Never been a fan of the New Day but to put the strap on a 50 year old son of the company is ridiculous. Put it on McIntyre, put it on Owens, anyone. Shane’s ‘Best in the World’ gimmick isn’t bad. He is a good wrestler. But to crown him as champ is stupid

 

That sounds like hot garbage. I hope that's not true...

Also... this made me realize we haven't sen the Smackdown tag champs in a while... D. Bryan & Rowan.... 

I usually try to give WWE the benefit of the doubt, but it has been GOD AWFUL since "The McMahons" "took over".

Like, seriously.... how could ANYONE have thought that it was a good idea to bring HHH, Stephanie, Shane, & Vince out and tell people "Things are going to change! And WE are going to bring it to you."

First of all... Vince is great, but he can't cut a long promo anymore and should only be on TV once in a while.

Secondly, Shane was the only babyface at the time. 

And Smackdown was doing well and people were enjoying Paige as GM. It was RAW that was fucked up.

So... you bring back "the authority" AND part of the old Corporation in Vince & Shane... and somehow that's what the fans will want???? It was so dumb and it has only goten worse and more convuleted with the Superstar shakeup and consequent "wildcard rule".

It's been very bad the last few months, with the only saving grace being the super stars themselves.

At least we've gotten to see more Sami Zayn. 

AEW's tickets for their next show went on sale this morning and sold out in 15 minutes. Wish I'd have grabbed a pair as Chicago is only 4 hours away. Regardless that's impressive. They're gaining momentum and with these awful WWE shows lately it should keep up. Unlike WCW they seem to be calculated on everything they're doing so far

Cody is ok, but still.......

Damn, 12 stitches I think I read?  Hell of a botch.

 

But jumping off a building into a car filled with light tubes, thumb tacks, barbed wire things, all that stuff is ok? Alright.

Jim Cornette would have a shit fit!

SummerSlam thoughts?

I thought SummerSlam was okay, very predictable except the Main Event, which was pretty dope. Trish brought it for being out forever, was slightly slo-mo sharp and still super foxy.

Was excited to see the Fiend, I thought they pulled it off pretty well with the atmosphere/lighting/angles - this should be a fun ride. I'd expect a Demon Balor rematch at some point - hopefully for Fiends first loss.

Poor Finn, feel like he's been putting peeps over for a while - he's my 2nd fav to Braun.

P.S. - glad K.O. won, although I fully expected him too.

Oops double post
 

What the hell did Sami, Ziggler, and Ember Moon do?! All are getting buried like no ones business.

I'm a bit lost in the Smackdown Roman Reigns/DB bit...did DB shed who was behind the RR attacks last night? I see he said that Murphy was "involved", but did I miss something else?

Daniel had someone under a sheet the entire night, who he claims was responsible. Turned out to be a guy who looked a lot like Rowan.

Lol, oh....THAT was it!?!?!  Hahaha good grief.  I halfway paid attention playing a vidja game, but was trying to listen/wait for his secret to be announced.  I totally bit on that bit.

Side note - Buddy Murphy can throw down, dude has some skills.

 

His matchs with Roman and Daniel. If it wasn't the WWE, I would have more faith.

No Rusev, no Riott Squad. These writers suck.

 

Moon just got a title shot

She has a great look and killer finisher (that is pretty much a top rope stone cold stunner.)  There doesn't seem to be any commit to her character, from her or the writers.  She is suppose to be be some kind of supernatural werewolf hunter or something, but her personality just comes off like a bubbly geeky babyface.

Her match with Bailey was nothing to write home about either.  Don't see her getting another shot unless something gives.

Missing Ru Ru.  Can't believe he got Rusev Day over and they did nothing to capitialize on it.  Dude seems unhappy, prob just waiting till his contract is up.

Ruby is injuried.  Liv lost a solo match and said something cryptic and was written off tv to be repacked it seems.  Logan already transitioned from sourthern redneck to viking, prob can put her with her husband in the War Raiders as a valet/mixed tag partner.  Funny they get disbanded right as the women's tag titles debut.  They got a lot of tv time, but were never booked that strong.

Ember was named number one contender. Then Bailey went on Twitter and said she would rather face Trish. Then Ember lost to alexa, killing momentum, had to be saved by Bailey from Natalya, and lost clean to Bailey. Ziggler and Sami have had similar things happen for months too.

So today is an INSANE day in wrestling!

we have:
NJPW Royal Quest from the Copper Box
NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff
and finally AEW All Out in Chicago tonight!

it's a great day for wrestling fans!

What do you think of AEW casino royale match? I know wwe holds the monopoly on special matches, so making new ones might be tough.

I'm hoping for an interesting week with the WWE "season premieres" and the first episode of AEW on TNT. I miss posting in this thread!

Well...what did you guys think of AEW Dynamite?

I thought it was quite good for a debut show, they really came close to WWE production quality-wise.

Jericho is such a dick, it was great haha.

I think I saw a chairshot to the head but isn't that banned from tv?

Overall good show, very unfamiliar with AEW but Cody seems to be a badass and it's nice to hear JR again  .

I thought it had a better flow to it than most of their ppv events and the production was solid. I liked hearing Tony and JR on commentary. A two hour show once a week keeps the roster from being overexposed while they continue to add more talent. It had kind of a late '80s, early '90s WCW when it was still presented more like a sport with less "sports entertainment". It definitely impressed me more than Smackdown on Fox did last night even though I was trying to alternate between it and the Bearcats game. It looked like it had a Wrestlemania level of production that looked great, but it felt to me like just another average Smackdown other than the title change that seemed obvious going in.

I agree Smackdown felt about the same...I've got mixed feelings on the Cain introduction. He was a great MMA fighter, but he's smaller than Brock, flabbier, and his very minimal experience. They want to put him into the title picture? Maybe he will surprise me.

As for last night - WTF did they do with the Fiend?!? This was just straight bizarre, I've never heard a crowd during a PPV boo so loud and they even chanted AEW lol. Where do they even go from here, I'm worried the Fiend has been ruined ***holding back tears***.

That gimmick is over, after last night fiend lost all its momentum 
 

I think they had a Fiend/Rollins dark match after the Raw before where The Fiend no sold two curb stomps and got up with the arena going dark and him being gone when the lights came on, so I had a feeling something like this was going to happen. I think The Fiend was in the new Smackdown intro and they did a Firefly Funhouse segment so maybe he's moving in the draft since from what I read Fox specifically requested Lesnar and The Fiend. I'm thinking AJ Styles was in the intro too and he was someone else they supposedly asked to have on Smackdown. Rollins and Wyatt were both off Raw last night so in typical WWE continuity, I'm guessing The Fiend goes to Smackdown in the draft and they act like that match never happened.