Above it all one of the most untalented cheats retains his title despite being shredded by Cena while more talented and electric folks like Reigns and Ambrose are forced to play in one dull match.
OK PPV, not bad, but not great either. Getting the belts onto Charlotte and Owens was certainly great, I also liked getting the US title back on Cena. Never understood the point of putting it on Rollins in the first place. I was a huge Sting fan growing up. He was my John Cena as a kid, easily my favorite guy until Stone Cold took off. He still moves very well for a guy his age, and you have to give it to him for going out there an putting on a show, he can't need the money at this point. Having said that, he had no business in this match. He should only be engaged in feuds with other legends, not wrestling for the belt with a greyhound like Rollins. Neither one of Rollins matches were particularly compelling, nothing about them clicked for me. As I said, he never should have had the US title in the first place, and Sting had no business in that match, nor were they ever gonna put the belt on him. I don't enjoy seeing the Stinger losing these matches after waiting so long to see him get here.
On a different note, as a Sting fan Sting>>>>>>>Hogan Sting was a better talker (although not great either), a better athlete, better worker, had a similar great body (although not as tall) and by all accounts a much better person. Hogan had the Vince McMahon machine behind him, and his "I tell you what brother" schtick made him by far the biggest star of his day, and probably of all time. But as a wrestling fan, Sting was better. Now that I'm older and have a chance to watch their earlier work with a different perspective, that point is all the more apparent. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Sting went to the WWF in the late 80's instead of the Ultimate Warrior.
Did they announce at the PPV when they are going to come back to Houston and what kinda show it'd be (House Show, RAW, SD, PPV?)
I haven't been to a wrestling event since WrestleMania X7 at the Dome. I went to 2 events (NXT and NoC) in a 4 day span, and both were amazing! I don't understand how some people here could feel underwhelmed with NoC, the only thing I didn't like was Rusev losing, but hopefully it means we're near the end of this horrible feud. IC title has a real champ now, same for the Diva's title. I got to mark out for Jericho, who jobbed to Strowman so Reigns or Ambrose wouldn't look weak. As much as I dislike Cena the wrestler, hopefully this means we get more US Open Challenges. New Day vs the Dudleyz was great, and I got to witness the greatness of Seth Rollins in person! Hopefully Sting is alright, a 56 year old should not be taking bumps like that.
So Sting suffered a neck injury last night? I guess that's why they kept checking on him. Also, usually I am not a fan of the wave but last night it was awesome. Especially seeing Seth Rollins acknowledge it during the match.
Yea Sting looked pretty messed up. That finish looked to be improvised to get him to the back. I wasn't a fan of the wave yesterday and i didn't get up and do it but at least they were able to play it into a roll-up attempt. Both shows were solid, my only true disappointment is I went to both shows and got 0 Sasha.
Time to start booking ****. Wreck in a deck. undertaker vs lesner Rollins vs Kane Kane doesn't like Rollins. Owens vs Cesaro? They have issues. Let them go at it for the IC. No one gives a **** about Rybore. Cena vs ?? new day vs dudleys New day cheats again, but this time they get spike Dudley involved for survivor series. Dudley eventually gets the straps around tlc in a tlc match. Charlotte vs Bella bimbo. Have Paige or some other one cost her the title and go heel. Have them feud and then challenge the Bella bimbo. Why am I not the booker/writer? Predictions on Raw opening tonight? I'll go with authority opening up the first segment.
You're pretty much on point with that card and even the RAW opening segment except for a few tweaks, which says a lot about WWE and how formulaic and predictable they've become. WWE badly needs a change of format. New Day vs. Dudleyz will be a elimination tables match I'm sure.
New Day vs Dudleyz inside Hell in a Cell next month, please. Also, I'm going to be disappointed if we don't get a Paige heel turn. I agree with pretty much everything else Kam said. Also, thinking forward to WrestleMania already, I hope we end up seeing Charlotte vs Sasha, and Cesaro in the main event vs whoever is champ at that time.
With Lesnar being freed up from the Taker feud after HiaC, the only other reason he'd still be wrestling at Mania would be for the belt. Or else it'd have to be a good ass feud like Stone Cold. Heyman's already referenced Rock losing to Brock so maybe it's that. I also don't think HHH would wrestle unless it's at Mania. I think this slow-play Rollins-HHH feud is built up for then. I'm disappointed that Cesaro wasn't booked for any match last night. No opportunity to bust out a Cesaro section sign, and it's been a nice grassroots thing that's brought him to a new level heatwise and performance wise. If he's gonna be in the title chase by WM32 like so many want, he needs to at least be in the card for ppv's.
Do any on you dudes know much about ROW. Reality of Wrestling. Based in Houston, run by Booker T. There was a pic going around of Dwight Howard getting off a plane during the playoffs wearing an ROW shirt! A mate of mine, and former opponent of Jack Tasman, Rob Barnes has been working there for quite a while now.
I think they're actually based in Texas City and are getting ready to open a facility next to the Gold's Gym in Mall of the Mainland. They just started a local TV deal with CW39 and I think had their first episode on Sunday. But you can also watch online.
So we got the Paige heel turn. Just need to keep moving these teams apart gradually. Paige now free for Paige/Charlotte matches. Hopefully Sasha is the next one to break out and challenge Charlotte.
Don't like seeing Cena with that US Title... If I were making decisions, I'd be bringing up Samoa Joe to take it from him..
