– It appears WWE SmackDown will be moving back to Thursday nights. A photo below was taken by a fan at this week’s WWE tapings in Texas. The SmackDown advertisement on the side of WWE’s recently re-done production truck says the show will be airing on Thursday nights on Syfy at 8pm EST.
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Credit: Marc Middleton
– Tonight’s WWE Main Event opens up with Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton in Laredo, Texas.
– We go right to the ring and out comes Alberto Del Rio with a Mexican flag. Del Rio takes the mic and says we’re just a few miles away from Mexico so he’s going to speak to his countrymen in Spanish. Del Rio cuts a promo and thanks his fans for their support. The music hits and out comes Jack Swagger with Zeb Colter and Old Glory.
Zeb says he didn’t understand a word Del Rio said. Zeb cuts a promo on Del Rio and says he might as well be standing in Mexico or Russia. Del Rio fires back and gets the babyface pop. Del Rio challenges Swagger to a match and gets another pop. They accept the challenge. Zeb says Del Rio reminds them of Rusev. Zeb calls for Real Americans to rise and tells Del Rio they’ll see him later.
– Still to come, AJ Lee will return after being thrown off the stage by Paige on SmackDown. Also, a look back at Brie Bella and Stephanie McMahon on RAW. We go to commercials.
Titus O’Neil and Heath Slater vs. Goldust and Stardust
We come back and Slater Gator is in the ring. Slater brags about his win over Seth Rollins on RAW and shows us a replay. Slater introduces them as Slater Gator but Titus doesn’t like the name. Out comes Goldust and Stardust.
Goldust and Slater go at it to start the match. Goldust nails a big right hand and in comes Stardust for some double teaming. Stardust with a dropkick. Slater takes him to the corner and in comes Titus. More back and forth. Stardust fights them both off but Titus catches a crossbody and hits a pair of backbreakers before tossing Stardust and barking. Slater tags back in and keeps Stardust down. Titus with another tag as fans rally for Stardust. Stardust counters a toss and drops Titus. Slater comes in but Stardust kicks him. Goldust tags in and unloads on Slater. Goldust with a powerslam for 2 as Titus breaks the pin. Stardust leaps off Goldust’s back and decks Titus. Titus gets a cheap shot in on Goldust, allowing Slater to roll him up for the win.
Winners: Titus O’Neil and Heath Slater
– After the match, Slater Gator goes crazy at ringside as Goldust and Stardust looked on shocked.
– We get a look back at Brie and Stephanie on RAW.
Summer Rae vs. Divas Champion AJ Lee
We come back and out comes Summer Rae. WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee is out next for a non-title match. We see a replay from SmackDown where Paige knocked her off the stage.
They go at it and AJ goes for an early pin. AJ keeps control and hits a neckbreaker for another 2 count. AJ with a dropkick. AJ landed on her neck from the dropkick and the referee checks on her. Apparently she’s still hurting from her whiplash injury. Summer attacks her and takes control. Summer works on AJ’s neck and head, taking her to the corner. 2 count by Summer. Summer with a submission now. AJ gets the Black Widow applied out of nowhere for the win.
Winner: AJ Lee
– AJ is all smiles after the win as we go to replays. Phillips interviews AJ in the ring after the match. AJ cuts a promo and says she ruined Paige’s little fairy tale and at SummerSlam, she’s going to do the exact same thing… the music interrupts and out comes Paige to the stage. Paige says she’s thrilled to see AJ back on her feet again. Paige says she and AJ belong in the ring together. Paige says she respects and loves AJ. She says she still wants to be friends after she takes her title back at SummerSlam. AJ says this is her kingdom and raises the title as her music hits. They stare each other down.
– Still to come, Swagger vs. Del Rio. We go to commercials.
– We get a special look at Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena at SummerSlam. Same Video that was shown TWICE on Raw.
– Dean Ambrose reveals the stipulation for his match with Seth Rollins at SummerSlam on this week’s Smackdown.
Jack Swagger vs. Alberto Del Rio
We come back and Jack Swagger waits in the ring with Zeb Colter. Alberto Del Rio is out next to a big pop. Back and forth to start the match but Del Rio unloads. Swagger retreats to the floor and fans boo. Zeb gives Swagger a pep talk before he comes back in.
