Super ShowDown 2019: They Were So Close To Not Terrible
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Super ShowDown 2019
Date: June 7, 2019
Location: King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young
Yeah we’re back over here and no that’s not the most interesting thing in the world. It’s the third of what is likely to be twenty (geez) shows in the country that shall not be named and it feels even more like a show where they’re doing it because they have to. The Goldberg vs. Undertaker match feels like a big deal though and will likely headline the show. Let’s get to it.
Kickoff Show: Usos vs. Revival
Cole: “We are live here in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia!” Well at least they said it. Oh and it’s 94 degrees and feels 102 (34 to 39 for you Celsius fans) in the stadium. As a bonus, they have about ten minutes before the show so this is going to be short. Dawson gets backdropped to start and Wilder gets dropped over the top onto him for a bonus. The Usos hit some chops on the floor but Jimmy is taken down inside, setting up a running elbow to the back of the head.
The fans get behind the Usos, even as Jimmy gets caught in the chinlock. That’s broken up in short order and the hot tag brings in Jey for the house cleaning. The running Umaga attack in the corner rocks Dawson and a high crossbody gets two. Hang on though as Wilder distracts the referee, meaning Jey’s small package gets no count. Dawson hits a spinebuster for two but it’s time for the superkicks a go-go. Double superkicks finish Wilder at 7:11.
Rating: C-. Well it was nice while it lasted, but I guess it was more important to give the fans watching at home more hype videos for HHH vs. Randy Orton and Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon than let us have a longer match here. That isn’t sarcasm as those matches are more important, but this would have felt weak as a Raw match.
The opening video talks about what a grand international stage this is before going into a pretty standard recap of the top matches.
The pyro is back.
Raw World Title: Baron Corbin vs. Seth Rollins
Rollins is defending and is very banged up after Brock Lesnar destroyed him on Raw. Speaking of Lesnar, he has promised to cash in, though he hasn’t said on whom. The fans are behind Rollins (with his VERY taped up ribs) so Corbin gets smart with a knee to the gut. Rollins is fine enough to kick him in the head, only to have a springboard broken up with a ribs first drop onto the top rope.
Corbin drops the ropes onto the top again for two and the kickouts earn the referee a stern lecture. We hit the waistlock (I can’t handle Corbin not using a chinlock), followed by a belly to back suplex for two. Rollins manages an enziguri for the double knockdown and it’s a Sling Blade to send Corbin outside. That means back to back suicide dives, followed by a sunset flip for two back inside.
Corbin bails to the floor again but this time the suicide dive is blocked with an uppercut. The near fall off Deep Six makes the frustration even worse so Corbin grabs a chair. Common sense sets in and Corbin drops it to the floor but he yells at the referee again. This time though the referee yells back and the stunned Corbin gets rolled up to retain Rollins’ title at 11:12.
Rating: C-. This felt like a pretty lame Raw main event with the banged up Rollins not being able to do much with Corbin. They followed the blueprint pretty much to the letter but that doesn’t mean it’s something that worked. At least Corbin didn’t win here, but you can practically guarantee that we’ll be seeing this again later this month. The ending was clever though.
Post match Corbin hits the End of Days on Rollins. Cue Lesnar and Paul Heyman with the briefcase but Heyman drops the briefcase on the way in, allowing Rollins to get in a low blow and some chair shots. Lesnar tries to use the briefcase to cover up but Rollins Stomps him onto the case (that looked good) to knock Brock cold. No cash in.
Post commercials, Lesnar is still leaving the ring, earning the Goodbye Song from some of the fans.
Intercontinental Title: Andrade vs. Finn Balor
Balor is defending and of course there’s no Zelina Vega. Balor is the Demon here, with a bunch of people in black surrounding him during his entrance. Andrade starts fast and tries a quick hammerlock DDT but Balor shoves him off. A missile dropkick gives Andrade two and we hit the Three Amigos. Andrade’s reverse tornado DDT gets two more and it’s off to the chinlock. Balor fights back and sends him outside for the big flip dive and it’s 1916 for two back inside.
Back in and Andrade kicks him in the face, which just makes Balor yell a lot. Andrade’s cartwheel kick to the head puts Balor in the corner so the running knees can get two. The double moonsault hits knees (that’s still one of the most contrived moves in WWE) and Balor nails the top rope double stomp to the back for two of his own.
Andrade kicks him in the face and the hammerlock DDT gets two (Andrade: “That’s my finish!”). Balor is right back with a powerbomb and the shotgun dropkick but Andrade breaks up the Coup de Grace. They both wind up on top and Balor hits a DDT to bring Andrade right back down. Now the Coup de Grace can retain the title at 11:28.
