Whatever happens in the next match, please don't harm the cabinets or the CRTs.
The match ends when someone touches one of the capacitors on those monitors and is electrocuted to death.
I've eaten a 54kV shot (thank God the current was in miliamps) from a switchback transformer in a projection screen CRT, while doing repair work at a Namco owned arcade. It was a 2 player Tokyo Wars set-up, my boss at the time informed me I flew back about 2 feet.
I woke up about 2 hours later in a hospital and was a bit like Guy Pearce in Memento for around half a day.
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That match reminded me of one of my favorite things Orange Cassidy has ever done: Fight Stokely Hathaway for the Independent Wrestling Title in an abandoned building outside of the 2019 Grammys
Maybe it’s because I’m a NJPW fan but I see no problem with having tons of factions.
Factions are good and they also are a good way to fill out a card without over-exposing singles matches.
I don't mind all the factions, I just don't like how so many of them are in blood feuds at the same time. We get too many of the same angle every night. Dax getting busted open meant less after Dustin did that and got piledrived on stairs earlier in the show.
I'll admit, I was initially disappointed that didn't take place in an actual arcade. But they got me into it, and it turned out to be the dumb fun match I expected.
This might be old, I've got a lot of podcasts to catch up on and Renee's is one of them, but Christian was on hers recently and talked about being cleared
For the "unsanctioned match" with Orton last year he was still put on the no-contact list
I thought, `Wow, I'm that fragile that I can’t be touched?’ It didn’t sit well with me. I felt great. I decided to go on my own to the University of South Florida and see some doctors and do testing and have a long conversation. I told the doctor I wanted to step back in the ring to finish my career on my terms. When he said I can, it opened a bunch of doors for me. My test results and scores were good. I did another round of more rigorous testing in Pittsburgh and the doctor there said the same thing and here we are today.
In another bit on this show, at the end they ran out of things for him to sign and sell so he literally sold the shirt off his back to a fan and went home shirtless.
Takeover Stand And Deliver night 1 April 7
Pete Dunne vs KUSHIDA
Leon Ruff, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Bronson Ree, Cameron Grimes, Dexter Lumis and LA Knight in a six-man gauntlet eliminator match for #1 contendership to the North American title
MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) vs Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) and Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde) in a triple threat for the vacant NXT tag titles
Io Shirai defends the women's title against Raquel Gonzalez (with Dakota Kai)
WALTER defends the NXTUK title against Tommaso Ciampa
Takeover night 2 April 8
Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly in an unsanctioned match
Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart defend the women's tag titles against The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell)
Johnny Gargano defends the North American title against the winner of night 1's gauntlet
Santos Escobar vs Jordan Devlin in a ladder match for the undisputed cruiserweight title
Finn Balor defends the NXT title against Karrion Kross (with Scarlett Bordeaux)
SD April 9
Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode defend the SD tag titles in a fatal fourway against the Mysterios (Rey and Dominik), Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins), and Otis and Chad Gable
Andre battle royal featuring 22 participants: Akira Tozawa, Angel Garza, Cedric Alexander, Drew Gulak, Elias, Erik, Gran Metalik, Humberto Carrillo, Jaxson Ryker, Jey Uso, Kalisto, King Corbin, Lince Dorado, Mace, Murphy, Mustafa Ali, Ricochet, Shelton Benjamin, Shinsuke Nakamura, Slapjack, T-Bar and Tucker
Mania night 1 April 10
Cesaro vs Seth Rollins
Bad Bunny (with Damian Priest) vs Miz (with John Morrison)
Braun Strowman vs Shane McMahon in a cage match
A #1 contendership match for the women's tag titles, participants TBA
New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) defend the Raw tag titles against AJ Styles and Omos
Sasha Banks defends the SD women's title against Bianca Belair
Bobby Lashley (with MVP) defends the WWE title against Drew McIntyre
Mania night 2 April 11
Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn (with Logan Paul)
The Fiend (with Alexa Bliss) vs Randy Orton
Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax defend the women's tag titles against the winners from night 1
Riddle defends the US title against Sheamus
Big E defends the IC title against Apollo Crews
Asuka defends the Raw women's title against Rhea Ripley
Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) defends the Universal title in a triple threat against Edge and Daniel Bryan
I can't believe they couldn't even find a minute for Nakamura to be on the actual 2-night Mania. I mean, I can, but...I can't at the same time
It says a lot that your takeaway from all that is “smh couldn’t find a spot for Nakamura” and not “those are exceptionally good cards especially considering the nightmare hellscape that is Raw currently.”
