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WWE Stomping Grounds Discussion 

Post#1 » by iMoreland » Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:18 am

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• Bayley (c) vs Alexa Bliss [SmackDown Women's Championship Match]

• Becky Lynch (c) vs Lacey Evans [Raw Women's Championship Match]

• Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns

• Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods)

• Kofi Kingston (c) vs Dolph Ziggler [WWE Championship Steel Cage Match]

• Samoa Joe (c) vs Ricochet [United States Championship Match]

• Seth Rollins (c) vs Baron Corbin [Universal Championship Match with a Special Guest Referee]

• The Planets Tag Team (c) vs Heavy Machinery [SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match]

• Tony Nese (c) vs Akira Tozawa vs Drew Gulak [Cruiserweight Championship Triple Threat Match]
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Post#2 » by Spens1 » Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:24 am

Roman Reigns not even a champ yet he's on the promotional poster :lol:

I'm not sold on basically anything on this card other than the cruiserweight title match. Ziggler has been so absent its hard to believe him as a credible challenger.

Joe vs Ricochet could be good, Joe works well with smaller opponents so maybe we get athletic joe returning (i doubt it though).

Balor needs to be put on a milk carton at this point, i hope him and the good brothers are gone by the end of the year (for their own sake). The three doing AEW/NJPW would be great (at least they'd be appreciated).

Kevin and Sami vs the New Day, yeah sure that will be entertaining at least.

Could not care less about Lacey vs Lynch, Lacey was not ready and i'm worried she becomes another Dana Brooke once Vince gets bored of her. Not even Charlotte could carry her to a good match which says something.

Bliss vs Bayley is giving me bad flashbacks, Vince is totally putting the belt back on Bliss isn't he (in which case i hope Bayley leaves as well with Sasha).

McIntyre vs Reigns - honestly i can see what they're trying to do (Austin vs McMahon with Reigns being Austin and Shane being Vince) but everyone involved just doesn't fit and they haven't remembered the storyline correctly at all. Reigns is incapable of being an Austin in truth, he's very good, just not that good (like i said, upper mid card to borderline main event heel is the ceiling i think he has in a well booked WWE). McIntyre has been butchered beyond belief, he went from someone amazing in ICW that could carry the company and even in Impact an all around main event guy to Shane's lacky.

Corbin vs Rollins - This is death, Rollins character is confusing to be honest. I'm all for a tweener, anti-authority face, but he's attacking people from behind with a chair, guys like EC3 mind you, not Corbin, Shane, McIntyre who make sense, EC3 (what has EC3 done to Seth again)? Corbin is just genuinly rubbish, sure, passable in the ring for a big guy and an ok promo, but this company has so many better hosses on the roster that could fill the role and should be there (what's strowman up to nowadays btw, Rusev is better than Corbin at everything, Keith Lee and Dijak in NXT, hell, Punishment Martinez is better than this guy).

Also Shane McMahon getting this monster push, i'll bring up an 80's comparison. I believe it was the AWA and Verne Gagne pushed his son to being world champ (eventually what killed them as well). Whilst this won't kill the WWE (they're far too well set up financially) but following the product has been a struggle, a massive struggle, with Shane in the forefront. At this point they should just kill off all McMahon's off of tv (just cause it worked in the late 90's, doesn't mean it will work now, that was two special talents in Vince and Austin with a certain chemistry that knew their roles perfectly and that complimented each other). They should go with a jack tunney who only appears when needed (i.e. promote Regal to main roster and have him do that plus NXT tapings when needed, act like an actual sports commisioner not a talent).
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Post#3 » by improper » Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:13 pm

This feels like a house show card.
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Post#4 » by iMoreland » Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:33 pm

Does Bray re-debut here?
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Post#5 » by tugs » Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:52 am

He might. His last fun house suggests he's coming.
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Post#6 » by Scott Hall » Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:17 pm

Who's ready for STOMPING GROUNDS!!!!!!!?????? lol

I'm gonna smoke a joint and watch this **** live
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Post#7 » by tugs » Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:24 pm

Man 205 match was awesome! Nese lives up to the Premier Athlete moniker. Tozawa showed why he was champ. And Gulak finally rewarded. This guy should be the face of 205 and elevate the division. Complete package.
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Post#8 » by Scott Hall » Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:38 pm

Lacey Evans is gonna be a star if she's not already... still green in the ring but has everything else down pat.
The good news for her is that a huge chunk of the womens roster can't wrestle so it's not that big of a deal.
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Post#9 » by Scott Hall » Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:08 am

Real nice match between Ricochet and Samoa Joe... have no problem with Ricochet going over
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Post#10 » by Spens1 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:08 am

despite the really small crowd, at least it is a hot crowd. Its not been that bad so far but i feel that's cause it was the undercard. After this, i worry, a lot.
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Post#11 » by Scott Hall » Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:34 am

Some more random thoughts...

