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| Big Tuna | Jun 4 2014, 01:21 PM Post #141 |
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I lost Smackdown bros. Sorry. Smackdown! - 8/23/13 - featured an opening in-ring segment in which Vickie Guerrero introduced Randy Orton as the new WWE World Champion; Orton then came out, with Vickie shaking his hand on the aisle, before cutting a promo in the ring in which he said he didn't need the help of Triple H or the Shield but thanked the WWE for their support and said he hoped the fans would support him as well; Orton said he was the face of the WWE, with Daniel Bryan interrupting, taking a mic, thanking John Cena for facing him at Summer Slam despite his injury, and for giving him the opportunity of being WWE World Champion; Bryan then said the face of the WWE had to change and mocked Orton for how pretty he was and how obvious it was that Triple H liked him more than Bryan; Bryan then said he could beat Orton and he could beat him for the title, adding he wanted his rematch later in the show; after the crowd chanted "Yes!", Orton said it would have to wait until Night of Champions and held the belt above his head in Bryan's face; Orton then attempted the RKO, with Bryan avoiding it and knocking Orton to the floor; included a "Did you know?" graphic which read Raw had 10 times more social media activity than any other show on TV; featured a backstage segment in which Wade Barrett told Vickie he wanted a match against Bryan, with Vickie agreeing and saying it would be in a steel cage; included an ad promoting 'Total Divas;' featured a WWEShop.com ad; included a WWE '14 ad featuring the Undertaker; included a "Did you know?" graphic which read Summer Slam was the most active program Sunday night, beating all shows on CBS, ABC, HBO, Fox, AMC, NBC, and ESPN; featured a backstage segment in which Ryback signed an autograph for a dad, only to then tear it up when the guy admitted he didn't know Ryback's name; included the announcement CM Punk would face WWE IC Champion Curtis Axel on Raw; featured a vignette promoting the debut of Los Matadores: WWE IC Champion Curtis Axel (w/ Paul Heyman, his arm in a sling) pinned Cody Rhodes in a non-title match at 7:51 with the facebuster after Heyman distracted Rhodes as Rhodes attempted a moonsault, with Axel then causing Rhodes to crotch himself on the top rope; after the bout, Heyman cut an in-ring promo in which he said CM Punk was lost without him but Axel had found himself because of Heyman; Heyman then said no one could beat Axel, which Axel then challenging Punk to a match on Raw *3/4 Dolph Ziggler pinned Big E Langston (w/ WWE Divas Champion AJ) with the Zig Zag at 2:01 after avoiding the Big Ending; prior to the bout, Langston jumped Ziggler as he entered the ring and assaulted him for several moments before the match officially began; Ziggler wrestled the match with his T-shirt on *1/2 World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio defeated Christian in a non-title match via submission with the cross armbreaker at 11:25 after Christian struck the ringpost shoulder-first; Mexican flags were positioned at the ringposts for the match; after the contest, ADR cut an in-ring promo in which he told the fans to follow him, with Ricardo Rodriguez then interrupting at the entrance stage and introducing Rob Van Dam; as RVD approached the ring, Christian took ADR out with a missile dropkick and RVD followed with Rolling Thunder before ADR slid to the floor *** The Big Show & Mark Henry defeated Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, & Drew McIntyre in a handicap match at 3:09 when Show pinned McIntyre with the punch to the face; after the bout, WWE Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns appeared on the big screen and said Show & Henry's time was ending *1/2 Darren Young (w/ Titus O'Neil) pinned Antonio Cesaro (w/ Jack Swagger & Zeb Colter) with the Gut Check at 2:32; Young bled from the mouth during the match *3/4 Daniel Bryan pinned Wade Barrett in a steel cage match at 11:56 with a running knee to the head; after the bout, WWE World Champion Randy Orton slid out from under the ring and dropped Bryan with a RKO on the floor before holding up the title belt as the show ended **1/2 |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 4 2014, 06:46 PM Post #142 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 8/18/2013 WWE Raw August 26th, 2013 Phoenix, AZ The show opens with The Shield in front of the ring, and then Triple H comes out. He says SummerSlam was a paradigm shift and the dawning of a new era, and shows the video of the betrayal and Randy's cash in again. He says that was just business, but then last week, Daniel Bryan insulted him and his family and threatened his wife and tried to attack him and his family, so what happened was what Daniel brought on himself. He says business is booming because of the new face of the WWE and then brings out Randy Orton. He congratulates him on all his new success and then shows Randy the new Escalade he's bought him as a present. THE ESCALADE GETS ITS OWN ENTRANCE SET TO "THE GAME". Daniel Bryan comes out onto the stage, and repeats his points from Smackdown. He then thanks the fans for supporting him even though he's not as pretty as Twinkletoes Orton in there. He calls out Triple H for selling out now and says he's just as narrow minded and misguided as Vince McMahon, and Triple H says in the real world, it MATTERS who you are. Daniel is not an A player, Randy Orton is, and he's nothing more than a B at best. fF he wants to prove himself again, he'll give him the opportunity, so he'll give him a shot to prove his great work ethic too, and books him in a gauntlet match vs. The Shield later! YEAH! He says he's giving him the gift of justice, because he believes in him, and because this is best for business. TONIGHT: PONK/AXEL WITH VOTING STIPS Damien Sandow is on commentary for the next match. Match #1: Cody Rhodes vs. Fandango w/ Summer Rae This is all of a minute. Miz comes out with Rosa Mendes and dances to distract Fandango, and Cody gets a roll up to win. 1/2* Damien and Fandango attack post-match, and The Miz runs out to save. Brad Maddox comes out and channels T'Lo by making a tag team match after the commercial. Match #2: Cody Rhodes/The Miz vs. Damien Sandow/Fandango Summer and Rosa are there. This is all of 3 minutes so it's also whatever. Cody is the only nearly complete wrestler here. Miz is terrible, Fandango is average, and Sandow is slightly above average, much like the great Mike Sanders. This is like 85% Miz though, so Cody's going to miss out on points tonight. Fandango walks out on the match, and Sandow is beat with the Skull Crushing Finale. 3/4* LOS MATADORES: COMING SOON! In the back, Josh interviews Christian and asks about the direction Triple H is taking the WWE. Christian says that's a dangerous question, and says people suffer consequences these days for the wrong answer. He says he's still got scars from the McMahon-Helmsley Era after living through it. DAT CONTINUITY HOLY FUCK. Back in that six month McMahon-Helmsley run of booking the show in maycabe, Christian saw them try to split up both E&C and the Hardys and book a ton of dangerous tag matches just because they could. Great use of history. Christian says that on one hand, you have to learn from history, but Randy Orton cuts him off and asks if he has a problem and says he's clearly upset that he lost at SummerSlam while the face of WWE didn't, just like he'll lose tonight to an RKO. Christian says he knows H like sledgehammers, but maybe Orton is his new tool. In the back, Paul Heyman is upset about the vote and Axel says it's no problem and says CM Punk can't beat him and this is better than perfect. He asks Paul if he believes in him, and Paul clearly has no faith in him, but says he believes in him his life depends on it. The fans vote that the stipulation is that if Punk wins, he gets five minutes with Heyman. Match #3: CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel w/ Paul Heyman [If Punk Wins, He Gets Five Minutes With Heyman] This gets seven minutes, but Punk isn't trying super hard and Axel is whatever. Punk possibly isn't trying super hard because Axel just isn't going to have a great match when it's a match that matters at all. Maybe if this was on Superstars or NXT, Axel might put in the effort, but it's not happening with people watching. Punk goes through his motions and Punk wins with the GTS. ** Punk chases Paul and brings him in. He corners him, but Axel hits Punk with a low blow. He brings in handcuffs and Axel handcuffs Punk's hands behind his back. Heyman yells at Punk and says he's nothing without him. Punk fights back with kicks, but Axel then hits him with a chair. He brings in a kendo stick and gives it to Paul, who goes nuts with it. They keep attacking him and Paul yells that he loved him before referees came down to make them stop. Match #4: Natalya vs. Brie Bella All the other Total Divas women are on the floor. This is all of 90 seconds and whatever. BTB and Eva interfere, and Brie hits the X-Factor to win. 1/4* AJ Lee comes out onto the stage and has the mic. She says she just watched last nights episode and OMG. The Bellas are dealing with obvious daddy issues, The Funkadactyls broke up and then got back together, Natalya's fiancee isn't much of a man, and the other two were also there. It was great! A loud "AJ" chant breaks out, as WWE has again totally misinterpreted what their audience actually likes. AJ says she sees a bunch of cheap, interchangeable, pathetic women. People who became reality TV stars because they just weren't gifted enough to be actresses and talented enough to be champions. AJ says she's done more in one year than they've done in their careers. She has saved THEIR division, shattered glass ceilings, and broken down doors. And why? So stiff plastic mannequins can waltz through without a thank you? She worked her life to get here and they were just HANDED fifteen minutes of fame. She didn't get here because she was cute or came from a famous wrestling family or because she SUCKED up to the right people. She got here because she's good, earned this title, and they can walk all the red carpets they want in $4000 heels, but none of them can lace up her Chuck Taylors. None of them can touch her and THAT is reality. Amazing promo, and while Natalya and The Funkadactyls sell this with quiet anger, The Bellas continue to basically be cancer as they spend all of it no-selling while yelling stuff like "JEALOUS", "SAY IT TO OUR FACES", "LOSER", etc. And from what we've learned in interviews since then, The Bellas basically hated this and it became a generic thing with all the Total Divas as babyfaces despite pretty much everyone seeing AJ's point. Match #5: Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez This absolutely happens for about five minutes, and it feels like forever. Cole says if RVD wins, he'll get a title shot at Night of Champions. ADR's motivated streak seemingly comes screeching to a halt now that summer's over and RVD absolutely RVD's it up. ADR gets distracted by yelling at Ricardo, and RVD gets his weird leg roll up deal for the win. RVD also wins the Review World Title, unfortunately. *1/2 featured Matthews conducting a backstage interview with Ryback about his bullying, with Ryback forcing Matthews to the floor and shoving him down In the parking lot, Renee interviews Heyman and Axel. Heyman says CM Punk is like a petulant child who just needs to be punished and punished and he says he feels like a man right now. He put his prodigal son in place and CM Punk was humiliated and now he'll learn that Paul Heyman is the last person he should ever come up against. Match #6: Randy Orton vs. Christian This gets 13 or 14 minutes, so it's super super great. It's actually great booking too, since Christian was the last one to beat Orton, so Orton getting his win back only further solidifies his new spot. Heel Orton is an improvement because he doesn't have to do a lot of comebacks, but they worked this as pretty back and forth compared to a lot of WWE stuff. The idea was that these two know each other so well that neither can ever control for any substantial length of time because after like 5-10 big matches in the last two years, they know the arsenals of each other inside and out. They have a lot of big counters along with teasing moves only to pay them off later in unexpected ways. For great Orton opponents, guys like Benoit and Bryan and Rey and Cena (horrible rematches, but let's never discount their 2007-9 stuff) come up, but Christian is way up there too. Some really great payoffs, and there's a botch here that actually ends up improving the match. Christian misses a cue so Orton signals him to run forward as sort of a taunt. Christian does it and Orton ducks to then try the Powerslam, but Christian steps back from it, giving the idea that Orton telegraphed it with the taunt. Dem little touches. Orton goes to the eyes for once, and due to Christian's recent hot streak, Orton needs the something extra to beat Christian for the first time ever. Orton hits the RKO to win. ***1/2 after the match, Daniel Bryan appeared on the big screen and questioned whether beating Orton at Night of Champions would make him the face of the WWE, then moving aside and showing how he spraypainted "Yes" all over Orton's new Cadillac Escalade; following the commercial break, Orton, Triple H, and Brad Maddox looked at the vehicle, with Maddox noting the fans and roster were making fun of what happened; Triple H responded by saying he bought the vehicle, then telling Maddox to find everyone in the locker room and have them stand at the stage and watch what happens to Daniel Bryan later in the show; he then added anyone who interfered would be fired Match #7: Titus O'Neil vs. Jack Swagger Partners and Zeb are on the floor. This is much worse than Cesaro/Young, since Swagger is no Cesaro, and Titus is still pretty raw. He has awesome power throws, but shitty strikes and other stuff, and Swagger doesn't know enough to only work to Titus' strength. Titus wins with the Clash of the Titus. * The "Sister Abigail" promo airs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwEsCOYCkL8 featured a backstage segment with Maddox telling Punk to receive medical treatment, with Maddox agreeing to let Punk face Heyman and Axel in a handicap elimination match at Night of Champions; Maddox then said if Heyman walked out of the match, he would never be seen again The roster is on the stage for the main event. Renee Young asks Big Show about last week's gauntlet match and he says nothing. She asks Dolph Ziggler, and he also stays quiet. She asks The Miz what he thinks of this since he's very outspoken. Miz says what happened to them is...he stops. Renee says he must not want to get fired and throws it to the ring. On one hand, this maximizes what Bryan's doing and makes him look awesome, but now everyone else on the roster kind of looks like a giant pussy. Match #8: Daniel Bryan vs. The Shield [Gauntlet Match] This is about 10 minutes, and it's almost all Bryan/Rollins, since that gets 9 or so. This is totally fine because that's a great match, but it's not like we're getting another Bryan Gauntlet that's actually three real-length singles matches. Rollins does good basic heel stuff, and Bryan makes a great comeback. Awesome finishing run of counters and Bryan beats Rollins with the Knee That Beat John Cena. Ambrose is next, and Bryan immediately puts on the Yes Lock! Reigns attacks for the DQ, so he's last. REIGNS ALSO GETS IMMEDIATELY PUT IN THE YES LOCK! YEAH! But then the other two attack, and Bryan wins by DQ. *** Triple H walks down and he stares down Miz, Show, and Ziggler and almost dares them to save and get fired, before he walks down and signals for The Shield to drop him. They then get Bryan up, and hit the Triple Powerbomb. Randy Orton then comes down, and they bring Bryan up so Orton can hit the RKO to end the show. