WWE Backlash 2020 Thread 14th June (Contains Spoilers)

Lord TSC

I thought Randy/Edge was great. I thought Drew/Lashley was great (until the Lana ending). The Street Profits vs Viking Raiders stuff was Wrestlecrap, but thats right up my street.

So, basically, I thought that was a really strong show over all.

CastorTroy

So will the tag title match be on Raw tonight? Fun segment. That ref reminds me of Steph sometimes.

ricero

Sheamus vs Jeff Hardy was a bit sloppy at times but I throughly enjoyed it. Their styles match well together.

mrkiscool2

ricero wrote: »

Sheamus vs Jeff Hardy was a bit sloppy at times but I throughly enjoyed it. Their styles match well together.

They got a long time too, which is rare for a mid-card feud nowadays. Last few PPVs WWE have seem to have gone with substance over style.

Agent Coulson

Looking forward to seeing more of the Ninja faction.

gerrybbadd

Smiled the whole way through the Viking Profits segment. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Sirsok

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Smiled the whole way through the Viking Profits segment. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Does the whole Vikings Profit segment not dilute the whole product. Like the Orton and Edge hard hitting real storyline followed a segment with a magic chicken leg, a dumpster monster and a ninja faction.

Don't get me wrong it wa good until it completely jumped the shark in that segment.

J. Marston

Sirsok wrote: »

Does the whole Vikings Profit segment not dilute the whole product. Like the Orton and Edge hard hitting real storyline followed a segment with a magic chicken leg, a dumpster monster and a ninja faction.

Don't get me wrong it wa good until it completely jumped the shark in that segment.

WWE is a variety show. There's the wrestling purists who will love Bryan/AJ from Smackdown, people who want blood feuds like Edge/Orton and this is supposed to appeal to kids too and I imagine a lot of kids find a bowling ball to the balls and a magic chicken leg funny.

CastorTroy

Magic chicken leg? I assumed it was the Force, which ties into the weird Star Wars trash compactor homage at the end, including direct quotes.

And it was a turkey leg. (I just know that because it's what they always talk about)

Sirsok

J. Marston wrote: »

WWE is a variety show. There's the wrestling purists who will love Bryan/AJ from Smackdown, people who want blood feuds like Edge/Orton and this is supposed to appeal to kids too and I imagine a lot of kids find a bowling ball to the balls and a magic chicken leg funny.

I'm well aware what WWE is but there surely had to be some realm of believability? Under any construct you need to work within that universe. For awhile I was entertained by this but it's getting beyond ridiculous now.

At the age of 30 maybe my time has passed because during the McIntyre leaner mania match which came directly after the fun house match I thought if they are openly making fun of their product why would I give a ****.

RollieFingers

WWE "comedy" is the dirt-worst, total bottom of the barrel stuff.

LineOfBeauty

RollieFingers wrote: »

WWE "comedy" is the dirt-worst, total bottom of the barrel stuff.

Nothing like a racist stereotype gimmick to get the laughter flowing.

gerrybbadd

Sirsok wrote: »

Does the whole Vikings Profit segment not dilute the whole product. Like the Orton and Edge hard hitting real storyline followed a segment with a magic chicken leg, a dumpster monster and a ninja faction.

Don't get me wrong it wa good until it completely jumped the shark in that segment.

I've come around to the idea that WWE is simply entertainment. I took it for what it was, a skit, rather than a blood and guts, drag out affair. I resisted for the longest time, but if i want real wrestling, i'm not relying on WWE for that fix any more.

The Orton / Edge story was hard hitting for sure, but the piped in crowd noise and the virtual Fink etc took from it, for my tastes at least