GDT: WWE BATTLEGROUND (July 24, 2016) -- Going separate ways

[Emperoreddy]

A good match, not great, with **** storytelling out on outside the ring and backstage.

Also really the Usos lifting Dean up?

Edit: THey should of just stuck AJ or Cena in this match if they wanted to make it about brand warfare and not the Shield.

 

[Stad]

I have no clue what happens now... anyone?? lol

 

[Scandale du Jour]

And Renee.

And Renee indeed.

 

[Natey]

Here comes the locker room. GTFO with this ****.

Why? Ultimately everyone, even tag wrestlers, want the World Title. It makes the show more important.

The only kind of silly thing is the women.. but I guess every woman wants to be the first WWE World Champion.

 

[ColePens]

A good match, not great, with **** storytelling out on outside the ring and backstage.

Also really the Usos lifting Dean up?

The Shield Powerbomb into the chair to the back was brilliant writing/booking. It basically was the success and the downfall of the Shield being played out right in front of you. It was such a cool spot.

 

[SeidoN]

good PPV overall. letdown of the finale is more than made up for by that Owens/Zayn MOTY

 

[Natey]

I have no clue what happens now... anyone?? lol

AJ didn't come out to celebrate.

He's going to win the title and then move into a feud with Cena heading into Survivor Series or the Rumble.

 

[Hire Sather]

Tournament for the Raw World Title ends at Summerslam. Roman vs Seth final. Steph/Mick help Roman win. (Claim Seth dropped the ball as #1 pick) Double turn like Rock/Mankind years ago.

 

[Deen]

I would give Battleground an 8 out of 10. Good show.

 

[ColePens]

We talk about how WWE ***** on their titles. They finally make the title a huge focal point and people are crapping on it? SD wrestlers are happy they have the main title to fight for. It's good fake-wrestling writing. It makes the title feel larger than life and Dean Ambrose is holding it.

 

[quoipourquoi]

They took the dream match that they've built since before WrestleMania 29, picked the right winner, and then spent 3 minutes talking about a brand split instead of letting the moment have any impact.

 

[AfroThunder396]

That was a very good match and outside of some soft spots a very good show.

 

[ColePens]

I would give Battleground an 8 out of 10. Good show.

Too bad that wasn't Summerslam, tbh. That had a big PPV feel to it. Washington crowd was superb.

 

[Stad]

AJ didn't come out to celebrate.

He's going to win the title and then move into a feud with Cena heading into Survivor Series or the Rumble.

What about RAW though?

 

[Emperoreddy]

****** blowoff for the Shield as well. This could of been a main event of Mania level match, but it got dragged down by the brand ****.

KO/Sami match of the night by a lot

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

WWE definitely has done well by leaving some questions about the split unanswered. Now they need to capitalize on the interest by putting on quality shows.

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

In a match that was built up as "who's the best of us" for the WWE title, Dean ****ing ambrose came out on top CLEAN over reigns.

MCG must be sacrificing a goat to the gods and losing his **** right now.

 

[GKJ]

From my standpoint walking around the boardwalk in wildwood New Jersey I was sports entertained

 

[Account Terminated]

We talk about how WWE ***** on their titles. They finally make the title a huge focal point and people are crapping on it? SD wrestlers are happy they have the main title to fight for. It's good fake-wrestling writing. It makes the title feel larger than life and Dean Ambrose is holding it.

Not only that, people wanted/liked the brand split. THIS is PART OF IT.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

Reports coming in that Roman didn't win because he's too fat for anyone to lift up.

 

[Balance]

Its clear that their will be 2 world titles

Which is a good thing. It keeps the brands exclusive and creates 2 main events at each show.

 

[Sacha Baron Corbin]

We talk about how WWE ***** on their titles. They finally make the title a huge focal point and people are crapping on it? SD wrestlers are happy they have the main title to fight for. It's good fake-wrestling writing. It makes the title feel larger than life and Dean Ambrose is holding it.

I agree, they have buried Smackdown enough before it can even start. They deserve the title

 

[Emperoreddy]

They took the dream match that they've built since before WrestleMania 29, picked the right winner, and then spent 3 minutes talking about a brand split instead of letting the moment have any impact.

Exactly. This SHOULD of been the blowoff for the Shield break up. Instead it was drowned out by brand ****.

Should of held off to Summerslam to build this better and let it breath on its own. On its own the match was good, but it just wasn't great.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

They took the dream match that they've built since before WrestleMania 29, picked the right winner, and then spent 3 minutes talking about a brand split instead of letting the moment have any impact.

Well, to be fair, they just gave SD a ton of credibility. With the brand split, they had to do something like that. The title had to be part of A) a money feud, B) staying on SD.

As Cole said, by doing so, they gabe a lot of value to the title.

I would have preferred The Shield Triple Threat to only be about The Shield, but I gotta say I was pleasently surprised that no one interfered.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

We talk about how WWE ***** on their titles. They finally make the title a huge focal point and people are crapping on it? SD wrestlers are happy they have the main title to fight for. It's good fake-wrestling writing. It makes the title feel larger than life and Dean Ambrose is holding it.

I think they have a point. MITB was a flukey thing, so this is the biggest win of Ambrose's career and the announcers talked about Cena and the split instead of the guy who won the damn match.