WWE TLC 2014 Review and Results

Well that was uh something. If you watch the hour long pre show and 3 hour PPV TLC was 4 hours of boring. Most of the matches had predictable winners. Quite frankly TLC was one of the worst WWE produced PPV I’ve ever seen. Should be noted that New Day defeated Gold and Star Dust in the pre show match.

Let’s get into this

Dolph Ziggler defeated Luke Harper in a ladder match to regain the Intercontinental Championship

This match was good, not great. I thought Ziggler and Luke should’ve went on later in the show. It was a ladder match so ladder use is a given but I think it was used too much for 2 of the better workers the main roster has. I would’ve loved to see a wrestling match and then have the ladders come into play later. Ziggler ended up getting busted open from a slingshot with the ladder. Both men has welts, bruises and scrapes over their bodies. Finish saw Ziggler climbed the ladder under the belt, but, Harper stopped him. Harper set up another ladder right next to Ziggler’s. Ziggler knocked Harper off his ladder with a knee type thing. Ziggler climbedback up and grabbed the Intercontinental Championship. This match is worth watching.

The Uso’s defeated Miz and Mizdow by DQ

This is where the night began its descent. Miz got booed in his hometown where Mizdow got cheered. That should tell you where this feud should go. They played into the Naomi thing backstage before the match as well as during when they showed her watching on. Miz told Naomi that if he is still champion by end of the night, then that works well for Naomi’s career. The finish saw Miz and Mizdow try to walk out but Jimmy Uso hit a big outside dive on Mizdow. Miz pulled Mizdow in the way. Miz then hit the Uso’s with his Slammy Award getting DQ’d. The actual wrestling was decent but the ending was terrible, this wasn’t a must see match but worth a watch if you have time to kill.

Interview backstage with Rollins. Rollins says he’s the future and he’s going to make Cena’s life hell until he brings back the authority. Rollins dedicates his match to the authority.

Big Show defeated Erick Rowan in a Stairs match

This was bad all over. The match had no flow to it and Big Show clearly at the end of his career is just slow and painful to watch. The finish doesn’t make sense for me either because a win for Big Show at this point in their careers did nothing for him. Also you kill all the momentum that Rowan was gaining. Finish saw Big Show choke slam Rowan on the stairs and follow with a KO punch. Show pinned Rowan under the stairs to get the win. You can skip this.

John Cena defeated Seth Rollins in a Tables Match

Come on did we really expect anything else to happen? Cena losing would’ve made 0 sense. You need the rubber match for the title between Lesnar/Cena and Heel vs Heel would never have sold. The problem in this match lies in how weak Rollins looked. Rollins needed J&J security to continuously get involved to gain advantages. Seth even went through tables on 3 different occasions. 1st occasion he was AA through the table from top rope but referee didn’t see it. 2nd time he and Cena went through tables simultaneously for a false finish. Cena even had a Super Cena moment by picking up both members of J&J Security and AAing them through a table. Finish saw Big Show come down to help Rollins but Roman Reigns music hit, Reigns came down Superman Punched Big Show and speared him through a Table. Reigns then Superman Punched Rollins, Cena followed with an AA through a table for the win. Not terrible but not good either, average match. Again if you have the time it’s worth a watch.

Interview backstage with the Bellas, Nikki said she was going to beat up AJ and Brie said blood is thicker than water.

Nikki defeated AJ via Pinfall to retain Divas Championship

This was terrible! Everybody involved seem to just mail it in. The Divas Division needs an upheaval including AJ. One impressive thing was when Nikki wrapped AJ around the ring post and wrenched back. Finish saw Brie cause a distraction, which lead to Nikki spraying something AJ eyes and following with a Rack Attack for the win. This was extremely skippable.

Roman Reigns is interviewed in the back. Roman cut another boring robotic interview. I thought he was taking acting classes to help this? I think Roman somehow got worse. Roman said he’s entering the Royal Rumble. There was an awkward pause in this interview, Roman clearly trying to think of what he’s going to say next. I don’t think Roman has the mic skills for the push he is getting.

Ryback defeated Kane in a Chairs Match via Pinfall.

