Damien Barling: Real Time Thoughts From Survivor Series
These are a series of random, real time thoughts that popped in my head while I watched WWE's Survivor Series over the weekend:
- So Natalia pinned Sasha Banks. Sasha Banks one of the biggest stars in the company, pinned by a woman who wasn't originally in the match? Then was eliminated herself 30 seconds later? Ok then.
- Nia Jax. Built up to be a dominate monster. Taps ok. Ok then.
- The rapid pins and eliminations don't allow a story to be told.
- Wrestling without stories is just guys in costumes pretending to hit each other.
- Why does the WWE insist on saying Sami Zayn looks like a paperboy.
- The paperboy arrives at 4am. Who knows what their paperboy looks like?
- Who still has a paperboy?
- Who the hell still gets a paper?
- WWE stars should be built up as larger-than-life figures. Not paperboys.
- The finish to the The Miz Zayn match was awful. It didn't make Miz look good, it made Sami Zayn look stupid.
- The New Day is on their way to setting a record for the longest tag team title reign in history.
- They were pinned. Really early.
- American Alphas are the most dynamic tag team on the main roster.
- WWE doesn't know this.
- The Revival and Johnny Gragano and Tommaso Ciampas put on the best tag match you'll see for a very long time.
- I like the color purple more than I like what WWE has done with the Cruiserweight division.
- The Spanish Fly off the ring apron!!! MY GOODNESS!!!
- A disqualification finish. In a title match. WWE hates its fans.
- By the way, did you see Sinsuke Nakamura's entrance at Takeover? Incredible. Nakamura could main event Wrestlemania tomorrow and be seen as a bigger star than anyone outside of John Cena and Brock Lesnar.
- Speaking of entrances… Bobby Rhoode. GLORIOUS!!!!
- Creative way to get Braun Strohman out of the match. I like it. You had to know he wouldn't be pinned.
- Ellsworth trips running away like a big boobed, white girl in the woods in a cheesy horror movie.
- Dean Ambrose pinned before Shane McMahon.
- Chris Jericho pinned before Shane McMahon.
- Shane McMahon is rocking the USA Jordan 31's. Very nice.
- Oh boy. That spear Shane took was super scary. He was out. Real life. He was gone.
- Shane getting hurt has taken the crowd out of the match.
- Doesn't help that everybody has the feeling Roman Reigns is gonna Hulk up and pin everyone.
- Has this match been on an hour?
- THE SHIELD!!!!!! THE SHIELD!!!!!
- I think the crowd accidental cheered for Reigns.
- I forgot Randy Orton was a bad guy.
- I still love the RKO. And that was a great RKO
- Roman pinned as the final guy on the Raw team. Smackdown wins a very long, and pretty eventful, 10 man tag.
- That match was 57 minutes.
- Time for Goldberg Lesnar.
- SPEAR!!!!!
- Good start… I like the way they're making Goldberg…. HOLY S**T!!!!
- WHAT THE ^#*T#*@Y#*&@#&*@T&!%*@##($)!)($U$($!!!!!!!!!!!!
- IT'S NOT OVER.
- SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN.
- IT'S OVER.
- Brock Lesnar hadn't been pinned in 3 years.
- That match was 85 seconds.