- Good showing for Heavy Machinery didn't know Tucker Knight can do a moonsault
- Not interested in Alex Bliss as a wrestler still has good value as a character especially with the talk show and as a manager
- Reigns vs. McIntyre wasn't bad that suicide dive out of the ring by Reigns was pretty crazy
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Post#12 » by Spens1 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:23 am

Lacey Evans :lol: ok then, at least they end the show on a happy note, but yeah, wasn't into that final match but tbh, its Corbin, what do you expect.

Also the last two matches kind of dragged the show down.

Its nice to acknowledge that Becky and Seth are a couple, but really? you want that mess to end the PPV?
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Post#13 » by WRau1 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:03 am

The KO and Zayn interview after their match was fantastic.
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Post#14 » by tugs » Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:10 am

I knew it. They can't resist pairing these two. bull bull bull. Let them grow as separate characters and keep keyfabe, damn.

This Drew-Shane pairing should end already. Please have McIntyre turn on Shane already.

And oh. Feeling like AJ will start recruiting people in a stable. Interesting how this will play out.
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Post#15 » by iMoreland » Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:02 am

Corbin deserved the title
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Post#16 » by Scott Hall » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:29 am

Surprised a Kofi vs. Ziggler Steel Cage match would be bland but that's what it was except for the cool finish.
Best part of the main event was the fan chants Corbin should be nowhere near the main event he's got X-Pac heat.
I'm reserving judgment on this Rollins and Becky thing because I have no idea where it's going but I am liking this
AJ Styles and Club thing hopefully it leads to something and Vince doesn't lose interest after 3 weeks. I can't believe
the next PPV is 3 weeks away boy do they like to pop them out quickly these days.
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Post#17 » by bestnamezRtaken » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:06 pm

The PPV wasn't actually all that bad. It was entertaining, from what I was able to catch.

I missed the preshow with the CW title on the line, so I'll have to go back and watch that match since Gulak won.

Becky v Lacey was fine, good way to open the show. You can definitely see the potential in Evans if she continues to put in the work, which is seems like she has good work ethic, so no doubt she'll get there.

KO/Sami v The Day was great, really liked the match. Was glad to see KO and Sami go over. Woods sells nicely and towards the end when it really picked up, it looked like it could go either way, which was nice. I absolutely love that KO uses the stunner and the swanton bomb as signature moves, he pulls them off greatly.

Ricochet v Joe was good. Had good storytelling, Joe is a monster heel, this loss didn't make him look weak either. Hopefully this moves Joe more up the card rather than down. I feel like the US title is perfect for Ric right now. Hopefully he has a good title reign.

I missed most of DB/Rowan v Heavy Machinery, was taking care of the kids during dinner time, but I did catch the last bit and saw DB get the roll up victory. Vince can't resist the roll up victory finish on at least 1 PPV. But I guess he still wants to keep HM looking somewhat strong.

Bayley v Alexa was fine. It's like...I mind of feel bad for Alexa, because she loves the business so much and loves entertaining and being in the ring...but she's just...okay inside of the ring. She's really good on the mic but her in ring skills are far below those of Bayley/Sasha/Charlotte/Becky/Ruby/Ember/etc. Was glad to see Bayley get the win though, much needed for the first ever women's grand slam champion.

I missed all of Roman v Drew but I knew shenanigans were going to happen to try and cost Roman the match but Roman was going to overcome the odds blah blah blah. So I didn't mind missing this match. Drew needs to break away from Shane. Shane needs to break away from the product.

Kofi v Dolph was good not great. I thought they did a good job and hopefully this will be the end of this small feud with Dolph too. I thought the finish was great, very Kofi like to get the victory. Why no one had ever thought about doing that before, is beyond me now, lol.

Seth v Corbin was fine too. I thought having Lacy as the guest ref was cool, I was confused at first because I was trying to think what the association was between Evans and Corbin but a few seconds, I was like, ah so Becky is gonna get involved. I thought it was good storytelling, Lacey not doing the 10 count for being out of the ring, making it a no count out match, then a no DQ match. I like that she was changing the rules mid match...which I'm not sure refs have that authority? But hey she seemed to think she did and it worked. I thought Becky coming in was fine too. Who cares that they're showing them together? It's not like it's going to happen all the time, I don't think.

And cue in dude on here to say, well Rollins got one of the biggest pops of his career due to his hot gf, that's why he's the universal champion, his hot gf. :lol: Nah I'm only kidding...kind of. ;)

The crowd was great despite the poor sales, heard they were giving away tickets around the area but the crowd did great. They were in to it and seemed pretty entertained. So that's all that matters I suppose.
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Post#18 » by LLJ » Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:57 pm

I suppose the crowd was hot because all that's left are the WWE diehards now. Vince has finally whittled his audience down to the loyalists only.
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Post#19 » by iMoreland » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:00 pm

Daniel Bryan is the best wrestler on the planet
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Post#20 » by improper » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:25 pm

LLJ wrote:I suppose the crowd was hot because all that's left are the WWE diehards now. Vince has finally whittled his audience down to the loyalists only.


And I can't imagine they aren't losing some die hards too. The only non-NXT thing I have watched in over a month was the main event of the Sweet Saudi Money PPV, and that was just because I wanted to see how bad it was going to be.

I canceled the Network months ago.

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