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Saturday, 26 March 2016

Wrestlemania 32: The Fine Line Between Satisfaction And Failure

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WrestleMania 32 The WWE's marquee event is live on April 3rd, 2016 and many WWE faithful are thus far reserving judgement as has been the case in recent years.

Once again we are faced with some questionable booking and yes... Another Main Event featuring Roman Reigns. Since the 2015 WrestleMania the WWE has been devastated by injuries and I think it's fair to say the WWE weather the storm as best as it could have.

In response to declining ratings we seen Vince return to TV. Kalisto win the US Title. Triple H return to the ring and become WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Some wars between Brock and The Undertaker. Roman Reigns continues to headline in spite of the fans and the continued rise of Dean Ambrose. The Divas Revolution which is on it's last legs as groups have fractured. While Raw hasn't gotten much new blood outside of AJ Styles and the return of Sami Zayn we've also seen the cupboards continue to be loaded in NXT.

So reality is our options were always going to be limited with NXT graduations coming much slower than many have hoped in spite of the mass injuries to the main roster.

A quick look and break down of the main card with the list via Wikipedia

Andre "The Giant" Memorial Battle Royal is a throw in with little to no implications going forward but an over the top rope elimination is always worth a watch. While all the entrants are yet to be finalized I'm putting my money on Tyler Breeze to win it for the trophy selfie opportunities.


The Uso's vs The Dudley Boys - Flip a coin and the winner is... It doesn't matter! You can build it for two months but there are no implications here. A title shot? Even if The New Day loses to the League of Nations the tag titles will be tied up another month at least.

7- man Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship - This one has Zayn/Owens written all over it. The two could cancel out which opens the door for Ziggler but the rest are fillers to take some bumps.

Divas Championship
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks - You have to think Lynch or Banks walk out of AT&T Stadium. There are too many Divas struggling to stay relevant at the moment and Charlotte has been underwhelming as champion.

United States Championship
Kalisto vs Ryback - I'm happy to see Ryback trying to make changes but it's still not enough. Frankly he needs a win here. Losing to Kalisto pretty much cements him as a career jobber.

WWE Tag Team Championships
The New Day vs The League of Nations - The beating they put on the New Day was impressive and cringe-worthy. Now lets see if they can follow it up otherwise I don't see a team on the main roster who can unseat the New Day hype train.

Hell In A Cell
Shane McMahon Vs The Undertaker - This one is going to be crazy one way or another. Shane will fly. Taker will do tons of damage. This match guaranteed will be decided by outside interference and it could be a wild one regardless. Big implications either way. I'm going with the Undertaker on the basis that losing to Lesnar is one thing... dropping another Mania match only hurts the Deadman's legacy.

Street Fight
Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar - This is my pick for match of the night. This will be must see WWE. It's going to be brutal to watch and I guarantee an instant classic. Winner - Brock Lesnar. We've seen Ambrose get destroyed by Lesnar a few times and I don't think weapons are going to be enough to even this one up. Expect Lesnar to set his sights on Reigns or Triple H next


WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H vs Roman Reigns - I'll pick this as the match that has the most potential to be a bust. Damned if you do damned if you don't in this case. Triple H walking out champ must line up a title match with Lesnar. Roman Reigns as Champ will lead to deafening boos and me personally turning off my tv in disgust. Frankly it's Triple H or bust here. A third title for Reigns does nothing to put him over and that's the entire reason Triple H is back to active duty.


In conclusion - This whole night could be hit and miss. Everyone brings their A game but they're really going to need a few A+ performances to live up to the WrestleMania name. The Hell In A Cell match must bring intrigue and blow away expectations in order for this event to considered a success rather than average at best.





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Thursday, 5 November 2015

Breaking: Seth Rollins INJURED expected to miss 6 to 9 months







WWE Dublin is sending a major casualty back to North America as WWE World Heavyweight Champion #2 Seth Rollins suffered a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament(ACL) in a match with Kane.

In what can only be described as bad timing the Champ will be sidelined anywhere from 6 to 9 months for surgery and rehabilitation. Given Rollins Cross Fit work and natural athleticism you can bet he may be able to accelerate that timeline but for now the title will be vacated.
With WWE ratings falling and the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins on the shelf it's being said a tournament will be held at Survivor Series to crown a new champ. The names that could surprise and show up are intriguing. You have NXT stars, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Even The Undertaker could get one last title run or we may see the continued push of Roman Reigns.
We can't be sure but Survivor Series just got a whole lot more interesting and the possibilities could make this one of the best PPV's of the year!

