[quote name='GhostShark']Man, these Slurpee and Super Big Gulp cups are awesome.[/QUOTE]
Yup. They barely even advertise the Super Big Gulps, but they're very similar to what they had last year when SummerSlam came here. I only got Edge's last year, but I plan to get them all this year. I mean, the Slurpee cups are shiny and have moving pictures on them. I've picked up the Edge Super Big Gulp as well as the Triple H and Undertaker Slurpee cups. Neither the two locations I went to here in MoVal nor the one I went to in LA have had the straws, though.
Has anyone else added the Hulk Hogan fan page at
http://www.facebook.com/hulkhogan? Go to it, click "Like", then go to the Hulk Up tab. You can add Hogan bandannas, sunglasses, mustaches, hair, trunks, and title belts to pictures of people. I made one of myself and did some for a few friends.
On to actual wrestling stuff: I cannot recommend that PWG 7th anniversary show enough. The DVD will be out in a couple months. I don't tend to use star ratings often, but I will here. Not one match was below *** (Sabin match; some would rate it more highly) and the Davey Richards vs. Chris Hero world title match and Young Bucks vs. Cutler Brothers vs. London & Generico in the Guerrilla Warfare match were both at least ****1/2. Both those title matches were match of the year candidates.
There was stuff like the Cutlers doing a double tombstone onto a chair, countless crazy dives into the crowd, and the Young Bucks doing their handspring back rake (yeah, really) and using an actual metal rake (yeah, really!) to execute it. Then there were the many stiff shots in the world title match, and stuff like Roderick Strong choking Danielson with a tie (fans chant: "You are fired!") followed by Danielson doing it (fans: "You are hired!) and a "
Michael Cole!" chant.
Here's a decent recap, if you ignore some of the smarmy comments the guy made:
http://declarationofindependents.ne...p=104064&sid=98384247a0d03aefe9c2e3e64b987161
I have the pictures up on my Facebook if you're my friend on there (if anyone who doesn't have me on their list wants to add me, which I doubt, PM me) or you can see them at this link:
pwgseven pictures by redjed2 - Photobucket
But if I am your Facebook friend, check 'em out there and leave a comment!
I'm just worried about the injury that kept Alex Shelley off the show, since I can't find much info on it.
Somewhat related question, since some ROH guys were on the PWG show: Does anyone else here watch ROH on HDNet? I don't know how many providers carry HDNet besides DirecTV. The show is usually 55 minutes with one or two very brief commercials and almost all wrestling.
The thing is, though, you only get a taste of what the real ROH experience is like. Their 2 shows on WrestleMania weekend in Phoenix were fantastic and better than WrestleMania on the whole. They just announced that at Glory By Honor IX (internet PPV) on September 11th, Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin are coming to ROH to challenge tag team champions "The Kings of Wrestling" Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli.
Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure Claudio's purple KOW shirt infringes on some sort of copyright relating to the logo of everyone's favorite NHL team. I couldn't find a better pic than this first one, and the second one is the red version he sells on his site. Links for both, since I'm writing enough words and don't need huge pictures taking up more space:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...1241437174669_1791514058_476119_7545037_n.jpg
http://www.claudiocastagnoli.com/p/fan-shop.html
In TNA news, it was announced that August 12th on Impact, the matches "originally slated for Hard Justice" will take place on free TV:
http://www.tnastars.com/2010/08/02/spike-tv-announces-free-pay-per-view-lineup/
Matches showcased on Aug. 12 include:
TNA champ Rob Van Dam vs. Abyss.
Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle vs. The Phenomenal AJ Styles.
TNA Knockouts champ Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love.
TNA tag champs Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) vs. Beer Money (Robert Roode and Tennessee Cowboy James Storm).
The Pope D’Angelo Dinero vs. The Blueprint Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson.
Ink Inc. (Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal) vs. Generation Me (Jeremy and Max Buck).
The Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy’s open challenge.
And now, on to
Raw:
Edge vs. Barrett worked to further Edge's current storyline as well as that of The Nexus, but it still made Barrett look like a pussy, even if he was being beaten by a 9 time world champion. But I guess that's part of the point. I found it funny how, after the match, Edge apparently couldn't see Cena standing right down the hallway in his bright orange shirt and had to ask everyone where Cena was.
I don't hate Eve, but seeing Gail Kim and Natalya come out to Eve's music and play supporting roles while Eve has just come off a title run made me sad. The match sucked, but I was happy to see Melina back. But man... Alicia Fox's scissor kick is as ugly as she is beautiful.
I was really surprised that Sheamus's history with Goldust was mentioned. Of course, they omitted the fact that Goldust was the first man to pin Sheamus (only Triple H and Evan Bourne have done it otherwise, if I recall correctly, and Bourne's pinfall was in a tag match) but that makes sense, and the whole thing showed how much he's improved in kayfabe.
The Cena vs. Jericho match was good, as I expected, and the finish was... different. Edge and Jericho making up so quickly was stupid, but I can't complain much about probably my 2 favorite wrestlers on Raw working together. I expect to see them back in the 7 on 7 match, but maybe they're just going to replace them with 2 babyfaces. My guesses would be Mark Henry and Evan Bourne. Edge and Jericho could challenge the The Hart Dynasty (absent from this show) for the tag titles, but I'd rather see Edge and Jericho as singles.
The match next week... I don't know. I love Bret Hart, but he can't wrestle anymore. Although it was a shitty match, I felt that Bret beating Vince McMahon at WM XXVI would have been a perfect ending to his career. Then he had his last match in Canada and won the US title. Okay, then. Granted, he won't have to do much in a tag match (and even less at the PPV) but I hope he's done after SummerSlam, both for reasons I mentioned already as well as the fact that I would once again be able to say I saw his last match in person.
So does anyone actually read through all this? I put this line down here to see if anyone would notice it. I always read every word of every post in the wrestling thread.
I find it amusing that Michael Cole, when reading e-mails from the GM on his laptop, actually, noticeably, reads from note cards. Myke pointed that out, I see, but I was hoping I wasn't the only one who noticed that.
Ted DiBiase got his ass whooped. I know they're trying to make Khali look good, but it shouldn't come at the expense of a guy like DiBiase. I know Ted's got a lot of room to improve, but they keep going hot/cold with his push and that doesn't help matters whatsoever.
Orton vs. Miz was a good 10 minute match. Not much else to say about that one, really. It went about how I expected it to go.
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I'm not sure what's up with SummerSlam. As a ticket holder, I'm worried that they only have 3 matches announced so far (haven't read spoilers for Friday) and one features a guy who's selling (kind of) a serious ankle injury, and the elimination match no longer has the full lineup set.
I'm guessing we'll see Kofi vs. Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship. I did expect Miz vs. Bourne for the US Championship, but they haven't gone further with that and Bourne may end up in the main event by my hypothesis from earlier.
The Hart Dynasty wasn't even on Raw, but I could see them defending against Jericho & Edge if those 2 aren't put back on Team WWE, or I guess against the Usos or Santino & Kozlov? Some combination of Christian/Matt Hardy/Drew McIntyre/Cody Rhodes would make sense. If Punk's healed, Punk vs. Big Show would be an obvious choice. But where would that all leave Swagger?
It's anyone's guess at this point, but it would be criminal to see my 3 favorite WWE wrestlers- the 3 best heels in the company- Edge, Jericho, and Punk, left off the show. Oh, and Miz, too, as far as top heels (plus he's the MITB holder and US Champion). Swagger's been pretty involved in the main event scene on Smackdown, too.
Well, I think that's all. This may be the longest post I have ever written on here. I hope it was worth reading, if anyone does/did read it.