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.

The #USTitle is ON THE LINE at #WrestleMania! @KalistoWWE @Ryback22 #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/qDFffTuT0V

— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) March 18, 2016

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.

It's OFFICIAL! #ShaneMcMahon vs. #Undertaker inside #HellInACell at @WrestleMania! #RAW pic.twitter.com/Fwkem3I86S

— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) February 23, 2016

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.

Can The #LunaticFringe get the better of #TheBeast @BrockLesnar in a #NoHoldsBarredStreetFight at @WrestleMania? pic.twitter.com/7eptvHpQnp

— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) March 1, 2016

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

The @WWE World Heavyweight Title will be on the line at @ATTStadium as @TripleH defends against @TripleH! #RAW pic.twitter.com/fXZy0hqnSy

— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) March 1, 2016

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.

12/13 WWE TLC Results

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Kickoff Show Results
Sasha Bank def Becky Lynch via submission - With help from Team B.A.D

WWE Tag Team Title Ladder Match
The New Day def The Uso's and The Lucha Dragons

Rusev def Ryback via submission

WWE United States Championship Chairs Match
Alberto Del Rio def Jack Swagger

The Wyatt Family def The ECW Originals

Intercontinental Championship
Dean Ambrose def Kevin Owens to become The New Intercontinental Champion

WWE Divas Championship
Charlotte def Paige - with help from Ric Flair

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus def Roman Reigns to retain with help from The League of Nations.

After the match Roman Reigns lost his cool and took out the League of Nations with a chair then as referees and the Authority tried to calm him down he took out Triple H with multiple chair shots. He then powerbombed Triple H onto the Spanish announce table. Triple H didn't go through so Reigns delivered a huge elbow drop to finish the table. Then as Triple H was being helped to the back Reigns turned back on the ramp and ran down to hit another spear. Reigns finally left after all the carnage and fans were left in shock at what could finally be the turn and hype Roman Reigns has been lacking.

11/23 WWE Raw Results

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Survivor Series Results

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The Authority opens the show talking about Reigns wasting his opportunity to be champion by turning them down and again not shaking Triple H's hand at Survivor Series. They then introduce the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus. Sheamus speaks about being champ and how this Roman Empire didn't last.

Reigns comes out and him and the Authority go back and forth. He says he wants his rematch tonight but the Authority shuts him down because of his spear on Triple H last night. Then as Triple H goes toe to toe with Reigns a returning Rusev spins him around and hits a superkick. Then as Reigns gets back up he gets a Brogue Kick from Sheamus.

Standing at the top of the entrance ramp Triple H announces the rematch will be a Tables Ladders and Chairs match at the TLC PPV in three weeks and that Reigns will face Rusev in tonight's main event.

Green = victorious
The Dudley Boyz vs The Wyatt Family (Bray and Luke Harper) After the match the rest of the Wyatt Family jumped in and destroyed what was left of the Dudley Boyz.

Sasha Banks def Becky Lynch - Team B.A.D has a big hand in the win


New Day come out and mock Nashville for Country Music. Sing a little then The Lucha Dragons come out to try and challenge. Then the Uso's only for The New Day to say it's been cancelled!

Paige is interviewed by Michael Cole. She says Charlotte cheated and her arm was under the rope. We later find out Paige gets a rematch tonight for the Divas Championship.

Neville def Mark Henry - despite Henry kicking out at two. After the match Henry shakes his Nevilles hand and says you're going to be good kid before walking away.

Stardust and The Ascension vs Golddust and The Prime Time Players

WWE Divas Championship
Charlotte vs Paige ends in a double count-out - They continued to fight after and the segment ended with Paige applying the PTO on the announce table.

Next week we'll see Jack Swagger take on Alberto Del Rio

Heath Slater out to mess with the crowd but as he's about to have a one man concert he's interrupted by Ryback. Slater strikes first with the guitar but is dropped by Ryback.


Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose vs Tyler Breeze and Kevin Owens

Rusev w(Sheamus) vs Roman Reigns - Sheamus was thrown out mid match.  It ends in DQ as King Barrett delivers a Royal Bull Hammer. The trio would soon make a mistake as Roman Reigns got hold of a steel chair and did some damage to the European Union to close the show.

Potential ISIS Terror Attack @ Survivor Series?

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While there currently is no confirmed threat despite hacktivist group Anonymous suggesting they have uncovered a planned "day of terror" which would include tonight's WWE Survivor Series in Atlanta, Georgia.

.@WWE Survivor Series is currently scheduled as planned while we investigate reports with authorities.

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 21, 2015

Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities have confirmed there is no specific or credible information involving a threat (1/6)

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 22, 2015

against tomorrow’s WWE Survivor Series at Philips Arena. However, WWE and Philips Arena have coordinated with the appropriate agencies (2/6)

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 22, 2015

and law enforcement, and significantly increased security measures to ensure the safety of all those in attendance, (3/6)

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 22, 2015

which is our highest priority. Doors will open at 6 p.m. to help fans avoid any delays in entering the arena (4/6)

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 22, 2015

due to the additional precautionary security procedures put in place. Fans are encouraged to take public (5/6)

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 22, 2015

transportation (MARTA) to the event and are advised that bags will not be permitted in the arena. (6/6)

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 22, 2015

Open letter to the WWE

To the WWE, Vince McMahon, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, WWE Creative and to whom it may concern.

I write this to confess my love for wrestling more than to criticize. I am a huge fan. I've been a loyal supporter of the company since I was a child and with that being said I've been along for the up's and down's over the years.

