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Not only nope but put on a stinker to boot. They had 20 minutes, almost as long as their WK match, and did damn near nothing with it. No excuse unless one of them got hurt in the opening minutes.
 

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Match was solid, I can't complain. Of course it should've been more, but shyt happens. :manny:

That heel turn surprised me. Might be a good thing. No fukks Naka could be dope. Did he ever heel in NJ?
 

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Match was solid, I can't complain. Of course it should've been more, but shyt happens. :manny:

That heel turn surprised me. Might be a good thing. No fukks Naka could be dope. Did he ever heel in NJ?
CHAOS started as a heel faction with Nak as the leader
 

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Yeah, the match OK so it was unquestionably a letdown. I think they can do much better for their rematch and with Swagamura in full force :purogang:
 

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Yeah, the match OK so it was unquestionably a letdown. I think they can do much better for their rematch and with Swagamura in full force :purogang:
I think the crowd reaction may have changed the perception of the match. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't the WK10/9.23 star affair people thought it was gonna be. It seemed more like the beginning of a feud rather the end.

I hope heel Nak brings back those rope stomps permanently:demonic:

And if they keep the same entrance I hope a violinist fukks up and Nak stops the performance completely on some:nakamurahuh:shyt and beats the hell out him
 

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I think the crowd reaction may have changed the perception of the match. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't the WK10/9.23 star affair people thought it was gonna be. It seemed more like the beginning of a feud rather the end.

I hope heel Nak brings back those rope stomps permanently:demonic:

And if they keep the same entrance I hope a violinist fukks up and Nak stops the performance completely on some:nakamurahuh:shyt and beats the hell out him

Crowd reaction was kinda on them though, it was a weird match for such a tired crowd, they didn't do much to get them invested imo. You are right though, it does feel like the beginning of the feud so hopefully we are in for better stuff in the future.

Demonic Swagamura would be outstanding :ohlawd:
 

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Yeah, the match OK so it was unquestionably a letdown. I think they can do much better for their rematch and with Swagamura in full force :purogang:

I dunno man, this was the biggest match of his career, in front of the biggest crowd of his career, against a guy who matches up with him and knows him better than literally anyone on the roster, who happens to be in the top 3-5 guys in the world, and he put in about as much effort as a G1 match against Yujiro. If he's not going to try in that situation, I think it's time to give up the goat that his WWE run is going to be anything more than it has been so far.
 

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I dunno man, this was the biggest match of his career, in front of the biggest crowd of his career, against a guy who matches up with him and knows him better than literally anyone on the roster, who happens to be in the top 3-5 guys in the world, and he put in about as much effort as a G1 match against Yujiro. If he's not going to try in that situation, I think it's time to give up the goat that his WWE run is going to be anything more than it has been so far.

I didn't think the match was a letdown because Nakamura was lazy as he usually is :manny: I don't think effort had anything to do with it.
 

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Crowd reaction was kinda on them though, it was a weird match for such a tired crowd, they didn't do much to get them invested imo. You are right though, it does feel like the beginning of the feud so hopefully we are in for better stuff in the future.

Demonic Swagamura would be outstanding :ohlawd:
I read a reaction of someone saying when it seemed like it was about to pick up it ended. I didn't think a styles clash would be the ending since it's pretty much been nerfed since AJ came back to the states so that was surprising:ehh:

2 things to look for imo

-Heel Nak will probably get a lot more"What?" chants
-A pocket of fans will probably will still cheer for him

SD should be interesting on Tuesday, but then again I should probably temper my expectations because Road Dogg is still booking:patrice:
 
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