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 4 2014, 08:38 PM Post #143 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Rob Van Dam, Since 8/26/2013 WWE NXT August 28th, 2013 Orlando, FL In the back, Rick Victor confronts Corey Graves and he says they're tired of waiting for him, and they will rise. He says to do it right now, but then Conor O'Brian attacks. Victor holds him and says to stay down, and Conor hits THE weakest shot ever with some of the metal truss to his body. Victor holds up Graves' title belt to go into the intro video. Match #1: Tyler Breeze vs. CJ Parker The crowd is pro-Tyler. CJ is rocking the one-legged tights deal that HUSS-era Jimmy Jacobs invented (as far as I've seen) and ECW-era Zack Ryder popularized. This is a solid 3-4 minutes. CJ has some good offense and I'm upset that he has a great Back Senton. Tyler works the gimmick of not wanting his face touched well, and then when the ref's back is turned, he jabs CJ in the face with his phone, and gets the pin for the win. The crowd chants "TYLER'S GORGEOUS". *3/4 Back from the break, we are informed that Tyler Breeze has left the building. Match #2: Emma vs. Summer Rae Summer still isn't great, so there's a lot of generic catfight style face and head slamming from a mounted position here. Emma has a good comeback again, and wins with the Emma Lock. *1/4 Post-match, Summer attacks and throws Emma out to the floor. She grabs the bottle of soap Emma was blowing bubbles with, AND THROWS IT INTO EMMA'S EYES HOLY SHIT! AWESOME ANGLE! In the back, Dawson and Sylvester LeFort try and get Enzo and Cass to join their team, and Syl says to look what he's done with Scott Dawson. Cass says all this guy does is lose and Syl says they make a lot of MONEY. Enzo says they wouldn't join for all the money, and Scott Dawson says they committed a 5-10 because that's how long he's gonna beat their asses for, and calls them Jersey Shore wannabes. Enzo yells HUGE MISTAKE and Syl drags Dawson away. SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWFT. Before the match, Enzo comes down with the mic and says if he had a dime for every time he and Big Cass got beat up as kids, he'd have zero dimes. That's because they are not S-A-W-F-T SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWFT. Match #3: Scott Dawson vs. Enzo Amore Syl and Cass are both there. Enzo is OOOOOOOOOOOOOOVER. This is good enough for 2-3 minutes. They do good basic work and both men look good at what they're doing. Alexander Rusev comes down and lays out Big Cass. Enzo is distracted and Dawson hits a Teardrop Suplex to win. *1/2 Post-match, Rusev has his hand raised by Sylvester LeFort. In the ring, Renee Young brings out Sami Zayn for an interview. She asks about the match and Sami thanks everyone for all the kind words about the match and the truth is, he's a little conflicted because he still lost. He says Cesaro was the better man, and Renee puts him over for it and asks what's next. Sami says he doesn't know when he'll meet Cesaro again, but he has to look forward and his focus is the same as everyone else in the locker room and it's to be the NXT Champion. Bo Dallas comes out in a terrible all white suit. Bo says people on the internet saying he has a good match doesn't make him championship calibur, because he lost, friend. People want to hear about winners, like him. Sami says it sounds like he wants to start something, but Bo says he injured him at SummerSlam Axxess, so he can't give him a match. He thinks he's a really good kid, but he's still so green and has a lot of work before he can be like him. Sami says he wants to be champion, but not a delusional egomaniac with no perception of how people actually think about him. Bo laughs and says everybody loves him. The crowd NO's, and Bo says they're chanting his name. They're not booing him, they're chanting BOOOOOOOO like his name. Sami says he's scared and knows what he can do to him for the NXT Title and asks what it's going to be. Zeb Coulter then comes out and said Bo is a hardworking American and doesn't have to answer any questions from that illegal. Zeb says Sami shouldn't get the title shot until he proves he's a legal citizen and not a border jumping illegal trying to steal from hard working Americans. WE THE PEOPLE! Swagger comes from the crowd to attack Sami Zayn and he hits the Doctor Bomb, as Bo just leaves. They lay their flag on Zayn and belt out a WE THE PEOPLE. Awesome angle. Match #4: Adrian Neville vs. Conor O'Brian w/ Rick Victor Victor has Graves' title belt with him. This is a pretty awful four to fiveminutes. Neville isn't the guy to carry people at all and Conor is on the short list of the worst guys employed by WWE who regularly wrestle. Neville does stuff and wins with the Red Arrow. *1/4 Post-match, Victor attacks. The Ascension beats up Neville and Corey Graves comes out to save. His ribs are taped up, and he also gets beaten up. They hit their stupid ass Fall of Man thing on both champions. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 4 2014, 08:54 PM Post #144 |
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Dolph Ziggler vs. Antonio Cesaro w/ Jack Swagger & Zeb Coukter, Superstars (August 29th) This was awesome, and they had a better nine minute spotfest than they did a 20 minute mat affair like in July. They basically do all the great counters that you would expect. Ziggler takes insane bumps and Swagger keeps interfering. Some nice nearfalls and Ziggler looks the best he has yet as a babyface, but a lot of that is probably due to Cesaro being the king of highlighting everyone's strengths and being the best base in the world. Swagger causes a distraction and Cesaro hits the Pop Up European and then the Neutralizer for the win. *** |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 4 2014, 10:07 PM Post #145 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Rob Van Dam, Since 8/26/2013 WWE Smackdown August 30th, 2013 Las Vegas, NV The show opens with Miz TV, and he brings out Dolph Ziggler and The Big Show. Miz starts to talk and says they had to watch the destruction of Daniel Bryan under threat of no longer being WWE superstars, but this is a free country and it's time the WWE Universe heard their opinions. Big Show says standing there was one of the toughest things he's had to do, but says to talk to Dolph. Dolph Ziggler says to let Show finish his thought and Miz says he's always been outspoken, but Triple H comes out. He tells Miz to finish what he has to say, and Miz stops. H says he notices that Miz is in his gear and asks why, and Miz says you never know when a fight's going to break out these days. Triple H asks why everyone wants trouble now and says this is just what's best for business, but they all want to be like Daniel Bryan. He says Randy Orton is better than all of them, because he's not some guy who can run his mouth and not back it up, and he's not just some tall guy, and in Dolph's case, Randy Orton is at least tall enough. Randy Orton is best for business and makes all four of them more money. He says maybe Miz was frustrated on Monday because he saw the WWE Title and realized he used to have that and hasn't gotten anywhere near it in two years. He's a good guy though and books Orton vs. The Miz tonight and if he wins, he might get a title shot. Triple H says Dolph looked upset and he realized that it's because The Shield beat him up, so Ziggler can have a shot at revenge tonight and books him in another handicap match vs. all three members of The Shield. H then says Big Show looked so mad that he could see smoke coming out of his ears, so he's giving him the night off and says he wants him to sit ringside tonight next to the announcers and watch. He wants him to watch tonight and do absolutely nothing and makes Show go sit down, and says Miz is next. Match #1: Randy Orton vs. The Miz The intent is nice, as Orton gives a midcarder a lot before he wins a nice 10+ minute match, but then it's The Miz. So, whatever. The Shield comes out to distract The Miz halfway through and Orton takes over. He does well, and Miz's comeback is again terrible, and this lacks any of the creativity or building up of stuff that Christian gave Orton. Miz does things and comes off even worse because this is a situation where a guy who WWE clearly doesn't like in Christian shined and one of their semi-chosen ones in Miz falls flat on his face. RKO ends it. *3/4 Post-match, Orton waves The Shield in, and Miz gets beat up more. Big Show has emotions, but Daniel Bryan runs out to save with a chair, and he clears the ring. The end of Punk/Axel and the post-match is replayed. Match #2: Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Damien Sandow This gets two and a half minutes and is solid enough for an RVD squash going into his title match. Five Star Frog Shart ends it. *1/4 Post-match, ADR comes out and says stuff. Match #3: The Shield vs. Dolph Ziggler It's only 4 minutes this time, but is really good for the time given, yet again. Ziggler bounces around a lot and has great offense, and it's really awesome. I'd love a Shield six man with Ziggler involved on the other side. Big Show again has EMOTIONS about a guy who was a heel and an asshole forever now being beaten up. Ziggler is beaten with the Turnbuckle Powerbomb from Rollins and then the Spear from Reigns. **1/4 Post-match, The Shield taunts Show about how he can't do anything, and they hit Ziggler with the Triple Powerbomb. Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel come out and they talk about the match with CM Punk. I'm pretty much over this feud like everyone else was at the time, since they're not topping any of the build or promos for Punk/Brock, despite a good angle on Raw. TONIGHT: BRYAN/RYBACK III! Match #4: The Wyatt Family vs. Tons of Funk Bray and the Funkadactyls are both on the floor. This is another minute long squash for the Family, and Tensai is beaten after the Rolling Lariat from Harper and Big Splash from Rowan. 3/4* Post-match, Bray hits Tensai with Sister Abigail. Match #5: Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback This is 6 minutes and Bryan again does the best he can with The Rybork. He goes wild at the start and after he hits the Tope Suicida, Randy Orton comes out to distract him and Ryback takes over. Ryback does some decent generic power stuff, and Bryan makes an awesome comeback. He has the Yes Lock on, and Orton comes in. Bryan takes him into it, and somehow that's a DQ. Fucking referees. **1/2 The Shield comes out to save, and Big Show gets on the apron. Triple H comes out and yells at him to get down and Show has more feelings, despite how horrible Bryan was to him in 2012. Show makes crying faces and leaves and takes like 2-3 minutes to do this as H yells at him. The Shield holds Bryan for Orton to punch and taunt and they show him off to all four sides of the crowd in a great heel spot. Orton then calls for it, and The Shield hits the Triple Powerbomb. Orton then gets black spraypaint and paints NO on Bryan's chest. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 4 2014, 10:14 PM Post #146 |
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Top 10 Matches - august 2013: 1. CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar, SummerSlam (August 18th) 2. Randy Orton vs. Christian, Raw (August 26th) 3. Alberto Del Rio [c] vs. Christian, SummerSlam (August 18th) 4. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT (August 21st) 5. John Cena [c] vs. Daniel Bryan, SummerSlam (August 18th) 6. Dolph Ziggler vs. Antonio Cesaro, Superstars (August 29th) 7. Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio, Smackdown (August 9th) 8. Alberto Del Rio vs. Christian, Smackdown (August 23rd) 9. Randy Orton vs. Christian vs. Rob Van Dam, Smackdown (August 2nd) 10. The Shield vs. Mark Henry/The Usos, Main Event (August 7th) Wrestler of the Month: Christian & Dean Ambrose (TIE) - 20 Points Tag Team of the Month: The Shield - 18 Points Edited by Big Tuna, Jun 4 2014, 10:14 PM.
