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Post by mo on Aug 27, 2007 12:33:29 GMT -5
Ha, "Pedigree him back to OVW" smurf that, here's to hoping HHH is next on Orton's punting list Anyway, I'm just thankful I didn't order it
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Post by Shy Guy on Aug 27, 2007 12:39:46 GMT -5
i enjoyed it...
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Post by valiens on Aug 27, 2007 12:40:28 GMT -5
Punk/Morrison was a bad match. Rey's return was suprisingly good. He didn't miss a beat. This was the match the ECW match should have been.
Punk & Morrison didn't tell a story, they went through the motions. I was waiting for the crowd to start chanting "Piiiiiindroooooop."
And as a friend pointed out, all ECW title matches in PPVs should be extreme rules, or else what's the point of the word Extreme? (I'm lying. He actually said all ECW matches, period. But it makes more sense to at least have the PPVs be hardcore.)
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Post by DeuceDominoMark on Aug 27, 2007 12:43:05 GMT -5
So... being the DeuceDominoMark that I am (I guess I should be thankful the E has forgotten about the Tag Divisions, that way I don't have to pay $40 to see my team defend their gold) I was excited to see Cherry added to the Diva Battle Royal preview. 13 divas from 3 different brands... yet I couldn't see her in any Summer Slam pics and wwe.com said there were an even dozen. So, no Cherry then?
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Post by Bobafett on Aug 27, 2007 13:27:11 GMT -5
Finlay vs Kane, I think it was my fav match to be honest.
the IC match.. I can't help but think of it as a way to get Carlito and Kennedy a big match payday..but still keep the title for someone like Jeff Hardy when he comes back
Rey vs Chavo.. erm wasn't it obvious with Rey..he was the silver surfer..i mean ok I only noticed halfway through..but it was a solid match, nothing special..just solid
the Diva match, I knew if Mickie and Melina got put out..it was gonna be beth..it was only ever gonna be one of those 3
Matt/SCSA vs MVP, i dunno why but if MVP had said he had picked a substitute too..in the form of Sandman..it woulda ruled even more
Punk vs Morrison.. pun shoulda won..it was a lame finish
HHH vs Booker.. a decent match.i'm glad HHH has ditched those horrid white bandage things below his kneepads and gne foe something less obvious though
Khali vs Batista, JBL said it all for me
Cena vs Orton, like Punks match..the wrong guy won.. anyone notice sign guys reaction to cena icking outta the rko? it was like he was saying to the guy next to him "not this crap again"
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Post by kamala001 on Aug 27, 2007 13:38:46 GMT -5
I was surprised at the crowd response to hhh coming back. Way less loud than i expected.
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Post by lockedontarget on Aug 27, 2007 13:54:44 GMT -5
Orton did not use a single "rest hold" during that match.
Any hold he put on was done with lots of effort and built into the story of the match.
It's not a rest hold unless they're actualy RESTING.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2007 14:11:07 GMT -5
I'll be honest I'm a big Orton fan however when I saw Cena retained (After logging onto wwe.com) I burst out laughing because I find it quite humourous how many times he will overcome the odds
And also, in my mind, it partly justified not wasting my money on it
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Post by Randy Orton's Bitch on Aug 27, 2007 14:18:47 GMT -5
It blowed. I thought for sure, I would've betted any money that Orton was gonna win. Cause I read somewhere that Orton would win at SS and Feud with HHH. The only thing I liked were the signs that said "If Cena Wins, WE RIOT!" Lmao!
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Aug 27, 2007 14:23:45 GMT -5
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Post by Splinter on Aug 27, 2007 14:48:48 GMT -5
I've said it before elsewhere. Wrestling PPVs are suposed to say "Buy me. I'm fun to watch. You'll love every minute" Nowadays (particularly WWE PPVs) it's more like "You're stupid, you're a virgin, you've got no friends, give me your money, now f*** off"
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Post by Ace Diamond on Aug 27, 2007 14:54:43 GMT -5
I've said it before elsewhere. Wrestling PPVs are suposed to say "Buy me. I'm fun to watch. You'll love every minute" Nowadays (particularly WWE PPVs) it's more like "You're stupid, you're a virgin, you've got no friends, give me your money, now smurf off" Yeah but TNA PPVs say "We know our TV product blows goats but our PPVs are going to be a lot better, promise" So at least WWE PPVs are honest about being full of crap.
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Post by Splinter on Aug 27, 2007 14:56:58 GMT -5
Well we get TNA PPVs free here. That's probably the only reason that anyone in the UK watches them. If we had to pay TNA would probably be bankrupt within a year
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Aug 27, 2007 15:10:50 GMT -5
lets see.
Finlay Vs KANE: Decent, alot better then i expected.
IC Triple threat: Again alot better then what i expected, no real disappointment there.
