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Extreme Open Thread!

Here you go!

This might not be as bad as we think for a few reasons:

-- The Shield should have some titles and maybe Dean Ambrose can elevate the U.S. title to something of some importance.

-- Del Rio and Swagger, for as much as I hate the angle, have decent chemistry and their I Quit match could be a good one.

-- Brock might beat Triple H to a bloody pulp. Maybe not.

Or this could suck.

But I have a feeling it's going to be a worthy PPV. Would I buy it? Of course not but that's why I live close to a sports bar.

Extreme Open Thread rules for one night only. Don't keep it clean. I want dirty. I want angry.

Comments

  1. Even though it's Extreme Open Thread, I'm still going to beat someone by having the Fuj's music distract them so I can roll them up from behind.

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  2. I've watched about 20 minutes of RAW in the past month, so I'm tuning in hoping to see some good wrestling, hopefully. Not expecting much from HHH-Brock at this point though...

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  3. EXTREME AMBIVALENCE!

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  4. Anyone else liking the new format of the pre-show, sure beats the short match and non-stop recaps :p

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  5. Do me with a cattle prod, Princess! Make it nasty and dirty like only you can!

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  6. Extreme Rules is usually quite entertaining even if the product is at an all time low right now creatively, but I'll give it a shot...on a stream somewhere.

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  7. Steam has Tropico 4 + all DLC for 9.99.


    Sounds nearly infinitely better than the PPV.

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  8. But it's a Extreme best two of three falls encounter!

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  9. More Renee Paquette = More Buys!

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  10. I think you have me confused with Murphy. ;-)

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  11. No stunned silence from you! Get into the spirit of the Extreme Open Thread!

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  12. Wait hold on a second, what is the card here?

    Did I just read I Quit match between Del-Rio and Swagger? Did I miss something involving Dolph the actual Champion? I thought it was a three-way ladder match, ya?

    PS, I'm aware I could google, but nahhhhhh.

    PPS - I can't remember who mentioned it last, but I tried out the Stone Cold Podcast, andddd I think it's a more entertaining entity then anything the WWE has put out in the past month.

    PPPS - Wrestlemania was only a month ago? Seems like years.

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  13. Oh man, is anyone watching the pre-show with Mick Foley, Wade Barrett, and Titus O'Neil? Titus sounds lost trying to break down the Cena/Ryback match.

    Also, that's a great use of paid talent than having them...you know...wrestle.

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  14. Ziggler got a concussion, because Jack Swagger's a moron.

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  15. Predictions: Lesnar wins after Punk throws the door in HHH's face
    Cena/Ryback is a draw
    Shield wins their matches

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  16. El Presidente is a better heel GM than anyone WWE has.

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  17. While I would prefer Wade Barrett and Titus O'Neil having matches on the pay per view, these pre-show set-ups are pretty nifty to prep the shows for people (like me) who stopped watching their weekly programming. Somehow these pre-shows convey more of an athletic-style presentation and really squash the campy, cartoonish aspect that really ruin the product sometimes.

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  18. Could be worse. They could be having a pizza eating contest or having a Tug of War.

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  19. 9 matches tonight not everybody on the roster can get a match. My youtube preshow stream has frozen so i'll never get to see the king of the pre-shows match now.

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  20. I don't doubt Brock's going to win, but there's just no interest in this match anymore. This feud wore out its welcome months ago.

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  21. Same. I think the feed just died.

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  22. You don't watch the weekly shows but you're going to drop 50/60 on a Ppv?

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  23. I bet Triple H wins the cage match when both men are scaling the cage and they land at almost the same time, but HHH lands nose first officially slaying the Beast.

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  24. I haven't been watching the weekly shows, but I'm happy to stroll over to a friend's house if they're dropping the money on it. What's $10 for a pizza, right?

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  25. Concussions are bad, and the wwe takes them seriously now lest the side effects cause Ziggler to go crazy and kill his family (not because they care about talent, you know...).

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  26. If your YouTube feed died, you can catch the rest of the pre-show here:

    http://www.wwe.com/inside/livestream



    Don't worry. It's just more recaps.

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  27. Miz/Rhodes about to start with only 10 minutes to go. Poor Cody's about to get squashed.

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  28. Last Man Standing match as a draw? The crowd will take such a massive shit all over that one. I say Cena wins when he re-re uses his old tape the heels legs to the post trick.

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  29. It isn't the main event, so they have a better chance of getting away with it. Plus, it prevents Ryback from jobbing for the 37th PPV in a row.

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  30. RAW and Smackdown are atrocity's these days, no reason to watch them when a recap here can serve just the purpose.



