Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 456: Nobody expects the Undertaker!

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Strife2 posted...

That's what Maryse did before. She was never good, and I wonder why people think she was "a good worker for the era."

Maryse was basically Alexa Bliss that couldn't sell as well. Which again not a high bar but she was better than the standard in that era just cause her character work in the ring was good
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Paige seems to have toned down her makeup and looks a lot better.

No more Paige here jokes!
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Yeah rosey continues to kick ass

This seems like a LOT of time for this match. I expected over booking but this could be ridiculous
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ScareChan posted...

Yeah rosey continues to kick ass

unfortunate typo
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They needed to go with a darker red.
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more mixed reaction for roman, its getting better
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In televised singles matches, Braun is 4-2-1 against Roman

And hes won the last 4
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Sign:

ROMAN HAD THE PIKACHU N64
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"For the first time ever, it's going to hell."

Uh... 2016? Rollins vs. Owens?
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We're getting a big cage spot, just saw the larger holes for climbing by the door
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ScareChan posted...

We're getting a big cage spot, just saw the larger holes for climbing by the door

Those are always there

They dont make a new Cell each time
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I see there is a ton of them now, my bad
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Thank you Mick for coming into camera shot to verify that tables are legal in the Cell
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ScareChan posted...

I see there is a ton of them now, my bad

Yeah the people that actually put it together need to climb it too!
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Braun: Why wont you stay down YOU MORON!

Cole: He wont stay down Braun because thats what Roman Reigns is all about!

Oh Vince you really are in love
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shenanigans!
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Hasn't this been like five minutes long now?

What are Braun and Roman doing?
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TheRock1525 posted...

Hasn't this been like five minutes long now?

What are Braun and Roman doing?

Playing Fortnite on their phones
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it's naptime for Braun and Roman
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TheRock1525 posted...

Hasn't this been like five minutes long now?

What are Braun and Roman doing?

Recovering from all those Superman punches
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I know they've done that spot a bunch of times.

But it still gets me.
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ooooh fuck
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BEARDED BROCK

The scariest Brock of all.
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Are they really gonna end a HiaC match as a no-contest?
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Dolph and Rollins really went through those tables for NOTHING
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oh, ummm
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are you serious

when I said it was a long time I was right because they cut 20 minutes early

they have no idea how to format their shit anymore
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What the hell was that.
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lmao
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Wow what a horrible ending
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I was hoping for Brocktogan shenanigans but

I was also hoping for a finish
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TheRock1525 posted...

Are they really gonna end a HiaC match as a no-contest?

A MONEY IN THE BANK CASH IN too
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was it brock?
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I forgot that was the cash-in match

What a horrible, terrible idea
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I was salty for a lot of reasons today

this made me the saltiest
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Jesus, they literally had Roman land on Braun after the F5, why not have that be your finish when the ref comes in?

Also Mick Foley literally did nothing.
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Why were Roman and Strowman dead when Brock came out

They had like 10 mimutes to recover during the Shield + Drew Ziggler brawl (which happened why?)

And why were Dean and McIntyre dead when Brock came out.

Like that match may have worked if it logically reached that chaotic conclusion but instead it was a bunch of nonsense strung together. Fire Russo
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They seemed to go to absurd lengths to protect both Roman and Braun there. The problem is that there's going to end up being a rematch, and one of them is going to lose. Why keep drawing that out?
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They sure took what looked like a decent PPV and took a big poop out the back end of it
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I don't know what happened besides Brock, but I see on Twitter that people who were at the show were chanting "This is bullshit" after the show ended.

But if I had to guess, it was another smoke and mirrors to make sure Roman doesn't get booed at the end of the show.
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Lopen posted...

Why were Roman and Strowman dead when Brock came out

They had like 10 mimutes to recover during the Shield + Drew Ziggler brawl (which happened why?)

And why were Dean and McIntyre dead when Brock came out.

Like that match may have worked if it logically reached that chaotic conclusion but instead it was a bunch of nonsense strung together. Fire Russo

Honestly to me it felt closer to a Bischoff-era WCW match

Like the closest comparison to this nonsense is Age in the Cage from Halloween Havoc
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I don't know what happened besides Brock, but I see on Twitter that people who were at the show were chanting "This is bulls***" after the show ended.

Basically once Roman and Braun hit all their spots with no winner, they just laid there while their team buddies had a brawl around and on top of the Cell for 10 minutes before falling through tables off the side

Then Brock came out, kicked the door down, and beat the fuck out of still-selling Braun and Roman until a ref called for a no contest
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Braun is now 0-5 in PPV World Title matches

Samoa Joe is now 0-4 in PPV World Title matches

Look out Shinsuke!
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Jakyl25 posted...

Honestly to me it felt closer to a Bischoff-era WCW match

Like the closest comparison to this nonsense is Age in the Cage from Halloween Havoc

Very true.

No one knows what I mean if I put Fire Bischoff though so I'd do it again

In a lot of ways I think it's worse than anything either of those guys put out just because it fails the realism check so hard. Like even if you wanna argue Strowman would be dead from a table that long why would Roman be? He did an offensive move, did a prompt pin attempt afterwards. And hell Strowman KICKED OUT before laying there 10 minutes. If he was that dead shouldn't he have just lost?
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Like I can't stress how much better that match would have been if the progression went:

- Roman and Strowman kill each other with some monster spot. Table in corner seems weak but doable if both sell it like death
- No victory attempt is made, as they are both dead
- Drew and Ziggler come out, steal the keys from the outside ref, pull dead Strowman onto dead Roman, Foley doesn't count it, they attack Foley.
- SHIELD brethren come out to stop this before another ref comes in to make the count

Then have the match progress more or less the same.

It's still garbage but at least it's garbage that I can follow the logic behind
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Lopen posted...

I think it's worse than anything either of those guys put out just because it fails the realism check so hard.

Its less realistic than anything Bischoff or Russo did is a bold take
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Lopen posted...

Like I can't stress how much better that match would have been if the progression went:

- Roman and Strowman kill each other with some monster spot. Table in corner seems weak but doable if both sell it like death
- No victory attempt is made, as they are both dead
- Drew and Ziggler come out, steal the keys from the outside ref, pull dead Strowman onto dead Roman, Foley doesn't count it, they attack Foley.
- SHIELD brethren come out to stop this before another ref comes in to make the count

Then have the match progress more or less the same.

It's still garbage but at least it's garbage that I can follow the logic behind

But then you cant have Brock KICK THE DOOR DOWN
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Jakyl25 posted...

Its less realistic than anything Bischoff or Russo did is a bold take

Speaking entirely in the context of matches and taking in-universe logic into account when considering realism (aka no dinging of Warrior for teleporting mid match or whatever) I stand by it. Like the selling is directly contradicted by the previous happening in the match, and none of the run ins are explained at all.

Russo and Bischoff, when they had bs matches, it usually was internally consistent and was contained to "there was a bunch of stupid run-ins" or "the ref called for a bell at a time I couldn't follow" which you can easily explain away as realistic if you assume ref incompetence is a thing.

Not to mention that match had BOTH of these things, was a main event match on a PPV off a MitB cash in, which makes it that much worse than a Raw Main Event with no build
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Jakyl25 posted...

Braun is now 0-5 in PPV World Title matches

0-4-1?
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GTM posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

Braun is now 0-5 in PPV World Title matches

0-4-1?

Just as far as winning the title goes for that stat

Like Joe WON at Summerslam, he just didnt win the title, so thats a failure
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