WWE Main Event 12-16-2014 Review and Results

Main Event on the Network kicked off day 2 of WWE Week. Another 3 hour day of live wrestling was in front of us because Smackdown was live on USA Network tonight. Let’s see how it went down.

Miz TV kicked us off and the host and his stunt double made his way down to the ring. Naomi was the guest and she told Miz she didn’t believe anything he says and sees right through him. Miz says that he got Naomi a title shot on Smackdown later tonight. Naomi starts to look he is falling for it until Jimmy and Jey Uso come running down. Jimmy says he’s going to tell him one more time, to stay away from his wife.

New Day vs Cesaro and Tyson Kidd

Xavier and Kofi the 2 to go for New Day in this one. Xavier and Kofi got the advantage early with some good tag team wrestling. This gimmick for New Day would be given a chance if they explained it better. I like every member of the group but nobody knows what it is. Kofi and Xavier landed a double suicide senton to the outisde. Cesaro and Tyson together is another thing that doesn’t make sense to me. Why are they a team now? Make it work with in a story line please. They cut to the break and Tyson had control on Kofi. Another spot where Tyson wanted Nattie to help them cheat by she refused. Cesaro pulled out the Cesaro swing transitioned into Tyson dropkicking the Kofi. That was impressive! This match was great! Finish saw Kofi and Xavier hit their special finisher. If you have the network go back and watch this, well worth it. Winner New Day

Backstage we go and Rowan is explaining a Chess move to Paige when Titus O’Neil interrupted. Titus made fun of Rowan and then Rowan challenged him to a game. Titus didn’t know how to play and smacked the table, then stormed off.

We got the Raw Rebound after, followed by a preview for Jingle all the Way 2

Naomi apologized to the Miz and Miz tells her that he still has the title match for her but she needs to control Jimmy.

Paige vs Emma

So the WWE does know that Paige is on her roster and she can wrestle? This is the first tv match Paige has had in weeks. Which is ridiculous. Shes one of the best worker on the main roster, she needs to be on TV.Paige had a lot of funny heel moments. Yelling at the crowd to not dare to cheer for Emma. Paige got the win with the PTO.  Winner Paige

Kane vs Erick Rowan

Titus came down to the commentary table for this. Titus made the commentary funny and bearable to listen. Rowan got the advantage early while Cole and Titus went after each other on commentary. Titus was owning Cole. Match was hard to pay attention to the match, listening to Titus and Cole. The match was what you thought it would be Kane and Rowan just throwing bombs and slams at each other. Match did get good after a while, Rowan looked very good in it. Finish saw Rowan land the big Spin Kick on Kane but Kane rolled to the outside. Rowan slammed Kane face on the table and got water all over him. Rowan turned into a choke slam from Kane and Kane got the win. Winner Kane

This was a fun Main Event, nice set up to Smackdown live.

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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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