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Post by nutbunnies on Jul 24, 2005 22:04:43 GMT -5
I wonder what last year's GAB thread was like since I wasn't here I don't think anybody really ordered it. I remember I was the one posting the results and how 50% were incredibly f***ing pissed at how they put the belt on JBL, 50% were happy about it.
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Post by EZ: Broken Bae on Jul 24, 2005 22:05:16 GMT -5
And there it is. Caught with a chair and DQ-ed. WEEEEAAAK. I guess it's tradition in the WWE to have Orlando Jordan Batista-bombed at least once every week.Seriously,every Smackdown Batista has been in that has OJ on the roster included OJ getting batista-bombed.Even that one appearance before No Way Out.
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Post by hbkismyherostill on Jul 24, 2005 22:06:54 GMT -5
Pathetic excuse for a ppv, vince should be ashamed for selling that shit
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Post by amsiraK on Jul 24, 2005 22:08:26 GMT -5
I wonder what last year's GAB thread was like since I wasn't here I don't think anybody really ordered it. I remember I was the one posting the results and how 50% were incredibly criminey jeezeing pissed at how they put the belt on JBL, 50% were happy about it. I ordered it and it was weak, like this. For something that's got such a storied history in other feds (correct me - didn't NWA hold this once a year like their Wrestlemania?), the GAB for these past two years has been sad and pale.
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Post by superborracho6000 on Jul 24, 2005 22:09:42 GMT -5
How about WTF?! It's way past time for Bradshaw to return to the mid-card and for OJ to become a jobber on Velocity, not for both of them to have title matches on the next PPV.
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Post by jennie on Jul 24, 2005 22:12:20 GMT -5
Well, that completely f***ing sucked. I wouldn't call it THE worst PV they've ever produced, on the grounds that King Of The Ring '95 wasn't a figment of my twisted imagination, but it was close. I'd love to know what the f*** the bookers are taking when coming up with ideas for the PPV, because aside from the matches that meant nothing, they were WAY off with all of them.
- MNM losing the titles to a makeshift team of an over-the-hill guy who was once the crappy part of a tag-team that made themselves through no selling and one of the worst guys on the roster was complete and urtter bullshit. Way to squash the hottest new act on the SmackDown! roster. It must be great known your brother's in charge of talent, eh?
- Jobbing Christian, a guy who with a sustained push will be at the very least a great part-time main event player, to a guy like Booker T who frankly is past his prime and on his way out is stupid, especially since this is Christian's first PPV match since a hyped move to SmackDown!. Plus, the match sucked, just like most of the million other Christian/Booker matches we saw before Booker moved to SmackDown! Those guys just don't click.
- Jordan proved that he doesn't have it and quite frankly doesn't deserve his spot on the roster. Match sucked, not even Benoit could carry a guy who doesn't even TRY and involve the crowd in his matches. THIS is what Benoit was moved to SmackDown! for?!
- Undertaker/Hassan. Blah. The match was awful and booked to make 'Taker look super strong. Yay. 'Taker needs to f*** off and retire already. His yearly summer title pushes are a complete waste of time, and frankly, Hassan deserved a better send off for all the shit the guy's put up with from the writers. f***ing hell.
- Wow. Well, at least the right guys went over in the 6 man. Shame it went less than 5 minutes, sucked, added f*** all to the PPV and had no relevence to storylines at all. Next!
- Guerrero/Mysterio was yet another under-par perfromance from these guys. Seriously... sure, they've had good matches, but none of them have reached the potential these guys have working togther. Maybe creative should wonder if this is a sign that their hearts aren't in their bullshit storyline.... And, why the f*** did Eddie lose?! I mean, if you're gonna hype this secret so much, you *have* to tell it eventually. Now nobody can tell? Bullshit!
- Melina won. Good. Shame Torrie had to appear on TV at all and they went and stripped Melina anyway to get rid of any possible heat they could have kept on her with the whole "They ain't seeing me in my bra and panties" thing she had going on. They could have milked a good few bra and panties matches on PPV before paying that one off, but no, they had to give the fans as much as they wanted as possible in terms of wins, in order to leave them less pissed off with...
