Raw 12-8-2014 Review and Results

To be quite frank, for a go home show, the Slammy awards and ROH putting on a barnburner of a PPV the night before, Raw sucked. It was a boring 3 hours, that the only must see thing to happen was Ambrose entrance into the arena.

1. The Slammy awards fell flat

The Slammy awards are a good way to help a struggling talent with a new gimmick. Remember how great Owen Hart was with his 2 time Slammy award winner gimmick? The closest we got to allowing the Slammy become a gimmick for someone is Mizdow won a Slammy but Miz accepted it and talked. Miz even thanked his money maker instead of Mizdow. Also the winners were so obviously rigged from the start. The first award given out on Raw so happen to go to Sting while Rollins was out there, so Rollins took it. Match of the Year went to Team Cena vs Team Authority, now I follow a lot of wrestling fans on Twitter and I didn’t see anyone picking that as MOTY. Which brings us to the most obvious one, Roman Reigns has missed nearly half the year and won Superstar of the Year. That is a joke. We all know Roman is being pushed as the next guy, so WWE put this award on him when he didn’t deserve it.

2. Winging the Divas Division

After last night I truly believe that the WWE has no idea what it’s doing in the Divas Division. Since they so obviously fixed the Slammy’s why have AJ win Diva of the Year? It does nothing for her career and doesn’t help anyone else’s, example of that would’ve been Paige’s. Furthermore with the exception of the short shot of the Divas lined up waiting to see who won, Nikki, Brie and Paige weren’t even on the show. AJ was twice, and your champion wasn’t, guess that falls in line with the men’s champion not appearing. I thought this whole thing was a set up to slowly get AJ out of the title picture and lead to Nikki vs Brie at Wrestlemania for the Championship, now it doesn’t look like the case. They’d rather have the same promos and matches they’ve got with AJ for last 2 years. Someone should let AJ know that we get it, she doesn’t look like the typical diva and she isn’t the typical diva, she needs a new shtick!

3. TLC Build

The one thing I do believe the WWE did right last night was the build to all the main attractions to TLC. From Ambrose arriving in an ambulance filled with tables, ladders and chairs, to putting in a small hint of doubt to the “experts” who think Cena is obviously going to win. Let’s start with the Stairs match between Show and Rowan. Rowan is being booked extremely strong against Show, getting the advantage in most of the one on one encounters with Show doing everything he can to keep Rowan off him. On top of that last night Rowan took out Harper after a one on one match that Rowan won by DQ. Rowan is being booked perfectly, as long as they stop calling him Big Red and explain to us what a stairs match is. Ryback needs a quality match for his first big 1 on 1 feud and insert one of the most consistent and dependable wrestlers of the last 16 years, Kane. Kane brings out the best in everyone and Ryback is no exception but again what exactly is a Chairs Match? On to the Ladder match which I think should close the show. I understand why it won’t but the way Dolph has been pushed the last month, hes been the MVP of the main event scene and a title match to close the show would be nice to see, its been a while. The seeds of doubt in the Tables Match were planted last night, first with Paul Heyman getting in Seth Rollins head in the back, then Seth with the help of J&J security putting Cena through a table. The Heels stood tall to end Raw, I wouldn’t expect this to be the case on Sunday, as I see all the faces in the main event picture getting wins.

Very lackluster and boring Raw. WWE can be better and has to be better. C-

Results

Seth Rollins defeated Dolph Ziggler via Curb Stomp

Sting wins this is Awesome Moment Slammy, Rollins accepted

Kofi Kingston defeated Star Dust via Cross Body

Warrior wins Surprise Return of the Year Slammy. A video for warrior is shown

Natalya defeated Charlotte via Small Package in a non title match

Streak conquered wins Shocking Moment Slammy, Heyman accepts

Bray and Dean get into an altercation

AJ Lee wins Diva of the Year, she accepts

Erick Rowan defeated Luke Harper by DQ

Mizdow wins LOL moment of the year, Miz accepts

Swagger and Rusev get into an altercation

Uso’s/Ryback defeated Miz/Mizdow/Kane via Shell Shock to Miz

Team Cena vs Team Authority wins Match of the Year, Ziggler accepts

AJ Lee defeated Summer via Black Widow

Chris Jericho wins Extreme Moment, Fandango accepts

Roman Reigns wins Superstar of the year, Roman accepts

John Cena def. Big Show via DQ

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WWE NXT 12-4-2014 Review and Results

The go home show for NXT REvolution was kicked off by the Womens Champion Charlotte.

