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Damien Barling: Real Time Thoughts From Survivor Series

November 21, 2016 / 11:44 AM PST / CBS Sacramento

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.