So I've seen the idea being floated around that Brock is going to interfere on Sunday because of the Saudi show. What do you guys think about this?

I'll be pissed if they cut AJ/Seth short. Now that the match is happening, I just want it to really happen, I don't want a short preview and then Brock comes in and fucks shit up. I don't think they'll get a better build in current WWE than right now, as they never build long-term things great.

The Triple Threat does sound fine on paper with Seth/AJ/Brock but it ruins this match to book it, and it's a Saudi show where the matches usually go shorter than expected, shit crowd and I'm not in any rush to see Brock back in the Title scene again.

 

You know, this entire time, I've felt that it's too small of a show to give away Rollins/Styles on a show like MITB, and especially during a time in which the product is very much struggling thanks to Vince. Maybe this is their way out of it, and saving the match for SummerSlam, or even WM. The false advertising aspect of it would suck for us, but I really do think this match deserves to have it's first match at a show like SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, or WM. So, while part of me would obviously hate the false advertising aspect of it for sure, part of me would be happy about it. But at the same time, it can piss off fans. So, I don't know. This company makes things so difficult at times when they don't have to be.



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To be fair, they also did the huge Shield triple threat match at Battleground lol, a B PPV, so they could do any match, anywhere, anytime.

I'm only saying this cos I'm hoping Brock doesn't show up cos fuck him, we don't need his ass in the title scene when Seth is just getting going on his reign.

 

Man, this match is alot better than I remember it being. Definitely worth a rewatch.

 

I love this match. That had the first Shield reunion style moment since they'd split up so everybody went nuts for it :lol Fun match, but Randy seemed a bit out of place with Seth, Mox and Roman though haha. He was basically there to take a triple powerbomb and eat the pin, LOL.

 

LOL well as long as they don't fuck it up like they did to Mox :lol

And I'd like to see heel Seth on his own without any Authority or authority figure looming over him. That was what ruined his heel run for me slightly, the constant Triple H, Stephanie, Kane, J&J Security etc getting in the way.

And yeah that moment in the fatal 4 way after the powerbomb still makes me laugh to this day :lmao Seth's face when he puts his arms around Mox & Roman, then their expressions just change and he shits himself LOL

 

Warning veryyyy long post and it's not a positive one , sorry for the negativity, but after being blown away by Rollins' performance and character work in the house show I went to, I need to rant about the shitty version of him they give us on TV.

Thing is , they dont need to turn him heel, just don't restrain him.and make him edgy. Vince needs to understand that his style of writing the babyface doesnt work. It's not working for seth , it's not working for AJ, it hurts to say but they bore me.
Last year seth was so cool, he was like a comic book character , with all his great matches and his attitude in everything. And I was like , damn just the way he enters the ring screams charisma. AJ in 2016 was basically also a super hero like character he was so surreal like they just took him straight out of a comics but less edgy than Rollins.
Now the characters they are playing are just flat...nothing...Nada!
You see when I see the pictures with seth and lita/trish I am like, look how they fit here!? Do something make him edgy, bring back the laugh of seth Rollins, pleaseeee give him some freedom on the microphone! He is GOOD when he just talks without any restraint. Let him work on his character himself here and there,
Like the guy's finisher is him stomping the fucking head of his opponent and I am supposed to believe he is some crowd pandering babyface that cuts promos all the time? The dude that assaulted drew with a chair and destroyed him like he is a freak? The guy that low blowed the heel out of Lesnar and beat his ass with 3 curbstomp, I am supposed to stand there and watch him do boring promo so he can throw "burn it down" in it ?


I have been to house shows before , I was in the house show in France, the character they are making seth play on TV is a tragedy! The guy is a charisma monster! On the house show he was like some kind bold of electricity jumping everywhere , mocking his opponent , running to the fans to do high five before doing a move because he is the fucking beast slayer , he is cocky arrogant and issnt scared of anyone! He was doing the suck it dx thing before hitting a wonderfull frogslpash and everyone went absolutely nut.
Why in the FUCKING sky cant they have this guy go all that on TV? It's not offensive, it is pg but it makes him look like a star! Idk is great in the ring , looks good ! Throw lita and trish as his managers/valet for the big matches , how fucking cool would that be? I am sure they would love it anyway! Make him have that damn edge! And then you make him beat Lesnar AGAIN and have the commentators reminds everyone every single second, here is the only guy to beat Lesnar twice! Or it wont have ANY impact! He doesnt feel more like a star after beating Lesnar! He is losing to FUCKING Corbin! On free TV....

