The Wrestling Thread

I know I super-lost this round.

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-T'was a good mania from what I see so far. Probably the latest one I would get since 2012. But that stage tho, what with wrestlers coming down from the nosebleed section to the ring, and them having to cut entrance music while they are still on the ramp.

-So the Hardys bit the apple? I pretty much expected them to come out as the Hardy Boyz if they did it, but they probably want to keep the "Broken" gimmick to themselves lest WWe try to own it after their chicken with TNA settles. I've heard that MAtt already had the white streak for a few indie appearances before declaring himself broken, but it feels weird seeing him act like a hardy boy with it.

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Made a quick video of my review of the show instead of making some long and winding text piece. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this year's PPV, although it faltered a bit mid-way.

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CROWN ME ALREADY.

STILL WAITING FATBOY

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I CAN'T BE ARSED TO WATCH THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHOW AGAIN OKAY FUCK IT ALEX GETS THE CROWN WELCOME TO WCW

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inb4 WWE 2K18 has Roman Reigns on the PS4/XBone cover, and has the following new features:

-House of Horrors match
-Story Designer
-Custom Entrance Music
-Play as Kurt Angle

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the toppest of keks

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You still get custom music if you're a last-gen scrub. I would like a return to all matches being intergender, I'm part of a group that does a wrestling show and it was REALLY difficult doing the rumble this year when the last one we did was in 2014 and we were able to have women fighting in there. As a compromise we have the men fighting in the rumble for the men's belt, and all the women are in a Queen of the Ring tournament for the womens belt.

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Nia's brand new finisher, Gravity Falls

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BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER

I thought Raw was supposed to get the terrible booking decisions. Seeing how they made Nakamura the first match, I'm convinced they're going to make him a midcarder. Which if it's true...wew...well done, that's the greatest pissing away of talent I think they've ever done.

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I've not watched MITB yet, but I like the sounds of how the Women's MITB ended. Heel effectively cheats to win, fans hate it. Good.

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OH SHIT, BATTLEGROUND IS COMING, AND NOBODY IS EXCITED SO LET'S BRING BACK THE PREDICTION GAME YEAH
Probably should have done this more in advance but still.

CARD PREDICTIONS (WORTH THREE POINTS EACH):
Tye Dillinger vs Aiden English
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Baron Corbin
Mike Kanaelis vs Sami Zayn
John Cena vs Rusev - Flag Match
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Tamina vs Lana - Women's Championship #1 Contender Elimination Match
The Usos vs The New Day - Tag Team Championship Match
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens - US Championship Match
Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton - Canadian Punjabi Prison Match for WWE Championship

SPECIAL PREDICTIONS (WORTH TWO POINTS EACH):
Flag Match: Will the winner's national anthem be played upon winning?
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the first elimination?
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the last elimination?
PP Match: Will all four trapdoors be locked before the first person escapes?
PP Match: Who escapes the interior cage first?
How long does the US Title match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds)
How long does the Punjabi Prison match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds)
Who wrecked Breezango's office?
Will Corbin cash in his MITB case?
Which match will be rated the highest by Bleacher Report (Meltzer takes too long to rate things)?

And I have done mine:

CARD PREDICTIONS (WORTH THREE POINTS EACH):
Tye Dillinger vs Aiden English: Tye Dillinger
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Baron Corbin: Baron Corbin
Mike Kanaelis vs Sami Zayn: Mike Kanaelis
John Cena vs Rusev - Flag Match: John Cena
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Tamina vs Lana - Women's Championship #1 Contender Elimination Match: Becky Lynch
The Usos vs The New Day - Tag Team Championship Match: The Usos
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens - US Championship Match: AJ Styles
Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton - Canadian Punjabi Prison Match for WWE Championship: Jinder Mahal

SPECIAL PREDICTIONS (WORTH TWO POINTS EACH):
Flag Match: Will the winner's national anthem be played upon winning?: Yes, you don't put over 9/11 in your promo without going FULL Eagleland
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the first elimination?: Lana
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the last elimination?: Charlotte
PP Match: Will all four trapdoors be locked before the first person escapes?: No
PP Match: Who escapes the interior cage first?: Randy Orton
How long does the US Title match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 19'30
How long does the Punjabi Prison match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 24'30
Who wrecked Breezango's office?: Harper/Rowan
Will Corbin cash in his MITB case?: No, but he kayfabe should
Which match will be rated the highest by Bleacher Report (Meltzer takes too long to rate things)?: Styles/KO

And Quickman has posted from beyond the grave oooeeeooo

CARD PREDICTIONS (WORTH THREE POINTS EACH):
Tye Dillinger vs Aiden English: Dillinger
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Baron Corbin: Nakamura
Mike Kanaelis vs Sami Zayn: Kanaelis
John Cena vs Rusev - Flag Match: Rusev
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Tamina vs Lana - Women's Championship #1 Contender Elimination Match: Charlotte
The Usos vs The New Day - Tag Team Championship Match: Usos
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens - US Championship Match: Styles
Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton - Punjabi Prison Match for WWE Championship: Mahal

