lodirulz
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Post by lodirulz on Nov 24, 2014 0:47:21 GMT -5
That, was a Pay Per View event that we wrestling fans, I think can be proud of. I hadn't marked so hard for a pay per view in a long time. I mean, an awesome tag team match where Mizdow FINALLY got his first championship, well deserved, Bray and Dean wasn't bad by any means, and we'll be getting them again at TLC, the main event was FANTASTIC, intense false finish after false finish, with Ziggler doing an awesome comeback, being a Sole Survivor, and f***ING STING IS IN THE WWE.
It wasn't a perfect show, but it had enough moments and enough good stuff in it for it to truly be considered great. It might all go back to hell later today, but at least right now, thank you. Thank you WWE, for giving us a very satisfying and fun to watch Pay Per View.
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Post by Just call me D.j.m. on Nov 24, 2014 0:48:12 GMT -5
I liked the Divas Survivor Match. Summer Rae was entertaining and Emma actually got to do stuff.
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Nov 24, 2014 0:51:09 GMT -5
It was definitely worth the hype. And that's probably the best compliment I can give the PPV.
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Post by Instant Classic on Nov 24, 2014 0:51:59 GMT -5
Mnus most of the divas tag match hell yeah!
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Nov 24, 2014 0:52:40 GMT -5
Well, they wanted to pull out all the stops for a show being offered essentially for free on the WWE Network? They certainly did.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 24, 2014 1:24:48 GMT -5
Strongly disagree. Way too much of the show felt like I was watching Sunday Night Raw. The ending was awesome but I could take or leave pretty much everything else on the show. It was a decent show but I expect a little better than decent when it comes to PPVs.
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Post by DSR on Nov 24, 2014 1:29:27 GMT -5
I feel compelled to say that the stuff between the matches (long-ass opening promo, Rose/Bunny backstage bit) were terrible, but the matches themselves were wonderful. I ultimately enjoyed the show a great deal.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 24, 2014 1:33:33 GMT -5
This was a one match show. Thankfully, the one match delivered for the most part, and Ambrose vs. Wyatt being good helped as well, but I can't consider the show among the best of the year with all the filler and a 20 minute opening promo.
They can do way better than that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 1:39:29 GMT -5
Not a bad match on the card. The Bunny thing is a strong contender, but the inclusion of Heath Slater on a PPV cancels that out.
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Post by saintpat on Nov 24, 2014 1:47:45 GMT -5
Watched it a friend's house -- sometimes it's just me and him and maybe one other, this time there were five or six others ... which told me that WWE had done a pretty good job building and promoting this as they all seemed to have followed the major storyline (which is unusual).
Two of us are more hardcore/IWC-level fans, two are pretty much interested (regularly watch Raw at least) and the others were casuals.
Everyone was into it, even the undercard stuff (especially Bray/Ambrose) and at the end there was actually a round of applause -- every single one of us was clapping and whooping and cheering.
This kind of experience is what keeps me coming back.
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Post by ayumidah on Nov 24, 2014 2:19:19 GMT -5
Yeah, I finally got around to signing up for the Network for the first time a couple of hours before the PPV and I was so glad I did early on in the show. Love that Miz and Mizdow are champions, the divas elimination match was really good, love that Slater Gator are teaming again and got a shot on a PPV, all of the matches were pretty fun if you exclude the divas title match, and I really enjoyed myself. Yes, the first twenty minutes with everyone talking over the same tired old things was a little exhausting, but the matches made up for it pretty well I think.
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Post by stealthamo on Nov 24, 2014 2:30:53 GMT -5
Strongly disagree. Way too much of the show felt like I was watching Sunday Night Raw. The ending was awesome but I could take or leave pretty much everything else on the show. It was a decent show but I expect a little better than decent when it comes to PPVs. Pretty much this. Tag match was alright, but considering there's a match like this every week on Raw, it didn't feel special outside of Mizdow getting the pin. Divas tag match was simply bad. Everybody seemed off for some reason, not helped by the fact that the commentary was absolutely abysmal (more than usual that is). Wyatt/Ambrose was pretty good, and Ambrose's TLC attack at least felt like something you wouldn't see on Raw. Why Rose/Bunny vs. Slater Gator needed to happen, I'll never know. Slater deserves better than this BS. Divas match was literally a recreation of 18 seconds. And considering I don't give a shit about the Bellas, it did nothing for me. The Survivor Series tag was definitely the highlight, especially the ending. But even that seemed weird, with Ryback getting eliminated early and Big Show turning on somebody for approximately the 487th time. Aside from that though, it was really good. So overall, one match that actually felt significant, and a post-match beat down that felt like it meant something. I expect more from a PPV than this. |
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Post by Paco on Nov 24, 2014 3:21:55 GMT -5
Another disagree.
That last match. So much fun.
Until then? Pretty damn bad.
Tag match was nothing special (great moment for Mizdow though), Divas was awkward/disjointed, Wyatt/Ambrose was okay, then came two wastes of time (even if one was just seconds or whatever)...
Yeah, I kinda hated this show...until the main event.
If people asked me if they should watch the show, I'd definitely tell them to skip everything till the main event.
Until then it was a shitty RAW complete with 15 minute opening blabfest.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 3:29:55 GMT -5
The biggest issue with the show was the absurd amounts of padding. Why on earth wasn't Swagger / Cesaro saved for the main show instead of randomly taking up five minutes on the preshow? Could they really not give the pointless Adam Rose tag match more than two minutes? I guess that's the consequence of releasing tons of people from an already slim roster to save money - just between the tag title match and the main event alone over half of the active roster was being used. The only active people who weren't at all are Axel, Bo, Hornswoggle, the New Day trio, and R-Truth. That's it.
The actual matches were largely pretty decent, especially the opener, the main event, and Bray / Ambrose (I even liked the ending).
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 24, 2014 3:33:17 GMT -5
Watched it a friend's house -- sometimes it's just me and him and maybe one other, this time there were five or six others ... which told me that WWE had done a pretty good job building and promoting this as they all seemed to have followed the major storyline (which is unusual). Two of us are more hardcore/IWC-level fans, two are pretty much interested (regularly watch Raw at least) and the others were casuals. Everyone was into it, even the undercard stuff (especially Bray/Ambrose) and at the end there was actually a round of applause -- every single one of us was clapping and whooping and cheering. This kind of experience is what keeps me coming back. Damn, that had to be a great way to enjoy the show. |
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Nov 24, 2014 3:33:27 GMT -5
Finally a PPV that Emmatained me
The only thing that could have made it better was a Heath Slater win and a Tyson Kidd match on the card
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