Jul 11, 2023 2:11:41 GMT jTjohncenaGOAT said:

Thurston is reporting that over three million people watched the Bloodline segment on Smackdown. 😳

There is little doubt at this stage that they made the right decision to keep the belts on Roman.

" yeah " is quickly becoming the new " what "

LA needs to win that US title.

Regarding earlier tonight, I thought Shotzi was gonna tease a possible hair vs. hair match for SummerSlam vs. Bayley.

I would've love to have seen that. But no. Shotzi had to buzz her own.

Jul 15, 2023 1:50:23 GMT CM Punk'd said:

Regarding earlier tonight, I thought Shotzi was gonna tease a possible hair vs. hair match for SummerSlam vs. Bayley.

I would've love to have seen that. But no. Shotzi had to buzz her own.

Her sister is battling cancer so it's really sweet & cool that Shotzi is shaving her head to support all the while incorporating a storyline for this. 

She's forever a badass for this. Molestation survivalist, lost her father figure recently AND now this. Time to get the fans behind her. 

Jul 15, 2023 2:01:25 GMT Blindy said:

Jul 15, 2023 1:50:23 GMT CM Punk'd said:

Regarding earlier tonight, I thought Shotzi was gonna tease a possible hair vs. hair match for SummerSlam vs. Bayley.

I would've love to have seen that. But no. Shotzi had to buzz her own.

Her sister is battling cancer so it's really sweet & cool that Shotzi is shaving her head to support all the while incorporating a storyline for this. 

She's forever a badass for this. Molestation survivalist, lost her father figure recently AND now this. Time to get the fans behind her. 

I didn't know about that.  Good for Shotzi to do that, then.

The other big revelation tonight, Bob Lashley pulled up and picked up The Street Profits.

The women's division booking is dreadful. Clusterfuck after clusterfuck. Not compelling in the slightest. The Bianca/Asuka rematch that was promised for months is a throwaway 10 minute match ruined by shenanigans.

Jul 15, 2023 5:20:41 GMT NATH45 said:

The other big revelation tonight, Bob Lashley pulled up and picked up The Street Profits.

Hurt Business 2.0 is on the way.

Jul 15, 2023 9:51:53 GMT Emperor said:

The women's division booking is dreadful. Clusterfuck after clusterfuck. Not compelling in the slightest. The Bianca/Asuka rematch that was promised for months is a throwaway 10 minute match ruined by shenanigans.

I mean we all knew that was coming I’d think. The story was consistent with expectations after Bianca thwarted Charlotte’s match.

It was predictable, doesn't make it good. Right now you have Bianca and Charlotte having this immature feud taking limelight over Asuka, who is the women's champion, but comes across as an afterthought. A prop in the Bianca/Charlotte war. Even Iyo Sky and Bayley feel more relevant than Asuka. All this happening because Adam Pearce is incompetent.

I presume it's leading to a good place. Either Iyo vs Asuka and Charlotte vs Bianca, or a Triple Threat/Fatal Four Way match. But getting there is painful.

They could have simply made it a triple-threat match once the 1st encounter was ruined.

So are we getting Hurt Business 2.0 or something bigger with Lashley, (plus The Street Profits, Trick & Melo) or what?

Good stuff in the women's division. Iyo vs Charlotte was excellent, shame the crowd was dead. Shotzi is finally doing something interesting for the first time in her career.

My Dad surprised me with Smackdown tickets—a fun time.

Awesome stuff, Ed. Glad you enjoyed the show.

Poor Rey. He got injured during tonight's match with Escobar. It appeared his head bounced off the ringside floor.

Hope he makes a speedy recovery.

It always makes me giggle when commentary go " oh he didn't mean to hurt his opponent " wait, what... isn't that the point?

Watching Zelina's stream tonight it is hilarious how much of a nerd she is. She is showing off her new streaming and has a pastel lit stream room with all her anime action figures set and a wall of wrestling stuff. It is made more funny knowing that Black will also be streaming from this room. Like if I hit this stream at random I would have no clue she was a wrestler at all.

She is talking about her and Black are walking on turning one wall into like a massive mortal kombat display.

For peeps interested in catching one of her streams she is on randomly at night.  She is really friendly on stream.  

That was one hell of a hype package for Tribal Combat.

AJ vs Kross, drink.

Well, I guess this answers the question of who was originally suppose to win that Mysterio/Escobar match...

and the US Title.

Jey Uso is All Elite?


Where are they going with the I’m out of the WWE line?

Aug 12, 2023 1:59:42 GMT mikec said:

Jey Uso is All Elite?


Where are they going with the I’m out of the WWE line?

Jey's probably coming back as the 30th competitor in the Royal Rumble.

I would have been happy for The Bloodline angle to end with Roman beating Jey clean at Summerslam then acknowledging Jey and everyone moving on.

Roman was such a glorious dick in that segment. Love it.

Jimmy's reasoning was predictable but it also does stay true to the story, tragic as it is. Jey's declaration was a swerve I certainly didn't expect. I get that his character is sick of this shit. Interesting to see where they go with it. I feel like we won't be seeing Jey for a while, but has he left WWE? Nah.

Aug 12, 2023 1:59:42 GMT mikec said:

Jey Uso is All Elite?


Where are they going with the I’m out of the WWE line?

Raw underground!

If WWE had balls they would send him to AEW with limitations for use. Friendly use agreements help everyone. Sadly WWE stuck in the 90's where people can only work one place.

Realistically, Jey likely just gonna sit home for four months.

Roman barely works, Jimmy has had a DUI and injuries and at some point The Usos were the hardest working people on the roster, or maybe all of wrestling for that matter.

Jey probably hadn't had a vacation in 3 years.

Give him some time off to relax.

Aug 12, 2023 21:04:33 GMT c said:

If WWE had balls they would send him to AEW with limitations for use. Friendly use agreements help everyone. Sadly WWE stuck in the 90's where people can only work one place.

Realistically, Jey likely just gonna sit home for four months.

Friendly use agreements are fun for fans, but the idea that it would help WWE to send Jey to another promotion is so silly. He was just wrestling (and was “winning” before interference) for the most important wrestling championship in the world, a trip to AEW doesn’t elevate him or his recognition anywhere and comes with all the risks inherent to wrestling and comes with no real connection.

Maybe there are benefits to midcarders with history from some cross promotion (let’s say Edge/Christian went on a short run in booth feds), but this argument is dumb.