I'm still getting into a good schedule for posting, so bear with me. Like I've said before, my work schedule changes weekly, so I don't know until thursday or friday when I'll be free for the following week.
Here's my Smackdown review for Oct. 8/10.
Dammit! Cole's on commentary. Can someone please get him out of the WWE?
Teddy Long start off the show introducing Edge, who was traded to SD on monday. It's nice to see the trench coat and sunglasses look again.
Match 1: Edge vs. Swagger w/ The Swagger Soaring Eagle
Before the match, Swagger talks about Edge spearing his mascot last week. Do you know how hard it is for an eagle to get medical insurance?
At one point, Edge knocks the eagle off the apron. He got stretchered out during the commercial break.
Near fall for Edge. Swagger counters an Irish whip. Edge ducks on the rebound. Swagger catches Edge and drops him onto his knee. Swagger goes for a springboard splash in the corner, but Edge rolls out of the way.
Edge connects with a DDT for another near fall. Belly to belly by Swagger off the turnbuckle and a near fall. Edge bounces Swagger off the top rope and drops out of the ring. Edge back in now and thinking Spear. Swagger counters, and Edge counters him into a unique pin attempt. Swagger kicks out.
Edge counters an ankle lock and gets another near fall. Edge slips out of Swagger's grip and gets the Spear for the win.
Rating: 9/10. One of the best matches I've seen in a while. PPV quality for free. If the rest of the roster could perform like these 2 just did the WWE would be in better shape.
Match 2: Kelly vs. Layla
There was a comment from one of the commentators about how Kelly Kelly is improving in the ring. Yeah, right, so is Cena.
Rating: 3/10.
Layla goes after Natalya, who tries for a sharpshooter. McCool breaks it up.
Back from commercials and Big Show is in the ring. Apparently he's the Team Smackdown captain for Bragging Rights.
Hornswoggle is the mascot for team SD. Joy.
Now the Dudebusters are in the ring. They're trying to get onto team SD. Show says no. They say they could get themselves traded to Raw to join the Miz's team. Some more lip flapping and it ends with a double chokeslam. Nothing special.
Commercials are over and Cody Rhodes is on his way to the ring with Drew McIntyre for a match.
Match 3: Rhodes and McIntyre vs. Kaval and Kofi
Rhodes drops Kaval across the top rope and hits Cross Rhodes for the win.
Rating: 5/10. Not bad, but it could have been a lot better. Also, is Kaval going to win any time soon?
Back from commercial and Paul Bearer is in the ring looking fat as ever. He introduces Kane who makes his way out now.
He's talking about the same basic stuff he has for weeks. It's getting repetitive, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he's good on the mic. The eerie music is a nice touch.
Match 4: MVP vs. Dolph Ziggler
This must be a rematch from last week when they were interrupted by Nexus.
Dolph and Vickie start arguing. Vickie storms off as we go to commercials.
MVP reverses an Irish whip, but Ziggler holds on to the ropes. Ziggler walks right into a big boot just as Kaitlyn makes her way to ringside. Ziggler is down. Kaitlyn grabs MVP's leg and Dolph hits the Zig Zag for the win.
Rating: 6/10. Alright match, but it did more to further the Dolph/Vickie/Kaitlyn thing than anything else. They need a proper storyline for the IC title.
Back from commercials and Josh is backstage with Alberto Del Rio. He basically insults Rey the same way he's been doing. I'm not big on his mic skills either. Already time for more commercials.
It's time for the main event.
Match 5: Rey "Yo quiero Taco Bell" Mysterio vs. Alberto "Dog Lover" Del Rio
Rey on the top rope. Hurricanrana to Del Rio, who lands on the middle rope. Rey's going for the 619, but Tattoo (Rodriquez) distracts Rey. Tattoo is on the apron now. Rey drops Del Rio onto the second rope, knocking Tattoo off the apron.
619 connects and Rey wins.
Rating: 6/10. Being a Rey Mysterio match, there were a few high spots but aside from that it didn't excite me that much.
Average match Rating: 5.8/10
The saving grace was by far Edge vs. Swagger. I can't wait to see what they do at the PPV. Again the divas match and other mediocre matches brought the rating down. Admittedly I was kind of holding the matches to the standard set by Edge and Swagger so I may have been a little harsh but then I want to consistently see good performances from everyone. Is that too much to ask?
Overall Rating: 6/10 (-1)
Kane's segment was great as always, if it was a little repetitive, but the crap with Show and Hornswoggle and that killed it for me. Show has been irrelevant on Smackdown until tonight. Why give him the captaincy? I would personally have given it to Edge given what went down on Raw this past monday. Other than that, good show.
I'll do my best to have the finish to the Miz storyline up by monday. Again, it's taking longer to write than I had hoped.
October 10, 2010
October 7, 2010
WWe NXT review: Oct. 5/10
I had audio issues so I'm going to use the coverage from WZ to do this. Sorry about that, I have no idea what happened. I just lost sound after the first competition. I still watched it, but it wasn't the same.
Matt is on the stage and he brings out the six rookies. Matt reminds them that this is the biggest night of their careers because the WWE Universe and the pros will determine which one of them will no longer be a part of the competition. Matt reminds AJ that she has won three competitions and is closer to immunity. Kaitlyn, Naomi, and Jamie can still get immunity.
It is time for the first challenge and it is time to get the mechanical bull out for a Mechanical Bull Riding Competition. The person who stays on the bull the longest will win the competition. Matt wants someone to demonstrate so the Bellas volunteer. They ride first and it is on super slow. Then it speeds up and they are finally thrown from the mechanical bull.
Naomi is first and her time is 12.5 seconds. The next rookie is Aksana and her time 17.9 seconds so she in lead. AJ is the next to mount the mechanical monster and after commiserating with Kaitlyn before donning Kurt Angle’s cowboy hat. AJ with a time of 9.6 seconds. Jamie is the next one to go and her time is 10.9 seconds. Maxine gets to be on top . . . of the bull and she lasts 9.8 seconds. Kaitlyn is the final one to challenge the bull and she ends up with 10 seconds.
Aksana gets her first win in competition and then she will face Maxine in the ring.
We are back and Did You Know that a lot of children are going to do the Wrestlemania Reading Challenge?
We see footage from last night when Goldust was revealed as the one who left the messages for Ted DiBiase and Maryse because he wants the Million Dollar Belt.
Match Number One: Aksana versus Maxine
They lock up and Aksana with a hammer lock and Maxine with an elbow and forearms. Maxine with a kick and she misses a charge into the corner. Aksana takes Maxine down and gets a near fall. Aksana works on the arm but Maxine with a neck breaker for a near fall. Maxine with a side head lock into a submission hold but Aksana gets a near fall. Aksana with a clothesline followed b a boot to the head for a near fall. Aksana with an Irish whip but Maxine with a clothesline and Aksana floats over and gets the three count.
Winner: Aksana
Rating: 5/10. I wasn't that impressed with either girl to be honest.
Michael Cole wants to talk about last night’s Raw when he saw John Cena working with Nexus. Who wants a Raw Rebound?
We are told that there is going to be a Talent show when we come back from commercial.
We are back and the rookies are in the ring with Matt Striker. Matt reminds us that Aksana rode the bull the best. Matt also reminds us that AJ is in the immunity lead now but Naomi and Kaitlyn can tie her.
Aksana is the first to show her talent and her talent is push ups. Aksana does some unorthodox push ups.
Naomi is next and her talent is rap and she goes freestyle.
AJ says that she is going to give Michael Cole some personality and then she says that her talent is flexibility. AJ does some stretching on the mat. Jamie is next and her talent is turning men on. Jamie tells Matt that since the first time she saw him, she thought he was hot and then Jamie kisses Matt.
Kaitlyn is next and her talent is art. She has Striker assisting her with her easel. She shows a stick figure drawing of Vickie Guerrero. Kaitlyn says that she can’t wait to get Vickie on the canvas after putting Vickie on her canvas. Maxine is next and her talent is . . . Maxine says that she wants to apologize to Hornswoggle. She says that they had a little mishap and we see Hornswoggle go down and go down hard. Maxine has a pie and she made it just for Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle stops to hug AJ before going to Maxine and her special pie. She says that she is truly sorry and she gives him the pie she specially made for him. She puts some of the pie in Hornswoggle’s face and then he gives the rest of it to Maxine.
It is time to find out who Topeka liked the most. The winner is Kaitlyn and she has tied AJ with three wins.
It is now up to the WWE Universe to decide who gets immunity. The people of Kansas like Kaitlyn and she has immunity.
It is time for the Make a Wish Foundation video package.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Goldust tells Aksana that he has longed to hold it so tight. Someone from Immigration stops by to talk to Aksana. He tells her that she has four weeks before her application is up for review. Goldust says that she has been here for a while. The agent says that it doesn’t matter if she is the Russian Trish Stratus. Goldust says that they will take care of things and then he comments on the agent’s hair.
It is time to take a look back at the decades long . . . well, weeks long rivalry between Kaitlyn and Vickie Guerrero.
Match Number Two: Vickie Guerrero with Dolph Ziggler versus Kaitlyn
Vickie wants the referee to wait until she has warmed up. Vickie does some stretching and then it is time to wrestle . . . or is it because Vickie’s shoulder is a bit tight. Vickie does some meditation too.
Kaitlyn wants to know what is going on and Vickie pushes Kaitlyn but Kaitlyn with a drop toe hold and Vickie says that she is bleeding from her lip. Vickie yells at Kaitlyn and then she tries to slap Kaitlyn but Kaitlyn blocks it. Vickie connects but so does Kaitlyn. Vickie goes to the floor and Dolph kind of checks on her but Vickie pulls Kaitlyn to the floor and sends her into the ringside barrier a few times. Vickie kicks Kaitlyn as she tells Kaitlyn to get up.
They get back into the ring and Vickie kicks Kaitlyn and she taunts her rookie. Vickie sends Kaitlyn into the turnbuckles a few times. Vickie chokes Kaitlyn in the ropes. Vickie yells at Dolph and then she chokes Kaitlyn some more. Vickie works on Kaitlyn’s back but Vickie cannot get Kaitlyn up for a slam. Kaitlyn slams Vickie but can only get a near fall. Vickie sends Kaitlyn into the ropes and then she tells Dolph to help her but Vickie gets rolled up by Kaitlyn for the three count.
Winner: Kaitlyn
Rating: 4/10. Why did they have to put Vickie in the ring?
After the match, Kailtyn celebrates with Dolph right in front of Vickie and Dolph pushes her away. Vickie screeches at both of them and then she leaves the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Matt is at ringside with the rookies and one of them is going home, other than Kaitlyn who earned immunity.
It is time for the random Rookie Eliminator 2010 and the unlucky rookie is Jamie.