Like the product is so stale it's not even funny, there is no idea nothing , nothing to make me stick to it. They are barely advertising a styles vs Rollins, why? Why on earth?! Why arent they giving him the big push they gave Roman with actual huge storylines revolving around him?
They barely promoted his match with Lesnar, they are doing the same with his match with styles! He feels like an afterthought not a star instead of doing everything to build rlins as the biggest deal they are preoccupied about over exposing Roman on both shows with the wild card crap, giving us a shitty rivalry with Elias and humiliating the revival on TV.
That's my rant, Rollins is the champion and I still dont care about the product. Vince needs to fucking go! I cant stand his stupid bland tasteless take on wrestling anymore , and his conception of seth Rollins SUCKS! give the kid's booking to Paul Heyman!

 

Barring any shenanigans, I'm really looking forward to this match tonight. For the first time in the Title's history, I genuinely feel excited for a Universal Title match. I haven't felt this way since the Title's inception and we had Balor & Seth fighting over it. It's been so long since we had a storyline/feud that felt like it was actually for the fans over this title. It's about damn time.

Hopefully the event is a fun time, I could see this match and the Men's MITB match being good, but I'm worried about everything else. I do agree there should have been more hype around a match of this calibre, but it's happening now so I'm going to make the most of it. I feel like I'm a lot more stoked after waking up today and realising it's taking place tonight.

:banderas

It's kind of surreal to see this picture for me still. They've been kept away from each other for so long, and when you've been asking for something for so long, you kind of don't believe it when it happens. That is sort of what I'm experiencing.

 

@The Fourth Wall if this match goes wrong I will blame you for jinxing this again.

I'm expecting them to main event. And I'm expecting a good match. Time will tell if they can have a transcendent great match. Seth is either gonna win straight up or Brock is going to come in and fuck them both up before the match ends, leading to a 3 Way in Saudi Arabia.

 

How dare you :armfold

I was optimistic until I came on here and everyone kept reminding me Brock exists, now I'm cautiously optimistic. :lol

I'm more excited than anybody for this match. It's just I've spent so long imagining it up in my head, I just want to watch it.

 

Hopefully, Seth Rollins vs AJ Styles ends up being good and that their match delivers tonight

This has the potential to be a MOTY contender :mark:

If Brock Lesnar shows up to earn himself a Universal title opportunity, then I hope it's either tomorrow night, or tonight but AFTER the main-event ends

 

Just imagine how hot the crowd is going to be tonight for these two :banderas :banderas

 

That fucking match.

:trips8

Definitely felt different than your typical WWE match. First match they've had since 2006 when Seth was literally 19 years old. But watching this match you'd think they've feuded before and had multiple one on one's against eachother, but nope. I can't wait until we get more from these two. Still think AJ is turning heel, too. Just a matter of when, IMO.

 

Honestly I thought the match was great. My only complaint is I wished it would have gone longer. It went 20 minutes, but when it was done I wanted more. Which I guess is a good thing. And it was a clean win, which is nice to see for Seth. AJ can always come back after a couple more wins.

 

I agree about the wanting more thing. But I think they did that on purprose since it was their first WWE match. No doubt they are either going to continue this tomorrow, or if not, it's going to be picked up again as soon as SummerSlam probably. I think they knew the fans want to see this match and they have the fans where they want them and just gave them a taste of what we'll see in the future. Kind of like an appetizer and we get the main course real soon.

 

Great match. Glad Seth won, cos his title reign just began and he doesn't need to be losing yet. Also thank fuck that Brock didn't show his face at all.

Loved Seth's frogsplash, the height he got on it was stunning.

I also loved the interaction between he and AJ after the match with the handshake. Seth's hesitance was nicely done, and I loved how he broke into a big smile after AJ left the ring.

 

 

Kudos to Seth retaining it was a fantastic match between two of the best In Ring performers today, Now I will admit I was expecting AJ to suddenly go low for a kick when he told Seth it was hard for him to shake his hand and turn Heel but missed opportunity there.

 

Yet another Ppv MotN

 

Both guys came out looking great from it, that's the best you can ask for.

Hopefully a rematch is in order for Summerslam, 30 mins in the main event and a turn.

Seth took the first match, AJ has had some doubts of whether he can still hang at the top. Hopefully they build to it better and allude to the loss after Supershow down.

