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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 8, 2022 23:19:47 GMT -5
*crashes car in the background*
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Aug 8, 2022 23:23:29 GMT -5
8 again, just a very solid enjoyable long block of wrestling fun.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Aug 8, 2022 23:26:26 GMT -5
8/10. Three straight weeks of rather entertaining wrestling, and the hallmarks of a Triple H-run WWE are beginning to show themselves and really help round things out.
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Post by asuka007 on Aug 8, 2022 23:51:16 GMT -5
An 8/10
Omos aside, fun show.
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It gets better the longer you stare at it
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Post by King Devitt on Aug 9, 2022 0:32:06 GMT -5
Going with 7. Solid wrestling, and I enjoy the overlapping stuff happening backstage.
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Post by theironyuppie on Aug 9, 2022 0:50:27 GMT -5
I thought 8.5, leaning 9. Lashley/Ciampa was excellent, AJ/Miz was quite enjoyable, the interweaving storytelling is good fun, and the Dexter reveal at the end of the show was actually compelling. Plus the way they're ramping up Rhea's attacks on Dom (already going from just dragging him out of the room to choking him out to bloodying him before carrying him over her shoulder) is building both her and the storyline well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2022 0:59:05 GMT -5
Compared to the last few years, a 10 lol.
Gave it an 8 but that’s more of a compliment, I think much better is on the horizon.
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Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Aug 9, 2022 5:51:30 GMT -5
I can't believe how much better the pacing is over the last few weeks. 3 hours is still too long, but it's not even remotely close to the chore to sit through that it has been seemingly forever.
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Post by xCompackx on Aug 9, 2022 6:23:07 GMT -5
Solid 8. Have to detract some points for the ob-f***ing-noxious camera work Kevin Dunn insists on doing, but otherwise a fun wrestling show.
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Post by chronocross on Aug 9, 2022 7:04:16 GMT -5
7/10, I enjoyed the brawl at the beginning with Team Bayley vs. Team Bianca, Lashley vs. Ciampa and AJ vs. Miz.
Definitely a welcome surprise to see Dexter Lumis back as Triple-H is working quickly to get his people back in.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Aug 9, 2022 8:09:28 GMT -5
Didn’t watch
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 9, 2022 10:43:02 GMT -5
Not unbelievable, but certainly didn't seem like a punishment like in the past few years.
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Post by Hypnosis on Aug 9, 2022 10:57:54 GMT -5
8/10. I liked how the background events during the backstage segments led to a storyline beginning after the Styles/Miz main event, and Control continues being a highlight of the Women's division.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Aug 9, 2022 11:18:59 GMT -5
8 seems fair. Good wrestling, lots of storylines and progressions happening. Not to mention hyping future stuff. Lot of unpredictability.
To quote a podcaster I was watching: “there’s a thread that runs throughout the show, and there’s a big arc and a small one. And that’s how television is produced”. Such a far cry from WWE Variety 3-hour or whatever the f*** it was before.
Oh and the crowd was lit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2022 13:55:22 GMT -5
Didn’t watch. Interesting that his big idea as head of creative is to bring back a bunch of people from his last colossal failure. That’s an interesting strategy.
NXT on USA
Bad ratings? Yep.
Such bad ratings the show got kicked off its original night? Yep.
Continue getting bad ratings on its new night? Yep.
All this and more contributes to HHH giving canned, having a heart attack & a complete restructuring of his baby? Yep.
HHH:Hey I got a great idea let’s just do that all again.
Stephanie:My husband is brilliant!
Nick Khan: I’m out.
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 9, 2022 15:13:57 GMT -5
Didn’t watch. Interesting that his big idea as head of creative is to bring back a bunch of people from his last colossal failure. That’s an interesting strategy. NXT on USA Bad ratings? Yep. Such bad ratings the show got kicked off its original night? Yep. Continue getting bad ratings on its new night? Yep. All this and more contributes to HHH giving canned, having a heart attack & a complete restructuring of his baby? Yep. HHH:Hey I got a great idea let’s just do that all again. Stephanie:My husband is brilliant! Nick Khan: I’m out. Not sure if the post is in good faith (I mean heart attack insults, really?), but if you haven’t watched it’s really not fair to judge as most (even those that didn’t love NXT black and gold) seem to enjoy it. |
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Aug 9, 2022 16:38:40 GMT -5
The very idea of characters and storylines organically interacting and overlapping with one another in WWE is such a breath of fresh air that every RAW since Vince has been gone has felt like a 10, just because WWE actually is starting to feel like a professional wrestling company rather than a bad variety show again, which is awesome.
These last three RAWs have been so much less of a slog to watch than anything WWE has put out in well over a decade. So, I guess, based on the scale I tend to grade WWE on I'd go 10, but as compared to the last couple of RAWs I'd say 8.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2022 16:46:00 GMT -5
I liked that I actually bit on a few near falls in a couple of the matches last night.
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Post by msc on Aug 9, 2022 16:58:17 GMT -5
I liked that I actually bit on a few near falls in a couple of the matches last night. The show managed to make me disappointed Lashley won, a feeling I've only had once in about a decade. So yeah, they're building things nicely. It's a slow cooker, so things should taste brill by rumble time. Hah |
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Aug 9, 2022 17:09:00 GMT -5
8.
Triple H just really books fun shows. That leave a cliffhanger.
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