Friday 29 November 2013

Looking Forward

So, Survivor Series...happened...

Honestly, it was pretty uneventful. Pretty much everything that was expected to happen, happened -- except for that Roman Reigns destroyed EVERYBODY!




Take that, Rey Mysterio!

Records in professional wrestling mean about as much as gold stars in kindergarten: they're nice little accolades you can earn, but you can't exactly put them on your resume. That said, Roman Reigns tied the record for most pins in a Survivor Series match ever -- with FOUR!

FOOOOOUR! </mexicansoccerannouncer>

Ahem....But enough about that.

Let's look forward to TLC, which is already looking pretty awesome.

As I predicted the day Cena was announced to fight Alberto Del Rio, Cena vs. Orton is now set for TLC, and it will be for both the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship. The rest of my prediction was that Orton would win that match, become the new "face of the company" (or whatever), and then Daniel Bryan would win it from him...buuut now Bryan is forming a tag team with CM Punk called The Beard and The Best.
















That's the face of a champion!

So that should be amazing, too.

Punk and Bryan are two of the best Superstars today, and if they get some legitimate momentum going as a tag team, they could be champions for a long, long time. They're also feuding with both of the other big teams, the Wyatts and the Shield, so there's plenty of fuel here for the next few months. Bryan already had a huge tag team run with Kane (Team Hell No), so he's no stranger to those bronze belts.

The last thing I wanna mention is that Xavier Woods has come to RAW!
















Congrats to the newest NXT grad!

He's brand new, so I'll forgive him coming in with his dorky dancing gimmick. I love the Over 9000 and Morphin' Time and all that -- I am a child of the 90s after all -- but these fun, goofy gimmicks often trap Superstars at the mid-card or jobber level. Just look at Brodus Clay and Fandango. Xavier even came out with The Funkadactyls.

A bad omen, perhaps?

Until next time, have a nice day and don't be a jabroni.

(Photos from wwe.com)

Saturday 23 November 2013

Well, they teamed up.

It might not have been the big PPV-level match I was hoping for, but the Wyatts teamed up with the Shield. It happened this past RAW in the main event, a 12-man tag match. 


(One big happy family)

As expected, the Wyatts and the Shield ended up bickering, unable to work together, and when they did work together, it was only in scrambled brawls. Sure, they tagged each other here and there (usually by smacking the other guy while he was distracted), but they didn't collaborate in any big double-team attacks, which is too bad. Half of them are giants and could easily perform any double-team move they imagined, so they should've taken advantage of the grouping.
 
(One of few moments the Wyatts and Shield were in-ring together)

The match was just okay. Luke Harper of the Wyatts delivered an awesome running sit-down powerbomb to Daniel Bryan, a move that could easily be Harper's second finisher. Unfortunately, the more spectacular attacks were performed by the "good guy group" of Punk, Bryan, the Rhodes Brothers & the Usos. The bad guys generally performed holds and did the whole "we're-gonna-trap-you-in-our-corner" thing. CM Punk's hot tag was pretty cool, though. He dismantled the Shield on his own, even delivering this sweet double-DDT/neckbreaker thingy on Rollins and Ambrose.
 
(Step 1: Fasten both heads beneath underarms)
 
(Step 2: Boom!)

Punk ended up pinning Ambrose, which is fine I guess. Punk could realistically defeat any member of the Shield, so at least it wasn't an Uso making Bray Wyatt tap out or something.

So the Wyatt/Shield experience was kind of lame, but they've got plenty of time to group, fight, or whatever. I'd like to think it was just another taste of what's to come. At this point I'm thinking a 3-on-3 fight is in the works, because after this I can't see them cooperating, but we'll see what happens in the coming weeks.

Anyway, right after the match, a brawl broke out and the Real Americans joined the fray.
Oh, and Rey Mysterio returned.


But I'll get into that some other time.

Until next time, have a nice day, and don't be a jabroni!


(Photos from wwe.com)

Saturday 16 November 2013

W-what... What just happened?