Swagger takes it to Del Rio and beats him into the corner. Swagger sends Del Rio out to the floor. Swagger brings it back in but Del Rio drops him on the apron with an enziguri. We take a commercial break and come back to Del Rio in control. Del Rio takes it to the floor and sends Swagger into the barrier. Earlier Del Rio sent Swagger into the ring post. Del Rio brings it back in the ring and nails a big shot off the top. 2 count by Del Rio. Swagger comes back but runs into the turnbuckles with his injured shoulder. Del Rio with a suplex and a 2 count. Swagger takes Del Rio to the corner with shoulder thrusts now. Del Rio applies an arm submission on the ropes but is forced to break it. Swagger takes Del Rio to the top and hits a superplex. Swagger with a 2 count. Swagger hits a Swagger Bomb for a 2 count. More back and forth. Del Rio with a tornado DDT for a close 2 count. Swagger blocks the cross armbreaker and hits a powerslam for a 2 count. Del Rio with a backbreaker and a superkick for a 2 count. Del Rio with the cross armbreaker. Swagger tries to break it but Del Rio tightens it. Swagger counters and turns it into the Patriot Lock. Del Rio breaks that. Swagger blocks the enziguri in the corner with a Patriot Lock for the win.
Winner: Jack Swagger
– After the match, Zeb is thrilled and hands Swagger the American flag as we go to replays. Main Event goes off the air with Zeb and Swagger posing in the ring with the flag.
Source: F4WOnline
Paul Heyman appeared on The MMA Hour yesterday and said CM Punk’s goal in life is to never lace up his wresting boots again, whether it be for WWE, Ring of Honor, Japan or anywhere else.
Heyman said Punk believes if he comes back, he will be a failure. Heyman also thinks that Punk feels his success in life is predicated on never going back.
Heyman also noted that he believes WWE doesn’t want Punk back ever again. Of course there’s always the chance that something happens down the road and Heyman pointed this out.
Within WWE, there’s a feeling that even if Punk wanted to come back, WWE wouldn’t let him and right now, they do not want him back. It’s said that there still could be legal issues coming out of Punk’s departure from the company.
– One major issue that should be pointed out with TNA having The United Talent Agency representing them in TV negotiations is that UTA takes 15% of whatever deals are made. Even if UTA are able to get Spike TV to re-sign TNA with something like 30% down from Spike, TNA would be forced to work with a much smaller amount due to paying UTA their cut.
Vince Russo posted the following on his official website:
OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING MY SITUATION WITH TNA/SPIKE TV
As always, there has been much rumor, hearsay and scuttlebutt surrounding certain topics concerning myself, TNA and Spike TV. At this point in time, having parted ways with TNA and the ability to finally speak freely–there are a few things that I would like to set the record straight on.
1. As I stated earlier this week on the VIP Section of pyroandballyhoo.com, I was officially hired by John Gaburick as a creative consultant on October 24, 2013, with the plan being that it could lead to a permanent position in the future. At the time of my hiring, the specific instructions laid down to me by Dixie Carter, was that if anyone was to find out about our working relationship outside of me, herself and Gaburick—it would come to an end. I asked why the blanket of secrecy from the start—but never received an answer. Almost 9 months later, when an e-mail that I had accidentally sent out to a third-party was brought to the forefront, Gaburick was untruthful in telling the source involved that I was recently hired to produce the TNA announcers.
2. John Gaburick told me sometime in January/February that at a recent TV taping, he DID INDEED tell Spike representative Scott Fishman, that I was working with TNA as a consultant. He even went as far as to tell me that Scott “was cool” with it. Therefore, the story that Spike just found out about my involvement with TNA merely weeks ago, which caused them to not renew their TNA contract, is an ABSOLUTE MISTRUTH. Spike knew of my TNA presence some 6-plus months prior.
3. YES, I am 100% GUILTY of trying to work that said source who received the e-mail, in an effort to protect the wishes of my employer. I regret even agreeing to be dishonest, deceitful and untruthful from the beginning, but the TRUTH is that I needed the income, so I agreed to the verbal restraints that were dictated to me from the start. I regret that now. Hindsight being 20/20, I should have never accepted the job under those circumstances being that my ability to be honest and truthful with family and friends was taken from me.