Charlotte vs Mia Yim

Great to see Mia in a WWE ring but this was a squash, Charlotte beat her very quickly with the Natural Selection. Afterwards Sasha Banks comes out and after a terrible back and forth, Bayley came out. Bayley said Sasha need to shut her Ratchet mouth. Sasha attacked Bayley. After a distraction from Becky, Sasha hit the Back Stabber on Charlotte. Winner Charlotte

We got another Vaudevillains video of them making fun of Lucha Dragons.

Vaudevillains vs Team Fit

After this whole Vaudevillains vs Lucha Dragons thing is over I hope Team Fit gets a better push. Murphy and Blake are really fun to watch and deserve it. Vaudevillains got the win after they hit the Whirling Dervish on Murphy. Winners Vaudevillains

Regal is with Tyler Breeze, Regal blames Breeze for Louis disappearance seen last week. Tyson Kidd comes in and says he wants a rematch with Balor, but Regal makes it a tag with Itami/Balor vs. Kidd/Breeze.

Bull Dempsey vs Jobber #1

22 seconds and its over Bull gets the win. Afterwards out comes Baron Corbin for his Squash match. Winner Bull Dempsey

Baron Corbin vs Jobber #2

Bull stayed and watched on ramp. Corbin won in 13 seconds. Corbin beats Bull again. This is shaping up nicely for a big time battle! Winner Baron Corbin

Kevin Owens vignette followed. This was the best one yet.

Tyler Breeze/Tyson Kidd vs. Hideo Itami/Finn Balor

This was a good match to get the faces over before their match with Ascension next week. Hideo kicked Breeze in the back of the head while Breeze was seated to get the win. Afterwards Finn grabbed the mic and told Ascension to bring everything they have next week because Finn is bringing something they’ve never seen before. Winners Hideo Itami/Finn Balor

Final face off between Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn. Neville brings up that Zayn can’t win the big one. Neville also said Zayn was too nice and that’s his downfall. Out came Zayn and Zayn tells Neville that he isn’t his babysitter and that Zayn has done alright in his career. Neville tried to shake Zayns hand but that ticked off Zayn even more and the segment and show ended with Zayn slapping Neville, then walking off.

This was a decent go home show, it out over everyone on the card and made Charlotte look vulnerable since winning the title. B-

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WWE Main Event 12-2-2014 Review and Results

We The People kicked Raw off, he took on Titus O’Neil

Jack Swagger vs Titus O’Neil

Swagger and Titus put on a very good match here, was hard hitting and very physical. Titus impresses every time, it’s kind of sad he came on so late in his career because he could’ve had a very good one. Swagger made Titus tap to the Patriot Lock to get the win. Afterwards Swagger called Rusev a coward and said that hes coming for the US Title and to avenge the attack on Zeb. Winner Jack Swagger

Adam Rose and The Bunny vs Gold and Star Dust

So we are still doing the Bunny thing, it has to be ending soon. Adam Rose is a good worker, and I get turning him heel, but not feuding with a bunny. The finish saw Star Dust hitting Dark Matter for the win on Adam Rose. Winners Dust Brothers

They then showed Jimmy Uso and Miz situation from Raw, and then they interviewed an angry Jimmy Uso in the back

Fandango vs R-Truth

Not much to say here, R-Truth was just fodder for the New Fandango which is much better than the old gimmick. Fandango hit the flying Leg Drop for the win. Winner Fandango

We got the Raw Rebound and following that it was announced that Erick Rowan will take on Big Show in a Steel Stairs match, what ever that is.

Main Event Jimmy Uso vs The Miz

The Miz came out with a mic and he apologized to Jimmy because he took the Miz good gesture with Naomi the wrong way. Miz went on about how hes helping Naomi. Miz said Jimmy is just mad that Miz can do more for his Jimmys wife then Jimmy can, that started the brawl. Miz ran from Jimmy until he could catch him off a distraction from Mizdow to get the advantage. I like the Angry Uso, it shows they can be something other than the typical Uso. Finish saw Jimmy hit a Super Kick, then set up for the splash but Mizdow came in to fall next to Miz. Then Jey and Jimmy hit the double splash following that Jimmy got the pin. Winner Jimmy Uso

Your typical Main Event good in ring matches to help the fans in attendance get ready for Smackdown taping.

