OORick
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OOfficial Discussion Thread for: SmackDown LIVE (August 16, 2016)
Tonight on SmackDown: the main event will pit John Cena against long-time nemesis Alberto del Rio.... and while this is almost certainly not
designed to do ADR any favors as he's on a Farewell Jobbing Tour (he's not a fan of HHH and that feeling is mutual; ADR's contract
expires next month, and neither side really feels like talking to the other), that does not mean there won't be some excitement... involvement
from AJ Styles could easily create some late game drama, given that Cena/Styles is one of SD's two marquee matches for Sunday's
SummerSlam...
SD's other big contribution to the PPV is a WWE Title match between champion Dean Ambrose and challenger Dolph Ziggler.... in order to hype
that, both men will be a part of MizTV tonight... Ziggler is on a hot streak, pinning a Wyatt in the SD main event each of the past 3 weeks, and
acting like he's got a bit of piss and vinegar in him... Ambrose, not one to be out-pissed, hit Ziggler with Dirty Deeds last week (to cheers),
so this is no chummy Display of Mutual Respect coming tonight... it would be odd -- but not infeasible -- if Miz's SummerSlam IC Title
Challenger somehow got involved, and a Strange Bedfellows match resulted (Ambrose/Crews vs. Ziggler/Miz)...
And Randy Orton will have to do something, to remind us he exists, even if his SummerSlam opponent doesn't (as far as SD is concerned,
anyway)... public speaking isn't his friend, and the less he mentions "Viperville" as if it's a cool turn of phrase the better off
we'll all be... maybe something with Heath Slater, as the logical counterpoint to last night?
Beyond that, last week really made it seem that "Jockeying for Position" in both the women's and tag divisions is in full effect... for
example, Becky is trying to have a feud with Eva Marie (but Eva keeps finding ways to Not Wrestle, which is great for everybody involved), so Alexa
Bliss snuck in and got a win over Becky.... or American Alpha had a match, and the ring was surrounded by the rest of the SD tag roster, and there was
a big ol' brawl before it was over... neither division has a title belt, yet, but will soon, so perhaps this general lingering sense of proving
superiority will trump personal rivalries in the short term...
And of course, the biggest drama of all tonight: will Daniel Bryon call Apollo Crews the wrong name for the third week in a row?!? Tune in to find
out!
That is all. End communication....
The flOOr is yours, OO Nation. Don't wait till after 10pm to post, either. Pre-show previewing and prognosticating is certainly welcome.
So discuss, debate, and rate!
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds 
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"Kick your head right off your face!" Dolph said.
Then looked like he threw up in his mouth
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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bigfatgoalie
The Man
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Can we be done with Dolph please? Remember people bitching about Reigns' lack of crowd reaction? Ziggler is like the JV version of Roman.
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Count Zero
Man of a Thousand Holds
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LOL. Miz called him "Apollo CREEEED" during the commercial-break-that-aired-on-tv.  (eta: yes, I am aware it was probably to most-certainly
intentional.)
And yeah, Ziggler's not exactly lighting the world on fire here.  I feel bad for him, because he -really- seems to be trying hard but...
it's just not clicking.
Smackdown LIVE! Starring the Not-Ready-For-Live-Time-Players.
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by Count Zero]
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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I like how they've finally built depth in his character.
Not a big fan of "ohhh he wears makeup and changes his name" shallow stuff
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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Count Zero
Man of a Thousand Holds
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If you're talking about Ziggler, I found Heath Slater's "I got a bunch of kids" more compelling than Dolph going into
CENA-HIGH-INTENSITY-MODE.
That opening segment was the drizzling shits. Which I'm not happy to say, because I find myself lacking interest in BOTH main event scenes
at the moment. (Yes, I'm weird, I know this.)
eta: So weird, in fact, that I really think Naomi's new look/entrance is AWESOME. Yes, I like black-lighting effects. Weird, see?
ALL RED EVERYTHING ON THE BLUE SHOW!!!!!
And that was the best Eva Marie segment yet.  I love it.
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by Count Zero]
Originally posted by williamssl
"That hasn't stopped us from doing this shit before!"
"Checkmate, sir. Checkmate"
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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quote:
Originally posted by merc
"Kick your head right off your face!" Dolph said.
Then looked like he threw up in his mouth
Maybe it was some kind of line-mangling tribute to Bret and Owen that he didn't bother to tell anyone about.