Jamie gets her last name back before she gives her exit promo. She thanks everyone so much. She says that the WWE has the best fans and the most supportive people. She thanks the Bellas. She tells the rookies that she wishes them the best of luck.
Average match rating: 4.5/10
The matches weren't long enough to really make an impression, plus Vickie wrestling is like Cena rapping (or wrestling, or making movies).
Overall show rating: 6/10 (+1)
I'm surprised Maxine didn't get eliminated, but I'm glad AJ and Kaitlyn are still in it. The talent show was a good concept, but there were some dumb talents. I also still want to fuck AJ.
This week I'll finish off my storyline form last week. Will Miz ever face Orton for the title?
Matt is on the stage and he brings out the six rookies. Matt reminds them that this is the biggest night of their careers because the WWE Universe and the pros will determine which one of them will no longer be a part of the competition. Matt reminds AJ that she has won three competitions and is closer to immunity. Kaitlyn, Naomi, and Jamie can still get immunity.
It is time for the first challenge and it is time to get the mechanical bull out for a Mechanical Bull Riding Competition. The person who stays on the bull the longest will win the competition. Matt wants someone to demonstrate so the Bellas volunteer. They ride first and it is on super slow. Then it speeds up and they are finally thrown from the mechanical bull.
Naomi is first and her time is 12.5 seconds. The next rookie is Aksana and her time 17.9 seconds so she in lead. AJ is the next to mount the mechanical monster and after commiserating with Kaitlyn before donning Kurt Angle’s cowboy hat. AJ with a time of 9.6 seconds. Jamie is the next one to go and her time is 10.9 seconds. Maxine gets to be on top . . . of the bull and she lasts 9.8 seconds. Kaitlyn is the final one to challenge the bull and she ends up with 10 seconds.
Aksana gets her first win in competition and then she will face Maxine in the ring.
We are back and Did You Know that a lot of children are going to do the Wrestlemania Reading Challenge?
We see footage from last night when Goldust was revealed as the one who left the messages for Ted DiBiase and Maryse because he wants the Million Dollar Belt.
Match Number One: Aksana versus Maxine
They lock up and Aksana with a hammer lock and Maxine with an elbow and forearms. Maxine with a kick and she misses a charge into the corner. Aksana takes Maxine down and gets a near fall. Aksana works on the arm but Maxine with a neck breaker for a near fall. Maxine with a side head lock into a submission hold but Aksana gets a near fall. Aksana with a clothesline followed b a boot to the head for a near fall. Aksana with an Irish whip but Maxine with a clothesline and Aksana floats over and gets the three count.
Winner: Aksana
Rating: 5/10. I wasn't that impressed with either girl to be honest.
Michael Cole wants to talk about last night’s Raw when he saw John Cena working with Nexus. Who wants a Raw Rebound?
We are told that there is going to be a Talent show when we come back from commercial.
We are back and the rookies are in the ring with Matt Striker. Matt reminds us that Aksana rode the bull the best. Matt also reminds us that AJ is in the immunity lead now but Naomi and Kaitlyn can tie her.
Aksana is the first to show her talent and her talent is push ups. Aksana does some unorthodox push ups.
Naomi is next and her talent is rap and she goes freestyle.
AJ says that she is going to give Michael Cole some personality and then she says that her talent is flexibility. AJ does some stretching on the mat. Jamie is next and her talent is turning men on. Jamie tells Matt that since the first time she saw him, she thought he was hot and then Jamie kisses Matt.
Kaitlyn is next and her talent is art. She has Striker assisting her with her easel. She shows a stick figure drawing of Vickie Guerrero. Kaitlyn says that she can’t wait to get Vickie on the canvas after putting Vickie on her canvas. Maxine is next and her talent is . . . Maxine says that she wants to apologize to Hornswoggle. She says that they had a little mishap and we see Hornswoggle go down and go down hard. Maxine has a pie and she made it just for Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle stops to hug AJ before going to Maxine and her special pie. She says that she is truly sorry and she gives him the pie she specially made for him. She puts some of the pie in Hornswoggle’s face and then he gives the rest of it to Maxine.
It is time to find out who Topeka liked the most. The winner is Kaitlyn and she has tied AJ with three wins.
It is now up to the WWE Universe to decide who gets immunity. The people of Kansas like Kaitlyn and she has immunity.
It is time for the Make a Wish Foundation video package.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Goldust tells Aksana that he has longed to hold it so tight. Someone from Immigration stops by to talk to Aksana. He tells her that she has four weeks before her application is up for review. Goldust says that she has been here for a while. The agent says that it doesn’t matter if she is the Russian Trish Stratus. Goldust says that they will take care of things and then he comments on the agent’s hair.
It is time to take a look back at the decades long . . . well, weeks long rivalry between Kaitlyn and Vickie Guerrero.
Match Number Two: Vickie Guerrero with Dolph Ziggler versus Kaitlyn
Vickie wants the referee to wait until she has warmed up. Vickie does some stretching and then it is time to wrestle . . . or is it because Vickie’s shoulder is a bit tight. Vickie does some meditation too.
Kaitlyn wants to know what is going on and Vickie pushes Kaitlyn but Kaitlyn with a drop toe hold and Vickie says that she is bleeding from her lip. Vickie yells at Kaitlyn and then she tries to slap Kaitlyn but Kaitlyn blocks it. Vickie connects but so does Kaitlyn. Vickie goes to the floor and Dolph kind of checks on her but Vickie pulls Kaitlyn to the floor and sends her into the ringside barrier a few times. Vickie kicks Kaitlyn as she tells Kaitlyn to get up.
They get back into the ring and Vickie kicks Kaitlyn and she taunts her rookie. Vickie sends Kaitlyn into the turnbuckles a few times. Vickie chokes Kaitlyn in the ropes. Vickie yells at Dolph and then she chokes Kaitlyn some more. Vickie works on Kaitlyn’s back but Vickie cannot get Kaitlyn up for a slam. Kaitlyn slams Vickie but can only get a near fall. Vickie sends Kaitlyn into the ropes and then she tells Dolph to help her but Vickie gets rolled up by Kaitlyn for the three count.
Winner: Kaitlyn
Rating: 4/10. Why did they have to put Vickie in the ring?
After the match, Kailtyn celebrates with Dolph right in front of Vickie and Dolph pushes her away. Vickie screeches at both of them and then she leaves the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Matt is at ringside with the rookies and one of them is going home, other than Kaitlyn who earned immunity.
It is time for the random Rookie Eliminator 2010 and the unlucky rookie is Jamie.
Jamie gets her last name back before she gives her exit promo. She thanks everyone so much. She says that the WWE has the best fans and the most supportive people. She thanks the Bellas. She tells the rookies that she wishes them the best of luck.
Average match rating: 4.5/10
The matches weren't long enough to really make an impression, plus Vickie wrestling is like Cena rapping (or wrestling, or making movies).
Overall show rating: 6/10 (+1)
I'm surprised Maxine didn't get eliminated, but I'm glad AJ and Kaitlyn are still in it. The talent show was a good concept, but there were some dumb talents. I also still want to fuck AJ.
This week I'll finish off my storyline form last week. Will Miz ever face Orton for the title?
October 6, 2010
Raw will not be reviewed this week
I have decided that based on the absolutely horrible quality of Raw this past Monday night, I shall not soil my blog with it. Here are the highlights:
Edge traded to Smackdown
Goldust was sending messages to the Million Dollar Title
Cena's fired if he doesn't listen to Barrett
Maryse got smacked out of her dress by the Jackass giant hand
Barrett is the #1 contender and is facing Orton at Bragging Rights
Rating: 0/10 (-7)
There you have it folks. That was this week's Raw. I hope you don't waste your time like I did and watch it. I want my 2 hours back.
Edge traded to Smackdown
Goldust was sending messages to the Million Dollar Title
Cena's fired if he doesn't listen to Barrett
Maryse got smacked out of her dress by the Jackass giant hand
Barrett is the #1 contender and is facing Orton at Bragging Rights
Rating: 0/10 (-7)
There you have it folks. That was this week's Raw. I hope you don't waste your time like I did and watch it. I want my 2 hours back.
October 4, 2010
Hell in a Cell Recap: Oct. 3/10
Welcome to my Hell in a Cell recap. As always, I'm using Wrestlezone's coverage.
We start off with Danielson defending his US title against Miz and Morrison.
Match 1: Danielson vs. Miz vs. Morrison, US Title, Submissions count anywhere
Miz gets on the mic and says he is the mentor of both Daniel Bryan and John Morrison. He says he never tapped out. Match is underway. Early on, Morrison is thrown to the floor, where he remains for a bit, allowing Bryan and Miz some one-on-one time in the ring. A few minutes in, all three guys brawled their way into the audience of Dallas fans. Miz slams Morrison onto the steel guardrail, and follows it up by ramming Bryan through another guardrail. Up near the stage, Miz attempts to slam a crate into Morrison. Morrison blocks it with his foot and counters, leaping over it and nailing Miz. Moments later, Miz recovers and hits a Skull Crushing Finale on Morrison on the floor. Next up is a one-on-one brawl with Miz and Daniel Bryan on the stage. Both guys go for submissions at times, but neither can finish the job. Morrison is climbing the site, and doing so pretty fast. Morrison is up onto the lighting deck and dives off it onto both Miz and Bryan on the stage. Crowd pops huge for that. Morrison applies a Texas Cloverleaf on Miz. Out of nowhere, Alex Riley comes out and breaks things up. Bryan is up now and rams Riley into a camera, knocking him off the stage completely. Bryan secures his LeBell Lock on Miz on the stage. Miz taps. Crowd goes nuts.
Rating: 8/10. Sounds like it was a great match, but the outcome was rather predictable.
Match 2: Orton vs. Sheamus, WWE Title, HIAC
Video package airs, showcasing the history of the Orton-Sheamus feud. Our WWE Championship match, and first Hell In A Cell match of the night, is getting underway now. Both guys go at it immediately. Orton clotheslines Sheamus into the cage on the floor outside the ring. Sheamus returns favor by whipping Orton back-first into the cell. Sheamus is grabbing the ringside steps to use as a weapon. Orton stops the attempt and winds up nailing Sheamus with the ringside steps himself. Back in the ring, Sheamus hits a huge shoulder-block on Orton, blasting him into the cell. Sheamus attempts a pinfall, but only gets two. Sheamus removes the top turnbuckle padding, exposing the steel from within it. He misses an attempt to slam Orton into it face-first. Turnbuckle padding remains off as the match moves away from that particular corner of the ring. Orton ends up dodging a Sheamus attack, resulting in Sheamus slamming himself into the exposed steel in the ringside corner. Later on, the ringside steps come into play again, this time with Orton hitting a sweet snap-slam on Sheamus onto the steps which were placed in the middle of the ring. Sheamus focusing his attack on the ribs of Orton, which he is beginning to sell big now. Add shoulder to the list. Orton selling the shoulder now, while the announcers remind everyone of his past problems. Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick and almost gets the win off of that, but Orton managed to kick out at 2 1/2. Sheamus goes to the floor and pulls a chair out from under the ring. Sheamus nails Orton across the back with the chair repeatedly, setting up another nearfall. Out of nowhere, Orton hits the RKO on Sheamus. Orton goes for the punt kick, but Sheamus avoids it and counters with the Brogue Kick. Sheamus goes for the pin but Orton again manages to kick out at 2 1/2. Crowd popped big for that, as they begin to rally behind Orton. Orton avoids a Sheamus attack and hits an RKO out of nowhere for the clean pin. And it's over that sudden.