 

I'm happy to say that the match delivered! Seth Rollins vs AJ Styles was a good contest :mark:

 

They definitely can go back to this well again. Fucking fantastic match and that last counter when Rollins tried for the curb stomp and AJ reversed it was absolutely brilliant.

Both killed it!

 

Seth Rollins is a genius , I have no words. I am starting to doubt he is actually better than Michael's, same goes for styles. Two absolute generational genius

 

I thought the promo in the opening segment was one of Seth’s better promos in quite some time. Kinda got away from the generic typical babyface stuff and showed some fire. I was a fan of most of that opening segment.

As much as I like Kofi...and I really do...that segment lost a lot of heat when he got involved. Just didn’t really feel like he belonged. Just doesn’t seem believable that Brock would target him.

 

Same! That segment had the big league feeling with the story between seth and brock until.....kofi got involved , my interest dropped because I know that means brock womt cash in.

 

Heyman referencing Seth and Becky's relationship was a fun little touch. Although if I was Seth, I'd wear that face with pride, not be embarrassed by it.

 

Loved the opening promo segment last night. I even like that they touched on his relationship with Becky. Brings some realism to the storyline and a product that is in some desperate need of it.

 

Just watched MITB and the Seth AJ was was brilliant one of his best matches in a while. I will not be happy though if Brock cashes in and takes the title off him. It would be the most pointless ans annoying think they could do

 

This pic was taken over the weekend or last week in one of their last shows in Europe, and I forgot to post it. But I love this pic:

BTW, I purchased my PS4 today at my Gamestop. I happened to be wearing Rollins' current 'BeastSlayer' t-shirt and the guy behind the counter who sold me the PS4 and I was talking to, said 'nice shirt.' We got to talking alittle bit about WWE and how much he hates that Brock has the briefcase. :lol He also mentioned how great he though the Rollins/Styles match was. Just thought I'd share that since some seem to think some of these full-time guys aren't known by the general public. But there's an example of where that isn't true. Just like last October, when I went to see the new 'Halloween' movie in a local movie theater and a guy in the theater was wearing a Rollins shirt and I was wearing my Rollins hoodie, and we got to talking about him. Pretty sure I posted about that in the Rollins fan thread, too. Just goes to show, some of the full-time guys are known by the general public.

Corey Graves on his friendship with Seth, how they became friends, and how Seth was the only one to help Corey in FCW:

On Seth Rollins: “Seth’s one of my closest friends in WWE. I used to travel with him a lot. I’ve known him back from the independents years ago and we’d always see each other once in a blue moon, always kind of had a cool rapport. And then when I got to FCW at the time, pre-NXT, he was there and he was kind of the closest thing I had at the time to really a friend of any sort just being that we sort of knew each other. And he kind of showed me the ropes and kind of taught me how to stay afloat there until I got comfortable. And then he and I and Ambrose and Juice Robinson would ride together all over, every show, every week, so I got to know all those guys really well. Except for Ambrose because he still like…does his own thing.”

Good guy, Seth. :rollins

https://411mania.com/wrestling/corey-graves-says-seth-rollins-is-one-of-his-closest-friends-in-wwe/

3 years ago toinight, Seth returned from his knee injury...in an arena in my home state of NJ! Same place where I attended Backlash last year for that excellent Rollins/MIZ IC Title Match, Prudential Center in Newark, NJ!

I was there for this and it was pretty amazing. Such a huge pop and reaction. Not one person in that arena that night wasn't cheering him on when he pedigreed Reigns. GREAT moment. Crazy to think that was 3 years ago today. They'd go on to initially botch his possible face turn, and keep him heel. And now for these past 1.5-2 years, he's been one of the, if not the most over babyface in the company since. He'd then go on to win the Universal Title, just up the road from Prudential Center, in Metlife Stadium this year. What a nice resume he's building for himself here in my home state. Always gets a huge pop here, too. What a story.





The pop he got when he slowly held his rightful title up in the air..

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The pop he got when he slowly held his rightful title up in the air.

You mean that rightful title that Dean won from him at the next PPV?

I'm still mad they brought him back as a heel back then. The crowds clearly wanted to cheer him, but they made him back into a chickenshit? It was so stupid. I still remember rolling my eyes after the brand split when Stephanie put him in the Universal title match without having to earn it. Thank god they turned him face after Summerslam.

I was actually watching some stuff between Seth & Dean from back then last night, and getting annoyed that people's view of their feuds got tarnished by their 2018 feud when the 2014, 2015 and 2016 stuff they did together was so good. Bah.