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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Jun 20, 2022 22:11:42 GMT -5
But with Vince McMahon now gone will Austin Theory go back to being 2022's "Biggest Idiot Ever?"
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 20, 2022 22:19:00 GMT -5
Carmella is always the boring alternative option isn't she? Last year Bayley gets injured leading up to MITB and they need someone to lose to BIanca so they choose her. This year Rhea gets injured and can't face Bianca so they dust Carmella off again. Thing is though, you put just about anyone else in there to lose to Belair in this situation, people get mad that their favourite is being used as someone completely disposable. Itās a bit of a āchicken or the eggā thing, is Carmella disposable because sheās always used like this, or is she always used like this because sheās disposable, but the fact is that Carmella has never had the kind of vocal, ravenous fanbase that demands satisfaction that the likes of Lynch, Banks, Asuka, Bliss and Morgan have/have had over recent years. |
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Post by J is Justice on Jun 21, 2022 5:42:45 GMT -5
This show looks pretty bad on paper. Then again, I thought the same about the past two or three PLEs and they turned out good/great, so I guess we'll see.
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Post by chronocross on Jun 21, 2022 10:14:42 GMT -5
I'm interested in the Men's MITB match to see where they go with it, I'm hoping Seth wins and cashes in on Brock/Roman.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2022 10:57:00 GMT -5
Seth will win so they can do the heist of the century again.
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Post by john84 on Jun 21, 2022 12:19:26 GMT -5
This show looks pretty bad on paper. Then again, I thought the same about the past two or three PLEs and they turned out good/great, so I guess we'll see. It's kinda weird, but also cool at the same time, that the shows that I think look ''less than impressive'' shall we say usually turn out to be fun. So for that reason I'm kinda looking forward to MitB this year  |
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 21, 2022 13:41:02 GMT -5
This show looks pretty bad on paper. Then again, I thought the same about the past two or three PLEs and they turned out good/great, so I guess we'll see. At least they have the two MITB which are always entertaining. Rhea not being on due to injury really sucks though as that was a match I think a lot of people were looking forward to. Bianca/Carmella is a massive downgrade from that. |
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jun 21, 2022 15:03:24 GMT -5
This show looks pretty bad on paper. Then again, I thought the same about the past two or three PLEs and they turned out good/great, so I guess we'll see. It's kinda weird, but also cool at the same time, that the shows that I think look ''less than impressive'' shall we say usually turn out to be fun. So for that reason I'm kinda looking forward to MitB this year  The PPV I had the highest hopes for this year (Royal Rumble) ended up being the worst PPV of the year. I usually always love Rumble matches so two of them plus two major looking title matches in Reigns/Rollins and Lesnar/Lashley looked like an amazing card. Then both Rumble matches were mediocre, Brock/Lashley was basically just a tool to further Roman/Brock and Roman/Seth was the one match that actually lived up to the hype but even that was marred by a DQ ending. Then you have a show like Wrestlemania Backlash. Just from the lame name alone I'm not looking forward to it plus the top two matches are a 6 man tag that looks like a regular TV main event and a Ronda/Charlotte i quit match I had no interest in. Both matches ended up being great though (Seth/Cody too) and the PPV was way better than I was expecting. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2022 21:08:24 GMT -5
Shotzi is IN.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2022 9:17:50 GMT -5
Shotzi's like one of the few reasons to bother watching SmackDown. So happy she gets a chance! There's already three participants announced that I would be fine with winning the briefcase! š„³ Pretty'yh good chance I won't be let down. |
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 25, 2022 14:33:40 GMT -5
Shotzi's like one of the few reasons to bother watching SmackDown. So happy she gets a chance! There's already three participants announced that I would be fine with winning the briefcase! š„³ Pretty'yh good chance I won't be let down. I'm glad Shotzi won. She's really had a rough go of it the last year. I thought for sure they were going to give it to Tamina as it seems like they always waste a spot on her in matches like this. Weird how face heavy the match is. Only heel of the six that have qualified is Shotzi and she might be turning face too as she was working like one last night. Although that might have been a case of her being the default face for one night Tamina also being a heel who was put in on short notice due to Aliyah not being there as scheduled. Have they announced if it's seven or eight participants? Wikipedia is saying seven but it's usually been eight and the WWE page says something to the effect of there's still more participants to qualify which would make think it's eight. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 25, 2022 14:45:33 GMT -5
They havenāt made it clear one way or the other. Match write ups on the website say eight, match graphics show seven.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 26, 2022 15:02:09 GMT -5
If Cody was healthy and in the MITB match, does anyone think he actually wins it?
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 26, 2022 15:22:06 GMT -5
Carmella is always the boring alternative option isn't she? Last year Bayley gets injured leading up to MITB and they need someone to lose to BIanca so they choose her. This year Rhea gets injured and can't face Bianca so they dust Carmella off again. Thing is though, you put just about anyone else in there to lose to Belair in this situation, people get mad that their favourite is being used as someone completely disposable. Itās a bit of a āchicken or the eggā thing, is Carmella disposable because sheās always used like this, or is she always used like this because sheās disposable, but the fact is that Carmella has never had the kind of vocal, ravenous fanbase that demands satisfaction that the likes of Lynch, Banks, Asuka, Bliss and Morgan have/have had over recent years. It's definitely the right call given the situation as Liv/Alexa/Asuka/Becky are needed elsewhere and Carmella is some who wasn't already booked anywhere else on the show and can take the easy L no harm no foul. However it speaks volumes to their depth issues and them needing more credible women that any time someone gets hurt they have no good options that they always have to use Carmella of all people as a break glass in case of emergency when she's a super stale character that has no credibility at this point and is no threat whatsoever to Bianca who without exaggeration has probably wrestled her about ten times or at least close to it in the last year and a half and has beaten her literally every time. |
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 26, 2022 17:32:06 GMT -5
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 27, 2022 10:27:26 GMT -5
They havenāt made it clear one way or the other. Match write ups on the website say eight, match graphics show seven. For what itās worth, the Twitter account is saying that both ladder matches are eight wrestlers. |
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Post by mistery on Jun 27, 2022 15:09:24 GMT -5
WWE.com was just updated to say it's 7 women in the match now. I wish WWE was more clear on this. But regardless, I think Becky somehow weasels her way into the match tonight, either by taking someone out (probably Alexa considering her being around ladders considering her concussion history probably isn't the best idea), or Asuka if they want to add more fuel to their feud (although they could also easily do that by neutralizing each other in the actual MITB match itself). I could also see Charlotte or Bayley returning and filling that last slot.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 27, 2022 15:28:27 GMT -5
Yeah, they deleted those tweets I was referencing and both the men and womenās matches will be seven wrestlers. Which leaves two slots for the men (one of which will be Ezekiel or Owens) and one for the women going into the go-home week.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jun 28, 2022 13:25:56 GMT -5
Thatās a stacked menās ladder match if Owens gets added:
McIntyre, Rollins, Riddle, Zayn, Owens, Sheamus, Omos
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 28, 2022 19:10:23 GMT -5
Card seems to be done, minus vacant taking a spot in the ladder match.
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