Admittedly I didn’t have high hopes for this one. Simply because a chairs match is a dumb gimmick. It’s a no DQ match, call it that. Kane achieved his goal, he put Ryback over without making himself look weak. The 2 started the match with chairs in hand and went to work. Finish saw Kane hit a choke slam but Ryback kicked out. Kane then tried for a tombstone on a chair but Ryback countered with a meat hook clothesline followed by a shell shock for the win. You can skip this one also.

Rusev defeated Jack Swagger via the Accolade to retain the U.S. Championship

This was just a way to get Rusev on the card. If you’ve seen one of these matches you’ve seen them all. Rusev needs a legitimate feud. A feud that may be some question if Rusev wins. Rusev applied the Accolade for a 2nd time to get Swagger to tap. This one is also skippable.

Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose via Sister Abigail in a TLC Match

This went on last for good reason, it was the match of the night. Bray and Dean beat the ever loving crap out of each other. First spot came when Bray knocked Ambrose off the top rope into a table on the outside. It was all Dean before this. Shortly after Wyatt set up a kendo stick in the corner, on the top rope. Wyatt threw Ambrose into the stick face first. Ambrose kept checking and touching his eye.

Further into the match Ambrose and Wyatt battle up the aisle, with each other taking turns slamming the other into the set, of tables, ladders and chairs. Ambrose lays Wyatt on a table. Ambrose hit a flying elbow onto Wyatt after he climbed up a ladder. This lead to more fighting and Dean finding a giant ladder, setting Bray up on another table and hitting another Elbow Drop.

Back in the ring, Ambrose and Bray kicked out of each other’s finisher. Dean went under the ring and pulled out a TV monitor that was showing the PPV, funny moment as Dean watched himself. Dean then dragged another giant ladder to ringside. Dean hit another Elbow drop on Bray this time through the Spanish announce table. They go back into the ring, Ambrose grabbed the monitor, Dean tried to hit Bray but the cord didn’t reach, Dean tried it a second time and the monitor exploded in Deans face. Dean them stumbled to his feet right into a Sister Abigail and Bray got the pin. Good TLC match with a mediocre ending, I guess it’s a play off of Bray voodoo ways. Well worth a watch.

That put an end to a bad PPV. Which was disappointing because the WWE had a lot of momentum following the NXT show. I give this a D+

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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 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 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 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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WWE Main Event 11-4-2014 Review

Jey Uso vs Star Dust

Jey in my opinion is the better Uso. Star attacked Jey to get going but Jey turned around quickly and hit his flying dive over the rope early. After more action Jey was able to hit a flying splash but Star kicked out. Out of no where Jey rolls up Star Dust to get the win. Winner Jey Uso

To the back, Nattie is basically professing her love for Tyson but Tyson had his Beats by Dre in and didn’t hear a word.

Curtis Axel vs Justin Gabriel

Axel is back. Curtis can absolutely go but man is he boring as all get out. This has to be his last chance to impress the powers to be. It looked like Gabriel hurt his shoulder and the match was rushed. Axel hit some sort of new running knee to get the pin. Winner Curtis Axel

We then got a video package of Sami Zayn.

Tyson Kidd vs Sami Zayn

Nice to see this matchup on a main roster show. They’ve had good matches with each other all Summer and Fall. After a bit of action Sami eats a hard kick from Tyson that sent Sami to the outside. Later in the match Tyson landed a running drop kick into the corner where Sami was. More of the match and Zayn attempted the Helluva kick but ran into a boot of Tyson, which lead to a spring-boardElbow from Tyson. Finish saw Tyson and Sami go back and forth with quick pin attempts Tyson grabbed the trunks of Sami to get the pin. Winner Tyson Kidd

The vignette of Xavier Woods is show and that’s followed by the Raw Recap. Cole informs us that Orton suffered concussion like symptoms and face contusions. Return unknown. Randy return will be when he’s done filming his movie.

Bray Wyatt vs Sin Cara

Bray dominated Sin Cara as expected but Sin Cara did get a diving plancha to the outside in. After a while of Bray throwing Sin Cara around, Bray mercifully ended it with a Sister Abigail. Winner Bray Wyatt

Again same Main Event formula. Get at least one good match and have one of their top feuds get over in the finish. C.

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WWE Hell in a Cell 2014 Review and Results

Hell in a Cell 2014 is behind us and it was a very controversial HIAC. The reviews and opinions of the fans has been a very mixed bag. With that said why don’t we just jump right in and tell you ours.

