1995, I was 4 turning 5. Man I feel old lol.
I feel ya, 30 in a couple months
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Yeah I agree. I donāt judge anyone who can watch his stuff. Iāve tried but honestly it makes me really sad.
Also thereās moments like his incredible ladder match with Jericho at the ā01 Rumble where he dived through the ropes and Jericho hits him with a full on unprotected chair shot to the head, and given what we know about the role concussion played in what happened later, thatās just a really hard watch.
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I hear ya, I like Wrestlemania but I never liked how modern WWE kind of determines everything around it. The obvious benefit is being it the biggest and most significant show but the whole year is kind of a slog with predictable results mostly.
There was bad Russo style booking, that should be said but I loved the ups and downs of Attitude Era/WCW. Youād probably never see a moment like that again in a PPV like Backlash, or even Bash at the Beach 1996.
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Modern WWE does seem to have a bit of an issue where the biggest stories can only pay off at Mania. Even Summerslamās primary role seems to be to get the ball rolling towards Mania.
This year very noticeably four long term title reigns ended at Mania. I donāt think thereās been four major title changes like that in a single year let alone one event since Triple H first got his hands on the main roster. And it serves not only to make Mania predictable but the rest of the year as well.
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In 2002, by stark comparison, the world title was changing hands at almost every PPV lol.
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Agree completely but I wouldnāt put it all on WWE/HHH. This is clearly the ācurrent fanā idea of build-up and storytelling. Losing is now āburiedā even if it was a controversial ending. AEW has made it worse with itās stupid rankings system. Losing has become toxic.
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I take your point completely. Itās very strange that fans wonāt tolerate a single loss with some wrestlers. Rock, Austin, Taker, Triple H, Iād have to go back and check the stats but Iām sure they all lost multiple PPV matches a year with the exception of Triple Hās reign of terror in 2003. It did them no harm and it added to their feuds as much as anything.
Austin lost an incredible match to Triple H between winning the 2001 Rumble and winning the title at WM X-Seven. Thatās just unthinkable now.
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Not quite a PPV but I watched a RAW recently in 1999 where Al Snow beat The Rock and did fuck all to The Rock lol.
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3 stages to Hell at No Way Out. Badboy match.
Austin too a legit loss but stunned him at the end, after the bell had gone 
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Yep. Same goes for The Hurricane and the Rock.
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Rock lost all the time on RAW and Smackdown lol. Imagine these guys having to watch that. They might collapse from sheer anger if their favourites went through that.
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Oh Jesus, if weāre counting tv, they lost all the time. It was the main way their feuds got furthered 
Thatās what gave us moments like this:
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Iāve been waiting for ages for them, the sooner the better for me
Sure. I think even though itās not a PPV, Iād rather they debuted on Friday at Smackdown than a Saudi show.
https://x.com/WWE/status/1793643364065120749
Announcing a SummerSlam 2 years in advance is bizarre but 2 nights should be fun.
https://x.com/TripleH/status/1793701796042482171
So weāre either looking at Randy v Cody or Gunther v Priest(?) at Summerslam.
Big fan of the former, not a fan of the latter.
Edit: Actually, I havenāt entertained the prospect of Gunther picking Sami.
Gunther wonāt pick Sami.
Should have announced that at the start of the tournament but itās good thereās some stakes on KOTR.
Also in the video Triple H explicitly said itās a World or WWE title opportunity so the secondary belts arenāt in it. He also said it will be for the winnerās brandās title so the tournament winner doesnāt pick a title to go for.
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Hilarious how they changed the rules at the last minute but it wrestling after all.
Hope Orton wins. Guntherās world title reign can wait.