* needs more Naomi's booty but not sure what's accomplished by giving her Becky's original old Riverdance entrance set to
technopop
[Edited on 8/17/2016 by Paddlefoot]
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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Slater & Zig,
now Naomi with a new entrance!
And Slater has a contract!
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by merc]
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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janerd75
The Rowdy One 
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| posted on 8-17-2016 at 01:49 AM |
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Dom Returns� and he's going to watch B'lack Larceny stool push Young Randall at SooperSlam. Who said 2016 was a bad year?
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
Then Jean-Paul climbs into the ring and bleeds right through the tampon. - merc
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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FUCKIN JBL. SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT ORTON & BRUNO HEADLINING MSG.
IT NEVER HAPPENED
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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janerd75
The Rowdy One
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| posted on 8-17-2016 at 02:03 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by merc
FUCKIN JBL. SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT ORTON & BRUNO HEADLINING MSG.
IT NEVER HAPPENED
Why are you yelling? Are you off your meds agayn? I thought it was determined that you require intensive mental health counselling due to a case of
severe transverse obstinence, profound obtusity, and utter opinional wrongitude? Get help, bro. Srsly.
 No, srsly.
ETA: "I know that tore up his back! Goll-LEE!" - David Otunga after Dean-O back body dropped Rowan.
Fuck. Fucking fuck's sake, man. Listen to some god Lou Rawls or something. Shiiiiiiiit. 
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by janerd75]
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
Then Jean-Paul climbs into the ring and bleeds right through the tampon. - merc
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Gobshite
The Great One 
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Flipped over to this just after it was starting, and Ziggler was interrupting Ambrose. One said something to the effect of "I don't need to
talk"
Poured myself some rum.
Ate some rum cake.
Looked back into the hotel room and they're STILL TALKING.
FFS...
Also- was that a 3 team vs 3 team match? It looked at 1 point like the Uso's were after everyone, but when Gable got the pin, the hype bros and
Uso's celebrated?
Rowan vs Ambrose. Wonder who's doing the job here...
I have six invites I can crash out for membership to pwtorrents.net - if you want one, U2U me!
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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quote:
Originally posted by janerd75
quote:
Originally posted by merc
FUCKIN JBL. SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT ORTON & BRUNO HEADLINING MSG.
IT NEVER HAPPENED
Why are you yelling? Are you off your meds agayn? I thought it was determined that you require intensive mental health counselling due to a case of
severe transverse obstinence, profound obtusity, and utter opinional wrongitude? Get help, bro. Srsly.
No, srsly.
ETA: "I know that tore up his back! Goll-LEE!" - David Otunga after Dean-O back body dropped Rowan.
Fuck. Fucking fuck's sake, man. Listen to some god Lou Rawls or something. Shiiiiiiiit.
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by janerd75]
Translation?
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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She's got an Iggy Azalea thing on her? Really, Otunga? Her ass doesn't look that huge.
ETA: what the hell was that? going quickly from only burying Becky to burying the whole division.
[Edited on 8/17/2016 by Paddlefoot]
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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Count Zero
Man of a Thousand Holds
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Oh good. Traffic must've cleared up.
ALL RED LIGHTS EVERYWHERE.
Originally posted by williamssl
"That hasn't stopped us from doing this shit before!"
"Checkmate, sir. Checkmate"
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janerd75
The Rowdy One
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| posted on 8-17-2016 at 02:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by merc
quote:
Originally posted by janerd75
quote:
Originally posted by merc
FUCKIN JBL. SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT ORTON & BRUNO HEADLINING MSG.
IT NEVER HAPPENED
Why are you yelling? Are you off your meds agayn? I thought it was determined that you require intensive mental health counselling due to a case of
severe transverse obstinence, profound obtusity, and utter opinional wrongitude? Get help, bro. Srsly.
No, srsly.
ETA: "I know that tore up his back! Goll-LEE!" - David Otunga after Dean-O back body dropped Rowan.
Fuck. Fucking fuck's sake, man. Listen to some god Lou Rawls or something. Shiiiiiiiit.
Translation?
I learn't in another thread you have opinion related mental health issues. Duh. Do...do I have to emoticon this? 
Holy Foley. Holy moly. Holy guacamole. Holy. Heh heh, she sure is. She sure is.
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
Then Jean-Paul climbs into the ring and bleeds right through the tampon. - merc
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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Ahh, I didn't bother reading.
For this outburst, since GEG named me the OO JBL I need accuracy from him.
