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By the way, fuck the Hammer. The Master and Ruler has spoken: SID VICIOUS @SychoVicious 18m18 minutes ago Sasha could main event for sure. Don't tell Greg Valentine though. #NXTTakeOver

this was fun

Yo get ready for some tissues.

I am never ever going to be able to talk rationally about Sasha/Bayley

The black guy is disappointed because now he knows his "I might put out on our third date if you really show me a good time and have a nice car FINN" sign is probably going to be ignored by Finn.

This happened... All other considerations are secondary.

I liked the finish to Taker/Brock Undertaker is old and desperate and to beat Brock he had to become a dirty, cheating, rat bastard motherfucker and completely abandon any pretense of honor. I liked it because this is a radically different direction for Taker, he's been the venerable, stalwart hero of the company, a man too legendary and respected by the audience to get booed, and now he's decidedly none of these things and Brock didn't expect him to throw it all away to win. It's been such a long time since Taker worked heel that I'm truly shocked they actually did it. You can't accurately compare this finish to the NXT finishes because NXT, more than anything, was graduation day for Sasha and Owens and that was about endings, SummerSlam is an ongoing story that won't play out until next year. Taker vs Brock rubber match at Mania 32 in JerryWorld, Brock puts his career up against Taker's and Taker loses and hangs up the boots. 100,000 people. No, Gregg didn't type this or hack my account, I just loved the finish and I'm highly intrigued by this massive change in Taker's character.

Yeah this is about right

My 8 year old niece started watching wrestling maybe 6 months ago mostly through me watching it when we were babysitting her. She now watches pretty much anything (including TNA. I really must have a word with her about that) but loves NXT way more than the WWE main shows. She likes Balor (even in scary Demon mode. She's kinda a badass), Becky Lynch and, shit, can even do Enzo Amore's schtick word for word (I'm sorry, as wrong as it is, it will never not be hysterical to me hearing a 8 year old Irish girl say I AM A CERTIFIED G AND A BONIFIED STUD. The complete 'the fuck?!' look my non-wrestling watching sister/her mum gave the 1st time she did it in front of her was priceless) but her absolute favourite wrestler by an absolute country mile is Bayley. She hasn't watched the show yet, it was the most fun I had watching a wrestling show in ages, I'm totally and completely looking forward to watching it again with her. Sometimes, wrestling just kicks fucking ass.

I can't express enough how much people need to watch this entire show Owens/Balor might end up becoming the most forgotten great ladder match ever

Team Rocket has gotten pretty desperate

Totally insignificant but the "Samoa Joe has an 8 1/3% chance" sign cracked me up.

UNACCEPTABLE~! CATER TO MY NEEDS!!!!

Yes, but in FASHION WATCH Lana did an incredible job, basically nailing:

I... I....... I........... You son of a bitch. I now need this more than I need anything else in my life.

God damn I'm just so happy. IT'S BAYLEY

The punctuation is all wrong. That was from Balor's pilgrimage to the A-Team con. It was supposed to read: "Face, Fuck me! Finn" Sadly, he was seen leaving the convention with his head down, and this under his arm:

So during this show we got a Double Countout, Jon Fucking Stewart altering a major title match, and a screwjob finish that came across like bullshit. Welcome to WCW.

Eva Marie going over Bayley at Full Sail isn't a booking, it's a terrorist threat.

They didn't announce last call. That's a win in my book. They probably had 2500... obviously NXT hurt the crowd, but still that's a healthy number for a beautiful Saturday night. And the show was really good. Didn't have the emotional high points of NXT, just damn good wrestling from start to finish. I can't remember the last wrestling show I went to that was so consistently good across the board. NJPW guys all worked their asses off... Okada/Strong was my MOTN but every match on the card delivered. To me, the biggest problem was that the refs were parked in the first-base corner blocking the view of everyone on that side, whereas if they'd been in the other side (facing left field) they wouldn't have been in anyone's way. Really obnoxious. Brooklyn really is the wrestling capital of the world this weekend. That's pretty fucking cool in my book.

I can only find it with a stupid giant border right now - but yeah... this is one of the best videos they have ever done http://youtu.be/kcxL3g5-HKE

If she isn't All Red now, she will be when Kana is done with her.

Watching the replay now. Joe's spinning backfist was fucking VILE.

I am breaking my own rules just to say that this is the Card of the Year and we still have a match to go

I know Ronda digs wrestling, but I wish she dug it enough to break Valentine's arm and make a t-shirt about it.

Taker cheating and hitting a low blow and even tapping unseen... All good. It's a heel turn. The timekeeper ringing the bell without the ref calling for it? Stupid as shit.

Apropos of nothing I just realized Rollins and New Day had matching outfits. Mind. Blown.

Well, Finn Balor IS a face...wait, what?

I have something to confess: I kinda like Baron Corbin's punches.