SPECIAL PREDICTIONS (WORTH TWO POINTS EACH):
Flag Match: Will the winner's national anthem be played upon winning?: No
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the first elimination?: Tamina
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the last elimination?: Becky
PP Match: Will all four trapdoors be locked before the first person escapes?: Yes
PP Match: Who escapes the interior cage first?: Mahal
How long does the US Title match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 18:57
How long does the Punjabi Prison match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 25:00
Who wrecked Breezango's office?: Dolph Ziggler
Will Corbin cash in his MITB case?: No
Which match will be rated the highest by Bleacher Report (Meltzer takes too long to rate things)?: AJ vs Owens

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WE BRINGING THIS BACK?! OH YEAH MR KRABS.

CARD PREDICTIONS (WORTH THREE POINTS EACH):
Tye Dillinger vs Aiden English Tye Dillinger
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Baron Corbin Baron Corbin
Mike Kanaelis vs Sami Zayn Mike Bennett
John Cena vs Rusev - Flag Match John Cena ...(although I'm rooting for Rusev, I'm predicting John Cena wins.)
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Tamina vs Lana - Women's Championship #1 Contender Elimination Match Tamina I hope
The Usos vs The New Day - Tag Team Championship Match The New Day, unfortunately...
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens - US Championship Match AJ Styles
Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton - Canadian Punjabi Prison Match for WWE Championship *sigh* Jinder Mahal

SPECIAL PREDICTIONS (WORTH TWO POINTS EACH):
Flag Match: Will the winner's national anthem be played upon winning? no, WWE forgot the term "fancy"
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the first elimination? Lana
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the last elimination? Charlotte
PP Match: Will all four trapdoors be locked before the first person escapes? Most likely yeah
PP Match: Who escapes the interior cage first? Jinder
How long does the US Title match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds) 20 minutes
How long does the Punjabi Prison match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds) 25 minutes
Who wrecked Breezango's office? most likely a tag team on the current roster...it's definitely not a big return. i'm guessing the Headbangers lmfao
Will Corbin cash in his MITB case? hell no
Which match will be rated the highest by Bleacher Report (Meltzer takes too long to rate things)? knowing them, they'd rate the US Championship match the highest

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Well, that was...a thing. A slow car-crash of a thing. I feel like we are not getting many points at all here. The real loser, is of course our faith in the product. Colour changed to mark the dribbling shits last night was.

CARD PREDICTIONS (WORTH THREE POINTS EACH):
Tye Dillinger vs Aiden English: Aiden English
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Baron Corbin: Nakamura in the WORST POSSIBLE WAY
Mike Kanaelis vs Sami Zayn: Zayn...somehow
John Cena vs Rusev - Flag Match: OF COURSE IT WAS CENA, ARE YOU MAD
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Tamina vs Lana - Women's Championship #1 Contender Elimination Match: Natalya? OK.
The Usos vs The New Day - Tag Team Championship Match: The New Day, yes it is
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens - US Championship Match: KO?
Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton - Punjabi Prison Match for WWE Championship: AHAHAHA JESUS CHRIST

SPECIAL PREDICTIONS (WORTH TWO POINTS EACH):
Flag Match: Will the winner's national anthem be played upon winning?: I didn't catch the end because I was asleep and also didn't watch it. Anyone?
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the first elimination?: Tamina
Fatal 5-Way Match: Who eats the last elimination?: Charlotte
PP Match: Will all four trapdoors be locked before the first person escapes?: Nope.
PP Match: Who escapes the interior cage first?: Mahal
How long does the US Title match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 17'50.
How long does the Punjabi Prison match go on for? (closest to the second wins 2 points, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 27'40.
Who wrecked Breezango's office?: We still don't know! No points for anyone!
Will Corbin cash in his MITB case?: No, son.
Which match will be rated the highest by Bleacher Report (Meltzer takes too long to rate things)?: It's the Tag match! We didn't see that coming.

Right, without the anthem, I'm on 12, and both of you are on 17 (19 if there's no anthem, which there probably isn't)

Oh shit. How do we break ties?

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Nothing says 5-star championship match quite like "and then The Great Khali appeared"

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Oni, if you still don't know, to answer your question about the National Anthem, it wasn't played.

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I almost don't care. You and Quickman still tie, fight each other for the belt or something.

Or, as I propose, we settle this at Summerslam. All three of us battle, as will anyone else who wants to join in, but both of you start from the +7 lead you both have over me. Deal?