Rating: C+. Pretty nice match here, which is about all you can ask for in a spot like this. Above all else though, WWE’s ability to screw up something like the Demon astounds me. They make it sound like it’s two completely different people and call him the Demon over and over again. As usual, it’s a case of WWE acting like the fans need everything simplified for them and it’s getting annoying.
Miz says he’ll win the battle royal.
Jinder Mahal says he’ll win the battle royal and then get the 24/7 Title back.
We recap Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon. Reigns debuted on the Superstar Shakeup edition of Smackdown and punched Vince McMahon. Shane vowed revenge because you don’t attack people’s fathers (add irony to the list of things they’re bad at these days) and has sent various lackeys after Reigns. Since it’s Shane though, he’s both the final boss and the one that should be easily destroyed at the same time.
Shane McMahon vs. Roman Reigns
Drew McIntyre is here with Shane and his early distraction lets Shane get in some cheap shots in the corner. Reigns misses a charge into the post and Shane sends him in again for a bonus. Some choking has Cole freaking out over everything Shane is allowed to get away with, just like he did last month in a cage. Thankfully Graves is right there to ask how you can get away with stuff in a cage match, with Cole backpedaling in a hurry.
Shane’s back elbow to the face gets two and we hit the chinlock. Reigns fights up but the Superman Punch is countered with a chop block. The triangle goes on until Reigns turns over and powerbombs his way to freedom for two. Reigns sends Shane to the floor and goes to get him, but has to Superman Punch McIntyre first.
Back in and Shane gets two off a spear but the Coast to Coast is broken up with a Superman Punch. I won’t even bother telling you that Shane kicked out, because of course he did. The spear is blocked by a kick to the face and the referee gets bumped. McIntyre hits the Claymore and Shane gets the pin at 9:25.
Rating: D. I burst out laughing and how can you not? It’s clear that they’re just trolling us at this point and flipping off the fans who are complaining about Shane. The thing to remember here is that Shane dominated the match, kicked out of the Superman Punch and blocked the spear. Shane wasn’t dead at the end and got dragged on top for the pin. This was another case of Shane being presented as the greatest thing in WWE and the fans can just deal with it. In his last major singles matches, he’s beaten Reigns, Miz twice and Dolph Ziggler, earning a trophy and the Tag Team Titles in between. How is he not next for Kofi?
Reigns looks….mildly annoyed.
Kofi Kingston talks about all the great things he’s gotten to do as champion. Tonight, he’s giving Dolph Ziggler a new memory: the time where Kingston beats him again. Xavier Woods is here too and still seems a bit forgotten, which seems to be some seeds being planted for he and Big E. turning on Kofi.
Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party
This is Sullivan’s in-ring debut and it’s a handicap match. Kalisto starts for the team and gets swatted away without too much effort. It’s off to Dorado, who has to slip out of an over the shoulder backbreaker, earning himself a clothesline to the floor. Sullivan is bleeding from the mouth as Metalik comes in and hits some kicks but Kalisto gets knocked out of the air again.
A shot to the face knocks Sullivan out to the floor though and it’s time to maul Kalisto. Graves says the fans are in awe of him but they seem to be more in awe of the lines for the restrooms. Sullivan gets knocked off the top….and Kalisto and Dorado beat on him….for a DQ at 5:44.
Rating: F. This is more amazing than Shane beating Reigns. Why in the world was this not LARS SMASH??? I’m going to hope that this is some form of punishment for Sullivan and assume that they’re not THIS stupid, though it wouldn’t shock me if that was the case. It’s another case where I have to laugh, though at least Sullivan didn’t get pinned. Would it really have shocked you if he had?
Post match the Luchas beat him up even more until Sullivan fights up and cleans house to leave them laying.
We recap HHH vs. Randy Orton. They’ve been fighting on and off for about fifteen years and now they’re doing it again because Saudi Arabia.
Randy Orton vs. HHH
HHH gets the motorcycle entrance that we were all waiting to see again. The fans go from an NXT chant to a THIS IS AWESOME chant before they even lock up. Feeling out process to start with HHH taking him into the corner but getting taken down with a headlock takeover. The fight over a top wristlock gives us another standoff as we’re firmly in HHH’s long match formula here. A missed charge sends Orton shoulder first into the post, followed by some rams into various other metal objects.
