NEWM Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The 5 on 5 tag match a la Survivor Series '87 & '88 is yet more internet fan pleasing from 2016 WWE. I'm looking forward to it, of course, but this last year or so feels like an endless stream of fan service to the '1990-child, 1998-teenager, 2003-Internet malcontent, 2010s-somehow didn't abandon the product' section of the audience. Which, you know, I'm part of, so mint. Â Good show. I could pick through stuff I still don't like about either Raw or Smackdown, but I'm generally very pro-WWE since th Brand Split. I'm really enjoying the overall product and still not yet drowning in the PPVs. Smackdown still feels...lighter which I prefer, but AJ Styles is in my mind the top champion in the company, so he legitimises the brand more for me. Both shows crying out for a top level babyface instead of the top guy with the belt being a 2016 heelface, but then again, that's probably what you get for your aforementioned fan service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted October 12, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2016 Smackdown really is such an easier watch these days as compared to Raw. I don't have much love for Ambrose or Wyatt and it's still a more enjoyable time. It seems to flow very easily whether it's one of their good or bad episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Smackdown really is such an easier watch these days as compared to Raw. I don't have much love for Ambrose or Wyatt and it's still a more enjoyable time. It seems to flow very easily whether it's one of their good or bad episodes. Forgot about Wyatt. He is the *worst*, and currently is the wrestler to most earn my seething indifference. But then Jericho and Matt Hardy have had that award in my heart for years, so there's always time for a turnaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 That Styles Clash looked brutal. It's one of the few moves where you put your chin up instead of down and Ellsworth seemed to change his mind half way through, hopefully he's alright. Â Edit: Â If you go to 1:11 you can see he lifts his chin and then brings it back down. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Styles/Ellsworth was a great segment. Match of the year contender. Superb work from all three guys involved. When Ambrose let go of Ellsworth on the ramp and he just collapsed, I LOL'd.  Yeah I cracked up at that bit too. I liked Ambrose just popping out of the ring for a drink too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted October 12, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2016 That Styles Clash was terrifying. Thank fuck one of both of them realised his chin was tucked at the last second, he looks to change his mind and AJ didn't land as hard as he usually does, otherwise that would've been another broken neck. Â I wonder if this will result in the Styles Clash being phased out. It still blows my mind that guys tuck their chin though. I know you're trained to instinctively do so when taking almost every other move, but after so many accidents, if AJ was ever setting me up for it that's the only thing I'd be thinking about. Don't tuck your chin, don't tuck your chin, you don't want a broken neck. Â Other than that, it was a super fun segment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Benno Posted October 12, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2016 See, this is why the Styles Clash is so dangerous. It's utterly careless and unprofessional to be asking someone to take it who doesn't have a chin to tuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPumaPants Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 If that Clash had broken the guys neck, no one is at fault except that guy. What was he thinking? By lifting his chin he showed that he knows what to do...and yet changed his mind and decided he'd rather be paralysed...idiot. Â Aside from that, anyone taking the Styles Clash wrong is an idiot. AJ has been doing it for so long, everyone knows what it is. It's not difficult to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 12, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2016 See, this is why the Styles Clash is so dangerous. It's utterly careless and unprofessional to be asking someone to take it who doesn't have a chin to tuck. Was just thinking all this talk of chins is harsh on the chinless wonder. Was painful to watch at the time. I think he's very lucky AJ got so much height on it as it gave him time to lift slightly and nut the mat instead of the worst outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony1234 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The Styles clash was frightening after what has gone down before, thought Ellsworth was gone there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 12, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2016 Ambrose is absolutely amazing as ref in that match. So much fun. That clash certainly wasn't fun to watch, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Someone like Ellsworth who is very much an amatuer thrust into the spotlight, there must be a millions things going through his mind when Styles had him set up in the clash. Looked like he was caught in two minds and has luckily escaped without injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambulance Chaser Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 What a fucking segment that AJ/Ellsworth stuff was, such fun, after the original final deletion this might be a close second this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 What happened to Curt Hawkins grand debut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The Ellsworth match more-or-less summed up why I'm still a Dean Ambrose fan, he was in his element there. The physical comedy in that first couple minutes was fantastic, I was upset there was no sound for it due to ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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