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Post by Feargus McReddit on Oct 31, 2023 16:45:00 GMT -5
Honestly, it's most significant thing (besides being the show where WWE showed how much they cared about money over anything else) is that it was one of the last shows where WWE could take the deal to coast and just throw non-canon stuff and call it a day.
What also didn't help with that was allegedly Vince screwing around with the Saudi government and allegedly causing them in turn to ground a plane that held the rest of their roster and mess up a Smackdown that they were going to be on and, likely, allegedly sent a message saying to not screw around with a government body.
Allegedly.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 31, 2023 17:25:57 GMT -5
What also didn't help with that was allegedly Vince screwing around with the Saudi government and allegedly causing them in turn to ground a plane that held the rest of their roster and mess up a Smackdown that they were going to be on and, likely, allegedly sent a message saying to not screw around with a government body. Allegedly. Valid points, but all that was at the one in 2019. |
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Oct 31, 2023 17:29:35 GMT -5
Brothers of Destruction vs DX was what dreams were made of from the moment that Triple H tore his pec in the first 50 seconds. Imagine being bald Shawn Michaels realizing in realtime that your first match in 9 years at 50 something years old is gonna be a solo carry dealing with 3 other men in various degrees of hobbled.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Oct 31, 2023 17:30:57 GMT -5
What also didn't help with that was allegedly Vince screwing around with the Saudi government and allegedly causing them in turn to ground a plane that held the rest of their roster and mess up a Smackdown that they were going to be on and, likely, allegedly sent a message saying to not screw around with a government body. Allegedly. Valid points, but all that was at the one in 2019. In my head, I thought I put down "The year after" but yes, I'll also accept my bad for that. |
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Oct 31, 2023 19:52:32 GMT -5
My father's funeral was the same day as Crown Jewel, and Crown Jewel was very close to being the worst thing to happen that day.
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Post by Fade on Oct 31, 2023 22:00:15 GMT -5
I still can’t believe Vince went ahead with the show. everyone stopped. Vince plowed through.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Oct 31, 2023 22:15:44 GMT -5
Always been somewhat resistant to the notion of pure, unabashed spite-booking but Crown Jewel 2018 is as fine a case as you'll ever find. The entire show was structured around flipping the bird to the entirely warranted, entirely reasonable flack WWE caught for plowing through with the show. That main-event served only to taint 4 HOF careers in what was wrestling's most textbook example of literally every guy coming out looking the so much worse for doing it.
That said, Kane's mask falling off and its immediate aftermath is an all-time moment for me for probably all the wrong reasons.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Oct 31, 2023 23:31:11 GMT -5
What also didn't help with that was allegedly Vince screwing around with the Saudi government and allegedly causing them in turn to ground a plane that held the rest of their roster and mess up a Smackdown that they were going to be on and, likely, allegedly sent a message saying to not screw around with a government body. Allegedly. Valid points, but all that was at the one in 2019. Which did lead to an NXT takeover of Smackdown as a result, one of the more better-remembered episodes of SD’s Fox tenure. |
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Post by 4real on Nov 1, 2023 0:03:27 GMT -5
Has to be up there for one of the worst shows WWE has put on. That Braun squash angered me at the time. They should have put the belt on him on this show. The main event was terrible and hilarious. Shane becoming best in the world was an insult to everybody watching.
Looking through the rest of the card it’s very forgettable. I forgot AJ & Joe had a match here but I think their feud was cold by then and no one believed in Joe at that point. You have Seth Rollins, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton & Bobby Lashley in a tournament and your final is Miz v Ziggler. Ok then.
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