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| Big Tuna | Jun 4 2014, 11:43 PM Post #147 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Rob Van Dam, Since 8/26/2013 WWE Raw September 2nd, 2013 Des Moines, IA Triple H is in the ring to open the show, and The Shield again stand guard on the floor. Triple H introduces the face of the WWE and its champion, Randy Orton, and he comes down and gets on the mic. He says as the face of the WWE, disrespecting him is like disrespecting the WWE itself and anyone who disrespects this company needs to be dealt with, and shows video of what Daniel Bryan did last week on Raw and Smackdown. He says Daniel Bryan defaced his property, so he had to deface Daniel Bryan in the same way. Orton says he'd like to play a game out of Daniel Bryan's book. Should Daniel Bryan face him for the WWE Title? NO. Does he even have the slightest chance in hell of defeating him at Night of Champions? NO. Will Daniel Bryan ever amount to anything in the WWE or always be a B+ player? NO. Should Daniel Bryan give up his title shot at Night of Champions? YES. Triple H says he has a lot of responsibilities and one of them is ensuring the WWE puts out the best product every week, and the fans deserve to have the best. He also has to look out for the Superstars' health and says Bryan keeps working too hard and his ego is getting him hurt, and the fans are making Daniel Bryan confuse popularity with what's best for business. H says Doink the Clown was insanely popular and people loved him but Doink as WWE Champion would have been bad for business. Daniel Bryan will never be WWE Champion and he's not saying he can't have a goal. He can bring back the Cruiserweight or European Title for him to compete for as a goal, and Daniel Bryan comes out to the stage. Bryan says they made a lot of really good points and he's thrilled to be compared to Doink the Clown but he doesn't remember loud "DOINK THE CLOWN" chants and the only clowns he sees are the two in the ring. Bryan says he could give up his shot, just like Randy Orton gave up even trying to be WWE Champion until someone decided to hand it to him. So will he give up his title match? Is Randy Orton more masculine than Stephanie McMahon? NO. Orton asks when he's going to figure it out, and Bryan says Orton will never get this, because he's NEVER been told that he can't do something, but every time he's been told something he can't do, it makes him work harder and he goes out and does it, unlike Randy who was given everything. He KNOWS he can beat him for the WWE Championship and deep down, Randy and Triple H both know it too, otherwise they wouldn't let three men beat him down, and they would let he and Randy wrestle one on one. Randy might have the genetics of a champion, but he doesn't have the heart. Triple H says his anger is misdirected and says he should be mad at Big Show for standing by and watching while he has an ironclad contract. So he books Bryan vs. Show in the main event! In the back, ORton and Hunter walk by Cody, and stop him. H asks how it's going, and they shake hands. Cody says it's good, and H asks how his dad is, and he says he's good. Cody says the main event is awesome as long as nobody interferes, and they ask what that means. Cody asks Randy why he's avoiding Daniel Bryan and says he wouldn't think he'd be scared of him and says with the utmost respect, people want to see this match a lot, and Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan has to be best for business. Triple H says that's not his decision and says Cody's clearly got a lot on his mind planning his wedding coming up. H and Orton say they didn't get invitations and H says he got him a present. He has a match with Randy Orton tonight. Cody thanks him for the opportunity, and H says if he doesn't win, he's not going to be here very long. Match #1: The Miz vs. Fandango w/ Summer Rae Hey, this is a terrible five minutes. Stuff happens, it's awkward and sloppy, and Miz wins with the Figure Four. 3/4* In the back, Booker T talks to Bryan and says this is a fight he can't win and he's too good to go back to armories and he can make a ton of money in the WWE. He says he should think about giving up that title match. Bryan says this isn't about money or even the title as much and it's about his life. Booker says to wake up and says these people can ruin his life. He can get injured and it might end his career and these people won't stop there. He says he's behind him, but he needs to tread lightly. A recap of the Ponk/Paul/Axel segment from last week airs. Dolph Ziggler comes out, and Cole and JBL say he has a mystery opponent courtesy of Brad Maddox. Before the match, Dean Ambrose jumps Ziggler from behind. He throws him shoulder-first into the post and says he needs to learn about respect, before Ryback comes out to be his opponent. Match #2: Dolph Ziggler vs. Ryback Ziggler gets a decent three minutes out of Ryback with his bumping, but this is mostly a squash as Ziggler is beaten up. JBL spends the match yelling about conspiracy theories as the voice of the administration, and is fantastic at that. Ryback cuts off the brief offensive, and he wins with Shellshocked. *3/4 included a backstage segment in which Brad Maddox told Triple H and Stephanie McMahon that Show was refusing to wrestle Bryan, with Stephanie saying she would handle it in public LOS MATADORES: included an in-ring segment in which Stephanie talked about how much Show guided her when she was growing up backstage, then introduced him to the ring; Stephanie said Show was a big help to her when she was growing up backstage (noting she was 12 at the time) and said the cost of Show not doing what he's told would mean breach of contract; she said she knew he was broke and that he made bad investments and said she knew he was hurting but the only person hurting more was her; Stephanie then walked off as an emotional Show stood in the ring In the back, Big Show is mad and breaks stuff. NEXT WEEK: EDGE IS ON RAW! Match #3: The Prime Time Players vs. Heath Slater/Jinder Mahal w/ Drew McIntyre Drew is again wasted. This gets five minutes for some reason, and is alright as the obvious PTP showcase. Titus ends up with a good hot tag, and he pins Jinder after the Clash of the Titus. *1/2 In the back, Paul Heyman goes to Maddox in the office and says this is his fault. He says he put him in this match at Night of Champions, and if CM Punk gets his hands on him, maybe nobody will ever see Paul Heyman again. And now it's a practical guarantee that he'll get a beating in two weeks and asks if that's what's best for business. Triple H comes over and asks how he's doing and says that's his cue. Brad leaves and Triple H says he approved that match, and Paul almost yells but stops himself. Triple H says the reality is that he's a huge fan and he loves seeing Paul weasel his way out of everything and he honestly wants to see how he'll do it this time, because he really doesn't see an out in this. In a pretape, Bray Wyatt cuts a promo. He says Icarus was warned to never let his wax wings get too close to the sun, but pride can make the most noble men do the most foolish things. And as Icarus neared the sun, his wings began to melt and Icarus fell into the ocean and was never heard from again. Where's Kane? He warned Kane and told him that this fire would be his ending. And when Kane allowed his pride to cloud his common sense, that's when he knew that he was his. Like a lamb led to slaughter. Kane made his bed, and now, he's burning in it. Match #4: Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes [Cody's Career On The Line] These two FINALLY have the great match everyone's thought they had in them. The secret was that Cody is a natural face and Orton is a natural heel, and trying to do it the other way felt unnatural. Orton continues to turn his kind of slow and routine babyface stuff into calculated confident heel work, and Cody has some awesome desperate comebacks. Orton gets to kick out of Cross Rhodes, which is kind of a shitty thing to do to the guy's finisher, but it's WWE in 2013 and we know the midcarders don't have actual finishers. Cody then hurts his leg on a missed Disaster kick. Orton kicks him in the knee, and then hits the RKO to win. *** Triple H comes out and says he respects Cody for his heart, but he can't go back on his word. So, he's fired. Cody gets a standing ovation, but leaves without a job. featured an in-ring promo by CM Punk, in possession of a kendo stick, in which he said he had said everything he's needed to say about Heyman and that he wanted a fight with Heyman; Punk then guaranteed he would get past WWE IC Champion Curtis Axel to get Heyman at Night of Champions, adding Heyman claimed he broke his heart but he would break his face at Night of Champions In the back, Big Show talks to Bryan. He says he didn't want this fight, but he's under a lot of pressure. Bryan says he always does what he has to do, and tonight, he's another obstacle Triple H has put in his way. Show says this is getting very real and says to look what happened to Cody Rhodes, and he's in a no-win situation despite their friendship. Bryan says he gets it and says he's going to beat him just like he did for his first World Title. I love that Bryan's the only one in this who actually remembers that he doesn't like Big Show and isn't just OH HEY ALL BABYFACES ARE FRIENDS SO I HAVE A SAD WHENEVER A BAD THING HAPPENS. AJ Lee is on commentary. Match #5: Brie Bella vs. Naomi vs. Natalya [#1 Contender's Match] Big Titty Bella and Cameron are both on the floor. This is under two minutes, and again, whatever. AJ attacks everybody and the ref calls it. 1/2* Everyone runs off AJ. Coming back, it's announced that a four way is booked for Night of Champions now. LOS MATADORES: COMING SOON! Match #6: Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Damien Sandow This one gets about seven minutes, but isn't a whole lot better. RVD doesn't care a lot and is old and slow at his usual stuff and Sandow is not a dude who's going to carry anyone or get the best out of anyone if it isn't already there. Alberto Del Rio comes to watch on the stage. Things happen and RVD gets the Five Star Frog Sploosh to win. *3/4 In the back, Josh interviews Cody Rhodes as he's leaving and asks for parting words. Cody says he lost and that happens and it was that DAMN stipulation. He's fired, like that? He shouldn't be surprised because for over two decades, the McMahons have hated the Rhodes. His dad lit Florida on fire and was a star outside the WWE, so when he comes in, they throw him in polka dots and make him dance. His brother was a stud, The Natural, and they put him in gold paint and he's never been the same. And he has a wife to provide for now, and Josh asks if he has anything to say to her as she watches, but Cody just leaves. The roster again comes out and is forced to watch. Match #7: Daniel Bryan vs. The Big Show This is basically a 3-4 minute preamble to an angle. Bryan holds his own and then Big Show comes back with his killer Spear. He tries to walk out but Triple H comes out and orders him back in the ring and says to finish it. Show ignores him and walks off, but The Shield comes down and attacks Bryan for the DQ. *3/4 The Big Show comes back in, and the Shield backs off to the corner. Triple H comes in and says not to make him do this and says to think about his family and do the right thing. Big Show then watches as Bryan is hit with the Triple Powerbomb. Show cries again because he's trying to top Tommy Dreamer's crying record. H then yells at Show to knock him out, and he cries a lot before he knocks Bryan out with the KO Punch. He takes like three or four minutes again between bouts of crying and almost leaving to finally do it. Fuck this part of the storyline SO much. Randy Orton then comes out and poses over Bryan. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 5 2014, 01:12 AM Post #148 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Rob Van Dam, Since 8/26/2013 WWE NXT September 4th, 2013 Orlando, FL Match #1: Charlotte/Bayley vs. Alicia Fox/Aksana FOXANA IN THIS BITCH. FUCK YEAH. Aksana tricks Bayley into trying a hug and then cheap shots her. Fox and Aksana have a ton of chemistry and have a great control segment. Charlotte gets in and Fox throws her off the top like her dad, BUT CHARLOTTE ROLLS THROUGH IT. AMAZING HISTORICAL SPOT. Of course, Byron Saxton and Alex Riley completely miss it. Bayley gets in with a blind tag and rolls up Fox for the upset! *3/4 TONIGHT: SAMI ZAYN VS. JACK SWAGGER In the back, Sylvester LeFort and Scott Dawson ask Rusev what he'll do to Mason Ryan. He whips out a board with MASON written on it, and he breaks it on his knee. Match #2: Corey Graves vs. Rick Victor Both tag partners are there on the floor. This is not very good and is actually pretty bad and boring as death. Lots and lots of clubbering to the taped up ribs, and then Graves comes back without selling. Neville cuts off the interference from Conor, and Graves gets an inside cradle on Victor to win. 3/4* Graves leaves with his reclaimed belt. In the back, Summer Rae finds Sasha Banks at the makeup table and says she hears she has a title shot next week. Sasha says not to stir up trouble and Summer says if she wins, she could actually be relevant, and asks what an Anti-Diva even is. Summer says Paige thinks she's better than them and she's not, and says if she was Sasha, she would give Paige the beatdown of her life. She says to think about it. In the back, Renee interviews Paige and asks about the title match next week. She says she doesn't care what Summer Rae is up to. Sasha Banks is good, but she's the champ for a reason. She says she's not here to be a cover girl, she's here to cover girls and win, and that's what Anti-Diva is. She says if Sasha Banks wants to be ready, she should run back to Summer and ask what it's like to fight her, because she's a fighter and will give her the fight of her life. Match #3: Mason Ryan vs. Alexander Rusev w/ Sylvester LeFort & Scott Dawson Rusev basically squashes the Welsh asshole and has his awesome offense. Rusev wins with the Camel Clutch after the other two distract Ryan. *1/4 In the parking lot, Leo Kruger has attacked and laid out Xavier Woods and is laughing. Fuck yeah. Match #4: Sami Zayn vs. Jack Swagger w/ Zeb Coulter This is probably the best Swagger singles match of the year and since at least 2010 or something. Sami makes him do only good power spots and works a really good speed/power match. They only have like 6-7 minutes, and that's not enough time for a great match of this style with a build to big nearfalls, but whatever. Sami kicks out of the Doctor Bomb because fuck Jack Swagger and survives the Patriot Lock. He sells the ankle really well, and Bo Dallas comes out to distract him so Swagger can put the Patriot Lock back on for the submission. **3/4 |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 5 2014, 02:18 AM Post #149 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Rob Van Dam, Since 8/26/2013 WWE Smackdown September 6th, 2013 Minneapolis, MN The show opens with the locker room on the stage again, and Triple H is in the ring with both Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox, and The Shield in front of the ring. H regretfully says that Cody Rhodes is no longer a WWE superstar, and says he was disrespectful to him and therefore insubordinate and disrespected the entire WWE. He says he even gave the opportunity to fight for his job, and actually, Cody Rhodes fired Cody Rhodes when he failed to win his match. He says he has to make hard decisions as COO and he comes across as the bad guy, but he can accept that burden to do what's best for business. He says the floor is open for comments from the locker room to clear up any misunderstanding. Damien Sandow says he did the right thing in firing Cody. Triple H says he wants honest comments and questions, and not ass-kissing. FUCK YOU JOBBER. The placement of the roster members is also fucked up, because apparently Ziggler and ADR are cool just standing next to each other along with a bunch of other weird pairings. Kofi Kingston steps up and says ever since he's fired Cody, they've all been living in fear and that can't be best for business. H says that's fair and gets how he couldn't understand