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WWE Raw Results and Review 12-1-2014

After a tumultuous 5 days due to the bombshell podcast that CMPunk dropped on Thanksgiving, Raw was here. After Raw was the podcast with Austin and Vince McMahon, something that was planned for weeks. I myself was eager to see how the WWE was going to handle this show, they usually reply with a good Raw after something controversial happens and the crowd is always alive for it. The crowd in Tulsa wasn’t. Raw was decent this week. Let’s jump right into the 3 count!

1. Who’s in charge?

It’s been advertised all week and shown on last weeks Raw, the Anonymous GM was returning for 1 week to bring order back to the WWE. Everyone’s favorite laptop failed miserably! Raw kicked off with the Anonymous GM ready to make an announcement but he was interrupted by John Cena, Cena did his thing on the mic and then he was interrupted by Seth Rollins. After a back and forth between Rollins and Cena on the mic, which Rollins held his own. The Anonymous GM announced that it will be Rollins vs Cena at TLC in a Tables match. If Cena loses the match he will lose his #1 contendership. After this it was pure Chaos, Rollins and Kane attacked Cena, Ryback came out to help Cena, Big Show came out to help the heels, then Ziggler came out to help the faces, Harper came out to give the heels the advantage again, and out came Rowan to  help the faces. The heels eventually got the advantage and ended the opening segment with Rollins and J & J security putting Cena  through a table. The Anonymous GM wasnt heard from the rest of the night. I like the different GM every week right now but this laptop is dumb. It doesnt make any sense with what happened the first go around with the Anonymous GM, we all know who it was. I gave this segment a C+

2. The Story progression of Ambrose and Wyatt

Once it was clear that Ambrose and Wyatt we’re going to have a program with each other it had the wrestling community buzzing! Everyone knew the potential of this feud, Ambrose and Wyatt have not disappointed. I was hesitant about this feud because both men need a big win in the worst way, but I was wrong. Each promo from both men are gold and the acting is superb! Look at it like this, you know how bad the Bella acting was? That’s how good the Wyatt/Ambrose acting has been. Last night added a new wrinkle to the feud when Dean smashed up Bray’s rocking chair, bringing Bray to almost tears. Finally since the Wyatt debut someone has found a chink in Bray’s armor. I’m looking forward to see how and where this chair angle goes from here. I also would like to see more about Deans dad, that’s an angle they can take and run with, but who am I to complain about anything with the best thing going in WWE right now? A-

 

3. The emergence of Erick Rowan

I’ll be the first to admit, I was not a fan of Erick Rowan in the Wyatt’s. Rowan was bland, offense was boring, wasn’t very good on the mic and was largely overshadowed by the much more polished Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper. I was wrong about Erick Rowan, I am sold as a fan. Ever since his return as a singles competitor I’ve enjoyed every segment Rowan has been a part of. Last night the WWE brought a more human element to the 6’8 beast. Rowan has 143 IQ, and makes wine. Last night Rowan had another encounter with the Big Show, this time in a match. Rowan beat the Big Show by DQ after the Big Show attacked Rowan with the steel steps. I like where this is going, Rowan 1 on 1 is getting all of the advantage. With Big Show and Kane in their 40s the WWE needs that next big guy, Rowan can be that big guy and this can be the passing of the torch. Rowan HAS to win this feud.

Rowan officially arrived in the main event scene later in the show when after the 6 man tag between Harper/Rollins/Kane and Ziggler/Cena/Ryback broke down after Ziggler pinned Harper.  The Big Show came out and cleaned house of Ziggler, Cena and Ryback, until Rowan came out with steel steps in hand. Rowan took out Rollins, Kane and Harper with the steps outside of the ring. The 4 faces focused their attention on Show, with Ziggler, Ryback and Cena getting their shots in. After an AA from Cena, the 3 men from the tag match picked Show up and let Rowan smash Big Show with the steel steps. The show ended with Rowan standing over the Big Show. A star was born, now its time for the WWE to do this right. Give him a face mouth piece and the sky is the limit for Erick Rowan. B+

Results

1. Uso’s win a #1 contender tag team title match with Cesaro/Kidd, New Day, Dust Brothers, Rose/Bunny involved. Afterward Miz and Mizdow was talking to Naomi in the back. Miz flirted with Naomi and handed her a card.

