Konnan on: was Saturday Night's Main Event a waste of time?

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

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[@TheNinthHeart]

@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL no one cares

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

What the hell is Disco talking about? There are a shit load of commercials during games. They’ll come back from a long break, play two minutes of something and go right back to another long 2 or 3 minute block of commercials

[@TeamEvilPug]

FACTS, when was the last time he saw a football or basketball game....

[@DannyDIMES-e8w]

My boys had the same thoughts on the commercials..lol

[@BigPoppaPun]

There are NEVER commercials during an actual play. The game actually stops when they go to commercial, they don't stop matches for commercials.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

@ all wrestling promotions that run on TV has commercials during matches though. Been that way since at least the attitude era, even the Nitro era too. That won’t change. Only difference is maybe they’re more obnoxious about the commercials now than they were back then

[@4thill]

I’ve seen football games where a team scores a TD. They go to commercial. Then they come back, do the kickoff, and go right back to commercial.

[@wrestlingp]

To me, SNME is there for the WWE to show off what they are on network TV. The production was amazing, it felt big time, we got what was essentially a sped up PLE, we didn't need to wait 15 minutes between matches and didn't need to sit through WWE produced adverts (can't do much about network TV adverts). I'm not sure what you guys wanted out of this show but WWE simply put on a very good wrestling event without BS which flowed well and didn't outstay it's welcome.

[@phale-fi2fo]

I agree with you. I thought for wrestling it was pretty spectacular

[@TheNinthHeart]

@@phale-fi2fotoo bad no one has watched pro rasslin in decades & no one even knows that this thing occurred. This isn’t 1988, 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@Game-ib3ql]

Cornette said it best, they dont need big angles or all their stars on one night, to sell out.

[@BUStedLosAngeles]

Back in the day, SNME was special, because it pre-dated Raw and Nitro, so it was a very rare occasion to see non-squash matches on free television. Also, the show aired at 11:30 pm, so that it seemed like adult television. Saturday at 8 pm is the hour set aside for children with their babysitters. This was like an extra episode of Raw or Smackdown.

[@robbymarton74]

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[@joshuamelton9148]

Not to mention there were not that many PPVs events at the time as either so it made it extra special ​@@robbymarton74

[@lukebalek946]

Where WWE truly missed the mark was the lack of promos on Saturday Night’s Main Event. Shockingly, there were no promos at all, which were a hallmark of the original production.

[@jc11214]

Agreed, I used to love how they started the show off with backstage promos to hype up the matches for the show.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

@@lukebalek946 that’s what I was waiting for, is all the competitors for the night cutting promos on their opponents at the beginning like they used to do on SNME

[@romeomontague2309]

Prolly will happen at the next one..unless they straight stupid...I think they just wanted to reintroduce it on TV b4 getting back to the original format

[@tomahadel]

I would rather watch porn than today's Garbage woke wrestling

[@ultimog3739]

Was not a waste of time as I am now a WWE fan again after not watching WWE for many years. I tuned in to check out the show and I really liked it and now I’m a fan again. Saturday nights main event a good show.

[@joen6894]

Short, coherent, well booked matches that told a nice little story leading into it and during. I don’t get the complaints at all.

[@elnino80100]

Yes. When you’re over you don’t need to do much

[@TheNinthHeart]

@@elnino80100who is over?

[@Vendetta419]

Cody and Kevin Owen are not over?

[@elnino80100]

@@TheNinthHeart Cody Rhodes and KO. They don’t need to do much becaude they’re over

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

I liked how most of the matches had a good pace, meaning there weren’t a lot of long rest holds, guys walking around playing to the crowd, no backstage segments, it could have been like Konnan said, hotter with run-ins, and more chaos, to get new viewers intrigued with the product

[@loooooooongstanding2141]

I thought the Rhea stuff was super corny, honestly. She should have come up and got in Liv's face or had a brawl with her, instead she did her entire stage entrance. Why do that if you "hate this person" so much? You're dancing?! And why didn't heels Liv & Raquel attack her?

[@MoneyMauricio89]

Did Disco JUST discover how long TV commercial breaks are?

[@Nunya921]

Saturday Nights Main Events intent was to introduce the casual audience to the stars and be a 2 hour commercial for Raws Netflix show. It was executed well

[@lasportslive6813]

How can basic fucking wrestling fans understand this but guys in the business miss the mark?

