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Post by Stu on Sept 1, 2017 10:30:54 GMT -5
Great times, folks. Great times. Possibly the most positive the forum's ever been in recent memory. |
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Sept 1, 2017 10:33:04 GMT -5
 "I can ruin this. I'm just crying because I realize I have no value in 2017, but they're paying me anyway." |
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Sept 1, 2017 11:13:53 GMT -5
Great times, folks. Great times. Possibly the most positive the forum's ever been in recent memory. This or Southpaw Season 1... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 15:32:02 GMT -5
I'm not as down on SDL right now as a lot of people are, but man, those Litdown threads were the place to be last year!
Long live the Alexa Bliss/Becky Lynch/AJ Styles/Dean Ambrose/Miz era!
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Post by Chiral on Sept 1, 2017 16:02:23 GMT -5
Smackdown felt so FRESH and fun then.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Sept 1, 2017 16:31:55 GMT -5
Great times, folks. Great times. Possibly the most positive the forum's ever been in recent memory. I, for one, am still aboard the Shane Train. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 16:39:30 GMT -5
  RIP SDL Class of '17. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 16:42:10 GMT -5
RIP SDL Class of '17. LOL @ Bray Wyatt being there. Bray proudly rocking the SDL shirt for the Survivor Series match still cracks me up. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 16:52:54 GMT -5
LOL @ Bray Wyatt being there. Bray proudly rocking the SDL shirt for the Survivor Series match still cracks me up. They even had team photos.  |
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Post by Abdullah on Sept 1, 2017 18:05:08 GMT -5
Does anyone think that what happened with SDL is that WWE lost interest after the initial freshness rather than any intentional sabotage by Vince?
It's happened with other shows.
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Post by MrElijah on Sept 1, 2017 18:33:43 GMT -5
LOL @ Bray Wyatt being there. Bray proudly rocking the SDL shirt for the Survivor Series match still cracks me up. They even had team photos. I love how AJ just looks like "f*** These Guys. Why am I here?!" |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 1, 2017 23:56:09 GMT -5
Funny thing about all that was that SmackDown was originally pegged to be the dud of the two shows after how the draft turned out, and this was aided by a very strong first post-draft RAW.
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 1, 2017 23:58:39 GMT -5
Raw is so much better atm.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Sept 1, 2017 23:59:43 GMT -5
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Post by -Lithium- on Sept 2, 2017 0:08:42 GMT -5
Does anyone think that what happened with SDL is that WWE lost interest after the initial freshness rather than any intentional sabotage by Vince? It's happened with other shows. I don't know. Even in the original draft it always went 1) SD builds up people 2) RAW takes people SD built up 3) RAW gives SD people it ruined. 4) SD builds up people RAW ruined. 5) Repeat 2-5. The shit would be infuriating. Every draft Brand ADHD raied Smackdown. Except for 2009 when it really seemed like they didn't even realize how great the SD roster was till after it was over, and by September Edge and Jeff were gone and shitty Batista was there squashing people. |
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Post by Abdullah on Sept 2, 2017 8:13:35 GMT -5
Does anyone think that what happened with SDL is that WWE lost interest after the initial freshness rather than any intentional sabotage by Vince? It's happened with other shows. I don't know. Even in the original draft it always went 1) SD builds up people 2) RAW takes people SD built up 3) RAW gives SD people it ruined. 4) SD builds up people RAW ruined. 5) Repeat 2-5. The shit would be infuriating. Every draft Brand ADHD raied Smackdown. Except for 2009 when it really seemed like they didn't even realize how great the SD roster was till after it was over, and by September Edge and Jeff were gone and shitty Batista was there squashing people. Except for one step. Besides Jinder "Because India" Mahal, who is Smackdown building up at this point? Sami means less than he did on RAW arguably. Owens and Styles are just done finishing a feud that began in early May; they're not better off. Rusev isn't better off. And... that's it. Smackdown comes across like a show that WWE has to put on the air every week because of contractual obligations but can't be bothered. Kind of like Main Event and Superstars. Compared to the big matches and relatively big angles that happen on RAW, SDL has next to nothing going for it. It's not particularly intentional, it's just how WWE deals with any weekly show that doesn't air on Mondays. It just seems that, like with those second-tier shows, WWE kind of screwed the USA Network over in their promise to make SDL important. They did at first but then did a backslide. Then they wonder why they get lowballed and why no other network wants them. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Sept 2, 2017 9:33:24 GMT -5
Bring back Talking Smack. The sooner that comes back the sooner I can stop lighting a candle in vigil.
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