BRV
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Wants him some Taco Flavored Kisses.
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Post by BRV on Aug 7, 2023 9:58:00 GMT -5
6 Was the crowd dead the whole show, or was it just me? The crowd was red hot for the first three matches (Logan Paul vs. Ricochet, Brock Lesnar vs. Cody Rhodes, the battle royal), but they died a thousand deaths during the Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler match and never really recovered. And honestly, the show never really recovered, either, and the matches after those never really gave them a reason to recover. SummerSlam 2023 was the definition of what happens when a show peaks too early. It reminded me a LOT of the Interminable Slog Era WrestleManias (32 through 36), where the show is way too long, the match placement is off, and the crowd is just gassed by the time you get to the main event. I gave it a 5 out of 10 because, for as good as the first three matches were, I thought the rest of the show was missing something. Enough has been said about the MMA Rules match and what a bad idea that was, but Gunther vs. Drew McIntyre was a letdown (which may have been because there's no way Gunther is dropping the Intercontinental Championship this close to the record), the World Heavyweight Championship match was just biding its time until the Judgment Day showed up and got involved, the Women's Championship triple threat was just a clumsy, clunky mess in which all three performers felt off their game, and the main event took entirely too long and had way too many drawn-out moments in which nothing - nothing at all - was happening even before the lackluster finish. But honestly, this might be the first PLE that didn't click for me during the Triple H era. Hopefully it's just a bump in the road and not a harbinger of things to come.
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Post by BlahBlah on Aug 7, 2023 11:23:55 GMT -5
From being there live I can confirm that we never really recovered from the Rousey match. I'll never understand it. I figured the MMA stip was so that it could end in a blink. That would've worked. If the plan was to do whatever the freak they were doing then it should have just been a wrestling match because after all, it's a wrestling show.
Other huge problem is that nobody in the stadium thought Jey had a chance to win. That's a problem with your main event. Especially when you're 3.5 hours into a show at that point.
The entire thing was paced very poorly, no reason why it had to be 4.5 hours or whatever and it took a serious toll on everyone in the building.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Aug 7, 2023 12:53:05 GMT -5
I went with a 7. Definitely one of my least favorite PLE's since the creative changes started happening.
Things just feel like they're stagnant right now. Roman's beating everybody. Seth's beating everybody. Gunther's beating everybody. Jimmy Uso's crying and pouting. Nothing's changed.
The Iyo title change was exciting. Cody and LA Knight catching fire is exciting. It's no coincidence the show died after the battle royal. A title change isn't the only way to add excitement, but they really need some unpredictability.
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clifford
King Koopa
Shingo Takagi stan
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Post by clifford on Aug 7, 2023 13:45:48 GMT -5
This was a 7/10 show for me until the main event; they've lost me again with this Bloodline shit, I'm sorry. Its beyond tedious now and the fact that there is seemingly no end in sight and they're just going to pivot to Jey vs Jimmy for months while Roman goes on holiday has got me...underwhelmed to put it nicely.
Agreed on this show starting great and then petering out. Logan/Richochet was just one big spotfest, but it was highly entertaining and the crowd ate it up. Brock/Cody was good and a nice end to their feud and the battle royal was fun, quick, and gave LA Knight the moment we've been clamouring for for months now.
Rousey/Shayna was cheeks, Gunther/Drew was good but for me was a let down after the high expectations going in. Also there was zero chance of Drew winning with Gunther so close to the record and that hurt my enjoyment.
The womens triple threat was OK: all 3 ladies were working hard but the crowd was dead and I audibly groaned when Bianca won after the song and dance with her knee. But Iyo's cash in and title win then made more sense and was really cool.
6/10 on the whole, there was mostly good, very little bad, but the Bloodline storyline has jumped the shark now for me. Nah.
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dreamghost
AC Slater
I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve.
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Post by dreamghost on Aug 8, 2023 16:27:55 GMT -5
The show died after the Battle Royale ended. battle royale was a banger. The bloodline stuff is just convoluted at this point like a 1998 nWo angle (least that was entertaining). Looks like Roman is taking another vacation maybe i will too.
I give 2 Vince neck injuries out of 5 Federal Charges.
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