Is the show identical in quality to the first episodes ? I think I looked most of the first episode and a few minutes of the second, then I tapped, and threw the towel on my TV.
I'm not that surprised that it exists and that there is a public for that, everybody saw those soviets on old youtube compilations ; but my humble opinion is that the show should be directed by the love child of Proust, Sophocles and Nietzche (the crazy version after he saw Cthulhu) to get some great storytelling and a masterful staging, bringing catharsis and food for thought about Übermenschen slapping each other.
But for now, and even without considerations about CTE (which seems to be a problem for quite a lot of sports anyway)... I thought that once you saw one or two KOs, there wasn't much left to be excited about. In fact I just found it extremely repetitive.
So is the appeal just that, to see guys getting hit in the face, like, easy and direct violence ? I'm not asking in a judgmental way, I just kinda hope that they found a way to make this a bit more interesting, somehow. To be fair, I guess that charismatic contestants could do that, but I wasn't really impressed by what I saw.
How does it work, like tournaments, or more like the UFC, with a ranking, etc ?
Ayo fam maybe you peeped the first cycle of The Road to Title
#TRT ? Those episodes ain't for every mandem still
I rate them 'cause I was deep in slaps like it was Bitcoin
but gotta say it felt like TUF but with less jokes and more Alcohol ads
If you stick around long enough though your brain's gonna do a 180 real quick
Caught the moment when El Perro got waved off that Howler Head and started wildin' with everyone in the house even that face tat dude tryna square up lmfaoll
then Vercules steps in like a real one in dad-mode telling mans to cut it and hit the sheets or he's about to catch hands respect due
It's like this fam the "last mans" always quick to judge when another's caught slipping at their lowest
But sometimes it's about rising above flipping the script doing good by showing a next man the light even when they're off the rails
Str8 Z-man vibes with good guy Verc giving the foreshadowin' and all dat. Knew mans was hurtin' deep down and gave him a hand.
Then Power Slap 1 drops and it's like seeing the real side of these guys you've been side-eyeing Slap Jesus out here with 5 youngins just dropped the bottle tryna stack cash be a solid dad man's used to catching hands for free now he's tryna make it legit
Same vibe with KO Chris
They're like us fam just deeper in it some are tradesmen with a past in scrappin' never went full tilt after starting families
Some mans like Waylon Frost showing fems got that strength too just on a different flex and they can still buck widda mandem
The mandem got demons fam unfulfilled dreams just tryna break out the ends by taking chances aiming to be whole that's why they filled out that application online
Everyone tryna chase that Ubermensch wave after seeing what they can do and being given a true shot at doin it big
When you add it all up it's pure vibes real life's the best storyteller just gotta stay woke to what's real makes you wanna see every man catch that W fr
Reminds us to never stop grinding chasing that dream taking them risks you know?
Mix in Bisping and Dan Hellie's banter
sick camera work
Mark Smith str8 hatin' this gig but mans got bills to pay
Forrest Griffin being damn good at his job
"He slapped off count!!"
and you got prime time viewing fam
Not just aboot the sport it's the whole trip laughter tears rooting for mandem chatting smack aboot the opposition feeling no ways 'cause it's all love they're just like us facing their own battles
Aboot the repetitiveness it's not UFC level technical but think arm wrestling darts golf you start seeing some of the depth
A slap might look simple but it's chess not checkers wondering aboot the strategy behind each move that whip slap or the timing switch meaty overhand on 3 could be a game changer
Kinda like UFC ground game your boys might clown for being bare homo but you know the skill involved
It's all aboot peeling back the layers watching the sport and the mandem evolve that's the real thrill
#Trust
TL;DR It ain't all violence it's a vibe like WWF Attitude era meets Over the Top with a dash of darts on meth and every second is gold IMHO
#JustMyCents Watch the numbered events if you just wanna see slaps and skip both cycles of TRT
But yeah they got rankings fam for sure stats too