Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:31 pm  

Well MITB wasn't great but delighted to see Ziggler win the ladder match. Well deserved.

Punk v Bryan didn't really work with AJ in there. Should have let them get on with it.

I also won a couple of bets on it so happy days all round.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:32 pm  

I didn't think it was that bad an event.

I've said before that AJ added to the Punk/Bryan feud wouldn't be a problem if they weren't already feuding over the wwe title. All it does is make the title less important than some mental lass.

Out of the guys in their match I'm glad Ziggler won. I was hoping it was between him, Rhodes and Kidd as those are the 3 guys who have the potential to be big stars so long as they actually get some protection. That does not include getting booted in the face when trying to cash in the briefcase

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:08 pm  

I enjoyed MiTB,
Glad that Ziggler won. The guy is so over its ridiculous.
The Punk and Bryan match was excellent, as these 2 normally are. AJ played her part well, again, and didn't involve to much. (the spot of putting the chair in the middle of them was nice)
As for the other MiTB match it was obvious Cena would win, but again I found the match enjoyable.

On a side note, sticking Sin Cara in the MiTB was always going to result in some botches.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:25 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

I was hoping it was between him, Rhodes and Kidd

They were the only 3 who could realistically win it. Barrett would have got it if he was in the match though IMO. Can't wait for him to return.

I'd love tonight's WWE Legend to be Steiner, it'd be a thing of beauty.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:07 pm  

citywolf wrote:

I enjoyed MiTB,
Glad that Ziggler won. The guy is so over its ridiculous.
The Punk and Bryan match was excellent, as these 2 normally are. AJ played her part well, again, and didn't involve to much. (the spot of putting the chair in the middle of them was nice)
As for the other MiTB match it was obvious Cena would win, but again I found the match enjoyable.

On a side note, sticking Sin Cara in the MiTB was always going to result in some botches.

I think a lot of Sin Cara's botches are the fault of his mask. Reading one of Chris Jericho's books he makes mention of his time in Japan and he was going to be Justin Ligar's evil twin, which resulted in him being under a mask which he claims was impossible to see out of which lead to a terrible match and an quick end to the angle.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:57 am  

I just thought the ladder matches were boring. MITB matches have gone really downhill, they're done all wrong. They're not matches. Punk v Bryan in a ladder match would have been interesting.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:15 pm  

Really good Raw last night.

It was actually well booked and had angles that made sense for a change and ended with a great hook to get people to watch next week and setup for Summerslam

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:31 am  

Roofaldo wrote:

You mean apart from them going on about it on Twitter and putting up pics you mean?



Side by side for comparison

Now that's what I call TWIN magic

Don't do Twitter. They don't actually look that good on that pic tbh

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:37 am  

So what's your favourite RAW moment? Mine has to be the revealing of the higher power.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:22 am  

At the time I loved it when DX reunited (HHH, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and XPac but not Chyna) on Raw in late 99 and beat down Austin and Rock. However when you look back now you kinda feel like all involved (inc Tori at a later stage) where presented as lackies for HHH (who was getting over huge admittedly).

As an old-school Raw fan I have two great memories before the Attitude Era too:

A young rookie named The 123 Kid (who would become Xpac years later) cleanly pinning established star Razor Ramon (Scott Hall).

Marty Jannetty returning and pinning his old tag-team partner HBK for the IC belt (which IMO meant so much more back then than the belt does now).