🍻
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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Picture on all the livestreams just went down. Audio is still on though. Could be an interesting experiment: is it less embarrassing to listen to
wrestling with the picture off or to watch it with the sound off?
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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quote:
Originally posted by Count Zero
Oh good. Traffic must've cleared up.
ALL RED LIGHTS EVERYWHERE.
merc has attached this image:
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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janerd75
The Rowdy One
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quote:
Originally posted by Paddlefoot
Picture on all the livestreams just went down. Audio is still on though. Could be an interesting experiment: is it less embarrassing to listen to
wrestling with the picture off or to watch it with the sound off?
Funny you mention that. As I'm dicking around on the Intarwebz I don't have the screen minimized so I can watch and surf at the same time.
Listening in the background to SD and flipping over when Mauro's pitch goes up. He paints a pretty good picture using mouth words for mah haid
moovies. When I switch back to watching my lying eyes don't match the awesomeness Renallo was describing. 
ETA: He kill't A.J! Goll-LEE!
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by janerd75]
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
Then Jean-Paul climbs into the ring and bleeds right through the tampon. - merc
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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quote:
Originally posted by janerd75
quote:
Originally posted by Paddlefoot
Picture on all the livestreams just went down. Audio is still on though. Could be an interesting experiment: is it less embarrassing to listen to
wrestling with the picture off or to watch it with the sound off?
Funny you mention that. As I'm dicking around on the Intarwebz I don't have the screen minimized so I can watch and surf at the same time.
Listening in the background to SD and flipping over when Mauro's pitch goes up. He paints a pretty good picture using mouth words for mah haid
moovies. When I switch back to watching my lying eyes don't match the awesomeness Renallo was describing.
ETA: He kill't A.J! Goll-LEE!
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by janerd75]
Yeah, it came back on in time for the Flying Soccer Mom vs That Goddamn Southie. Good ending. Need to see Juan ramp up the dick aspect more often.
Makes him less boring.
Probably not going to watch SS. That 6-ladies tag match should be awful enough to make viewing a botched removal of a golf-ball sized pilar cyst look
a lot more entertaining in comparison. I like the idea of the fans cheering EM's entrance because it's so bleedin' surreal with the
Mad Men-guy voiceover. It's just encouraging them to use her more though and it'll backfire when she manages to fuck up and ends up
decapitating someone somehow when she attempts an armbar.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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Quentil
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Mostly inoffensive show, ranging from boring to decent, with me liking the Cena/Styles stuff a fair bit. I kinda dig Heath Slater way more than I
should, and was a bit sad when the contract wasn't signed. Here's hoping it brings another fun week of Heath Slater! The billion mag tag
match was too cluttered for my tastes, though. I'd give it a 3 out of 5 on whatever chart.
[Edited on 8-17-2016 by Quentil]
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the goon
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Random thoughts:
-It seems most here are down on the Ambrose/Dolph segment, but damn did I love that superkick from out of nowhere at the end. That was some good
stuff.
-I'm continuing to enjoy this Eva Marie storyline way more than I should. I thought they played it perfectly tonight, with the "Eva Marie
Debuts Tonight!" graphic and then the usual big intro, only to have her not even make it to the arena this time. Like I said last week, they should
just keep playing this out until it's beyond absurd.
-I hadn't really thought about Del Rio not even being on the SummerSlam card until AJ mentioned it backstage. Me thinks the writing is on the
wall for Del Rio to exit the WWE when his contract is up.
-That was actually kinda heelish of Cena to put AJ through the table at the very end. Not that I think there's anything to read into there
whatsoever, but it's just not the type of thing we normally see Cena do.
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GodEatGod
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Put me in the pro camp for Naomi's new entrance - looked pretty cool to me. Also, she's apparently a babyface now. Okay. And yeah, the Eva
Marie stuff is perfectly done.
I also really liked Dolph's superkick ending. The best part of that whole segment, though, was Miz and Maryse giggling in the background as the
babyfaces talked shit to each other.
I liked the tag team segment, although it's odd that there are more valid tag teams on Smackdown than on RAW where the actual tag titles ended
up. Seems kind of a fait accompli that Alpha ends up with the Smackdown titles.
"It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don't like something, it is empirically not good. I don't like
Chinese food, but I don't write articles trying to prove it doesn't exist." - Tina Fey
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Paddlefoot
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Apparently Dolph and Miz ended up doing some kind of KFC-promotion dark match after the main event.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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