Orton drops him onto the announcers’ table and sends HHH into the steps. Back in and some stomping sets up the chinlock, with Orton pulling him by the beard to stop a comeback bid. HHH fights up again and hits the jumping knee to the face. Neither finisher can hit and HHH blocks the hanging DDT, only to eat a dropkick to put him on the apron. The superplex is blocked and HHH clotheslines him in the back of the head for a double knockdown.
Orton’s powerslam gets two and there’s the hanging DDT, but the RKO is countered into the spinebuster. HHH covers three times in a row before going to a Crossface of all things. That’s broken up with a rope break and even that takes forever with no energy to it. The Pedigree attempt is countered into a backdrop and the RKO gets two.
Orton loads up the Punt, which Cole says is how he became known as the Legend Killer (no). That’s countered into the Pedigree for two more so Orton rolls to the floor. Orton gets dropped onto the announcers’ table to even the score and HHH does it again to go one up. Make it FOUR in a row and that table still won’t break. Back in and Orton hits the RKO for the pin at 25:39 (it’s as sudden as it sounds).
Rating: D. As usual with a big HHH match, it would have been good if you cut out ten minutes of laying around and stopped watching it in slow motion. It’s not like the match means anything in the long run so Orton winning is the right move, but I need a serious shot of caffeine after this marathon.
We look back at the 24/7 Title changes at the airport and in the air.
Baron Corbin rants about the referee costing him the title. Heads will roll.
Bobby Lashley vs. Braun Strowman
Lashley poses on a platform during his entrance so Strowman throws it off the stage. Lashley’s shoulder has no effect as Strowman just stares at him. The test of strength goes to Lashley off some knees to the ribs, followed by a leapfrog of all things. Strowman runs him over this time but misses a charge into the corner, allowing Lashley to hit a running powerslam for two.
Lashley grabs a chinlock for a bit until Strowman powers him up and sends things outside. That means the running shoulders around the ring and the powerslam (minus the running) for two back inside. It’s back to the floor with Lashley driving him into the barricade and hitting a suplex on the ramp. Back in and Strowman slams him off the top, followed by a pair of powerslams for the win at 8:23.
Rating: D+. It was a decent hoss fight and not much more than that but were you expecting anything else? This is one of those matches that anyone can understand, even if they’re not a wrestling fan. There was a firm ceiling of what they were going to be able to do and they hit it pretty squarely.
Ali says he’s going to win the battle royal so he can inspire people.
Samoa Joe says he’s going to win the battle royal.
We recap Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler, which is the latest instance of Ziggler saying that this time will be different and he’ll be awesome and all that stuff. It’s coming off like a filler feud and that has to be the case every now and then, but Ziggler still isn’t interesting no matter how many times they trot him out there.
Smackdown World Title: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Kingston is defending and has Woods in his corner. Ziggler has an American flag on his tights to make sure he’s a heel around here. Kofi misses an early Stinger Splash attempt and gets dropkicked for two. Some raking of the eyes makes Kofi yell a lot and Ziggler’s yelling gets two. Kofi fights out of a chinlock and whips Ziggler hard into the corner, meaning it’s time for some tromboning. The comeback is on, including the Boom Drop for no cover.
Ziggler goes to the ropes to avoid Trouble in Paradise and heads up top, only to get tossed off. A high crossbody is rolled through to give Ziggler two and it’s off to a pinfall reversal sequence. The SOS gets two and Kofi sends him outside for the big dive (with trombone) off the top. Ziggler sends Kofi into the steps and superkicks Woods before heading back inside. Trouble in Paradise misses but woods kicks Ziggler, setting up Trouble in Paradise to retain the title at 10:09.
Rating: C. Yeah this was every Ziggler match for the last few years and that’s all you could have expected. It was fine and short with the heat likely getting to them. Kofi retaining makes sense as the idea of Ziggler being champion might be too much even for WWE these days. Assuming no cash in, Kofi vs. Shane sounds like Summerslam to me.
In the back, Ziggler rants about how Kofi is a fraud because he had his friend helping him. He wants a rematch with no one interfering, perhaps in a steel cage. WE JUST DID THAT LAST MONTH!
We look back at the opening match with Corbin yelling at the referee and getting pinned, plus the resulting failed cash-in attempt.
Video on the fans being happy that WWE is here.