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Takeover looks great, Mania looks shit. Only Rollins v. Cesaro, Banks v Belair, Asuka v Ripley, and the 3 way look decentish.
It says a lot that your takeaway from all that is “smh couldn’t find a spot for Nakamura” and not “those are exceptionally good cards especially considering the nightmare hellscape that is Raw currently.”
I hate absolutely everything I've seen of the Fiend on social media, there's at least two #SpeakingOut creeps in major title matches (Devlin and Riddle), they got the only NXTUK talent who Weren't exposed in their main title match yet still continue the brand, SD's laughable, and four of the Mania matches have already happened (two of them many more times than 1). Surprisingly none of which are Raw issues
So yeah, if I have to have one takeaway that's not "half of the cards are good so it's all good", it's "give someone with actual talent a spot over a sex pest or Bray Wyatt". Please. Won't get one complaint from me if it happened
It says a lot that your takeaway from all that is “smh couldn’t find a spot for Nakamura” and not “those are exceptionally good cards especially considering the nightmare hellscape that is Raw currently.”
I hate absolutely everything I've seen of the Fiend on social media, there's at least two #SpeakingOut creeps in major title matches (Devlin and Riddle), they got the only NXTUK talent who Weren't exposed in their main title match yet still continue the brand, SD's laughable, and four of the Mania matches have already happened (two of them many more times than 1). Surprisingly none of which are Raw issues
So yeah, if I have to have one takeaway that's not "half of bad cards are good so it's all good", it's "give someone with actual talent a spot over a sex pest or Bray Wyatt". Please. Won't get one complaint from me if it happened
The Fiend is a Raw thing. One of the sex pests (Riddle) is on Raw. SD has been pretty damn good. A match having happened in the past is not a reason to dismiss it, especially if it's something like Zayn/Owens. The NXTUK thing feels....idk, needlessly petty?
Like, I get that this thread in general is very anti-WWE in a lot of respects (and again, I get it. I don't even bother with Raw anymore), but those are some damn strong cards with excellent title matches anchoring them at the top. That's better than it has any right to be.
On Mania, I'm just disappointed that the "Get Everyone Else A WrestleMania Paycheck" Battle Royale has been shunted to Smackdown, where presumably, they won't be collecting WrestleMania paychecks.
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The match ends when someone touches one of the capacitors on those monitors and is electrocuted to death.
Factions are good and they also are a good way to fill out a card without over-exposing singles matches.
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I've eaten a 54kV shot (thank God the current was in miliamps) from a switchback transformer in a projection screen CRT, while doing repair work at a Namco owned arcade. It was a 2 player Tokyo Wars set-up, my boss at the time informed me I flew back about 2 feet.
I woke up about 2 hours later in a hospital and was a bit like Guy Pearce in Memento for around half a day.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
It's like one of those WWE holiday-themed street fights where everyone's using decorations as weapons, but with drama and stakes.
I don't mind all the factions, I just don't like how so many of them are in blood feuds at the same time. We get too many of the same angle every night. Dax getting busted open meant less after Dustin did that and got piledrived on stairs earlier in the show.
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For the "unsanctioned match" with Orton last year he was still put on the no-contact list
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Not giving Christian a beat.
