Terri's MITB Predictions 2014

Well, well, well, it's me! Long time, no post! My MITB Predictions are posted below. This is hard to call. I've heard information about BNB being injured and not being able to compete so I don't know how that will sway things in that match. The championship match ought to be good because so many of the people don't seem "ready" to be champ, at least by the standards that we have seen WWE do in the past. Should make for a good PPV.

As normal who I want to win and who I predict will win are typically different:
MITB Championship Match
I want-Roman Reigns
Prediction-Randy Orton

MITB Contract Match
I want-Kofi Kingston
Prediction-Bad News Barrett was my prediction but since the injury I'll say Dolph Ziggler

Layla v Summer Ray
I want-Layla
Prediction-Summer Ray

Big E v Rusev
I want-Big E
Prediction-Rusev

Rhodes Brothers v Rybaxel
I want-Rhodes Brothers
Prediction-Rhodes Brothers

Naomi v Paige
I want-NAOMI!!!! but I think Cameron will interfere and break up the Funkadactals
Prediction-Paige

WWE Money in the bank 2014 predictions

This may be one of the hardest PPVs to predict. I really have no idea who is going to win either MITB matches. I'm not sure WWE will take a chance, or they will go their regular guys i.e. John Cena or Randy Orton. So I'm going to take a few shots in the dark and hope that I'm right.

1) Rusev def. Big E.
2) Stardust/Golddust def. Rybaxel
3) Summer Ray def. Layla
4) Paige def. Naomi
5) MITB winner Seth Rollins
6) New Champion: John Cena

ROH Best in the World 2014

I don't know how long it's been since I've blogged about ROH.  Unfortunately it's not on in the state that I live, but with PPV all things are possible. And this was ROH first ever live PPV on TV. How did it stack up? Extremely well. ROH delievers something that the other two companies do not. What is that? Innovation. I don't mean innovation as far as storylines. I mean innovation inside the ring.  If you've been watching wrestling for decades like myself. You want to see something different, something new, something fresh. This PPV didn't waste your time with filler or a lot of talking. There was a short interview with a new talent that they signed, but that was it.
I guess I haven't talked about the matches, well if you hadn't already figured it out. I enjoyed all the matches. Some were better than others, but as far as picking a favorite match. I'm not sure I could pick just one. Maybe the first one, but then again the main event was very good, and so was Steen vs. Sailas Young. So I can't pick my favorite match of the night. You would have to see the PPV to judge for yourself.
My favorite moment of the night was when Cedric Alexander was back body dropped into the edge of the ring.  Wow, just f*cking...wow!!
The only complaint I have would be the weird camera angles. It seems like they focused a little too close to the wrestlers at times. I think that got better as the show went on, but it was still a little distracting.
My grade for the PPV A- and I can't wait for the next ROH PPV.

WWE Payback and RAW review

WWE Payback was a couple of nights ago and unfortunately no titles changed hands. Which I wouldn't have predicted. No I thought that the US title was going to change hands, but that was not the case.
Overall the PPV was a little above average. I say that based on 2 matches. John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt and Evolution vs. The Shield. Both matches were damn good and went in directions I didn't see coming. I didn't think that the Evolution would lose that badly. And I didn't expect as much carnage as the Cena and Wyatt match presented us with.  They really made the PPV worth it.  Seeing that I said that the PPV was a little above average. That means that I give it an overall rating of a C+.

Onto Monday Night RAW; I don't usually review RAW, but there are a couple of reasons why I am today. Reason 1: I was there in the audience. Reason 2: Batistia quitting. Reason 3: Seth Rollins "selling out."
I thought the overall show was pretty good. It had some funny moments, like John Cena insulting Stephanie, and of course Damien Sandow. Who was hilarious. It was a little boring in the middle, but that could because I was tired, so the show being "boring" was probably my fatique and not the fault of the product. But let's move to the highlights. Batista quitting; I didn't see that coming. Seth Rollins selling out; I REALLY didn't see that coming.  Bravo WWE, bravo. And that's why I keep watching, cause you never know what's going to happen. So keep it up WWE.