Battle Royal
Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, The Miz, Otis, Tucker, Tony Nese, Mansoor, Mojo Rawley, Matt Hardy, Jinder Mahal, No Way Jose, Sunil Singh, Sumir Singh, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Elias, Samoa Joe, Buddy Murphy, Shinsuke Nakamura, Curtis Axel, Bo Dallas, Ali, Samoa Joe, Oney Lorcan, Cedric Alexander, Humberto Carrillo, Ivar, Erik, Akira Tozawa, Ricochet, Mike Kanellis, Heath Slater, EC3, Akam, Rezar, Xavier Woods, Robert Roode, Shelton Benjamin, Rowan, Brian Kendrick, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Scott Dawson, Dash Wilder, Cesaro, Titus O’Neil, Eric Young, Drew Gulak, Sin Cara, Chad Gable
I think that’s everyone. Titus gets one of the special entrances and runs down but makes sure to stop for a funny bit. Elias plays himself to the ring and sings about how many losers there are in the match. Miz jumps out of the ring and attacks Elias as EC3 and the Singh Brothers are tossed early on. Anderson is out too, along with Eric Young and Carrillo. There go Gallows and Slater as they’re clearing the ring out early on.
Axel is out, followed by Lorcan, Dallas and Tozawa. Jose, Kendrick, Gulak and Nese are tossed as you can see the mat for the first time. We settle down to a three way staredown between Heavy Machinery, AOP and the Viking Raiders for a cool visual. The Vikings get rid of the AOP and Tucker as we see Titus hiding underneath the ring. He comes back in and starts cleaning house, including eliminating the Vikings by himself. Shelton knees Titus out and Xavier superkicks Murphy to the floor.
Matt gets rid of Shelton and Joe dumps both Hawkins and Ryder. Gable and Crews are out, followed by Ricochet getting rid of Jinder. Things settle down a lot with almost everyone being down at once. Otis runs over Nakamura and Rusev, setting up the Caterpillar to little reaction. Rowan dumps Otis and Woods but gets superkicked out by the Usos. The Revival gets rid of the Usos and Hardy does the same thing to the two of them.
Cesaro eliminates Matt and Swings Alexander, setting up a catapult for the elimination. Sin Cara hits La Mistica on Cesaro but takes Kinshasa from Nakamura. Cara is right back up though and kicks Nakamura out (seriously) but Rusev dumps him as well. Miz gets rid of Roode and hits the YES Kicks on Cesaro and Elias. Cesaro ducks one though and sends Miz to the apron so Elias can knee Miz out.
We’re down to Joe, Ali, Ricochet, Mansoor, Elias and Cesaro. Ricochet and Ali start double teaming Cesaro but Joe runs them both over. The two of them get together and eliminate Joe but Cesaro eliminates both of them. Mansoor gets rid of Cesaro and we’re down to Mansoor (the home country favorite) and Elias. Mansoor hits a superkick and backdrops Elias out for the win at 17:50.
Rating: D. Yeah fine. It’s been proven that these wins mean nothing so Mansoor winning is an acceptable choice. I’ll take it over some lunkhead winning it and going nowhere as a result. Let the fans have something special to cheer for so they can actually have some energy for a change.
Post match Mansoor looks straight ahead in shock before talking about what this means to him. A year ago he was here as a prospect and now he’s won the biggest match of his career. Nice moment actually.
We run down the Stomping Grounds card, with rematches of both World Title matches confirmed.
We recap the main event in a pretty cool video package with clips of Undertaker and Goldberg from over the years. It’s a great way of showcasing how these are two monsters and that’s exactly what they’re setting up here. This has been the best built thing on the show so hopefully it’s able to come close to the hype.
Goldberg vs. Undertaker
That feels so weird to type. Undertaker has a big entrance with druids holding torches up in front of caskets. Undertaker rises from the stage in front of a vortex looking thing for an old school feel. They stare each other down with Goldberg yelling in his face with the throat slit…and there’s the spear less than a minute in.
Another spear drops Undertaker for two and it’s time for the situp. Goldberg isn’t sure what to think of that one but he’s fine enough to escape the chokeslam. The kneebar goes on until a rope is grabbed and Goldberg misses a charge into the corner, busting himself open BAD. Half of Goldberg’s head is covered in blood in a few seconds and there’s Old School. The chokeslam plants Goldberg again and it’s a Tombstone for two (and not even two and a half).
Goldberg is up first for the double clothesline and they’re both down. Snake Eyes connects but the big boot is cut off with a spear. They botch the Jackhammer with Undertaker getting dropped on his head like a brainbuster for two. Goldberg tries a Tombstone but falls down, setting up a horrible chokeslam to give Undertaker the pin at 8:28.
