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My sister's three favourite wrestlers are Dolph Ziggler, Finn Balor and Zack Ryder. She's almost had a stroke twice this week.

I was surprised Dolph won. I am actually looking forward to the match between him and Ambrose. I was so happy that Dean kept the title. I was sure that Rollins would capture it.

I think that's why it worked so well; very few people thought he would win, so it caught people out when he won.

All he needs to do now is turn heel and get another stable going like he had when he won the title. If he turns heel in Ambrose and wins, people will lose their shit.

What WWE needs to do, is turn Reigns heel. I was so glad in seeing him take the pin to Ambrose, Rollins and Valor. Though It's because he is being punished.

I really feel WWE truly is entering a new era 🙂 Now all we need is bikini competitions and we are truly set 😄

Originally posted by P-Geyser
What WWE needs to do, is turn Reigns heel. I was so glad in seeing him take the pin to Ambrose, Rollins and Valor. Though It's because he is being punished.

They should have turned him heel months ago. Who knows, now that he isn't the golden boy atm.

Originally posted by TheHulk
I really feel WWE truly is entering a new era 🙂 Now all we need is bikini competitions and we are truly set 😄

I don't know about you, but I don't wanna see Nia Jax in a bikini.

So it's only now that they put Reigns fighting for mid-card titles, after two years of people screaming that it was where he should have started.

Took your time, WWE.

hahaha

I'd be amazed if Ziggler didn't turn full heel at Summerslam. The Wyatt thing is interesting though.

Originally posted by -Pr-
So it's only now that they put Reigns fighting for mid-card titles, after two years of people screaming that it was where he should have started.

Took your time, WWE.

I am wondering how long his punishment will last. Wouldn't be surprised if he took a clean loss to Rusev..wouldn't be sad about it either.

I was surprised that Ziggler defeated Wyatt. I actually thought that somehow the match for the title, would turn out to be a triple threat.

Orton is going to get demolished by Lesnar...we can ALL see that one.

I honestly think that they will have Braun Strowman go to SD, to return to Bray and still have the Wyatt Family cause I don't think he will do good on his own..he needs the stable. In my opinion.

I think Strowman is done with the Wyatts, tbh. Once Harper comes back, we'll see a proper stable I think.

Doesn't anyone have any opinions on the WWE being sued by former wrestlers?

The concussion thing? I'm not surprised, but it is good to see them finally turning themselves around.

Bray may have ****ed his ankle up on Smackdown. Hopefully it was only a light sprain. I really want Ziggles to win at SS, and preferably by turning heel.

Yeah but this is wrestling and don't you know what you're getting into? I mean even if you were in wrestling back when even the general public had no idea it was fake..you'd learn real quick if you joined the WWF what the real deal was.

So if you chose to stay..isn't that on you? Remember this is a sport where people perform with injuries that..if suffered in another sport, would put them on the bench for the rest of the season. I mean Jimmy Snuka was leaping off the top of steel cages lol.

Originally posted by Surtur
Yeah but this is wrestling and don't you know what you're getting into? I mean even if you were in wrestling back when even the general public had no idea it was fake..you'd learn real quick if you joined the WWF what the real deal was.

So if you chose to stay..isn't that on you? Remember this is a sport where people perform with injuries that..if suffered in another sport, would put them on the bench for the rest of the season. I mean Jimmy Snuka was leaping off the top of steel cages lol.

Honestly, concussion research has come a long way in even the last decade or so, and even today wrestling still has something of a carny attitude to it. Take your point about being benched. A lot of guys can't afford that, because they don't get paid salaries. If you're Hulk Hogan, you're selling out arenas, but if you're Brutus Beefcake or Rick Martel? You're supporting your family.

I won't deny that a lot of wrestlers have been reckless over the years, but I think it also has to be considered that a lot of these people didn't genuinely know the toll it was taking on their bodies.

If Chris Benoit hadn't done what he did, would the WWE have turned things around the way it did? Hell, it took actual courts to get them to start testing their athletes for steroids.

If concussion research has come a long way why is that WWE's fault if they didn't know the dangers at the time? If they knew the dangers it would be one thing.

Nobody forced Chris Benoit to be doing flying friggin headbutts off the top rope day in and day out.

Originally posted by Surtur
If concussion research has come a long way why is that WWE's fault if they didn't know the dangers at the time? If they knew the dangers it would be one thing.

Nobody forced Chris Benoit to be doing flying friggin headbutts off the top rope day in and day out.

I do see your point, but I think it also has to be considered that WWE knew that the toll it was taking on the bodies of these athletes was causing massive amounts of addictions to things like alcohol, painkillers and the like.

They might not have known that it was the concussions in particular, but I don't believe they knew nothing was going on either. You only have to look at what the ravages of that profession did to the guys back then.

Nowadays, WWE will flat out stop you from competing if they even THINK you have a concussion, or that something else might be wrong. They didn't do the same for the multitude of wrestlers that are ****ed up now.

Sure, I'd believe some of them are only suing because they want a cash payout, but I do believe they have a point.

And the less said about Snuka the better, tbh.

The lawsuit against WWE is nonsense

Originally posted by -Pr-
I do see your point, but I think it also has to be considered that WWE knew that the toll it was taking on the bodies of these athletes was causing massive amounts of addictions to things like alcohol, painkillers and the like.

They might not have known that it was the concussions in particular, but I don't believe they knew nothing was going on either. You only have to look at what the ravages of that profession did to the guys back then.

Nowadays, WWE will flat out stop you from competing if they even THINK you have a concussion, or that something else might be wrong. They didn't do the same for the multitude of wrestlers that are ****ed up now.

Sure, I'd believe some of them are only suing because they want a cash payout, but I do believe they have a point.

And the less said about Snuka the better, tbh.

But if the WWE is now on top of their shit when it comes to these injuries then do they really have a point? They are shining a light on something that was already fixed.

Originally posted by Surtur
But if the WWE is now on top of their shit when it comes to these injuries then do they really have a point? They are shining a light on something that was already fixed.

The argument, presumably, is that they shouldn't have waited so long to fix it. People suffered because of it.