The build to Summerslam has been terrible

[mrbananagrabber]

So this is the WWE's second biggest show of the year, a four hour long nightmare and what exactly do we have to show for it?

The return match of Undertaker vs Lesnar, where Undertaker gets revenge on Lesnar for, uh, pinning him fair and square in the ring over a year ago. And they're both missing from Raw again. Great.

The world title? Oh yeah, that. I imagine there's a title match, and you think that would be something getting built up over the last few months, but there is still no talk of an opponent for Seth, who now comes out and cuts the same promo every week. It's now probably Cena, because WWE, yet we just watched them have a lengthy match on Raw where Cena pinned him clean. That title match is gonna be must see.

It also means the U.S. Title, after being one of the main focuses of the show this year, will have nobody fighting for it, despite the fact Rusev, Owens and Cesaro all tore the house down a few weeks ago fighting for a title shot.

The IC title match is now null and void because of Ryback's injury. No-one's fault there, but no attempt to salvage it or make any interest in number one contenders or a tournament for the title. Nothing.

Right now the only hint of a well booked match are the Diva's match and Rusev versus Ziggler. On a four hour long second biggest night of the year.

Just..unbelievable.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Taker's getting revenge because Lesnar's a sore winner.

[thelonewolf527]

It's been two weeks dude, they still have 3 and a half weeks of build up to do. I can easily predict the card based on the current stories, it's not that difficult, confusing, or "terrible"

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Jul 29, 2015 4:16:46 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Taker's getting revenge because Lesnar's a sore winner.

Can't Taker just get Lesnar the Berenstein Bears book where they learn that lesson and call it a career?

[mrbananagrabber]

Jul 29, 2015 4:19:15 GMT -5 thelonewolf527 said:

It's been two weeks dude, they still have 3 and a half weeks of build up to do. I can easily predict the card based on the current stories, it's not that difficult, confusing, or "terrible"

If three weeks is really all it takes to build up the second biggest PPV of the year then I guess I don't understand wrestling anymore.

[Madagascar Fred]

I've seen worse

Brock/Taker brawl was cool, even though I don't give a crap about the match/outcome

Rusev gives his all to save this Lana/Ziggler storyline

New Day/PTP is okay

Cesaro/Owens is okay

Orton/Sheams...nobody cares

Cena/Rollins, I have no idea why this is happening

Divas stuff is good

Wyatts/BFF is alright, better than Bray/Reigns solo storyline

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Can we just rename this Thread "The Build to Every WWE Pay Per View is Terrible"?

Because this is what the entire year has felt like.

[thelonewolf527]

Jul 29, 2015 4:24:05 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

Jul 29, 2015 4:19:15 GMT -5 thelonewolf527 said:

It's been two weeks dude, they still have 3 and a half weeks of build up to do. I can easily predict the card based on the current stories, it's not that difficult, confusing, or "terrible"

If three weeks is really all it takes to build up the second biggest PPV of the year then I guess I don't understand wrestling anymore.

Brock/Taker got a big segment the first of 5 weeks and now they're off tv to sell the crazy brawl.

Cena vs. Rollins has been getting build for both weeks.

Owens/Cesaro have been going at it since before Battleground and still are, same for the Rusev/Lana stuff.

The diva tag war has been going since week 1.

Reigns is off tv to sell the Wyatt beatdown it would appear. That story has been going on since before Battleground.

That's 6 matches right there all being built up, and that doesn't include Ryback vs. Big Show since Ryback won't be back until SummerSlam it seems.

[Zen411]

Sometimes the negativity on this board gets to be too much. Take what is widely considered greatest ppv of all time in wwe....wrestle mania 17 and people on fan might be saying we get Austin vs rock for the umpteenth time....a tlc match we've already seen with three teams hogging the tag title picture

Just sayin. I think the build had been good. There are solid matches that make sense. Taker vs Lesnar makes sense. Cesaro vs Owens will be a solid wrestling match.
Rusev vs ziggler has been built for months. Etc etc. I say give it more time to meet your expectations.

[wallabylikeyou]

Jul 29, 2015 5:41:35 GMT -5 Zen411 said:

Sometimes the negativity on this board gets to be too much. Take what is widely considered greatest ppv of all time in wwe....wrestle mania 17 and people on fan might be saying we get Austin vs rock for the umpteenth time....a tlc match we've already seen with three teams hogging the tag title picture

Just sayin. I think the build had been good. There are solid matches that make sense. Taker vs Lesnar makes sense. Cesaro vs Owens will be a solid wrestling match.
Rusev vs ziggler has been built for months. Etc etc. I say give it more time to meet your expectations.

Funny thing is, a lot of the build to Wrestlemania 17 wasn't that great. You had the Debra stuff clogging the main event, the McMahon drama certainly made you want to see Vince get his ass kicked but it was a little repetitive and went too far at times (Trish barking like a dog), Angle had just been champion but ended up being finisher fodder for Rock and Austin before getting involved with Benoit at the last minute, and they flew through a storyline with Benoit turning face, leaving the Radicalz and having a blow off match with Eddie Guerrero all after No Way Out but before Wrestlemania, leaving Eddie and Benoit starting new storylines with little time to build them. And the set up for TLC was even more title hot shotting than usual for the era...but in the end, things mostly worked out.

