It’s Friday, Nation! Time to kick off the weekend! And hey, SummerSlam is Sunday! Takeover is tomorrow!
What are your official predictions for this weekend’s big shows?
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Alright Nation, gimme your match order and winners for Sunday!
Preshow:
Neville
Hardy’s and Jordan
New Day retains
Main show (match order and winners)
Rollins and Deano
Rusev
Big Cass
Corbin
Naiomi
Finn
AJ
Sasha
Nakamura (Jinder will use his rematch clause on Tuesday and regain)
Joe
Preshow: Hardys/Jordan
Neville
New Day
Main show:
Alexa
Cena
Big Cass
Orton
AJ
Balor
Naomi/Carmella cash-in
Cesaro and Sheamus (Ambrose turns on Rollins … hope I’m wrong)
Jinder
Brock
Preshow:
Jordan/Hardys
Tozawa
New Day
Main:
Orton
Naomi
Cesaro & Sheamus (Ambrose heel turn)
Cena
Alexa
AJ
Finn
Cass
Nakamura
Joe
Recommend everyone to listen to the Daniel Bryan interview on the E&C podcast.
My queue today is LFC, E&C then Prichard talking Razor
Started it this morning on your rec.
Watching more of the Hidden Gems #3 collection… Enzo and Cass were doing that whole same exact schtick in fucking May 2013? Jesus.
Enzo had a dog shit look though.
Good lord. Zero evolution.
I mean the same exact promo… to a tee.
I remember telling Nick when we first saw their act in 2014 or 15, “I’ve heard of catch phrases, but catch promos? I dunno.”
I get that Road Dogg succeeded with it, but geez.
Now watching the 9/22/97 Nitro… debut of Goldberg
They really replayed the NWO Horsemen parody into the ground… especially the My Spot stuff.
My buddies and I would do the My Spot bit all the time back them. Someone would spill a soda and we would be like ” You caused a spot. Not a liver spot. Not my dog spot. Not anyone elses spot. But that spot on the carpet. “
Oh yeah for sure, it was super memorable and catchy… they just really felt the same way too I guess lol.
Also the night Hector Garza pinned Hall.
The shank of the evening! That phrase doesn’t get used quite enough.
It is interesting how Piper was always used as a GM/Commish/President but he always seemed natural and a good fit in the role.
The build to Age in the Cage hasn’t been bad so far.
Next week’s Nitro is in Worcester! Lee Marshall name drops Holy Cross but not Assumption sadly.
The Steiners were fucking massive, my Lord.
Going against the 9/22/97 RAW from MSG that week! For my money, maybe the best RAW ever.
Block of shows that I am watching
9/21/98 Nitro
9/21/98 RAW
Breakdown
9/28/98 RAW
9/28/98 Nitro
3/3/03 RAW
3/6/03 Smackdown
8/6/01 RAW
8/9/01 Smackdown
7/20/09 RAW
7/21/09 ECW
Night of Champions 2009
7/27/09 RAW
7/28/09 ECW
3/6/13 NXT
Vengeance 2006
12/25/81 Mid South
5/27/08 ECW
That is quite the diverse haul.
Believe it or not, there is a method to my madness. As you well know, 2nd kid definitely slows things down considerably though.
Yes for sure. Outside of PTBN must watch stuff, I am working through my WCW rewatch (started in 1989, in September 1997 now) and random stuff for GWWE.
Other watched I want to do eventually: ECW all the way through, NXT all the way through, PTW all the way through.
I also have been watching/listening that 1991 Superstars YT playlist when at work.
I started that WCW rewatch around when the network started… so it has taken me like three years to get where I am lol.
I have it on my commutes to work, and a couple days a week I have the ability to watch stuff at my desk as background noise. Then I got my hour a day worth of breaks and lunch. If that gravy train ever ends then I’ll be in a nursing home by the time I ever finish these blocks. The diversity keeps me from getting burnt out
Remaining supplemental August viewing – August 88 LA Sports Arena House Show – Rockers vs Somers and Rose from AWA. Also I try to slip in some Primetime Wrestling if I have any down time at night.
“It is contagious, it is the Place to Be” – Tony Schiavone, 9/22/97
Tony setting the stage for our media empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQhiw_9CrHM&list=PLqIVmFaHA8BqBNnIRqhl0E2pDEqF0CNgo&index=1
So great!
Steve Banon officially out as WH Chief Strategist. Ship keeps on sinking.
That’s a shame
I apologize if this has already been talked about but —–
https://twitter.com/fightfulonline/status/898506839431696384
Pre Show
Hardys and Jason Jordan
Tozawa retains
New Day retains
Main
Samoa Joe
Nakamura
AJ
Finn Balor
Sasha
Naomi
Dean and Seth
Rusev
John Cena
Big Cass
2012 Thunder and 2008 Nuggets confirmed for NBA 2K.
Summerslam ’09 starting up on the stream now!
This Rey/Ziggler IC match open is supposed to be a good one, if I remember..
Yah I remember that being really good. Wasn’t Rey suspended right after?
Wasn’t it Jeff Hardy? I know for sure he was.
Jeff left right after this show, don’t think it was suspension based. I thought Rey did for some reason.
Jeff’s contract almost expired a month before the show so he signed an extension …then he ended up getting arrested for possession.
Rey was suspended a few weeks later, dropped the title to Morrison on SD.
Thanks! Thought that was the case…
Rey and Dolph have some good chemistry here…match has kept moving without too many slow spots.
Hot opener…both guys worked hard and got the crowd really into the match.
Man they totally wasted MVP…felt to me like a guy that could’ve been huge but got mishandled.
Pretty decisive win there for ‘P
Video package for all the Raw guest hosts…ugh.
This celebrity shit back then was out of hand…I get why they did it but it was almost overkill.
That is all I picture when I think of 2009 and 2010.
The days of Jeri-Show..and Show’s awful purple tights.
They were pretty awesome tho… helps both guys quite a bit got GWWE.
Yeah they were pretty good. Purple just looks weird on Show.
Brooklyn Brooklyn!
Solid tag match…Cryme Time looked good against Jeri-Show.
Punk’s heel run at this time was when he first finally became Punk..got away from the white meat-ish baby face role he had after debuting.
“You Cant Wrestle” sign immediately goes up when Khali v. Kane begins.
This DX entrance is pretty cool.
Taker spotted on a plane from Texas to NYC
https://mobile.twitter.com/SliceWrestling/status/898679488984305664/photo/1
https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/898727698687606786
Gonna be a long ass day
Oh wonderful
Excellent Episode of the Main Event by the way.
Aroldis Chapman is completely checked out. I mean, the guy puts his head down, doesn’t back up home. Time for a 10-day mental health vacation.
His confidence is shot, completely gassed. K-Rob has to take over the 9th and Chapman needs a reboot.
Hooray for 4 hour marathons!
(not really)
Grandy Man Can in LA.
Traded for cash and 3 PTBNLs…whish they can be Kershaw, Turner and Seager!