I'd rather see Braun as the new Cena than Reigns.

I think literally everyone would rather see Braun in that position than Reigns.

They're probably going to name a new GM tonight, right?

Would assume so.

Oh god. I wonder if Jeff Jarrett's doing anything. ROFL

Line of the show last night had to be Angle tossing out "I hear TNT is hiring" to Kevin and Sami.

If that's your PoV, than I don't think you get it. Smart fans can realize bad creative is just bad creative, but you can dislike somebody because they're not great in the ring.

John Cena isn't great in the ring, loudly calls spots and is prone to botches. He is generally carried in his higher ranked matches. If not liking somebody's wrestling on a wrestling show makes me a delusional hater, well okay.

I wasn't calling you out specifically but it seems you want to take it that way. You are free to feel how you want about Cena....I was just saying I don't get the hate.

The WWE hasn't had a very creative team in a long time so you should be used to that. Thus the reason they don't have an established bedrock star like during the attitude era.

That should be ****ing amazing.

Man, that match could be better than anything we saw Sunday night. Why waste it on SD Live? Hate to be that guy but it’s strange.

Meh. This is the last show of Wrestlemania week. Might as well end it off with something special.

Makes me wonder if one of the two might be switching brands.

Anyone else see this shit? Will Ospreay damn near killed himself.

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New Japan is legitimately hard to watch most times for me. I’m constantly in fear that I’m about to watch someone die.

LMAO ****ing really?

Loving the early returns on this Nakamura heel turn. He looks comfortable.

I'm feeling New Day is broken up next week.

Carmella has to cash in here.

She’s one of the hottest female superstars they’ve got. For that reason, I’m in.

A year later and it’s Orton-Mahal again at Backlash.

Whatever. It's utterly ridiculous that they continually **** Rusev over, but it keeps Orton away from the WWE title picture so I'm cool with it.

AJ and Bryan and I am ****ing ready !

No way it's a clean finish though. Nakamura probably interferes and beats the shit out of both.

Yea I'm expecting a screwy finish, just happy to see Bryan back

Yeah, his heel run is going to be just fine.

Nakamura/Styles video package.

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Wrote up a long thing about how much I hate both the iconic duo and carmella and how I hate being right about Asuka not showing up after mania, and then my internet died and I lost it all.

Anyway, Asuka appears to be done and now I get to enjoy fast-forwarding through all the garbage with the new women's champion and the newly-debuted Billie/Peyton, because they're all annoying as hell on the mic and can't work for shit in the ring. Yay. Hopefully Charlotte destroys her soon, because Carmella for me is just the worst kind of 'change-the-channel' heel.

Shinsuke saying 'no speak engrish' was amazing on so many levels. About died laughing.

Liked Paige.

Rest of the show was just meh, aside from the main event. Disappointing end to mania week.

I feel the same way about Orton and Mahal as many do about Cena and Reigns...I think it is time for Orton to be gone. Or at least on TV a lot less.

Randy Orton has been mailing it in for nearly a decade.

Anyone watch the André the Giant documentary on HBO last night?

Keep in mind he got offered a WWE deal and basically said he wouldn't do it because of their insane schedule..I'm not sure head drops are better to be honest.

Taker not done yet.. Taker vs Rusev in a casket match at Greatest Royal Rumble

The WWE schedule just wears down the body gradually because guys are taking bumps 5-6 times per week and you add travel to that. The Indy/Japan guys work like 5 times a month max. They do take some unnecessary risks at times, for sure, but overall they are going to be in better health than guys on a WWE schedule.

Why?
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Good F'n question. I don't understand the whole event. Card looks nice but they are completely disrespecting every woman on the roster by doing this.

I was ok with it at first, I figured they would have women competitors as well..maybe try to help change the culture there, but that's not the case it seems. I also don't get why the male competitors would want anything to do with it. The women work their ass off as much as the men and to me this whole event is a slap in their face.

Money....lots and lots of money. You are thinking that the WWE can change a culture that has existed for generations?

All this is for the WWE us an opportunity to gain exposure in a new territory.

I get what you are trying to say....but you don't walk into a country like that and say...."if you want a WWE event you have to live by my rules". That being naive....

Don't have HBO. How was it?

Could just not engage with a country like that, but money outweighs morality. It would be nice if they'd drop all their insincere philanthropist bullshit when they're selling their souls for blood money.

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That comment tells you why they do what they do, I however do agree with her.

That is not at all what I said. Re-read then re-comprehend

How much money do they need? I think they are doing very well. Are they going to turn the mat into a screen next? It's rather hypocritical to throw out a pg product for sponsors, "revolutionize" the womens division including a first ever womens RR, hiac, ect, then perform in a country where they can't even travel to, a country that fully controls women and executes people for being gay.

He had the right answer, but left turned on the answer.

Money. That and the fact they are contractually obligated to compete, or they risk being fired.

With how much WWE is putting into this oil rumble and oil mania, the Saudi's must be paying a shit ton. Stock holders care about that.

I can read it 20 times and still give you the same answer. You are assuming that the WWE shouldn't go there based on a moral compass...money always wins over a moral compass.

A left turn? In what way?

I certainly didnt say wwe should say change your ways or we wont come, nor did I say going there would change their ways. I simply said if they would at least have females compete it could certainly be a start. They did this somewhere else it seems and they did have female competition..

