The OAO 8/18/05 SD thread!

[SuperJerk 0]

Or how about not scripting things that he would normally not say in these situations. Hes not a damn actor. Stupid WWE.

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That too.

[The Mandarin 0]

Benoit-Orton was dick.

 

If you contest that fact in the next 45 minutes, I will tape that match and tell you why it was, in fact, dick.

 

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The rest of SD sucked too.

[CanadianChick 0]

So, is Christian becoming a cruiserweight? That'd be hilarious...

[Guest Rrrsh]

He went from bragging about going toe to toe with the World Champ to getting his ass kicked by 3 undercarders.

 

Heh.

[AndrewTS 0]

Benoit-Orton was dick.

 

If you contest that fact in the next 45 minutes, I will tape that match and tell you why it was, in fact, dick.

 

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The rest of SD sucked too.

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I'm late, but could you please tell me why it was dick?

[Internet Warfare 0]

Who else thinks SmackDown needs a new Intro Video. The current one bugs the hell out of me.

[CanadianChick 0]

Who else thinks SmackDown needs a new Intro Video. The current one bugs the hell out of me.

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I concur. It's tacky as hell and really shows that SD is a B-Show. It's the little things people!

[Golgo 13 0]

They never should've gotten rid of the old black and white intro from back when Steph and then Heyman were running the show.

[Exslade ZX 0]

He went from bragging about going toe to toe with the World Champ to getting his ass kicked by 3 undercarders.

 

Heh.

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Am I the only one who thinks it was more then simply "getting his ass kicked by 3 undercarders"?

 

I mean, the guy fought back for what seemed like 5 minutes straight. Seemed sort of like he was on the upper end..even though yea, he did get his ass beat.

 

And can anyone explain to me why they had Christian put his feet up on the couch? I thought that was dangerous as hell. If Super Crazy had miscalculated the moonsault,and landed on Christian's legs...well, they would have bent the opposite way and he would have been fucked.

 

Oh, and Psicosis' legdrop sucks now.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

They never should've gotten rid of the old black and white intro from back when Steph and then Heyman were running the show.

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Yeah, the "rap" intro was great, and really did a good job of differentiating between SD & Raw. They never should have changed it.

[jester 0]

Okay, the Smackdown thread the day after the show amounts to TWO PAGES.

 

Let's be generous and add the pre-Smackdown spoiler and non-spoiler threads. That brings it up to a mighty five pages.

 

When I started posting on this board, a Smackdown thread alone would be at least 15-20.

 

If smark interest is dying, just imagine casual interest.

 

Every now and then you see these posts that say "That's it! I'm done with WWE! Never coming back!" but they shouldn't be the concern for Vinnie.

 

He should be worried about those fans that just quietly and without realizing it, find themselves doing other things when WWE programming is on, and slowly fade as a fan.

 

Because that's exactly what's happening here.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

And its only 2 pages cause I post whored hoping to strike up a conversation on page one

[Guest news_gimmick]

The show is completely unwatchable, even after I record it on to DVD and watch it(I refuse to watch it live). Tonights show was no different, I watched maybe half of it if that. This new "direction" of the shows this past month has been brutal.

 

 

Tom

[Black Lushus 0]

I, too, would like to know why Benoit/Orton was dick? It wasn't the best, but it wasn't too bad considering the past few Raws and Smackdowns...

[AndrewTS 0]

DEAN's comix for this week:

 

http://deathvalleydriver.com/comix/81851.jpg

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http://deathvalleydriver.com/comix/81853.jpg

 

I taped the last hour of SD, and I was surprised how little he embellished Simon Dean, Cruiser Killer. There he was, Nova in a stupid exercise guru gimmick, racking Rey and punching the crap out of him.

 

Yeah, smark interest in SD has really died out, but remember that casual viewers probably aren't checking or thinking to check SD spoilers, either.

[Aero 0]

For the first time in months, I chose not to read the spoilers, so the show actually seemed a little more interesting than usual. I thought Benoit-Orton was a good enough match. "WOWWWWWWWW" was quite bad, though. I think it would've been better to just pull an Orton and just smile.

 

I really feel bad for Christian. He comes out to a great ovation in his hometown, and he gets beaten down by the MEXICOOLS?! I just read on 411mania.com that he's been unhappy with WWE pulling the plug on his 'push', and how can anyone disagree with him? He gets bigger pops occasionally than half the roster and then gets jobbed out each and every week. It was bad enough being fed to Batista three times so far (not that Christian should win, but the match is pointless), but last night was rediculous. He'd better be getting some sort of revenge next week.

[Black Lushus 0]

I dunno, I think they made Christian look pretty damn strong the way he was fighting the Mexicools off for a good while...perhaps this is his official face turn?

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

I'd have watched, but SD was pre-empted due to a Phillies game. The show will air on Saturday @ 5PM, instead.

[Guest wildpegasus]

Thoughts on Benoit vs Orton

 

 

It was good to pretty good but a ways off from their classic Raw match of last year.

 

 

They did a good job at the beginning at keeping things interesting with the mat wrestling. The flow here was good but not great. One nice moment had Orton using the reff break on the ropes to get Benoit back into the headlock. Their timing was also pretty good on the armdrags. The beginning part of the match actually went on for quite a long time.

 

 

Orton took over with a two part move for the "first" real control segment. He ends up hitting Benoit with a face first DDT while Benoit's feet are on the middle ropes. Devestating move and they treat it as such right away as Benoit's actually in trouble right off the bat just managing to put his foot on the ropes.

 

 

Benoit mostly fought back here with his intense brawling which of course I always like. Orton went for his Canadian backbreaker into a neckbreaker spot but couldn't get Benoit up so he just goes for a wicked DDT. I don't know if it's just because he's facing Benoit who loves to take more than his share of punishment but Orton was better here than he was in the past at having convincing offence in the heel control segment portion of the matches.

 

 

The switch back to offence for Benoit was a highlight of a match. Orton does the irish whip shot of Benoit into the turnbuckles where he gets the extra oomph on the move by going down to the mat (ala HHH vs Benoit). However, Benoit comes/collapses out of the turnbuckle and hits Orton with a headbutt with his weakened neck. Great, innovative spot and both are down for the count of 10.

 

Finisher time. They do the brawling exchange that Orton always does in his matches and go from there. This segment was pretty good but too short as Jordan comes down and interferes.

 

Overall, it was a pretty good little match. The flow was good but not super like in their Raw match from last year and the ending was a little too short for my likings but I assume that's partly because they weren't doing a PPV match where they kick out of all their finishers. The middle felt a little short too probably due to the length of the mat wrestling in the beginning.

 

 

Watch it and have fun. That's what it's all about.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

I dunno, I think they made Christian look pretty damn strong the way he was fighting the Mexicools off for a good while...perhaps this is his official face turn?

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Grasp away.