The Expert panel kicked us off, during the pre show and it consisted of Paul Heyman, Booker T, Alex Riley and Renée Young. They introduced us to the broadcast team of JBL, King and Cole. Down to the ring and Mizdow TV followed.

Sandow is hosting his version of Miz TV. Miz is Sandows guest. While Miz talked, Sandow mimicked him and mouthed the same words Miz is saying. Sandow also moved in the same actions that Miz did. Sandow is the 2nd in this team and 3rd in the rivalry with Sheamus, yet he’s more over than both the other men. Sandow sucked up to Miz for a while even calling him his best friend. Miz said he appreciated Sandow and he’s a damn good stunt double, and Miz also called Sandow his friend. Sheamus on the Titan Tron interrupted Miz and Sandows hug.

Sheamus doesn’t say anything of note. Sheamus said Sandow should tell Miz to get on his knees and kiss his butt goodbye. Sheamus then Brogue Kicked the camera. Miz looked on scared and Sandow duplicated the look.

We went back to the panel after that, they talked more about the matches on tonight’s card. Eventually they threw it back to ringside for a match on the pre show.

Bo Dallas vs Mark Henry

Bo on the mic said he’s changing his name for tonight only to Bo Washington because he’s ashamed to share the same name as the city they are in. HIAC was in Dallas. The introduction was longer than the match. Bo gets squashed and Henry finally got his win over Bo, lasted about a minute. Winner Mark Henry 1/5

Byron Saxton interviewed Paige and Alicia Fox. Paige said she’s going to rip AJ heart out and steal AJ best friend, the Divas Championship. Alicia and Paige screw with Saxton a bit before the interview is over. They then go back to the panel and talk a little more to close the pre show.

WWE Intercontinental Championship 2-Out-Of-3 Falls Match – Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Cesaro

Ok, so usually I start with an opinion about the wrestlers in the match, run down some moments in the match and then talk about the finish. I’m not going to do that, I’m going right to the finish. Dolph won 2-0, clean sweep. This got people in an uproar, they think Cesaro got buried by not getting a fall, I disagree. For years these best of 3 falls matches have been predictable, always 2-1, and never a sweep. They swerved all of us “experts” and that’s always a good thing. Dolph has always had the die-hard fans support for not being put over, he got put over last night. So kudos WWE, first match and it was already a swerve. The 2 falls happened on a Dolph roll up, and later on Cesaro attempted The Neutralizer but Ziggler counters it,with a superkick and a Zig-Zag. Winner and Still Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler 2-0 4/5

They cut to the announce table and the 3 men rundown people who bought it on PPV again. I’m sure the cable and satellite carriers love when they do that.

We go to the back were The Authority is having a discussion until Randy Orton came barging in. Randy ask where Rollins was and if they see him before Orton does, to pass along the message of staying out Orton’s match tonight. Steph said something about Orton using his anger toward Cena, and HHH chimed in to. Trips said that he should focus on Cena and then getting back his title. Orton finished it by saying he will do it the Authorities way but if Rollins isn’t dealt with by the Authority, Orton is going to do it himself.

Loser Must Be Winners Assistant For 30 Days – Nikki Bella vs. Brie Bella

This match sums up the type of night the WWE had for in ring work. Nikki and Brie put on the best match by far for both while in the WWE. I didn’t expect much at all but the girls did deliver a quality match. Nikki grabbed Brie by the hair and held Brie up in the air from behind Nikki’s back. Nikki rolled outside, and that lead to Brie doing a suicide dive through the middle rope. Nikki hit the Rack Attack on Brie later on but Brie kicked out. Nikki then hit Brie with a huge forearm and another Rack Attack but Brie couldn’t kick out this time. Winner Nikki Bella. Very decent match for these 2. 3/5

They went back to the panel, Heyman talks about the winner of the #1 contender match being the real loser because they will take on the Beast Incarnate. Booker also said some stupid stuff about shucky ducky or whatever.