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Tuesday, 3 November 2015

WWE Singles Rankings Update 11/03/2015

+1
1. Brock Lesnar - The Beast rises one to the top spot after an instant classic at Hell In A Cell. The best match of the rivalry with the Undertaker by far. Brock using the low blow proves The Beast Incarnate wants to win as much as he wants to bring the pain and that's bad news for anyone in his path.
-0
2. Seth Rollins - His team might have lost but he survived to the end and managed to do some damage to Reigns and Ambrose with the chair. The Architect is unaffected by this loss
-0
3. Kevin Owens - Owens for the second Raw in a row pulls double duty and goes 1-1. First a win over The Show Off Dolph Ziggler and second last to be eliminated from Team Rollins
+1
4.  Roman Reigns - Team Reigns picked up the win on Raw and The Powerhouse strikes first against the Architect in the lead up to Survivor Series
+1
5. Alberto Del Rio - The United States Champ had a good match with R-Truth and came out on top but it's the fall of Cena that moves him up a spot this week
+2
6. Cesaro - The King of Swing spun his way to victory this week over The Miz. Another strong performance by the Swiss Superman and he should see a title shot on the horizon.
-1
7. Sheamus - Sheamus and Barrett lost a very good match to the Lucha Dragons on Raw. The two big men failed to use their size and power advantage and it cost them.
+3
8. Dean Ambrose - Ambrose is still tied to Reigns and you have to wonder how much longer it goes on. Ambrose's stock is stagnating as Reigns gets another push. A win in the Raw Survivor Series 5vs5 match and injuries help him move up a few spots.
 
+1
9. Bray Wyatt - A new feud with the Brothers of Destruction is in the works but Bray benefits more from the fall of other superstars more than anything he's doing.
-6
10. John Cena- Continues to fall due to time off.



-2 11. Rusev - An injury has sidelined The Bulgarian Brute and his fall down the rankings begins.
+3
 12. Ryback - Ryback rises after a decent performance for Team Reigns on Raw. He has the chance to step his game up with an unstable top 10

-1
13. Dolph Ziggler - Ziggler can't catch a break. First Rusev now Tyler Breeze. Dolph continues to put on good matches but continues to fall short time after time.

-1
14. Wade Barrett - Barrett and Sheamus failed to pick up a win against a smaller weaker Lucha Dragons team on Raw.
- previously unranked
15. Tyler Breeze - While Breeze has yet to make his debut he has managed to be a major distraction to Dolph Ziggler. For a third straight time he's stood tall over a beaten down Ziggler.

 

 
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Monday, 26 October 2015

WWE Singles Rankings Updated 10/26 Post Raw/HIAC update


 
 


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+1
1. Brock Lesnar - The Beast rises one to the top spot after an instant classic at Hell In A Cell. The best match of the rivalry with the Undertaker by far. Brock using the low blow proves The Beast Incarnate wants to win as much as he wants to bring the pain and that's bad news for anyone in his path.
+1
2. Seth Rollins - The architect stops Demon Kane at HIAC in convincing fashion and will face the newly crowned #1 contender
+1
3. Kevin Owens - KO with a big win at HIAC to move beyond Ryback and another win on Raw over an impressive but struggling Cesaro moves KO into the three spot.
-3
4. John Cena - The "champ" no more. Cena drops the United States Championship to a returning Alberto Del Rio and it wasn't even a contest.  Word is Cena is set to fall further in the rankings as he takes time off.
+5
5.  Roman Reigns - After an instant classic against Bray Wyatt in HIAC Reigns followed it up with a Raw win over Kofi Kingston and then wins the Fatal 4-way to become the #1 Contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and a shot at former Shield brother Seth Rollins. A stunning 24-hours for Reigns.
- Previously unranked
6. Alberto Del Rio - The Mexican superstar made a shocking return and did enough to take the United States Championship off John Cena at Hell In A Cell. The following night he secured a win over Neville but fell short in the #1 Contender Fatal 4-way despite looking impressive.
-1
7. Sheamus - The new trio of Sheamus, Rusev and King Barrett may have lost at HIAC but they redeemed themselves with a win on Raw over Ryback and The Dudley Boyz.
-2 8. Cesaro - The Swiss Superman may have picked up a win on the HIAC pre show but he failed to gain a spot in the #1 contender Fatal 4-way on Raw. While he controlled most of the Match he ultimately fell to Kevin Owens to continue a rough run of results despite strong showings. It may only be a matter of time until Cesaro breaks out.