I just watched that match again. Dusty being Dusty and Brain being loaded with Schiavone as the straight man was such a great team. "What did he say? Chives?" EDIT: For those that haven't seen it. Finlay breaks Regal's nose with a vicious punch and WCW's camera guys immediately back away from the blood. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz8krk_35-96-03-24-fit-finlay-vs-steven-regal-uncensored_sport

I enjoyed the show. Bushwacker Luke stole the show. Dating Castle was over big time. Elgin-Goto was great and so was Okada-Strong. Main evenT was a little disappointing.

Field of Honor was a fun show to attend. Agree with Clayton that Okada/Strong was a heck of a match and I was surprised at how good Elgin vs. Goto ended up being. My girlfriend who knows nothing about ROH immediately got behind Moose and was baffled by Dalton Castle and his entrance but now wants to try to go to more shows, which is great.

Not one thing even coming close to approaching a weak spot on that card. Not one damn thing.

I was sorely disappointed that they didn't rip off the Muta/Liger mask/mist angle to cause Breeze to lose the match then Breeze can have a few weeks angle of losing modelling gigs because he's covered in green mist. I was also hoping that Enzo/Cass would tease Carmella as the Vaudvillians backup then blast thru with the Blue Pants singalong. Other than that, awesome show. OH, and another thing. Please give me some of this, NXT:

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you may land in the Simon Gotch.

Just got back. God... damn. What a great show. Right before Hunter went on camera, he almost literally begged us to stay quiet during the intro. About 90% of the audience did thankfully. Vaudevillains winning was a nice surprise as was Blue Pants. (Fuck you if you didn't like the Blue Pants City chant, you humorless sap.) Apollo Crews looked great as did Joe. Balor/Owens was fantastic and through no fault of its own will be overshadowed. Owens dying on that ladder at the end, Jesus. I'll come back to Bayley/Sasha in a sec... The arena matches... Eva Marie got NUCLEAR heat, Carmella did what she could, but lord Eva was awful. I am still laughing at Cole's "the Universe has always loved Eva Marie" line. Evil Emma beat Dana, Charlotte, and Becky. I'm 99% sure Becky completely botched the finish by not kicking out. She came up and instantly looked like she had fucked up. Oh, and Enzo/Cass... yeah. They were just *slightly* over. There's a difference when 500 people chant your slogan than when 15500 do. And back to Bayley/Sasha. I've been fortunate enough to be present for more than my share of all time great matches (Austin-Hart I, Mania 20 Triple Threat, Foley/HHH @ Rumble 2000 and on and on...) Bayley/Sasha is not only the best women's match I've ever seen... it may have been the best match I've ever seen, period. $55 well spent.

It's kinda crazy how WWE can produce these NXT shows and make them feel so special. Like, literal "can't miss" shows. But will then turn around and make their regular shows feel like the most skipable events possible. Everything about the NXT show tonight felt different and unique. No two matches were alike, and the results felt like they mattered and carried weight. That is all I ever really want from a wrestling show. I had to watch the show on a delay so I didn't get to join in on the initial reactions, so obviously my thoughts will be somewhat repetitive. Liger busting out the "spin pose" might have been my pop of the night. Loved the tag title match too. Joe vs Corbin worked about 100x better than I expected, and I love the fuck out of that match. Sasha/Bayley will smoke EVERYTHING that happens at Summerslam. All time classic match, and right up there with Sasha/Becky. Ladder match was p crazy, and I agree that it will go down as a hidden gem of a ladder match in a few years. It won't get talked up like the more famous ones, but it felt authentic and brutal and I loved it.

But for a 260 pound brick shithouse to get THAT much air on a standing moonsault makes him stand out. No kidding. "He hit him with a standing moonsault" doesn't even begin to do it justice. He fucking leaped in the air, had time to check his watch if he was wearing one and then landed King Kong Bundy splash style.

All of the hype videos were fantastic but the Bayley/Sasha one was on another level. The picture of her fading into nothingness as they go through the three others being called up. Her music slowing down. So great. Best WWE show of the year by a country mile even though matches outside of Sasha/Bayley ranged from fine to really good. No fucking about and everything had a purpose and delivered.

But for a 260 pound brick shithouse to get THAT much air on a standing moonsault makes him stand out.

To be fair, Full Sail started the beef.

Gedo already getting ready to book the G1 for 2016

Oh come on. What's not positive about making money off of crying children?

Epsilon ‏@WWEBigE 54s54 seconds ago Pre-win #SummerSlam celebratory @JuniorsCheeseck with my woes.

As a kid, Greg Valentine was my second least favorite wrestler. Just bored me to tears. I will forever have a hatred in my heart for Dino Bravo as he will always be number one.

This is all cool arrow's fault for posting a pic that was completely pointless and acting like it was important thus leaving everyone to scrutinize it to figure out what the point of him posting it was.