Rating: 7/10. Predictable ending, and the cell was almost as useless as I thought it would be. Other than that, it looks like it was a great match.
Albert Del Rio comes to the ring in street clothes. He gets on the mic and says this is his PPV debut and he wants to make it special. He shows a shot of the dog he had in the Rey Mysterio mask on Smackdown. He says he's richer than Mark Cuban and more handsome than Tony Romo. He tells the crowd he is better than they are. Edge's music hits and out he comes. He mentions that he's not here to defend Mysterio, Texas or Christian, he's here to fight against stupidity. He says Del Rio's dog mask is stupid. Del Rio and Edge square off, but are interupted by Jack Swagger's theme music. Swagger complains that Edge roughed up his mascot on Smackdown. Edge says he'll pay for the mascot's medical bills. Edge attacks Swagger, but Swagger and Del Rio team up and begin the two-on-one beatdown of Edge. The anonymous general manager chime sounds. Michael Cole announces that Edge must apologize to the general manager on Raw tomorrow night. He also must face Jack Swagger tonight. This leads us to our next match.
Match 3: Edge vs. Swagger
Early on, Swagger is bleeding from the mouth from an Edge attack. Edge sends Swagger to the floor. From the floor, Swagger grabs Edge by the leg and attempts an ankle lock from the floor. Edge ultimately escapes and flips Swagger into the ringside steps in the process. Crowd dug that. Edge goes to the top rope, but Swagger quickly leaps to the top rope and suplexes him down below, ala Kurt Angle. Swagger attempts a Swagger Bomb, but Edge blocks with a kick to the gut. He follows up with a DDT and a big spear. One more spear shortly thereafter and Edge secures the pinfall for the victory.
Rating: 7/10. For a last minute add-on it was decent, if a little short. I would liked to have seen Swagger win, but Edge winning is cool too.
Match 4: Barrett vs. Cena, join vs. disband
For those unaware, the rules state that Nexus must disband if Barrett loses. If he wins, John Cena must join Nexus. Cena and Barrett are both in the ring, and this match with big repercussions is underway. Cena goes for the Attitude Adjustment early on, but the rest of Nexus hit the ringside area to distract him, allowing Barrett to escape and nail Cena. Barrett goes out to yell at the rest of Nexus. He reminds them who is in charge. Barrett back in the ring now, in firm control of the action. Cena begins making a comeback as Nexus surrounds the ring during the set up of his Five Knuckle Shuffle. Before you know it, out comes Big Show, MVP, Daniel Bryan, the Hart Dynasty, Dolph Ziggler, John Morrison, Goldust, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne and Chris Masters. All of the WWE guys rough up four of the Nexus wrestlers, chasing them off as Cena smiles in the ring. The WWE guys head backstage. Cena signals to Barrett that it's "one-on-one" now and smiles big. Cena goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Barrett escapes and hits a suplex. Both guys fight on the top rope before Barrett is knocked off. Cena follows in with a leg drop off the top. Cena again goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Barrett again avoids it and hits his own finisher. He attempts a pin there, but Cena kicks out. Out of nowhere, Cena finally hits the Attitude Adjustment. He goes for the pin but Barrett manages to kick out at 2 1/2. Cena locks in the STF when a "fan" (maybe Michael McGillicutty) enters the ring, distracting both Cena and the ref. Another "fan" (maybe Husky Harris) hits the ring and nails Cena with a lead pipe. Barrett makes the cover and gets the three count. Wade Barrett wins.
Rating: 8/10. I never thought I would rate a Cena match that high, but with Barrett winning, I had to stop myself from giving it a 10. My biggest gripe is that Cena still managed to save face because it took outside interference for Barrett to win and therefore isn't good enough to win when it really is 1-on-1.
After the match, the rest of Nexus comes out to celebrate with Barrett while Cena laid in the ring. Nexus heads to the stage, stopping to look back at Cena in the ring with smiles on their faces. As they make their way backstage, Cena is shown sitting in a corner in the ring with a discouraged look on his face. Fans are shown individually on-camera with stunned and depressed looks on their faces. Cena continues to look on in disbelief before slowly walking to the back. He stops at one point and rubs a small kid on the head. Good stuff.
Match 5: McCool vs. Natalya, Diva's title
McCool is accompanied by Layla. Natalya is out now and this one is getting started. Natalya had the match won at one point, but Layla stood on the ring apron to break up the pinfall count. As Natalya continued her assault of McCool, Layla again manages to interfere during a finish attempt, distracting the ref. Out of nowhere, Natalya locks in the Sharpshooter on McCool. Layla goes to interfere again. This time the ref disqualifies McCool. Pretty quick match, thank god.
Rating: 4/10. Bullshit. I knew that DQ would be the only chance Natalya stood at winning.
Match 6: Kane vs. Taker, WHC, HIAC
As he was entering the Hell In A Cell structure, Undertaker was attacked by Kane. No dramatic in-ring introductions for this main event, as these two are duking it out now. Both guys fight outside the ring on the floor, where Kane attacks Taker's knee with a chair. Kane slams Taker's knee with the heavy ringside steps. Kane continues to work over the left knee of Taker, as the two work their way back inside the squared-circle. Kane suffered a cut on the top of his head, which was bleeding on camera a bit. Kane continues the assault of Taker's leg as the action resumes. Taker and Kane exchange punches, with the crowd "boo'ing" and popping for Kane and Taker, respectively. Taker hits his infamous diving clothesline off the ropes. Taker goes for Old School but Kane yanks Taker down, hurting his knee in the process, the same knee he's been working on the majority of the contest. Kane hits a top-rope clothesline on Taker. Taker slaps on Hell's Gate out of nowhere, but Kane ultimately breaks the hold by falling to the floor at ringside. When the action resumes in the ring, both Taker and Kane land a simaltaneous big boot to the other. Taker hits a Chokeslam on Kane. Paul Bearer is heard freaking out at ringside. Kane avoids the pin. Taker hits a Last Ride on Kane for a nearfall. Taker goes for the Tombstone, but Kane counters and hits a Tombstone of his own. Taker kicks out of a pin attempt. Kane hits the referee out of nowhere, dropping him. Paul Bearer enters the ring. Kane looks at Bearer and decides to go after him. Bearer runs as Kane chases him around. As Kane nears getting his hands on Bearer, Taker does his infamous sit-up and chokeslams Kane. Taker does his throat-slicing gesture and a bunch of lightning flashed and struck in the arena. Taker picks Kane up for the Tombstone. During this, Paul Bearer opens the urn up and flashes a light into the eyes of Taker, who releases the hold. Bearer stands between Kane and Taker. Bearer eventually hands Kane the urn and Kane uses it to blast Taker with. Kane follows up with a Chokeslam and pins Taker, 1-2-3.
Rating: 7/10. The cell was useless again. I was hoping for SOME decent use of the cell from the guy that made the damn match famous. I'm glad Kane won, but Bearer turning was the most unoriginal way to do it.
After the match, Kane and Paul Bearer leave the ring together. Bearer held open the urn in front of his face as the glowing light shined while they stood on the stage. The light shines, they look on at Taker laid out in the ring, and the show fades off on that note.
Average match rating: 6.8/10 (-0.2) (rating change is based on the last PPV. In this case, Night of Champions)
The Diva's match brought the rating way down (what's new?) and there were several predictable endings, but other than that it was a great PPV, with Barrett winning the highlight of the night for me.
Overall show rating: 8/10
A decent PPV from WWE for a change. Good segment between Edge Swagger and Del Rio. I expect good things from Edge and Swagger in the future.
Tune in tomorrow evening for my Raw review. See you then.
October 3, 2010
Smackdown Review: Oct. 1/10
We're live for Smackdown's first broadcast on SyFy. they changed their theme song. I miss the old one.
The action starts right away with Dolph vs. MVP for the Intercontinental title
Match 1: MVP vs. Dolph, IC Title
Alright match, but I guess it was really only used to set up the Nexus appearance.
Rating: 4/10. It served it's purpose but it was a waste of a potentially good match.
Nexus (minus Barrett) takes Dolph out first to cause the match to be tossed. MVP is now taking the beating. They pretty much finish him off when Big Show comes running out. He also gets beaten down.
Here comes Cena. He gets his ass handed to him before Show comes back in and decks Slater with a chair. Show chases them off and now Barrett is up on the screen.
He says that since he's good friends with the network owner (or whoever it was) he's suggested some matches.
First off, Big Show will face Nexus in a 5-on-1 handicap match, and Cena will face Kane with Nexus as lumberjacks. This will be a fun night /sarcasm.
Aw shit, Cole is on commentary. This sucks.
Here comes LayCool, Maryse and Alicia Fox. Their opponents are Kelly Kelly, Natalya and the Bellas.
Match 2: LayCool, Maryse and Alicia Fox vs. Kelly, Natalya and the Bellas
Hornswoggle drags Layla under the ring. She runs off with little Horny chasing her. He runs right into Michelle's foot. Nice. Meanwhile in the ring, Maryse taps to Natalya's sharpshooter.
Rating: 5/10. Hornswoggle didn't help and neither did the Bellas.
We return to Swagger's homecoming ceremony. He's using Boomer Sooner as his entrance music tonight. He has an eagle mascot with him.
Pretty decent pop. He kills that pretty fast by dissing the state of Oklahoma. He says him and his mascot (the Swagger Soaring Eagle) have moved to Texas. He also proclaims himself the king of Oklahoma.
Edge cuts him off. Edge says that he's on a mission to rid the WWE of everything that's stupid.
Edge says he's going to start his mission right now. Edge drops his mic and Swagger ducks behind his mascot. Edge knocks the mascot away and Swagger slides out of the ring. It looks like Edge is going to spear the eagle. He does and Swagger is heading up the ramp.
Backstage Nexus segment. Barrett says that if anyone lays a finger on Nexus, they'll be suspended indefinitely.
Their match with Big Show is next.
Match 3: Nexus vs. Big Show
Short match as expected. The end sees Nexus each pick a limb and apply a submission. Barrett takes the neck and Show passes out.
