HBK Praise after watching his match vs. Y2J on RAW

[Guest JaKyL25]

The reasons I didn't like the match were because:

 

WHY would you put a submission on someone in the corner then have them fight to get in the middle of the ring?

Jericho did that so that Michaels had to crawl ALL THE WAY across the ring to get to the ropes (which he almost did). Plus, if HBK tried to power out, Jericho could just do that little swanky head-brace on the middle turnbuckle to push HBK back down.

 

HBK was far enough out towards the middle that he couldn't reach the two side ropes coming out of the turnbuckle Jericho was facing.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

How exactly did this put Jericho over?

[Guest justcoz]

For a free television match - I was impressed. I think it's smart to put on an old school slower paced match on television and save the big bumps for the people paying $30 each month and Michaels, as mentioned, still took some pretty sick bumps tonight. I sometimes honestly believe that this a mature HBK that's doing this for the business and not necessarily himself (although he knows he's damn good).

 

My one complaint... Why didn't this match take place in Montreal where Jericho could have got a face pop, HBK could have worked as a heel and the Highlight Reel/Montreal/Hitman bit would have had a purpose in setting up a match. Saving it for another two weeks would have been fine if even more angle development and buildup came with it but they did nothing to promote the match last week.

 

 

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[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

..and I liked this match more than their Mania match.

 

I mean, Shawn did his usual no-selling but in the end tapped out to Jerichos (limited) back work.

 

The problems with the match are moreso outside of it - The horrible announcing (gee Coach did you even WATCH their WM match? King? You were there! You didn't pick up on any similar spots?), the crowd (which is somewhat the fault of the match for having 3 too many 'rest periods'), the build up (or lack thereof), and of course the commercial break and the disadvantage of being a TV match surrounded by TV pacing... I thought the mat work at the beginning was good (Jericho totally carried this), it had some better spots (I dug Michaels' springboard), it just was at a somewhat slower pace (though not _that_ much slower, the factors above made it seem slower) and Jericho milked the crowd a lot more. The most impressive thing about it was Jerichos carry-job.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

It should have ended with a Sharpshooter, if they wanted to play up on WHY they were fighting in the first place...

 

"Oh but that was 2 weeks ago! So long ago... I can barely remember it... now, where's Sable???? Oh don't worry baby, the wife is getting dropped on her head right about now.." - Vince McMahon

[Guest Askewniverse]

It should have ended with a Sharpshooter, if they wanted to play up on WHY they were fighting in the first place...

I agree with you, but let's not kid ourselves. HBK probably wouldn't agree to tap out to a Sharpshooter, especially if it's being used by a graduate of the Dungeon.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Or Jericho didn't want to cause he knew of HBK's history with the move

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

I not very Christian, but jesus christ does HBK coming down with all those crosses flinging around and then doing his stripper routine come across a lil sacreligious?

[Guest Choken One]

But he says a Prayer as he kneels...So I guess that makes it even

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

In Public.

 

For everyone to see.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Which is also a no-no, biblically speaking.

[Guest Anglesault]

Which is also a no-no, biblically speaking.

It is?

 

Well, I'm damned to hell.

[Guest Choken One]

What? People Pray in public ALL the times...

[Guest RollingSambos]

He has faith, which is more important than following a fucking wives' tale. It's a BOOK, okay? People wrote it, not God, and it's been edited about 1,004 times for the convenience of various power structures.

 

On behalf of Shawn Michaels: lick my nuts, morality police.

[Guest Just call me Dan]

Barron- Wasn't that match at the Survivor Series of 2002 between Trish and Victoria? I ay be wrong, but women's matches (even good ones such as that) tend to be a blur. Perhaps it was on a RAW.

 

The match was a little slow, and I wish they had helped the commercial break by teasing a Shawn tap then and then cutting out, making the at home crowd rweally anticipate the return. the match was a little slow, but I agree with justcoz about matches needing to be slowed a bit on free TV. No **** affair, but a good ***1/2 , IMO. I liked it, but it was not a match of the year candidate. Shawn held his own and can easily work well with the top guys on RAW, which is a lot better than I can say for many others.

[Guest ViciousFish]

OK about the complaing that Y2J had to use interferance to beat HBK, no heel ever wins completely clean. Whenever a heel gets any kind of big win there's always interferance, cheating of some sort or a chair.

 

The only way Y2J was beating HBK clean was if he was a face, which he isn't.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.... But thou, when thou prayestm enter into they closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray for thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

 

Mathew 6:5

 

I don't think I have to point out the homosexual link to this either, do I?

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Which is also a no-no, biblically speaking.

It just says that it's better to do personal prayers in private than in public and not to do a personal prayer in public to make yourself look good.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

"no heel ever wins completely clean"

 

You sure you want to stand by that statement?

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

He has faith, which is more important than following a fucking wives' tale. It's a BOOK, okay? People wrote it, not God, and it's been edited about 1,004 times for the convenience of various power structures.

 

On behalf of Shawn Michaels: lick my nuts, morality police.

Doesn't he read that book every single day?

[Guest bob_barron]

Barron- Wasn't that match at the Survivor Series of 2002 between Trish and Victoria? I ay be wrong, but women's matches (even good ones such as that) tend to be a blur. Perhaps it was on a RAW.

 

The match was a little slow, and I wish they had helped the commercial break by teasing a Shawn tap then and then cutting out, making the at home crowd rweally anticipate the return. the match was a little slow, but I agree with justcoz about matches needing to be slowed a bit on free TV. No **** affair, but a good ***1/2 , IMO. I liked it, but it was not a match of the year candidate. Shawn held his own and can easily work well with the top guys on RAW, which is a lot better than I can say for many others.

Trish and Victoria had three hardcore one on one matches.

 

The hardcore match was the week LOD came back.

[Guest ViciousFish]

"no heel ever wins completely clean"

 

You sure you want to stand by that statement?

OK.....revision...no heel except Crips ever wins completely clean....especially on free TV

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Do those heels "go and get over" when they do so? Why couldn't Flair and Orton came in afterwards?

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

"no heel ever wins completely clean"

 

You sure you want to stand by that statement?

OK.....revision...no heel except Crips ever wins completely clean....especially on free TV

 

Kurt Angle anyone?

[Guest Askewniverse]

"no heel ever wins completely clean"

 

You sure you want to stand by that statement?

OK.....revision...no heel except Crips ever wins completely clean....especially on free TV

Kurt Angle beat Chris Benoit cleanly at Royal Rumble.

 

EDIT: Mulatto Heat beat me to it.

[Guest Just call me Dan]

This may be a off subject, but did anyone else find it as odd as I did when Lesnar and Cena first met on Smackdown LESNAR used the exposed turnbuckle built up the whole match and got the pin almost as a direct result of it? That always seemed REALLY unecessary seeing how his pushes go to me.

[Guest bob_barron]

Kurt Angle also beat Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio 100% clean on free tv

[Guest Choken One]

Why is EVERY HBK related thread boils back into a "Religon" debate?

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Cause he was wearing some really faggy crosses today?

[Guest ViciousFish]

Kurt Angle also beat Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio 100% clean on free tv

Ummm....my only possible answer is to say that Angle is the reincarnation of Christ and hope that'll save me