Professional Wrestling

[Piko]

Honestly, are they even trying to make Ziggler look credible anymore? It seems like his role now is to tease getting eliminated during Battle Royale-type matches half a dozen times and then disappear. I don't even want to talk about how they book Bray.

Because every now and then they're going to need him in a spot. Put over a new guy, whatever. So when he gets a win. It's usually their way of trying to fool us into think "Oh they're doing something with him". But nah. Gotta build him to beat him...

Battleground this Sunday night! Any matches that you're excited for? I'm going to take a possibly controversial stance and say that I want to see Jinder Mahal win the Punjabi Prison match.

I haven't been following. So I have no idea what's going on other than the Punjabi match.

[henryeatscereal]

Welcome! Yeah, there's a lot of wwe to consume. I'm usually burned out after Monday. It's a lot.

Agreed, it takes almost the whole week to watch RAW and i'm skipping Smackdown lately ...and there's far to many PPV's, it's getting ridiculous

Also i think they choosed the wrong American Alpha member to be Kurt's son, nothing against Jordan, but Gable is where the money is at...

[xfocalinx]

Tomorrow I have an interesting situation, there's 3 shows going on. I can either
A. Return to the shitty fed where I started for a one-off (I haven't been back there since February)
B. Make a small debut in a fed who is doing a free-outdoor show under a bridge in a battle royal
C. Attend IWC and talk with the owner about debuting there.
D. Attend (not wrestle) either company in A or B. and have the weekend off.

I'll probably do D.

[henryeatscereal]

I would vote for "C", but that's just me (it's also kinda like a weekend off...)

[xfocalinx]

I would vote for "C", but that's just me (it's also kinda like a weekend off...)

I think I'll attend the "brawl under the bridge" and not wrestle, then go to IWC to see my boys Adam Cole and DJZ and talk business.

[thevoid99]

D. Take the weekend off.

[Graceless]

Agreed, it takes almost the whole week to watch RAW and i'm skipping Smackdown lately ...and there's far to many PPV's, it's getting ridiculous

Smackdown is the better show, in my opinion. I think they do a better job of utilizing the whole roster, better matches, better storylines. Raw has been improving, though. I do wish they would lighten up on the PPVs, they don't feel like a big deal when it happens every two weeks.

I'm also looking forward to the Flag Match. It's good to have Rusev back. Smackdown is a little short on intimidating heels without him.

[henryeatscereal]

Smackdown is the better show, in my opinion. I think they do a better job of utilizing the whole roster, better matches, better storylines. Raw has been improving, though. I do wish they would lighten up on the PPVs, they don't feel like a big deal when it happens every two weeks.

I'm also looking forward to the Flag Match. It's good to have Rusev back. Smackdown is a little short on intimidating heels without him.

I think Smackdown lost momentum after the "Superstar shakeup", they still have big names like AJ or Nakamura, but lately the show had been "so-so"; guys like Jinder Mahal aren't helping the brand, i prefer RAW lately mostly because Joe and Lesnar, but TBH both shows have become completely missable...

[xfocalinx]

Ended up just going to the show to talk business. Don't regret it at all! Promoter is happy with me, wants me to start in 2018.

NOW I have the option of driving an hour and a half tomorrow to do a charity show (not get paid) battle royal. Or stay home and go out to dinner with my family for my brother's birthday.. I'd much rather go to the show.. but I know they'll guilt trip me into staying for dinner. BLAH!

[Piko]

I think Smackdown lost momentum after the "Superstar shakeup", they still have big names like AJ or Nakamura, but lately the show had been "so-so"; guys like Jinder Mahal aren't helping the brand, i prefer RAW lately mostly because Joe and Lesnar, but TBH both shows have become completely missable...

Yeah, it definitely lost it's momentum. What's the point if bringing up Dillinger if they're not going to use him? What a waste. The downside of a two hour show I guess. Some people actually want it to go to threw hours... SD has better consistency, but I really don't want another hour of wrestling. It's a struggle as is.

