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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Oct 31, 2022 22:02:37 GMT -5
Well that 0-2 in terms of good title reigns since those belts were brought back. Again why should we take Damage CTRL seriously? I don't! that's why we have a thread that calls them lame, after all.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Oct 31, 2022 22:02:40 GMT -5
Congrats to Asuka.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Oct 31, 2022 22:03:02 GMT -5
I bet Aliyah could beat up someone's dad. Not mine, though!!! She never woke up
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Post by J is Justice on Oct 31, 2022 22:06:18 GMT -5
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Oct 31, 2022 22:06:30 GMT -5
mj0mn0m What's it like on the streets right now? I imagine Finland hasn't been this happy since Ludvig Borga ended Tatanka's streak.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 31, 2022 22:08:05 GMT -5
That was a pretty underwhelming title reign.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Oct 31, 2022 22:08:10 GMT -5
that's why we have a thread that calls them lame, after all. Alexasuka winning did catch me by surprise. I thought Damage CTRL would retain when Iyo was tapping behind the ref's back.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Oct 31, 2022 22:08:31 GMT -5
Hopefully Bayley's alright!
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Oct 31, 2022 22:10:58 GMT -5
that's why we have a thread that calls them lame, after all. Alexasuka winning did catch me by surprise. I thought Damage CTRL would retain when Iyo was tapping behind the ref's back. I thought they'd have IYO/Dakota retain, then do a segment of them standing tall over the faces as the go-home shot for Crown Jewel.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 31, 2022 22:12:31 GMT -5
mj0mn0m What's it like on the streets right now? I imagine Finland hasn't been this happy since Ludvig Borga ended Tatanka's streak. lol I just spit my soda out. Never forget.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2022 22:12:51 GMT -5
mj0mn0m What's it like on the streets right now? I imagine Finland hasn't been this happy since Ludvig Borga ended Tatanka's streak.
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Post by asuka007 on Oct 31, 2022 22:15:30 GMT -5
Man I was so hopeful that Triple H would know how to book the Women’s Tag belts better.
But between Raquel/Aliyah and Iyo/Dakota, the belts still feel meaningless and neither reign was good.
If Bayley loses at the PPV, they might as well disband this group because they’re DONE at that point.
I also don’t know why they needed to have Iyo visually tap out, AND then get pinned in the end as well?
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 31, 2022 22:15:49 GMT -5
mj0mn0m What's it like on the streets right now? I imagine Finland hasn't been this happy since Ludvig Borga ended Tatanka's streak. Oddly enough yesterday marked the 29 year anniversary when it happened. I would hope you guys treat it like a holliday.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Oct 31, 2022 22:16:39 GMT -5
I stand by my congratulations, Asuka is an amazing talent and the match ruled whenever she was in the ring, she deserves all the accolades
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Post by hbkid718 on Oct 31, 2022 22:19:20 GMT -5
Before getting to Raw, I want to make a major announcement. Once again, it was a lazy weekend, so I didn't finish my Records, so it will be another Double Header this weekend after Crown Jewel.
Here are my Raw thoughts. Tonight was the 5th time that Raw was held on Halloween after 1994, 2005, 2011, & 2016. By the way, I have to give credit to Corey Graves for being a professional & a company man. I am surprised that he's in Dallas instead of being with Carmella during this sad time in their lives. Bianca Belair VS Nikki Cross was pretty good. I didn't mind the interference from Damage CTRL. I love that Aasuka & Alexa Bliss are back. The War Games teaming are taking shape. It was Cross' 1st match wrestling as Cross since she defeated Shayna Baszler on Raw on 6/28/21. Good promo by Alexa Bliss & Asuka. Looking forward to them VS Damage CTRL later, but it should be a Non-Title Match. Asuka & Bliss need to earn a Title Match. They should have to win a #1 Contender's Match first. Awesome segment. I love Brock Lesnar being Brock and not doing the sit-down interview in the back with Bobby Lashley. Awesome brawl. You know it's serious when Von Wagner makes his RAW debut to stop the brawl. And of course Triple H laying down the law. Austin Theory VS Seth Rollins is next. Who cares they are both heels. The match should be great and it was. Neither Rollins or Theory are scheduled for Crown Jewel as of now. I wouldn't mind Round 2 for the US Title on Saturday. The Tribal Chief has arrived on Raw. Roman Reigns was by himself tonight. The rest of The Bloodline are overseas doing the European tour, so there won't be a way to write Sami off of Crown Jewel as nothing happened on the #Smackdown taping. Cool, Bray Wyatt will be at Crown Jewel. I wonder how the Saudi crowd will react to him. Excellent segment. Roman Reigns' promo was awesome. I like his explanation on why the rest of The Bloodline wasn't there. I felt Paul Heyman grab into my pocket & take the money for my Peacock sub for Crown Jewel. Great use of The Miz. For the record to answer my question from Smackdown. Thanks to @wwestats, Logan Paul's 2 professional wrestling matches is the least number of matches for a wrestler prior to him getting a World Title Match since Cain Velasquez VS Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel in 2019. That match was so bad I erased it from my mind. Funny segment with The Miz & Mustafa Ali. Looking forward to their match later even if Miz is hurt. Why are they doing Karl Anderson VS Damian Priest. I get their explanation but they should have done Luke Gallows VS Priest to continue the trifecta. Now, Anderson will have 2 more Singles Matches over