{"id":12749,"date":"2019-06-09T21:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T20:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12749"},"modified":"2019-06-09T21:38:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T20:38:41","slug":"the-price-is-right-wwe-super-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/09\/the-price-is-right-wwe-super-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Price is right – WWE Super Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s taken my a couple of goes to get through Super Show Down. Purely\nbecause I wasn’t massively wanting to watch it. The things I thought it\nimportant to reflect on, is where the events that unfolded fit into the future\nstorylines of WWE programming and the impact of the show itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, the good stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The referee squaring up to Baron Corbin, allegedly costing\nhim the Universal Title. Not only does this cement Corbin\u2019s status as one of\nthe top heels in the company, it lends to a rematch, which at the time of\nwriting, is set to occur at Stomping Ground in 2 weeks time.<\/li>
  2. There is something so incredibly satisfying about\nseeing Brock Lesnar get pummelled with a chair by Seth Rollins. This is the\nfirst time in a VERY long time that Lesnar has taken a beating like that. I\nalso feel it gives chance for him to distance himself from the title picture temporarily,\nat least until he cashes in sometime in the fall when the new WWE TV will take\nflight. <\/li>
  3. Finn Balor\u2019s Demon King entrance. The match itself wasn\u2019t\nanything to write home about, but his entrance is absolutely epic. This should put\nthe rivalry with Andrade, which frankly, has been underwhelming. What is it\nabout Balor at the moment that isn\u2019t quite hitting the mark?<\/li>
  4. Shinsuke Nakamura and Sin Cara going back and forth\nduring the 50 man Battle Royal. Nakamura\u2019s character has had the biggest\nnose-dive of 2019, FACT! It was nice to see him actually doing something.<\/li>
  5. The event has more pyro than Wrestlemania. I love Pyro!<\/li>
  6. Monsoor, the hometown hero getting the biggest pop of\nthe night.<\/li>
  7. The Undertakers entrance. The match itself was a\ndisaster but his entrance was very very cool.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    And, the bad stuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Dodgy camera angles. There were several moments where\nyou actually turned your head, or squinted your eyes to try and understand what\nwas going on. <\/li>
    2. Empty seats, lots of empty seats. For an event that\nclaims to be as big as Wrestlemania, you would think it would sell more\ntickets.<\/li>
    3. Shane McMahon. With a roster stacked with talent,\nability and charisma and a plethora of Superstars who haven\u2019t been used\neffectively in weeks, why does he still have the spotlight? Fingers crossed\nthis puts an end to his TV time and frees up some room for someone else.<\/li>
    4. Lars Sullivan and his Lucha House jobbers. He\u2019s boring,\nthe gimmick is boring and they need to either put him in a legit story line or\nsack it off. WWE need to stop thinking squash matches, going on a rampage without\nany direction is doing anything to build his character. I\u2019m bored, NEXT!!<\/li>
    5. What the hell was the weird buzzing\/humming noise all\nthe way through? One person in the audience has a Vuvuzela and were sat\ndirectly under the camera?<\/li>
    6. Goldberg and has multiple f**k ups. The head shot off\nthe corner that made him bleed like a stuck pig, not tucking his head when\nUndertaker dropped the Tombstone and the incredibly sloppy Vertical Suplex\nwhich almost ended in catastrophe. Even \u2018Taker couldn\u2019t hide how pissed off he\nwas. The match was a disaster but luckily the crowd were too into the spectacle\nand the fact they were there to really notice how terrible it was.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      My closing thoughts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This card didn\u2019t really count, because half of what\nhappened will likely be repeated at the next US based PPV. Super Show Down is\nWWE\u2019s dirty little secret because up until the event itself, they didn\u2019t\nadvertise where it was happening and if they did, it was swept under the rug. I\nfind it ironic that on the weekend of this event, the men folk are competing\nand the women folk, who aren\u2019t permitted to wrestle, are marching for equality\nback in the states. This event serves to prove that just because a main event\nhas never happened, doesn\u2019t mean it has to. I could have gone my entire life\nand not worried what would have happened when Goldberg met The Undertaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And finally, we can back track a lot over the\nlast ten years as guys like Shawn Michaels, Triple H and the Undertaker have\ngracefully stepped back, showing respect to themselves and opponents. They have\npassed the torch to a new generation but the legacy, the history and the class means\nabsolutely nothing when they are prepared to tarnish it all when the price is\nright. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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