that. Heath Slater says nobody cares about Kofi and says he's a little uncomfortable with a giant that just stands around and watches everything go on. He then thanks Triple H for his great management style and says he's the best, and he's like the 3MB of management. H thanks him for emptying what was surely the entire content of his mind. H asks for someone else and says to open up. RVD comes over and says Hunter's the one that brought him back and he was under the impression that things were better now, but this vibe isn't cool, dude. H says he's been waiting for RVD to call him dude since like 2000, so this is great. H says he still has the same faith in RVD that he had when he re-signed him and asks who's next. Ryback says he's tired of being called a bully and H says that's fair, and says it's not his fault Ziggler was injured when he got to the ring and he did his job like he's supposed to. H says he'll let him prove it and books Ziggler vs. Ryback again. H says he notices Daniel Bryan isn't there, and that's proof that Bryan's ego is so big that he doesn't consider himself on the same level as the "little people" like all of them. Amazing. He says tonight, Bryan can face any Shield member he wants in a one on one match. H says he wants to reward people for speaking up, and books Kofi vs. Curtis Axel tonight in a non-title match to somehow punish the viewers. He books RVD vs. Randy Orton tonight to show how much he still values him, right now. That felt like it was there at least partially for Triple H to bury some midcarders on the mic, and it was fantastic. ADR is on commentary. Match #1: Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez They still can't touch their 2004 match, but this is at least better than their match a few weeks prior. Solid 10 or so minutes. RVD does stuff, but then misses his spin kick against the barricade in a nice little bump as a transition. Orton has another good basic control seg, and the finishing run is good. ADR attacks Ricardo so RVD dives on him. Orton cuts him off on the floor, and hits a Hanging DDT from the apron! He rolls him in, and hits the RKO to win. **1/4 In the back, Renee interviews Daniel Bryan and asks about what H said earlier. Bryan says he was told by management not to go out there because he wasn't invited, and says the ego problem is that he wants to be WWE Champion. He says no Shield match is one on one, so it doesn't matter. He says he knows he can beat any member of The Shield, so they can decide, just like he knows he can beat Randy Orton for the WWE Championship. featured a backstage segment with WWE NXT Divas Champion AJ, Aksana, Alicia Fox, and Layla in which AJ said she respected them more than the E! 'Total Divas' women and the 'Total Divas' thought they were better than them Match #2: Dolph Ziggler vs. Ryback Really fun sub five minutes, as Ziggler does what everyone knew he was able to get out of Ryback. Great power/speed stuff with Ziggler doing a bunch of athletic evasions before he pinballs around. Ryback does good generic power work, and Ziggler makes a great comeback. Dean Ambrose comes down to do commentary early on, and then distracts Ziggler at the end. He chases Dean on the floor, but Ryback cuts him off with the Meat Hook. He brings him back in and hits Shellshocked to win. I can't wait for Dolph Ziggler to eventually get his payoff! **1/4 Match #3: Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel w/ Paul Heyman This is not a good match. This is a bad match. It's boring and mediocre against the actual worst wrestler in the company and possibly world. Kofi tries to do matwork too and it's laughably limp and phony. Kofi fucks up his big highspot jumping over the steps to clothesline Axel on the floor and you can hear him. Axel briefly controls, and then Kofi has the worst comeback in wrestling before getting a sort of upset with the SOS, which he also fucks up. It's really rare to see someone who completely fucks up the majority of their signature offense and just keeps on doing it, learning nothing. 3/4* The Bray Wyatt promo from Raw airs again. In the back, Renee asks Paul Heyman about what happened and says that could happen at Night of Champions, and he'd be alone with CM Punk. Heyman says tonight was an error in judgment. They overlooked Kofi Kingston because he's been concerned with CM Punk, and that was his failure in strategy tonight. It's a mistake they won't make again, and one they won't make at Night of Champions. He says CM Punk promised to break his face and he bets everyone would like to see that. He says his worst is a lot lower than CM Punk's, and he promises. Match #4: Naomi vs. Brie Bella Both Cameron and BTB are on the floor. This is two minutes of nothing before AJ leads out Layla and Foxana to attack all of the Total Divas for a no contest. 1/2* LOS MATADORES: COMING SOON Match #5: The Usos vs. The Real Americans w/ Zeb Coulter Really good three minutes, as these teams continue to absolutely kill it with minimal time. Swagger is mostly kept out of this and there's an Uso hot tag and dive and run against Cesaro. Swagger cuts off the splash by stalling the climb, and he throws the Uso off the top into a European Uppercut out of the air, and that gets the win. ** featured a backstage segment with Triple H and Show in which Triple H said Show could face 3MB in a handicap match Match #6: The Big Show vs. 3MB This is a two and a half minute squash, so whatever. Show kills them all and beats Slater with the KO Punch. *1/2 Triple H comes out and tells Show to leave, and The Shield comes out. Daniel Bryan comes out after the break, and Rollins apparently gets the nod. Match #7: Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins w/ The Shield This is a fun six minutes. They play off a transition spot from their match in the gauntlet on Raw two weeks prior, with Bryan now countering the ram into the railing, but Rollins then slamming him over the top to the floor. He doesn't get much of a control segment, as the majority of this is the Bryan comeback and then finishing run. Bryan fights off both other Shield members, and beats Rollins with The Knee. **3/4 Bryan celebrates up to the stage, but Orton runs out and hits him with the belt to the back of the head to end the show. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 5 2014, 02:45 PM Post #150 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Randy Orton, Since 9/6/2013 WWE Raw September 9th, 2013 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Edge comes out to open the show for an episode of The Cutting Edge. He says he's here because he was asked to be here by the new COO because it would be good for business. He thought it would be good if he had a reunion -- not with his best friend Christian because NOBODY would want to see that, but if he had one with Randy Orton, a reunion of Rated RKO. But he's known Randy a long time and he has nothing interesting to say, so he's not going to do it. He doesn't have a problem with Randy cashing in MITB because that's his blueprint, but because he's a handpicked puppet and Triple H's lackey. So he's decided that his guest isn't Randy Orton, but it's Daniel Bryan! Bryan comes out and says he's been through a lot, but it helps to have so many people chanting his name. He says he's been hurt like Triple H said would happen if he didn't give up, but there's satisfaction in the struggle. He knows no matter how many times he gets attacked from behind or triple teamed, he will beat Randy Orton and regain the title and be the WWE Champion. YES! Edge says that's why he likes him, because he looks at obstacles as inspirations and the people have chosen him. Edge says he deserves a fair shot at beating Randy and asks if he thinks he can beat Randy Orton. YES. Edge asks if he can shove it in his face and show he's the face of the WWE, but Randy Orton comes out to the stage. Randy says it's a shame only Canada gives a crap about Edge anymore and it's a shame that his body failed him at such a young age. Edge says it's a shame that Randy acts like an entirely different body part of the WWE and it's a shame that while he has problems with his spine, at least he has one. He says Triple H has a great mind for the business, but when it comes to picking talent, he just flat out sucks. Triple H now comes out and says he's giving him the opportunity to say it to his face. Edge says he doesn't have to bite his tongue because he doesn't work here anymore, and he doesn't think he knows a damn about picking talent. He didn't think he could make it or Chris Jericho could make it and he was running around backstage ten years ago saying John Cena couldn't make it. So now he says Daniel Bryan can't make it, so he has to assume that he's going to make it. Triple H says it's great to see him here to promote the season premiere of his show Haven, and gives it a plug. Hunter says he questions his ability to judge talent, and he's gotten a few wrong, but he's also right quite a bit. Jericho proved him wrong and John Cena certainly proved him wrong, but time will tell on Daniel Bryan. But you know who he was definitely right about? He was right about Edge when he knew he would be a failure. They can pretend that Edge is a big star and a legend but the reality is that the Rated R Superstar experiment was an abject failure and he never drew a dime. Alright so an aside here, the best part about this is Triple H saying true things in a douchey way to get support behind Bryan, but it's easily proven false that Edge never drew a dime. Especially as a babyface, when he caused a large SD ratings and attendance spike in 2010-11 as champion. Anyways, Triple H says Jericho and Cena proved him wrong and Bryan has the opportunity too, and says he'll give him the opportunity tonight against Dean Ambrose. He says he'll even give Daniel Bryan someone in his corner, and while Edge can't fight like a man anymore, he'll give Bryan The Big Show! Triple H says he's not a dictator and people just need to learn to get along with him. Edge says he earned this HOF ring without marrying into it, and he's not a dictator, he's just a dick. Triple H says it's easy to cross a line when you know nobody can touch you, and Edge says Triple H does it all the time. H says he can't hurt Edge, but he can hurt the ones he love, AND THE SHIELD DRAGS OUT A KNOCKED OUT CHRISTIAN. They leave, and Edge runs down to help Christian. So that's WWE's way of killing off Christian since he's injured again or something. In the back, Edge storms into the office, and the Shield forms a wall between he and H and Steph. Edge says he wished that he could wrestle so he could come for him, and H asks who the hell he thinks he is. He says doctors will never clear him so he should take the bass out of his voice, and says this is HIS SHOW and he runs his mouth. This is his town too, because this is his company and tells him to get out of his building and his show. Edge shakes his head and leaves. Match #1: Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel w/ Paul Heyman This is slightly less terrible at two minutes. They have less to do so there's less to screw up and they just have a short bad match. Axel gets DQ'd for excessive punching in the corner, because I guess WWE is on one of those absolutely terrible GOD DAMNIT HAVE REFEREES ENFORCE THE RULES AGAIN AT THE COST OF EVERYTHING streaks. 3/4* Post-match, Heyman asks Axel why he did that, and Kofi knocks Axel out with that fucking kick. TONIGHT: ORTON VS. GOLDUST FOR CODY'S CAREER A video airs on Goldust's career. In the back, Paul Heyman is in the trainer's room and says he tripped in the hallway and hurt his knee. He says he'll have his own doctor look at it, and they put ice on his knee in the meantime. Heyman apologizes to Axel, and he says it's okay. In the back, Booker T talks to Big Show and tells him he's got a lot on the line and has to provide for people and says not to let pride get in the way of doing his job. Booker T as a defeated man who was soundly defeated, held down, and run into retirement by Triple H and the McMahons trying to tell his friends not to wind up like him is both so god damned depressing and also fantastic. Match #2: Dolph Ziggler vs. Bray Wyatt w/ The Wyatt Family This could have been great, but then they threw a commercial break in the middle of a six minute match because they've forgotten commercial break structure again or something. So they only have three minutes and it just ends up being a good showcase for Bray. He does his cool offense and then Ziggler makes a brief comeback. Harper and Rowan run distractions, and Bray can cut Zigs off and he wins with Sister Abigail. ** A video airs on Goldust's commentary. included an in-ring segment in which Heyman, on crutches and with Axel, introduced his personal doctor from New York City, talked about the diagnosis of his leg, and said he would not be able to compete at Night of Champions; moments later, Brad Maddox brought out the WWE trainer to make his own evaluation; as the trainer evaluated Heyman in the ring, the crowd chanted "This is awkward" and "CM Punk;" the trainer then determined Heyman was fine; as Heyman argued, Punk ran out and assaulted Axel with a kendo stick as Heyman ran into the crowd; Punk then assaulted Heyman's doctor with the stic AJ Lee joins commentary. Match #3: Layla/Alicia Fox/Aksana vs. Natalya/Naomi/Brie Bella Again, BTB and Cameron are on the floor. This is the match where AJ steals it on commentary by saying she's a little old for Jerry at 26 and she thinks he likes them younger. YEAH! They then all have a go at her fr stuff, and the match is actually good for the two and a half minutes it gets. Naomi is a fine FIP and Layla and Fox are trying here. Natalya gets in and makes Fox tap to the Sharpshooter. *1/2 Another video airs on Goldust, this time on his wrestling. Match #4: Alberto Del Rio vs. R-Truth After working face for the first six months of the year and somehow avoiding it for the last three months, Alberto Del Rio finally gets back to his trademark. The heatless overlong squashing of a heatless under card guy that the announcers constantly shill as ADR SENDING A MESSAGE~. This is not good at all, overlong, and ADR clearly does not care. ADR wins with the Cross Armbreaker. I'm glad ADR's back to not giving a shit and being super average, because I was starting to like him there. 3/4* NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS PRE-SHOW: TAG TEAM TURMOIL FOR A TITLE SHOT Before the match, Zeb says good neighbors help each other out and he cannot recall the last time Canada helped out America on anything. Canadians, to real Americans, are lazy, directionless, maple syrup chugging, French loving, moose hunting boring cousins. But it's not too late if Canada can find the passion for something a little more than a stupid hockey game, if they would please rise and say it with them. WE THE PEOPLE. Match #5: Santino Marella vs. Antonio Cesaro w/ Zeb Coulter Santino's back now so that's horrible, and he goes over Cesaro in three minutes. They plug Santino's new wrestling school, and Cesaro has a few nice moments and debuts his Giant Swing in the WWE before Santino gets a Peterson Roll to win. *1/2 Before the next match, Damien Sandow calls himself the uncrowned World Champion before the Miz cuts him off for the match. Match #6: The Miz vs. Damien Sandow This is three minutes, and whatever. This is a match that happens with 90% shitty Miz offense, and then Fandango comes out to dance on the stage. Miz is distracted, and Sandow gets a schoolboy for the win. 3/4* Post-match, Fandango pronounces his name. In the back, Renee interviews Goldust and asks about the match. Goldust says it's no secret that he's been the screw up of the family, but Cody's chosen to live the right way. He's had second, third, and fourth chances and he's messed them all up, and Cody got fired because Triple H threw his weight around to embarrass their family. Tonight, Cody gets a second chance because he means business, and Randy Orton will NEVER forget the name of -- Triple H comes to interrupt him and says it's been a long time since he's been here, and he must be nervous. He says he must be under a lot of pressure too, and he really hopes he doesn't let them down. Match #7: Randy Orton vs. Goldust Goldust comes back and is IMMEDIATELY in the discussion for best in the company and world along with Bryan and Cesaro and The Shield. This gets 12-13 minutes and is all fantastic. Orton comes in super cocky, but gets totally rocked by Goldust's punches and general desperation combined with veteran stuff. Goldust takes a sweet bump into the post from the apron, and Orton does stuff, but Goldust has an amazing comeback. Some great nearfalls off of stuff like roll ups and a Bulldog, and Orton again kicks out of Cross Rhodes. He then ducks a clothesline and hits the RKO for the win. ***1/4 LOS MATADORES: COMING SOON! In the back, Stephanie meets Goldust and says he must be so disappointed and he knows Cody and his wife to be are disappointed. And it's all because of him and he let his family down. She asks how it feels to be a loser like his brother and tells him to go join him in the unemployment line. She then says to tell his dad she says hi. Match #8: Ryback vs. Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez This is another two minute nothing match. ADR comes out to watch again, and Ryback is DQ'd for ramming RVD dick-first into the post on the floor. So basically, this is all the actual build for ADR/RVD, and we could have avoided a five minute ADR squash. Fuck this company kind of. 3/4* Ryback hits Shellshocked on RVD in the ring, and Del Rio applauds. In the back, Stephanie tells Big Show that he'll be fired if he touches The Shield tonight. Match #9: Daniel Bryan vs. Dean Ambrose Big Show and The Shield are on the floor again. This also gets 10+ minutes and is very good, although not great. Bryan tortures Dean on the mat with some good work, and then Dean takes over after Rollins causes a distraction. The commercial kind of kills the chances for this to be great as it trims out Ambrose's control segment nearly in full, and then the finishing run was probably less than what they're capable of. Bryan avoids Reigns and Rollins' attacks on the floor but Dean hits a DDT on the floor. Bryan kicks out back in the ring and then when Ambrose taunts him, Bryan gets the small package to win. **3/4 Randy Orton comes out to draw Bryan's attention, and the Shield then attacks Bryan. The Big Show comes in with a chair to run them off, but they remember he can't do anything, and Orton hits Bryan with the RKO. Big Show has more emotions and he goes to leave, but Triple H and Stephanie come out. They yell at Big Show to go knock him out. Show keeps refusing and crying, and Orton yells at him long enough for Bryan to recover, and he hits Orton with The Knee. 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| Big Tuna | Jun 5 2014, 03:55 PM Post #151 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Randy Orton, Since 9/6/2013 WWE NXT September 11th, 2013 Orlando, FL Before the opener, Enzo has the mic. He is a certified G and a bonafide stud, and this is Big Cass, and you can't teach seven feet tall. Last time, Big Cass got jumped and he got hit from behind by two dudes who have one thing in common. They're S-A-W-F-T SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWFT. Match #1: Enzo Amore/Colin Cassidy vs. Scott Dawson/Alexander Rusev w/ Sylvester LeFort Enzo and Cass have that kind of chemistry where they feel like actual friends and real people so it's super easy for people to get behind them. Enzo has some nice jabs, and Big Cass does good for a green big man. Enzo takes an awesome bump off a Dawson clothesline, and is a good FIP. Rusev continues to be a killer, and Syl has a nice team here. Shame it doesn't last. Of course, the match is fucked up because Rusev is DQ'd for corner attacks after the count of five again. UGH. *3/4 Bo Dallas comes out to the ring and gets the mic. He thanks all his Bolievers for the support and letters they've sent him. He says he came last week to support Sami Zayn because he wants to be the kid's mentor and he was trying to cheer him on, and when he's healed and cleared, he has no problem giving Sami a match. Not a title match, because he doesn't deserve it, but he has no power to make a match anyways. He thanks everyone for their support again and says don't stop Bolieving. In the back, Renee interviews CJ Parker and asks about Tyler Breeze. He says Tyler Breeze is over there, in love with his outer self, but CJP is here, totally in touch with his inner self. Tyler wants to hoard his love like a beaver with sticks, but he wants to spread his love across the world like a phoenix into the sunset. He says this started with a little positivist photo loving, just a little LOL, AND BREEZE ATTACKS HIM THANK GOD. Breeze then takes a selfie posing over CJ on the floor, and says it's gorgeous. Match #2: Paige vs. Sasha Banks This is apparently no longer a title match, I guess. They get a good amount of time and do a nice little face/face deal. Sasha has that great spot again where she schoolboys Paige head-first into the bottom turnbuckle and has a good Rear Naked Choke to control her. Paige comes back, and rolls through one of Sasha's attempted roll ups into a cradle for the win. **1/4 Post-match, Sasha attacks Paige, and hits a Straightjacket Neckbreaker. In the back, Summer Rae asks Sasha how it felt, and says it felt awesome and says she can't believe it took this long. She thanks Summer for bringing out the rage inside her, and they hug. Match #3: Leo Kruger vs. Xavier Woods Kruger looks awesome again taking apart Xavier's arm and has a really peak Nigel McGuinness type quality to it with a lot of nasty stretching and all arm-related offense. Of course, Xavier Woods comes back and pretty much ignores it to do his stupid highspots, so this isn't great like it could be. Kruger has a sweet Jackhammer and his Double A Spinebuster is again fantastic. Of course it's fall and in WWE that means "fuck everything", so Woods wins with the Sole Food. **1/4 |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 5 2014, 04:32 PM Post #152 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Randy Orton, Since 9/6/2013 WWE Smackdown September 13th, 2013 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The Big Show comes out to open the show with a piece of paper and reads a prepared apology and clearly is not actually sorry. He says he let the locker room down when in his top position in the locker room, he disobeyed orders from the COO and disrespected the entire WWE, and he's sorry. Triple H comes down to the ring and says that was insincere and not at all what he asked for, but it was an apology, so he can't fire him. He says he can get at him that way, but he suspends him for the night without pay, and says to think about that the next time he tries to defy his authority when he needs money. Triple H leaves, and then The Shield comes out to attack. Show fights them for a little bit, but Reigns hits him with a chair. They wear him out with the chair, and then Show is hit with the Triple Powerbomb. AJ is on commentary again. Match #1: Layla/Alicia Fox/Aksana vs. Brie Bella/Natalya/Naomi w/ BTB & Cameron Same thing as Raw but now for just under two minutes, so whatever. There's some good Naomi/Alicia stuff again for a few moments, and Natalya gets in. AJ gets in the ring and attacks Natty Ice for the DQ. 3/4* Post-match, all the Total Divas attack AJ, but Layla pulls her out for the save. TONIGHT: ZIGGLER VS. AMBROSE included an in-ring segment in which Vickie Guerrero introduced R-Truth and Fandango, with Summer Rae, for a dance contest; moments later, Mike Mizanin, dressed in 70s attire, interrupted and said he was Mizco Inferno; after Vickie said he could compete, the Great Khali came out and said he too wanted to dance; after everyone danced, the fans chose Miz as the winner; Fandango then tried to jump Miz, with Miz and Truth clearing him from the ring and dancing together LOS MATADORES: COMING SOON! In the back, Ryback is now an interviewer. He interviews a local fan who is clearly Robert Evans/RD Evans/Archibald Peck from the indies and asks him why he's dressed to compete. He says he wants to be in the WWE one day. Ryback says his dream is beating up people like him, and Ryback destroys him. featured a backstage segment with Vickie and Ricardo Rodriguez in which Vickie said Ricardo could not be ringside at Night of Champions out of his own safety; after Ricardo pleaded, Vickie agreed but said he would face World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio later in the show TONIGHT: THE CUTTING EDGE WITH BRYAN AND ORTON Match #2: Santino Marella vs. Damien Sandow This is all of ninety seconds again as Santino runs through this jobber and he wins with the Cobra. FUCK YEAH. 3/4* included Michael Cole conducting an in-ring interview with WWE IC Champion Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman regarding their match against CM Punk at Night of Champions, with Axel saying Punk couldn't get passed him and Heyman telling the fans to spend their money on something other than the pay-per-view; Heyman said Punk would get his hands on him and it could be the last time he's seen, adding he would always love Punk but he would never forgive the fans Match #3: Alberto Del Rio vs. Ricardo Rodriguez w/ Rob Van Dam This is a two minute squash. As his NXT showings as El Local have shown us, Ricardo is not a very good wrestler, and ADR is in full not giving a fuck SENDING A MESSAGE mode. He knocks RVD off the apron when he tries to help and Del Rio wins with the Reverse Superplex. *1/4 Post-match, RVD kicks ADR and hits the Five Star Frog Splash. A hype video for Orton/Bryan airs. Match #4: Dolph Ziggler vs. Dean Ambrose This is basically a set up for another match, but they work well enough together for six minutes. Ziggler has a lot of fire and Ambrose's sort of manic unplanned control segments are super fun. Good comeback, but they get cut off right about then. Ziggler hits the Fameasser, but Rollins and Reigns come in to attack for the DQ. ** The Usos run out to save, and a six man breaks out. Match #5: The Shield vs. Dolph Ziggler/The Usos This got maybe six minutes tops and was a missed opportunity, because the two matches combined got 12-13, and all of that for the six man would have been amazing, but whatever. This was awesome. Great Shield control segment on Ziggler, mixing up the strengths of all three, and then The Usos had an awesome hot tag. They used their Superkicking and dives to cut off the usual Shield cut offs, but then Rollins got his knees up to block the Flying Splash and got a cradle for the win. **3/4 Edge comes out for The Cutting Edge, and he says Christian will come back and get his own revenge eventually, and then brings out Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton as his guests. Edge says he knows how these things turn out, so he'll cut right to it, and asks Orton how it feels to be a sell out. Orton asks if these are his tough questions and says it's nothing more than a cheap shot from a washed up talk show host that's jealous he can't wrestle anymore and he's in the ring with a ten time champion. Edge says he's an eleven time champion, but this isn't about him, it's about Bryan winning the title at Night of Champions. Orton says he's not a sell out and he did what they both would have done and what anyone would have done and he took advantage of the opportunity. After ten years of John Cena, the WWE needed a change, and Daniel Bryan isn't a part of that. He's a nice little wrestler and all and he's good for business in that spot, but he's BEST for business. Edge asks Bryan if he thinks he's best for business, and Bryan says he knows everyone wants him to point and say yes, but he doesn't care about business. Orton says he's so naive and he'll always just be a footnote, and Bryan says to shut up. He's been listening for weeks as everyone cuts him off and talks about how Orton is the face of the WWE, as if all of this is all about adding numbers to a corporation. The most important things in his life have nothing to do with business or balance sheets or the McMahons making money. He's never dreamed about being the face of a corporation, but he has dreamed of holding that title and at Night of Champions, he will achieve his dream again. Orton cheap shots him, but Bryan fights back and makes Orton tap out to the Yes Lock to end the hsow. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 5 2014, 11:46 PM Post #153 |
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WWE Champion: Randy Orton, Since 8/18/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Randy Orton, Since 9/6/2013 Match #0: The Usos vs. The Real Americans vs. The Prime Time Players vs. Tons of Funk vs. Heath Slater/Drew McIntyre [#1 Contender's Tag Team Turmoil] All the various manages are there. Tons of Funk and 3MB are up first and that's all of like 90 seconds before Tensai rolls up Drew to win. 3MB attacks the big guys and leaves, and The Real Americans are next. They target Tensai's knee, and a commercial takes some of this away. Swagger makes Tensai tap to the Patriot Lock. The Usos are next, and this part is five minutes and pretty awesome yet again. Lots of awesome stuff when Cesaro is in there, then the Usos do their hot tag stuff. Swagger catches one of them off the top and into the Patriot Lock in a great spot, and that causes another tap out. PTP are in next to clean house, and D-Young wins with the Gut Check/Death by Roderick on Swagger. They get a title shot later tonight. **1/4 ![]() WWE Night of Champions 2013 September 15th, 2013 Detroit, MI Triple H comes out to open the show and welcomes everyone to the show. He announces that there will be no interference in the main event tonight under threat of firing again, and Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel come out. Paul says he has to do this in the ring because neither he nor Stephanie have returned his phone calls all week and talks about his hurt knee and how he's not a wrestler and says it would unfair to have this match tonight against someone so good that even the WWE had to accept the branding of him as the Best in the World, and says it should just be CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel. Triple H says he looks terrible and says he's a wreck. He makes a lot of good points, but the match is still on. Axel asks H who the hell he thinks he is, and Paul pleads with him to stop. Triple H says he just reminded him, and says this is supposed to be the PPV with all the titles defended and he has every champion booked besides him, so he calls for a referee and says he's defending it now against the first person he sees. Triple H leaves and Heyman yells at Axel and says this is being defended under protest. Kofi Kingston then comes out. GOD FUCKING DAMNIT. Match #1: Curtis Axel [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Kofi Kingston [WWE Intercontinental Championship] This gets 13-14 minutes and is the third longest match on a nine match show (counting the pre-show one), because it's fall, so 75% of things are just going to be terrible. They pretend they're good at actual wrestling and that's pretty awkward to see them try and work the mat. Axel is fine but basic and Kofi is super sloppy and loose with all his holds. Kofi has a terrible dive, and while Axel has a few fun offensive weapons, he can't build a longish control seg around 2-3 nice moves. Kofi also ruins one of them by sandbagging the Snap Saito Suplex. Kofi also fucks up a dropkick, which is like...how the fuck do you have an athletic gimmick and fuck up a dropkick? Axel does a better dropkick, and he's basically the definition of average. Axel does basically everything good here, be it offense or him trying to lean into Kofi's head kick spots to make them actually look not like dog shit. He wins with the Krugerrand. *1/4 The fans have a poll and Chris Jericho is voted as the best IC Champion ever. In the back, RVD makes Ricardo say things in his moon language. The payoff is that RVD is Mexican for world Heavyweight Champion. In the back, AJ tries to hype up Layla and Foxana about having her back. Aksana says no, and Alicia says they're not her army, and they all walk out on her, even Layla. Trish Stratus is voted as the greatest woman champion. Match #2: AJ Lee [c] vs. Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Brie Bella [WWE Divas Championship] This happens for five or so minutes. It's not bad, but it's a lot of generic and basic divas stuff with everyone keeping AJ out, save for some nice Naomi spots. There's a weird thing where Brie gets slammed on Naomi and is clearly on top for a three count, but the ref ignores it because it's not part of the plan. AJ makes Nattie tap to the Black Widow. *1/2 Up in the box, the panel says words. Match #3: Alberto Del Rio [c] vs. Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez [World Heavyweight Championship] This happens again, and gets 13 minutes. Early on, they switch between great head kicks and then RVD botching basically everything else. He overshoots ADR on a Moonsault off the apron and ADR bumps for a backflip headbutt. ADR also barely connects with a Tope Suicida as RVD is too far away. They have a good finishing run eventually with some cool spots and bumps. ADR gets the Cross Armbreaker on, but RVD gets the ropes. ADR refuses to let go, and gets DQ'd. **1/4 Post-match, RVD comes back and hits ADR with the Van Terminator. In the back, Paul Heyman tells Axel that if he gets left alone in the ring, he loses him because he won't be here for a while. He's made an enemy out of Triple H, and he will be a terrible adversary to him and his title, and he will make sure he no longer has the title. He can help him, but not if he's left alone with CM Punk. Axel asks if he believes in him, and Paul says he has since day one, and tonight he needs him to believe in himself. Somehow, Booker T is voted as the best World Champion ever. Edge and Taker were 2nd and 3rd, and fucking Ric Flair is 4th, This is what happens when you try and alter history based on who's friendly with the company at a given time instead of presenting shit as it was, you end up with these stupid ass results from idiot fans who don't know anything but the authorized version of events. In the back, Orton asks what Triple H is doing banning these people and asks what his logic is. Triple H says he wants to make sure he picked the right guy as the face of the WWE. Orton says he did, and walks off. Match #4: The Miz vs. Fandango w/ Summer Rae Somehow this fucking match slipped in. This is alright, I guess. Fandango has some nice pieces of offense, and mostly keeps Miz's offense to the knee stuff he's good at. The high point of this is Cole saying that Dusty Rhodes will be on Raw tomorrow night. Fandango sells the leg well, and Miz wins with the Figure Four. No idea why they couldn't have given this time to something good and underwritten like Ambrose/Zig or the tag match, but okay. *1/4 WWE likes the armed forces. A hype video airs for the handicap match. Match #5: CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel/Paul Heyman [No Disqualification Elimination Match] This is also very much a thing that happens. We get Punk/Axel for ten minutes and that is again the definition of sort of average. Punk isn't trying very hard, and Axel is Axel. They do better than their Raw match since they have weapons. Punk almost gets to Paul a few times while he watches on the floor, but gets cut off. Punk has a moment of effort when he breaks out the Tope Suicida into a chair spot. Punk comes back and hits the GTS and puts on the Anaconda Vice to make Axel tap out. Punk beats up Heyman for a bit, and handcuffs him. He beats up Punk with a kendo stick but Ryback comes out, and he rams Punk through a table! He puts Heyman on top for the pin. So basically, they saw an opportunity to end a feud that's dead in the water and chose to extend it another month and a half featuring a new focus on a guy that's also dead in the water. Great work. ** Post-match, Ryback carries Paul to the back. WWE BATTLEGROUND: OCTOBER 6TH! Sting is somehow picked as the best US Champion. Match #6: Dean Ambrose [c] vs. Dolph Ziggler [WWE U.S. Championship] This only got nine minutes and is a match that could have used half the time of Curtis/Kofi or all the time of Miz/Fandango. I don't know if they have a great match in them, but there was a ton of stuff blatantly held back in the finishing run here and the bulk of it was the Ambrose control seg. This is good in the sense that it's a great character thing to see him work as a guy who is making stuff up on the fly and it comes off as 100% authentic, but at the same time, it makes for lesser matches. Ziggler has some cool counters and nearfalls, but all he really does is the Z-Factor and Fameasser, and you know he has a ton more to offer. Ambrose hits the Headlock Driver super abruptly for the win. **1/2 Post-match, Rollins and Reigns come out to celebrate and the tag title match is up. Match #7: The Shield [c] vs. The Prime Time Players [WWE Tag Team Championship] This gets seven minutes and while this could have also used more time, I'm not super bummed out about it because this had an obvious ceiling. Look, they tried for two years with the PTP, and it just never clicked in the ring for either of them. You can talk about their potential, but there was almost no improvement for two years, where as their constant foes The Usos improved a ton in the span of two years from 2010 to 2012 to warrant their slow push. The Shield has a decent control seg on Darren, and Titus gets in. Stuff happens, and again it's an abrupt end as Reigns his a Spear behind the ref's back and Rollins covers to win. **1/4 On the bright side, now we can end this PTP push and stop pretending they're actually good just because D-Young had the courage to come out of the closet. DX is announced as the best tag team, because fuck the WWE Universe. A hype video airs for the main event. Hulk Hogan is voted as the greatest WWE Champion, Not the best pick, but not offensive. Match #8: Randy Orton [c] vs. Daniel Bryan [WWE Championship] This is the one match on the show to get any kind of proper time, as they get seventeen minutes. This isn't their best and there's an air that this match isn't the end of anything, but they do JUST enough to make it a great match, which is both upsetting and sort of nice of them. Orton has some nice minor touches like starting his usual Garvin Stomp on the legs this time after the kicking, and grabbing Bryan's beard continually to pull him into strikes to cut him off. Orton saves a lot of his big offense, but Bryan has an awesome finishing run of stuff. He hits THE KNEE, and Scott Armstrong does a weirdly fast count for the win, and Bryan gets the title! *** |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 8 2014, 07:24 PM Post #154 |
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WWE Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 WWE Raw September 16th, 2013 Cleveland, OH Daniel Bryan comes out with the belt to open the show and gets a bunch of chants, so he says the crowd is awesome. Bryan says what says it best is YES YES YES YES YES YES YES. Triple H comes out and gets the mic. He says not to congratulate himself because he has to address the fast count and says that victory is tainted. He brings out Scott Armstrong out, and shows the video. Scott says he made a mistake and Triple H says he never does that. SCOTT THEN TELLS BRYAN THAT HE CAUGHT THEM, AND BRYAN HAS NO IDEA. GOD DAMNIT. Triple H acts shocked and sends Scott to the back. H says Bryan has embarrassed himself and the WWE and asks who enters into a conspiracy with a referee to win the title, AND SAYS HE THOUGHT SHAWN TAUGHT HIM BETTER. AMAZING HYPOCRISY. He vacates the WWE Title and demands he hands it over, but Bryan refuses and Randy Orton comes out. H says he can't give him the title back, but says to hand the title over or he'd take it. Orton hits Bryan with the RKO while he was looking at H talk. Triple H takes the title and leaves, and Orton stands over Bryan. The only flaw is that it's never really addressed until WrestleMania that Scott Armstrong was clearly in the pocket of Triple H to save the title with the fast count, and it's kind of a huge deal. In the back, Randy asks Triple H where his title is, and Stephanie lets out a Vince scream and asked what happened to the old Randy Orton. She says to find that Randy Orton again or they might find a new face of the WWE. He storms out, and Triple H says that's more like it. Match #1: Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler This gets eight minutes, and is incomplete like last night's match. This has more of a real finishing run but loses much of the control segment to a commercial break as a result, so is also largely lacking. Some good counters and exchanges, and Ambrose has a great Spinebuster. Ziggler has a cool roll back to block the Headlock Driver, and then hits the Peace Zig for the win. If you did come cut and pasting with the two matches, a great one exists between the two. **1/2 In the back, H and Stephanie talk to Brad Maddox and Big Show. H books Bryan vs. Reigns and Maddox does it. He tells Stephanie that Dusty Rhodes is here, and she turns to Show. She says she hopes his suspension hurt and he learned a lesson. She says tonight, he's going to sit here and stay out of trouble unless she needs him, and then she'll call. Big Show has feelings about this. Match #2: Fandango w/ Summer Rae vs. R-Truth A three minute Fandango showcase, and this is totally a thing that happens. Flying Legdrop ends it. 3/4* Dusty Rhodes comes out to the ring, and he gets on the mic. He says he's here tonight as a father tonight and says he wants the McMahons to understand some things, because they've never been down a bad road like he has. They've never had to raise two great boys but have to sacrifice to do it, like not being able to pay the light bill or mortgage or anyone to come and cut the lawn, but you reach down because of the LOVE of your children. He says in one night, he watched a suffering young man lose his job on a whim. What's good for business? WHAT THE HELL IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS? He says God's greatest gift to every one of you is a child and family and they exist for that. Dusty says he didn't call for this meeting and didn't call to come and beg for Cody's job, but he wants the opportunity to earn it, and he's heard there's a business proposition and calls Stephanie to come and get with it. She comes out and says that was beautiful and says her husband's business decision has weighed on them a lot and as a wedding present, she gives him a gift card for Cody to Bed, Bath, & Beyond. Dusty tosses it aside and says to get on with it. Stephanie she's the daughter of a genius like Dusty is the son of a plumber, she wants to offer Cody his job back. Dusty says that's good and they're done, and Stephanie says OR they could give it to Goldust. There's only one open spot, and Dusty can choose. Dusty says they're not gonna catch him with this and says he won't make that choice. Stephanie says the job can go to the baby boy who's done everything right or the son he neglected for years on the road, and she knows he blames himself for Dustin's troubled past, and he could be a hero and make it right. Stephanie says to make this about Dusty Rhodes for once and she hopes they can forgive him. Dusty says she can go straight to HELL. SIERRA HOTEL INDIA ECHO LIMA DELTA. SHIELD. Stephanie says this isn't fair, and calls out The Big Show. She makes Show choose between knocking Dusty out or The Shield beating Dusty up with chairs. Show cries a lot and has more emotions. He knocks out Dusty and cradles him as he falls down. After the break, Dusty is put in the ambulance, and Show goes off with him. Coming back, AJ and Natalya are both on commentary. Match #3: Layla/Alicia Fox/Aksana vs. Brie Bella/The Funkadactyls w/ Total Divas This is alright for three minutes. Good control segment from the heels on Cameron, but then Brie had the hot tag instead of Naomi, so this ended up sucking after all. Brie wins with a shitty X Factor. 3/4* Post-match, AJ and Natalya have a stare down. Match #4: Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Damien Sandow This is a two and a hald minute RVD showcase, so again, whatever. RVD wins with the Frog Splash. *1/4 Post-match, RVD leaves and Sandow gets the mic and announces himself as the uncrowned World champion. In the back, Triple H fires Scott Armstrong now that his integrity is now under reproach, but he gets a really good severance package. Scott keeps trying to protest and clearly say this was his idea, but Triple H stops him and says he's going to take care of him. Before Orton/Miz, Orton attacks Miz while he hugs his parents at ringside, and we get to see Miz's amazing dad and how little he gives a shit about his son's well being. ![]() Match #5: Randy Orton vs. The Miz This is all of ninety seconds, because FUCK wrestling on this episode if it doesn't involve a Shield member, I guess. They go to a double count out on the floor. 3/4* Orton takes over, and he hits Miz with the Hanging DDT from the barricade to the floor. He hits him with a chair a lot and stomps on his head under a chair before referees make him leave. Miz's dad still does not give a single shit about his now dead son. included a segment at the entrance stage in which WWE IC Champion Curtis Axel wheeled out Paul Heyman, with Ryback joining them; Heyman then said he was the best in the world and bragged about beating CM Punk, adding there was no master plan and the only reason he wasn't in a rest home was Ryback; Ryback said Punk was a bully and he would stop him LOS MATADORES: COMING SOON! Match #6: The Usos vs. Tons of Funk vs. The Real Americans w/ Zeb Coulter [#1 Contender's Three Way Dance] This got 10 minutes, so it was a good little spotfest. The Usos were awesome again, and Cesaro actually got to do stuff. They got the fat dudes out of the way in three or four minutes, and then Usos vs. Real Americans lasted the rest of it, and was their best match yet now that they had a little longer to play with. Good control seg and amazing finishing run. Dives and amazing Cesaro strength spots and then Jack Swagger was there to fuck a few things up to make sure it's not great and only very good. Cool finish though. Swagger hits one Usos with a Super Belly to Belly, and with him down from the move, the other hit the Flying Splash for the win! **3/4 In the back, other wrestlers encourage Daniel Bryan as he walks down, and he hugs his stupid fiancee. Weird match to do this before, because it's not like he can't beat anyone one on one. Randy Orton comes down before the main event to watch. Match #7: Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns w/ The Shield This gets around fifteen minutes, so is great. Bryan does what he's done for a dozen other wrestlers with potential and brings out the best in Roman. They work a basic power/technique story with Bryan having to gradually cut down Roman. He has some awesome leg work early on, and Roman eventually takes over with the power and a GREAT Northern Lariat. He sells the leg well in transition and does a surprisingly good job at gradually kind of fading it out since Bryan didn't work on it too long. Roman really Orton'd up the chinlocks and had some awesome cut offs. This is before he had the kind of established offense that he does in 2014 too, so this is a little more impressive given that he came into this match with only one over move and never even used it. Bryan takes a bunch of crazy bumps and gets the Yes Lock on, but Orton attacks him for the DQ. ***1/4 It's a 4 on 1 and Orton puts Bryan's neck in a chair, BUT THE BABYFACE LOCKER ROOM EMPTIES FUCK YEAH! REIGNS SPEARS KOFI! THE USOS HIT HIM WITH A DOUBLE SUPERKICK THOUGH, AND ZIGGLER HITS AMBROSE WITH THE FAMEASSER! Orton just bails and Bryan hits Rollins with The Knee and celebrates with the others to end the show. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 8 2014, 11:47 PM Post #155 |
