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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Oct 21, 2020 18:35:50 GMT -5
Khali really just came to flex for the hoes and then never came back, lmao.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Oct 21, 2020 19:36:54 GMT -5
What really got to me about the Jinder reign was that post-brand split Smackdown was really really, really solid and well received for a good long stretch of time. AJ and Ambrose with strong main event runs, solid midcards, interesting use of talent, Talking Smack, a general reprieve from Stephanie during a period where Shane wasn't an overexposed and outworn presence yet... So much that was really good and fun. Then Nakamura fell short against AJ and there were a few cracks. Then the Jinder instapush and racism heel schtick started up and the dam f***ing burst.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Oct 21, 2020 19:48:31 GMT -5
What really got to me about the Jinder reign was that post-brand split Smackdown was really really, really solid and well received for a good long stretch of time. AJ and Ambrose with strong main event runs, solid midcards, interesting use of talent, Talking Smack, a general reprieve from Stephanie during a period where Shane wasn't an overexposed and outworn presence yet... So much that was really good and fun. Then Nakamura fell short against AJ and there were a few cracks. Then the Jinder instapush and racism heel schtick started up and the dam f***ing burst. Your timeline is backwards. Jinder came before Nakamura/AJ Nakamura's first big loss was to Jinder at Summerslam. then he won the Royal Rumble to face AJ at Mania... |
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Post by Heartbreaker on Oct 21, 2020 20:49:22 GMT -5
Feels more like 300 years ago.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Oct 22, 2020 0:51:33 GMT -5
What really got to me about the Jinder reign was that post-brand split Smackdown was really really, really solid and well received for a good long stretch of time. AJ and Ambrose with strong main event runs, solid midcards, interesting use of talent, Talking Smack, a general reprieve from Stephanie during a period where Shane wasn't an overexposed and outworn presence yet... So much that was really good and fun. Then Nakamura fell short against AJ and there were a few cracks. Then the Jinder instapush and racism heel schtick started up and the dam f***ing burst. Your timeline is backwards. Jinder came before Nakamura/AJ Nakamura's first big loss was to Jinder at Summerslam. then he won the Royal Rumble to face AJ at Mania... Oh god you're right. Oh god it's such a blur, and I just remembered why: so I could push the Wyatt/Orton match out of mind because that was the shark jump moment. Ohhh f*** even worse than I remembered. |
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Post by adamclark52 on Oct 22, 2020 2:31:35 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Jinder Mahal was WWE champion.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Oct 22, 2020 3:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Oct 22, 2020 4:47:32 GMT -5
I don't know if it has ever dawned on anyone, but I don't think Khali is not even from the Punjab region of India. He's not, though the state he was born in (Himachal Pradesh) does border Punjab and he was in an officer in the Punjab Police before becoming a wrestler. So despite how much grief this stupid gimmick match gets, it does make complete sense that a Punjabi Prison would be the brainchild of a former Punjab Policeman. A rare logic point for WWE. |
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Post by dav on Oct 22, 2020 6:15:06 GMT -5
I don't know if it has ever dawned on anyone, but I don't think Khali is not even from the Punjab region of India. He's not, though the state he was born in (Himachal Pradesh) does border Punjab and he was in an officer in the Punjab Police before becoming a wrestler. So despite how much grief this stupid gimmick match gets, it does make complete sense that a Punjabi Prison would be the brainchild of a former Punjab Policeman. A rare logic point for WWE. Huh, I just thought they went with it because of the alliteration. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Oct 22, 2020 14:42:22 GMT -5
Your timeline is backwards. Jinder came before Nakamura/AJ Nakamura's first big loss was to Jinder at Summerslam. then he won the Royal Rumble to face AJ at Mania... Oh god you're right. Oh god it's such a blur, and I just remembered why: so I could push the Wyatt/Orton match out of mind because that was the shark jump moment. Ohhh f*** even worse than I remembered. how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? |
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Post by eJm on Oct 22, 2020 15:14:08 GMT -5
Oh god you're right. Oh god it's such a blur, and I just remembered why: so I could push the Wyatt/Orton match out of mind because that was the shark jump moment. Ohhh f*** even worse than I remembered. how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? Oh, and Orton somehow ended up with Bray after being crushed by a fridge even though there were no other vehicles near the venue or any indication Orton could teleport. Also, the house was technically hundreds of miles from the venue itself but that’s not exactly “canon”. 😋 |
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Post by Hypnosis on Oct 22, 2020 15:30:28 GMT -5
Oh god you're right. Oh god it's such a blur, and I just remembered why: so I could push the Wyatt/Orton match out of mind because that was the shark jump moment. Ohhh f*** even worse than I remembered. how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? He has pants on here, surprisingly:  Oh shit, not the fridge!  |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Oct 22, 2020 15:33:04 GMT -5
how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? He has pants on here, surprisingly: Oh shit, not the fridge! I must have been thinking of another time of him in a limo... cause I vaguely remember him wearing a shirt but no pants at one point  |
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Post by eJm on Oct 22, 2020 15:38:55 GMT -5
how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? He has pants on here, surprisingly: Oh shit, not the fridge! This needs to be said time and time again: Orton/Bray was at one point one of the hottest feuds in the company and part of that reason was the rise of Luke Harper and another being there actually felt like there was some excitement to a match between the two. Then WrestleMania happened. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 18:12:11 GMT -5
Oh god you're right. Oh god it's such a blur, and I just remembered why: so I could push the Wyatt/Orton match out of mind because that was the shark jump moment. Ohhh f*** even worse than I remembered. how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? Don't forget Luke Harper getting involved in the Orton/Bray stuff and getting over, only to be taken off TV entirely for several months. f*** 2017 SD. |
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Post by Hypnosis on Oct 22, 2020 18:17:39 GMT -5
how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? Don't forget Luke Harper getting involved in the Orton/Bray stuff and getting over, only to be taken off TV entirely for several months. f*** 2017 SD.  |
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 22, 2020 18:54:44 GMT -5
He has pants on here, surprisingly: Oh shit, not the fridge! This needs to be said time and time again: Orton/Bray was at one point one of the hottest feuds in the company and part of that reason was the rise of Luke Harper and another being there actually felt like there was some excitement to a match between the two. Then WrestleMania happened. That segment of Randy burning down the Wyatt Compound remains the highlight of that feud. |
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Post by eJm on Oct 22, 2020 18:56:44 GMT -5
This needs to be said time and time again: Orton/Bray was at one point one of the hottest feuds in the company and part of that reason was the rise of Luke Harper and another being there actually felt like there was some excitement to a match between the two. Then WrestleMania happened. That segment of Randy burning down the Wyatt Compound remains the highlight of that feud. Yeah, like, I wasn’t 100% a fan of that (and the “stabbing of Sister Abigail” afterwards) but people were losing their minds for that stuff. To the point the crowds were really hot for anything involving those two and Harper. And then, again, WrestleMania happened. |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Oct 23, 2020 7:26:39 GMT -5
how could you forget the terror of PROJECTED BUGS ON THE MAT! Or ... Orton riding in a limo without pants to the spooky house... where the way to win is... to pin your opponent in the ring somehow...? Don't forget Luke Harper getting involved in the Orton/Bray stuff and getting over, only to be taken off TV entirely for several months. f*** 2017 SD. The pop when he tried Sister Abigail on Bray was amazing. ... Then apart from the battle royal with AJ I can't remember anything else he did until him and Rowan became Guitar Riff *Waah* |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 23, 2020 8:55:28 GMT -5
This is not a good match, but it is way more entertaining than it should be. But I kinda felt that way about all of Jinder's defenses.
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