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And then when it went to Asuka's entrance,
Phillips: Can I talk now?
Graves: ...I suppose
That was such a great bit - and it was all the delivery by Graves.
That NXT hype vid for Nakamura was outstanding - they could literally put that on Raw and throw him in the IC Title mix at WM and he would fit right in - especially with Sami's WWE story being "he's a guy, and he's a guy who is named Sami Zayn" so far.
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Fun show, but nothing too amazing. Great place-setter for Takeover though, even if the awful fake snow effect for Nakamura's video lead-in was a bit much. Can't go wrong with Sami-Nakamura though. Women's tag was fun, and far better than either male tag match. Emma-Deonna never really got going, but put Emma over strong. Dana's look remains absolutely bizarre and does nothing for me, and Deonna Purrazzo should probably not have her initials on her gear.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/nxt-3-16-16.html
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That was one of the finest hours of pro wrestling TV in years. Things started off really fun with the trios tag, then cooled off a bit for Texano-Chavo - but that allowed things to stand out more with both Mil and Matanza being set up in back to back vignettes as monsters who will one day be at war. It's like if you saw a trailer for a Godzilla movie and a King Kong movie back to back - nothing was stated about them facing off, but seeing them back-to-back makes you wonder what would happen if they fought. It was great, and we got Matanza killing more dudes while the Streets of Rage scream sound effect blared too.
Then we got the main event. Holy shit was it crazy- and not just due to the spots. There were some things that kinda didn't need to be there, like chairs to the head - but they at least meant something. Masks were ripped up and that allowed blood to floor from the chairs - so we got masked luchador bloodshed for the first time in LU history, Vamp marking out for dives, and the single best David vs. Goliath match since Razor vs. 1-2-3 Kid in 1993 too as FENIX BEAT HIM TO WIN THE TITLE. Then, Catrina set out for revenge. She's now lost all of her gold in one night, and Dario has staked his claim to regain his Temple. Mil enters Aztec Warfare as number 20, while Fenix now has to defend his title and run the gauntlet as number 1. It's going to be amazing, and Rey's debut happens there too. Oh my God can next Wednesday just be here already!?
http://www.f4wonline.com/mexico/lucha-underground-results-fenix-battles-mil-muertes-lu-title-209451
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Warrior was pretty brilliant to always change his look up though - it gives them MOUNTAINS of possible figures to make. I was looking at a CAWs.ws rundown of WK15 creations for him, and it amazed me to see dozens of different designs. I remembered him changing his look up, sure, but to see the sheer amount of different looks was impressive. That's not even counting the singlet era, which gave him some airbrush designs to work with and thus MORE STUFF FOR WWE TO SELL.
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It's astonishing to see how much WWE is motenizing and immortalizing Warrior after spending a decade burying him. Good on them for keeping the merch and stuff going for his family's sake though - they should be financially set with it.
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I hope Vader, Sid and Harley show up to WaveMania.
Sid has to have his flip flops, too.
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What a shit show this was. Like usual, more of TNA now isn't always better. There were no good matches here, and the mixed and intergender tags were largely awful. Maria may actually be worse than Velvet in the ring. They had ONE ACT that worked - Matt as a heel, and nixed it tonight so CAPN DREW could cash in his change in the piggy bank case and win it.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/tna-impact-wrestling-3-15-16.html
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New Day was the peak of the show. Ric the Used Car Salesman was up there. AJ's flying forearm was great. A few moments of HHH-Dolph felt special, and the rest of the show was just kinda there. Owens-Zayn was built up, but not very well. Mick giving Dean his barb wire baseball bat was nice - and it looks like we'll get a bit more Moxley than Ambrose at WM against Brock. Lana continued to look hot as well.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/new-day-rawks-3-14-16.html
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Honest Ric's Used Car Emporium - the only car dealer that requires giving the owner a loan to enter
So...this...
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This certainly was a show. Brock vs. Harper was better than Brock vs. Bray would've been, and the main event had a TREMENDOUS fake finish with Dean getting the visual pin. Dean's look of shock was classic, and I loved that we got both a figure four and Sharpshooter form Dean here, while HHH busted out the Batista Bite. Charlotte vs. Nattie was good too - not as good as their NXT match, but quite good and Charlotte's best main roster match too.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/wwe-roadblock-2016.html
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Beer Money vs. The Wolves was good, but never got great. Odd to not have Davey's injury brought up too. Matt vs. EC3 was given a blah build, while Eric Young vs. Jeff Hardy was given more build - and we got the KOTM match on free TV with no buildup at all. Angle-Lashley was a poor version of every match they've had yet, which makes sense since Kurt was concussed at the time. Sad way for him to go out in TNA, too,
but they at least put his retirement over as a huge deal and clearly appreciated him being there for a decade.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/tna-impact-wrestling-3-8-16.html
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Peyton Royce will forever have a place in my heart for that tweet.
That is going to be the peak of her WWE career.
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The Vince-Shane stuff was pretty good tonight. LOVED EVERYTHING WITH JERICHO AND AJ. Holy shit. The tag match was perfect for what it needed to be, and I love that we have one feud in WWE based entirely around results mattering. Breeze-Kalisto was amusing, and I guess we're getting Ryback vs. Kalisto at WM. Or maybe Sin Cara vs. Kalisto in some wacky giant multi-man US TItle match. I'd give Jericho the US Title so that AJ-Jericho could be about more than just respect and thus be on a better part of the card though. Bray vs. Dean wasn't much - but Dean at least didn't lose before facing and likely losing to HHH on Saturday.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/wwe-raw-3-7-16.html
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The Gay Community?! Naw, he don't want none!