Rating: D-. I wanted to say it wasn’t that bad but egads some of those botches were terrible. They sucked the life out of what they had here, though the early part of the match more than felt special. That being said, it was hot, Goldberg was bloody, and it was his first match in over two years. Goldberg looked really, really off after getting cut open too and factoring in the heat, this was a lot more understandable. It was very bad at the end, but it could have been WAY worse (like if it had gone 25 minutes or some nonsense like that).
Undertaker does not look happy to end the show.
Overall Rating: D-. This could have been way, WAY worse and it’s miles ahead of the disaster that was Crown Jewel. There were some watchable matches earlier and, aside from the usual head scratch inducing booking choices in the middle, the last third mostly made sense. Now that being said, HHH vs. Orton is the latest edition of the cure for the common insomnia and Goldberg vs. Undertaker went sailing off a cliff after five minutes.
The problem here continues to be how unimportant these shows feel, and that’s before you even get to stuff like Sullivan winning by DQ, Shane beating Reigns, HHH’s marathon and hearing that both World Title matches are happening again in two weeks. This show is over and done with now so we can move on and forget it. It’s the middle of the three shows, but my goodness it was rough at times.
Results
Seth Rollins b. Baron Corbin – Rollup
Finn Balor b. Andrade – Coup de Grace
Shane McMahon b. Roman Reigns – Claymore from Drew McIntyre
Lars Sullivan b. Lucha House Party via DQ when Kalisto and Lince Dorado double teamed Sullivan
Randy Orton b. HHH – RKO
Braun Strowman b. Bobby Lashley – Powerslam
Kofi Kingston b. Dolph Ziggler – Trouble in Paradise
Mansoor won a battle royal last eliminating Elias
Undertaker b. Goldberg – Chokeslam
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Ya know, HHH has taken a lot of flak over the years for not putting people, but damnit he put that Orton kid over big time in their match. Took the L clean to that Orton kid’s finisher. That Orton kid has a hell of a future now. What a joke! That could have been McIntyre, Joe, or even Sullivan. No, he puts over Orton. Bunch of old guys stroking their egos while the rest of the roster is shoved into a battle royal by an NXT nobody. I’ll probably never stop watching WWE, but I’m done with the Saudi Arabia shows.
Fair point, and I agree on the Saudi shows. I will harken back to 2005 and 2006 when Hogan faced Hbk and Orton in back to back years. Now I know both of those matches were face vs heel style so the outcome was predictable, but in the case of the Orton match it was thrown together and Orton should have won.
My point Hogan Rarely did jobs as a face in order to preserve his character Orton when he was first starting was humbled by Hhh constantly because Hhh was obsessed with his character with being champ. Orton has built a reputation all his own and triple h commented on that again. The commentary team pointed out to the audience that Orton learned a lot from Hhh. It almost felt like a father vs son match. It was no Rhodes brother match and no omega okada 12 star BUT it fit the narrative of the story WWE was trying to tell
I feel bad for Joe though Samoa Joe that is I know he has been injury prone but Wwe likes to push their own creations esp in mainstream main roster. Joes best work in Wwe was in Nxt
These Saudi shows are just a showcase for the video team on the network to perfect their video editing skills. I know if I was throwing tons of money to a promoter I would expect more
Takers retirement match for the aura of his character was with Hhh in 2012 at mania It was billed end of an era and in my eyes that was probably one of the best send off moments for a character like that. I still watch the product but not with the one last time because even if they do retire I can still go back and relive those moments over again. Stone cold had the best sendoff moment when he left because he never wrestled a full match when he walked away. Would have loved cm punk vs Austin the storytelling would be great. Oh well
As for Goldberg ddp carried him to his greatest match in 98 even though a lot of people could not see the finish, but he had his greatest moment when Austin stunned him at mania in 2004
Keep up the great work kB. Love the reviews. Esp the older shows. My prayers for you too as I know you have had tough year
Thanks. I appreciate that.
“Shane vowed revenge because you don’t attack people’s fathers (add irony to the list of things they’re bad at these days) ”
The whole point of Shane saying that was that he was a hypocrite.
I know. My point was they beat you over the head with it so hard that it didn’t work.
What’s even more ironic is that they run their own “promotion” that should show them how it works in the form of NXT. Now they really are at the point where they have the beste Wrestling product AND the worst Wrestling product at the same time. Even the weeklies of IMPACT or MLW are more thought through than anything WWE had to offer in the last few months…
On the other hand no and i mean absolutely NO promotion could handle the overblown nature of today’s WWE. The roster is way too full and keeps growing, the weeklies are too long and there are TOO many “Major Shows”. A show like “Super Show Down” gets his own 2 to 3 week build even if it’s nothing more than a house show.
