I just woke up so I won't be summarizing too much of it since I'm groggy as fuck, but the last two nights of wrestling have been really good, and I'm very excited to see what this Triple H era of WWE has in store for us.
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Seth came out looking like a total geek at the end getting no offense and being a literal shield for Cody in shield gear. Not a great weekend for Seth, heel turn incoming?
Undertaker's cameo jumped the shark. They could've done a bigger brawl but instead opted for an one person comes out does his spot, next person comes out do their spot on the previous person. As someone who watched the attitude era I found that segment to be lacking. Roman won so many matches via interference you'd think a mob would've been out there to exact their pound of flesh while the Bloodline hold the line (fantasy booking I'll stop)
Gunther and Sami match was meh when compared to the match with Walter and Ilja Dragunov. Sami is a bigger star than Chad Gable but they could've tore the canopy off with Gunther and Gable in a 40 minute classic. God knows they had the time seeing how the main event ended before 10:40. I don't dislike Sami but the helluva kick is such a weak finisher.
Saw the cash in weeks ago, it had karma's a bitch written all over it, personally I didn't feel need CM Punk injected into it. Would've been better (IMO) if CM Punk didn't and can spend the next few weeks smiling and nodding saying I prayed for this and it happened. But instead we'll get 'I made it happen.' which to me is very heavy handed Meh it's wrestling for the wrestling audience.
Overall it was a fun two evenings. But the REAL main event is this Wednesday night!
My mistake on the Gunther and Sami match, that was night one. And it went 15 minutes. Gunther losing in a 15 minute match is -_-!
there was only two one on one match on night one excluding Rhea and Becky because that's a woman's match.
Usos going for about 11 minutes (11!!!) and Gunther and Sami going for 15.
Being it was night one there wouldn't be any fear of a mat classic overshadowing Roman and Cody's main event. They should've gone 20-25 and give people who you know... want to watch wrestling something to see on the fucking show. Old man yelling at clouds.
Also, hearing a lot of people saying "so refreshing they're calling it professional wrestling again!"
astronaut meme always has been don't need them to say it, I'd trade them keep calling it sports entertainment and superstars over them calling it pro wrestling while plastering vodka ads and prime drinks on the fucking mats.
Them calling it sports entertainment, calling the fans the WWE Universe, etc was a Vince thing, and this whole build to WrestleMania, this whole renaissance of the WWE only happened because 1) AEW is semi-viable competition for talent and 2) Triple H took over creative from Vince.
A lot of why WWE was what it was for the 15 years before Vince got forced out is because Vince would throw a fit and re-write episodes of Raw and Smackdown the day of, so shit wouldn't even make sense. The terminology thing however is entirely just a "Fuck Vince" thing.
I'm aware the why, don't care what they call it. No one in the last 20 fucking years ever said "Hey I got tickets to the sports entertainment show this Friday, want to go watch our favorite superstars in a sports entertainment match together?" It was some Vince hang up and it never bothered me, mostly because I'm always watching whatever else other than WWE post Ruthless Aggression era.
Bad take from me, shouldn't lump it with the product placements, but those irritated the hell out of me. Reminds me of that one promotion that had a big nestle crunch advert in the middle of their mat in the 90s. I can't remember the company but it was pretty damn tacky.
The Dude Wipes plastered everywhere, especially on the ring post where you would see it and someone's butt right on top of it, was definitely way too much.