Monday, June 17, 2013

WWE Payback review

I'm glad that I didn't make predictions for this PPV. I would have gotten have of it wrong. But I do enjoy it when a title(s) change hands at a PPV. I didn't think this would be much of a PPV, except for 1 match. But I was wrong. I was shaking my head and confused as all hell after the first 3 matches. Curtis Axiel and AJ Lee champions??? I didn't see that coming AT ALL. I was shocked and in awe. Axiel, IC champion...? Already?
How long has he been Curtis Axiel...a month? That is a hell of a push.
No surprise that the Shield won all their matches. And no surprise that John Cena won his match. I was surprised at how poorly constructed an ambulance can be. What was holding that thing together? Chewing gum?
One last thing, I gotta give love to the audience in Chicago. They are rowdy as hell. Back in the day it used to be Philadelphia that had the most passionate wrestling fans in the United States. Not sure, but I think that title belongs to Chicago now.

Worst match of the night: Kane vs. Dean Ambrose.
Best Match of the night: Jericho vs. Punk (nomination best match of year)
Overall I'd grade the PPV a solid B

Monday, June 3, 2013

Wrestling Obscurity: The Spirit Squad

Some may remember this group, and some may have forgotten them already. And it wasn't that long ago that The Spirit Squad was around in WWE. It's kind of hard to forget a faction made up of male cheerleaders. Yes you read that right male cheerleaders. And in my opinion the gimmick wasn't that bad. I mean they were annoying and over the top, but that was the point. It was a group easy to hate and people did. Especially when they alligned themselves with Vince McMahon. They had feuds with likes of Shawn Micheals and Triple HHH.  They even held the tag titles and defended them for a long time; over 200 days.
But they met there end when the squad was defeated by Ric Flair and DX, put in a crate, and shipped back to OVW. I'm not even kidding.
Side note one of the members of the Spirit Squad was named Nicky. Even though that's his real name(Nick) you know him better as Dolph Ziggler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB7dYywxl7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9uDK-h97rM

TNA Slammiversary 2013 results and review

Unfortunately I didn't have time to post any predictions prior to the PPV. Which was a good thing, because I would have gotten a lot of match outcomes wrong. For starters, I didn't think that Chris Sabin would have one the X-division championship. I'm glad he did, but I thought Kenny King would hold the belt a little longer.
Overall I thought this was a very good PPV. Most (>90%) of the matches were very good; some of them were great. Match of the year great? Maybe, maybe not. We'll see how the rest of the year goes. My only complaints about the  PPV would be that there was too much talking. I swear Hogan and Bully Ray talked way too much. WAY TOO MUCH. I know they were killing time, but you could do that with a video package of some kind. The other thing that annoyed me was Brooke Hogan coming to her husband's aid...kinda. First off, why would she do that? She can't still love the guy, right? Plus it played no part in the outcome of the match. So what was the point....? It made her look like an idoit and her dress didn't help matters. As my wife put it. "She looks like the great pumpkin." I thought she looked like a Florida orange, but great pumpkin works too.
The surprise match of the night was the last knockout standing match. That match was pretty damn good. I was pleasantly surprised and I think the crowd was too. Kudos to those two ladies, because they almost stole the show.
The worst match of the night would probably be the TV title match. Not much to say about the match, it was dull.
The best match of the night....that's a hard one. The last four matches were very good. But I have to pick one. So I'll go with the 4 way tag team title match. I didn't care for the outcome but the action, timing, and pace of the match was great and worked so well. That I have to go with that as the best match of the night.

Overall grade for TNA Slammiversary (A-) Good job TNA keep it up.


QUICK RESULTS:
1. Ultimate X Match: Chris Sabin won to become new X Champion
2. Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe and Magnus def. The Aces and Eights
3. Gut Check Final: Jay Bradley def. Sam Shaw
4. Television Championship: Abyss fed. Devon
5. Kurt Angle was announced as the 2013 Hall of Fame inductee
6. Elimination Match: James Storm and Gunner won the Tag Team Championship
7. Last Knockout Standing: Taryn Terrell def. Gail Kim
8. Kurt Angle def. AJ Styles
9. No Holds Barred World Title: Bully Ray def. "The Icon" Sting