    PPV's are different though. While they have been bombing the weekly shows, WWE's ppv's have generally stayed pretty good

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  31. Or sue and badmouth WWE after having chronic concussion related issues like Nowinski

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  32. I love that Wade Barrett is in full wrestling gear for zero reason

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  33. It's more economical when five or six people are gathering together to share the cost, especially when PPV night becomes an excuse to start doing marathon gaming sessions on the 360 afterwards until 5 in the morning. Sometimes, you have to pretend you're back in college once in awhile.

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  34. WWE sets + lighting are really getting old.

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  35. Why is Cody Rhodes jobbing to the Miz on the Pre-Show? Surely the manatees in Creative could find SOMETHING better to do with him, right?

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  36. I initially read that as "Jack Swagger's a mong."

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  37. I was just thinking about that

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  38. Sorry for the question,i'm new in the HQ world i would like a advice about where to start,i'm reading Constantine and Superior spider-Man but i want to know if there are other comic books that are being made that are good?can be from DC,Marvel,anywhere.

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  39. They've pretty much looked the same for the better part of 10 years.

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  40. Looks like the old Insurrextion set tonight.

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  41. S&M is EXTREME!!!

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  42. Now to download Tropico and Recettear. Looks like I can follow for a while, and give the best kind of criticism and humor: Completely blind.


    Blinder than the hypothetical love child of Ray Charles and a Bat. A deaf bat.

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  43. Nothings changed in over 10 years aside from going HD. Well that and the goofy crane shot showing the crowd watching a backstage promo on the titantron. Whats that about anyway?

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  44. I've been playing Booking Revolution all day. I have put one four shows more entertaining than this one via the power of video game magic:

    Randy Savage and Bobby Rhoode vs. Kevin Nash and Big Show
    Ultimate Warrior vs. John Cena
    Edge and Christian vs. The wacky team of Booker T and Mankind
    Randy Orton Vs. Triple H (where no one gets a shoulder separated!)
    And more!

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  45. So is taking them both.

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  46. I've seen that game's review... but if I'm gonna get a wrestling sim, I'll stick with TEW. Love the Cornellverse and the "history".

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  47. Daredevil,Hawkeye & Most of the Marvel Now re-launches are all pretty strong. DC has the Bat-Books and Swamp Thing,Animal Man & Wonder Woman.

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  48. "A brutal war..." Uh huh.

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  49. This PG cage match is gonna bomb so hard

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  50. batman has 3 books right?i'm thinking on read iron man,is it good?

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  51. Welcome to Insurr-Extreme Rules!

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  52. Batman has 13 books! Or at least the Bat-Family does. Iron Man is okay but the recently concluded 5 year Matt Fraction run is where i'd start.

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  53. Surely this will be better than their WM match. Has Fandango really wrestled since?

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  54. Is everything extreme rules tonight? Can they use weapons in this match?

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  55. I look forward to Raw, when all the recaps will be shown in black and white, because blood is TOO EXTREME for PG audiences.

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  56. Man, this chick is so God-Damned hot.

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  57. How long until Undertaker drops Michelle McCool for a new model in Summer Rae? The deadman does seem to have a type!

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  58. If they keep the cage climbing to a minimum i'll be happy. I don't know what i hate worse, slow cage climbing or slow ladder climbing.

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  59. "Worth more than.........Donald Trump."


    Lawler doesn't know any millionaires under the age of 50.

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  60. Im honestly surprised that the very few times that we've seen blood the last few years, that they didnt just black & white the screen on the spot as it was happening

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  61. my friend told me to read aquaman,said it was great is that true?

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  62. The Bret vs Owen PG Playing On The Schoolyard Jungle Gym Match got five stars from a lot of people.

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  63. Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye is the best written comic consistently since it started.

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  64. Taking out recaps and ads that's about 3 episodes of Raw and a smackdown right?

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  65. Kinda sad to see them combing the nose bleeds to find like 3 people still Fandangoing.

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  66. Did they just say this ppv is available in the vatican? Does the vatican really need their own ppv system when they're in the middle of Rome?

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  67. That is ridiculous. Shit like that turns me off from getting back into comics.

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  68. The Vatican is a sovereign territory.

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  69. Fandangoing died so fast and I couldn't be happier. The way they shilled after 1 week was sad. Talk about wanting attention from mainstream media.

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  70. That is quite the napkin Summer is wearing.

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  71. Her outfit is more revealing than anything iv seen a diva wear in years

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  72. Solid read but tries way too hard. It didn't reset continuity too hard unlike some other DC books which is always a plus for me.

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  73. Would you prefer that he job to Zack Ryder?

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  74. I still think Fandango will be a face in smark towns. He has hot chicks with him, and he's really all in on his gimmick.

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  75. You do know you're allowed to read say Batman and Detective Comics and NOT read Batwing or Birds Of Prey. Most of the books are pretty self contained.