[@lasportslive6813]

Lol! SNME had the best ratings of any show this week by a mile! The show was good and served it’s purpose. Yes its was a big infomercial for the wwe but thats part of what tv specials are. This show was to attract new viewers and I’m ok with it. Who said it was supposed to be a ple type event? They just said they were bringing it back. What happened after the show was for the marks and we all saw it! And to me they replaced promos with recaps to let new viewers know the back stories. And to me the one promo with Rhea was great because most first time viewers are gonna flip when they see a character like her and wanna see more of her and just like clock work they show up on raw with another promo to back that up.

[@gimmiebackmybike1831]

What made it very strange for me is that CM Punk was backstage. WHY would WWE bring CM Punk to the show and not at least use him on commentary?

[@jc11214]

I guess they have a good problem to have right now, too many stars. I thought the same about Jey Uso not being on the show. They are going to do 4 of these a year so I guess they'll spread out the talent.

[@gimmiebackmybike1831]

@@jc11214 Yeah but Punk was literally at the show. Why was he there if he wasn't used at all?

[@BigNoseTony]

No intercontinental match either, no? Oh well. Still a good watch

[@Vendetta419]

Heard a rumor that Jessie did not want him on commentary.

[@positively_broad_st3780]

The purpose of a SNME is to bring in new or lapsed fans by showcasing the biggest stars. This was a nice card with good matches, but the show came off like one of the less important PLEs. There was no Orton, Jey, Roman, Bloodline, Heyman, Punk, Bianca, Nia, Tiffany, Knight, Bron, Dominick, Rey, Rock or Cena. The Women's US Title should have been on a PLE or as a Smackdown main event. Kevin Owens isn't as big of a star as others that were left off, yet he was in the main event. They also left off the most important part of that match - the attack after the match ended. None of this makes sense. It would have been better to have Drew vs Jey (with Sami at ringside). That way the people watching can experience Jey's intro and think that Jey is a huge star. And when Drew defeats Jey (not necessarily clean), the fans will know that Drew is also a huge star. Instead of the Women's US title match, they could have had a Tiffany vs Bianca match with the MITB briefcase on the line. With Nia's help, Tiffany would retain her MITB contract. These three women are bigger stars and would draw in more repeat viewers. Since Jesse Ventura was there, they could have given Karrion Kross a rub by Kross (with Scarlett, of course) coming out to impersonate and ridicule Ventura, but when it turns into physical harassment by Kross, there would be a save by either Randy Orton with an RKO, or maybe even LA Knight instead of Orton. This would just be a segment, not necessarily a match, but it would feature two more stars that you can get more people invested in. The Gunther/Priest/Balor match was fine for this show, as was the Liv/Iyo match; although it would have made sense for Dominick to be at ringside and for Rhea to come out sooner to stop Dominick and to confront Liv in the ring instead of near the entryway. Again - more eyes on the stars and more potential investment. The main event should not have been Kevin Owens. There are bigger stars to showcase that are more interesting. Perhaps right after Survivor Series, Punk could have challenged Cody for a title shot on SNME. Cody could have turned Punk down due to Punk having missed so much time and that there are others ahead of him right now. Before getting too deep into cutting promos on each other, Roman and Paul could have come out and proclaim that Roman should get a rematch for the championship since Roman had such a historical run. After arguing and disagreement, Aldis would come out and rule that Punk, indeed, is not quite yet deserving a title opportunity ahead of others, but since Roman held the title for so long, then he would grant Roman a title shot. As a twist, Aldis would declare CM Punk as special referee in the match, and if he called it fairly, then it would work in Punk's favor to get a title shot sooner rather than later. Along the way, Heyman would be reminding Punk that Heyman owes Punk a favor and insinuates that if Roman wins against Cody in this rematch with Punk as referee, then Punk could find himself as the number one contender to face Roman at the Royal Rumble. The drama going into SNME's championship match would be on Punk's actions, plus it's a huge match featuring wrestling's two biggest stars (three, counting Punk). Cody would win due to Solo and Jacob's interference, which would deepen the grudge between Roman and Solo, and Heyman would still owe Punk that favor; plus the baby face wins - but with some intrigue attached. And everything is shown on the broadcast, not online behind the scenes right afterward. SNME is a special national network tv broadcast. Showcase the superstars with mass appeal, not just what we regular-viewing fans enjoy. I don't think the card that was aired had all that mass appeal to it, despite the quality matches. It needed to be an invitation to see their biggest stars, but it was more like a B-level PLE. I think the WWE could have done a lot better with this opportunity. Man, they could have even kicked off Cena's farewell tour with an appearance here, or even by having The Rock show up too. This show was decent, but it should have been so much more if they're trying to expand the audience to draw the casuals back into the fold.

