GDT: CLASH OF CHAMPIONS (September 25, 2016) -- Can Raw out-do Backlash?

[M.C.G. 31]

This show did not make me want to tune in to Raw tomorrow night at all. Luckily, I work tomorrow, so I can just record it and watch it on the PVR and skip all the garbage if I don't catch up with it live before I know it...

I still can't believe that:

A) Miz & Ziggler had a better match than Rollins & Owens
B) Rollins & Owens in a singles match DON'T EVEN MAKE MY GOD DAMN LIST!

 

[GKJ]

There will be another so don't fret.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I've got a headache already thinking about the fact there is another PPV in two weeks.

This is way way to much.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I've got a headache already thinking about the fact there is another PPV in two weeks.

This is way way to much.

At least it's a PPV by the good brand.

...and then another PPV three weeks after that one...

 

[ColePens]

As we always say... waaaay too much content. Just way over exposed. If a PPV came to Pittsburgh, I most likely wouldn't even go because there just is no special feel to it.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

As a consumer, why would anyone tune in tomorrow? Nothing has changed. Everything is just like last weeks and it will start building to the next PPV which is like 3-4 weeks away.

That's why I only watch the PPVs brother.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I'm super close to just sticking to watching Smackdown every week and only checking out the good parts of Raw. Smackdown is far and away the better show, and even when it's not on the rare week, it's still easier to watch because it's only two hours. No Mercy looks like it's going to beat out either Raw PPV sandwiching it based on current stories, and No Mercy shaping up like:

Cena vs. Styles vs. Ambrose (legit WM-caliber ME)
Orton vs. Wyatt
Becky vs. Bliss
Nikki vs. Carmella (No DQ)
Miz vs. Ziggler (gimmick match - I hope Last Man Standing)
Usos vs. BATMB (Heel Usos are ****ING AWESOME)
Swagger vs. Corbin (pre-show)

 

[Balls Mahoney]

I'm super close to just sticking to watching Smackdown every week and only checking out the good parts of Raw. Smackdown is far and away the better show, and even when it's not on the rare week, it's still easier to watch because it's only two hours. No Mercy looks like it's going to beat out either Raw PPV sandwiching it based on current stories, and No Mercy shaping up like:

Cena vs. Styles vs. Ambrose (legit WM-caliber ME)
Orton vs. Wyatt
Becky vs. Bliss
Nikki vs. Carmella (No DQ)
Miz vs. Ziggler (gimmick match - I hope Last Man Standing)
Usos vs. BATMB (Heel Usos are ****ING AWESOME)
Swagger vs. Corbin (pre-show)

I still feel pretty meh towards that card although that main event looks spooge-tacular. My boy Swags is on the show!

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I still feel pretty meh towards that card although that main event looks spooge-tacular. My boy Swags is on the show!

Backlash looked meh, but it delivered big time.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

 

[Emperoreddy]

Main Event should be lit, but most of the rest of the No Mercy card isn't that appealing.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Backlash looked meh, but it delivered big time.

Anything with Styles headlining is going to deliver big time.

I think my feelings are influenced by how uninteresting I find Bray Wyatt in the ring. Dude is arguably the weakest in-ring performer in the company now.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

The LAW is coming on now.

http://player.toronto.tsn.ca/

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Guy who was in the crowd said Roman winning made the crowd dejected.

Meltzer reporting Rollins might have a rib injury.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Guy who was in the crowd said Roman winning made the crowd dejected.

In other news, the sun set in the west of the blue sky this evening.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Pollack speculating Cesaro and Sheamoose might be put together as a tag team.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Pollack speculating Cesaro and Sheamoose might be put together as a tag team.

Saw the same floating around. The two join together out of mutual respect and beat The New Day for the tag titles tomorrow is one theory I saw.


That main event left a bad taste in my mouth so I watched Naito vs. Elgin from this morning/last night -- ****1/2. Now THAT'S a main event.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

The LAW saying Bayley is regressing and she's not working on the main roster.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I just watch Smackdown now can't sit through two "brands." Didn't even know the card for this one.

The brand split is a horrible idea, it's so forced and not authentic at all.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Cesaro is his best when he's in tag teams. His creativity is unparalleled and it really shines in tag matches. Masters of the Universe and the Kings of Wrestling were both two of the best tag teams ever.

I wish they'd remake Cesaro. Give him a much better character and change his ring gear and theme but it is what it is.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Cesaro and Sheamus would be such a bad ass tag team that I really want it now.

The LAW saying Bayley is regressing and she's not working on the main roster.

She is. I said it before - she's a caricature of what made her popular in NXT and now she's just there on the main roster like every other woman on the roster.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

The LAW saying Bayley is regressing and she's not working on the main roster.

She's basically been an afterthought in this Sasha-Charlotte business. No promos, vignettes, no storylines that are meant to get her over. Why should anybody who doesn't follow NXT give a **** about her? WWE is so lazy. They try to milk every NXT star's debut pop for months.

 

[Virtanen18]

Cesaro is his best when he's in tag teams. His creativity is unparalleled and it really shines in tag matches. Masters of the Universe and the Kings of Wrestling were both two of the best tag teams ever.

I wish they'd remake Cesaro. Give him a much better character and change his ring gear and theme but it is what it is.

I dug Cesaro and Swagger as a team too.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Saw the same floating around. The two join together out of mutual respect and beat The New Day for the tag titles tomorrow is one theory I saw.


That main event left a bad taste in my mouth so I watched Naito vs. Elgin from this morning/last night -- ****1/2. Now THAT'S a main event.

Actually they suspected that Foley will decide that they both deserve their championship match and the tag titles will be their reward instead of the US or Universal title.

LAW thinks Bayley is regressing because they booked her to eat the pin tonight. They seem to still view her as champ Bayley and not underdog Bayley.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

The thing with Bayley is that she was still credible in NXT but something held her back from winning the big one or she was screwed or something like that. Here she just eats clean pins after randomly pinning the champ on Raw. She's an afterthought. They want to push Dana. Fine, whatever, but they're turning Bayley into a caricature.