Dave Meltzer Rates Battleground

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

1. Adam Rose vs Fandango - DUD
2. Cameron vs Naomi - DUD
3. Usos vs Wyatts (2 out of 3 falls) - ****
4. AJ Lee vs Paige - 1/2*
5. Rusev vs Jack Swagger - *1/2
6. Chris Jericho vs Bray Wyatt - **1/2
7. The Battle Royal - **3/4
8. John Cena vs Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton vs Kane - ***1/4

Was Swagger/Rusev really that bad? I thought it was pretty decent aside from the finish.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

A bit harsher than I would have been on Rusev/Swagger but I agree with everything else. AJ/Paige was pretty sloppy considering who was involved.

EDIT: BTW, get ready for the "Who cares about Meltzer's opinion!?" from the people who obviously do care about it since they felt the need to post in the thread.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Can't say I really disagree with him and this is coming from someone who didn't even think Battleground was that bad.

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I didn't think that Cameron/Naomi was that bad and would have definitely rated Rusev/Swagger higher.

[A Platypus Rave]

I thought Rusev/Swagger deserved better than a half star.

Didn't see the pre-show so I can't comment on them but everything else seems pretty fair.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

I agree with Swagger Rusev. It stood out as dull when you had that Big E Rusev match last PPV

[Push R Truth]

Not too far off... except Cameron/Naomi was a better match than Paige/AJ. Paige and AJ is about as close to a 0 stars match I've seen in quite a while. Everything felt and looked "off".

I guess I would have bumped Swagger/Rusev to 2 or 2.5

I'm assuming DUD means 0?

[klapaucius]

I don't care

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Half a star? I didn't knew Dave liked the longest yard...is DUD worse than average but slightly better than Jake-Neidhart heroes of wrestling?

[Deleted]

In all fairness Meltzer gave his own penis 1/4*. So he's arguably a pretty harsh critic.

Or pretty generous, depending on your personal preference.

[Deleted]

That seems about right, though I think he was a bit too harsh on AJ/Paige and Wyatt/Jericho, both of which I'd bump up half a star. But yeah, Battleground really was a one-match show (even if the wrong team won that one match).

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jul 24, 2014 10:13:45 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

4. AJ Lee vs Paige - 1/2*

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Who cares about Meltzer's opinion?

Jul 24, 2014 10:16:13 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

EDIT: BTW, get ready for the "Who cares about Meltzer's opinion!?" from the people who obviously do care about it since they felt the need to post in the thread.

Dammit.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I still think 1/4 stars are total bullshit, but whatever.

I get the sense from reading the old newz posts in the other forum that Meltz just doesn't like big man matches.

[Perd]

Does this mean Rowan & Harper and The Usos won Star Search?

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Always remember that **1/2 is dead average, and that Meltzer cares a lot about length (IE, he pretty much never gives a better-than-average rating to something less than ten minutes).

[TOO SWEET]

As a quick heads up:

I see some people commenting that the match was rated as only half a star. If the OP's post is right, that means they were rated 1 and a 1/2 stars. Still not great, but slightly better.

[jagilki]

Jul 24, 2014 10:38:18 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

In all fairness Meltzer gave his own penis 1/4*.

Jul 24, 2014 10:55:02 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

Meltzer cares a lot about length

[A Platypus Rave]

Jul 24, 2014 11:08:52 GMT -5 TOO SWEET said:

As a quick heads up:

I see some people commenting that the match was rated as only half a star. If the OP's post is right, that means they were rated 1 and a 1/2 stars. Still not great, but slightly better.

yeah I read it wrong originally, but still I think it's better than 1 1/2 too.

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Jul 24, 2014 10:38:54 GMT -5 @tacticalsneakman said:

That seems about right, though I think he was a bit too harsh on AJ/Paige and Wyatt/Jericho, both of which I'd bump up half a star. But yeah, Battleground really was a one-match show (even if the wrong team won that one match).

I think Meltzer finds it offensive when good wrestlers put on a match that is below their caliber. Hence him being a hardass on the divas' title match.