I hope that clears up many of the rumors that have surrounded me as of late. I take full responsibility for LYING to protect the wishes of my former company, but that is the extent of my responsibility. If I could do it all over again, I would have turned down the job under those guidelines, regardless of the financials involved.
There is much more to this story, but I choose to lay it out one step at a time due to the intricacies of the situation. I just feel it is VITAL at this time to, again, get this point across—if John Gaburick did indeed tell me the truth—that he informed Spike representative Scott Fishman of my working relationship with TNA back at the beginning of the year—then SPIKE TV HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT I WAS WORKING WITH TNA OVER SIX MONTHS AGO.
In going forward, my focus becomes 100% on my website pyroandballyhoo.com, and those who choose to go along with me on my journey. In addition to that, there are a couple of projects I’m currently working on and just wanted to share with you briefly.
– I am in talks to further develop a script that my son Will and I wrote about a year ago called Belle of the Brawl – the premise of the show involves a fictional wrestling company owned and operated by a woman.
– Also, I plan on writing the third installment of my wrestling trilogy series that will go into detail concerning my 10 year run with TNA from start to finish. The title of the book is Total Non-Stop Agony, and the plans are to release it digitally through pyroandballyhoo.com.
In conclusion, after 20 years of dedicating my blood, sweat and tears to three major wrestling organizations, without ever holding anything back, and always delivering the best product I possibly could, I think it’s fair to say that that portion of my life has officially come to an end…
…or has it???
Peace,
Vince Russo
Chad Dukes of CBS Radio Washington DC 106.7 The Fan and ChadDukesWrestling.com had the opportunity to talk with Batista in an impromptu phone interview Monday about the success of Guardians of the Galaxy, Roman Reigns, his feelings on being a babyface and more. Here are some highlights, you can check out the full audio interview by clicking here.
Roman Reigns & The Shield:
“I thought they were pushing him a bit too soon. The guy’s obviously, he’s a huge star, he’s gonna be a huge star. I feel like if they push him out there before he’s ready, it’s gonna put a fizzle on everything, man, I’d just hate to see that. This is just my opinion, but I think they should have kept [the Shield] together a little bit longer. Let ’em have that babyface run just a little bit longer.”
Returning as a Babyface:
“I’ll be honest with you, I just don’t want it. I love being a heel, man, you know that. That’s what I love to do, man. I think I’m the guy that people love to boo and I’m okay with that and I love being heel.
“I’m the worst babyface in the history of wrestling. [Laughs] I’m just not good at it. When you do promos sometimes you gotta say things that people wanna hear instead of telling them things they should hear. You know it’s hard for me to be that guy always saying the politically correct thing. I just don’t like it I’m not comfortable with it.”
Monday’s episode of WWE RAW, with Stephanie McMahon and Brie Bella in the main event spot for the second week in a row, drew 4.048 million viewers, down 6% from last week’s 4.318 million viewers.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 4.075 million viewers while the second hour drew 4.193 million viewers. The final hour drew 3.877 million viewers, an 8% drop from the second hour.
Again, Brie Bella won’t be blamed, because it’s a Stephanie McMahon segment, and there’s no way she’s taking the blame.
RAW was still #1 for the night on cable.
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– It’s Byron Saxton, Booker T, and Alex Riley once again… Some random convo begins the show, and of course the always beloved WWEShop.com endless shilling starts off early. For those who care, you’ve got until Raw starts to purchase your WWE shirts for 35% off…
– We’re off and going with clips from last week’s Stephanie/Brie Bella segment that closed the show. Actually a fun segment given the parties involved… Oh, and they have a Contract Signing tonight on Raw!
– We watch as Randy “Be a Star” Orton attacked Roman Reigns from last week. Discussion about their match at Summerslam.
– Last week, we see the Wyatt Family attack Jericho as he was preparing to defeat Seth Rollins. Then on Smackdown, Jericho defeats Rowan to bar him from ringside at Summerslam. Jericho meets Luke Harper tonight on Raw with the same stipulation. They really need to reach deeper with something more clever for guys this talented….
