryan back in the ring with me doing the Yes gesture at stupid o clock in the morning wearing me Yes! Yes! Yes! shirt. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 As much as Ronda looked fantastic at pretty much everything in the ring and like a star tonight, they gotsta fuck off with that Homer Simpson makeup shotgun they applied to her. She looked like an 18 year old goth kid halfway through the match. And Jesus, Paige... 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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