- ...this farce. Why protect JBL's heat like that? It's not like he's going to lose anything by being beaten by a guy who beat Triple H three times in a row on PPV. The match was dull, plodding and slow, as expected, and failed to hide the weaknesses of either man here, especially JBL since he had the majority of the offence. The finish was complete bullshit, and the post match beatdown sucked. f***ing hell. They can do better than that...
Christ. A f***ing vegetable coma case and a delusional schizophrenic could have booked a better show between them...
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Post by vitamink on Jul 24, 2005 22:13:38 GMT -5
Maybe I'm just desensitized. I mean, after watching GAB 2004 and GAB 2000, nothing else can really suck that bad.
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Post by jennie on Jul 24, 2005 22:14:15 GMT -5
Man... I had the filters working overtime, and I still don't think that post really captures my utter revulsion at that bullshit excuse for a PPV.
Oh.. and this was MUCH worse than last years PPV. At least with the bullshit finishes, there were semi-decent matches.
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Post by amsiraK on Jul 24, 2005 22:15:37 GMT -5
AMn... I had the filters workign overtime, and I still don't think that post really captures my utter revultion at that bulllots of manure excuse for a PPV. That was a lot of criminey jeezes, wasn't it! I dunno. It worked for me! (Your post, not the PPV. No way was I ordering this mess.)
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Post by jennie on Jul 24, 2005 22:18:07 GMT -5
Notice how many typing mistakes I had to fix as I vented my rigteous fury?
At least I didn't pay for this shit. It makes me appreciate living in the UK, for once...
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Post by whoopdeedoo on Jul 24, 2005 22:21:14 GMT -5
I agree with Jennie, ALL the wrong people won here (except for Mexicools).
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jul 24, 2005 22:22:11 GMT -5
Wow Jennie, I agree with everything you said there. I can't vouch for the match quality, because I didn't see it. But from a booking perspective, everything was just flat out wrong. Orlando should not have retained the US title. Batista should have pinned JBL clean.
We should have learned the Eddie/Rey secret -- their saga has gone on long enough. Are they going to milk this until Summerslam? Or worse yet, will we never ever learn the secret?
This is the kind of stuff that WCW was putting out in 2000.
I'm glad I didn't order this. Along those lines, I ordered a PPV last week which was worth every cent to me.
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Post by vitamink on Jul 24, 2005 22:22:56 GMT -5
Last year's had ONE good match, JBL vs. Eddie. Rey/Chavo and the 4-way were barely passable, and everything else was absolutely ungodly horrible. Haas vs. Luther? Mordecai vs. Holly? Gunn vs. Kenzo? Torrie vs. Sable? Taker vs. Dudleyz?
Those were horribly-wrestled, long, boring drawn-out matches.
The matches on this year's card were decent, the only thing that sucked was the finishes
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Post by jennie on Jul 24, 2005 22:25:16 GMT -5
Hah. Seriously, though... that PPV was a complete case of WTF from shitty start to retarded finish. It's like they're trying to kill SmackDown! ratings deliberately for some reason.
Maybe so that Triple H can move over and take the credit for sharp viewership increases. Or share it with McMahons. I'm surethey'd love to prove that McMahons = Ratings...
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Post by hbkismyherostill on Jul 24, 2005 22:27:05 GMT -5
I am glad we all hated it.
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Post by General Zod on Jul 24, 2005 22:27:24 GMT -5
Man, am I glad I didn't shell out any bucks for this horrible crapfest.
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Post by Claw died on Jul 24, 2005 22:27:54 GMT -5
Taker owned GAB, and you all know it
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Post by whoopdeedoo on Jul 24, 2005 22:28:07 GMT -5
Hating is a universal disposition MA.
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Post by hbkismyherostill on Jul 24, 2005 22:29:29 GMT -5
I wanna know, did anyone enjoy anything about it? I got my results from people over a chat. So I didn't pay anything for it.
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Post by invaderdave on Jul 24, 2005 22:29:43 GMT -5
If it makes anyone feel better, I thought it would suck from the get go.
Also, go read EWT. It'll make up for the wrestling woes from tonight's shit PPV.
EWT had it's own PPV tonight, actually...
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