[@619AJ]

it’s disgusting hearing konnan sucking on his jolly rancher or whatever else he has in his mouth 🤮

[@dustin.r.strong]

I cannot watch this show and listen to Konnan smack his lips, so annoying

[@TheNinthHeart]

He’s a munky

[@tonyroach9415]

Yeah shits annoying

[@phale-fi2fo]

I thought it was really good. I have been watching wrestling for 40 years.

[@TheNinthHeart]

Cringe

[@bigkrutherford]

SNME has always been used as an advertisement for a bigger event. They used this one to advertise the jump to netflix on 1/6. You can see by the next SNME booked on 1/25, one week from the Royal Rumble

[@tmccane]

As soon as I heard disco say he expected overbooked, mess with a bunch of interfering...I knew this was going to be considered a weak show. This is why they do shows like this, you can't have every show be the same. I didnt see anything wrong with this show

[@MoneyMauricio89]

Disco doesn’t want to watch any wrestling on wrestling shows, just like his mentor Vinny Ru.

[@peglegwally]

Jesse ventura was so great. Wow it was so fun

[@christophercomitini8619]

What made SMME special back in the day was we got to see guys like Hogan and Warrior against heels like Perfecr, DiBiase and Rude. It also also advanced the storyline leading into a PPV most likely a WresleMania. It was must see TV

[@mox19380]

Disco just learned in 2024 that a commercial segment is 3:30 seconds? This has literally been the format my entire life. an hour show is actually about 42 minutes. a 1/2 show is about a 21 minute show. On netflix they'll just shorten the show to account for the lack of ad breaks. ... this isn't science goodness a football game is 60-minutes. the games run for 3-3.5 hours. so you literally have half the air time being filled with ad breaks i feel like the only reason to run SNME with the retro colors, music, Jess the Body, was to try and lure older fans like me who grew up with the program. Otherwise there is no reason to bring in the old stuff that younger fans probably have little appreciation of. Sadly for fans like me, beyond the logo, music, Jesse the Body it was still a typical WWE show

[@jodieiv7231]

Yeah. Predictable and felt like a crown jewel almost

[@larryosbourne9423]

yep

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

Nothing at all happened on the card that could be spoken about, really. Everyone pretty much knew the card results before it happened.

[@Am0ment0fB]

I was there. The crowd were all expecting Randy to return. Also, I was hoping Tiffy would make it a triple threat or something. The crowd was awesome. We represented. Also, I saw two drones that night near my house. We have videos of drones all across the island. Ha. ​@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL

[@CoolCATs2814]

@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL Except for McIntyre vs Zayn.

[@TheLedonne3]

I spent last week watching classic matches/moments from SNME: Andre the Giant having a heart attack in the ring because of his fear of snakes, controversy when Hulk Hogan and Mr Wonderful both touched the ground at the same time in a cage match, and the formation of the Mega Powers. There was nothing remotely close to that type of fun on this show.

[@lasportslive6813]

They are not gonna put that kind of show on live network tv. Those are called ple’s. This was a tv special. Yaw complain but what you did see was some of the best workers in the wwe, Drew,Sammy, Iyo,KO and perform well and you saw two World Title Matches. You gotta remember if you were alive back then the WWF was not having PPV’s every month like the WWE has ple’s every freaking month so yeah the OG SNME are gonna be more action packed.

[@TheLedonne3]

@lasportslive6813 "best workers". How the hell would you know unless you were an actual wrestler. Sorry, but that show was a bunch of wrestling matches, nothing really entertaining about it.

[@TheOne-lb5pu]

They obviously didn’t watch snme as a kid because this was exactly what it was back in the 80s

[@BigPoppaPun]

The inagural US womens champ match will be the only one remembered in 3 months

[@Ray-k6i3r]

Disco is a fool

[@3210-n1x]

He really is

[@Yvonntv]

I liked it. Winged belt, okd school music,ring and referee, a new Mid title was introduced and of course hearing jesse ventura, hhh vs ko, cody injured

[@dnacollectibles974]

There’s nothing wrong with the show most of the time wrestling is predictable. The show was basically a low level special. New woman’s US champ like what more do people want it was something fun to watch on a Saturday night.

[@huh8662]

Ya know what it really needed? The Body on commentary all night with Cole & McAfee.

[@89jstubbs]

A bunch of old men still jealous it’s crazy

[@TheNinthHeart]

What’re you talking about? Jealous of what?

