WWE Backlash - 7th May 10am AEST

[GWBogan]

 

[ptrg]

Wow. We all knew this would happen, but still, wow. That’s the main event.
They had the world title on mid card, and finished with that.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Without all the dead time it would have been a good match, great counters, no overuse of finishers. But too damn slow.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

That can't be it? WTF?

That is not how you finish a show. There need to be more (anything) to the aftermath.

Who the **** is doing the booking?

 

[ptrg]

That can't be it? WTF?

That is not how you finish a show. There need to be more (anything) to the aftermath.

Who the **** is doing the booking?

Did they end with Roman standing tall?

That is it.

 

[ptrg]

Then they cut to a wide shot of the crowd and they looked to be disgustingly standing and turning to leave, not staying to cheer or even boo.

WINNER: Reigns.

(Keller’s Analysis: I don’t even know what to say anymore about how Vince McMahon is booking Reigns. It’s not working really on any level and it’s just difficult to watch.)

 

[Craegus]

(Keller’s Analysis: I don’t even know what to say anymore about how Vince McMahon is booking Reigns. It’s not working really on any level and it’s just difficult to watch.)

I think I have it now;

Fans: "We don't want Reigns to be champ"
Vince: "Ok, Reigns will be the champ"
Fans: "We still don't want Reigns to be champ"
Vince: "We will build Reigns up and then swerve the fans and not make him champ, but eventually he will be champ"
Fans: "We don't want Reigns to be champ, ever"
Vince: "Lets make it so the fans have to watch Reigns in every main event and then listen to him whinge about not being champ, and we'll do this.... forever"
Fans: "Just give him the belt now and get it over with"
Vince: "See I told you that everyone wanted to see Reigns as champ"

 

[TradeDraft]

Then they cut to a wide shot of the crowd and they looked to be disgustingly standing and turning to leave, not staying to cheer or even boo.

WINNER: Reigns.

(Keller’s Analysis: I don’t even know what to say anymore about how Vince McMahon is booking Reigns. It’s not working really on any level and it’s just difficult to watch.)

Vince is Destroying WWE

 

[ptrg]

Vince is Destroying WWE

I agree. Burning longtime viewers who just want some unpredictability and swerves in their viewing.

Reckon I may give it a rest now until either I read about something big happening (highly unlikely), or WWE announcing an Aussie PPV, which also sounds more and more like its dead in the water (fkking Saudis, if there wasn’t already enough reasons to hate that misogynistic shithole, they have now also seemingly stolen our MCG show with yet another glorified house show again this year)..

Edit: even got my cousin to move their 40th to the second weekend in October to keep the first one free for us all to go, get dressed up in gear, and hit the piss prior..

 

[rooboy_07]

Some pretty good wrestling overall but the booking was mostly bizarre

 

[Ice-Wolf]

One more thing how can you have a double countout in a no DQ match? Shouldn't it just be pinfall or submission?

 

[myyakhasfleas]

Read the results, how do you justify Joe going anywhere near the WWE title now?

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Read the results, how do you justify Joe going anywhere near the WWE title now?

He's on Smackdown not Raw? It was albeit way too slow a good match and neither wrestler really lost face. They both put in a good showing, it just shouldn't have been the main event, but then again none of the matches on the card really lived up to main event status. Shit booking.

WWE Title ending would have been fine if Nakamura had been the current title holder (actually would have made a good end to the show if that was the case), but as the challenger it's pretty much stuffed him going forward.

 

[Jpw22511]

 

[TradeDraft]

Some pretty good wrestling overall but the booking was mostly bizarre

Bookers write Stories that make no sense

 

[TradeDraft]

WWE Title ending would have been fine if Nakamura had been the current title holder (actually would have made a good end to the show if that was the case), but as the challenger it's pretty much stuffed him going forward.

Are the trying to Kill Nakamura's Momentum?

 

[Nugett]

They talk about wrestlers “scouting their opposition”.
Surely the first thing you don’t do against Roman is stand in that exact spot on the outside of the ring against the apron..

A bit like having your head between the ring ropes around Mysterio?

 

[Nugett]

Hopefully building to an iron man between Nakamara and AJ.

 

[Nugett]

Romans number 1 fan

https://media1.tenor.com/images/e8175888af0bf35e6807474701953f35/tenor.gif?itemid=5382054

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Hopefully building to an iron man between Nakamara and AJ.

Where Nakamura loses the title shot for the 6th time in a row.

 

[TradeDraft]

Hopefully building to an iron man between Nakamara and AJ.

or NO DQ or Falls Count Anywhere Match

 

[Ice-Wolf]

or NO DQ or Falls Count Anywhere Match

Just go for a hardcore match and have Nakamura go to town of AJ's balls with a Kendo stick.

 

[NSWCROW]

Sounds like it was a steamer

 

[Ice-Wolf]

What I find funny is that we're expected to believe that after weeks of copping cheap shots, Styles enters a no DQ match not wearing a cup.

 

[Shade]

Looks like i made the right decision in skipping this one lots of people are saying its the worst PPV in years.

I swear if we get more of Roman and Brock im not watching RAW anymore for a while ill stick with team blue.