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Let's. Do. ThiiiIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSS. (Brock Lesnar's voice)

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Right, we have our card for SummerSlam set up. Quickman and ham start with a +7 advantage from their tie at Battleground. Including the potential rumoured IC title match, because they might sneak it on there because of how low in prestige the IC belt has now.

CARD PREDICTIONS (WORTH THREE POINTS EACH):
Akira Tozawa vs Neville for the Cruiserweight Championship:
Sheamus & Cesaro vs 2/3 of The Shield for the Raw Tag Team Championship:
The Usos vs The New Day for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship:
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens for the United States Championship:
[unconfirmed] The Miz vs Jason Jordan for the Intercontinental Championship:
Alexa Bliss vs Sasha Banks for the Raw Women's Championship:
Naomi vs Natalya for the SmackDown Women's Championship:
Randy Orton vs Rusev:
John Cena vs Baron Corbin:
Big Show vs Big Cass:
Finn Bálor vs Bray Wyatt:
Jinder Mahal vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship:
Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe vs Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship:

SPECIAL PREDICTIONS (WORTH TWO POINTS EACH):
Cruiserweight Title: How long will this match last? (closest gets 2pts, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds):
Will Carmella cash in and if so, will she win? (3pts if both are right, 2pts if only first is):
Who wrecked Breezango's office?:
Will Enzo Amore throw down a weapon, and if so, what? (3pts if both are right, 2pts if only first is):
US Title: Who will attack first, AJ on Shane, KO on Shane, or Shane on either of AJ/KO?:
Raw Tag Title: Will Rollins and Ambrose 'accidentally' attack each other?:
Smackdown Tag Title: Will Kofi intefere?:
WWE Title: When the Singhs inevitably intefere, will their inteference directly (i.e. distraction leading into finisher) lead to the end of the match?:
WWE Title: How long will this match last? (closest gets 2pts, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds):
Universal Title: Who gets pinned/submitted?:
Universal Title: How long will this match last? (closest gets 2pts, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds):
Which match will Bleacher Report give the best grade to?:
Which match will Bleacher Report give the worst grade to?:
What will be the recorded attendance (for reference, last SummerSlam in the same location was 15,974 | closest gets 2pts):
How many title belts will change hands tonight? (new champion -> MITB cash-in still counts as 1):


CARD PREDICTIONS (WORTH THREE POINTS EACH):
Akira Tozawa vs Neville for the Cruiserweight Championship: Akira Tozawa
Sheamus & Cesaro vs 2/3 of The Shield for the Raw Tag Team Championship: Ambrose & Rollins
The Usos vs The New Day for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The New Day
AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens for the United States Championship: AJ Styles
[unconfirmed] The Miz vs Jason Jordan for the Intercontinental Championship: Jason Jordan
Alexa Bliss vs Sasha Banks for the Raw Women's Championship: Alexa Bliss
Naomi vs Natalya for the SmackDown Women's Championship: Naomi
Randy Orton vs Rusev: Randy Orton
John Cena vs Baron Corbin: Baron Corbin
Big Show vs Big Cass: Big Cass
Finn Bálor vs Bray Wyatt: Finn Bálor
Jinder Mahal vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura
Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe vs Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship: Samoa Joe

SPECIAL PREDICTIONS (WORTH TWO POINTS EACH):
Cruiserweight Title: How long will this match last? (closest gets 2pts, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 9'40
Will Carmella cash in and if so, will she win? (3pts if both are right, 2pts if only first is): Yes to both
Who wrecked Breezango's office?: Harper/Rowan
Will Enzo Amore throw down a weapon, and if so, what? (3pts if both are right, 2pts if only first is): Yes, brass knucks because Jericho did and WWE are lazy
US Title: Who will attack first, AJ on Shane, KO on Shane, or Shane on either of AJ/KO?: KO on Shane
Raw Tag Title: Will Rollins and Ambrose 'accidentally' attack each other?: No
Smackdown Tag Title: Will Kofi intefere?: Yes
WWE Title: When the Singhs inevitably intefere, will their inteference directly (i.e. distraction leading into finisher) lead to the end of the match?: No
WWE Title: How long will this match last? (closest gets 2pts, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 16'40
Universal Title: Who gets pinned/submitted?: Roman Reigns
Universal Title: How long will this match last? (closest gets 2pts, bonus point for everyone within 60 seconds): 26'40
Which match will Bleacher Report give the best grade to?: Fatal 4-Way
Which match will Bleacher Report give the worst grade to?: RKO v Rusev
What will be the recorded attendance (for reference, last SummerSlam in the same location was 15,974 | closest gets 2pts): 15,490
How many title belts will change hands tonight? (new champion -> MITB cash-in still counts as 1): 4

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akira wins
shield wins
new day wins
AJ wins
sasha wins
naomi wins but carmella cashes in
Orton wins
cena wins
big cass wins
finn wins
shinsuke wins
Samoa joe wins

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