-2 9. Rusev - The new trio of Sheamus, Rusev and King Barrett may have lost at HIAC but they redeemed themselves with a win on Raw over Ryback and The Dudley Boyz.

-mistakenly unranked previously
10. Bray Wyatt - While he lost at HIAC he put on a hell of a match with Reigns and he wasted little time moving on when the Wyatt Family attacked and abducted The Undertake rand the next night Kane.

-3
11. Dean Ambrose - Ambrose may be hurt as he didn't have a match at HIAC and again on Raw. He's going to continue to drop in the ranking as long as he's Roman Reigns personal cheerleader.

-1
12. Dolph Ziggler - A win in the HIAC pre-show and a ticket to the #1 contender Fatal 4-way still isn't enough to keep Ziggler from falling as Ziggler would lose to Roman Reigns. 
- previously unranked
13. Wade Barrett - The new trio of Sheamus, Rusev and King Barrett may have lost at HIAC but they redeemed themselves with a win on Raw over Ryback and The Dudley Boyz.

-2
14. Kane - He lost and looked unremarkable at WWE HIAC. I really thought we would see more of a fight from The Demon Kane but it appears father time has caught up to even the Devils favorite Demon.

 -2
 15. Ryback - Another loss to Owens at HIAC and he followed that up with a loss with the Dudley Boyz vs Wade Barrett, Rusev and Sheamus. Perhaps he should join the Dudley Boyz as tonight was one of the few enjoyable matches he's had.

 Falling out of the top-15 mainly due to inactivity are The Big Show, Randy Orton, The Undertaker
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Hell In A Cell Results and Review


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An unexpected return and some quality matches lead into what should be a great Monday Night Raw.

The Preshow kicked off with the 6-man tag which saw Cesaro, Neville and Dolph Ziggler overcome Sheamus, Rusev and King Barrett.  It was an average match and not a bad way to kick off the Hell In A Cell proceedings.

 2/5  Nothing out of the ordinary here. Stardust and The Ascension were at ringside taunting Cesaro again and the face team goes over.

The PPV kicks off with John Cena's US Open Challenge. Cena grab a mic only to announce that he ironically wanted to cut to the chase not waste time and so he uttered the famous "You want some? Come get some" and we're off.

The Real Americans theme hit but noJack Swagger. Zeb Colter on a motorized scooter wheeled out from the back and cut a quick promo about how it's time to for the world to unite and how no one wants to see Cena as champ anymore.

He then caught many by surprise when he announced Cena's opponent was Alberto Del Rio. After a run outside the company the Mexican superstar and former World Heavyweight Champion came out to shock and cheers.

It would be a pretty short match and a stunning victory for the new United States Champion Alberto Del Rio. No arm-bar necessary as Del Rio hits a painful looking backstabber and a super kick to the face of John Cena and then the 1-2-3 as fans were expecting a more drawn out affair. Cena drops the United States Title before taking time off and Del Rio returns to the WWE with a win and another title for his collection.

2/5 Average match. Cena's been through some wars in the US Open Challenges so it's a little tough to accept he went down that easy. Possibly the weakest Cena's looked since Lesnar man-handled him but the hardcore fans finally get another break from Super Cena.


The cell begins to lower and promos cut for Reigns vs Wyatt. Both men make their way to the ring and it begins. Some brutal back and forth outside the cage turns to weaponry as Bray Wyatt uses a kendo stick in nasty fashion slowly picking apart Reigns. At one point he even grabs a chair and sits down before continuing to assault Reigns who's barely responding to each hit at this point.

Wyatt goes off to find more weapons. He sticks a chair in the fence and the crowd give him audible encouragement with an "ooo" of intrigue. His work with the chair gives time for Roman Reigns to catch his breath and Reigns goes on to use two kendo sticks at once. A double shot to the head of Wyatt opens a cut up and Reigns sends Wyatt crashing into the chair that was stuck in the cell.

First Wyatt hits his variation of the rock bottom off the apron to put Reigns through a table. Then a little later on Reigns hits a strong spear to return the favor. Both men are beat and tired. Wyatt hits Sister Abigail but Reigns kicks out at two. More kendo sticks brought in and jammed in the turnbuckles. As Wyatt tries to finish it Reigns counters in the corner hit's Wyatt with the Kendo then drives him face first into another before landing a huge spear and pinning Wyatt for the win.