AEW really seems to be the only saviour left for WWE…
Aew double or nothing was much better
I agree I will still watch both. But I laughed at Jim cornettes take on the battle royal at double or nothing classic stuff.
Honestly if Goldberg hadn’t knocked himself silly early n da match this coulda been decent. B- C+ level. But him running n2 da post so hard was stupid. Couldnt they have Taker put up a leg or something???
Not the first time Bill has made that error. He’s reckless and sloppy
It seems like you were the one who was knocked silly.
I’m just glad Brock wasn’t able to cash in. All I can do is groan when “The Yawn Incarnate” shows up. This show was a mess with only one match that I even looked forward to with Goldberg vs. Taker, even though I knew they couldn’t carry a long match. Just hope WWE let’s go of the past soon and move on. Hopefully this AEW wakes them up like WCW did back in 96.
This was definitely better than Crown Jewel and it was good to see actual Fans at this Show who seemed excited to be there. Taker & Goldberg was a bit messy at the end but im not going to dump on it either. Especially with a few factors playing into it like the blood, the extreme heat, and it being Bill’s first Match in two years.
So better than one of the worst shows ever…I take it you also realized this show sucked if that’s the bar you went against?
I think it’s unfair to dump on Goldberg a whole lot. Reports are saying he knocked himself out. And I also thought he didn’t look right at all in that match. I just rewatched it and you can tell on second viewing that he has no idea where he is.
Oh he was definitely off. It doesn’t make the match any better, but it explains a lot. It felt like Undertaker vs. Lesnar with the first and second halves being completely different matches.
I knew this show wouldn’t mean anything, nothing does mean anything anymore , but wtf is WWE even these days? Do they want to do something I’m terms of story and entertainment for the fans? Or are they here to cash in on whatever loyalty they have?
It’s messed up when in the last 2 months I’ve laughed out loud at 2 of WWE’s main events. First you have Lesnar winning MITB (LUL) then you have Shane beating Roman. Of all the people Shane. Shane McMahon just best Roman Reigns. No one beats Roman Reigns.
WWE haven’t put this much effort into building up someone since Brock Lesnar in 2002. Imagine if they had done something like this with say Braun Strowman…. Oh wait… they did but didn’t capitalise.
What even are you these days WWE.
It feels like they’re constantly filling time until the next big thing, but the next big thing never really gets here. Even Wrestlemania felt like it was just a step until we got…..somewhere.
This is another event that WWE shouldn’t have wasted TV time building as it was another glorified house show.
Vince HAS to be trolling fans with what’s going on with Shane. He’s petulant enough to do this because it’s his universe to do with as he sees fit.
Trips & Randy was at least 10 minutes too long and had no real reason to take place anyhow.
I was embarrassed for the Undertaker and Taker himself was visibly disgusted when it was all said and done. All in all, Taker looked pretty good out there but Goldberg just plain crapped out. He was out of gas, plain and simple, so much to the point that he didn’t have the strength do do…well anything. He didn’t even have enough left to do his part with the chokeslam. I’m sure the heat did have something to do with it but, at the same time, just one more example of how lousy Goldberg really, truly, actually is as a pro wrestler.
This wasn’t as bad as Crown Jewel, there weren’t nearly as many questionable booking choices, it’s just there wasn’t a whole lot on the card worth seeing and it’ll be the same for Stomping Grounds. It’s already been announced that we’re getting Kofi vs. Ziggler II, Rollins vs. Corbin II, Reigns vs. McIntyre II or III, feels like they’ve fought more and Lynch vs. Evans II.
Vince HAS to know….I mean…he HAS to be able to see how bad the product is right now.
KB rewatch the highlights of the fans and young kids from there being so excited to see the show. That is why it exists. The fans were genuinely excited and appreciative of the show. Not acting like smart marks like an NXT crowd or trying to hijack a show like the Raw crowds. This is why this show exists. It reminded me of why I became a fan in the first place.
Actually I’d think it exists because of money on both sides. The fans having a good time is cool, but it’s the money. Always has been and always will be.
Lol.
It’s 100% because of the money.
Ive been a loyal fan for fifteen years and I think im finished. I thought this was going to be just another shitty stepping stone to a real ppv, but seeing how the Stomping Ground card is turning out, I have no interest at all. Great work, WWE.
Same. It’s hard letting it go but it’s so bad nowadays.