Rey Vs Chavo: maybe it was the paint but rey seemed out of shape(yeah i know he hasn't had much time to work out) and jbl gave us his wisdom of"well it looks like Rey got himself bronzed while he was out."as expected Rey won.
Diva Battle Royal: i used this time to get some snacks but came back in time to hear another commenting gem:" KING:"(some smack down chick) just eliminated someone from her own brand JR! , JR:"well king its every diva for himself in there", after which i left again and got a soda, and happily beth one so yeah not a total letdown.
MVP vs SCSA" probly realizing how much ppl would hate the finish to the main event they brought in Austin to cheer everyone up.
HHH vs. King Booker: Shocking no elaborate entrance from trip's and a semi decent match.
ECW title match: even though punk is getting huge pops(not tonight though...more on that later)for whatever reason johnny no charisma wins again(I'm liking that cm punk is using his Pepsi twist move more often now).
WHC match: a match so awful, i switched channels and after about 10 minutes came back to still see khali massaging Batista, and then a finish i hadn't seen in a good 14 years, the heel simply dq's himself to retain.
Orton Vs Cena: this match more then any other Ive seen proved where exactly cena's fan base resides as the older male crowd chanted "Cena sucks" as the Preteen Chaingang responded with "Orton sucks". The match was ok, and i was praying that orton punted cena right into a coma, but no such luck, then randy hit the RKO and i marked like a little girl hoping that the reign of Supercena was finally over, i should know better by now, kick out, it was right after which i knew cena would win and switch channels for good to watch Cops 2.0.
Overall the crowd seemed dead at point's and I'm not sure why, they picked up here and there, but i guess they knew what i was about to find out, Cena Wins.
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Post by Ace Diamond on Aug 27, 2007 15:12:21 GMT -5
Well we get TNA PPVs free here. That's probably the only reason that anyone in the UK watches them. If we had to pay TNA would probably be bankrupt within a year Good point, I forgot about the overseas stuff, then again i was techincally speaking from my perspective for the most part.
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Post by Jeff Mack on Aug 27, 2007 15:30:06 GMT -5
Thanks for the link. As a wrestling fan, I've learned to brush aside plot holes big enough for a tank to drive through, but one thing that really bothers me is JR cheering for HHH. HHH spent his whole career making JR's life miserable, and to just forget it means forgetting a big part of HHH's back story.
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Post by Bocuma on Aug 27, 2007 15:45:01 GMT -5
I'm actually surprised at the reaction SS is getting here. There's usually a fair amount of WWE defending going about, and to be honest this is the best thing I've seen the WWE put on in awhile as far as PPV's go. The in-ring action was really good up until the Diva match (then got good again during Punk/Morrison, then went down again until the main event). The fact everyone retained is just the same WWE bullshit I've come to expect. I'm just glad the matches were pretty good, for the most part.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Aug 27, 2007 16:02:58 GMT -5
For those of us who grew up during the 80's/90's era of pro wrestling and remember PPV events being "memorable" even if the matches were junk from a work-rate perspective, then Summerslam 2007 failed to live up to the $40 to see it live rather than the $4.99 to rent it a few months later or even for free on Youtube a few days later. Anything memorable happen at Summerslam '07 that we'll be talking about in 5-10 years? I can't think of anything. I didn't watch it, but reading results and checking out wwe.com gave me the general idea that this was the most lacklustre Summerslam in the past ten years. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Aug 27, 2007 16:08:25 GMT -5
I'm so glad that I kept my promise to not watch another PPV as long as cena is still the champ. I was really close to breaking my promise though but the lazy bug bit me and I stayed in. I woulda been more mad then at WM if I had to witness the horror of my favorite RAW guy getting beat by my least favorite RAW guy.
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Post by Loki on Aug 27, 2007 16:17:20 GMT -5
A transitional PPV. at best.
And since it's Summerslam, and not "Random PPV We Run to Make More Bucks", it's sad, very sad.
Some matches were OK, but in a "weekly TV show" sense.
The comebacks of Mysterio and Triple H were kinda disappointing, especially in terms of build-up, so it's not a surprise if neither man got a HHH-MSG-pop.
The WHC match was beyond horrible. I won't even waste time on the Divas Battle Royal.
Kane-Finlay, Rey-Chavo and Trips-Booker were enjoyable, but hardly for future "best of" compilations.
Carlito-Umaga-Kennedy was a nice triple-threat match, with little buildup and no real direction. Better than nothing though.
Morrison-Punk was good from a "workrate" standpoint, but the crowd wasn't really into it, as usual for ECW PPV matches, and that made the match look "unimportant".
Orton-Cena was a decent enough main event. We know Orton loves "wearing down" his opponent with an impressive array of chinlocks, but as usual Cena didn't sell the damage for long. Usual comeback and "lucky-smart" win for Cena. Wow, really really interesting. Now the whole RAW roster has been defeated.
All in all, a below average show, that we'll all forget in a matter of months. Bar those who spent 40$ for it.
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