Rating: 5/10. Nothing interesting except the 5 simultaneous submissions.
After the match, Gabriel delivers a 450. Barrett sends him back up for another one. I dunno if it was botched or done on purpose, but Gabriel landed his knees on Show's ribs.
Kane vs. CM Punk is on now after the commercials.
Match 4: Punk vs. Taker
Taker hits Snake Eyes on Punk. He tries for a pin but Punk kicks out. Taker delivers a chokeslam. Punk gets back up and walks right into a Tombstone for the pin.
Rating: 8/10. I really like where this storyline is going and this was a great match going into the PPV. Taker can still deliver a good match.
Alberto Del Rio is in the ring now.
He says tonight he's going to apologize to Rey Mysterio. He brings out a chihuahua wearing a Rey Mysterio mask and a little cast on it's leg.
He apologizes to the dog, and kisses it as promised. He wipes his lips off afterwards.
The real Rey makes his way out now. He beats down Del Rio and tosses him onto the second rope. Before he can do anything, Ricardo Rodriguez grabs Rey's leg. Del Rio escapes as Rey 619's Ricardo.
Back from commercials and we have Orton in the ring. He's going to be facing Cody Rhodes (still waiting for his and Drew's mashup theme).
Match 5: Dashing Cody Rhodes vs. Orton
Cody with a chin lock on Orton. Orton fights out. Rhodes goes for a springboard kick, but Orton ducks and hits a backbreaker. RKO quickly follows for the pin.
Rating: 6/10. Could've done more but it was decent.
Drew Mac i the ring now trying for a DDT. Orton counters into an RKO. Sheamus runs in now and drops Orton with a Brogue Kick.
Commercials are over and here comes Kane.
Match 6: Kane vs. Cena, Nexus as lumberjacks
Unsurprisingly, Nexus attacks Cena as soon as he's out of the ring. Kane is out of the ring now, and they give him a wide berth. Nexus drags Cena out of the ring now. The lights go out.
Rating: 5/10. Meh at best.
Taker appears in the ring once the lights are back on. Kane and Taker fight into the crowd now. LOL at dude falling. They fight their way back to the ring where Kane takes control. He grabs Taker for a chokeslam, but Taker overpowers Kane and hits a chokeslam of his own.
Kane staggers out of the ring and the show ends with Taker bowing to Paul Bearer and the urn.
Average match rating: 5.5/10 (+0.2)
The useless IC title match is what brought this rating down. I don't see why the title needed to be on the line if it was just going to be interrupted before it really got going.
Overall rating: 7/10 (--)
An okay go-home show for Hell in a Cell, and it could have been worse for a debut on a new network. I liked how Barrett brought the network into the show with his "friendship" with one of the higher-ups. There were definitely some weak points. I really hope Edge rids WWE of all things stupid, starting with Cole and Cena.
Monday will see my HIAC review, done as always through the coverage on WZ.
The action starts right away with Dolph vs. MVP for the Intercontinental title
Match 1: MVP vs. Dolph, IC Title
Alright match, but I guess it was really only used to set up the Nexus appearance.
Rating: 4/10. It served it's purpose but it was a waste of a potentially good match.
Nexus (minus Barrett) takes Dolph out first to cause the match to be tossed. MVP is now taking the beating. They pretty much finish him off when Big Show comes running out. He also gets beaten down.
Here comes Cena. He gets his ass handed to him before Show comes back in and decks Slater with a chair. Show chases them off and now Barrett is up on the screen.
He says that since he's good friends with the network owner (or whoever it was) he's suggested some matches.
First off, Big Show will face Nexus in a 5-on-1 handicap match, and Cena will face Kane with Nexus as lumberjacks. This will be a fun night /sarcasm.
Aw shit, Cole is on commentary. This sucks.
Here comes LayCool, Maryse and Alicia Fox. Their opponents are Kelly Kelly, Natalya and the Bellas.
Match 2: LayCool, Maryse and Alicia Fox vs. Kelly, Natalya and the Bellas
Hornswoggle drags Layla under the ring. She runs off with little Horny chasing her. He runs right into Michelle's foot. Nice. Meanwhile in the ring, Maryse taps to Natalya's sharpshooter.
Rating: 5/10. Hornswoggle didn't help and neither did the Bellas.
We return to Swagger's homecoming ceremony. He's using Boomer Sooner as his entrance music tonight. He has an eagle mascot with him.
Pretty decent pop. He kills that pretty fast by dissing the state of Oklahoma. He says him and his mascot (the Swagger Soaring Eagle) have moved to Texas. He also proclaims himself the king of Oklahoma.
Edge cuts him off. Edge says that he's on a mission to rid the WWE of everything that's stupid.
Edge says he's going to start his mission right now. Edge drops his mic and Swagger ducks behind his mascot. Edge knocks the mascot away and Swagger slides out of the ring. It looks like Edge is going to spear the eagle. He does and Swagger is heading up the ramp.
Backstage Nexus segment. Barrett says that if anyone lays a finger on Nexus, they'll be suspended indefinitely.
Their match with Big Show is next.
Match 3: Nexus vs. Big Show
Short match as expected. The end sees Nexus each pick a limb and apply a submission. Barrett takes the neck and Show passes out.
Rating: 5/10. Nothing interesting except the 5 simultaneous submissions.
After the match, Gabriel delivers a 450. Barrett sends him back up for another one. I dunno if it was botched or done on purpose, but Gabriel landed his knees on Show's ribs.
Kane vs. CM Punk is on now after the commercials.
Match 4: Punk vs. Taker
Taker hits Snake Eyes on Punk. He tries for a pin but Punk kicks out. Taker delivers a chokeslam. Punk gets back up and walks right into a Tombstone for the pin.
Rating: 8/10. I really like where this storyline is going and this was a great match going into the PPV. Taker can still deliver a good match.
Alberto Del Rio is in the ring now.
He says tonight he's going to apologize to Rey Mysterio. He brings out a chihuahua wearing a Rey Mysterio mask and a little cast on it's leg.
He apologizes to the dog, and kisses it as promised. He wipes his lips off afterwards.
The real Rey makes his way out now. He beats down Del Rio and tosses him onto the second rope. Before he can do anything, Ricardo Rodriguez grabs Rey's leg. Del Rio escapes as Rey 619's Ricardo.
Back from commercials and we have Orton in the ring. He's going to be facing Cody Rhodes (still waiting for his and Drew's mashup theme).
Match 5: Dashing Cody Rhodes vs. Orton
Cody with a chin lock on Orton. Orton fights out. Rhodes goes for a springboard kick, but Orton ducks and hits a backbreaker. RKO quickly follows for the pin.
Rating: 6/10. Could've done more but it was decent.
Drew Mac i the ring now trying for a DDT. Orton counters into an RKO. Sheamus runs in now and drops Orton with a Brogue Kick.
Commercials are over and here comes Kane.
Match 6: Kane vs. Cena, Nexus as lumberjacks
Unsurprisingly, Nexus attacks Cena as soon as he's out of the ring. Kane is out of the ring now, and they give him a wide berth. Nexus drags Cena out of the ring now. The lights go out.
Rating: 5/10. Meh at best.
Taker appears in the ring once the lights are back on. Kane and Taker fight into the crowd now. LOL at dude falling. They fight their way back to the ring where Kane takes control. He grabs Taker for a chokeslam, but Taker overpowers Kane and hits a chokeslam of his own.
Kane staggers out of the ring and the show ends with Taker bowing to Paul Bearer and the urn.
Average match rating: 5.5/10 (+0.2)
The useless IC title match is what brought this rating down. I don't see why the title needed to be on the line if it was just going to be interrupted before it really got going.
Overall rating: 7/10 (--)
An okay go-home show for Hell in a Cell, and it could have been worse for a debut on a new network. I liked how Barrett brought the network into the show with his "friendship" with one of the higher-ups. There were definitely some weak points. I really hope Edge rids WWE of all things stupid, starting with Cole and Cena.
Monday will see my HIAC review, done as always through the coverage on WZ.
October 1, 2010
Fantasy Storyline: WWE Title gets a little more awesome, part 1
This is the first of what I hope to be many storylines. This was the original purpose of the blog, so I hope to keep it going in some fashion. I'll try to wrap each one up in 2 posts, so each post will be on the longer side.
I'll keep the old format of going week by week and make any changes as they're needed. Hopefully you're still interested in this stuff.
Week 1: Hell in a Cell PPV
WWE champion Randy Orton has just successfully defended the title against Sheamus. The cell is being lifted and Orton is celebrating. He gets cut short by Miz's music. He has a ref in tow and his MITB briefcase in hand.
The match starts, and Miz dominates early on. Orton bounces back after kicking out of a pin and is on the offensive. Miz now ducks behind the ref and starts mocking Orton, who shoves the ref out of the way and starts pounding on Miz. The ref calls for the bell but Orton doesn't care. He RKO's Miz and walks off with the title.
Week 1: Monday Night Raw
Miz is in the ring and looking pissed.
"What happened last night was nothing short of a travesty. Randy Orton cost me my WWE title when he intentionally got disqualified by pushing the referee. He knew he couldn't beat me so he took the easy way out. Your hero is nothing more than a coward. If he has any sense of honour he will face me again tonight for the WWE Title."
*email comes in from the GM*
Cole gets up.
"May I have your attention please. I have received another email from the general manager. And I quote:
Miz, you had your title opportunity last night at Hell in a Cell. Randy Orton may have been disqualified, but your actions caused him to be disqualified. If you want a rematch so badly, you have to earn it, starting tonight. Your match is up next."
We come back to the action with Sheamus in the ring ready to face Miz. The match is about to start when another email comes in.
"May I have your attention please. I have received another email from the general manager. And I quote:
There's one more thing I forgot to mention. Miz, if you get -- or cause your opponent to be -- disqualified you will not get a shot at the title again as long and Randy Orton holds it."
The match gets underway. Sheamus is looking good in the early goings so far. Miz makes a comeback but quickly runs into trouble when Sheamus levels him with a Brogue Kick for the pin.
Miz is furious. He starts throwing chairs around and tears apart the announce table. He storms off to the back and that's the end of that.
Week 2: Monday Night Raw
Miz is back in the ring.
"This is not right! I should be the WWE Champion right now. Randy Orton is hiding behind our General Manager to get out of facing me. He's scared. He knows I would have beat him at Hell in a Cell. I DEMAND a title shot here TONIGHT!"
Orton's music hits and he makes his way to the stage.
"Do you really think I fear you? Do you really think that I'm hiding from you? I have never hidden from anyone, and I'm certainly not about to start with someone as pathetic as you. Yeah, I'll face you tonight, but you need to give me one good reason why my title should be on the line."
