And here we are again for another Main Event Review. And for the second week in a row, a match advertised on RAW did not take place on this show.
-About a year ago I thought this could have been a big main event match for the WWE. Now? Because there are so many hours of WWE TV to fill, it happens at least once a month.
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1. There are so many things that happened in that first segment that made me want to turn off Raw. John Cena opened the show, again. Proposed a completely unnecessary “3 Stages Hell” match against Ryback (THEY’VE HAD ONE OTHER MATCH!). Ryback cut a horrible and generic promo. Then, in what could have been a helluva rub, Curtis Axel comes out to challenge the WWE Champion… but he comes out to a HORRIBLE remix of his fantastic theme music he debuted with last week. Why does WWE INSIST on shooting themselves in the foot when they actually produce something good?
2. Dean Ambrose vs. Kofi Kingston again? Normally I would despise this booking. I hate when the WWE feels they need to put the same guys in the same matches week after week, especially when it includes Kofi Kingston. But damn do Ambrose and Kingston work well together! I’d really like to see Ambrose one-on-one with other upper-midcarders for the US title but anytime the US champion & Dean Ambrose can be featured on Raw is a good thing.
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Ryback is Satan?
After the usual Memorial Day video package, and our first recap of the night, John Cena came out. Cena came out and said there was a lot of unrest in the building. He said there was also controversy after Extreme Rules, since neither man could answer the referee’s ten count. That means both men have a right to the WWE Championship. And last week Ryback wanted to solve that dilemma with an Ambulance Match. Cena said that at Payback, it is going to be a Three Stages of Hell Match. The first stage is a Lumberjack Match, the second a Tables Match, and finally an ambulance match. Cena said after he wins the first two falls, the ambulance from the third stage would be used to drive Ryback out of the building.
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Curt Hawkins vs. Sami Zayn
<- Woah, Curt Hawkins sighting! Interesting side note, Hawkins new ring gear was actually made by a local New York Mets fan-run clothing designer similar to what Barber Shop Window does for wrestling.
<- This is the WWE TV debut for Zayn and I’m interested to see how he works with a guy who’s been working the WWE-style for a long time now.
<- Nice Steamboat-esque armdrags from Zayn.
Matt Harrak, Justin Czerwonka and Cameron Dougharty give their predictions for WWE’s lackluster Extreme Rules PPV.
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1. Pretty solid segment for Fandango and Jericho. When Summer Rae went down, I honestly thought this was WWE’s way of writing her off of TV completely and going with the girl Jericho was supposed to be dancing with, especially with the hype they’ve given her all day on their website. I thought it was pretty funny that JBL was complaining that we were seeing a fight instead of a dance-off considering ALL of his segments as Bradshaw ended in a fight. It was basic but a decent segment to set up an Extreme Rules match and trust me, parquet floors are HARD! As a side note concerning all of this pitching for the WWE App, when I have it open and it goes to “live” video, it asks me to update my Flash player… on my Apple iPad… yup.
2. Dean Ambrose vs Kofi Kingston for the United States Championship at Extreme Rules? Would they even book Ambrose in a title match if he wasn’t going to win it? I guess The Undertaker & Kane gave the former Jon Moxley rave reviews because he’s had a rocket strapped to his ass as far as singles’ competition goes since his one-on-one match with ‘Taker. By the way, did you see this week’s Wallpaper of the Week? If you’re a fan of The Shield, I think you’ll be happy.
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Hello everyone. I’m back this week after taking a short hiatus last week. Sometimes, you just need to take a break and re-charge your batteries. Plus, it doesn’t help when there is nothing really new to write about when it comes to the WWE. And you know what? There still is nothing. The WWE seems to be just treading water right now and stuck in neutral. There’s nothing new to write about. Until the WWE is willing to take chances and change their booking philosophies, then we are stuck with the current product. These 3 hour RAWs have been hard to get through recently.
So I’m going to look ahead in my crystal ball. My crystal ball that probably isn’t right, but it would be if I had any say. I’m looking ahead to the rest of 2013. Here, I will take a look at five feuds that I would like to see happen in the WWE this calendar year. The problem with three hour RAWs, however, is that we see a lot of wrestling on the show that lessens the impact of a feud down the line. Or, we see Kofi Kingston vs Dolph Ziggler for the 523897289 time. While the wrestling is good, it also over exposes the product and makes us see matches that could be built up to a PPV match if there wasn’t so much time to fill.
But enough complaining about 3 hour RAWs, let’s get into My 5 Feuds I Want To See This Year!
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Six months into their debut Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns have taken the wrestling world and internet community by storm, paving their way to stardom beyond the likes of The Legacy and The Four Horsemen. These three men possess characteristics that many professional wrestlers strive to have, and it was only a matter of time until the powers that be all noticed what the fans noticed years ago. While the three of them, particularly Ambrose and Rollins, spent a little longer than some of us hoped at NXT but there time is now. Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns are with the main roster now, and probably for years to come. But like every great stable before them, there comes a time when the characters inside of a group become bigger than the group itself, hate me for saying that or don’t believe me just ask Rocky Maivia if he wasn’t bigger than The Nation of Domination. Once The Shield’s time to break up comes, what happens to the three members that captivated the WWE Universe? What does the wrestling gods of fate have in store for Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns?
Matt Harrak, Justin Czerwonka, Cameron Dougharty & special guest Rob Schamberger debate the greatest ring gear to ever grace the wrestling ring!
As much hype that surrounded the past three WrestleManias it was the spring through the summer months prior to those mediocre at best pay per views that set the tone for where the WWE is today, stuck. The past three WrestleManias have been as keep you on the edge of your seat entertaining as a 52-7 score in the Super Bowl. It was the months and months of programming before that kept us all tuned in and set our (the fans) bars even higher for this year before the WrestleMania seasons snuck in to steal all the glory, and the money too, . What can the WWE do to make sure fans will be talking about this year’s programming and not regress back to the Summer of Punk? The WWE has a lot of talent on the verge of really breaking out to become new stars so the WWE doesn’t have to rely on ‘stars’ of the past to put over talent and help story lines progress, and it’s about damn time they use it. CM Punk‘s Return, The Shield, John Cena, Part Timer’s storylines, Dolph Ziggler, NXT, Team Hell No, Sheamus, Randy Orton, Mark Henry and The Big Show are the key factors heading into WrestleMania 30 and I am here to dissect them.
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