I was inspired to write this after watching SmackDown this week. I thoroughly enjoyed it. When my main man Seth Rollins was injured in Dublin I cringed because A. he's so damn impressive b. because I felt the roster is pretty thin on star power at the moment and the company seems to be in a bit of a valley already as far as ratings go.

It's important to focus on a couple things that made SmackDown not only watchable but enjoyable this week. I'll start with the win for Kalisto. This match caused my family to burst out in cheers and a round of applause. I haven't reacted like this since the glory days of Stone Cold Steve Austin. When Austin would find a way to beat the system just when it seemed like the odds were so stacked against him.

I think I speak for the majority when I say the squash match must die. Coming in it looked clear cut. When the bracket first flashed on TV on Raw I said to myself Ryback vs Kalisto... come on. But when Kalisto beat Ryback it struck a chord for me.

The last few weeks the Lucha Dragons stood out especially Kalisto but for him to win seemed so far fetched.

Much like in the martial art Jiu Jitsu you should never underestimate anyone and what we finally got to see this week is a guy who brings far more every time he's in the ring finally get a result more deserving of his ability. Kalisto is superior to Ryback in the ring this is not even debatable. If you took muscle out of the equation it's a landslide.

That said with all due respect the programming has become painfully predictable. I think there are so many people out there(myself included) with so many ideas and it just blows my mind that things have been the same for so long now.

I'm not saying put the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on Kalisto but WOW this win could be the start of something special if you allow it.

To be frank I'm tired of guys like Ryback. Ryback would be a megastar in Vince Sr's territory but this is 2015. We need more results like this to shake everything up. Reinvent yourself!

The independent circuit is more popular than it has ever been because it's evolved. For a long time promotions followed the WWE's lead by getting the biggest most muscular guys but now it's high speed, high intensity and a blast to watch.

To continue to promote the Reign's and Ryback's as these good guy hero straight shooters only shoots yourself in the foot.

Daniel Bryan didn't become a star because he yells Yes! Daniel Bryan became a star because he's fun to watch. He's fast, he takes risks and he's innovative.

The company can't continue to force things on the fans because now more than ever the fans are aware.

The fans have been guiding the ship more and more of late so why would you fight the current? Let the fans decide what works and what doesn't. Don't tell me Roman Reigns is the next champion when he's universally disliked and it's not because he's a heel... it's because he's stale. I don't accept that as a fan. The fans boo Reigns for the same reason they boo John Cena. It's a tired old act and seeing the same four moves every show is exhausting to watch.

I completely respect the dedication of the athletes no question but if you can jerk Brad Maddox and Adam Rose around and toy with their gimmicks and careers then you can do the same for everyone else regardless of them having the "look"  as the look is changing.

We do not want consistency! We want unpredictability! We want fresh faces and gimmicks. We want to see independent performers appear more often. We want people we can cheer for! Not people you want us to cheer for. Let the best talents carve their own path.

One last complaint is match results. I get that factions and stables have been around since the beginning of professional wrestling but do they really have to decide every results leading up to and at every PPV? Seth Rollins for example is in my opinion the best athlete in the company and you're telling me he needs to cheat to win every night? Rollins is a physical freak of nature.  He may not be as big as Reigns but nobody would question him winning clean most nights.

Enough of the walk outs, count outs, DQ's. I watch wrestling to be wowed by the performances and follow the characters that intrigue me but if more than 50% of matches end prematurely it becomes brutal to watch. You're telling me Bray Wyatt can't afford to let Harper and Rowan lose on SmackDown? There are no titles on the line and yet he absolutely had to interfere as if Harper and Rowan were being beaten with chairs or something.

Gone are the days of people running out to help their pals because they're outnumbered... No. Now everyone involved is at ringside and they're interfering 100% of the time. For example there is no point having Stardust vs anyone if the Ascension are at ringside because you know what's coming.

Going back to Smackdown this week it had a couple great matches that also happened to be clean finishes and between stars that typically wouldn't get the TV time. Neville vs Barrett and Kalisto vs Ryback both went on longer than usual and we got to see Barrett look strong despite the loss and Kalisto pulls off that huge upset and we absolutely need more of this.

Make it more about the performance in the ring and less about the storyline that needs to be built. I'd love to see more rivalries stem from two superstars having an awesome match. Cena vs Owens trilogy was great because they put on a show every time and neither one needed his buddies to help him out. It was classic. The first win by Owens stunned a lot of people and although there was the unfortunate and predictable comeback by Cena in the next two matches this rivalry was excellent. The only way it could have been better was Owens taking the series 2-1.

I could go on and on and on and on and on.....and on and on but I'll stop here. It's 2:30 in the morning. Rant over

 

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11/09 Monday Night Raw Results

 

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The show starts off with Triple H coming out to a big pop. He goes on to say Seth Rollins has vacated the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and leads a "Thank You Rollins" chant. He then calls out Roman Reigns and offers him the WWE World Heavyweight Title if he became Triple H's "man" essentially an offer to join The Authority. Roman declines saying he's worked for everything he ever got.

 

 

All Rankings found here You Call That Wrestling Rankings Top 15 

 

#4 Roman Reigns def The Big Show

#3 Kevin Owens def Titus O'neil

#13 Dolph Ziggler def The Miz

Natalya def Naomi

#6 Cesaro def #7 Sheamus

#8 Dean Ambrose def #15 Tyler Breeze

New Day def Neville and The Uso's

 

#9 Bray Wyatt comes out to give a eulogy for The Undertaker and Kane. He's interrupted by the return of The Demon and The Deadman. The lights go out and the Wyatt family appear surrounding the ring. The Brothers of Destruction go on to dominate them to close the show