"Have you not been paying any attention to what I've said? You were intentionally disqualified from our match at Hell in a Cell. Your cowardice robbed me of MY WWE title."
*email*
"Gentlemen, nobody sanctioned a match between you two tonight. Miz still has not proven that he is worthy of another title match. If he wishes to face Randy Orton for the WWE Title, he will have to win his match tonight. As with last week, if Miz is disqualified or causes his opponent to be disqualified, he will not get a title match against Randy Orton."
Miz starts to argue with the GM.
"Hold on. I get cheated out of a proper match and now I have to jump through another ridiculous hoop to get one? I don't care if you are the general manager, I'm getting my title match tonight. Randy, you need a reason? I've already given you one. I don't have the WWE title right now because of what you did at Hell in a Cell. That alone should give me another title match."
"Yeah, I might have pushed the referee, but it was your mouth that set me off. You're just as responsible for my actions as I am."
*email*
"This is obviously not going to be resolved through arguing. Here is what will happen: Randy, you will put your title on the line against Miz at Bragging Rights in 3 weeks, provided Miz follows a couple of rules. First off, if he, or anyone on his behalf, attacks Randy Orton or interferes in his matches in any way, Miz loses his title shot.
Second, Miz must win all of his matches cleanly. No count outs, no disqualifications. Now, to make things fair, since Miz, you feel like Randy intentionally disqualified himself from your last title match, at Bragging Rights, it will be a no disqualification match for the WWE Title.
I hope this works to everyone's satisfaction."
Miz looks semi enraged and Orton seems to be content.
Week 3: Monday Night Raw
Miz has a match up next against Evan Bourne.
Some good back and forth action. Miz wins when he knocks Bourne off the top rope and hits the Skullcrushing Finale.
Later on in the night, Orton has a match against John Morrison.
Orton is looking strong and is on the verge of putting Morrison away.
Suddenly, Wade Barrett runs in and kicks Orton. The match is tossed. The show ends with Barrett running to the back.
End part 1
That's all for this week. Next week will see the finish of this storyline. A little change to announce before I sign off for the day.
Due to unpredictable work hours, I have decided to drop TNA from my coverage altogether and move my feature posts to Fridays. Everything else will remain the same:
Mondays: PPV review (should there be one)
Tuesdays: Raw review
Wednesdays: TBA
Thursdays: NXT review
Fridays: Feature post
Saturdays: Smackdown review
Sundays: TBA
I may add in a couple more things if I find the time for it. Sorry if things seem a little hectic right now. I'm still getting back into the routine of regular posting.
I'll keep the old format of going week by week and make any changes as they're needed. Hopefully you're still interested in this stuff.
Week 1: Hell in a Cell PPV
WWE champion Randy Orton has just successfully defended the title against Sheamus. The cell is being lifted and Orton is celebrating. He gets cut short by Miz's music. He has a ref in tow and his MITB briefcase in hand.
The match starts, and Miz dominates early on. Orton bounces back after kicking out of a pin and is on the offensive. Miz now ducks behind the ref and starts mocking Orton, who shoves the ref out of the way and starts pounding on Miz. The ref calls for the bell but Orton doesn't care. He RKO's Miz and walks off with the title.
Week 1: Monday Night Raw
Miz is in the ring and looking pissed.
"What happened last night was nothing short of a travesty. Randy Orton cost me my WWE title when he intentionally got disqualified by pushing the referee. He knew he couldn't beat me so he took the easy way out. Your hero is nothing more than a coward. If he has any sense of honour he will face me again tonight for the WWE Title."
*email comes in from the GM*
Cole gets up.
"May I have your attention please. I have received another email from the general manager. And I quote:
Miz, you had your title opportunity last night at Hell in a Cell. Randy Orton may have been disqualified, but your actions caused him to be disqualified. If you want a rematch so badly, you have to earn it, starting tonight. Your match is up next."
We come back to the action with Sheamus in the ring ready to face Miz. The match is about to start when another email comes in.
"May I have your attention please. I have received another email from the general manager. And I quote:
There's one more thing I forgot to mention. Miz, if you get -- or cause your opponent to be -- disqualified you will not get a shot at the title again as long and Randy Orton holds it."
The match gets underway. Sheamus is looking good in the early goings so far. Miz makes a comeback but quickly runs into trouble when Sheamus levels him with a Brogue Kick for the pin.
Miz is furious. He starts throwing chairs around and tears apart the announce table. He storms off to the back and that's the end of that.
Week 2: Monday Night Raw
Miz is back in the ring.
"This is not right! I should be the WWE Champion right now. Randy Orton is hiding behind our General Manager to get out of facing me. He's scared. He knows I would have beat him at Hell in a Cell. I DEMAND a title shot here TONIGHT!"
Orton's music hits and he makes his way to the stage.
"Do you really think I fear you? Do you really think that I'm hiding from you? I have never hidden from anyone, and I'm certainly not about to start with someone as pathetic as you. Yeah, I'll face you tonight, but you need to give me one good reason why my title should be on the line."
"Have you not been paying any attention to what I've said? You were intentionally disqualified from our match at Hell in a Cell. Your cowardice robbed me of MY WWE title."
*email*
"Gentlemen, nobody sanctioned a match between you two tonight. Miz still has not proven that he is worthy of another title match. If he wishes to face Randy Orton for the WWE Title, he will have to win his match tonight. As with last week, if Miz is disqualified or causes his opponent to be disqualified, he will not get a title match against Randy Orton."
Miz starts to argue with the GM.
"Hold on. I get cheated out of a proper match and now I have to jump through another ridiculous hoop to get one? I don't care if you are the general manager, I'm getting my title match tonight. Randy, you need a reason? I've already given you one. I don't have the WWE title right now because of what you did at Hell in a Cell. That alone should give me another title match."
"Yeah, I might have pushed the referee, but it was your mouth that set me off. You're just as responsible for my actions as I am."
*email*
"This is obviously not going to be resolved through arguing. Here is what will happen: Randy, you will put your title on the line against Miz at Bragging Rights in 3 weeks, provided Miz follows a couple of rules. First off, if he, or anyone on his behalf, attacks Randy Orton or interferes in his matches in any way, Miz loses his title shot.
Second, Miz must win all of his matches cleanly. No count outs, no disqualifications. Now, to make things fair, since Miz, you feel like Randy intentionally disqualified himself from your last title match, at Bragging Rights, it will be a no disqualification match for the WWE Title.
I hope this works to everyone's satisfaction."
Miz looks semi enraged and Orton seems to be content.
Week 3: Monday Night Raw
Miz has a match up next against Evan Bourne.
Some good back and forth action. Miz wins when he knocks Bourne off the top rope and hits the Skullcrushing Finale.
Later on in the night, Orton has a match against John Morrison.
Orton is looking strong and is on the verge of putting Morrison away.
Suddenly, Wade Barrett runs in and kicks Orton. The match is tossed. The show ends with Barrett running to the back.
End part 1
That's all for this week. Next week will see the finish of this storyline. A little change to announce before I sign off for the day.
Due to unpredictable work hours, I have decided to drop TNA from my coverage altogether and move my feature posts to Fridays. Everything else will remain the same:
Mondays: PPV review (should there be one)
Tuesdays: Raw review
Wednesdays: TBA
Thursdays: NXT review
Fridays: Feature post
Saturdays: Smackdown review
Sundays: TBA
I may add in a couple more things if I find the time for it. Sorry if things seem a little hectic right now. I'm still getting back into the routine of regular posting.
September 30, 2010
WWE NXT Review: Sep. 29/10
We are live on tape from Bloomington, Illinois and your announcers are Josh ‘Next week I will be a Cylon’ Mathews and Michael ‘Cole Heat is replacing X Pac Heat’ Cole. Your host is Matt ‘Is that a Cosby sweater’ Striker.
Matt Striker brings out the Divas who join the pros on the stage.
Matt tells us that the voting starts tomorrow at noon on wwe.com.
Matt says that being a diva means having athleticism and poise. This week’s challenge is a wheelbarrow challenge. They need to go around the ring once and the Diva with the fastest time wins.
Maxine goes first, but before she gets to use the wheelbarrow, Matt says that they need to add a challenge. They need to put something big and heavy in the wheelbarrow. Hornswoggle comes out and he will be riding in the wheelbarrow and he has his helmet. Matt warns the rookies that if Hornswoggle falls out of the wheelbarrow, they are disqualified.
Maxine’s time is 14.7 seconds and then Hornswoggle falls out of the wheelbarrow after the line was crossed. Hornswoggle responds to Maxine’s comments by biting her in the rear end. Naomi is next and her time is 15.2 seconds. Jamie is the third competitor and her time is 14.4 seconds. Kaitlyn is next and she tries to ride with Hornswoggle but Matt corrects her. Her time is 12.0 seconds. AJ is the penultimate participant and her time is 17.7 seconds. AJ gives Hornswoggle a hug and Hornswoggle gets a little too happy with the hugging. Aksana is the final participant and her time is 13.9 seconds.
Our winner is Kaitlyn. She gets on Hornswoggle’s shoulders to celebrate and then Kaitlyn hugs Vickie as we go to commercial.
We are back with This Week in WWE History: We go to September 1997 when we saw the Three Faces of Foley and Cactus Jack returned to face Hunter Hearst Helmsley. This was also the night that Steve Austin gave Vince McMahon a Stunner.
Michael says that he is waiting for NXT Season 3 to be on Classics on Demand.
We go to a video package for AJ. She says that her style is different. She says that she represents the nerds. She says that she didn’t mind staying at home on Saturday nights playing video games. She says that she did not have a lot growing up. She says that they didn’t have a lot but they had each other. AJ says that she always dreamed of being a Diva. She says that she remembered waiting in line for tickets for Wrestlemania in Madison Square Garden. She told her dad that she was going to be in that ring. She says that she is stronger than the other girls and they are not going to get rid of her.
Diss the Diva is coming. We go to commercial.
We are back and Did you Know that WWE provides their shows to the military all over the world.
We go to the Raw Rebound and the end of Chris Jericho?
We are finally back and it is time for Josh and Michael to talk about Hell in a Cell. They tell us that the show will be on WWE.com next week at 10:00 PM. We will see the first elimination next week.
It is time to take a look at Kaitlyn. She is from Houston and she says that she played soccer for 13 years. She was in fitness and figure competitions. She finished in the top five in the Arnold Competition. The other rookies cannot do the robot. She wants to be the one who people can laugh with and will push the envelope. She wants people not to be afraid to express themselves. She says that she looks up to Beth Phoenix. Being the next WWE Diva is a huge honor because they are positive role models. Kaitlyn says that she has a lot to learn but she is willing to learn to get to the next level.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to see what happened at the end of Smackdown when Undertaker upped the ante for their match at Hell in a Cell on Sunday.
