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Post by swarm on Oct 2, 2011 23:54:53 GMT -5
Amazing how much better these shows are when we stream them for free. I enjoyed the show. Soaking in the after-glow of the Lions and Tigers winning today probably helped.  Main Event was real good. Clever ending w ADR locking Cena out and regaining the belt. Two thumbs up. BUT - it does beg the question - why bother taking the belt off him at all only a couple of weeks ago? Whatever. LOVED the ending with Miz and Truth submitting to the cops while smirking. AWESOME. That really added a level of realism to the angle vs. fighting a bunch of cops. Of course, Triple Ego had to go and F it all up by hogging the spotlight again. Wouldn't that have made way more sense to end with a smirking Miz parting the crowd of still employed wrestlers like the Red Sea while an infuriated HHH stood there helpless from attacking him because he was out-smarted by Miz allowing himself to be taken into custody? Instead, HHH can't help himself andf HAS to be Billy Bad Ass, fighting through the police and beating the piss out of them both. Who exactly are they trying to get over here? Really really happy Mark Henry retained. Nice series of events to end that match, and a good brawl after. I'm into this feud. I really enjoyed Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara. I hope it's not over. THE OLD SCHOOL I-C TITLE IS BACK!! YES!!!! MAJOR props to the WWE for this. Two added matches on the show. I like that too. The new Otunga angle is totally awesome. I'm really into it. The fact that he really is a law grad helps get this over. I dig the wrestlers union angle. Seems very new and fresh. Fun show. Looking forward to RAW. |
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Post by Phoenix on Oct 3, 2011 1:45:47 GMT -5
Who saw Del Rio getting the title back?!
have to agree about HHH. He has to be around and part of it as COO, but he takes away from the wrestlers.
Figured Henry would win, but they'd drag it out some more, so i figured maybe Christian would take this match from Sheamus to drag that feud out. That sort of surprised me.
good show, but i don't care for how Punk-Cena is handled. It would have been cool to see Cena as the unwitting corporate champ
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Post by Shon Maxx on Oct 3, 2011 4:20:28 GMT -5
So Henry wins cleanly again and my fave ADR regains. Sounds like a great ppv to me. My only disappointment is DB didn't show up and beat the #$%@ out of both Sin Caras, but I'm still waiting for that.
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Post by Count Necros on Oct 3, 2011 6:28:19 GMT -5
One of their better events, glad to see ADR win, even if only through the upcoming Mexican tour, which he will lose afterwards to Cena or Punk. And I think Punk will end up going to Wrestlemania with the title so Cena can fight Rock, so probably two more title changes (at least) between now and Wrestlemania
Undercard was pretty darn good, Henry winning was best for the monster role he has now and a cool finish to the match, Phoenix finally getting the title, hopefully she will get a lengthy reign out of this, possible having Natalya turn on her and demanding a shot of her own, leading to the best possible women's match the WWE could put together right now on paper.
Sin Cara(s) was cool to watch, I hope they keep both around (even with a different name) as they add something different to the roster. And am also enjoying the slow restructuring of the tag team division and can't wait until they add more teams to the mix.
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Post by Crimson Cross on Oct 3, 2011 6:31:54 GMT -5
After reading the full results on HitC, it's cool to hear about how Cody Rhodes put the most recent IC Belt in a paper bag and then bringing back the old version is really cool. I really think having Rhodes as the IC Champ makes that belt prestigious once again and to read that Mark Henry retained is a good thing too. I'm a Christian fan, but I'm glad and hoping he's out of the title picture for a bit and allow others like Sheamus fight Henry. I wonder if "Huncio" Sin Cara will go by a New name, that would be cool if he went with Mystico...
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Post by graymar on Oct 3, 2011 9:00:33 GMT -5
One of their better events, glad to see ADR win, even if only through the upcoming Mexican tour, which he will lose afterwards to Cena or Punk. And I think Punk will end up going to Wrestlemania with the title so Cena can fight Rock, so probably two more title changes (at least) between now and Wrestlemania Undercard was pretty darn good, Henry winning was best for the monster role he has now and a cool finish to the match, Phoenix finally getting the title, hopefully she will get a lengthy reign out of this, possible having Natalya turn on her and demanding a shot of her own, leading to the best possible women's match the WWE could put together right now on paper. Sin Cara(s) was cool to watch, I hope they keep both around (even with a different name) as they add something different to the roster. And am also enjoying the slow restructuring of the tag team division and can't wait until they add more teams to the mix. I agree with the Count. I think the ones that should have won...won. |
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Post by wildfire on Oct 3, 2011 9:11:21 GMT -5
I agree that there wasn't anything terrible here, but I just couldn't get into it.
ADR winning was kinda silly... why take it off him to get it back 2 weeks later? All that accomplished is burying Punk... he was an afterthought. I'm betting we'll get Cena- ADR at Vengeance, and Punk will end up in some mid-level feud.
I agree ADR locking Cena out was cool, but then the ending made no sense at all. So the life the cage to have Cena slide in, then but it back, and can't lift it back up to get at Miz and R-Truth? They even showed HHH yelling at the guy at the controls... are we supposed to assume Miz sabotaged them to break right at the time? Come on. At least mention how you're insulting my intelligence if you're going to do it.
And then they're the other silliness... how come Miz and Truth get arrested, but not HHH? he hit 'cops'. he should have been with them. THEN the ending with Miz smirking as he got taken away would have been awesome. Or if HHH stayed fuming on the side. As it was? It just pointed out how fake and nonsensical WWE can be.
The Otunga thing is kinda unique, but they've messed up so much stuff lately, I find myself just waiting for HHH to book himself against 5 of his 'union' and squahing them all. Wait, HBK is coming back for a show... isn't that how they killed the Spirit Squad? Hmm..
The Cody thing was cool, but very babyface. And what happened to Dibiase? How's Morrison rate a title shot? (Not that Dibiase did, either, but stil...)
Overall, just not an enjoyable PPV for me.
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Post by euritar on Oct 3, 2011 9:21:25 GMT -5
Heres my opinion, they did the 2 week or whatever title switch because Supercena is getting close to Flair's 16 reigns, now he only needs 5 to break it, even though the number is really 21. I could be wrong, but I do know that titles dont mean anything anymore.
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Post by wildfire on Oct 3, 2011 9:57:11 GMT -5
I wonder if they'll even make a big deal out of that... Orton could just as easily break it.. he's have 9 title runs. Then there's HHH, if he decides he wants that record, he'll have it.
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Post by swarm on Oct 3, 2011 9:57:32 GMT -5
Something I forgot to mention in my post: very interesting to me that Miz and Truth also attacked ADR. I think that's a little under the radar. What does this mean? Face turn for ADR? Or are we looking at a new Third Force type of group that will feud with both faces and heels? This has me really looking forward to RAW for the first time in awhile.
I also agree w Wildfire that HHH should have been arrested, although that would have taken away from Miz and Truth being arrested. Actually, HHH should not have gotten involved at all, but since he did, they need to tie that up. Either say tonight on RAW that he spent the night in jail, or have the cops come out and take him away. Something.
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