– The panel talks Cena vs. Lesnar at Summerslam. Tonight on Raw we take a “special look” on their careers leading up until now… ie. neither of these guys are at the show tonight, which I find pathetic and somewhat disgusting when they’re 2 weeks out from the PPV… I guess you don’t have to try as hard when you sell your PPV’s for $10… And they wonder why their Network numbers are crap…
– Renee Young interviews Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter about Swagger’s Flag Match against Rusev at Summerslam. Tonight they go “Russian Hunting”. We the People!
– Working hard to sell Summerslam, squeezing in as much as they can. It’s like a weekly PPV hype show anymore rather than a preshow to Raw…. Rollins and Ambrose discussion next. Not scheduled for Summerslam yet, but it will be…..
– AJ Lee and Paige are feuding… Shucky Ducky Quack Quack…
That is all…
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– The Authority kicks the show off with Kane, Seth Rollins, and Randy “Miss Piggy” Orton in tow… HHH plugs the WWE Network for $9.99 about a dozen times to the point where the fans chant $9.99 for him… They plug the entire WWE Summerslam lineup… We learn Seth Rollins will meet Dean Ambrose… Tonight Ambrose vs. Del Rio and Rollins vs. RVD, the man who wins fastest (you know, because they’re already expected to win) gets to pick the stip for their match at Slam…
Steph and Brie Bella have a contract signing tonight… Stephanie talks for a moment and gets major heel heat.
Randy “Be a Star” Orton takes the mic and trash talks Roman Reigns.
Reigns interrupts the segment… This should be good considering the major difference in numbers… The entire heel faction stare down Reigns as he stops in the middle of the fans to cut his promo… Reigns says people won’t have to pay $9.99, because he will beat Orton for free, tonight… HHH announces Reigns will actually face Kane on tonight’s Raw in a Last Man Standing match! And that match starts… RIGHT NOW!!!!
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1. “Last Man Standing Match”: Roman Reigns vs. Kane. Kane takes Roman down first in the ring, but we’re only seconds in. The match spills to the floor with Reigns taking Kane down next, but Kane is back up and sends Reigns into the steel steps… Kane props the steel steps up on their side in the middle of the entrance aisle.
Both men take turns driving each other into the barricade… Kane randomly finds a kendo stick under the ring and beats Reigns with that, then cracks him in the head with the second pair of steel steps… The two men fight towards the barricade with Kane getting thrown into the crowd as we take a break…
Back from break, Kane in control. Kane tries to whip Reigns into a chair in the corner, but Roman reverses and Kane eats steel…. Reigns on the comeback… Some of the usual, the dropkick on the apron, referee starts to count, but Kane rolls out onto his feet… Back on the floor, Reigns whips Kane into the propped up steps in the aisle. Reigns tosses a table in the ring, and hits a Samoan Drop on Kane. Lawler continuously plugs 9.99 to the point that it’s just ridiculous.
Kane comes back and chokeslams Reigns through the table… Reigns beats the count right before the 10, are you ready for this, at the 9.99 count. Kane grabs Reigns to slam him on a chair, but Roman DDT’s Kane on the chair… SUPERMAN PUNCH FOLLOWS… Announcers can’t figure out why the ref isn’t counting… Stupid ref… Reigns tries a spear but gets goozled… Roman breaks the chokeslam and hits the SPEAR… Kane stays for the 10 count… From a spear…. Match is finally over after 15:00
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– Up next, we take a special look into John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar at Summerslam… This is what you do when BOTH of your top two headliners on your so called “#2 PPV” decide they’ve got better things to do than promote the show they’re already getting guaranteed paydays for only 13 days out from the match. You’ve got two Raws left to build the match, they haven’t even worked a show together yet, and now this week neither are here to even promote it… Sad and pathetic, and I blame WWE. Shouting $9.99 isn’t going to make people buy it, you need to actually sell people on the product, common now…
Brock Lesnar proceeds to cut the longest PPV in his entire time back with the company as part of a video. In fact, he cuts a promo longer than everything he’s said for the last 18 months combined. He enjoys hurting people, he drops some swear words cuz he’s cool like that, he ended the streak but asks why it’s so hard to believe. What he does to Cena at Slam will be “ugly”.
Cena responds in the video, says he knows he’s going to take an ass beating, but he’s going to be the one, who beat the one, who beat the one. Cena says Brock comes back for random matches for the money. John has been here for 12 years straight due to heart.
