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Post by dlg3000 on Jul 21, 2011 18:34:00 GMT -5
I am watching a replay of Money in the Bank and I thought overall, the ppv was good. Now onto the unpopular opinion: While I didn't think it was bad, it was quite underwhelming. Were the wrestlers nervous because most of them have little to no experience in these types of matches?
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Post by molson5 on Jul 21, 2011 18:35:20 GMT -5
Do you mean the ladder matches specifically?
I thought the matches were a bit different, tighter, rougher around the edges, and in the RAW match, more chaotic, but I liked that about it. If they were nervous, it added to a match where guys should be a little tense. Sure, Shelton flying around doing perfectly planned spots as if they were nothing is cool too, but I enjoyed these for what they were.
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Post by PKO on Jul 21, 2011 18:35:29 GMT -5
I don't think so. Personally I thought everyone brought their A-game, and even the guys people weren't expecting much of (Heath Slater) had great spots.
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Post by Thurman Merman on Jul 21, 2011 18:36:24 GMT -5
I am watching a replay of Money in the Bank and I thought overall, the ppv was good. Now onto the unpopular opinion: While I didn't think it was bad, it was quite underwhelming. Were the wrestlers nervous because most of them have little to no experience in these types of matches? If this was underwhelming I honestly don't know what would be satisfactory to you. I thought except for the K2 match this ppv was excellent. Even the Show/Henry match was decent and I felt Henry was a true monster after that. |
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Post by dlg3000 on Jul 21, 2011 18:38:55 GMT -5
I meant to add that the Raw ladder match was better than the Smackdown ladder match. To be fair, one of the commentators mentioned the lack of experience most of these wrestlers have in this kind of match. Having said that, I thought the Smackdown ladder match was kind of underwhelming.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2011 18:40:11 GMT -5
Hmm, I actually thought the Raw match was way under the quality of the Smackdown match in storytelling and high spots.
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Post by Vince's Torn Quads on Jul 21, 2011 18:41:50 GMT -5
See, I thought the Smackdown match was far better than the RAW match. I found it a lot more varied, well-planned, and interesting than RAW's, which I thought was a bit of a mess. A reasonably entertaining mess, but still a mess.
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Post by PKO on Jul 21, 2011 18:43:19 GMT -5
I thought the Smackdown match was superior. It had better spots, everyone was given a chance to shine and it little stories running throughout.
Miz's comeback and the scramble with all the guys at the top of the ladder were the highlights of the RAW match, but I can't remember what half of the guys did in the match. The Smackdown match I can recall at least one memorable spot for each guy.
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Post by Altabane on Jul 21, 2011 18:43:23 GMT -5
I felt the SmackDown match was waaaay superior (surprise winner not being the reason for it). I thought the RAW match was a little more of a clusterf***.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 21, 2011 18:48:52 GMT -5
No, on the whole I totally agree with this. I'm sick of ridiculous gimmick matches, and feeling more afraid for the wrestlers' overall safety than feeling entertained by their matches.
Also, Big Show vs. Mark Henry was utterly "meh" (outside of more Show rolling in agony clutching his knee. Seriously, the next show should just be two hours of Show screaming and rolling on the ground clutching at a part of his leg), I didn't even watch the Divas match, and I'm still not sure if I found Christian/Orton to be alright just because I have such ridiculously low expectations whenever Orton's wrestling.
Still, Punk/Cena was worth the price of admission. Punk can build a match like nobody's business, and I hope like hell he and Danielson get to work together on a huge stage at some point and build a real masterpiece together. They worked a couple times together in ROH, but that was a long time ago.
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Jul 21, 2011 18:56:18 GMT -5
I liked that the RAW Ladder Match seemed to be a clustersmurf coming out the gate, what with all eight of them swordfighting with ladders, then throwing Del Rio out and burying him with ladders and Mysterio. It seemed a lot more hectic than the one for SmackDown. Also, of course, the memorable Miz hope spot, Del Rio taking Mysterio out of the game by demasking him, and all those ladders collapsing afterwards, including the one he was on.
The SmackDown match was better, though. It seemed to make the superstars the focus, with pretty much everyone hitting a memorable spot and several of them coming very close to winning the briefcase. It seemed to tease wins better than the RAW one did, which I can only really remember Del Rio and Kofi looking like they could walk away with it all.
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Post by Society of the Spectacle on Jul 21, 2011 18:57:56 GMT -5
See, I thought the Smackdown match was far better than the RAW match. I found it a lot more varied, well-planned, and interesting than RAW's, which I thought was a bit of a mess. A reasonably entertaining mess, but still a mess. I agree, although I thought the RAW ending spot was spectacularly BOOKED if not so spectacularly executed. I'm pretty sure Alberto was just supposed to climb up after Rey got unmasked, but still, the idea of it all I thought was pretty great. The Smackdown MITB had a nice little ending sequence as well (got to love that pop when Barrett fell) and included a pretty surprising winner. I agree Smackdown's was better, but both had some nice ending stretches to them. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 21, 2011 18:59:20 GMT -5
The Divas match aside, it was a very entertaining PPV
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Jul 21, 2011 19:02:17 GMT -5
I thought the Divas match was good for the show because the crowd really would have burned out had they booked the ladder matches next to each other followed by 2 World Title matches.
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Post by kyromax on Jul 21, 2011 19:06:25 GMT -5
Wrestling shows are not the same watching them tapped. Is watching a sport on ESPN Classics really the same? No.
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Post by CM Dazz on Jul 21, 2011 19:09:18 GMT -5
I am watching a replay of Money in the Bank and I thought overall, the ppv was good. Now onto the unpopular opinion: While I didn't think it was bad, it was quite underwhelming. Were the wrestlers nervous because most of them have little to no experience in these types of matches? If this was underwhelming I honestly don't know what would be satisfactory to you. I thought except for the K2 match this ppv was excellent. Even the Show/Henry match was decent and I felt Henry was a true monster after that. I pretty much agree 100% on that, with the exception being that I didn't watch the Diva's title match. I think it would be a good idea to just scrap the TLC PPV, since a MitB match is pretty much the same thing. All they would have to do is add tables and chairs to the mix. Replace TLC with King of the Ring, or just a non gimmick PPV. |
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Post by noah9322 on Jul 21, 2011 19:25:24 GMT -5
I really enjoyed everything about this PPV. The MITBs were both really good, Kelly/Bella was the only low point, Henry/Show was better than anticipated, Orton/Christian was good as always, and Cena/Punk was amazing. Plus, for the first time in forever, the main event felt like an event.
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Post by H-Virus on Jul 21, 2011 19:27:47 GMT -5
If any of the MitB competitors were nervous, it was only because R-Truth put the fear of spiders into their heads.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2011 19:33:25 GMT -5
If any of the MitB competitors were nervous, it was only because R-Truth put the fear of spiders into their heads. Haha, awesome post! Ah this forum never dissapoints me when I need to laugh. |
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Post by Citizen Zero on Jul 21, 2011 20:23:49 GMT -5
There was a glaring lack of Dolph Ziggler.
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