We go to more commercials, but Diss the Diva is next.
We are back and Matt reminds the rookies that voting starts tomorrow so this could be their last time in the ring.
They will have a chance to tell the other Divas why they have what it takes to be the next breakout star.
Aksana goes first and she thank Matt. She tell everyone to look at her. She blows kisses to the crowd. She say she go to gym every day, does five hundred sit ups, five hundred crunches and then run ten miles. She say she take care of her body. Aksana say that the others eat pancakes. She ask who is Arnold Classic winner. Aksana says she is. She says the other rookie wanna be just like Aksana.
AJ is next and she says that she isn’t going to put the other girls down. She says that she belongs here more than the others. She says that it is time to redefine Diva. You don’t need high heels. They can like video games and comic books. She says that she is a Diva who loves the business. She says that it is about time that the WWE picks AJ.
Kaitlyn is next and she says that before she disses any Diva, she wants to do an impression and she sticks out her butt and Naomi attacks her. She says that even though she fell flat on her butt, she will win Season Three.
Jamie is next. She says that she could talk about how this one is dressed like she is in a circus . . . ON A TRAPEZE. She can talk about this one who looks and acts like a ten year old on Christmas morning. Jamie says that she knows that she is the best and will win.
Matt reminds the rookies about the concept of the challenge.
Naomi is next and she says that she doesn’t want to diss because her mama told her that if you don’t have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything. If this is about wrestling and entertainment, she has all of them beat. She knows it, the WWE Universe knows it, and so do the other rookies. Naomi says that Kaitlyn was talking about her in a confessional but we know that the only reason why Kaitlyn won was because Naomi messed up. She says that Vickie almost had a better time than Kaitlyn did. She says that Kaitlyn is too cocky and too arrogant. She tells Kaitlyn to say it to her face next time.
Maxine is the final rookie to diss and she says that she is sick and tired of the typical Diva. They are all the same. So overly perky and nice. They smile when they lose. She asks everyone what can you do with a nice girl? Take her home to mom and bake cookies. She says that is so boring. She says that nice girls can’t get things done in a man’s world.
It is time for the voting and the winner of the challenge is AJ.
AJ celebrates by hugging and kissing Matt.
Vickie Guerrero rises from her chair and walks to the ring and gives a few ‘Excuse Mes’. Vickie tells Kaitlyn that week after week she tries so hard to make her into a reflection of her. Vickie says that she is a success. She wants the WWE Universe to feel her pain with what she has to deal with.
Kaitlyn says that she has tried her hardest and all Vickie has done is bring her down. The first elimination is around the corner so she might not have another opportunity to do this. She challenges Vickie to a match.
Vickie asks Kaitlyn if she knows who she is dealing with. Vickie accepts and she says that she will show everyone that she is the pro and that Kaitlyn is nothing. Vickie slaps Kaitlyn and Kaitlyn pushes Vickie down. They fight on the mat until Matt separates them.
Average match rating: N/A
Overall show rating: 5/10. All talk and no matches makes NXT a dull show.
I'm glad AJ won the diss the Diva contest, but I wish I could've seen it on TV. Is it bad that I'm this obsessed with AJ?
I really hope AJ is #1 next week. I would have to guess that either Aksana or Maxine will be the first to go. Canada is still getting NXT on TV so I don't have to worry about internet lag and whatnot.
See you later today with part 1 of my awesome new storyline. Sorry it wasn't up yesterday, it's taking longer to write than I expected.
September 28, 2010
Raw Review: Sep. 27/10
The show is off to an awesome start with Miz in the ring. Daniel Bryan Danielson has challenged him and A-Ry to a match tonight. Miz compares Danielson to a guy that wins the lottery and thinks he'll win every time. He then makes the very hypocritical statement that Danielson gets beat down every Monday.
WOOHOO! Ride of the Valkyries (or as Miz said "Superman music") wasn't just a one-week deal. I still like it.
Wow, Danielson got JoMo as his partner. I honestly think that this is the fastest a match has started on Raw in a long time.
Match 1: Miz and Alex Riley vs. Danielson and Morrison
Danielson with a German suplex and a dropkick in the corner. Pin attempt. Miz out at 2. Miz charges Danielson, and Danielson grabs him and tries for the LeBell Lock (terrible name). Miz counters into a Skullcrushing Finale for the pinfall.
Rating: 7/10. It was a good match, with good back and forth action. I'm not totally sold on Alex Riley yet though.
Post match beatdown now. Danielson goes after Alex at first, and Morrison is attacking Miz. Danielson dives through the ropes onto Miz and Morrison. Danielson continues attacking Miz, and now Morrison is back up and goes after Danielson. Danielson tosses him out of the way.
There's an email from the GM saying that the US title will be defended this Sunday at HIAC against both Miz and Morrison (I smell a reunion) in a submissions count anywhere match. Oh yeah, the GM didn't just invent that match, either. See Breaking Point 2009, Legacy vs. DX.
Diva's battle royal on now.
Looks like LayCool on commentary.
Match 2: Diva's #1 contender battle royal
Melina tossed over the ropes by Tamina (I can hear Jakob having a shit fit from here). I honestly think that was a botch. It looked like she was supposed to land on the apron, but missed. Tamina eliminates Gail Kim now. Tamina out shortly after, eliminated by Eve.
Bellas eliminate themselves after a double baseball slide misses. It was announced at the beginning of the match that as long as the girls go through the ropes and hit the floor, they're out. No top rope rule in play. Maryse thrown out be Eve.
Alicia quickly hits Eve (who puts herself through the ropes) and is eliminated next. Double team on Natalya by Alicia and Jillian. They think they've gotten rid of her and go after one another. Alicia promptly tosses Jillian out and celebrates. She turns to see Natalya still on the apron.
She tries to kick her off, but Natalya hangs on. She's back on her feet now, and flips Alicia overhead and to the floor. Natalya is now the #1 contender for LayCool's title.
Rating: 5/10. This is about an average Diva match. I like that Natalya won but other than that it was meh.
We return to Ted and Maryse arguing in the back. A knock on the door. Nobody there, just a note. "Next week you will be mine." I think this (and previous love notes) have been directed at the Million Dollar Title. These aren't things you say to a person.
Sheamus in the ring now. He talks about an old Irish story. A prince supposedly chopped of a hand in order to win a race. Sheamus says he'd cut his hand off for the WWE title. He issues an open challenge as we go to commercial.
We're back and there's still no challenger. Wait, here comes the Punjabi Teddy Bear.
Match 3: Sheamus vs. Khali
Boring match. Sheamus quickly gets DQ'ed.
Rating: 4/10. Pointless. Khali is a waste of money.
Beating continues. Sheamus inevitably comes out on top.
Cutting Edge is up after the commercials. Edge's guest will be the GM. This'll be..... interesting.
We're back and the GM's computer is in the ring, still on its podium. The computer is going to talk for itself apparently.
We're right into the questions. Why is the GM such a spineless coward? Apparently he remains anonymous because if people knew who he was it would shake things up too much. Also, it's got the worst voice ever. At least give us something cool like HAL or Stephen Hawking.
This is ridiculous. Edge is going to find out from Jericho who the GM is. Apparently Jericho is bluffing.
The GM tells Edge that he's got an opponent tonight. Edge says he doesn't have an opponent because there's no match (but why is he dressed to compete?).
Edge is walking back up the ramp as SuperCena comes out (to the ring, not the closet).
Match 4: Edge vs. Cena
I'm going for some food, brb.
Edge wins, but Cena had his foot under the ropes. Restart by order of the GM. Cena wins. Bullshit. NEXT!
Rating: 4/10. I thought there were no instant replays in pro wrestling?
Edge freaks out and goes apeshit on the computer. It kinda reminds me of Zoolander (yes, that clip is in Spanish. Damned if I can find it in English).
We're back from commercials and we have Nexus (Slater and Gabriel) vs. Mark Henry and Evan Bourne
Match 5: Bourne and Henry vs. Nexus
The world's fattest man drops Gabriel. He tags in Bourne, who goes up for the shooting star. Gabriel knocks him off the rope as Slater sends Henry to the floor. Gabriel up now for the 450 splash, but Bourne rolls out of the way. Shooting star connects this time.
Bourne with a pin attempt, but Slater pushes the men over. Gabriel is on top, and the ref didn't see it. Gabriel wins.
Rating: 7/10. I wanted to see more of Bourne vs. Gabriel and I don't think Mark Henry is a good pairing with Bourne. Other than that it was good.
Bourne gets worked over by Nexus after the match in typical fashion. Barrett on the mic now.
Semi contradictory promo about how Nexus doesn't need Cena, but Cena will be taking them to the top. They announce that they will be on Smackdown this week.
Commercials are over and we have Drew Mac and Cody Rhodes vs. the Hart Dynasty
Match 6: McDashingTyre (you come up with something better) vs. Hart Dynasty
Hart Attack is foiled by Drew. Cody hits the Cross Rhodes for the pin. Tyson and DH argue after the match.
Rating: 6/10. It was nothing special, but I guess it kinda sets up a split between them.
Truth and Cena backstage now. Of course Cena says he's going to be on SD this week too. Figures.
Jericho in the ring now. He's actually being billed from Canada. Cool.
Before the match, he cuts a promo. When he wins tonight, he'll be the #1 contender for the WWE title. Jericho decides to call himself the Viper Killer. Orton will join the long list of Hall of Famers and champions Jericho has beaten: Austin, Rock, HHH, Kane, HBK, Eddie, Rey, JBL, Big Show, Edge, Taker (who he beat twice), MVP, CM Punk....
...Invader 1, Inavder 2, Villiano 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Juventud, Great Muta Funaki, Fuyuki, Chavo, Dean Malenko, Luger, Sting, Goldberg, Great Muta, Ric Flair, Yoshi Tatsu, Masahiro Chono, Tajiri, Buff Bagwell, Kevin Nash, Diesel, Oz, Scott Hall, Razor Ramon, Starship Coyote, Armbar....
Here comes Orton.
Match 7: Jericho vs.Orton
Jericho has the Walls in deep. He has Orton in the centre of the ring. Orton manages to break the hold and gets going again. Jericho down and Orton is hunting for the RKO. Sheamus in the ring now. The match gets tossed.
Rating: 8/10. Great match from both men. the Sheamus run in doesn't bother me so much as the bell ringing before Sheamus hit anyone.
During the confusion, Jericho hits a Codebreaker on Orton. Jericho with a chair in hand. Orton ducks and counters with an RKO. Too bad it wasn't onto the chair. It's punt time. Sheamus is still hanging around outside the ring. him and Orton stare each other down as Orton's music plays to end the show.