It just doesn't make much since to do this for money. Viewers would equal more money so why dish out a pg product if morals aren't in question? I could give 2 shits less about morals just be consistent. Don't preach week after week about how the women are equal to the men and give them the same types of matches, let them main event, ect then go to a place where women have no rights.

kind of like the nfl has games in mexico, and wants games in china? :D

Rusev being replaced in the casket match. It is now Taker verse Rey Mysterio

I read Jericho was taking the spot.

I thought it was Jericho?

That would be correct my bad..Rey is returning to the event however

LMAO Jesus, Nakamura went overboard with that 1st low blow.

PEENSHASA!!!

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I really love this Heel Nakamura lol. Big Cass comes back and immediate "we want enzo" chants LMAO

So Kurt Angle in kayfabe is the Sashi Brown Cleveland Browns of drafting/trading.

Who the **** taught Nakamura the concept of roshambo? Jesus ****ing Christ LMAO

I can't see Cass being anything but a total flop without Enzo. He has zero mic skills and can't move worth a ****.

Smackdown is ****ing loaded now. Not sure how they're supposed to fit all those guys into a 2 hour show.

Guess Rusev is back in the taker match.And that's exactly why you put him in a program with Danielson.

I'm assuming they're loading up Smackdown with negotiations on a new TV deal coming up.

Once Fox gives them buckets of cash, they will gut the **** out of SD again.

Yeah, if it goes to FS1 as rumored.

I think they're putting him with Miz.

RIP Bruno Sammartino!

LMAO

Sorry besides woken Matt and Braun not really interested in Raw.

This women’s division is a joke Jax is just fat not muscular

Natalia is annoying

Bailey needs to go heel

chiefsca, i poked my head in for the main event. Lol what a steamy turd.

Holy ****ing shit. I might be the only one but I LOVE Shinsukes new music.

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I have been on a wrestling streaming site kick lately and came across High Spots Wrestling Network. It's basically a site that has tons of shows from various indies in the US and some foreign indies. For US indies, the biggest 2 they cover are CZW and PWG. CZW is basically what ECW was in the early days. It has some decent wrestling and then a lot of garbage death matches. It's about as un-PG as you can get so if you want ultra-violence, it's definitely got that.

It also has a lot from IWA Mid-South, where guys like Danielson and Punk did a lot of work early in their careers. They would have a tournament each year called the Ted Petty Invitational that was an Indie all-star tournament that had some really big names back in the mid-2000s.

I think I need to retire so I can keep up with New Japan, ROH and all the other indies, and then catch WWE for their big shows.

No I love shinske’s music it’s like he’s rejecting anything american

High Spots? I think they have 5 Dollar Wrestling, right?

Get ready for the FREIGHT TRAIN WOOT WOOT!
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That's one of the categories they have. There are like over 50 in total, with the number of videos ranging from 1 to 400. The biggest number of videos are WXW (German promotion), CZW and PWG.

Ah, so that's where Maffew gets his material for Botchamania.
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When I remember to watch it, I'm really fond of Booker T's Reality of Wrestling (Houston area, and available free on local TV).

That show was...long. Very long.

What a complete and utter shit show of a card....

Botchamania is going to have a season worth of shows just off of this show alone....

It was a five hour house show, basically. Loved them advertising all the title matches and then delivering nothing. At least Backlash will be newsworthy.

Titus' botch was the funniest thing I've ever seen live. Shockmaster quality. :LOL:

Backlash was a giant pile of shit and by this point I think a zombie Chris Benoit, wearing a #1 dad t-shirt, would get a better crowd reaction than Roman Reigns.

They hate Roman more than they ever hated John Cena.

Was hilarious seeing the final shot of fans leaving In droves

I've had high spots network for awhile, I love it

I wish there was more RevPro content but it looks like the shows they have on there are fantastic.

I tried powering through some Tournament of Death stuff from CZW but it's hard to watch more than one match at a time. From the most recent tournament, a guy was thrown off the roof of a truck onto a trampoline strung with barb wire.

Man it was startling to say the least to go last night from watching Dontaku night 2 (LTTP I know) to just skimming over Backlash for the finishes...holy shit...

The announcing is just so god awful as well....all about buzzwords and stupid phrases no one cares about.

Kelly and Callis are AWESOME, they were esp. during Okada/Tana...so good. Announcing can add a lot if done right...just another reason why the WWE's product is so bad right now.

Anyways enough of that garbage...

BOSJ is on the horizon and looks awesome and Dominion is stacked...could be show of the year honestly. Okada/Omega IV 2 out of 3 falls, no time limit...who the hell knows how long that'll go. Jericho/Naito should be great too. Cannot wait.

The only one I give a shit about is Graves and even grates on me from time to time...

botsj is stacked this year. Also wwe need to stop pushing Roman. Finn Balor,Braun,kevin,sami and seth are the guys who are the ones to get pushed. Also Nia vs. ronda should happen now.

Backlash was like a second streamed house show, greatest royal rumble being the first. Absolutely no reason to watch either.

Greatest Royal Rumble was pretty lame. I canceled my WWE Network after that. I might pick back up after football season like I usually do, until then I just don't care for most of what is going on in WWE right now. Nothing compels me.