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WWE Champion: VACANT World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 WWE NXT September 18th, 2013 Orlando Jordan, FL Match #1: Sami Zayn vs. Curt Hawkins This should be another Sami showcase, but they've randomly decided this will go 10 minutes despite Hawkins being a jobber for the last year. Hawkins has some nice stuff and is a fine jobber, but it just caught me by surprise. Sami gets some nearfalls and then scores with the Helluva Kick and the Tornado DDT to win. **1/4 TONIGHT: KRUGER/BREEZE/THE ASCENSION VS. NEVILLE/GRAVES/WOODS/CJ PARKER Aiden English sings his way to the ring, debuting that amazing gimmick. Match #2: Aiden English vs. Jobber Aiden is still inexperienced, but he tries hard and throws his weight into most of his basic offense, and has a great gimmick. Aiden wins in maybe 90 seconds with a modified Side Effect, forcing the opponent to take a bow before turning them for the move. * In the back, Renee interviews Bo Dallas. He is excited about the new Bo Dallas Hotline and says it's currently testing in BOlivia. Bo says Sami Zayn has to beat someone with some credibility, but he may have an idea that's fair for everyone and that would determine the next contender. He says he can't elaborate until next week, because he has a ribbon cutting ceremony to attend. Championship duties. Match #3: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves/Xavier Woods/CJ Parker vs. The Ascension/Leo Kruger/Tyler Breeze This gets an absurdly long amount of time, like 15 minutes or something. They try and I'll give credit to Kruger for doing his damnedest to anchor his team with a terrible tag team and Breeze, who's still getting the gimmick over at the expense of matches, and Kruger makes the first half good almost entirely by himself. The crowd chants "TAG IN BREEZE" all match, and he finally gets in, and immediately tags out after taking one punch to the gut. He does that again near the end (after a really really shitty Ascension run of stuff), and his team walks out on him. He gets his with a face punch from CJ, Xavier's Sole Food, a chop block from Graves, and Neville's Red Arrow for the win. ** |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 9 2014, 01:21 AM Post #156 |
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WWE Champion: VACANT World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 WWE Smackdown September 20th, 2013 Cincinnati, OH Vickie Guerrero comes out to open the show, and she brings out Daniel Bryan. She says she's giving him an opportunity to come clean and tell the truth about how he stole the WWE Title last Sunday. Bryan says he didn't know anything about it, but it doesn't matter because Randy Orton was knocked out and the referee could have counted to twenty. Vickie says if she was COO, she would have fired Bryan too, and to make an example out of the people who got in the way at Raw, The Shield would face Dolph Ziggler, The Usos, R-Truth, Justin Gabriel, Zack Ryder, The PTP, Kofi Kingston, and Rob Van Dam in a series of 3 on 1 handicap gauntlet matches and Bryan would be the last one! Natalya is on commentary for the opener. Match #1: AJ Lee vs. Naomi w/ Cameron AJ does an inset promo saying she's going to get rid of all the Total Divas one by one. This was two minutes and CLEARLY held back because it doesn't matter, so that was upsetting. Natalya spends the match trying to bury AJ and claims she won the title by cheating and is jealous and isn't a real champion. THE DIVISION NEEDS A ROLE MODEL AND A TEAM PLAYER! JBL raises the point that this is a single sport and she has nothing to say. AJ wins with the Black Widow. I look forward to them getting actual time at some point. 3/4* Before the match, Zeb singles out Santino Marella. He gives Santino the advice to take the ravioli out of his ears so he can give him a PIZZA his mind. He says it's illegal in this country to own a reptile without a permit, and asks if he even has a permit to be in this country. He says he'll give the people a chance to redeem themselves if they'll rise, put their hands over their hearts, and say it with them. WE THE PEOPLE. Match #2: Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger w/ Antonio Cesaro & Zeb Coulter This is also two minutes of nothing, and Santino wins with a backslide. At least this was short. 1/2* following the entrances, Heyman cut a promo at ringside in which he bragged about pinning CM Punk at Night of Champions with the help of Ryback; Ryback then took the mic, said he hated bullies, and knew Nardone was bullying a young fan earlier in the day Match #3: Ryback w/ Paul Heyman & Curtis Axel vs. Nick Nardone This is another short one. Maybe 45 seconds, and Rybork wins with Shellshocked. 1/2* featured an in-ring promo by Orton in which he said he went to anger management and locked away "the Viper of old" because that's what everyone wanted, then adding Triple H and Stephanie McMahon helped bring that old Orton back; Orton said he made an example of Orton on Raw against Mike Mizanin, as Miz's family watched from the front row, and promised to once again be champion Match #4: The Shield vs. The Prime Time Players/Dolph Ziggler/Kofi Kingston/Rob Van Dam [Gauntlet Match] I only listed these five because that's all of them that actually work this match before stuff happens. Vickie Guerrero is watching ringside. D-Young is first and is Speared and eliminated maybe 30 seconds in. FUCK YEAH STATUS QUO. Titus is in next and lasts about a minute. They pummel him and eliminate him with the Triple Powerbomb. Ziggler is in next and actually lasts a while and has a good little comeback. He gets kicked off the apron by Rollins, AND REIGNS HITS A SPEAR THAT DRIVES DOLPH SIDEWAYS INTO THE BARRICADE JESUS CHRIST. Reigns gets back in, and Dolph is counted out. Kofi is next and lasts about a minute before losing to the Headlock Driver. RVD is last and it's about a minute. They push him off the top to the floor and Triple H comes down and cancels the match. ** Post-match, Triple H orders Vickie into his office. In the back, Triple H yells at Vickie and asks what she was thinking and what the hell that was. Triple H says ten guys ran in to help Daniel Bryan and when you do something like this, it's ten more guys and then a full scale revolt. Triple H says fair and honest competition is best for business so everyone can feel safe and fair, and tells Vickie to book The Shield vs. Daniel Bryan and The Usos tonight. FANTASTIC. RAW REBOUND! In the back, Triple H apologizes to Ryder and Gabriel for Vickie trying to do that. Ryder says that's fine, but they were ready for competition and calls Triple H bro before patting him on the arm. Triple H calls him bro back, and says to hit the ring next and says he's got something for them. Match #5: The Wyatt Family w/ Bray Wyatt vs. Zack Ryder/Justin Gabriel Another short one, but this is an actual great squash instead of anyone trying to pretend it's even. Harper gets 95% of the action, so that's even better. Discus Lariat ends it. * Post-match, Bray hits Ryder with Sister Abigail. Gabriel goes up top, but Rowan pushes him off to the floor. Bray gets on the mic and says he keeps the promises he makes. So if they keep lining them up, they'll keep on putting them down. All for you, Abigail. In the back, RVD is in the trainer's room, and Triple H comes in. He apologizes for the match and says he's giving him a rematch with ADR for the World Title at Battleground. He wishes him luck and tells the doctor to let him know how he is later. Then Alberto Del Rio rushes in right after H walks out the door. He throws RVD into stuff and then knocks him out with the Basement Superkick before he leaves. Match #6: Alberto Del Rio vs. R-Truth Alberto Del Rio SENDS. A. MESSAGE. This is four minutes of a 2-3 minutes too long squash before ADR wins with the Cross Armbreaker. He's the World Champion now, we don't need to have these squashes you use to get over title threats. Although it makes sense, since Del Rio STILL isn't very over. 3/4* Match #7: Daniel Bryan/The Usos vs. The Shield Hey, this ruled. Not on the high level of Shield matches, but still great. Lots of good first half Usos/Shield stuff and then the Shield's control stuff was fantastic again. Reigns and Ambrose do a lot of great small things like grabbing a hand or ankle after a kickout or big move to stop them from crawling. Bryan's hot tag was the best again and they did cool stuff. They did a dive train instead of big moves, which was a nice change. USO DIVE! 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| Big Tuna | Jun 9 2014, 06:58 PM Post #157 |
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WWE Champion: VACANT World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 WWE Raw September 23rd, 2013 Chicago, IL The babyfaces that saved Bryan last week are on the stage, and Triple H and Stephanie come out to the ring. They do cheap pops and Triple H says those are the ten men on the stage who were holding up Daniel Bryan in unity last week. Stephanie thanks them for finally taking matters into their own hands and finally being men. Triple H repeats that and says he knows it had nothing to do with Daniel Bryan and RVD takes the mic. He says they were fighting for Daniel Bryan after Hunter screwed him over, and they were fighting for what's right. H says he didn't think WWE Superstars fought FOR each other and for a champion, and asks Dolph if he was fighting for Daniel who's had a bunch of opportunities and not to fight for his own title shot. Stephanie then both buries Dolph even further and says the same goes for R-Truth and Zack Ryder, putting him in the company of these fucking jobbers. Triple H says they're all frustrated and he's going to let them face The Shield along with Daniel Bryan in an 11 on 3 elimination match! The Shield are NOT happy at ringside. They then have Truth, Ziggler, and RVD in a vote to see who faces Randy Orton tonight. The crowd boos the WWE App. Fuck yeah. Match #1: Alberto Del Rio vs. Kofi Kingston Apparently all the other guys besides Bryan have to still be in action before the handicap match. Fantastic. EXCEPT THAT THIS GETS LIKE 10 MINUTES AND IS THE TOKEN TWO SEGMENT MATCH OF THE SHOW. Kofi is terrible and ADR barely tries. ADR goes to arm stuff and Kofi no sells to make the worst comeback in wrestling. ADR then goes back to it after his kicking stuff and wins with the Cross Armbreaker. This is one of those matches that's so boring the fans just chant the names of other people. Mike Chioda, Michael Cole, Randy Savage, Colt Cabana, etc, * In the back, Renee asks Miz about last week. Triple H comes over before he says anything and says as COO, he can't let him near Randy Orton for his own safety, and says as the most "must-see" WWE Superstar, and books The Big Show as his guest on Miz TV. Match #2: The Prime Time Players vs. The Wyatt Family w/ Bray Wyatt This gets four minutes, so it's pretty good as a showcase for the Wyatts again. Herper gets to do some fun big man stuff and YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH's it up. Rowan does what is required and plays his character incredibly well in the ring, as a brainwashed hillbilly thrown into a wrestling ring with no real training. Titus has an awesome hot tag for once, but Harper destroys him with the Discus Lariat to win. ** Post-match, Bray hits Darren with Sister Abigail. Miz TV is next. He questions Big Show and it leads to Stephanie coming out and giving the most ruthless Miz burial of all time that I can't do justice to in words alone. It's here about two minutes in - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4XAAjbzPmk . After that, Stephanie orders Big Show to knock him out, AND BIG SHOW DOESN'T HESITATE AT ALL FOR ONCE AND KILLS MIZ WITH THE PONCH. AMAZING. LOS MATADORES: NEXT WEEK! The poll has RVD winning with 57% because the WWE Universe is the worst segment of people. Match #3: Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez This is another Orton match that was short and more about him re-establishing his vicious streak, which in WWE terms means that he throws people into things more often, not so much the crippling and head punting and legend killing that they imply with the phrase "the old Randy Orton". It's some real bullshit to specifically put that image in people's heads, then not deliver, and claim you did. Anyways, they go to a double count out after five minutes or so. *3/4 Post-match, ORTON THROWS RVD INTO STUFF. YEAH. RINGSPOT AND TABLE. REAL RUTHLESS. He then brings him in for the Hanging DDT and leaves. He can't even bother with the RKO or chair stuff, he's just bored of this and done. During the break, ADR came down and put the hurt RVD into the Cross Armbreaker. In the back, Randy intimidates Brie Bella. included a backstage segment with Stephanie and WWE Divas Champion AJ in which AJ complained about her upcoming tag team match Match #4: Fandango w/ Summer Rae vs. Santino Marella This is a thing that happens. Fandango wins with the flying Legdrop. 1/2* included an in-ring promo by Punk, wearing a Blackhawks jersey, in which he said he let everyone down at Night of Champions but then talked about how the Blackhawks have been down but they get back up, go into overtime, and win; moments later, Paul Heyman interrupted at the entrance stage, on a scooter, and made fun of the fact Punk was from Chicago - the second city - and added Punk came in second at Night of Champions; Punk responded by saying he would rip Heyman's face off, with Heyman adding he beat Punk with both hands tied behind his back; Heyman went to drive away but, when his scooter stalled, Punk came running after him; Ryback and WWE IC Champion Curtis Axel immediately jumped Punk on either side; Punk eventually fought them off, sending Axel into the video stage and diving onto Ryback on the arena floor; moments later, Ryback press slammed Punk through a nearby table; Heyman stood off his scooter and gave the mic to Ryback, with Ryback saying what happened to Punk is what happens to bullies Match #5: AJ Lee/Alicia Fox/Aksana/Layla/Tamina vs. The Bella Twins/Natalya/The Funkadactyls This is all of a minute too. AJ gets in to drop the fall and again goes down to Brie's X-Factor. 1/2* In the back, The Shield cuts a promo. Ambrose asks if the bosses threw them to the wolves OR are they the hounds that chase down the wolves and eat them. They've been beating these guys all year, and this is what's best for business. Rollins says they revolutionize the industry and change the game every time the odds are against them, and they win. Reigns says to believe that. Before the main event, Orton/Bryan for the vacant title is booked for Battleground. The Shield comes out for the main event, BUT GOLDUST AND CODY RHODES ATTACK THEM FROM THE CROWD DRESSED AS FANS! FUCK YEAH THIS IS AMAZING! Security pulls them off and drags them away, and everyone else comes out. Match #6: The Shield vs. Daniel Bryan/The Usos/Dolph Ziggler/Rob Van Dam/The Prime Time Players/Kofi Kingston/R-Truth/Zack Ryder/Justin Gabriel [Elimination Match] This gets around fifteen to twenty minutes and is absolutely amazing and really well booked to defy a lot of conventions of what this should be. RVD is hurt and eliminated after a few minutes with the Headlock Driver. They take a break, and come back in time for Kofi to also go down to that. Lots of awesome Usos and Ziggler vs. Shield stuff in between these things. TITUS AND REIGNS HAVE A HOSS BAT - NOPE. REIGNS KILLS HIM WITH THE SPEAR TO ELIMINATE HIM. FUCK YEAH. ONE FOR GABRIEL, AND HE'S GONE. Ryder tries his hand, AND REIGNS KILLS HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BROSKI BOOT WITH A SPEAR TO GET HIS THIRD. EVERYONE SWARMS ON REIGNS AND IT'S AMAZING! HE GETS THE SUPERKICK AND THE SPLASH FROM THE USOS, AND AFTER TEN MONTHS, REIGNS FINALLY IS BEATEN! They come back with D-Young doing stuff, and Rollins catches him with the Liu Kang Knee to eliminate him. Ziggler has an awesome hot tag AND ELIMINATES AMBROSE WITH THE PEACE ZIG! WHOA! Rollins has a great run by himself. He eliminates Truth with the Blackout, but is caught alone by the four actual over top level (in terms of reactions and skills) babyfaces. Reigns and Ambrose come back to interfere, BUT THE USOS DIVE ONTO THEM AND ZIGGLER JUMPS OUT TO HELP! YEAH! BRYAN GETS ROLLINS WITH THE KNEE AND ELIMINATES HIM LAST! ***1/4 |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 9 2014, 11:24 PM Post #158 |