2. Erick Rowan defeated Big Show by DQ

3. Fandango defeated Jack Swagger by forfeit after someone attacked Zeb in the back and Swagger didn’t come out. Swagger attacked Rusev after commercial because Rusev admitted to attacking Zeb.

4. Mizdow defeated Fernando by submission via figure 4. Afterwards Jimmy Uso comes out and drops Miz, then tells Miz to stay away from his wife.

5. Bray Wyatt defeated R-Truth by Sister Abigail

6. AJ Lee and Naomi defeated Bella Twins after AJ made Nikki tap to Black Widow

Promo from Heyman inside WWE HQ followed

7. Dolph Ziggler/Ryback/John Cena defeated Kane/Seth Rollins/Luke Harper after Dolph pinned Harper via school boy

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WWE NXT 11-27-2014 Review and Results

First off Happy Thanksgiving to all the American readers. We were kicked off with Tyler Breeze vs Marcus Louis

Tyler Breeze vs Marcus Louis

This match didn’t get started right away because Louis wouldn’t take towel off of his head and Tyler didn’t want him too. Tyler grabbed the mic and called Louis the “Uggo of all Uggos”, then ripped the towel off his head. Tyler basically ran him down until Breeze hit the Beauty Shot for the win. This worked perfectly. Made everyone hate Breeze and feel bad for Louis Winner Tyler Breeze. 

After the break we are shown Louis slowly walking out of the arena. That was followed by my favorite part of NXT, Enzo and Cass, they introduced us to Carmella. They announce that Carmella is going to have another match with Blue Pants aka Leva Bates.

Blue Pants vs Carmella

The ironic thing about this whole thing is Leva is better than Carmella but they are paying her to get squashed. A couple of dropkicks from Carmella and she followed with her submission finisher for the win. Winner Carmella

Backstage interview with Finn Balor, Finn tells Kidd to make a DVD of tonight’s match and send it to his uncle Bret

Lucha Dragons vs Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger non title

Sin Cara and Tye started off with the champs getting the advantage early on Tye with a couple of quick tags. Tye and Jordan eventually got the advantage and went to work on Sin Cara, with Kalisto begging the for the hot tag. Kalisto got it after some more miscommunication from Jordan and Dillinger. Kalisto hit the SDS on Jason Jordan for the win. Winners Lucha Dragons

We got a highlight video of the Bayley, Banks, Charlotte and Becky Lynch feud. That was followed by another Vignette of Kevin Owens. I can’t wait for that debut.

Bayley made her way to the ring and basically Bayley didn’t listen to Charlotte about staying away from Sasha and Becky. Bayley called them bullies and cowards, out came Sasha and Becky. They beat down Bayley until the referees came out to break it up.

Tyson and Nattie was interviewed backstage, the camera man asked Nattie about the match but Tyson got mad. Tyson said Finns not as good as his hype. Tyson said he has to go facetime with his cats. Those are smart cats. This was followed by a video of Vaudevillains making fun of Lucha Dragons, they used the mini dragons to do it.

Tyson Kidd vs Finn Balor

2 of the best in ring wrestlers in the world and they are going at it on NXT. I couldn’t wait for this 1! They felt each other out to start. The crowd had an anxious feel to it, like  they knew what they are watching. They went to a break with Tyson hiding behind his wife on the outside but it came back with Tyson having the advantage. Tyson put Balor in the Tree of Woe, then landed the turnbuckle dropkick.

Balor started to rally with speed and chops. Finn hit Kidd with a Pele and Landed a twisting Brain Buster. Once the speed got going the match really got going. Finn managed to land a PK, but when he went to hit his double footstomp finisher Ascension came down and interfered. Refs and other wrestlers came down to break the 4 up. Show goes off the air with Ascension and Hideo, and Finn trying to get after each other. Winner by DQ Finn Balor

I enjoyed this show Finn and Tyson was good, and got more of the NXT matches for Revolution established.