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After a few iffy weeks, this was a darn fine show. The first hour was largely fantastic - with Roode vs. Angle being a technically fine, but non-stop finishers video game match. The post-match with Beer Money and the Wolves was productive and amusing with the milk gag. Everything with Matt, Spud, Reby's wacky dress, and EC3 ruled. Match-wise, Bennett had his best singles showing to date either in ROH or TNA against Drew.
They had an excellent match and they even found a way to make a distraction schoolboy not only make logical sense, but build to a rematch. I liked EC3 actually being a smart babyface and not only outsmarting the heels - but kicking their ass during a blindside attack. Spud vs. EC3 was yet another good match between them - it wasn't as good as their classic bloodbath, but still very good. Other than the officials trying to save Spud at the end for an unsanctioned match, it was solid story-wise.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/tna-impact-wrestling-3-1-16.html
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Rockstar Spud cuts one of his best promos ever
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This has to be the most recap-filled Raw in history. They even got into recapping stuff from SmackDown! That at least added some context to Show-Owens, which got both back on the 50/50 treadmill. There was no life on this show, even with Taker coming out to choke Vince and agree to destroy Shane because then then Vince might feel guilty...and then Vince said he'd cut shane out of the will if he lost and disown him. The show-closing stuff with HHH and Dean was good though - hopefully Dean gets the proper main event push he deserves this year.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/wwe-raw-2-29-16.html
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When a wrestler is wearing a bootleg t-shirt of your friend's comic...
It actually isn't a bootleg - PWTees has a FORMERLY KNOWN AS Edge section now.
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American Alpha vs. BAMF was fun, but every match they've ever had. Crews vs. Gerard was nothing. Bull vs. Ciampa was GLORIOUS COMEDY FROM START TO FINISH. The main event women's tag wasn't technically good, but I enjoyed Nia using solid psychology by pulling Eva closer to the corner for a tag and Eva being dickish to her partner to win it. I also like that title reign length in NXT doesn't just mean something in the short term - it's giving Neville something to do that can be presented as having some on-paper importance.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/wwe-nxt-2-24-16.html
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Between Rosemary and Jimmy though, they really do need to NAME THESE ACTS ON DAY ONE. I shouldn't have to go to fucking Twitter to find out names of TNA talent while the show is on the air.
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This show sucked. EC3 vs. Matt was 99% angle, and not much of that was good. Lethal Lockdown with the knockouts was largely negated by having an ad break during the Jade-Gail portion, giving us all of the worst workers in full. At least Maria's booty-showcasing getup made its TNA debut. And they chose to censor Eli's ass instead of hers - which was a wise move.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/tna-impact-wrestling-2-23-16.html
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Also, who taught Shane how to blackmail? The gang from It's Always Sunny?
Or worse - the creators of Sunny Side Up.
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The first hour was incredibly newsworthy with Shane's return, Shane's bright red shoes, the announcement of Shane vs. Taker at WM - presumably until Cena gets cleared, and an amazing Heyman promo setting up Brock vs. Dean at WM. They've got a chance to cement Dean as a top-level guy, and with Roman's push clearly not clicking, it would be a good idea to at least be able to slip Dean into that spot seamlessly. Match-wise, the show wasn't much. New Day six man tag was fun, Fastlane six man tag wasn't, but at least had Ryback turning for some reason. I did love him he's going to break the glass ceiling - finally, a push for a 300 pound musclebound man in WWE! And then, after 15 minutes of HHH being put over as the greatest of all-time - he came out and kicked Roman's ass from pillar to post, bloodied him up, got cheered for it, pedigreed him on the steps and crotch chopped him to a wild ovation. This was quite the spectacle, and one that will be looked back on years from now as something that further killed Roman.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/wwe-raw-2-22-16.html
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Shane hasn't let money go to his shoes
Well, this can sure be repurprosed for several things.
WWE - fighters of racial injustice
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The pre-show match was so much better with Mauro. Holy crap was he just amazing here. His commentary was the best of the show, and the best match was easily the main event. AJ vs. Jericho was pretty good, but hurt by Jericho just being too slow to really do an AJ match anymore.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/wwe-fastlane-2016.html
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"Please God, give me the worst facial hair ever!"
Body by Vince
Naitch really didn't look good tonight.
Booty Like a Boss!
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Liger was great with the Boys in ROH - AND IN NJPW!
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Sting could not possibly have a sillier facial expression.
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I couldn't take my eyes off of the big dude sitting in the front...
The F4W board has dubbed him Big Red. Either that, or Cartman.
UR Fight 3-21-16 - The Inaugural Voyage Into the Iceberg
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This show was tailor-made for DVDVR.
This was only $12 and a laugh riot. It wasn't nearly as sad as Heroes of Wrestling, and the commentary team was a wonderful mix of awful and great thanks to Rampage bringing the comedy. JR and Sean were serious enough, while also burying the show and the grappling match. That was dreadful, but entertaining thanks to the commentary. The MMA fight was a disaster, with a wedgie and an RNC - so it never had time to be bad.
Riff Raff was so goddamned awful, but hilarious with his whole schtick. Then we got him in the Angle vs. Rey match, where he saved Rey from that "MOTHER...FUCKER!" Kurt and his chair. They had a nothing house show match here, but it was amusing, and I like Rey's new El Rey/Lucha Underground gear. Tiny Trunks was hilarious in his walkout, but got his ass whooped. Roy Jones Jr. vs. Vyron Phillips had a few highlights in it - with Jones showing he has enough to face the Homer Simpsons of the world and not get hurt.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/ur-fight-3-20-16-live-coverage.html
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"YOUR MAIN EVENT IS HERE!"
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