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WWE Champion: VACANT World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 WWE NXT September 25th, 2013 Orlando, FL In the back, Breeze and CJ both talk to Maddox and want to be in the tag team turmoil and he puts them together. Tyler says he can clone himself instead, and storms off when Maddox says that doesn't exist. CJ shrugs and walks off the other way. Match #1: Tag Team Turmoil Match #1 is ENZO AND BIG CASS and #2 is Tyler Breeze and CJ Parker. CJ is in for a minute before Big Cass puts him down with a sit-out Catatonic. FUCK YEAH. S-A-W-F-T. SAAAAAAAAAAAAWFT. #3 is Dawson and Rusev. This rules and delivers more than their actual match. Dawson gets to be mean and rugged and Rusev kills people. ENZO GETS AN INSIDE CRADLE ON DAWSON FOR THE UPSET! YEAH! Rusev then lays them out, and The Ascension is in last and obviously wins. Fuck everything. ** Match #2: Bayley vs. Sasha Banks w/ Summer Rae This is a blast for the time it gets. Sasha is aggressive now, and Bayley continues to be really great. Renee Young does commentary for the first time here and is good enough. Sasha wins with the Straightjacket Neckbreaker. There's a world of puns with Banks so they need to get on a name asap. ** Post-match, Summer breaks Bayley's headband. YOU FUCKING BITCH. Match #3: Aiden English vs. Bull Dempsey Another decent Aiden squash, and he wins with the Take a Bow. *1/2 Match #4: Sami Zayn vs. El Local Another showcase for Zayn against ironically, a very generic luchador. Local bumps well enough and Zayn gets to do a bunch of amazing stuff before he wins with the Springboard Tornado DDT. ** Post-match, Bo Dallas comes out. He congratulates him on listening to and learning from his mentor. He says he has some announcements for his BOlievers. He's finally healed after being carelessly injured by Sami at SummerSlam Axxess. He says he forgives him, friend, and he's ready to put his NXT Title on the line. Which is why next week he's having the Bo Dallas Invitational! If anyone can pin him, they'll get a title shot in three weeks. All superstars are welcome next week, except for Sami Zayn! Don't stop bo-lieving. In the back, Kassius Ohno returns and asks Maddox why he hasn't been booked and says he's been cleared for a while. Maddox says he's what they call a D+ player. C- at best. Ow . Ohno says he could just disrupt matches and make a shwo full of no contests. Maddox says he likes him, but THEY like to keep him on the sidelines. Maddox says he can give him a match next week and he'll give him a match with one member of the Wyatt family for revenge. Triple H comes out for the main event segment. He does the good guy pandering thing that's totally fine but a little time wasting. Triple H says there's been some issues with the Rhodes family and he puts over Dusty and says because of that and the high emotions running right now, he's done what's best for business, and he's given Dusty Rhodes some time off from his duties. He then brings out the new GM, JBL! FUCK YEAH! JBL gives another little speech and says JBL is best for business. |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 10 2014, 02:10 PM Post #159 |
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WWE Champion: VACANT World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 WWE Smackdown September 27th, 2013 Milwaukee, WI TONIGHT: AMBROSE/ZIGGLER FOR THE US TITLE! featured an opening in-ring promo by Triple H in which he said he and Stephanie McMahon can't please all the wrestlers so they do what's best for business; he went on to say he didn't play favorites and that's why the 11-on-3 handicap match on Raw took place, because it was best for business; moments later, Mike Mizanin interrupted, with Triple H then saying Miz was an example of someone who was given opportunities only to fail and then blame management; footage was shown of Orton's attack on Miz weeks earlier and Big Show knocking him out on Raw to show how Miz had failed his opportunities; Triple H went on to say it was fine if Miz wanted to blame him and Stephanie but they would give him another opportunity with a match against Orton, and would look into flying Miz's parents in from Cleveland so they could sit ringside again Match #1: Alberto Del Rio vs. R-Truth This is more like what the squashes should be for him. It's still not good, but it was only ninety seconds and ADR wins with the Basement Superkick. 1/2* Post-match, ADR puts on the Cross Armbreaker. RVD runs out to make the save, and he drives ADR off with the Van Daminator. In the back, Triple H and Vickie agree to make ADR/RVD at Battleground under Hardcore Rules. Match #2: The Prime Time Players vs. The Real Americans w/ Zeb Coulter This is under four minutes, and could have been better. It's again a match where Cesaro is barely in and Swagger is not afraid to Jack Swagger it up during this. He ends ups beating Young with the Patriot Lock. *3/4 Match #3: Bray Wyatt w/ The Wyatt Family vs. Zack Ryder Another good Bray squash as he throws Zack around and hurls his own body to cut him off. He unfortunately gives Ryder a brief comeback before he stops that. Bray wins with Sister Abigail. *3/4 featured Renee Young conducting a backstage interview with Show regarding the past few weeks, with an emotional Show discussing how he can't sleep; Triple H then walked in and said if it was giving Show that much trouble, he would help Show find another job; Triple H then mocked Show as Show threatened to punch him in the face, saying Show would do nothing and like it Before the title match, Ziggler brings out Kofi and RVD as back up. Match #4: Dean Ambrose [c] vs. Dolph Ziggler [WWE U.S. Championship] Shield and the two assholes are ringside. This is all of two minutes before a brawl between all three breaks out, and the ref just makes it a six man. 3/4* Match #5: The Shield vs. Dolph Ziggler/Rob Van Dam/Kofi Kingston This is a blast again, but only seven minutes, so whatever. Again, this would have been better as a straight six man without the pretense of a singles match. Still, RVD is barely in this. Ziggler has a good FIP run here and Reigns in particular has some wonderful cut offs, such as deadlifting Dolph up and walking him over to the Shield corner, totally unimpressed. Kofi has a hot tag and to cover for his dogshit offense, RVD does spots and The Shield does spots. Kofi hits Reigns with the kick and rolls up Ambrose, but it leaves him open for Rollins to hit the Blackout, and Ambrose covers to win. **3/4 In an inset promo before the match, AJ says she's got Tamina now to watch her back. Match #6: AJ Lee vs. Cameron Tamina and Naomi are on the floor. This is all of 90 seconds and far too even. Cameron can't really do things properly and is the worst. AJ wins with the Shining Wizard. 3/4* included a promo by Paul Heyman at the entrance stage in which he discussed Ryback coming to his aid at Night of Champions and Ryback facing CM Punk at Battleground, then adding it would be Ryback and himself standing tall once again Match #7: Santino Marella vs. Heath Slater Khali, Hornswoggle, and 3MB are ringside. This isn't much, but it is the snake charming spot match where Jinder and Khali battle over trying to charm the Cobra, before Santino hits Slater with it for the win. *1/4 LOS MATADORES: THIS MONDAY A recap airs of all the Rhodes stuff, and it's announced that all three Rhodes will be at Raw. Match #8: Randy Orton vs. The Miz This happened! It goes about three minutes and is not good because it's Miz trying to be fiery and intense. Orton gets DQ'd for refusing to stop attacking Miz in the corner. Triple H comes out to restart it as a No DQ match, so Orton shows us the "old" Randy by throwing Miz into stuff again. He hits the Hanging DDT from the barricade to the floor, and rolls him back in for the win. *3/4 |
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| Big Tuna | Jun 10 2014, 06:24 PM Post #160 |
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WWE Champion: VACANT World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio, Since 6/16/2013 WWE U.S. Champion: Dean Ambrose, Since 5/19/2013 - LONGEST REIGNING CHAMPION CURRENTLY WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel, Since 6/16/2013 WWE Tag Team Champions: The Shield, Since 5/19/2013 WWE Diva's Champion: AJ Lee, Since 6/16/2013 NXT Champion: Bo Dallas, Since 6/12/2013 NXT Tag Team Champions: Adrian Neville/Corey Graves, Since 7/17/2013 NXT Womens Champion: Paige, Since 7/24/2013 Review World Champion: Daniel Bryan, Since 9/15/2013 WWE Raw September 30th, 2013 Biloxi, MS CM Punk comes out to open the show. He recaps this overly long and for the last month and a half SUPER boring feud and says he'll get them all back. He wants to fight tonight though, and has an open challenge. Brad Maddox comes out and says he can do that, and Big E. Langston comes out and wants it! Match #1: CM Punk vs. Big E. Langston This is JIP but still gets a good five minutes and is the best Punk match in the post-SummerSlam period since he seems to actually care about making someone with actual promise look good. Big E breaks out the STJoe and other cool big man stuff. Punk makes his comeback, and wins with the Go to Sleep. **1/4 TONIGHT: THE FAMILY SUMMIT We've started with the ALL PINK EVERYTHING for breast cancer month. Match #2: Kofi Kingston vs. Fandango w/ Summer Rae This is under three minutes, so whatever. It's also Fandango/Kofi, so no amount of time would make this good. Kofi wins with the fucking kick. 3/4* Immediately after, The Wyatt Family comes out to the ramp, and Bray gets on the mic from his chair. Bray says he's spent the majority of his life trying to understand why these horrible things happen to him. He'd wonder if this nightmare was ever going to end, but it never did. Now, he finally understands what he must do. One by one, they will all fall down. Follow the buzzards. BATTLEGROUND KICK OFF: ZIGGLER VS. SADNOW featured a backstage segment in which Randy Orton confronted Nikki & Brie Bella, after Brie said she would be getting a WWE Divas Title match at Battleground, with Orton then asking when Brie and Bryan were getting married and implied the wedding better be sooner rather than later because Bryan wouldn't be able to walk Match #3: Los Matadores w/ El Torito vs. Heath Slater/Jinder Mahal w/ Drew McIntyre Decent showcase. The Colons are still solid, but they fail to really embrace the gimmick outside of generic lower card face offense. Dropkicks, crossbodies, forearms, etc. Nothing to really get over the new gimmick besides shouting OLE. They hit Slater with the Double Torture Rack drop to win. *3/4 Triple H and Stephanie come out to the ring and they invite out the Rhodes family for their proposal. Dusty, Cody, and Goldust all come out to the ring. Triple H says they gave them all opportunities, and they do what the Rhodes family does. Cody failed, Dustin failed like always, and Dusty did what he always does, and made it about him. Triple H asks if he's still bitter about not making it outside of Florida and the NWA and says he never made it on a national level, which, HILARIOUS. Stephanie says Dusty has the most important job in WWE training the future in Orlando and now they hold Dusty's sons futures in their hands. Stephanie says they can give them jobs if they can beat The Shield this Sunday at Battleground. Triple H says if they lose, then they'll never work in the WWE again and their father will be fired too! Dusty takes the microphone and says Triple H is big on getting people's faces and he gets in his face. He says he's got one stipulation. HE'S IN HIS BOYS' CORNER, AND HE'LL BE THEIR HUCKLEBERRY ALL NIGHT LONG. Stephanie says he's on and says he sounds like he's looking for a fight. They leave, AND THE SHIELD HITS AND ROMAN SPEARS GOLDUST. THEY STOMP ON DUSTY, AND CODY IS HIT WITH THE TRIPLE POWERBOMB. TONIGHT: BRYAN/ORTON FACE TO FACE Match #4: R-Truth vs. Curtis Axel w/ Paul Heyman This happens for 4 minutes and is pretty terrible. Dudes doing stuff. Punk's music hits and Curtis is distracted, so Truth can hit the Black Finisher to win. 3/4* Match #5: Alicia Fox vs. Brie Bella w/ BTB This is a thing. Alicia tried super hard and made this not totally worthless. LTB then got the win with her stupid X Factor. *1/4 AJ and Tamina watch in the back with vaguely serious faces. In the back, Renee talks to Big Show, who says he isn't going to take it anymore and is going to knock out Triple H tonight. featured a backstage segment in which R-Truth asked Brad Maddox for a WWE IC Title shot, with Truth then leaving as Show barged in, hoised Maddox up by his throat, and demanded to know where Triple H was Match #6: Alberto Del Rio vs. Zack Ryder Alberto Del Rio SENDS. A. MESSAGE. ADR gives Ryder way too much for a squash and this is a four minute long match for some reason instead of the 90 or 60 second total squash that it should be when the World Champion fights a jobber. ADR finally ends it with the Cross Armbreaker. * featured an in-ring segment with Heyman and Ryback in which Heyman said Punk was "put down" the previous week, with Ryback saying he hated bullies and what Punk did to Heyman after everything Heyman had given Punk; Heyman then said he wanted to make a commitment to Ryback and got down on one knee to ask Ryback to become "a Paul Heyman guy;" moments later, Punk came out of the crowd but appeared to immediately injure his knee doing so, with a trainer then coming out to tend to Punk as he struggled to his feet; Punk then pulled a kendo stick out from under the ring, struck Heyman and Ryback, and then - after clearing them from the ring - hit the Go To Sleep on Axel Match #7: The Shield vs. Dolph Ziggler/The Usos The Shield are so great at this point that even in eight minutes of a clipped match, they're putting out something great. Ambrose has been great since the start and Rollins since early 2013, but Reigns has stepped his game up a lot recently in terms of cut offs and little things, and it's the "final" sort of piece for them to be able to have great matches at basically any point. The Usos and Ziggler are great opponents and this might not have been great if it was against Kofi and the PTP or some other average guys, to be fair. Great Usos dives headed to the break, and then Ziggler has a good hot tag. Great finishing run of stuff. Ziggler hits Rollins with the Peace Zig, but Reigns has already made a blind tag by then, and wipes out Ziggler with the Spear for the win. *** featured a backstage segment in which Show was confronted by police, with Stephanie stepping in, calling off the police, noting Show now has mortgage problems and then telling Show that his wife said he hasn't been "measuring up" at home as of late; after everyone else left, Show punched a hole in a 'Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come' poster on the wall A video airs of some of RVD's more extreme moments to hype up the hardcore match. THIS WEEK ON SMACKDOWN: BIG SHOW VS. THE SHIELD IN A HANDICAP MATCH Match #8: Antonio Cesaro vs. Santino Marella Zeb, Swags, Hornswoggle, and Khali are there. This is all of two or three minutes and another waste of both time and Cesaro. Santino wins with a cradle after the Big Swing. 3/4* Jerry Lawler is in the ring and brings out Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton for the face off. Orton drops some nonsense sucking up to Triple H and says the title being held up is great because it allowed him to get back to his full potential, and he no longer cares what the idiots in the crowd thought and he decimated The Miz in his hometown. He says he's going to beat Bryan for the WWE Title because he's genetically superior to a small pathetic B+ goatfaced troll like him. Bryan says this is real good and Randy talks a great game even if it's monotoned and practiced, but A+ all the way, but asks why he thinks Triple H needed to inspire him. Maybe because he wants to put him on magazines and DVDs and make money off of him, or maybe because he knows Orton can't reach his full potential on his own. He might be all those things, but he's never needed anyone's motivation to reach his full potential and he's going to beat him for the title AGAIN. He YES's a lot and Orton NO's. Orton insults Brie, so they fight. They fight ringside and Brie Bella comes out as Orton gets the edge. She's supposed to act concerned and angry, but just sort of exists while Orton hits Bryan with the DDT from the barricade to the floor and then the RKO on the announce table. |
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. Ohno says he could just disrupt matches and make a shwo full of no contests. Maddox says he likes him, but THEY like to keep him on the sidelines. Maddox says he can give him a match next week and he'll give him a match with one member of the Wyatt family for revenge. 
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