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  76. It sucks. Remember the old Backlash set? That was killer

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  77. Al Bundy says she put the bomp in the bomp-she-bomp

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  78. Fandango is giving off some serious Disco Inferno vibes with those tights.

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  79. Thank you,Mr.Snrub,sorry to bother you.

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  80. That should've been the WM finish

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  81. Meh match, great finish!

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  82. See Fandango next week at a low card match near you!

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  83. Good finish, ok match.

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  84. Half a "meh" for me.

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  85. Summer Rae is to Fandango as Stacey Kiebler is to David Flair

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  86. Monster heel and all around dick face Sheamus!

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  87. CM Punk has the right idea.

    https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/336274747316908032

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  88. How is Sheamus a special guest?

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  89. You remember David Flair, right?

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  90. Disqus not updating for me again. Oh Joy!

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  91. 43 year old HHH and Brock, arent Bret and Owen. They NEED violence to get the match over

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  92. I tend to trades on my Kindle these days but I've found most of the b list books are much better then the bigger names like superman, justice league and 80% of the bat books, Animal man and swamp thing are awesome, love Demon Knights (sad to hear that's done) Batgirl is great.

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  93. This is probably the match I'm most looking forward to.

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  94. The right idea would be spending the night on top of Lita.

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  95. I can't describe how much I hate Disqus. It's so fucking glitchy I can't believe it's used by so many sites.

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  96. Oh ok, they were just using Cena/Ryback promo video to hype the Kofi/Ambrose match. I get it . . =?_?=

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  97. I would book this as a squash for Ambrose. I still see Kofi as a JTTS.

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  98. Kofi Kingston - Transitioning the IC and US titles to new midcard heels since 2008!

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  99. That is some... Interesting gear on Kofi. At the very least, it's a nice contrast to his opponent.

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  100. If you haven't actually read it at all, you don't know what you are missing. The first main story arc just ended, no comic combines character building, comedy, intrigue, suspense, and more into one comic. It's nothing like anything else Transformers, if it wasn't Transformers and was new characters or something everyone would be reading it.

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  101. A Great Muta reference? I love you JBL.

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  102. Props to JBL for calling the Muta-ish elbow

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  103. Whoa. Cross face Chicken wing!

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  104. try to look for,unfortunately lot hq are hard to find.

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  105. You really think the John Cena match on the card isn't going on last?

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  106. Am i the only one? New comments only show up if they're replys to old comments. Otherwise i have to refresh my browser to see anything new.

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  107. Too bad it was used in the same way they use chin locks, as a rest hold.

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  108. It's tempermental. It updates when it wants to.

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  109. This flipping over to face the hard camera during a pinfall needs to stop.

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  110. Good match, nice chemistry

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  111. Dean Ambrose new US Champ! They can't possibly job him out now can they???

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  112. That was awesome

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  113. http://www.comixology.com has them all

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  114. Ok, that's the right finish and it made Ambrose look good.

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  115. Well, Kingston had no one but himself to blame for that one. JBL was all over it.

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  116. Ambrose's finish is sick.

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  117. May.19,2013 the day Disqus became self-aware.

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  118. It's a TV show and don't you forget it!

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  119. Well it looks like Dean Ambrose is going to lose for the next 14 weeks straight.

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  120. Hmm... Appears i experienced premature excitement... How embarrassing.

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  121. They should do a backstage promo with Cesaro walking by Ambrose with the belt saying "oh...sorry bud..."

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  122. They better not job out Ambrose now. He has to be the guy to stop the midcard belt losing streak.

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  123. This video package is strange. Sheamus is clearly the heel in almost every situation. Guess that's what happens when you ban bookers and only hire soap opera washouts.

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  124. Now let's all watch the white guy whip the black guy!

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  125. But...but...he smiles and panders.

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  126. Let's hope the white guy doesn't lynch the black guy with the strap

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  127. Time to flip back to Sherlock, I don't do sheamus matches.

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  128. "Specially when you grab someone that doesn't want to be." - King


    He has a lot of experience with that you see.

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  129. Damn you, Disqus. Damn you to....... .... .... [white noise]

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  130. First time watching them?

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  131. Sheamus is such a brat

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  132. Lots of matches with extreme rules in this ppv so far.

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  133. Poochie approves.

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  134. We got a "gain momentum" AND a "create separation" in a single sentence! Don't hurt yourself, Cole!

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  135. Nope, seen the first season countless times, but it is my second time watching the 2nd season...I don't think I'd be able to pause them for wrestling if it was my first.

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  136. Anyone else think it would be a cute WWE moment if Mark Henry's singlet broke and he was naked?

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  137. Question: What's the point of the red lights on the corners?

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  138. Ah! That makes sense.

