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Brian recaps this week’s 205 Live
Kevin Pelton gave the Cavs an “A” and the Celtics a “C” for the trade.
Wow… that seems a bit harsh. I think it is pretty even. What was his rationale?
The worry that he won’t re-sign (he probably will) and trading Crowder was just another step in really stripping the Celtics of their depth.
Ainge is too smart, he knows Irving will stay and they can pay him the max to do so. Crowder is good but replaceable IMO. When you have a chance to get a Top 10sh player you do it, especially since the odds they could have gotten him there in FA were low.
I thought the trade grade was too low. I’m 100% okay with it from the Cavs perspective as well.
I feel like the Cs wouldn’t have made the deal if they didn’t think they could sign Irving to an extension. Also, losing Crowder isn’t a huge loss. He wasn’t gonna get a ton of playing time this season anyway.
Crowder is expendable with Brown, Tatum, and Morris
Yes, Brock will be champion going into Mania.
Think he faces Roman again?
Any chance they have the Jon Jones fight/match at Mania now?
Yes with Roman winning.
Is there any reason he wouldn’t be at Mania? UFC commitments or what have you. I see no reason at this point to not have Brock hold the belt until Mania. It will take that much time to built a credible challenge at this point.
Update on why Mahal retained
http://stillrealtous.com/backstage-news-on-why-jinder-mahal-retained-the-wwe-championship-at-summerslam/
I can see Braun winning at No Mercy but then a rematch at Survivor Series or the Royal Rumble with Brock winning it back to take it into WM 34.
So, the WWE breaks up American Alpha and gives Jordan a DOA storyline on RAW then has Gable team with Shelton Benjamin. They didn’t think this one through.
I”m fine with Gable teaming with Benjamin because I think it can be a fun team. But agreed with the Jordan storyline being DOA. Now Jordan either stays in this terrible storyline or turns heel.
Jordan never really lit it up as a single guy in NXT. He was pretty bad til he started tagging with Gable.
Jordan just needs to turn and say he faked it all so he could climb the ladder but Angle failed him, something like that.
Even still, no one will care. Everyone knows he likely is turning but there isnt anyone invested in this at all. Jordan was better off floundering with Gable than this horseshit.
They need to do a tag match with Kurt and Jordan where Jordan abandons him and Kurt gets beaten badly (Sheamus & Cesaro?) and then Jordan returns and picks the bones. Then a singles match at Survivor Series and Jordan goes over.
Not saying it would work but it is probably their best chance.
Or maybe have the AOP do the assault and Jordan hooks up with them and Ellering.
Yeah im ok with Chad and Shelton as a Team, some Matches with The Usos could be fun. Plus some potential for some funny comedy with the two.
Wanting to do a little block watching on The Network soon. Here’s what i might throw on
In Your House Ground Zero 1997 and the next night’s RAW for September 8th, might lump in the build to Badd Blood.
Either the RAW before or after Breakdown 1998 along with the PPV.
Kinda want to do some WCW watching as I haven’t watched any of it lately. A Fall Brawl for sure. Any Nitros that can be recommended leading up to a Fall Brawl?
You should watch the Nitros between BATB and Fall Brawl 1997. Lots of good stuff, mainly all the build between the Horsemen and NWO.
Yeah, that was an awesome time for American wrestling.
Im thinking about the September 1 and 8th ones before Fall Brawl with the nWo parody of the Horsemen.
Also fun if you want some old wrestling, watch the Mid-South stuff starting at the beginning.
Just throwing it out there, but the Nitros in 95 are a pretty fun watch, especially after Fall Brawl 95. They had the goofy Dungeon of Doom stuff but the undercard was pretty fun. I was surprised.
I did watch a couple of the 95 ones, some interesting stuff in there.
No Nitros but Fall Brawl 94 is a lot of fun, mainly War Games. It is really the final “old school” WCW show I think. I hope it wins our vote for Sunday LiveWatch.
Oh yeah i did watch Fall Brawl 94 one time. It is a fun Show.
Tozawa vs. Neville on 205 Live tore the house down last night. Catch that match if you haven’t already.
Yes i ended up watching it last night and it was very good.
What did you have it as?
***3/4
Yes it was great. Probably the best of three?
I thought it was. I’d put the RAW match 2nd and SummerSlam 3rd
Beach balls and other inflatable items are now officially banned from WWE shows.
Thought: Jinder Mahal holds the belt until Mania when he drops it to Roode thus giving Roode the rocket push.