Average Match Rating: 5.8/10
Overall Show Rating: 7/10 (+1)
Matches were very weak in places, but the show did do a decent job of setting up the PPV. The promos from Jericho Miz and Nexus brought the rating up as well. The number in brackets is the change from last week's rating. This week, the rating went up 1 point from last week, hence the +1. I'll be doing this for evry show in hopes of tracking progress.
Tomorrow sees the first new storyline here. All I will say is it will be awesome.
WOOHOO! Ride of the Valkyries (or as Miz said "Superman music") wasn't just a one-week deal. I still like it.
Wow, Danielson got JoMo as his partner. I honestly think that this is the fastest a match has started on Raw in a long time.
Match 1: Miz and Alex Riley vs. Danielson and Morrison
Danielson with a German suplex and a dropkick in the corner. Pin attempt. Miz out at 2. Miz charges Danielson, and Danielson grabs him and tries for the LeBell Lock (terrible name). Miz counters into a Skullcrushing Finale for the pinfall.
Rating: 7/10. It was a good match, with good back and forth action. I'm not totally sold on Alex Riley yet though.
Post match beatdown now. Danielson goes after Alex at first, and Morrison is attacking Miz. Danielson dives through the ropes onto Miz and Morrison. Danielson continues attacking Miz, and now Morrison is back up and goes after Danielson. Danielson tosses him out of the way.
There's an email from the GM saying that the US title will be defended this Sunday at HIAC against both Miz and Morrison (I smell a reunion) in a submissions count anywhere match. Oh yeah, the GM didn't just invent that match, either. See Breaking Point 2009, Legacy vs. DX.
Diva's battle royal on now.
Looks like LayCool on commentary.
Match 2: Diva's #1 contender battle royal
Melina tossed over the ropes by Tamina (I can hear Jakob having a shit fit from here). I honestly think that was a botch. It looked like she was supposed to land on the apron, but missed. Tamina eliminates Gail Kim now. Tamina out shortly after, eliminated by Eve.
Bellas eliminate themselves after a double baseball slide misses. It was announced at the beginning of the match that as long as the girls go through the ropes and hit the floor, they're out. No top rope rule in play. Maryse thrown out be Eve.
Alicia quickly hits Eve (who puts herself through the ropes) and is eliminated next. Double team on Natalya by Alicia and Jillian. They think they've gotten rid of her and go after one another. Alicia promptly tosses Jillian out and celebrates. She turns to see Natalya still on the apron.
She tries to kick her off, but Natalya hangs on. She's back on her feet now, and flips Alicia overhead and to the floor. Natalya is now the #1 contender for LayCool's title.
Rating: 5/10. This is about an average Diva match. I like that Natalya won but other than that it was meh.
We return to Ted and Maryse arguing in the back. A knock on the door. Nobody there, just a note. "Next week you will be mine." I think this (and previous love notes) have been directed at the Million Dollar Title. These aren't things you say to a person.
Sheamus in the ring now. He talks about an old Irish story. A prince supposedly chopped of a hand in order to win a race. Sheamus says he'd cut his hand off for the WWE title. He issues an open challenge as we go to commercial.
We're back and there's still no challenger. Wait, here comes the Punjabi Teddy Bear.
Match 3: Sheamus vs. Khali
Boring match. Sheamus quickly gets DQ'ed.
Rating: 4/10. Pointless. Khali is a waste of money.
Beating continues. Sheamus inevitably comes out on top.
Cutting Edge is up after the commercials. Edge's guest will be the GM. This'll be..... interesting.
We're back and the GM's computer is in the ring, still on its podium. The computer is going to talk for itself apparently.
We're right into the questions. Why is the GM such a spineless coward? Apparently he remains anonymous because if people knew who he was it would shake things up too much. Also, it's got the worst voice ever. At least give us something cool like HAL or Stephen Hawking.
This is ridiculous. Edge is going to find out from Jericho who the GM is. Apparently Jericho is bluffing.
The GM tells Edge that he's got an opponent tonight. Edge says he doesn't have an opponent because there's no match (but why is he dressed to compete?).
Edge is walking back up the ramp as SuperCena comes out (to the ring, not the closet).
Match 4: Edge vs. Cena
I'm going for some food, brb.
Edge wins, but Cena had his foot under the ropes. Restart by order of the GM. Cena wins. Bullshit. NEXT!
Rating: 4/10. I thought there were no instant replays in pro wrestling?
Edge freaks out and goes apeshit on the computer. It kinda reminds me of Zoolander (yes, that clip is in Spanish. Damned if I can find it in English).
We're back from commercials and we have Nexus (Slater and Gabriel) vs. Mark Henry and Evan Bourne
Match 5: Bourne and Henry vs. Nexus
The world's fattest man drops Gabriel. He tags in Bourne, who goes up for the shooting star. Gabriel knocks him off the rope as Slater sends Henry to the floor. Gabriel up now for the 450 splash, but Bourne rolls out of the way. Shooting star connects this time.
Bourne with a pin attempt, but Slater pushes the men over. Gabriel is on top, and the ref didn't see it. Gabriel wins.
Rating: 7/10. I wanted to see more of Bourne vs. Gabriel and I don't think Mark Henry is a good pairing with Bourne. Other than that it was good.
Bourne gets worked over by Nexus after the match in typical fashion. Barrett on the mic now.
Semi contradictory promo about how Nexus doesn't need Cena, but Cena will be taking them to the top. They announce that they will be on Smackdown this week.
Commercials are over and we have Drew Mac and Cody Rhodes vs. the Hart Dynasty
Match 6: McDashingTyre (you come up with something better) vs. Hart Dynasty
Hart Attack is foiled by Drew. Cody hits the Cross Rhodes for the pin. Tyson and DH argue after the match.
Rating: 6/10. It was nothing special, but I guess it kinda sets up a split between them.
Truth and Cena backstage now. Of course Cena says he's going to be on SD this week too. Figures.
Jericho in the ring now. He's actually being billed from Canada. Cool.
Before the match, he cuts a promo. When he wins tonight, he'll be the #1 contender for the WWE title. Jericho decides to call himself the Viper Killer. Orton will join the long list of Hall of Famers and champions Jericho has beaten: Austin, Rock, HHH, Kane, HBK, Eddie, Rey, JBL, Big Show, Edge, Taker (who he beat twice), MVP, CM Punk....
...Invader 1, Inavder 2, Villiano 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Juventud, Great Muta Funaki, Fuyuki, Chavo, Dean Malenko, Luger, Sting, Goldberg, Great Muta, Ric Flair, Yoshi Tatsu, Masahiro Chono, Tajiri, Buff Bagwell, Kevin Nash, Diesel, Oz, Scott Hall, Razor Ramon, Starship Coyote, Armbar....
Here comes Orton.
Match 7: Jericho vs.Orton
Jericho has the Walls in deep. He has Orton in the centre of the ring. Orton manages to break the hold and gets going again. Jericho down and Orton is hunting for the RKO. Sheamus in the ring now. The match gets tossed.
Rating: 8/10. Great match from both men. the Sheamus run in doesn't bother me so much as the bell ringing before Sheamus hit anyone.
During the confusion, Jericho hits a Codebreaker on Orton. Jericho with a chair in hand. Orton ducks and counters with an RKO. Too bad it wasn't onto the chair. It's punt time. Sheamus is still hanging around outside the ring. him and Orton stare each other down as Orton's music plays to end the show.
Average Match Rating: 5.8/10
Overall Show Rating: 7/10 (+1)
Matches were very weak in places, but the show did do a decent job of setting up the PPV. The promos from Jericho Miz and Nexus brought the rating up as well. The number in brackets is the change from last week's rating. This week, the rating went up 1 point from last week, hence the +1. I'll be doing this for evry show in hopes of tracking progress.
Tomorrow sees the first new storyline here. All I will say is it will be awesome.
Smackdown Review: Sep. 24/10
I do sincerely apologize for the lateness on this. It's been a busy weekend. I don't have time to do my own write up, so I'll copy and paste WZ's in. I'll still do my own ratings and comments though.
The show opens with kane defeating Chris Masters. The masterlock was on pretty good, and Kane sold it well but he eventually got out of it and won with a tombstone. He promod and came over the barricade and into my section. he sat next to this kid and kept talking and the kid looked scared shitless. Kane was about 3 rows in front of me.
Rating: 4/10. The promo was much better than the match. I don't see the point to even having the match to be honest.
McIntyre and Cody defeated the Hart Dynasty.
Rating: 6/10. It was alright, and I'm glad to see 2 newer guys getting a push, but the match wasn't that exciting.
Chavo defeated Kaval. It was a pretty dead match, but me and my friend were cheering like crazy for Kaval. Chavo won clean with a frog splash after point up, in honor of Eddie. This got him some pops, but he had the most crowd reaction.
Rating: 6/10. Good technical work, but dammit why does Kaval have to lose?
Before commercial, Del Rio was standing over Christian in the back whos arm was hurt. Coming back, Del Rio had a promo about Rey Mysterio but Christian comes out and they start fighting but Del Rio gets the upper hand and uses that chair attack on his arm the same he did to Rey.
The show opens with kane defeating Chris Masters. The masterlock was on pretty good, and Kane sold it well but he eventually got out of it and won with a tombstone. He promod and came over the barricade and into my section. he sat next to this kid and kept talking and the kid looked scared shitless. Kane was about 3 rows in front of me.
Rating: 4/10. The promo was much better than the match. I don't see the point to even having the match to be honest.
McIntyre and Cody defeated the Hart Dynasty.
Rating: 6/10. It was alright, and I'm glad to see 2 newer guys getting a push, but the match wasn't that exciting.
Chavo defeated Kaval. It was a pretty dead match, but me and my friend were cheering like crazy for Kaval. Chavo won clean with a frog splash after point up, in honor of Eddie. This got him some pops, but he had the most crowd reaction.
Rating: 6/10. Good technical work, but dammit why does Kaval have to lose?
Before commercial, Del Rio was standing over Christian in the back whos arm was hurt. Coming back, Del Rio had a promo about Rey Mysterio but Christian comes out and they start fighting but Del Rio gets the upper hand and uses that chair attack on his arm the same he did to Rey.
Big show faces Vance Archer and Curt Hawkins and wins clean after taking Vance down with a belly to back, and then a camel clutch for submission. Theres a hornswaggle segment and its talking lessons. Berretta and Croft are playing as movers for the move to syfy.
Rating: 3/10. I hate these jobber handicap matches.
CM Punk goes over Luke Gallows with the GTS, after a backstage confrontation when gallows puts Punk against the wall and talks some trash.
Rating: 8/10. I liked this match. Good to see the storyline progressing.