WWE Tag-Team Championship – The Usos vs. Goldust & Stardust (c)

There wasn’t much difference between all their other matches, a lot of the Uso matches seem to be the same, no real change. The Uso are one of the best in ring workers in the tag team division but they are getting stale. The Stardust gimmick is on its decline as well. However this was still a good match from the 4. The Dust Brothers used a lot of quick tags to keep control. Goldust got hit with a big superplex. Then one of the Uso’s hit a big splash on Goldust but Stardust breaks up the pin. The other Uso comes in and takes out Stardust. Goldust landed the Last Call  on the legal Uso and pins him. Winners and Still WWE Tag-Team Champions Gold and Stardust. Another good match but seen one of them, seen all of them. Time to mix things up and give the Dust Brothers different challengers. 3.5/5

A Susan G Komen video is shown about a breast cancer survivor. She is then interviewed live at ringside.

WWE Hell in a Cell #1 contenders match John Cena vs Randy Orton

This was a lot better than what most people are giving it credit for, you get that when 2 guys have wrestled each other 8 billion times. The Cell was unnecessary, they didn’t use it that much. Orton controlled most of this match with Super Cena making an appearance at the end. Orton wore Cena out with a chair that he grabbed from under the ring.  The chair was wedged in the rope and a table was brought into play. Cena hit Orton with a diving shoulder block then Cena went for another one and we got our first RKO out of no where.

Orton wasted no time to cover him but Cena kicked out at 2. Afterwards Orton put Cena through the table but yet again Cena kicked out. Orton who is annoyed that he can’t finish Cena off at this point brings the steel steps into the ring. Orton was in his pounced viper stance waiting for Cena to get up to RKO him again. Cena gets up and fights off the RKO attempt. Cena then slammed Orton on the steps followed it by the 5 knuckle shuffle but couldn’t get the pin.

With Cena in control he tried the AA but Orton low blowed him. After more fighting and a failed punt attempt from Orton, Cena attempted another AA but it was countered into the RKO. Cena kicked out again. The finish saw Cena grab another table and AA Orton through it from the top rope for the win. Afterwards Cena and Heyman stare each other down. Winner and New #1 Contender John Cena. Really good match, I’ve seen their Iron Man and past Rumble match live and this is my favorite match of theirs. 4/5

We go to the back where Mark Henry and Big Show are in the locker room, getting Big Show hyped up for his match with Rusev.

WWE United States Championship Sheamus (c) vs The Miz with Damien Mizdow

Mizdow continued his schtick on the outside while the action went on in the inside. Crowd started a Mizdow is Awesome chant. Sheamus hit Miz with the Beats of the Bodhran, while Sheamus did this Mizdow mimicked receiving them on the outside, pretty good stuff. The match eventually went to the outside, where Sheamus attempted a Brogue Kick but missed and hit Mizdow. The action continued after that with Miz getting the advantage, even landing the Skull Crushing Finale but Sheamus kicked out. Finish saw Miz go to the top and attempt something but eats a Brogue Kick and Sheamus gets the win. Afterwards Mizdow came in and laid down next to Miz, selling like he got hit too. Sheamus played around with Miz and Sandow, moving and wiggling Sheamus arm to see if Mizdow would follow suit and he did, they even did the YMCA. Afterwards Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick again on Miz. Winner and Still US Champion Sheamus. Mediocre match that was saved by the comedy of Mizdow. 3/5

In the parking lot we see Brie carrying Nikki luggage. Nikki then ask for the smoothie that Brie was supposed to make her. Brie hands it to her, they go over the ingredients to make sure its just right. Then Nikki spills it on Brie and tells her to make another one.

Rusev vs The Big Show

This one wasnt as good as Rusev vs Show at Night of Champions. Rusev worked slower, probably because of how exhausted Show looked after their first match. Rusev went for the Accolade but Big Show reversed it into a leg submission of his own. After a little time Rusev manages to reach the rope. Rusev got the advantage back and landed a big Suplex on Big Show. Then Rusev hit an impressive drop kick as well. Big Show did eventually lands a spear. Rusev rolled to the outside, and Henry comes down to ring. Back in the ring Big Show landed a choke slam but Rusev kicked out at 2. Henry stayed cheerleading for Show. Finish saw Rusev get the advantage back, Henry jumped on the apron but Rusev knocked him off. Rusev then hit 2 Super Kicks and then the Accolade. Rusev wins when Big Show passes out. Winner Rusev 3.5/5 Still no Henry turn. WWE keeps hinting at it, it will happen.

Dean Ambrose interview backstage was next. Dean cut a good typical Dean promo about how he’sgoing to beat Rollins up. Good stuff.

