Phantom Lord 1,567 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 They aired a commercial last night for next week saying Becky would confront the MITB winner, so it's a given at least someone from RAW is almost certainly winning. Link to post Share on other sites
nofuture 4,037 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Not necessarily. They have done the "MITB winner shows up on both shows to threaten cashing in" thing before. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MavsFan77 195 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 6 minutes ago, nofuture said: Not necessarily. They have done the "MITB winner shows up on both shows to threaten cashing in" thing before. Well the only Smackdown woman with a chance is one I don’t want to see on Raw again especially not versus Becky. That feud was horrible last year, and I doubt it would go any better this time around. Link to post Share on other sites
Tarheel Moneghetti 139 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 The "cinematic approach" to the MitB matches move this show from "disinterested in empty arena shows" to "avoid like the (coronavirus) plague" in my book. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt D 12,495 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 I'm all for this. I just hope they spent the $$$ to license Yakety Sax. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Yo-Yo's Roomie 1,201 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 What's going on with Sasha? She's the only thing keeping me semi-interested in WWE right now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Eivion 3,502 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Yo-Yo's Roomie said: What's going on with Sasha? She's the only thing keeping me semi-interested in WWE right now. Not on the show. They have been doing a slow burn to Sasha vs. Bayley #778. Its actually being done well. Just feels unnecessary. I'd honestly rather just see Naomi or even Lacey beat Bayley and feud with Sasha afterward. Edited May 6 by Eivion 2 Link to post Share on other sites
L_W_P 2,108 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Step 1 - Nia Jax wins MITB. Step 2 - Tamina beats Bayley. Step 3 - Nia jumps to SDL. Step 4 - Profit. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Natural 29,476 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 (edited) Edited May 7 by The Natural Link to post Share on other sites
D.Z 8,818 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Two more matches R-Truth vs. MVP Below is kickoff: Jeff Hardy vs. Cesaro Link to post Share on other sites
mystman 286 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 10 hours ago, D.Z said: Jeff Hardy vs. Cesaro They just started a program with him and Sheamus, so of course he's facing Cesaro at the PPV. This company, man..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cleavy 88 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 3 hours ago, mystman said: They just started a program with him and Sheamus, so of course he's facing Cesaro at the PPV. This company, man..... on the kickoff show too, instead of R-Truth vs MVP. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
paintedbynumbers 716 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 so much bad shit on this show. MVP vs R Truth, Cesaro vs Hardy, Rollins vs Drew. What also sucks is that since the MITB was taped early there is no chance any of the winners cash in tonight. In fact I'd bet $$ that they won't cash in until fans are able to attend events. Link to post Share on other sites
MavsFan77 195 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 hour ago, paintedbynumbers said: so much bad shit on this show. MVP vs R Truth, Cesaro vs Hardy, Rollins vs Drew. What also sucks is that since the MITB was taped early there is no chance any of the winners cash in tonight. In fact I'd bet $$ that they won't cash in until fans are able to attend events. I don’t think they hold off on Shayna’s cash in that long. It’s not like she’s super popular, and would get a pop for it. The men’s case I totally agree with you on though as I can’t see them having AJ do it without a crowd or Aleister Black winning his first world title without a crowd (they’re the only two real options for the men’s case IMO). Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyLaw 3,038 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Wait, Jeff Hardy vs Cesaro is a bad match? We’re complaining that they aren’t hot-shotting a match between Hardy and Sheamus two days after they had a face to face confrontation? Surely, there’s no way that feud could possibly be advanced since Jeff is facing *checks notes* Sheamus’s former tag partner. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf&Subs 6,359 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 16 minutes ago, JonnyLaw said: Surely, there’s no way that feud could possibly be advanced since Jeff is facing *checks notes* Sheamus’s former tag partner. Please... It’s the WWE, that didn’t actually happen. They have no real continuity. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mystman 286 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 hour ago, JonnyLaw said: Wait, Jeff Hardy vs Cesaro is a bad match? We’re complaining that they aren’t hot-shotting a match between Hardy and Sheamus two days after they had a face to face confrontation? Surely, there’s no way that feud could possibly be advanced since Jeff is facing *checks notes* Sheamus’s former tag partner. It would of been fine if they announced the match before Friday, had Sheamus make comments about Hardy on Friday, then had Sheamus get involved during the Cesaro match during the PPV. That would've worked. Instead, the two got physical on Smackdown, then they inexplicably announced that Hardy was fighting Cesaro, instead of, you know, the guy he just had a brawl with. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MavsFan77 195 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 hours ago, JonnyLaw said: Wait, Jeff Hardy vs Cesaro is a bad match? We’re complaining that they aren’t hot-shotting a match between Hardy and Sheamus two days after they had a face to face confrontation? Surely, there’s no way that feud could possibly be advanced since Jeff is facing *checks notes* Sheamus’s former tag partner. And what current connection does “The Bar” have? One is doing nothing but beating goofs that haven’t even been on NXT before, and the other is a lackey for Sami Zayn or playing third stooge in a six man tag with Nakamura and King Corbin as his partners. So for someone to point out that the matchup makes no sense is a logical argument. I’ve not seen anyone claim other than you posting the question that it’s going to be a bad match. Hell it should be a damn good match that belongs on the PPV not the stupid kickoff show. Especially when MVP and Truth are being given higher card placement than they are. Link to post Share on other sites