I give it a B-

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WWE NXT Review and Results 11-20-2014

We get shown a highlight video of last weeks NXT title match, that is followed by the first match.

Becky Lynch vs Bayley

Bayley got control and dominated early. Becky didn’t get much offense in but did manage a roll up and pin after grabbing the tights. This was a quick match. Afterwards Charlotte came down before Sasha and Becky can do anything to Bayley. Winner Becky Lynch

We get a video of the Survivor Series main event and that is followed by the Vaudevillians. Vaudevillians call out the tag champs, they wanted their title shot now. They brought out midgets dressed like Lucha Dragons.

Vaudevillians vs Mini Lucha Dragons

Vaudevillians play around and squash the little guys. English hit one with a neckbreaker for the win. Winners Vaudevillians

We got a Kevin Owens vignette and I can not wait for this debut. 12-11-14 was shown at end of it.

Baron Corbin vs Jobber

End of days in 22 seconds and Baron gets the win Winner Baron Corbin. Bull Dempsey music played while Corbin was leaving and a Corbin vs Dempsey showdown was teased.

Bull Dempsey vs Jobber #2

About a minute and the flying headbutt from Dempsey. Winner Bull Dempsey

Tyson Kidd vs CJ Parker

Another quick match with Tyson hitting a dragon screw and then Sharpshooter for the win. Afterwards Tyson challenged Finn Balor to a match on NXT. For the love of everything right, give them time! Winner Tyson Kidd

Video of WWE 2k15 is shown. Followed by another funny video back stage of Cass, Enzo and Carmella. Enzo said you cant teach hand speed, you actually can.

Enzo and Big Cass vs Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson

Wilder and Dawson get very little offense in. Cass hit a big boot and Enzo followed up with the pin. Ascension came down after and took out all 4 participants in the match. Hitting Fall of Man on Dawson. Ascension then called out Hideo Itami and Finn Balor. Winners Big Cass and Enzo

We are followed by Sami Zayn in Regals office thanking him for giving him the time to go out and speak his mind.

Sami came down to the ring and asked Adrian Neville to come down. Sami asked for one more chance at the championship. Neville says that isn’t his call. Adrian is really plying up the limp. Out came Regal, Regal made it official for next NXT special Evolution on 12-11-14. Zayn added the win or done stipulation himself. Adrian didn’t want to put it in there.

Solid show, story lines progressed but matches were way too short. C+

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WWE Main Event 11-18-2014 Review and Results

Kicked off by a non-title match between Uso’s and the Tag Champs. Miz and Mizdow, Los Matadores in commentary.

Uso’s vs Dust Brothers

It was very hard to pay attention to this match, too many people talking and too much arguing. Not really much to say, couldn’t really tell how good the match was because of all the non sense at the commentary table. Finish saw the Uso splash on Star Dust for the win. Winners Uso’s

Paige vs Alicia Fox

Paige dominated, until she went for another seductive cover and Alicia reversed it for the pin. Winner Alicia

Backstage interview with Adam Rose and the Exotic Express. Rose yells at the Bunny and basically calls everyone his inferior.

Adam Rose and The Bunny vs Nattie and Tyson Kidd

This song was just strange. It took a while to get going and when it did the Bunny kept distracting Rose. Tyson put the Sharpshooter on the Bunny for the win after Adam Rose refused to help. Why is this something that is going on in 2014? Winners Nattie and Tyson Kidd

Video package of WWE 2k15 was shown. Followed by the Raw Rebound, then Cole telling us a Kayfabe injury report on Sheamus.

Bray Wyatt came out and cut a Bray Wyatt promo. Said he was going to sacrifice Swagger tonight.

Bray Wyatt vs Jack Swagger

Crowd started chanting USA, do they realize both are Americans? This would be a good match if they gave them more time. This one wasn’t bad for the little time they did have. Bray landed the Sister Abigail but before said it was for Dean Ambrose and that it was for Dean, it was always for Dean. Winner Bray Wyatt

This wasn’t a good Main Event. Too much stuff was going on, it was strange.

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WWE NXT Review and Results 11-13-2014

This NXT was loaded with the future of this business, and one of those guys kicked us right off with Finn Balor coming down to the ring. Finn said he was the future, and was interrupted by Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel. Kidd told Balor he didn’t know anything about respect. Kidd and Gabriel cornered Balor until Hideo came down to make the save. William Regal made this match official.