Cena just told a joke, and I laughed at it.
Hm... That's never happened before.

Backstory: Watching last night's Smackdown on DVR. There is a man dressed as Superman in the crowd. John Cena points him out, and after some cheers, chants, and banter he says:
"...the only man who makes spandex look baggy."

Hah! He's skinny.

That is all.

Friday 15 November 2013

The Wyatts vs. The Shield

This week on Monday Night RAW, the Wyatts briefly brawled with the Shield.


And it was amazing. Sort of.

Whenever two of the biggest teams in WWE clash, it's (almost) always a fantastic bout, but this wasn't a match or anything. This was just a taste, like the bits of cookie crumbs the Wyatts probably find in their beards. It's unclear whether the Wyatts will in fact face the Shield in a match, but it's a possibility.
Here are three likely scenarios following the fallout of that fight:

1. The Wyatts vs. The Shield
 

Obviously this is one scenario. The problem is that the WWE doesn't like to have bad guys fighting other bad guys. One team needs to be made up of heroes, and the other villains. The Shield could possibly become heroes, given their, um...appeal...but it would take some doing. The Shield have been major villains for about a year now, and I can't help but think they'd split up after a face turn. They're too young a team for me to recommend they split, but the Nexus were together for about this long when they broke apart, so it could happen.

2. Wyatts & Shield vs. Punk and Bryan, Cody and Goldust, and the Usos.


Partway through the fight between The Wyatts and The Shield, they attacked CM Punk and Daniel Bryan, and the other four Superstars hopped in. Thus it was 6 villains vs. 6 heroes. The Survivor Series pay-per-view is coming up, and every year there's a huge 5-on-5 match there -- but that's the thing. It's a 5-on-5 match, not a 6-on-6. Maybe Bray Wyatt will sit out the match in his rocking chair, or one of the Usos will be injured, or Dean Ambrose will be involved in a US Title match instead. Whatever the case, something needs to happen to whittle the numbers down. Unless it IS a 6-on-6 match this year. Who knows.

3. Nothing


It's also possible The Wyatts vs. The Shield was only a teaser after all. They may never actually fight each other or fight together in any meaningful way. That would be a shame. Just a year ago, all six of these guys were on NXT, and now they're sparking massive brawls to end main events. I want to see these two teams FIGHT, but there's some fear in the back of my mind that says I may never get to see it.

I'll be sure to write an angry blog about it if that happens.

Until next time, have a nice day, and don't be a jabroni.

(Photos from wwe.com)


Tuesday 5 November 2013

The Stable Grows

So, last Monday night on RAW, this happened:

Yepp. Kane, in a suit and tie, officially joined the group tentatively called The Authority. He joins Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, WWE Champion Randy Orton and The Shield, making him the 7th member of the dominant stable. I'm guessing Kane, The Shield and one other Superstar will form a corporate team for the annual 5 on 5 Survivor Series match coming up -- but let's focus on Kane's look for now.

Kane has always had a "fire and brimstone" gimmick. He's always been a monster, and even when he was spoofing himself or playing in the buddy comedy that was Kane & Daniel Bryan, he has always been a demonic character. First he never spoke, then he started talking, then he took his mask off and started talking a lot, then he put the mask back on...but now he's a completely different beast.

He came out to the same entrance music on Monday, with the fire and everything, which didn't fit his new look at all, but he definitely had a different attitude about him, a different gait or something. This marks the biggest change Kane has made in his career. I don't know if they'll also change his entrance theme, but they should. Characters go through transformations, and this could really work for Kane.
 
He still looks intimidating, and we know he can still do some damage in the ring. This new Kane will succeed or fail based on his "marketing" and his promos, which could really go anywhere at this point.

We'll always have this monstrous incarnation of Kane:
 
But I for one am excited by his drastic transformation, and I can't wait to see where it goes. 
 
Respect The Authority!

Until next time, have a nice day, and don't be a jabroni.

(Photos from wwe.com)