In another bit on this show, at the end they ran out of things for him to sign and sell so he literally sold the shirt off his back to a fan and went home shirtless.
George the Animal Steele came with a built in shirt.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Takeover Stand And Deliver night 1 April 7
Pete Dunne vs KUSHIDA
Leon Ruff, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Bronson Ree, Cameron Grimes, Dexter Lumis and LA Knight in a six-man gauntlet eliminator match for #1 contendership to the North American title
MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) vs Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) and Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde) in a triple threat for the vacant NXT tag titles
Io Shirai defends the women's title against Raquel Gonzalez (with Dakota Kai)
WALTER defends the NXTUK title against Tommaso Ciampa
Takeover night 2 April 8
Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly in an unsanctioned match
Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart defend the women's tag titles against The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell)
Johnny Gargano defends the North American title against the winner of night 1's gauntlet
Santos Escobar vs Jordan Devlin in a ladder match for the undisputed cruiserweight title
Finn Balor defends the NXT title against Karrion Kross (with Scarlett Bordeaux)
SD April 9
Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode defend the SD tag titles in a fatal fourway against the Mysterios (Rey and Dominik), Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins), and Otis and Chad Gable
Andre battle royal featuring 22 participants: Akira Tozawa, Angel Garza, Cedric Alexander, Drew Gulak, Elias, Erik, Gran Metalik, Humberto Carrillo, Jaxson Ryker, Jey Uso, Kalisto, King Corbin, Lince Dorado, Mace, Murphy, Mustafa Ali, Ricochet, Shelton Benjamin, Shinsuke Nakamura, Slapjack, T-Bar and Tucker
Mania night 1 April 10
Cesaro vs Seth Rollins
Bad Bunny (with Damian Priest) vs Miz (with John Morrison)
Braun Strowman vs Shane McMahon in a cage match
A #1 contendership match for the women's tag titles, participants TBA
New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) defend the Raw tag titles against AJ Styles and Omos
Sasha Banks defends the SD women's title against Bianca Belair
Bobby Lashley (with MVP) defends the WWE title against Drew McIntyre
Mania night 2 April 11
Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn (with Logan Paul)
The Fiend (with Alexa Bliss) vs Randy Orton
Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax defend the women's tag titles against the winners from night 1
Riddle defends the US title against Sheamus
Big E defends the IC title against Apollo Crews
Asuka defends the Raw women's title against Rhea Ripley
Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) defends the Universal title in a triple threat against Edge and Daniel Bryan
I can't believe they couldn't even find a minute for Nakamura to be on the actual 2-night Mania. I mean, I can, but...I can't at the same time
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I would say Owens v Zayn, but...
Two nights of WM and they couldn't fit the battle royale in to pay people? Assuming they even pay people more for the big shows anymore...
Logan Paul!?
I hate absolutely everything I've seen of the Fiend on social media, there's at least two #SpeakingOut creeps in major title matches (Devlin and Riddle), they got the only NXTUK talent who Weren't exposed in their main title match yet still continue the brand, SD's laughable, and four of the Mania matches have already happened (two of them many more times than 1). Surprisingly none of which are Raw issues
So yeah, if I have to have one takeaway that's not "half of the cards are good so it's all good", it's "give someone with actual talent a spot over a sex pest or Bray Wyatt". Please. Won't get one complaint from me if it happened
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The Fiend is a Raw thing. One of the sex pests (Riddle) is on Raw. SD has been pretty damn good. A match having happened in the past is not a reason to dismiss it, especially if it's something like Zayn/Owens. The NXTUK thing feels....idk, needlessly petty?
Like, I get that this thread in general is very anti-WWE in a lot of respects (and again, I get it. I don't even bother with Raw anymore), but those are some damn strong cards with excellent title matches anchoring them at the top. That's better than it has any right to be.
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Can't believe you'd do me like this.
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Just allow a little time to reacclimate, it's fine.
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