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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 8, 2022 16:44:13 GMT -5
Feel like people only ever bring up Backlash 2018 to talk about Charlotte / Carmella and the fact they had AJ and Nakamura go to a dick kick-related double count out in a no-DQ match, and that was probably the worst of it but that whole show was roooough. You had a great opener between Seth and Miz but then after that there is just nothing redeemable about that show whatsoever and then it just closed on a completely heatless Reigns / Joe match for no apparent reason.
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 8, 2022 17:36:59 GMT -5
Bandits vs. Bodyguards
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Sept 8, 2022 17:45:04 GMT -5
The 2004 Great American Bash is rightfully mentioned a lot when discussing worst PPVs but I think Armageddon that year might be even worse. It's meme-worthy due to Kurt Angle beating Santa and John Cena beating Jesus but that show was real bad and the main event being decent isn't enough to save it.
Most of the people fans cared about were wasted in poor matches. Rey and RVD had to go nearly 20 minutes with Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree. Cena was in a squash with a guy no one cared about. Angle had to team up with Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak.
At one point there's 5 matches in a row with the longest being 7 minutes long. That awful Tough Enough boxing match with Miz and Daniel Puder. Dawn Marie v Jackie Gayda. Charlie Haas and Hardcore Holly v the Bashams somehow made it onto the PPV instead of an actual decent looking cruiserweight tag in Kidman and Akio v Chavo and Paul London which was on the pre-show.
Funaki v Spike Dudley is the semi-main event and is legitimately one of the highlights of the show which says it all.
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Post by chronocross on Sept 8, 2022 18:28:18 GMT -5
No Way Out 2005, apart from Eddie/Rey vs. Bashams and Angle/Cena the rest of the show was godawful.
The spectacle of Big Show chokeslamming JBL through the ring was cool but getting there was a slog and also you had these Diva contests sprinkled throughout the show which were dreadful.
We also were subjected to Undertaker feuding with Luther Reigns and Booker.T vs. Heidenreich and both were forgettable encounters.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Sept 8, 2022 19:34:29 GMT -5
Whichever PPV was Elevated Liver Enzymes.
It turns out screwing up your entire card on 2 days notice leads to an event hat just sucks.
Although I think it's where we got Regal v Finlay in a "Stiff the shit out of each other respectfully" match
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Post by XIII on Sept 8, 2022 19:36:14 GMT -5
Probably like 3/4 of the post Benoit ones where they went to a hard G rating. Some of the corniest stuff imaginable.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 8, 2022 19:39:23 GMT -5
I've kind of long thought that Unforgiven 2002 should be way more infamous than it is. There's the HLA stuff, basically the entire night heels dominate, they kick off the World title run as a belt by having Triple H beat RVD in the middle of the card via a run-in, the whole show ends on a very forced double-DQ, and I don't really recall a single thing about the show that's actually worth seeing. Looking at the card maybe Benoit vs. Angle but those two had 80 other matches around that time anyway.
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Post by fg on Sept 8, 2022 19:40:08 GMT -5
No Way Out 2005, apart from Eddie/Rey vs. Bashams and Angle/Cena the rest of the show was godawful. The spectacle of Big Show chokeslamming JBL through the ring was cool but getting there was a slog and also you had these Diva contests sprinkled throughout the show which were dreadful. We also were subjected to Undertaker feuding with Luther Reigns and Booker.T vs. Heidenreich and both were forgettable encounters. Speaking of those Diva contests…they were AWFUL. One of the Divas (can’t remember her name) was going to show her comedic talents by saying two jokes. “How do u make a tissue dance? You put a boogey in it.” Awful. Torrie Wilson (one of the hosts along with Dawn Marie) had to cut her off before the second joke. The other one said to Dawn that she was going to demonstrate her talent. Her talent? Bodyslamming Dawn. If that is talent than the Great Khali must have been VERY talented.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 8, 2022 19:41:48 GMT -5
Victory Road 09
Everybody remember Jenna Vs Sharmell but no one actually talks about the show. The stupid ass finish of Beer Money vs MEM, Kevin Nash having a long ass match with AJ and beating him for the Legends title and your main event was Kurt Angle Vs Mick Foley
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Post by PrimeTyme on Sept 8, 2022 19:43:46 GMT -5
I’ve always felt that Summerslam 2006 was a bit of chore to get through. I haven’t rewatched it in years though so maybe I’m unfairly criticizing.
