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Post by The Rick Jericho on Aug 30, 2022 19:36:26 GMT -5
Was it because they knew Roman was coming back, but he wanted to come back after Summerslam?
Like who would book two shows this close to each other, let alone pandemic times?
Summerslam never got a chance to breathe and if it wasn't for the Universal title change. No one would remember Payback 2020.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Aug 30, 2022 19:55:59 GMT -5
Idk.... something about the subscription numbers
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Post by joeiscool on Aug 30, 2022 20:15:12 GMT -5
Probably cause they were using ppvs as plot furthering episodes
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Aug 31, 2022 8:42:44 GMT -5
Probably cause they were using ppvs as plot furthering episodes Not like they had to worry about selling tickets |
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Post by DichEvans on Aug 31, 2022 11:29:56 GMT -5
More confusingly, why did they even bother giving the Fiend the universal title at Summerslam just to lose it a week later?
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Post by 4real on Aug 31, 2022 11:30:54 GMT -5
Still pissed Bray got a week long reign, dropped the belt to Roman without being pinned, never got a rematch & just got moved to Raw.
Similar to Nakamura being screwed out of a title shot at Rumble 21 by Roman and a year and a half later still not getting a title match despite still being on the same show as Roman.
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Aug 31, 2022 12:06:16 GMT -5
Because that was the peak "we need new content in any form ASAP" period of the pandemic and WWE was in a unique position to be able to do so
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Post by agent817 on Aug 31, 2022 13:57:48 GMT -5
I still think it was a missed opportunity to keep Payback and call it "Summerslam Payback."
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Aug 31, 2022 22:07:18 GMT -5
More confusingly, why did they even bother giving the Fiend the universal title at Summerslam just to lose it a week later? More confusingly and the Fiend booking... name a more iconic duo |
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Post by SAJ Forth on Sept 3, 2022 2:22:30 GMT -5
More confusingly, why did they even bother giving the Fiend the universal title at Summerslam just to lose it a week later? Getting the feeling Vince still wanted to use Strowman a bit longer, so losing to Reigns would be too big a fall, but then Vince decided a few weeks after to do that anyway. |
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