Hideo Itami and Finn Balor vs Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd

Just saying those 4 names, did you expect a bad match? If so, shame on you. Finn landed a flipping dive to the outside on both Gabriel and Kidd, almost immediately. Kidd and Gabriel looked like a great team in this. Hideo was the recipient of the hot tag. Hideo and Finn hit the running corner drop kicks and Finn followed that up with the Double Stomp off the top rope on Gabriel for the win. Winners Finn Balor and Hideo Itami

We got highlight video of the first time Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn wrestled each other in NXT. Last year in a #1 contenders match for the NXT Title. Neville won the match via Red Arrow.

Sami was interviewed in the back after. Saying tonight feels different, that tonight is his destiny.

Sasha Banks vs Alexa Bliss

This was a very good match with Alexa looking pretty impressive. Alexa even hit a sunset flip Bomb but shortly after Sasha hit the Bank Statement to get the win. Winner Sasha Banks. Sasha challenged Charlotte to a title match after.

Adrian Neville was interviewed in the back and he brings up Sami not being able to win the big one.

Lucha Dragons vs Team Fit non title

This was a good tag match, Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy hit a bunch of fantastic moves. Dragons were at their usual greatness. Finish saw Kalisto hit an impressive Cork Screw dive off out of the ring and Sin Cara landing a Senton in the ring for the win. Winners Lucha Dragons

Vaudevillians have a quick interview in the back basically saying they are going to beat the Lucha Dragons for the titles.

NXT Championship Adrian Neville (c) vs Sami Zayn

Crowd was heavily for Sami. Entire building chanting Ole! Sami! and Sami’s better! Zayn got the advantage early being one step ahead of Neville. This match got going with a Flipping Dive to the outside from Zayn, followed by an Electric Chair Drop reversed transitioned into a Power Bomb by Zayn. I don’t know what it is but Adrian bores me. Sami set up for the Helluva Kick but Neville went down clutching at his knee until Sami got close and rolled him up into a small package for the win. Winner Adrian Neville. The show ended with Neville in the background talking to doctors and clutching his knee while Sami shook his head on the mat frustrated.

Good in ring work all show and interesting end to the main event. This Neville/Zayn thing isn’t over yet. I give it a B

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WWE Raw 11-10-14 Results and Review

Raw was a pre recording on the USA Network last night because it emanated live from Liverpool, England, earlier in the day. The UK crowd is always unpredictable and can be a problem for WWE. Give them a reason and they take over, WWE gave them a reason. WWE delayed the launch of WWE Network over there, 20 minutes before it was supposed to launch. The Liverpool crowd let the WWE know their anger. The theme of the night was summed up for them in all the chants of “Where’s our Network?!”

John Cena music hit to begin the show. Cena came down to Liverpool singing John Cena Sucks to the tune of Cena’s theme. Cena talked about nobody wanting to be on his team because the Authority keeps trying to wipe them out like Zack Ryder. Ryder got wiped out after one tweet. Yeah, that’s it John, Authority is afraid of Zack Ryder. John then mentions that he got Swagger to agree to join Team Cena. Rybacks music hits after Cena calls him out. As soon as Ryback tried to talk, the Authority music plays.

As soon as the Authority appeared, the “Wheres our Network?!” chants began. Triple H and Steph cut great Heel promos, Steph even managed to get the English crowd to boo God Save the Queen. Cena pulled a few one liners out as well. Called Mark Henry who came down with the Authority “Sell out Sexual Chocolate” and called team Authority Wankers. The promo ended with Ryback saying he isn’t afraid of the Authority but John Cena’s name isn’t on the bottom of his checks, then Ryback hits Cena with a Spinebuster.

Seth Rollins defeats Jack Swagger by Curb Stomp

After a good match the finish saw Rollins try for a knee off the apron but Swagger countered and applied the Patriot Lock.The new  stooges distracted Swagger which lead to Rollins throwing Swagger into the ring post. Rollins brought Swagger back into the ring and connected with the Curb Stomp to get the win. After the match Rollins hit Swagger with another Curb Stomp which left Swagger laid out.