[@garethcullen9604]

Did Disco just call them "the Rou-beckers" 😅😅😅😅

[@jackiejones3296]

I really didn't like the booking of the WHC match. You're telling me that a member of Judgement Day and a member of Imperium could have a match in which there's no DQs, yet still the heel champion has to go over clean? They could have worked out a way to protect Balor & Priest will still making Gunther look strong.

[@anthonyr8906]

Here's the thing, this was the first one now they do have more coming next year so I believe what they're going to do is take what they learned from this and apply to it by adding promos and other things

[@tiandrerichardson2435]

SNME was a really good show. I was entertained!

[@Jerry12_21]

Personally they could’ve had more than just good matches. It would’ve been interesting having drew needing security to escort him out because he keep attacking Sami. But it’s was like a ice cream sandwich, nothing wrong with it but you wanted more than what it was

[@BadNewsDave]

Mega Powers forming, Hogan losing to Andre, and Savage turning on Hogan. Except for those three major angles, SNME was always a glorified house show. KO giving Cody the Piledriver should have been on network TV and not social media. Otherwise, it was an old school show. Matches were quick, just like the 80s.

[@anxofernandez3344]

I actually liked it. I loved to see Chelsea Green as new US champ and the finish of the main event and the post match were great. They give Kevin Owens more reasons to hate Cody and resent him for being the "golden boy" and it gives Cody Rhodes an edge and opens again the possibility of a heel turn down the road, maybe after WrestleMania. Liv and IYO had a good match but I didn't like Rhea coming out again and I hope they end this feud soon; I hope it's one more match on Raw on Netflix, Rhea wins, Liv and Raquel are transferred to SmackDown, IYO Sky wins the Royal Rumble and challenges Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania and Liv & Raquel win the tag team titles. Drew vs Sami was okay but I wouldn't have had it on the card, maybe Ludwig vs Bron Breakker would've been more appropriate and more interesting. Gunther vs Priest vs Balor was an excellent match and it should be the end of Gunther's involvement with either of them. Finn and Damian can have one last match on Netflix, like a No DQ or Last Man Standing, and then be on different brands. Judgement Day should go to SmackDown, have a different environment. All and all, good matches, a couple of great moments and the rest was kinda filler but still good.

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

The NFL things have been formatted with commercial breaks around the action. WWE formats the action around the commercials.

[@joetroller514]

The finish to Owens vs Rhodes was really bad. A ref counting the pin from outside the ring? Poor.

[@TheNinthHeart]

Add to that that both guys are Lower mid card job-guy levels of talent.

[@crooklyn74]

Someone explain to Disco that the NFL isn't a work, so you can't have extended commercials like you would on a pre planned show.

[@chrissader8751]

Everything in life is a work!!

[@markula_4040]

I didn't watch it but it does seem pointless. During it's initial run in the 1980's, wrestling wasn't on TV double digit hours per week and there were only 4 PPVs a year. Now there is so much that a show like this doesn't feel necessary. It reminds me of when the Clash of Champions in WCW started feeling unimportant. And from what I heard, this SNME had a lower audience than most Raws despite being on free TV as opposed to cable so it seems unlikely this comeback will even last a full year.

[@VoodooApex]

Is disco not aware how commercial breaks work?

[@djchino774]

When WWE is as hot as it is of course NBC is gonna capitalize and run a shit ton of ads. Don't be stupid. AEW can run ad free and is not because they choose to.

[@Am0ment0fB]

I was there live. Our section was cheering you deserve it to Cody. You can hear it actually in that video. Anyways, we represented Long Island with that crowd. But, the show was disappointing for me because we had no real old guys show up besides Jessie, Koko, and Greg. So, that was disappointing. No promos besides Jessie just reading off cards about the matches. I thought we would get something memorable. People were leaving adn and some may missed the HHH thing. I seen Kevin hanging around. So, I was ready for it. Got good video. We had a great time because of the crowd and the energy. The matches were ok. But, this was disappointing overall. I went thinking it would be memorable. Most memorable thing is a rehash of Randy piledriver on Raw. Also, they truly rushed Chelsea celebrating. We got a few seconds of pyro and then immediately ended to commercial. Ha.

[@walterclark3198]

It was a house show with star's but i really liked the matches. Going forward it will be better. This was just a teaser.

[@TheNinthHeart]

What stars? They didn’t even feature Steiners kid

[@CoolCATs2814]

I thought the wrestling was good and I had no problem with the show. Calling it a glorified house show, I get, but I like when they tape the weekend house shows. Usually you'll find the best cards for those. One thing though, I'm not going to miss RAW when it moves to Netflix. There's just too much wrestling on TV nowadays, one less day of it will make Smack Down better, for me any way.