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Sept 8, 2022 20:57:42 GMT -5
The 2004 Great American Bash is rightfully mentioned a lot when discussing worst PPVs but I think Armageddon that year might be even worse. It's meme-worthy due to Kurt Angle beating Santa and John Cena beating Jesus but that show was real bad and the main event being decent isn't enough to save it. Most of the people fans cared about were wasted in poor matches. Rey and RVD had to go nearly 20 minutes with Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree. Cena was in a squash with a guy no one cared about. Angle had to team up with Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak. At one point there's 5 matches in a row with the longest being 7 minutes long. That awful Tough Enough boxing match with Miz and Daniel Puder. Dawn Marie v Jackie Gayda. Charlie Haas and Hardcore Holly v the Bashams somehow made it onto the PPV instead of an actual decent looking cruiserweight tag in Kidman and Akio v Chavo and Paul London which was on the pre-show. Funaki v Spike Dudley is the semi-main event and is legitimately one of the highlights of the show which says it all. No Way Out 2005, apart from Eddie/Rey vs. Bashams and Angle/Cena the rest of the show was godawful. The spectacle of Big Show chokeslamming JBL through the ring was cool but getting there was a slog and also you had these Diva contests sprinkled throughout the show which were dreadful. We also were subjected to Undertaker feuding with Luther Reigns and Booker.T vs. Heidenreich and both were forgettable encounters. Smackdown got completely gutted in 2004. Benoit moves to Raw to face Triple H and Michaels at Mania, then Brock leaves unexpectedly. They give them RVD, Booker T and The Dudleys in the draft, but take away Shelton, Rhyno, Tajiri and Heyman in the process, along with having Edge's big return be as a Raw guy. And in return, Smackdown gets Rene Dupree, Mark Jindrak and Spike Dudley. Angle and Big Show both have to take time off at the same time. The new people they introduced (Luther Reigns, Kenzo Suzuki, Mordicai, Heidenreich) were greener than grass and blander than bread. Just a really bad time to be a fan of the blue brand.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 8, 2022 21:03:35 GMT -5
The 2004 Great American Bash is rightfully mentioned a lot when discussing worst PPVs but I think Armageddon that year might be even worse. It's meme-worthy due to Kurt Angle beating Santa and John Cena beating Jesus but that show was real bad and the main event being decent isn't enough to save it. Most of the people fans cared about were wasted in poor matches. Rey and RVD had to go nearly 20 minutes with Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree. Cena was in a squash with a guy no one cared about. Angle had to team up with Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak. At one point there's 5 matches in a row with the longest being 7 minutes long. That awful Tough Enough boxing match with Miz and Daniel Puder. Dawn Marie v Jackie Gayda. Charlie Haas and Hardcore Holly v the Bashams somehow made it onto the PPV instead of an actual decent looking cruiserweight tag in Kidman and Akio v Chavo and Paul London which was on the pre-show. Funaki v Spike Dudley is the semi-main event and is legitimately one of the highlights of the show which says it all. No Way Out 2005, apart from Eddie/Rey vs. Bashams and Angle/Cena the rest of the show was godawful. The spectacle of Big Show chokeslamming JBL through the ring was cool but getting there was a slog and also you had these Diva contests sprinkled throughout the show which were dreadful. We also were subjected to Undertaker feuding with Luther Reigns and Booker.T vs. Heidenreich and both were forgettable encounters. Smackdown got completely gutted in 2004. Benoit moves to Raw to face Triple H and Michaels at Mania, then Brock leaves unexpectedly. They give them RVD, Booker T and The Dudleys in the draft, but take away Shelton, Rhyno, Tajiri and Heyman in the process, along with having Edge's big return be as a Raw guy. And in return, Smackdown gets Rene Dupree, Mark Jindrak and Spike Dudley. Angle and Big Show both have to take time off at the same time. The new people they introduced (Luther Reigns, Kenzo Suzuki, Mordicai, Heidenreich) were greener than grass and blander than bread. Just a really bad time to be a fan of the blue brand. And they also buried Booker and the Dudleys right away by having the three of them combined be presented as being equal to one Triple H, then had Booker turn heel and start doing voodoo for some reason.
