NTWA: The Shield vs. Wyatt Family 3/3/14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEI31gGlxew

This match was WM worthy. Maybe the ending wasn't but the match itself was crazy good. I do mean crazy. First we have 2 "heel" factions having a rematch after a PPV. Which you don't see that often. Second the pace was completely different from your standard tag team match. It felt innovate and new, again you don't see that too often either. I think they were trying to put on a great show in Chicago, because CM Punk wasn't there. I think they succeded. And this match, tried to steal the show and I think they succeded because it was awesome.

CM Punk not returning...?

This isn't news that CM Punk has left WWE. We've heard about it on the sheets and the internet.  I know plenty of people are on CM's side, but now I see a growing trend of people who are not on his side. They probably feel "cheated" that they won't be able to see him for awhile. And it is hard to say if Punk will come back and if he doesn't, where does he go from here? Back to ROH? Maybe, it's hard to say. I can see how people would be upset with Punk. But shouldn't most people be on his side? He was unhappy with his place of employement...allegedly. If that is the case, can you really blame him for quiting...? There are plenty of people who have quit his or her job because he or she wasn't happy with it.  Regardless of how much money he or she was making. Sometimes money isn't everything. So I guess you can look at it two ways.
1. A man stands up for what he believes in and won't budge from his position. Or 2. He is arrogant, his ego is out of control and he needs to shut up and do his job.
Whatever Punk decides to do, hopefully we'll see him again in a wrestling ring soon.

No Punk and No AJ Styles

We've had three months with the 2 biggest companies not having what I would call there main event players.
I doesn't look like CM Punk is coming back to WWE, anytime soon, or if he ever will. And of course AJ has returned to ROH.  So were does that leave WWE and TNA. WWE seems to have rebounded pretty well without Punk.  They've seemed to have made him a non factor and you don't hear too many CM Punk chants from the crowds lately. That may change during WM 30 and the RAW afterwards, because those crowds can be quite verbal.
Now on to TNA, I feel that TNA wasn't using AJ to his full potiential before his departure. Maybe he felt the same way, but what is missing from TNA without AJ Styles? Honestly, not a whole lot. They've still got average stories, average matches, with some not so average stuff thrown in there. I don't think 1 man can make the product better. It takes many women and men to make it better. This doesn't mean I don't miss AJ. I do. But like WWE, TNA has found a way to rebound and work with the talent they've got.

TNA Lockdown 2014 Review

It's been a little while since the last posting. Guess I've been watching too much WWE network, but I'm not here to talk about that. Let's talk about last night's PPV, Lockdown.  Well....I guess I'll start with what I liked about the PPV. I did like introducing new wrestlers or international wrestlers to the American audience. Tigre Uno vs. Manik was very good, better than I expected. I didn't know what to expect, but I was very entertained. James vs. Gunner was also good, again I didn't know what to expect, but they put on a solid match. I did like that all the matches were inside the cage and not a few matches like they did last year.

What I didn't like? Well no titles changed hands. Ugh. And if you don't know. I hate it when that happens. What else? I didn't like Dixie coming out and talking on the mic. She said so much but didn't say anything of value. It was blah blah blah. Who cares?

Best match of the night: That's a tie between Tigre Uno vs. Manik and Gunner vs. Storm.
Worst match of the night: Lethal Lockdown.

I feel that this pick deserves an explanation. Once Lethal Lockdown starts, it becomes harder to tell what is going on. It gets chaotic and I suppose that is the point, but I don't feel like they didn't anything great. There were a few spots here and there, but they didn't keep going. It had a lot of potiental to be an exciting match, but besides "Willow" jumping off the cage and Davey Richards getting his head driven into a steel chair. Nothing really exciting happened. It was kind of boring until they got close to the end, but that's when all the good stuff started to happen. I just feel like they wasted an opprotunity to make it much better than it was and for that reason; I think it was the worse match of the night.

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-)

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