Dolph Ziggler faces MVP in a non title match. Its a good back and forth, and Ziggler gets knocked outside, kaitlyn and vickie are outside with him. Kaitlyn is trying to help him up, and vickie gets jealous and pulls her off. They share words and Kaitlyn pushes vickie on her ass. she walks away and Dolph tries to calm vickie down who walks away to the back. it took the ref a good minute to start the 10 count but MVP comes out and they brawl back into the ring. Ziggler ends up grabbing his title and walking away getting counted out giving MVP the win.
Rating: 5/10. Good match, but the stuff between Vickie and Kaitlyn was better.
There might have been something else here I dont remember.
During the night there are some undertaker tidbits where hes really beat up about losing at the PPV. The final one is him yelling "go away!" a few times, then he looks up and then stands up, eye rolls and thats the last of that.
Final part of the show, Kane comes out for his announcement for the undertaker announcing their match for HIAC. the lights go out and druids bring a casket down to ringside. Kane opens it, and its Paul Bearer with the urn. Kane is shocked then the lights go out, and Undertaker is in the ring. they start fighting when the lights come back on, but Kane turns around almost into a chokeslam, but he bails and goes to the back. Undertaker poses with Paul Bearer, his music playing, and I think the show ends here.
Rating: 3/10. I hate these jobber handicap matches.
CM Punk goes over Luke Gallows with the GTS, after a backstage confrontation when gallows puts Punk against the wall and talks some trash.
Rating: 8/10. I liked this match. Good to see the storyline progressing.
Dolph Ziggler faces MVP in a non title match. Its a good back and forth, and Ziggler gets knocked outside, kaitlyn and vickie are outside with him. Kaitlyn is trying to help him up, and vickie gets jealous and pulls her off. They share words and Kaitlyn pushes vickie on her ass. she walks away and Dolph tries to calm vickie down who walks away to the back. it took the ref a good minute to start the 10 count but MVP comes out and they brawl back into the ring. Ziggler ends up grabbing his title and walking away getting counted out giving MVP the win.
Rating: 5/10. Good match, but the stuff between Vickie and Kaitlyn was better.
There might have been something else here I dont remember.
During the night there are some undertaker tidbits where hes really beat up about losing at the PPV. The final one is him yelling "go away!" a few times, then he looks up and then stands up, eye rolls and thats the last of that.
Final part of the show, Kane comes out for his announcement for the undertaker announcing their match for HIAC. the lights go out and druids bring a casket down to ringside. Kane opens it, and its Paul Bearer with the urn. Kane is shocked then the lights go out, and Undertaker is in the ring. they start fighting when the lights come back on, but Kane turns around almost into a chokeslam, but he bails and goes to the back. Undertaker poses with Paul Bearer, his music playing, and I think the show ends here.
Average match rating: 5.3/10
Overall Rating: 7/10
The weak matches killed the rating there, but the promos and whatnot were good.
That's all for now. Stay tuned later for my Raw review tonight, and tomorrow will see my first fantasy storyline begin.
September 24, 2010
NXT Review: Sep. 22/10
Sorry for the lateness on this, I've been having a busy week. I'm trying to find an alternate solution. At this point I may be dropping Impact from my coverage to help with the rest of my reviews.
So, here we go for the latest NXT.
We open up the show to Josh Matthews alone at the announce table. Hey, what's CM Punk doing here, and where did he get that jacket? He's joining commentary with Josh. This is going to be a fun night. We're also 2 weeks away from the first elimination.
Striker introduces us to the rookies. AJ and Kaitlyn look as hot as ever.
Kaitlyn had a big week last week. She won her first match and the joke off and the obstacle course. Ugh, here comes Vickie. She says that she's bringing in some of her close friends to help Kaitlyn train for her match against Jamie. LayCool. Oh joy. Just when I was enjoying the show.
They bash the Bella Twins (where are they this week by the way?), and all the rookies and all the pros.
Whoa, here comes Kelly. The new main event for tonight is Kelly, Naomi and Jamie vs. LayCool and Kaitlyn.
We now return from commercials and we have a bunch of chairs in the ring. This challenge will test their timing and shrewdness. Oh dear GOD it's musical chairs. The music isn't even good. It's like some crappy 70's game show tune.
Kaitlyn and Jamie out already. Guess they need to prepare for their match. Maxine is gone now. Aksana out.
We're down to Naomi and AJ. The music stops and they both sit down. AJ's cute ass hit the chair first, but Naomi's ghetto booty is taking up more of the chair. AJ wins according to the ref.
First match is AJ vs. Maxine and it's later on tonight.
We return to an Aksana vignette. Now, we have Aksana looking worried. She's having immigration problems. If she doesn't get her visa sorted out she's getting deported. Goldust tells her to calm down, and everything will be okay. Now just do the breathing exercises he taught her (3 guesses as to which breathing exercises).
Commercials are over and we have our first match.
Match 1: AJ vs. Maxine
AJ with a nice dropkick. Maxine nails her in the gut and suplexes her. Apparently AJ turned it into a brainbuster, but don't see how. Either way, AJ wins.
Rating: 7/10. AJ looked good (and she wasn't too bad in the ring, either) but I thought the finish was odd.
SHIT! Cole is back. I'm going to spare you the details. He basically says that NXT without Cole is just plain bad. He says he back for his fans (the Cole Miners). He's bringing back journalistic integrity to NXT and that he's decided to return.
Back from commercials and we have the talk the talk challenge. Goody.
Jamie's nipples are up first, and she's talking about teeth. She goes 10 miles off topic and turns it into a self promoting rant.
Naomi is talking about a toupee. She's got nothing to say about it. She also goes on a self promoting rant.
Both girls have been DQ'ed for going off topic.
Now AJ is going to talk about caffiene. She does pretty good. She gets more and more attractive every week.
HAHAHA. Aksana doesn't know what a llama is. Also, she loves Striker's blue eyes. Maxine talking about foot. Yay fun. She starts making fun of AJ again. Nothing special.
Kaitlyn is talking about ignition. Or not. She's talking about people in their underwear. Punk says he's not wearing pants, which is how he watches NXT every week (I watch it the same way).
AJ wins. She deserved it. I really think she'll win the whole thing.
Our main event is on now after the break.
Match 2: Jamie, Naomi and Kelly Kelly vs. LayCool and Kaitlyn
McCool in the ring against Naomi. Layla distracts Naomi now. McCool grabs her for a belly to belly. She tags in Kaitlyn who gets the pin.
Rating: 5/10. Overall a boring match. I'm glad the rookie got the pin but other than that, LayCool is a drag.
LayCool attacks Kaitlyn now. Why, I have no idea. Vickie is screaming about how tired she is of Kaitlyn. This is getting old.
Average match rating: 6/10
Overall show rating: 6/10
Musical chairs was dumb, and the talk the talk challenge turned into a shit show. The saving grace of this show was AJ. She won both challenges as well as her match. She's going to win this season. Is there any way to add a date with me to the list of prizes?
Tune in either late tonight or tomorrow night for my SD review. Tuesday will bring my Raw coverage and Wednesday will see the start of a new fantasy storyline.
See you all then.
So, here we go for the latest NXT.
We open up the show to Josh Matthews alone at the announce table. Hey, what's CM Punk doing here, and where did he get that jacket? He's joining commentary with Josh. This is going to be a fun night. We're also 2 weeks away from the first elimination.
Striker introduces us to the rookies. AJ and Kaitlyn look as hot as ever.
Kaitlyn had a big week last week. She won her first match and the joke off and the obstacle course. Ugh, here comes Vickie. She says that she's bringing in some of her close friends to help Kaitlyn train for her match against Jamie. LayCool. Oh joy. Just when I was enjoying the show.
They bash the Bella Twins (where are they this week by the way?), and all the rookies and all the pros.
Whoa, here comes Kelly. The new main event for tonight is Kelly, Naomi and Jamie vs. LayCool and Kaitlyn.
We now return from commercials and we have a bunch of chairs in the ring. This challenge will test their timing and shrewdness. Oh dear GOD it's musical chairs. The music isn't even good. It's like some crappy 70's game show tune.
Kaitlyn and Jamie out already. Guess they need to prepare for their match. Maxine is gone now. Aksana out.
We're down to Naomi and AJ. The music stops and they both sit down. AJ's cute ass hit the chair first, but Naomi's ghetto booty is taking up more of the chair. AJ wins according to the ref.
First match is AJ vs. Maxine and it's later on tonight.
We return to an Aksana vignette. Now, we have Aksana looking worried. She's having immigration problems. If she doesn't get her visa sorted out she's getting deported. Goldust tells her to calm down, and everything will be okay. Now just do the breathing exercises he taught her (3 guesses as to which breathing exercises).
Commercials are over and we have our first match.
Match 1: AJ vs. Maxine
AJ with a nice dropkick. Maxine nails her in the gut and suplexes her. Apparently AJ turned it into a brainbuster, but don't see how. Either way, AJ wins.
Rating: 7/10. AJ looked good (and she wasn't too bad in the ring, either) but I thought the finish was odd.
SHIT! Cole is back. I'm going to spare you the details. He basically says that NXT without Cole is just plain bad. He says he back for his fans (the Cole Miners). He's bringing back journalistic integrity to NXT and that he's decided to return.
Back from commercials and we have the talk the talk challenge. Goody.
Jamie's nipples are up first, and she's talking about teeth. She goes 10 miles off topic and turns it into a self promoting rant.
Naomi is talking about a toupee. She's got nothing to say about it. She also goes on a self promoting rant.
Both girls have been DQ'ed for going off topic.
Now AJ is going to talk about caffiene. She does pretty good. She gets more and more attractive every week.
HAHAHA. Aksana doesn't know what a llama is. Also, she loves Striker's blue eyes. Maxine talking about foot. Yay fun. She starts making fun of AJ again. Nothing special.
Kaitlyn is talking about ignition. Or not. She's talking about people in their underwear. Punk says he's not wearing pants, which is how he watches NXT every week (I watch it the same way).
AJ wins. She deserved it. I really think she'll win the whole thing.
Our main event is on now after the break.
Match 2: Jamie, Naomi and Kelly Kelly vs. LayCool and Kaitlyn
McCool in the ring against Naomi. Layla distracts Naomi now. McCool grabs her for a belly to belly. She tags in Kaitlyn who gets the pin.
Rating: 5/10. Overall a boring match. I'm glad the rookie got the pin but other than that, LayCool is a drag.
LayCool attacks Kaitlyn now. Why, I have no idea. Vickie is screaming about how tired she is of Kaitlyn. This is getting old.
Average match rating: 6/10
Overall show rating: 6/10
Musical chairs was dumb, and the talk the talk challenge turned into a shit show. The saving grace of this show was AJ. She won both challenges as well as her match. She's going to win this season. Is there any way to add a date with me to the list of prizes?
Tune in either late tonight or tomorrow night for my SD review. Tuesday will bring my Raw coverage and Wednesday will see the start of a new fantasy storyline.
See you all then.
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