gritizen
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Post by gritizen on May 19, 2023 21:31:09 GMT -5
Off to cagematch to rate this show a 10.
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A Little Doo Doo
Salacious Crumb
An unconventional man with unconventional methods.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on May 19, 2023 21:31:09 GMT -5
He's still going to file an assault charge against Dante Chen anyway.
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Post by welshpenguin on May 19, 2023 21:31:10 GMT -5
Reading your commentary of the show has got to be better than actually watching it 🤣
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Post by Bishblast on May 19, 2023 22:08:08 GMT -5
Just got back from the taping… lots of fun, but holy crap what a mess.
First of all, this was the most horribly mismanaged live event Iver ever seen at the arena over the course of the last 20+ years. It ran opposite a childrens gymnastics event at another large venue in walking distance, so parking was an absolute disaster. It took me an hour to finally get parked from arriving at the venue. This, I walked in at 6:00 **edit, it was actually 7** (45 minutes after doors). As I’m walking to find my seat, The opening segment of what was thought to be a live Smackdown was underway.
Then, I get to my seat to only find it tarped off… this ended up being okay, as I was given significant upgraded seats at no additional cost.
No one, and I mean NO ONE in the audience knew this was going to be a double taping, also filming for next weeks Smackdown. It was a great surprise, but either WWE or the Colonial Life Arena could have made that more clear. So, you had people arriving at 8 to catch the beginning of the Live show, only to find an over halfway through taping. At least they were treated to an extra 1hr 30min of main show entertainment, but still. I know I would have planned my day differently, I would have left work early to actually get there well before door time.
All that said, fun show, nothing spectacular and nothing abysmally bad, but one of the more fun WWE shows I’ve been to here in town.
Edit: My times are all messed up, but suffice it to say it was a whirlwind taping. No one knew what the hell was going on.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 19, 2023 23:40:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I didn’t know it was gonna be a double taping until I saw the Fightful spoilers and saw it was going to be a whole different bunch of matches than the ones advertised. I was like “Did Vince pull rank this week?”, but I remembered “Oh, might be two shows because Saudi”.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on May 20, 2023 0:14:56 GMT -5
Just got back from the taping… lots of fun, but holy crap what a mess. First of all, this was the most horribly mismanaged live event Iver ever seen at the arena over the course of the last 20+ years. It ran opposite a childrens gymnastics event at another large venue in walking distance, so parking was an absolute disaster. It took me an hour to finally get parked from arriving at the venue. This, I walked in at 6:00 **edit, it was actually 7** (45 minutes after doors). As I’m walking to find my seat, The opening segment of what was thought to be a live Smackdown was underway. Then, I get to my seat to only find it tarped off… this ended up being okay, as I was given significant upgraded seats at no additional cost. No one, and I mean NO ONE in the audience knew this was going to be a double taping, also filming for next weeks Smackdown. It was a great surprise, but either WWE or the Colonial Life Arena could have made that more clear. So, you had people arriving at 8 to catch the beginning of the Live show, only to find an over halfway through taping. At least they were treated to an extra 1hr 30min of main show entertainment, but still. I know I would have planned my day differently, I would have left work early to actually get there well before door time. All that said, fun show, nothing spectacular and nothing abysmally bad, but one of the more fun WWE shows I’ve been to here in town. Edit: My times are all messed up, but suffice it to say it was a whirlwind taping. No one knew what the hell was going on. how'd they handle the dark segment after both tapings ended?
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Post by Bishblast on May 20, 2023 0:27:11 GMT -5
Just got back from the taping… lots of fun, but holy crap what a mess. First of all, this was the most horribly mismanaged live event Iver ever seen at the arena over the course of the last 20+ years. It ran opposite a childrens gymnastics event at another large venue in walking distance, so parking was an absolute disaster. It took me an hour to finally get parked from arriving at the venue. This, I walked in at 6:00 **edit, it was actually 7** (45 minutes after doors). As I’m walking to find my seat, The opening segment of what was thought to be a live Smackdown was underway. Then, I get to my seat to only find it tarped off… this ended up being okay, as I was given significant upgraded seats at no additional cost. No one, and I mean NO ONE in the audience knew this was going to be a double taping, also filming for next weeks Smackdown. It was a great surprise, but either WWE or the Colonial Life Arena could have made that more clear. So, you had people arriving at 8 to catch the beginning of the Live show, only to find an over halfway through taping. At least they were treated to an extra 1hr 30min of main show entertainment, but still. I know I would have planned my day differently, I would have left work early to actually get there well before door time. All that said, fun show, nothing spectacular and nothing abysmally bad, but one of the more fun WWE shows I’ve been to here in town. Edit: My times are all messed up, but suffice it to say it was a whirlwind taping. No one knew what the hell was going on. how'd they handle the dark segment after both tapings ended? I dipped out at the end of the 2nd taping final segment. I was parked at top of a parking garage and I needed out lol. That was the most exhausting live wrestling experience I’ve ever had. Throughout the event they never mentioned anything like “stick around after the show for…” whatever high profile dark match would come. They actually did that at this very same arena in 2016 to keep people from leaving during the premiere episode of “205 Live”. But you might remember how that worked out…
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Post by Hypnosis on May 22, 2023 10:58:07 GMT -5
"He is I, and I am him"
LA Knight became Matt Taven?
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