TNA references a long forgotten song

If you've been watching TNA lately, you know that MVP has turned heel and has acquired the assistance of Bobby Lashley and Kenny King. This "power" trio doesn't have a collective name...yet. And I haven't come up with a good one either, but I'm sure they'll give some kind of name sooner or later. They don't have a name but they do have a potiential slogan or tag line. "Money, power and respect...it's the key to life." Does that sound familar to anyone else? If you were around for the late 1990's, you might remember a rap group called the "LOX." If you don't remember them, that's ok, because I barely remember them myself. They had a few "hits." One of them was a little song called, "Money, power, respect."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-aXFR189rI
Not saying this is a good or bad thing. It probably won't be on a TNA T-shirt. I just like pointing out things like this. And who knows, if this works, they might go with another tagline; Cash rules everything around me (C.R.E.A.M). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrsfJHLx5YA

NTWA: Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan WM VI

If you're reading this then you already know about the passing of the Ultimate Warrior yesterday. Just hours after his appearance on Monday Night Raw. Like many of you I was a Ultimate Warrior fan back in the day. The character was bigger than life at times, which makes him so memorable. I won't go on and on about what the character meant to the wrestling world. Instead I'm going to write about what I think was his best match. Some have said bad things about this match, but as a little kid this match was awesome and even now I think this match is really good. Is it the best match I ever seen? No. Were Hogan and Warrior the best technical wrestlers at that time? Hell no, but they knew their strengths and the used them very well and they turned it up, because it was WM.  Plus this match was champion vs. champion. Does it get much bigger than that? I don't think so.  I personally think it holds up and is one of the best championship matches in WM history.

Thanks for the memories Warrior #ultimaterespect

WWE Wrestlemania 30 review

So what'd you think about WM 30?? Did it deliever or did it fall flat? Of course the answer is a matter of opinion. Let's look at some of the good, the bad and the ugh from last night's event. First the good, no solo musical performances outside of people's entrance music, that saved a lot of time. HHH entrance was  very good. The opening was also good, it didn't cut into anyones time and it was good to see 3 icons in the ring at the same time. WWE network was able to keep up with the live feed, with an occasional hiccup, but nothing major and no loss of feed.  The last good thing, Cesaro getting a push...I hope. I was hoping for a Cesaro swing on the big show, but a pick and toss him out of the ring was just as good.

Now for the bad. The placement of matches. Why for the love of sports was the Diva's match AFTER Undertaker vs. Lesnar?? REGARDLESS of the out come of that match. There was no way the diva's were gonna be able to follow that. Unless they pulled out the chairs, kindo sticks, barbwire, and thumb tacks., but WWE would never do in a Diva's match.  That match should've been second and the battle royal should've been after Taker and Lesnar.

And lastly the ugh.  One title changed hands last night and somehow AJ was able to defeat the ENTIRE divas' division in one match....ugh.  I like AJ, but come on. And of course, the end of the streak. Where do I begin? I'll start with a question. Why? Why did they end the streak? Was it Taker's idea or did they make him do it? And for what purpose? To push Brock? I know so many questions, but let's forget about that and let's address the elephant in the room. That being, that the match was boring. It was slow and not paced well at all. If that was Taker's last match it was possibly his worse WM match. Defintely the worse one in the last 5 years.  Because of how that match ended, the energy just completely left the Super/Silver Dome. I mean it was silent. So many people were in total shock, awe, and disbelief. WWE is lucky, that the energy eventually came back. Cause I wasn't too sure that it would.

Overall. I can't say that WM 30 delieverd any GOOD memorable moments. Ok D. Bryan became champ. I'll give you that one, but that's just one. Were there any others? Not really. It was average, which WM shouldn't be. It's supposed to be the show case of the immortals, but I guess that's what you get when you only pay $9.99/month.

I give WM 30 a D+. Do better WWE, do better!!