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Not looking forward to Carmella winning the Women's Ladder Match on Sunday. Well, it's a wrap for another stale SD...

akeldama wrote:

Not looking forward to Carmella winning the Women's Ladder Match on Sunday. Well, it's a wrap for another stale SD...

"stale" doesn't begin to describe it.

It's almost mind-boggling.  

If you go back and watch Smackdown Live! just a few months ago, it was clearly the more entertaining show.  Now it's essentially "RAW Lite".   Both shows are basically the same and both suck.  Nice job Vince!  Way to homogenize everything.

So unless the Cardinals are off, I'm boycotting both shows this summer. Vince can't keep feeding us this crap and not expect consequences.

I was thinking the same thing. I think I'll just watch the PPVs and hopefully part of the surprise will be the feuds and there is plenty on the preshows and lead ins to the matches to see how said feuds got started.

Uh-oh, while watching the newest 205 Live Rich Swann called TJP "TJ Perkins".

An NXT announcer new to 205 Live just called him Perkins too.

Those guys are toast (get it?)

tohostudios wrote:

It's almost mind-boggling.  

If you go back and watch Smackdown Live! just a few months ago, it was clearly the more entertaining show.  Now it's essentially "RAW Lite".   Both shows are basically the same and both suck.  Nice job Vince!  Way to homogenize everything.

So unless the Cardinals are off, I'm boycotting both shows this summer.  Vince can't keep feeding us this crap and not expect consequences.

I need a break too and have already stopped recording them on my DVR. I am curious for Joe/Lesnar tho but I don't have the network so I'll read about it later.

tohostudios wrote:

Those guys are toast (get it?)

ratings down to 1.5 million... lol...welcome back wwf 1995

PS.
this is pure b.s. when Charlotte if given free reign can save the entire company like her pop Rick. Even if she used Rick's idea's, better than what is happening now!

the latest "shakeup" only shook up what was starting to work. like what WWE Always f'n does when things start to get good!
I swear, ever since 1999, they pull this lame crap !
Who is to blame ?!?!?
the damn writers???

Vince is to blame more than anything but your shakeup comment is spot on. I really prefer what HHH is doing with NXT a lot more than RAW or SD and what's unfortunate is that those who shined on NXT get called up to their demise on the main roster.

akeldama wrote:

They sabotaged SD when it was beating RAW when Heyman was in charge of creative for SD. The end of the match/show is horrible.

I forgot about that, and you are right. Back then, I did not know Heyman was the booker/writer, but I enjoyed Smackdown way more than RAW. This was maybe even before there was a "brand split" ?
Right now I am re-watching Sunday Night Heat's from 2001 during the WCW-ECW "Invasion" angle and can't stop smiling when they play a recap or commercial for an upcoming PPV and it sounds and looks exactly like an old ECW promo with no talking, just heavy music and ring action clips.

I watched "The Rise And Fall Of ECW" again last night. It's a fairly balanced look at what went right and wrong with ECW back in the day. And man, the matches were fun in those days. It's also really obvious that Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff still hate each other.

HAHA my brother fell for this:
http://www.theonion.com/article/wwe-staff-forced-shoot-aggressive-wrestler-after-c-56272

That pic is hilarious!

The problem with WWE always goes back to competition. REAL competition, not this two brands in one organization. Even with record low numbers, WWE still makes a profit because their the only game in town.

"Snatch you bald" looks like it's going to be Naomi's catchphrase from now on. Booker T was (kayfabe) giving her constructive criticism and she used that on him.

Uso's are going to have an interview on the pre-show. Not sure how much of this I can take of listening to these two idiots.

Mercifully that only lasted about two minutes and half of that time was the questions they were asked.

Tooker B talking about the Usos becoming a legendary tag team and a WWE staple. Ugh!

mlotek wrote:

ratings down to 1.5 million... lol...welcome back wwf 1995

PS.
this is pure b.s. when Charlotte if given free reign can save the entire company like her pop Rick. Even if she used Rick's idea's, better than what is happening now!

I don't know if I agree with you about Charlotte. Out of all the women she has been the only one to really put her body on the line for a match. She's always been willing to do reverse moonsaults from the apron or top rope out to the floor, she was willing to get twisted up in railing and tap out to Sasha on a RAW match for the title and in that same match she was the only one willing to take kendo shots to the body. If memory serves me right Sasha didn't even take ONE! That's where I have to give Bayley more credit than Sasha. Anyway, I can also see why you feel that way. Now back to the MITB preshow...

The Colons vs. The Hype Brothers

Cream of the crop here. Wonder if Zack Ryder is going to turn heel? Might not help his character but it couldn't hurt either.

Nope, figures though as the Smackdown! tag team division is very thin. Nobody (especially around here) give a crap about the Hype Bros but I suppose they're better than nothing.

Wow, they actually admitted that Nakamura hasn't really shown much in the ring since his Smackdown! debut. Perhaps that means they're about ready to set him loose.

I'm going back to my "Rise and Fall Of ECW" DVDs; back when wrestling was fun.

Woman's MitB match has begun.