Eh, video was better than I expected. It wasn’t just your typical highlight package gimmick…
Brock closes by saying he’s going to leave Cena in a pile of blood, urine, and vomit…
They hype $9.99 a month FOUR MORE TIMES…
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– Boomer Sooner Music hits!!! It’s Jim Ross!!!! No… It’s Damien Sandow in a Sooner’s uniform, mocking the Texas Longhorns…
2. Mark Henry vs. Damien Sandow. Henry is sporting a Longhorns shirt… Henry scoops Sandow up in the World’s Strongest Slam, walks around for about 30 seconds, and dumps Sandow in a major squash… Match was 45 seconds.. Henry wins as the announcers take liberties on Jim Ross…
– Adam Rose and his Rosebuds are in the back with the “Oculus Mirror”. He looks into the mirror to see his evil self… We go into a dream sequence, and it’s Rose in a suit and a pen in place of a sucker… It’s a frickin Lemon!!! WTF was the point of that?????????????????????????
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Next Monday, it’s Hulk Hogan’s BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION on Raw, with special surprise guests!!! The final Raw before Summerslam, the hard sell, Hulk’s Birthday! Wooo!!!
3. Dean Ambrose vs. Alberto Del Rio. It’s beat the clock challenge time. If Ambrose can win his match faster than Rollins, he gets to pick their Summerslam match stip. It’s back and forth to begin. ADR gets Ambrose to chase him outside and Dean gets thrown into the barricade. Del Rio takes over in the ring. Del Rio controls the next few minutes, but they end up back outside where Ambrose takes over with a suplex on the floor. The announcers continue to CONSTANTLY plug the Network and it’s absolutely stupid by this point. Ambrose misses a charge in the corner and hits his injured shoulder on the post. ADR goes to work on Dean’s shoulder, but Ambrose keeps fighting back. ADR counters a Tornado DDT and flings Ambrose into the middle of the ring and hits a big kick to the side of Dean’s head. Dean rolls outside to the floor and it’s time for a break! We’re 6:59 into the match…
Back from break, we’re 10:22 into the match now… ADR has a wrist lock on Dean. Ambrose fights back, ADR to the floor… Dean with a Suicide Dive on Alberto. Ambrose with a dropkick off the top on Del Rio. Del Rio reverses an Irish whip, but Dean ducks the enzuigiri in the corner… Ambrose comes back with a Tornado DDT for 2… Dean goes for his finisher, but his shoulder hurts and ADR escapes… Del Rio rips Dean’s bandages off his shoulder and hits him with an INVERTED SUPERPLEX!!!! 1……2…………AMBROSE KICKS OUT!!!
Ambrose counters a Cross Armbreaker with a roll up for 2… Dean bounces back from a superkick with a clothesline for 2… ADR blocks Dean’s finisher again and locks on a Cross Ambreaker over top of the ropes until a 4 count… ADR sets up for the Cross armbreaker in the middle of the ring again, but Dean counters into Dirty Deeds for the win in 15:42…
Either Del Rio took Dirty Deeds really crappy, or Dean has been forced to make the move more wrestler friendly.
– We get a video package of the Brie/Stephanie feud, and then Rusev on his way to the ring for action…
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4. Rusev (w/Lana) vs. Sin Cara. Okay, so apparently this entire match took place during the break… Rusev CRUSH…
So when we return, Rusev is already celebrating his win. Lana shows pictures of Putin with a Leopard, and Obama with a dog. It’s Obama’s birthday today. Lana sings Happy Birthday to Obama in… in Russian…
Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter cut her off, though not quick enough… Swagger is OVER… Wow… Can’t believe this foreign crap is getting over so well in 2014… Zeb shuts Lana up, says Russians drink vodka to drown out the women’s voices… Colter shows pictures of who Swagger is fighting for, images of construction workers, nurses, and of course the soldiers. Loud “USA” chants follow. It’s fun when a mid-card match is this over…
Zeb gets the fans to stand up and say “We the People”…
Rusev starts to talk trash to Swagger off mic. Rusev attacks Swagger with the flagpole and beats him down. Rusev knocks Jack out of the ring and then goes after Zeb Colter…
Colter backs into a corner, but he won’t run… Go Dutch Go!!! Zeb stands his ground, but Lana pulls Rusev back and just mocks Colter… Segment ends with Lana getting her jollies and Colter fuming…
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5. Dolph Ziggler vs. Cesaro. The Miz is on commentary. Back and forth to start, Ziggler hits the standing dropkick, Zigs charges for a jumping DDT for Cesaro spins it into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for 2… Cesaro picks Zigs up for a one arm vertical suplex, but Ziggler counter and turns it into a ZIGZAG for the win in 2:00… Holy shittyness… One week after working Cena, Cesaro jobs in 2:00…
The Miz confronts Ziggler after the match. Miz holds up the IC Title, and Ziggler mocks throwing a Superkick. Miz takes a bump to dodge the kick and Dolph gets a laugh out of it. Don’t hit that moneymaker… Oh yeah, these two are locked for Summerslam.
