A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jun 9, 2023 21:19:25 GMT -5
HBK making it up to me after Shotzi lost by having Luca win!!!
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gritizen
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Post by gritizen on Jun 9, 2023 21:19:44 GMT -5
LUCA LUCA LUCA LUCA
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A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jun 9, 2023 21:22:21 GMT -5
You hear those dueling chants? MEGASTAR.
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Post by gritizen on Jun 9, 2023 21:30:17 GMT -5
Charlie Dempsey & Gulak doing what they do best. Kill livethreads.
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A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jun 9, 2023 21:31:55 GMT -5
Charlie Dempsey & Gulak doing what they do best. Kill livethreads. Could you imagine a Gallus vs. Gulak and Dempsey match?
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Post by gritizen on Jun 9, 2023 21:35:04 GMT -5
Shotzi vs. B-Fab You think you're special... you do... I saw a Anna Jay/Julia Hart My Way video once and I've never been able to find it again. It was beautiful. I found it! I had to search this random wrestling discord I'm in that I don't think I've ever talked in. Had to search the date of the match and read though every post. streamable.com/aakem6
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Post by gritizen on Jun 9, 2023 21:35:48 GMT -5
Charlie Dempsey & Gulak doing what they do best. Kill livethreads. Could you imagine a Gallus vs. Gulak and Dempsey match? I'd root for Gallus!
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Post by hbkid718 on Jun 9, 2023 21:46:08 GMT -5
Here are my Smackdown Thoughts: I have all of the stats for tonight's matches, as I had time to set them up, but tonight I just want to watch the show & not post any trivia. If you care enough, you can wait for my Weekly Column to go up Monday after Raw. What an opening segment. I thought this would be the closing segment of the show. Incredible promo by Paul Heyman. Jey Uso was awesome with his mannerisms. Solo Sikoa played his part well. Uso VS Austin Theory will be awesome later. For the record, I said I wasn't going to do any Facts & Stats tonight, so that will include the US Title Match later, so don't expect anything on Theory's Defenses or Title Length or what would happen if Jey wins. Mustafa Ali VS Santos Escobar had me speechless. Both men were incredible especially that dropkick by Ali. Ali didn't need to be in the MITB Match as he should focus on the North American Title on NXT. Escobar will be a star. LA Knight was great on commentary. What a segment with Sami Zayn & Jey. I love Sami trying to talk some sense into Jey & get into his head. What a horrible segment. Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey need to get off my TV, not be on both Raw & Smackdown every week. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre were OK, but who are the faces & who are the heels? No one cares about either team or the unification of the Women's Tag Team Championships. I saw the The Iron Sheik video earlier. Incredible video & tribute for him. I can't believe I actually cried watching a video about a man that I was scared of when I was a kid. I hope he finally got to the ring for the Heavenly Royal Rumble. Mia Yim VS Bayley was good, but it should have been a longer match. So, now she's just Michin & not Mia Yim, what happened to Michin just being her nickname? Now, I have to change her records. I don't mind Bayley in the MITB Match again. Karrion Kross attacking AJ Styles with the red dust from Scarlett was OK. I don't mind them continuing their feud. The segment with Bianca Belair & Adam Pearce was OK. So if the RAW Women's Championship is now the WWE Women's Championship, then what will they call the Smackdown Women's Championship held by Rhea Ripley. I don't care about looks. I just hope that will still keep the Raw Women's Title Lineage. As much as I said I didn't like her in the past, Charlotte Flair being back is good. And it looks like she's a heel again which she is better as & her & Asuka have had classic matches. BTW, just renaming the Women's Championships is much better than Asuka & Rhea Ripley handing each other their Championships & just becoming the other brand's Champion. Wow, Adam Pearce has his hands full. And he doesn't want to deal with a mad Bianca Belair. Awesome Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams are in the house. This could be interesting. Butch VS Baron Corbin was way too short but it made sense giving Corbin's feud with Carmelo Hayes. Butch will be fun in the MITB Match for the first time. Great way to showcase Hayes for people that do not watch NXT. Great video on Bobby Lashley. Fun promo by Butch & The Brawling Brutes. I can't wait to see him in his home country in MITB. Love Cameron Grimes attacking Baron Corbin. Again another short match with Shotzi VS IYO SKY. They should have wrestled a longer match. But the finish was obvious. Hilarious segment with all of the Tag Teams. Kevin Owens is amazing. Give him an Emmy. The Gauntlet Match should be great next week to get #1 Contenders. I rather them do a Gauntlet then a Multi-Man Match for the Tag Titles. Good video on Grayson Waller, but The Waller Effect with Charlotte Flair will be horrible. Vince's is definitely not in charge. They have announced matches for the next 3 weeks of Smackdown. A lot of great matches ahead. I can't wait. I just saw what was announced for Raw this week: Cody Rhodes VS The Miz, Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn VS GUNTHER & Ludwig Kaiser, & Matt Riddle VS Damian Priest in the final Men's MITB Qualifying Match. I love that they're not doing a Last Chance Battle Royal for the final spot in the Men's Match because I think it's stupid to give people that lost another opportunity. If you lose, you are done. Jey Uso VS Austin Theory was excellent, but was ruined by the cluster of a finish with the ref bump, Pretty Deadly, Jimmy, & Solo Sikoa, though I get where they were going. I love all of the drama with The Bloodline. Poor Jimmy, he's missing his wife's match at Against All Odds while he was in the ring.