[@mansion1719]

What WWE did was booked the type of show that has caused people to stop watching AEW: predictable matches with no angles in between.

[@lasportslive6813]

This show was for new viewers not us. Why would you expect a ple type event on free fucking tv. Smarten up!

[@edwardperez968]

I agree with you guys. It felt like a house show.

[@ryancreecy9105]

I personally channel flipped back n forth watched little bit more of collision than snm but it wasn't much going on over there at all

[@ALIAN18]

Bro , you interrupt every show 😂

[@johnnytheworldowner9130]

As soon as Cody made the entrance with the Winged Eagle title, I knew that the show was ending with Cody going over. Poor choice and it made Cody look like a total mark.

[@MeteorologistAlsoGoPutin]

Newsflash, he is a total mark. Like dude what planet are you from.

[@jeritobabilla3843]

Complete throw away. How does Kevin get a 3rd title shot after this because of a post match beat down? No cody has already beaten him twice move on. Damien failed in 2 title rematches and Finn took the pin that night so both of those should be eliminated from contention.

[@whisperienced]

The matches were good but it accomplished near nothing. They didn't go full retro either and just having crowd shots of the legends felt like a waste. They should have done some old school backstage interviews.

[@Some_dude_34]

I really enjoyed SNME.

[@philwalsh8975]

This WWE show was so bad that Tony Khan is going to lose sleep trying & failing to come up with something better

[@LatashaMoore-y7r]

I don't watch Saturday night main event

[@markmann5539]

Honestly, I thought that it was the worst WWE show of the year. Drew vs Zayn was way too quick, that should have been a much bigger deal.

[@TheNinthHeart]

Why should that have been a bigger deal..? Based upon what? What is the story there?

[@Mirage9982]

It was almost a waste of time. I did like seeing some of the old clips and Koko Beware, Jesse Ventura and Greg Valentine. Other than that, it was a predictable house show.

[@888YouCantHandle]

Disco and konnan's two wrestling never was with not relevant opinions.

[@liamstewart4472]

Maffew from BotchAmania is going to have a long day at the office with SNME, from the in-ring botches to the production botches... dude, the show was a mess.

[@kardave2848]

Yea, where was the Blood Line?

[@chrismartinez5186]

with respect to the OG Konnan ...please stop smacking your gum and sucking on candies...it sounds like we are listening to a grandma at church

[@lukebalek946]

Chef’s kiss on the konnan interrupting freakout quick edit Hughezy. Perfectly timed Glen just curb stomps over everyone always LOL.

[@claytongrayum777]

NOPE, my kids had fun watching and having me wear them out over the nostalgia 😅😅😅

[@popo2464z]

KONNAN STOP EATING DURING SHOW AT LEAST MUTE YOURSELF. 0 RESPECT FOR LISTENER.

[@larryosbourne9423]

WWE are booking Cody too strongly, they're going to start having fans boo him. I don't know if Kevin Owens has or hasn't re-signed with WWE for next year but Cody really should have dropped the title

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

Maybe but then again, if WWE had him drop the title too soon fans would still be complaining.

[@lowkick22]

Matches matches matches. HHH’s booking is better than Vince’s but he is forgetting about the ENTERTAINMENT part of sport’s entertainment. There needed to be more than matches. Say what you want about Vince, he knew how to inject some chaotic silliness into a TV program

[@MeteorologistAlsoGoPutin]

It's called pro wrestling not pro segments

[@danielcody874]

Bro what

[@jotac87278]

Sounds like they wanted a PLE event. It could have been better, but it served its purpose

[@thewholefnshow]

The ending had an angle as well to be fair

[@oddishhonor]

Awhhh, the old guys want an old show to be exactly how they remember. Not taking into account how much times have changed.

[@jessejones9902]

That was not how this old guy remembers it. No great promos, no surprises, and just average matches . It was an event back in the day.😮

[@TheNinthHeart]

“Times have changed” …? As far as pro rasslin is concerned? How so…? You mean, it is no longer an entity that anyone is even remotely aware of & that no one has watched in decades..? What’re you even talking about…? What is this comment?

[@mikefegan2324]

Teipel H is the kidn of booking. It wa sa great show and your'e just lelaous of him.

[@TheNinthHeart]

?

[@TheNinthHeart]

WWF is such a joke. Pro rasslin in general is beyond cringe

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

Stop watching it then, problem solved.

[@TheNinthHeart]

@ you’re a mark 🎯 Go to sleep, leprechaun. Also, no one watches pro rasslin anymore. This isn’t 1987, genius 🤤 😂