WWE Divas Championship AJ Lee (c) vs Paige with Alicia Fox

Incredibly this wasnt as good as the Bella diva match, who would’ve thought? Paige dominated most of this match, with a lot of it going to the outside. I like Paige and AJ but this rivalry needs to end or take the step, a ladder or cage match would be perfect. Paige was standing on the guard rail when AJ swept her leg and Paige fell hard on her head. Paige clearly woozy gets rolled back into the ring by Alicia Fox who thought she was helping. AJ from there applies the Black Widow for the win. After the match, Paige slaps Alicia and says its her fault, Paige then leaves and yells at Alicia that Paige hates Alicia. Fox looks on hurt and confused. Winner and Still Divas Champion AJ Lee 2/5. It should benoted that Dallas didn’t do a lot if any CM Punk chants, which is a good thing.

Main Event Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose Hell in a Cell

Dean Ambrose came down first and immediately went under the ring to grab a bunch of chairs, Ambrose also had a bag on his back with a Kendo Stick in it. Side note when Ambrose pulled up the apron to grab the chairs he forgot to pull it back down. A hand came out from underneath to pull it down. Giving away that somebody was under there. It was very subtle so hard to see. Ambrose climbed to the top of the cell before Rollins came out. Rollins came down and was going to climb up but Mercury and Noble wouldn’t let him. Rollins told Noble and Mercury to go up and get them, so they tried.

Noble and Mercury make their way up while Ambrose laughs at them. They get up, Ambrose claps for them and then beats them up with the Kendo Stick. Rollins uses this as a distraction to attack Ambrose. Noble and Mercury held Ambrose down while Rollins wore Ambrose out with the Kendo Stick. Ambrose and Rollins fight on the way down the cage, half way through on the announcer tables side. They brawl back and forth. Ambrose head butted Rollins, their momentum knocked both of them off and through the announcer tables, including the spanish announce table. Out came the stretchers for both men, they are being carried to the back.

Ambrose gets off his stretcher and attacks Rollins, the fight is still on.  They go to the ring and Ambrose is snapping, continuing to say that Rollins stabbed him in the back and now he’s going to do the same and goes to town on Rollins with a chair. They find their way outside the ring, where Ambrose grabs and sets up a table. Ambrose goes back in the ring and lands a suicide dive. Rollins gets advantage back and sets up a table in the ring himself. Ambrose however lays Rollins out on the table that Rollins set up and lands a flying elbow on Rollins putting him through a table. Awesome stuff.

Kane comes through the crowd out of no where and sprays Ambrose with a fire extinguisher from outside the cage. This gave Rollins the advantage he needed to pick Ambrose up and hit a running power bomb through the table that Ambrose had set up earlier. They eventually went back into the ring where Rollins attacked Ambrose with a chair. Eventually Ambrose gets cinder blocks from underneath the ring. Ambrose set Rollins up for the same curb stomp through cinder blocks that Rollins did to Ambrose. Lights go out.

A voice speaking in tongues is heard, lights came back on and Bray Wyatt lantern is in the middle of the ring with Ambrose staring at it. The arena was still partly dark with the Wyatt cell phone lighting the only lighting. A hologram comes out of the lantern, a silhouette of a person, could be Bray, could be someone else. Bray comes from outside of the ring and lays out Ambrose. Lights go off and come back on with Bray in his spider walk position. Bray picks up Ambrose and slams him to the mat, then stares at the lantern. Rollins hesitantly crawls to Ambrose and pins him. Rollins then bails from the cell quickly and stares at Wyatt with Noble and Mercury. Wyatt then lays Ambrose out with the Sister Abigail one more time. Show ended with Bray in the middle of the ring with the lantern and Bray with the cell phone lighting. Winner Seth Rollins 4.7/5

The biggest controversy was in the finish to this match. Most fans were clamoring for Bray to come back to TV but they didn’t want it at the expense of Dean. This worked out a few ways, Seth gets to transition into his program with Orton which elevates him closer to the title picture, Bray comes back with a big rivalry and Dean doesn’t lose clean thus keeping his stock up. I love this finish. I loved this show, very few complaints here. No WWE World Champion on it downgraded it from an A to a B for me and add the minor mistakes, I give this PPV a solid B-. Top 3 for WWE this year.

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