Monday, January 27, 2014

2014 Royal Rumble review

Before I talk about the matches/outcomes. Let's talk about the Pittsburg crowd. The crowd was insane, in both good and bad. Good, because they had so much enegry and it usually makes the show better when the attending audience really gets into the matches. The bad part was all that energy was dedicated to 1 man Daniel Bryan. Well maybe two men, D. Bryan and Dolph Ziggler. If you weren't one of those 2, you pretty much sucked, according to the crowd reaction.  Once the crowd realized that D. Bryan and Dolph Ziggler weren't going to win the RR. They pretty much booed everyone else out of the building especially the guy who won the RR. I don't ever remember a crowd booing the RR and/or the winner.  Crazy.

But let's move on to the PPV and it's quality. I was a little dissapointed in the RR match. No real big surprises. Kevin Nash and JBL were the "surprise" competitors. Which I don't think was a good surprise. Especially since JBL lasted maybe 60seconds, maybe. Sheamus returned, which was cool, but no Y2J, no Christian, no Undertaker(I wasn't really expecting him, but still) They did have a guy from NXT that nobody knew, and a bull....so good move there WWE....

All and all this was a good PPV. It had good to great matches, despite what the crowd was chanting. Titles did change hands and that's alway a good thing. Great match between B Wyatt and D. Bryan. Dare I say a contender for match of the year? Why not?

Final grade for this PPV a  (B-)

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Royal Rumble

Hey everyone!

It's been a long time but I will do better about blogging in 2014.

It's the Royal Rumble! It's my FAVORITE pay per view of all time! I love the excitement.

I'm honestly not sure who will win. I'd love to see like a Kofi Kingston to win but for some reason WWE won't push a mid-carder over the top. I hope Batista does not win as I hate when they bring people back and push them to the top. It annoys me and I'm sure the young guys as well! I don't think CM Punk will win. They are doing the most with this first entry thing BUT he will be among the last few standing. I think an interesting twist will be with the Shield. Will this be the night that Roman Reigns leaves them? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............

SIDE NOTE: #2 is the worse spot. You are in there just as long as #1 but get NONE of the glory in the record books, lol. But I digress.......

With there only being one belt now, I think the winner will be a predictable main eventer. I think the other matches outcome will be a predictor for who wins the Rumble.

SIDE NOTE: I wonder how many throw away spots they are gonna give!!! It's fun to watch though.

Ok, I really don't know who will win so my prediction will be: Daniel Bryan. But my prediction is subject to change, LOL.

Ok:
Rhodes Brothers v New Age Outlaws
First of all let's call them the OLD age outlaws. Why the heck are they here every week now and WHY IN THE WORLD do they have a title shot. That's a big ole slap in the face to teams like the Uso's and Prime Time Players. They better not win.
Prediction: Rhodes Brothers
Who I want to win: Rhodes Brothers

Daniel Bryan v Bray Wyatt
I don't get why they had him join the Wyatt family. Didn't make much sense and didn't even do it for long enough to make an impact. Hopefully they will end this foolishness tonight.
Prediction: Daniel Byan
Who I want to win: Daniel Bryan

Big Show v Brock Lesnar
I love the fierceness of the Big Show. I love him as an angry face character. Unfortunately I think they just needed a formadable opponent for Brock Lesnar leading into his predictable feud with Batista and match as Wrestlemania. Does Lesnar really pull in that type of revenue? Sheesh.
Prediction: Brock Lesnar
Who I want to win: Big Show

Orton v Cena
First off I think the first match where they united the belts should have been a traditional style match, but I digress. I think Orton wins and Cena fights Taker at WM. If I'm wrong just flip it and Orton takes on Taker. Someone has to!!
Prediction: Randy Orton
Who I want to win: John Cena

Time to order to vittles! HAPPY WATCHING ALL!!

Terri






2014 Royal Rumble predictions

It's Royal Rumble time. Tonight we'll find out who will headline Wrestlemania. Personally I'm pushing for CM Punk. However I don't think that'll happen, but if not Punk, then who? I don't know. I would say D. Bryan but he's got another match. So unless people are pulling double duty tonight. D. Bryan won't even be in the RR. That would suck. Anyway let's move on the predictions.

Rhodes Brothers def. New Age Outlaws
Bray Wyatt def. Daniel Bryan
Brock Lesnar def Big Show
Randy Orton def John Cena
CM Punk wins the Royal Rumble

Best and Worst of 2013

2013 was a very interesting year in wrestling. People leaving their respected companies, the end of Aces & 8s, Brooke Hogan getting fired etc. etc. etc. Both TNA and WWE started the year off strong, but toward the end they both started to go downhill. Whether it was TNA stealing storylines from WWE or D. Bryan joining the Wyatt Family for some unknown reason.

What was the worse? I personally would say The Rock becoming champion at the Royal Rumble was the worse, but that's my own personally feelings toward The Rock and "veterans" just showing up and getting a title shot and then becoming champion. Maybe Antonio Cesaro teaming up with Zeb Colter. That was out of no where and didn't go together with Zeb's anti immigrant promos. Yea that didn't make sense, but they said the hell with that and kept on going with the team of Antonio, Jack, and Zeb.

Let's see what else. The Main Event Mafia vs. Aces & 8s. That started off well, but then kind of went downhill because it wasn't the MEM that ultimately took down Aces &8's. And wasn't that the goal of reforming the MEM?? In the end MEM disbanded and Aces & 8s kind of imploded. You could argue that MEM started that implosion, but there was no final match with MEM vs. Aces & 8s. Were the loser disbands and is never seen in TNA again. That would've made more since to me. 

The best match of 2013, I have to say it was Manik vs. Austin Ares vs. Chris Sabin on 7/4/13 Impact. That was a great match and a great ending.