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Post by chrom on Mar 7, 2019 16:19:10 GMT -5
Its a miracle, a tag match will finally take place on tomorrow's show
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 19:26:54 GMT -5
With the 2nd season, I hope they move to a different place that looks more like a wrestling venue.
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 21:05:41 GMT -5
First ever tag match
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 8, 2019 21:17:39 GMT -5
Pull the ref out of the ring stopping a count, and get a talking to, but not disqualified.
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 21:33:52 GMT -5
How is getting your ass kicked every match and your first ever win a fluke inspiring?
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 8, 2019 21:37:12 GMT -5
WOW, you can have the faces win and not have them get humiliated right after.
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Post by Hypnosis on Mar 8, 2019 21:38:04 GMT -5
That acting from Stephy Slays was baaaaad.
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 21:38:41 GMT -5
WOW, you can have the faces win and not have them get humiliated right after. Vince: Faces not booked like losers? What the hell kind of booking is that?!
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 21:41:03 GMT -5
Kobra Moon has been one of the few highlights this season
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 21:46:06 GMT -5
Kobra wins
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 21:53:58 GMT -5
Another 5 minute main event
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 21:55:12 GMT -5
The main event of the season finale has 5 minutes at most.
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Post by chrom on Mar 8, 2019 22:00:02 GMT -5
And so it ends in a no contest
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 22:03:28 GMT -5
I gave this show a chance, but god damn they made some baffling decisions all season. The commentary was awful, the matches were an afterthought, most main events didn’t get any time.
They’re going to need some changes in season 2.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 9, 2019 1:26:11 GMT -5
I gave this show a chance, but god damn they made some baffling decisions all season. The commentary was awful, the matches were an afterthought, most main events didn’t get any time. They’re going to need some changes in season 2. There are some good things, the characters have a story and aren't generic, good pool of talent (I'm digging Azteca), and Beast not being a face or a heel is a good decision. But then you've got dumb shit, like the main events not getting any time, Stephy Slays getting a feel good win only to be humiliated and left crying in the next segment, and Tessa being a complete Karma Houdini.
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Post by chrom on Mar 9, 2019 8:10:51 GMT -5
Pros: The females had characters
Cons: Just about everything else. Commentary was atrocious, Booking was non sensical, Main Events were lucky to get four minutes at the most.
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Post by Rave on Mar 9, 2019 13:28:04 GMT -5
This says something, I think.
As for this week...
I'm pleased there was an actual tag match. However, IMO, it was the wrong one. Keta/Fire vs. Dagger/Temptress had more build to it than the one we got. Still wasn't too bad, though I'd avoid Aussie or Azteca when looking for tag partners in the future, neither could stay on the apron to save their lives.
Giving Stephy a fluke victory over a character that hasn't gotten much focus during the season then having her get her ass thoroughly kicked anyway just does not work if you want to portray her as "inspirational". There was even room for a cool "I'm the only one who can bully her, you're not allowed" moment with Abilene being disgusted about the beatdown on commentary, she could've made the save but nooooooo...
Related to the last one, I thought I was experiencing the Mandela Effect with the Disciplinarian all season, as I remembered a different woman as the character. Turns out that, in this case, my terrible memory was spot-on for once. The original went into teaching martial arts, which I thought was pretty cool.
I enjoyed the heck out of Kobra/Khloe, though that ending was kind of baffling.
Why couldn't that main have been done last week? Instead of ending the season on a cliffhanger with that bit of terrible, doing it the week before would've allowed there to be a winner-take-all four-way for the title (preferably with the Beast winning) as an actual season-ender. Knowing this show, though, it likely would've gotten five minutes as usual.
For the season as a whole...
I like that everyone seems to have a character with some identifiable traits, and there's a pretty diverse pool of talent for them to use. The character packages, though some of them ran a mite too long for my tastes, were usually well done. As was already pointed out, making the Beast completely neutral as a character was a great decision, as it lets people cheer or boo her as they decide with both fitting the narrative they're going for. (I expected corny going in, as it's David McLane, so I'm not going to hold that against them.)
On the bad side of things, commentary was varying shades of awful all season, there were quite a few booking decisions that ranged from puzzling to flat-out "WHY THE F*** WOULD YOU DO THAT?!", and WAY TOO MUCH Tessa Blanchard. Did David McLane co-sign a loan for her or something?
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Post by Captain Patren Fenderbaum-X on Mar 9, 2019 14:01:59 GMT -5
I just saw the ending to the main event and gawd damn that was some hilarious shit
4 women just staring at each other So lets f***ing ring the bell over and over as loud as we can Women do nothing but stare at each other Shitty commentator Mclane yelling at the top of his lungs as if some sort of chaos taking place....nope just women staring at each other
Enthusiasm aside that was damn funny
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Post by chrom on May 6, 2019 17:29:20 GMT -5
S2 starts taping next week with 24 episodes being done.
Pray that its better than the first season
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Post by jimmyjames on May 11, 2019 7:17:08 GMT -5
Just finished watching WOW on AXS. I know I'm in the minority here but I liked pretty much everything about it. Like the wrestlers and storylines and how they presented them with the vignettes about them before hand. Not everything was perfect but I think a lot of that had to do with the limited number of episodes. Can't wait for season 2.
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