[Rudy Gobert Fadeaway]

Jul 29, 2015 4:22:41 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

Jul 29, 2015 4:16:46 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Taker's getting revenge because Lesnar's a sore winner.

Can't Taker just get Lesnar the Berenstein Bears book where they learn that lesson and call it a career?

Oh, he already got his Berenstein Bears

[Deleted]

Summerslam hasn't mattered for many years now.

[Tea & Crumpets]

If Cena's injured, do Rusev/Owens with Ziggler returning to cost Rusev the win, and do Cesaro/Rollins for the title. Dude's been building a lot of crowd support the last few weeks, capitalise on it. He doesn't even need to win it at Summerslam, just give him an ACTUAL "look good in defeat" push. Or redo SS 2013 with Sheamus cashing in to steal it.

Heck, I'd do that even if Cena's not injured.

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

Don't we still have like 3-4 weeks until SummerSlam? Give it time. It will be built up more, especially if they are going to make it "Wrestlemania" like and have it be 4 hours.

[molson5]

Jul 29, 2015 5:41:35 GMT -5 Zen411 said:

Sometimes the negativity on this board gets to be too much. Take what is widely considered greatest ppv of all time in wwe....wrestle mania 17 and people on fan might be saying we get Austin vs rock for the umpteenth time....a tlc match we've already seen with three teams hogging the tag title picture

And if you look back, all of the Mania 17 matches aside from the main event were put together 2-3 weeks before the show. (And the Main Event was just normal build, Rumble winner v. champion after No Way Out).

There's never been a time on this board where the majority of the posters didn't hate everything. Maybe there was a match or show here or there that a lot of people liked, but nothing that lasted for weeks or months. It's turned into mostly a hate-watching board, for people who apparently can't help themselves (with occasionally some hilarious observations/posts from more significant-content posters.) But if you look at the post history of some of the more notorious posters, they literally hate everything. And they watch anyway, like robots.

[metylerca]

Jul 29, 2015 9:45:27 GMT -5 molson5 said:

Jul 29, 2015 5:41:35 GMT -5 Zen411 said:

Sometimes the negativity on this board gets to be too much. Take what is widely considered greatest ppv of all time in wwe....wrestle mania 17 and people on fan might be saying we get Austin vs rock for the umpteenth time....a tlc match we've already seen with three teams hogging the tag title picture

And if you look back, all of the Mania 17 matches aside from the main event were put together 2-3 weeks before the show. (And the Main Event was just normal build, Rumble winner v. champion after No Way Out).

There's never been a time on this board where the majority of the posters didn't hate everything. Maybe there was a match or show here or there that a lot of people liked, but nothing that lasted for weeks or months. It's turned into mostly a hate-watching board, for people who apparently can't help themselves (with occasionally some hilarious observations/posts from more significant-content posters.) But if you look at the post history of some of the more notorious posters, they literally hate everything. And they watch anyway, like robots.

Shh. They're better fans because they aren't afraid to talk about what sucks or something something, Cena sucks.


You can word it negatively and the show would sound like the worst show ever. Word it optimistically and this is the best build to SummerSlam since 08. But whatever.

[Stu]

Jul 29, 2015 9:45:27 GMT -5 molson5 said:

Jul 29, 2015 5:41:35 GMT -5 Zen411 said:

Sometimes the negativity on this board gets to be too much. Take what is widely considered greatest ppv of all time in wwe....wrestle mania 17 and people on fan might be saying we get Austin vs rock for the umpteenth time....a tlc match we've already seen with three teams hogging the tag title picture

But if you look at the post history of some of the more notorious posters, they literally hate everything. And they watch anyway, like robots.

Jul 29, 2015 9:45:27 GMT -5 molson5 said:

Jul 29, 2015 5:41:35 GMT -5 Zen411 said:

Sometimes the negativity on this board gets to be too much. Take what is widely considered greatest ppv of all time in wwe....wrestle mania 17 and people on fan might be saying we get Austin vs rock for the umpteenth time....a tlc match we've already seen with three teams hogging the tag title picture

But if you look at the post history of some of the more notorious posters, they literally hate everything. And they watch anyway, like robots.

Just quoting twice on behalf of someone who wanted to like your post more than once

[cabbageboy]

I don't think the build for SS is that bad. The build to Battleground was horrible however, with a world title match with zero decent possible outcome (in the end it didn't have a finish). Right now the big problem is there's an entire group of guys in the midcard to upper midcard with no direction (Owens, Cesaro, Orton, Sheamus, etc.), unless wrestling each other ad nauseum counts as as direction. It's hard to see how Cena doesn't end up WWE champion fairly soon since there's nowhere to go in the US scene with him in it, since it's obvious he's not jobbing to anyone in that division.

[Deleted]

I'm really looking forward to it. The night before, there's going to be an NXT show with Samoa Joe and Jushin Liger wrestling on it, and then the show itself has a Lesnar match. Even with nothing else advertised, those things are enough to get me excited for a cool weekend of wrestling.

Besides, I have the Network, so I was gonna wind up watching it anyway like every other event on there.

[walterharrow]

I know this has (probably) been mentioned a thousand times, but if Cena was going to be facing Rollins, why did they not just have Kevin Owens win the US Championship. Owens and Cesaro could then be fighting for the belt at Summerslam instead of just having a throwaway match and Cena could do exactly what he is doing right now