5/5 This match was a war and an instant classic. It's the best match we've seen from these two together and the punishment and sheer brutality served as what should be a great end to the feud.

Next up we have The New Day out to talk about their fallen brother Xavier Woods as they head to the ring. Out come the Dudley Boyz and the match gets under way. An average match  and pretty much the same we've been seeing on Raw and Smackdown for weeks. Even match and just as the Dudleys seem to be closing in on the win The New Day finds a way. First Kofi tried to set up Bubba Ray by handing him the bent trombone and when that failed and the refs back was turned Big E uses it on Bubba who stumbles and turns around into Kofi's Trouble in Paradise for a New Day victory.

2/5  Neither team stepped it up for the PPV. Save for some jokes that played out during the match it was status quo for both teams. The match was hurt by the absence of the third unicorn Xavier Woods.

Charlotte and Nikki are up next. Both women put on a show and Nikki Bella again impressed me. She's really stepped up her game of late but it still wasn't enough as Charlotte was more impressive and able to slap on The Figure Eight

3/5 - They put on a show and the former NXT divas are starting to bring out a new level in Nikki Bella we have not seen before.

Champion Seth Rollins is first out. Kane follows and Rollins is in Kanes face to start the match. Both men trade shots early but it's Kane who's control. After landing some power shots and testing Rollins for most of the match it's Rollins agility and counter smarts that allow him to out work and out class an older and slower Kane which leads to a Powerbomb on the Spanish announce table. Rollins hit the pedigree shortly thereafter and wins clean to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

2/5 - Rollins athletic ability carried much of the match so it's good to see that come through in the results but overall the match wasn't special and certainly not deserving of the build up it received. Corporate Kane likely gets publicly fired on Raw tomorrow night so we know Rollins must watch his back for the Demon leading into Survivor Series.

Ryback heads out and it's Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens defending next. A decent match that is limited by Ryback's limited move-set. Kevin Owens takes some punishment but ultimately controls the match and beats Ryback clean to retain the title.

2/5 - Pretty much a repeat of their last meeting for the title. Owens wins this one in convincing fashion and thankfully we get to see him move on to bigger better things. Ryback isn't a quality opponent for anyone on the roster currently and must make some changes.

Brock Lesnar's music hits it's main event time. The Undertakers up next and we have a standoff in the middle of the ring. These two guys went to war. Both are busted open early and the medic steps in on multiple occasions to clean the blood check the wounds.

Both men trade blows with punches and chair shots. Lesnar introduces the steel steps to the encounter and after three Suplex and an F-5 he begins to get frustrated. Lesnar tears the mat apart and removes the padding to expose the wooden floor of the ring. The Undertaker gets another wind and counters Brock then hits a choke slam and a tombstone on the exposed wood and Lesnar still kicks out! Undertake with a shocked look would later succumb to an F-5 on the wood flooring of the ring and lose the final bout of the trilogy.

5/5   I know this is the second 5/5 of the night but the Hell In A Cell matches were both fantastic bouts to end rivalries and both delivered on the hype with instant classics and matches any fan can enjoy.

Following the match Brock made his way to the back and Undertaker struggling to get to his feet was given a standing ovation and "thank you" chants. Just as we were about to go off air The Wyatt Family music hits and they make their way to the ring. You could sense someone was coming to save The Undertaker but it didn't happen and a 4 on 1 assault began and ended with the Wyatts carrying The Undertaker to the back to close out the show.


3/5 Overall a pretty good PPV. The Hell In A Cell matches delivered big time. Expect some fireworks for Monday Night Raw




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Sunday, 25 October 2015

WWE Hell In A Cell Card

 
 
 
 
 
Hell In A Cell Card Sunday 10/25
Pre-show
Rusev, King Barrett and Sheamus vs Dolph Ziggler, Neville and Cesaro

 Main Card
John Cena vs ??? (US Open Challenge)

 Kevin Owens vs Ryback (Intercontinental)

 Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt (Hell In A Cell)

 Charlotte vs Nikki Bella (Divas Championship)

 The New Day vs The Dudley Boyz (WWE Tag Team Titles)

 Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar (Hell In A Cell)

 Kane vs Seth Rollins (WWE World Heavyweight Champion)

 
 
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