– Tom Phillips interviews Paige after we see Smackdown footage of Paige knocking AJ off the entrance stage. AJ is suffering from ‘whiplash’ from the incident.
– Stardust and Goldust RETURN to Raw…
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6. Stardust & Goldust vs. Ryback and Curtis Axel. First things first… They need a team name. Typing that gets confusing. Have the Rhodes boys wrestled another team with this gimmick yet? Still not sure why they were even off TV ring wise, nothing appears to be different. Goldy and Ryback start. I can’t say enough how much Axel and Ryback have progressed since teaming together. Rybaxel takes over after Curtis trips Goldust up from the outside. Stardust is all over the apron getting the crowd to chant. Hot tag to Stardust, cross armed DDT on Axel gets 2 when Ryback breaks it up. Goldust takes Ryback out of the ring, and Stardust hits a Downward Spiral which Michael Cole calls “Dark Matter” for the win in in 3:15.
No idea how this was any different than the other Dusts vs. Rybaxel matches.
– Backstage, HHH & Stephanie are talking. Kane walks in and takes his mask off. Kane hands his mask back to Stephanie and walks off….
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7. Chris Jericho vs. Luke Harper (w/Rowan). If Harper loses, he is barred from ringside at SummerSlam during the Wyatt/Jericho match… Still not a fan of this Rowan and Harper theme… Maybe it’ll grow on me. Lots of Harper on offense, Jericho with plenty of counter attempts, but Harper just kept plowing through… Big boot and sit-out Powerbomb by Harper gets damn near a 3 count… Close fall!!! Jericho comes back, goes for the Lionsault but Rowan gets onto the apron. Jericho dropkicks Rowan off. Jericho gets Harper in the Walls, but the lights go out!!!
When they come back on, Bray Wyatt is pacing at ringside… Rowan attacks Jericho but eats a Codebreaker… Harper attacks Jericho next but also eats a Codebreaker and rolls to the floor… Bray attacks causing the DQ @ 5:15.
Wyatt now has a taped thumb and jabs it in Jericho’s throat before landing Sister Abigail to end the segment…
Well Harper lost by DQ, I GUESS that means he’s barred at SummerSlam? No idea with WWE…
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– AJ Lee returns tomorrow to address the Paige situation.
8. Diego (w/Torito, Leyla, Summer Rae) vs. Fandango (w/Hornswoggle). Really??? Again??? This is what happens when you cut your entire job squad… Please, tell me, WHO thinks this is funny, good, or belongs on TV in any capacity? Fandango charges Diego, Diego moves and Fandango runs into Hornswoggle on the apron. Horny gets knocked to the floor, Fandango is distracted and takes a Backstabber from Diego for the finish in 40 seconds…
Everyone celebrates after the match, including Hornswoggle. Fandango attacks Hornswoggle, Diego whips Fandango into REY MYSTERIO OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH A SEATED SENTON!!!! No wait… It was El Torito… I was confused due to the similar height comparison… But Torito delivers it better… And Torito likely didn’t get hurt….
– Renee Young is in the back with Randy “The Bully” Orton. Short promo, he’s anti-Roman Reigns… All Orton needs is a derby, a turtleneck, and a cigar, he’d make a great Bully.
– Bo Dallas on his way to the ring… Hope he doesn’t start a losing streak… He started getting over, and we just can’t have that….