[henryeatscereal]

I don't think i'll watch Battleground tonight, i don't care for most matches, and yes: Dillinger is on the pre-show again! (meanwhile Jinder Mahal is main eventing...)
Maybe i'll check the AJ/Owens match and the Sami Zayn match later (mostly because i'm curious to see how Mike Kanellis does in the ring...)

[thevoid99]

Why watch Battleground or anything WWE when there are other things to do? That's how I was able to fill up my Mondays once I stopped watching RAW. I had the chance to watch longer movies and devote time to myself rather than waste 3 hours of my life watching bullshit.

[Piko]

Yeah, it's kind of a weak show. Thankfully, I can multitask.

[thevoid99]

Seriously? They bring back the Great Khali so he can help the Punjabi bum retain the WWE title?

[Graceless]

Of course! This way Jinder gets the win, gets even more heel heat, they keep the fans in India happy and Randy doesn't get hurt even though he takes a loss.

[thevoid99]

Are there fans in India that really happy about all of this? Jinder is Canadian and I'm sure the Punjab-Canadians don't like him either.

Solomonster on his twitter account has already called it the worst WWE PPV of the year so far....

[Swykk]

Getting caught up on Battleground and I see Mike Bennett hasn't learned much since I last saw him. Still wrestles in slow motion but he seems to botch less, so that's good.

Positive side? This was much better than Payback.

[Graceless]

Are there fans in India that really happy about all of this? Jinder is Canadian and I'm sure the Punjab-Canadians don't like him either.

Solomonster on his twitter account has already called it the worst WWE PPV of the year so far....

I thought the tag team match was great. Not very often the Big E stands on the sidelines. Kofi and Xavier got a chance to shine, and holy shit Xavier leapt across the whole ring for crissakes.

[xfocalinx]

Just found out the next benefit show I'll be wrestling on (in November) main event may be me/trainee friend vs Gory (Local vet who is very talented) and DJ Z from TNA. SO STOKED

Also, I totally slept through the PPV.

[thevoid99]

I heard someone else also slept throughout some of the PPV event. And now here is Solomonster's review of Battleground:

[thevoid99]

Hearing Solomonster go "oh no..." when he knew what was coming. And when Khali appeared. He said he had a look of horror in his face but different from the one Orton had. I'm so glad I don't spend my time watching that bullshit. Fuck WWE. Fuck Meekmahan.

[Conan The Barbarian]

Does anyone here play Fire Pro Wrestling World?

[xfocalinx]

Does anyone here play Fire Pro Wrestling World?

I would if I had a computer strong enough for it. someone should make me!

[Conan The Barbarian]

I would if I had a computer strong enough for it. someone should make me!

It's an old school game, all it needs is 512 of vram and direct 9.

[Graceless]

I heard someone else also slept throughout some of the PPV event. And now here is Solomonster's review of Battleground:

I have not heard of this gentleman before. What's his story?

[thevoid99]

Solomonster is probably one of the best guys who knows about pro wrestling and doesn't bullshit about what is going on. I listen to his stuff through TVTrax clips from YouTube yet a lot of what he says is smacked on. Not just on WWE but also GFW, ROH, Lucha, and the indies. This is a man that knows wrestling.

[Graceless]

Thanks, I will check him out!

[Piko]

Yeah, solomonster is the man. He's not the typical mark who just shouts because something didn't go his way. He's smart and witty about it. Not too many use that kind of logic these days.

[xfocalinx]

Skipped raw and smackdown this week. I feel terrible because drifter is my buddy and I wanna support him. But I just don't care anymore. I watch wrestling pretty much every Friday, Saturday and sometimes Sundays, boring raw and smackdown is overkill.

[Graceless]

WON is reporting rumors of another Superstar Shakeup happening after SummerSlam. Word is there might be someone(s) moving down to NXT. Goodbye, Ziggler? Also, is Nakamura vs. Cena a dream match? I don't quite see it.