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Sept 8, 2022 21:04:33 GMT -5
I’ve always felt that Summerslam 2006 was a bit of chore to get through. I haven’t rewatched it in years though so maybe I’m unfairly criticizing. Yeah, it was pretty rough. Rey/Chavo felt like everyone was just waiting for the obvious Vickie swerve. Hogan/Orton was a joke. Batista vs. Booker had a weak DQ finish. Sabu/Big Show needed the Extreme Rules gimmick to make it exciting. McMahons vs. DX was overbooked to the gills with run-ins. Foley vs. Flair went way too long and served no purpose in the grand scheme of things, since Foley was "fired" the next night and Flair moved on to feud with the Spirit Squad. Edge vs. Cena was really good, but had another tedious screwjob finish to extend things another month, along with the hometown hero loses trope, which they also repeated the following month.
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Post by Chiral on Sept 8, 2022 21:05:10 GMT -5
XPW's War Games ripoff show was so freaking bad I was screaming with laughter through most of it
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Post by thegame415 on Sept 8, 2022 21:06:21 GMT -5
Great American Bash 1999
Ernest Miller vs Horace
On PPV…
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Sept 8, 2022 21:07:23 GMT -5
Smackdown got completely gutted in 2004. Benoit moves to Raw to face Triple H and Michaels at Mania, then Brock leaves unexpectedly. They give them RVD, Booker T and The Dudleys in the draft, but take away Shelton, Rhyno, Tajiri and Heyman in the process, along with having Edge's big return be as a Raw guy. And in return, Smackdown gets Rene Dupree, Mark Jindrak and Spike Dudley. Angle and Big Show both have to take time off at the same time. The new people they introduced (Luther Reigns, Kenzo Suzuki, Mordicai, Heidenreich) were greener than grass and blander than bread. Just a really bad time to be a fan of the blue brand. And they also buried Booker and the Dudleys right away by having the three of them combined be presented as being equal to one Triple H, then had Booker turn heel and start doing voodoo for some reason. I hated that Booker T heel turn. Dude was way over on Raw, so they turn him heel and have him put over the two biggest faces within two months, then shuffled him back to the US Title level. And The Dudleys had yet another boring heel run that did nothing for anyone.
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Sept 8, 2022 21:08:10 GMT -5
Great American Bash 1999 Ernest Miller vs Horace On PPV… You mean you didn't pay $50 bucks for that barnburner?!
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Sept 8, 2022 21:09:59 GMT -5
Great American Bash 1999 Ernest Miller vs Horace On PPV… Gorilla Monsoon: "That's a main event anywhere in the coun-oh, who am I kidding...even I couldn't say that with a straight face."
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Sept 8, 2022 21:23:12 GMT -5
Great American Bash 1999 Ernest Miller vs Horace On PPV… You mean you didn't pay $50 bucks for that barnburner?! They should have paid us $50 to watch it!
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Post by rainandlava on Sept 8, 2022 21:32:02 GMT -5
Victory Road 09 Everybody remember Jenna Vs Sharmell but no one actually talks about the show. The stupid ass finish of Beer Money vs MEM, Kevin Nash having a long ass match with AJ and beating him for the Legends title and your main event was Kurt Angle Vs Mick Foley Same can be said for Victory Road 2011. We all know about Jeff Hardy being doped up on Soma Pills, the 90 second main event, and RVD vs. Anderson ending in a double count-out (WHY?!) but there was also the following: -Tommy Dreamer & Bully Ray's pathetic falls count anywhere match that also included a blow-up doll(?!) -Mexican America (Rosita & Sarita) vs Angelina Love & Winter in a match that made WWE's diva matches (at the time) look like a 4* match. -A First Blood match between Hernandez & Matt Morgan that ended in a insane manner. Hernandez won by spitting fake blood on Morgan...and Morgan lost? Since the blood came from Hernandez, shouldn't he have lost? Oh, and he bladed on camera. -An out-of-shape Matt Hardy dominating most of his match against AJ. Only the Ultimate X match & Beer Money Inc. vs Ink Inc. were the closest I could call decent, TBH.
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