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9. R-Truth vs. Bo Dallas. Truth ended Bo Dallas’ streak last week. Living proof, that you better not get over unless you’re booked to get over, damn it! Some quick aggressive stuff from both guys. Truth gets off some of his better offense. Truth with a huge Stinger Splash in the corner and damn near falls out of the ring… Truth misses a scissors kick and Bo rolls him up with the hook of the tights for the win in 1:30…
Bo begins to celebrate post match, Truth attacks Bo on the floor. But Dallas hits the BODOG ON THE FLOOR!!! Well, Truth asked for it!
Dallas takes another victory lap… Fun
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– Bray Wyatt Promo from the darkness… Sweet, was hoping we’d get one of these so close to SummerSlam. Bray acknowledges that both Rowan and Harper won’t be in his corner at Slam, but Sister Abigail will be. Good little promo, Bray closes with a song…
– We get the Cena vs. Lesnar video package…. AGAIN… Seriously? You can’t find something else to fill the segment?
Just a fun note… As I type up this show, I’m chatting with four people online… Three of them have stopped watching the show by this point… Some left many segments ago.
I seriously can’t believe they played that Cena/Brock video again… It’s not like it’s a short package… Fill that time boys!
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10. Seth Rollins vs. Rob Van Dam. Beat the Clock Challenge. Seth has to beat RVD AND 15:42 to pick the SummerSlam match stip against Ambrose. If this match were to go 15:00 we’d be looking at 11:03, and would still have a contract signing segment… Soooo, my guess is Rollins just loses this match outright, thanks to Dean…
As the match begins, it’s announced that RVD WON’T BE THE CHALLENGER…. Heath Slater comes out to replace RVD… Wow…. This truly is “CRAP ON THE FANS” night… Still be funny to see Slater win here though…
10. Seth Rollins vs. Heath Slater. Rollins invites Slater to leave the ring. Slater starts to leave but attacks Seth… Rollins is immediately on the offense and beats Slater down. Ambrose shows up at ringside and distracts Rollins. Slater hits a flying neckbreaker for 2… Seth right back on top… Ambrose grabs the MITB Briefcase, Dean opens the Briefcase and grabs the Contract! Ambrose RIPS THE CONTRACT IN HALF… Seth gets distracted, Heath hits a Booker T side kick for another near fall… Ambrose continues to play with Rollins from the outside, dumping popcorn and pop into the briefcase. That’s right I call it POP… Ambrose finally sticks JBL’s hat into the briefcase and closes it shut with all the garbage inside. Seth becomes distracted again, Slater with a roll up and the 3 count in 4:50. Heath Slater wins, with the 3 Man Band music still in tact.
Well, I got the finish right, just the wrong guy…
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It’s contract signing time, and we’re already past the 11pm hour… This should be good… Did they throw Heath Slater in the semi-main segment to blame him for this week’s low ratings???
They spend time hyping the Network, immediately following Raw the Cena vs. Lesnar match will stream live. Yayyy
It’s 11:02 and Stephanie and Trips are just now entering the ring. I hope this means the segment is short and sweet. Nikki is with Brie. Is this where Nikki turns? Nah, too early…
HHH puts over his wife. Brie is gagging from the love. Stephanie mocks Daniel Bryan and wants to know if he recovered.
Brie asks Stephanie has she “Still Recovered” from the slap… Great promo. Brie calls Steph a “jail bert” and continues with more bad promo. Brie says she’s going to show Stephanie up. It’s for Big Show, Vickie, The Rhodes Family, and everyone else that has paid due to the Authority taking advantage of them. Huge “CM Punk” chants.
Steph points out she’s a 4th generation McMahon… Because apparently the McMahon’s have only been alive for 4 generations. They do their back and forth crap and sign the contract. McMahon says she’s going to tear Brie’s heart out. Stephanie then knocks Nikki Bella to the mat. Stephanie Pedigrees Nikki Bella, while HHH holds Brie back in the corner.
HHH mocks Brie with a “Yes” chant, and Brie slaps the crap out of Trips… Stephanie then attacks Brie, rams her on the table and Pedigrees her as well…. Nothing like putting yourself over when you’re a McMahon… Stephanie McMahon, world beater, grabbing the wrong kinda heat, the groan and moan heat.
Crowd doesn’t like it… And not in a heelish good way, but as in a “bullshit, I’m not going to make any noise” way.
That does it.
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No complaints here, they’ve made it worthless anyway…
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