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  139. I'm sure they already have him penciled in to job to Orton on both Raw and Smackdown this week.

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  140. Sigh i had hoped they were going to skip that second guy also hitting the turnbuckle behind 1st guy spot.

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  141. Hey is that the first time the heel has ever noticed the face hitting the corners behind the heel's back? Neat.

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  142. Curious as to how the new cage looks tonight. It will probably just look like ROH's scramble cage

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  143. Al Sharpton is going to have a field day tomorrow morning with this match.

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  144. Also, have we really gone this far in this match without a Picard reference?

    "There are...FOUR LIGHTS!!!"

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  145. What new cage? Must have missed this news.

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  146. Fantastic show. Can't wait for season 3 next year.

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  147. I mean this with all sincerity...yawn.

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  148. This is extreme rules, why isnt sheamus bleeding from the welts in his back like he was on Raw? I'm not a sadist or anything but come on

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  149. Lesnar can botch a 450 off of it

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  150. Blah. In fact, double blah.

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  151. Overcoming the ODDZ!!!~
    Oh wait wrong guy. Or is it anymore, I can't even tell.

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  152. It's the regular cage but they added platforms in each corner, or something to that effect

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  153. It's the first time there have been visible indicators on who's touched the corners. I liked that. A 21st century strap match.

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  154. SHENANIGANS!!!


    Sheamus' momentum clearly was stopped there before the 4th turnbuckle.

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  155. Great strap matches in history:

    Sting vs. Vader from SuperBrawl III

    That's it. That's the list.

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  156. The New Breed invented it.

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  157. Orton? He'll be lucky to pull R-Truth, the rookie.

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  158. seriously speaking I thought it was cool they made it a task to beat kofi, it would be too easy to have him come out there and squash him, this way it kinda tells you individually they are still rookies but together they are the unstoppable machine that can take out all the main eventers. That being said...it's nice to have a reason to care about the US title now.

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  159. Who's the genius that wrote this segment? good god...

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  160. That ref copped a feel on AJ. I'm mildly jealous.

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  161. Agreed.

    Anyone else think Henry is legit hurt? Looks like back problems to me.

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  162. Kaitlyn makes fun of AJ and then attacks her from behind, which clearly makes her the babyface.

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  163. "What lights?"

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  164. Was that strongman record with the 2 semis a shoot or not? Never heard either way.

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  165. Fucking love that episode. Picard had balls of steel.

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  166. It's from having to carry these shows for so long.

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  167. Hogan-Flair not on that list? Oh, Hogan first pinned Flair, THEN hit the buckle.

    Carry on. List is fine.

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  168. Wasn't JBL/Eddie supposed to be one of those underrated classics?

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  169. I vaguely remember Umaga/Punk being good.

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  170. And for once, I would gladly support his attack.


    But I'm not holding my breath.

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  171. I'm not sure if Del Rio / Swagger is going to hold this PPV from turning to Game of Thrones in 8 minutes.

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  172. Stop cutting the music! Swagger's theme is the best thing about him.

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  173. Please have IRS come out

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  174. Brilliant writing on display again. The only thing that can redeem this mystery lover angle is if Mickie James came back and professed her love for Kaitlyn.

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  175. Um, I'm not so sure. JBL-Eddie had the lights also IIRC.

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  176. Tax talk! That'll get the fans excited for the match.

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  177. It's hard to disagree with Zeb since he just speaks the truth just now.

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  178. Hogan vs. Vader where Hogan pinned Flair to win.

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  179. I think that one's mainly remembered for the near-Muta blade job Eddie did.

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  180. Muta bladejob was at Judgment Day, the PPV prior.

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  181. WHAT I MISS, HOMIES. CAPS IN DA HOUUUUUUUSE

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  182. Well...does the Piper/Valentine dog collar chain match count as a strap match? I can't recall off the top of my head if they had to do the touch the corners thing or not.

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  183. Did Hogan do it twice? Because I could easily believe that one.


    Answer: No... Hogan-Vader ended with Hogan dragging Flair to the buckles... no pin involved.


    http://www.cagesideseats.com/2012/3/19/2880364/wcw-hulk-hogan-ric-flair-yappapi-indian-strap-match-uncensored-2000-video

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  184. To be fair, Zeb pronounces "Del Rio" well.

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  185. So the rich American owners using foreign labor to make themselves millions is now a PROBLEM, Colture?

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  186. Flair is drag was so bad.... but so funny.

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  187. No, no touching corners. Just some violent beating with a legal chain.

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  188. The bucket settles a debate over 20 years old now... Ricardo was the original Doink.

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  189. I give zero fucks about this match.

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  190. Also, Ricardo got over that serious case of destroyed ankle quickly.

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  191. del Rio is chasing Duthty?

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