kafkonia 792 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 31 minutes ago, MavsFan77 said: So for someone to point out that the matchup makes no sense is a logical argument. I’ve not seen anyone claim other than you posting the question that it’s going to be a bad match. Two posts earlier: 5 hours ago, paintedbynumbers said: so much bad shit on this show. MVP vs R Truth, Cesaro vs Hardy, Rollins vs Drew. What also sucks is that since the MITB was taped early there is no chance any of the winners cash in tonight. In fact I'd bet $$ that they won't cash in until fans are able to attend events. There you go. I guess the argument could be that Hardy is an unproven property at this stage in the game? Not every match has to be based around a feud, even on PPV. I'd say that mindset is an overall negative, since it really reduces the options and results in stale match-ups as people wrestle the same match week after week. I also don't see why the MITB being pretaped means no cash in tonight. I could see the MITB going on last, which obviously would preclude a cash-in, but being pretaped doesn't mean anything in and of itself. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
nofuture 4,037 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) I mean I wouldn't put it past WWE to have someone magically travel from Stamford to Orlando in one night and cash in the MITB, but I doubt it's going to happen. Edited May 10 by nofuture 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 32,044 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 I am assuming that MVP being on the main show is somehow going to be a way to get Shane Thorne & Brendan Vink on the show since I believe the plan is MVP is going to be managing/advising them Link to post Share on other sites
D.Z 8,818 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Just WWE booking exhibition matches. Sheamus could attack Hardy, linking it to their feud. Link to post Share on other sites
paintedbynumbers 716 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 When Apollo was put into the MITB match I thought "why not Jeff Hardy" match fits his daredevil style that they have been showing in the weekly Smackdown videos perfectly. then AJ came in and I was very happy, but then I look and see Otis is in this match. Fucking Otis?! Why? Jeff Hardy could have had Otis's spot and it would make 100X more sense. Black or AJ will win anyway but the bumps Jeff would have taken would have been epic 2 Link to post Share on other sites
MavsFan77 195 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 33 minutes ago, kafkonia said: Two posts earlier: There you go. I guess the argument could be that Hardy is an unproven property at this stage in the game? Not every match has to be based around a feud, even on PPV. I'd say that mindset is an overall negative, since it really reduces the options and results in stale match-ups as people wrestle the same match week after week. I also don't see why the MITB being pretaped means no cash in tonight. I could see the MITB going on last, which obviously would preclude a cash-in, but being pretaped doesn't mean anything in and of itself. Okay I’d missed that part of the post. So please accept my apology. The part I’d noticed was them saying Seth vs Drew was gonna be bad, and I just gave up at that point. As far as the cash in goes as nofuture mentioned too it’s going to be damn near impossible to explain someone getting from Stamford to Orlando within the time frame of the show. Even if they claim they used the private jet that Vince owns. The only logical way to do it would be admit they pretaped the match, and claim it happened “last night” that way nobody can be like well how’d the Smackdown people participate? Link to post Share on other sites
MavsFan77 195 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, paintedbynumbers said: When Apollo was put into the MITB match I thought "why not Jeff Hardy" match fits his daredevil style that they have been showing in the weekly Smackdown videos perfectly. then AJ came in and I was very happy, but then I look and see Otis is in this match. Fucking Otis?! Why? Jeff Hardy could have had Otis's spot and it would make 100X more sense. Black or AJ will win anyway but the bumps Jeff would have taken would have been epic That’s honestly how I feel about Mysterio being in it. I like Rey a-lot, but we know that a) he’s not gonna win, and b) he’s not the one bumping off of the tower so wouldn’t it have been better to put Andrade or Murphy in his spot? If they’d used Andrade all three of the Raw guys could’ve been possible winners, and with Murphy they could’ve teased him winning and cashing in at some point to cause dissension with Seth. I feel the women’s match is even more telegraphed though. I don’t see anyone buying the idea of Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey, or Nia winning. So it’s basically down to Shayna and Asuka. Which with Meltzer constantly saying they’re not done with Shayna vs Becky gee I wonder who wins? Plus the commercials last week telegraphing the winner showing up on Raw tomorrow night. At this point my picks are AJ and Shayna with everyone whining that Raw got both briefcases only for AJ to move back to Smackdown and cash in on Strowman at some point. Which they could badly use AJ right now, and to me he’s treated as more of a star on Smackdown. Link to post Share on other sites
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