Here are my Smackdown Rankings: 1) Santos Escobar VS Mustafa Ali 2) Jey Uso VS Austin Theory 3) Butch VS Baron Corbin 4) Mia Yim VS Bayley 5) Shotzi VS IYO SKY
Here are my Level Up Thoughts: Nathan Frazer VS Tavion Heights was a great wrestling match. Frazier is an awesome wrestler. I love his theme, but I don't like his new gimmick with his talk show. Heights has a great career ahead of him. Solid interview with Luca Crusifino & Kelly Kinkaid. Myles Borne VS Luca Crusifino was another great match. Crusifino has shown so much potential in only 5 televised matches. Borne is such an incredible person. I hope both have great futures. Dante Chen VS Charlie Dempsey was a banger. It's cool that Chen's family flew in from Singapore to watch his match. Dempsey's dad was probably watching too since he's backstage at NXT. They are another 2 men that will have amazing careers God willing.
Here are my Level Up Rankings: 1) Dante Chen VS Charlie Dempsey 2) Myles Borne VS Luca Crusifino 3) Nathan Frazer VS Tavion Heights Ends a fun 2 & 1/2 hours of wrestling with a great Smackdown. I just wished the matches were longer besides the opener & main event. I loved everything but the Women's Tag Title Segment. Level Up had 3 fun matches with the future stars of WWE.
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A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jun 9, 2023 21:47:21 GMT -5
I saw a Anna Jay/Julia Hart My Way video once and I've never been able to find it again. It was beautiful. I found it! I had to search this random wrestling discord I'm in that I don't think I've ever talked in. Had to search the date of the match and read though every post. streamable.com/aakem6This is beautiful.
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Post by Totorob101 on Jun 9, 2023 21:49:49 GMT -5
Man the baby face side of the women's division is awful,an all heel women's tag title match next week and two heel women qualifying for money in the bank,Charlotte returning probably saves things but she is a far far better heel.
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Post by mistery on Jun 9, 2023 22:38:33 GMT -5
shouldn't really be shocking at this point but the charlotte returning video on YT is WWE's most disliked video since wrestlemania
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2023 22:41:58 GMT -5
Iyo shouldn't need help to beat Shotjabroni My guess is they had Bayley help IYO in order to have Bayley resent and regret it when IYO wins it instead of her and claim IYO only won because Bayley helped her.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jun 9, 2023 22:42:56 GMT -5
Charlotte should be pushed, but I can't blame anyone for being tired of her. The meaningless stat padding and always being around the title is old.
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Post by mistery on Jun 9, 2023 22:58:13 GMT -5
Charlotte should be pushed, but I can't blame anyone for being tired of her. The meaningless stat padding and always being around the title is old. Yeah. I don't think you'll find many people upset if she gets pushed, its just that her constant nonstop presence around the title is absolutely exhausting and helps no one. You don't see Bayley or Becky struggling to get over despite not being in the title scene. But Charlotte seems to feel like the title is essential to her character which is not great, because she has a tendency to kneecap all of the women she feuds with, with Rhea being the only real exception over the past several years. WWE really needs to realize Charlotte doesn't need the title at this point. No one is going to give a f*** if she breaks Ric Flair's record, because all of her reigns have been largely unmemorable mainly because she never holds the title for long, and it's always at the expense of other women who could actually use the title. And it's never been more clear that WWE is doing nothing but stat padding her stuff at this point, thinking it'll make her a huge star, when it won't. Meanwhile, it's looking likely Asuka is about to get f***ed over again just because Charlotte can't live without the title. Which sucks for Asuka, because again, she deserves much better than to just be a transitional champion. And adds more fuel to the fire that Asuka only got the title in Saudi Arabia so WWE could point out and say they did something significant for AAPI month. Also known as tokenism.
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Post by ayumidah on Jun 10, 2023 22:08:58 GMT -5
Damn, Wade. I was comparing this to the royal family too but more like Jey having to wait 70 years before getting to ascend to the throne I made this joke yesterday, and today this appeared on my Facebook's recommended for you thing. I kinda love how Heyman Benjamin Button'd himself
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