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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.
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