Gallows. Karl Anderson VS Damian Priest was a short but good match. Now, Anderson has 1 win & 1 loss more than Luke Gallows instead of them having the same record since they are a Tag Team. The attack afterward was OK, but I'm tired of the low blows. OK MVP promo. At least we didn't get Omos in his 10th Handicap Match. Hopefully after Crown Jewel, we are done with Handicap Matches for a while, so Omos can't tie Ryback's Record at 17. Love Riddle being dressed as Ezekiel & The Alpha Academy being dressed as Patrick Swayze & Chris Farley from SNL. I previously said I don't like comedy, but we need to laugh once in a while. By the way, it was the 5th Trick or Street Fight after Luke Gallows VS Enzo Amore (10/31/16 RAW), Rhyno & Heath Slater VS Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows (10/30/17 Raw), Raquel Gonzalez VS Mandy Rose (10/26/21 NXT, & Rick Boogs & Shinsuke Nakamura VS Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss (10/29/21 SD). Riddle VS Otis was fun. They only do it once in a while. So it's not the end of the world. And Triple H's Regime isn't over and he's turning into Vince. Good luck to the ring crew that has to clean up that mess in the ring during the break. Another OK segment with Damage CTRL. It is so cool seeing Big E doing all of these promotional things like College Football games, the Black Panther premieres & NASCAR races. I wish he came back to the ring. I thought that Mustafa Ali VS The Miz would have been a 2 minute match playing off of Miz’s injury but they gave it plenty of time. And it wasn't an upset as Ali defeated Miz back in April. I like Dexter Lumis getting involved. I have been a wrestling fan since I was 5 & a half years old, but for some odd reason I never dressed up as WWE Superstar as a kid for Halloween. I wonder why I did that. I love seeing the fans' costumes tonight. Wow. What a funny segment with Johnny Gargano being the whistle-blower. The Miz & Dexter Lumis have been in cahoots the whole time for money. It is a little silly, but I am interested in seeing where it goes. Amazing Asuka & Alexa Bliss VS Damage CTRL getting around 20 minutes to close out Raw. Fightful reported that there was going to be a Halloween Party backstage on Raw. I wonder why they cut it out. That would have been fun. If it wasn't for a Costume Contest back in the day, we wouldn't have had John Cena. Wow. Asuka & Alexa Bliss VS Damage CTRL was an incredible match. I love the brawl between Bianca Belair & Bayley. I wasn't expecting them to win the titles. Damage CTRL ends their reign at 49 Days with 2 Defenses & Asuka & Alexa join Sasha Banks as 3-time Women's Tag Team Champions, with Asuka being the first to win them with 3 different partners. Ends a fun Raw. My favorite matches were Theory VS Rollins & Asuka & Bliss VS Damage CTRL. Riddle VS Otis was my other favorite match but in a different way. The other matches were good too. My favorite promo was Roman Reigns' segment & the brawl with Bobby Lashley & Brock Lesnar. I can't wait for Crown Jewel. Here are my Raw Match Rankings (which I will start doing this week: 1) Theory VS Rollins 2) Asuka/Bliss VS Damage CTRL 3) Riddle VS Otis 4) Belair VS Cross 5) Ali VS Miz 6) Anderson VS Priest
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 31, 2022 22:19:27 GMT -5
Man I was so hopeful that Triple H would know how to book the Women’s Tag belts better. But between Raquel/Aliyah and Iyo/Dakota, the belts still feel meaningless and neither reign was good. If Bayley loses at the PPV, they might as well disband this group because they’re DONE at that point. I also don’t know why they needed to have Iyo visually tap out, AND then get pinned in the end as well? It's a joke title and they don't have a deep enough roster to have it. However if you must have it then imo doing frequent changes would be the way go just because they don't have teams for someone to hold it long or then you risk them running out of challengers. I agree that they did Iyo dirty with the finish by having her basically job twice.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 31, 2022 22:21:13 GMT -5
Congrats to Alexa & Asuka..can't wait for Toxic to take for them. Hey, I like that idea. Clearly just transition champions keeping the belts warm. Damage CTRL= The Mountie Alexa and Asuka= Roddy Piper Toxic= Bret Hart
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Post by gl83 on Oct 31, 2022 22:24:23 GMT -5
Congrats to Alexa & Asuka..can't wait for Toxic to take for them. Hey, I like that idea. Watch it end up with Shayna & Ronda
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 31, 2022 22:27:18 GMT -5
Watch it end up with Shayna & Ronda That's probably what's likely going to happen. Although then I don't know what face team would beat them then. Raquel and Shotzi I guess?
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Post by mistery on Oct 31, 2022 22:29:37 GMT -5
Man I was so hopeful that Triple H would know how to book the Women’s Tag belts better. But between Raquel/Aliyah and Iyo/Dakota, the belts still feel meaningless and neither reign was good. If Bayley loses at the PPV, they might as well disband this group because they’re DONE at that point. I also don’t know why they needed to have Iyo visually tap out, AND then get pinned in the end as well? It's a joke title and they don't have a deep enough roster to have it. However if you must have it then imo doing frequent changes would be the way go just because they don't have teams for someone to hold it long or then you risk them running out of challengers. I agree that they did Iyo dirty with the finish by having her basically job twice. Yup and it's why I'm concerned about Iyo's booking going forward. Any sort of special appeal she had tonight was tossed out the window the moment she had to basically job twice. So now Triple H is going to have to work extra hard to make her a threat again if she is to ever win a top title (and at this point I'm leaning towards her not winning the big one on the main roster).
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