Next we got a promo from Dean talking about he and Bray both having skeletons and demons. Dean said that they both are going to go down together. This was recorded, Dean wasn’t there for the live crowd. That was followed by an interaction with Kane and Ryback in the back with Kane telling Ryback to prove himself later tonight and it planted seeds of a Kane vs Ryback showdown.

Paige defeated Alicia Fox by Rampaige

Paige easily got the pop of the night, her home country went nuts for her. This match was another decent one, Alicia in ring ability is very underrated. Fox held her own in this one but was fighting a losing battle against Paige in Paiges country. Paige hit Alicia with a super kick and then a Rampaige for the win.

Cut to the back with Rusev and Lana walking toward the ring, when Steph stopped and asked about Rusev joining Team Authority. Lana said they are still thinking and brings up politics. Steph told her there are no politics in the WWE. Sure there isn’t Steph. This is followed by another New Day vignette from Xavier Woods.

Back from commercial, Triple H and Steph are watching Vince’s announcement from last week. They have a corny moment just needing each other and they kiss.

The ring is set up for the US Title Ceremony. After the typical Lana promo about Rusev winning the title. 2 guys in suits were with them. One of them said the Kremlin was proud of Rusev. Rusev wanted the Russian National Anthem played but out came Rusev to crash the party and get his rematch.

Rusev defeated Sheamus by Count-out to retain

The crowd wasn’t into this match at all which was lame because it was actually good. Sheamus tried for the Brogue Kick late in the match. Sheamus missed the Brogue Kick when Rusev ducked. Sheamus hit a diving cross body on Rusev. They spilled out to the floor. Mercury and Noble were at ring side, Mercury jumped on Sheamus back when they were outside and Sheamus got counted out.

After the commercial they cut to the back, Steph asks Lana and Rusev again if they will join Team Authority. Steph tells Lana if she scratches Stephs back then Steph will return the favor. Lana accepts the spot in Team Authority for Rusev. Steph also tells Lana to get one thing clear, Steph doesn’t give a damn about Putin.

Cut back to the locker room where Rollins is talking to Ryback. Rollins tell Ryback not to worry about Kane he doesn’t have to take orders from Kane. Rollins is the team captain not Kane.

Miz and Mizdow defeats Los Matadores

Miz and Mizdow had a 3rd come out with them, Mini Mizdow! Hornswoggle dressed like Miz.  Miz eventually tried hit a roll up on one of the Matadores but they kicked out. Diego later hit a suplex on Miz into the ring, Miz rolled through and pinned Diego. Mizdow held on to Miz foot so Diego couldn’t kick out.

Backstage Cena and Dolph talking. Cena says that Swagger is out, so Cena will understand if Dolph wants to back out. Dolph refuses, he says he wants Authority out of power. Triple H comes in to tell Cena he is banned from ringside during Ziggler match with Mark Henry. Then sings Another One Bites the Dust to make fun of Jack Swagger. This was followed by another vignette of the eyes which is so obviously Luke Harper.

Dolph Ziggler defeats Mark Henry by DQ

This was short and got to the point. Ziggler and Henry spilled to the floor. Henry threw Ziggler into the ringside barrier. Henry tried to run Ziggler through the barrier but Dolph moved. Henry grabbed a chair and he hit Ziggler with it and the referee calls for the bell. After the match Henry started to beat down Dolph some more. Before Mark could really hurt Dolph, Big Show music plays. Henry tries to hit Show with the steps but Show rips them out of his hands. Henry bailed after, then Show announced he’s joining Team Cena.

Another New Day vignette is shown but this time it’s Kofi Kingston.

Cut to back where Dolph, Cena are talking to Big Show. They welcome show to team Cena, Cena then says he needs to find 2 more people. Sheamus interrupts and says only one. Sheamus joins Team Cena.

AJ Lee defeats Brie Bella by Black Widow

This was a non title match. It went quick and it wasn’t good. AJ applied the Black Widow. Nikki beat down AJ after the match and stood over here holding the Divas Title.

We got of the war vet walking on Smackdown. Very cool and emotional stuff.

