Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) I watched it until Flair's entrance and while I was dreading him bleeding all over the place, seeing how old and fucked he looked just walking to the ring made me tag out.  I hate excessive blood at the best of times, but the thought was too much. I was genuinely expecting to wake up today to read he was back in hospital or dead, so at least that's something. The undercard was really good I thought, just a shame the crowd was so dead for all of it. Also loved the announce team and JCP notalgic presentation. Definitely need to see more of Jacob Fatu v Josh Alexander and really hope the rumours of Bandido signing with Impact are true. (Very underrated Lawler backstage promo too. "This young man here".) Edited August 1, 2022 by garynysmon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWOLeN Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) How good was Jeff Jarrett!? Hook him up with Edge’s or Triple H’ TRT doctor and he could look like a million bucks again for one final WWE run. Feed him to Roman in Saudi Arabia. Flair looked a lot better in those Jay Lethal training vids. I think he overtrained and was actually hurt before the show. It was what it was. He’s 73. Give him a break. This was just a spectacle to fund his retirement account / survival. Conrad is a good man. That AAA match was great. Also, didn’t Taker completely ignore DDP when coming to his seat!? Also, why didn’t they book Dustin Rhodes and did anyone see David Flair? Edited August 1, 2022 by LWOLeN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted August 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 hour ago, LWOLeN said: Also, didn’t Taker completely ignore DDP when coming to his seat!? Dude did stalk his wife though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members BomberPat Posted August 2, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2022 13 hours ago, Infinity Land said: Watched the entrances and the first couple of minutes. Then skipped to the "hot tag" at the end. The one were Ric slithers under the bottom and eventually manages a crawl on top of Lethal. Before the wrestling equivalent of 'Weekend at Bernies' took place. That "hot tag" might genuinely be the worst thing I've ever seen in a wrestling match, but bless Andrade for making sure he reached over the top rope and made a legal hand-to-hand tag, while Ric just had his hand dangling over the bottom rope. Especially as the ref had been bumped, and earlier in the match Flair just got in the ring and started wrestling without a tag and Chioda just treated him as the legal man regardless because fuck it, it makes his life easier. Andrade was a really fun babyface all match, but Jarrett was a star. Every bit of heat, every bit of drama, every fun bit of business, all stemmed from him. That was just a walking advertisement for any other aging veterans that there's someone out there that can walk you through a passable match safely, do all the work, and still put you over at the end. I bet Hogan's rifling through his Filofax trying to find Double J's number right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 2, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2022 While I hope we never see Flair anywhere near a wrestling ring again, I really hope they produce these "Jim Crockett" shows every year. With thousands of fans in town for Starrcast anyway, and with Conrad being the shill that he is, it feels like a no brainer to bring together non-WWE companies for a supercard of some sort. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 47 minutes ago, garynysmon said: While I hope we never see Flair anywhere near a wrestling ring again, I really hope they produce these "Jim Crockett" shows every year. With thousands of fans in town for Starrcast anyway, and with Conrad being the shill that he is, it feels like a no brainer to bring together non-WWE companies for a supercard of some sort. Â It depends on the expectations. Originally this was supposed to be at the Fairgrounds. So they weren't expecting much. Would help to have the right event to piggyback off as well. As this was certainly an attraction, but Summerslam was the draw. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 2, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2022 Well in fairness Starrcast always piggy backs onto another event anyway. I wouldn't mind seeing another DDP match, he looks great for 66! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyUK Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just pleased he survived the damn thing. Luckily I already knew he was alright before I watched it and it was nice to see his entrance etc. but yeah, he did not look good and nobody needs to see any 73 years olds get in the ring again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeRobertsParoleOfficer Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I get it Andy about 73 however Chic Donovan is 75, still going and looks amazing This was him a few months ago. And the match, whilst no Savage vs Steamboat wm3, is more than passable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Looks like the kinda guy who's going out there trying to kill himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 3, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 3, 2022 Surprised that Chic wasn't offered an NXT contract after HHH was booted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted August 3, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 3, 2022 I'm not saying any wrestler of Flair's age should be wrestling, but there are guys around his age and older that were/are able to wrestle without passing out and spending half the match looking like they can't even stand. I'm going to assume most of them aren't chronic alcoholics with pacemakers, only a few years of being on a dialysis machine and at death's door, and most of them aren't blading and trying to work thirty minute main events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I made the mistake of downloading Jarret's latest podcast, it's not even him but some annoying fans talking about the match being "good, actually". You can hear them convincing themselves that it wasn't a complete shitshow with a guy looking like a zombie from the moment he walked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted August 3, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 3, 2022 Chic is what Flair sees in his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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