CW POD: Is pro wrestling fun again?

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Great men's mitb with the most predictable and boring winner. How do Punk and Zayn not come out after reed and breaker did?

Predictable and boring doesn't necessarily mean it was the wrong call. MITB almost always works best on a heel because the act of cashing in itself is an opportunistic yet cowardly act - it's almost never a good look for a face. The heels in that match were Seth, Solo Sikoa, and El Grande Americano (Chad Gable). Americano was never going to win it; Sikoa has his own problems outside of the title picture, so of the heels in that match Seth was the logical choice. So whoever else it might have been would have had to have come outside of the match... and outside of Breakker I'm not sure who else that could or should have been.
 

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Big surprise of the night, though... is R Truth being involved in what amounts to what might be WWE's biggest work in years.

EDIT - I take part of it back - WWE is promoting him as Ron Killings.

 
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Big surprise of the night, though... is R Truth being involved in what amounts to what might be WWE's biggest work in years.

EDIT - I take part of it back - WWE is promoting him as Ron Killings.



Just coming to say the guys on post show brought this up. Great work by wwe, r truth gone but Ron Killings returns.
 

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Evolution was great and they needed it because WWE has been a very bland product the last 3-4 months.
 
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Way to many ple's imo. This first 2 night SSlam is shaping up nicely already.

Totally agree. There's just no buildup for anything anymore. We are two weeks out from Summerslam and there's been nothing from Cena and Cody about the headlining match. Quit doing PLEs you can't build stories for.
 
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There’s been whispers that HHH could be on his way out and the product appears maybe it’s headed that way. Agree with posters on here, been a poor product.

Could’ve done a ton with the Bloodline post-Roman and they just keep finding any Samoan wrestlers they can and throwing them in there. It’s hard to believe how hard they’ve dropped that.

Evolution was an elite PLE. My one knock was Rhea-Iyo was one of the best matches I’ve ever seen, period, and it’s ruined by a cash in.
 

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And the inability to create storylines is becoming a storyline itself.

I do not get putting a title on Lyra, partnering her and Becky for a week, which you could’ve done a ton with, have Becky turn on her, and then have Lyra just go 6 months facing no one but Becky and the occasional Bayley.
 

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All of the complaining out of the way, WWE has a chance to really capitalize on Judgement Day when Liv comes back.

No idea what the plan is for Reigns, but would love to see a world where he brings Jimmy and Jey back together to become a tag team again and dissolve whatever the **** the MFT is.

Then would love to see Seth cash in at Summerslam only for Roman to go for justice for Sami against Seth’s alliance leading to a Seth v. Roman feud.
 
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There’s been whispers that HHH could be on his way out and the product appears maybe it’s headed that way. Agree with posters on here, been a poor product.

Could’ve done a ton with the Bloodline post-Roman and they just keep finding any Samoan wrestlers they can and throwing them in there. It’s hard to believe how hard they’ve dropped that.

Evolution was an elite PLE. My one knock was Rhea-Iyo was one of the best matches I’ve ever seen, period, and it’s ruined by a cash in.

I see where your coming from but it let Rhea and Iyo put on a great match and in the end it still leaves open the Rhea hasn't beat Iyo. I thought Naomi would cash in on SD champ but I like this as it gets Naomi away from Jade and Bianca.
 
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There’s been whispers that HHH could be on his way out and the product appears maybe it’s headed that way. Agree with posters on here, been a poor product.

Could’ve done a ton with the Bloodline post-Roman and they just keep finding any Samoan wrestlers they can and throwing them in there. It’s hard to believe how hard they’ve dropped that.

Evolution was an elite PLE. My one knock was Rhea-Iyo was one of the best matches I’ve ever seen, period, and it’s ruined by a cash in.
I agree with everything you mentioned but most especially the last paragraph.
 

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