Back to the spot Ryback apparently has moved from in the 2 and half hours of the show so far. Henry came in and planted more seeds of Ryback not joining Team Authority by bringing up Henry beating him at Wrestlemania

Tyson Kidd defeats Adam Rose by Sharpshooter

Erick Rowan eventually came down to the ring goes right past the Rosebuds. Rowan yelled “Shes not here!” and left. The bunny stood on the ring post for some reason but Rose told him to get down. Rose yelled at the bunny which lead to a long enough to distraction for Kidd to apply the Sharpshooter for the win. Afterwards Adam Rose hit the bunny again and left him in the ring by himself.

Cut to the back again, and Team Authority are showing they aren’t a cohesive unit by talking behind Ryback’s back and Ryback walking in on them. Seeds planted everywhere.

A Bray Wyatt promo is shown. This too is recorded because Bray wasn’t there live. Bray said a bunch of stuff, Bray is started to make less sense every promo.

The announce team introduces us to Paul Heyman and Joey Styles who are at the WWE offices. They promote the ECW Exposed show that is going to be shown after Raw, on the WWE Network.

John Cena defeated Ryback by DQ

Yes, it was another DQ finish to the main event of Raw. Through out the match Kane kept looking more and more frustrated. At one point Ryback was thrown into Kane. After that they fought more on the outside. This match wasn’t bad. The finish saw both men going back and forth in the ring until Kane had enough and attacked Cena to cause the DQ. Ryback and Kane get into it. Rollins comes in to break it up but Ryback hit both Rollins and Kane. Kane hits Ryback with a big boot. Cena tries to help but the rest of team Authority jump in the ring and beat down Cena.

Sheamus and Big Show came out individually because you know that’s the smart thing to do against the group. The faces get beat down until Ryback gets back involved and hit a Shell Shock on Kane. Ryback then walks away. We cut to the back with the Authority watching. Then Ziggler is thrown into the couch, Steph and Triple H look shocked. The Power Couple looks up and Luke Harper is standing there. Luke says he’s a team player and show goes off the air.

Decent Raw with most of the participants announced. WWE seems to try harder in front of hostile crowds.

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WWE Main Event 11-11-14 Review and Results

We get kicked off by the Tag Team Champions making their way to the ring, Star Dust will be taking on Adam Rose. With that troublesome bunny still with the Exotic Express.

Adam Rose defeated Star Dust by Roll-Up

This was a decent match, Rose is underrated in the ring because his gimmick overshadows him. The gimmick sucks. Rose clotheslined Star Dust then landed a spinebuster. Rose was distracted by Goldust who jumped on the apron. The Bunny got involved and took out Goldust and distracted Star Dust, which allowed Rose to roll up Star for the win. They made a point to show Rose telling Bunny he did a good job.

We got a video package of Ryback after.

Alicia Fox defeated Cameron by back breaker

This was crap. Alicia hit a back breaker and got the win. Crowd hated this match. Showed no interest at all.

They re aired the Bray Wyatt promo from Raw

Tyson Kidd defeated Sami Zayn by Swinging Fisherman Suplex

Heres a shocker, Tyson Kidd and Sami Zayn had a great match. Okay not really a shocker because they’ve been doing this what seem like weekly since Kidds return. Zayn hit a Crossbody off the top rope for a near fall on Kidd. Kidd rolled to the outside and Zayn went with Kidd. They eventually got back in the ring, where Kidd got a nearfall after neckbreaker. Zayn went for a roll up but Kidd reversed it into one of his own where Kidd grabbed the tights but the ref caught him this time. Kidd went back to the outside, Zayn tried to pull him back in but Kidd grabbed Nattie distracting Zayn leading to Kidd pulling Zayn feet from underneath him. Kidd got back in the ring and hit the Swinging Fisherman Suplex for the win. Nattie is looking less disappointed each week. Nattie heel turn is coming.

Raw Rebound. Seriously who watches Main Event but doesn’t watch Raw that they need to see the Raw Rebound every week?

Dean Ambrose defeated Justin Gabriel in the Main Event by Dirty Deeds

The WWE is looking into interest of bringing back the Cruiserweight division from fans. Is there a person who would benefit more from that in the WWE than Justin Gabriel? So talented but going no where fast! Ambrose hit a big clothesline and used that to land the Dirty Deeds for the win.

This Main Event seemed like a way to make the early arrivals happy with seeing people they like and didn’t get to see live the night before. Zayn and Kidd was fantastic. Ring work for whole show was good except for Divas match. Dean spoke a little bit after, nothing of note.

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