I don’t see him lasting that long. I still think Nakamura beats him at some point and defends against AJ in New Orleans.
Think the good press from India might give them a reason to extend that long or maybe at least until the Rumble. I still see Nak vs AJ at Mania but probably not for the title. They have to give Roode the belt at some point…he’s too over.
If he’s “too over” does he really need the belt though? He’ll already be selling tix and merch.
It will come up eventually why he doesn’t get a run with the belt if it goes without it long enough. It doesn’t have to be right away. Plus he has all the things the company likes from their POV in a top guy.
I’ve never seen a more obvious case of a guy wjo’s over because of his entrance and music than Roode.
Is he over his song?
Mate that is just gross.
Settle in guys. I think this is going to be the JBL Title Reign all over again. The more we hate it, the longer it will go.
Speaking of Roode a smart move bringing him up as a face.
Yes. FAR too many heels on Smackdown. Haha
So I just finished watching all the ppvs of 2009….
I think 2009 Randy Orton may be the worat year ever for a top guy. Thoughts?
Ring wise? Wasn’t the best but he had some good matches with Cena.
Character wise? Absolutely loved him. One of my favorites of all time because of that period.
I HATED the Cena matches. HATED. I thought his character was great until mania then just made him move slower.
I love him til they turned him face in 2010 and kinda numbed the character.
Who would you have worse than his 09. A guy who was in a top program for a whole year.
For me his year bottomed out with the Iron Man match.
HHH in 2003 was really really bad.
Yeah. Good call.
I guess I had blocked that out of my memory.
Only Cena match I didn’t like was Summerslam in terms of in ring quality.
I was still not watching at that time so I will have to watch a lot of that stuff. What are some of the low points you noticed?
If Enzo has heat, and getting punished, how does that make the guys on 205 Live feel? This guy has essentially been demoted onto your show! If you want to punish him, have him lose on Main Event, don’t put him on 205 Live
I wonder if they’ll ever stop punishing guys on screen for backstage stuff. Such a stupid practice.
So counter productive but unlikely to change unfortunately
They won’t.
Catching up on the Mae Young bracket special…Jazzy Gabert seems pretty awesome.
And she’s fighting Kimberlee in round 1!
Ha, Ruby Riot is in about half of the highlight clips for the folks in this thing.
I legit had no idea that the Serena in this thing is the Straight Edge Society Serena. Guess she’s the one playing the Brian Kendrick role.
Billie and Peyton hache mache
It is going to take something really impressive to make me care about the ROH dudes invading NXT.
To be fair, given the high baseline of quality on Takeovers, some really good matches would do it.
That is the one thing they can definitely do.
Word is Rusev and Lana both requested releases.
Good for them. She’s stuck in a top-heavy women’s divison and he might be the most underrated talent on the roster.
He could def pull a Drew Galloway… go make a bunch of money killing it around the world and get a sweet deal to return in three years.
For sure.
She could probably land movie roles.
They should. Rusev was going to feud with Orton for the title before the company got Jinder fever. They’ve totally been treated like after thoughts. Apparently even Orton thinks Creative has sucked and is backing them up.
http://stillrealtous.com/major-backstage-altercation-occurred-between-john-cena-and-baron-corbin/amp/
Why is Aleister Black walking around backstage with a suitcase? Shouldn’t he lower backwards into a coffin after his matches?
Is any sort of regular UK show going to materialize or are the UK guys just going to keep doing random cameos on NXT?
I think I read since World of Sport bombed they kind of cooled on the UK show. I think they will just work UK promotions and then do NXT for the time being.
Ah, that makes sense. Might be a better deal for the wrestlers too since they probably get to charge more for indy shows having been on WWE TV, and when they’re in WWE the NXT audience actually knows who they are.
I know Triple H loves Dunne so he will be treated well I am sure.
Rich Hill perfect through 7. MLBN just threw it on.
Perfect through 8!
No score in the game. This should be fun.
http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/whoops-italian-locals-mistake-samuel-l-jackson-and-magic-johnson-for-migrants/?_branch_match_id=423598733591297534
I’m watching Tough Guys as recommended by Scott’s pop culture corner on the mother ship last night. This movie is great.
Lol that may be the most random movie recommendation to be taken to heart ever.
Dana Carvey’s big break. I had to check it out. It’s actually really good.
That is awesome.
https://twitter.com/LanaWWE/status/900504549273870336