Very weak PPV. Best match was the Tag. Might finally see that full heel turn with New Day. I think WWE knows Cena reputation with "I Quit" matches so they might make Rusev threaten to hurt Lana to make Cena say the words.
Yeah, don't think that WWE is gonna touch even implied domestic violence with a 10-foot pole right now. Obvious, clean booking is that Lana throws in the towel for Rusev as she can't stand to see him get hurt, and that leads to the breakup. No idea where they want them to go after that; Ziggler? Adrian Neville? Replacing the Big Show as the heavy of the Authority? New Day are one of the best parts of the show now; they basically took Bo Dallas' NXT gimmick and made it work in arenas and PPVs. It's fantastic; these guys are full blown heels, but are also cheating in the most cartoonish ways possible. Xavier Woods has been a revelation as a manager, some of these little things he's sneaking into backstage segments and ringside chatter are approaching Mizdow-level, where I'm looking for what he's doing more than what's going on in the ring sometimes. Really have no idea what they do with Sandow; it seems crazy to me that Vince is willing to give guys with aborted pushes like Ryback and Sandow heartfelt, reality-blurring promo slots, and then have no program for them to follow it up. If anything, Sandow should have been in the King of the Ring, and you paint him as a guy who just can't quite reach that one accomplishment to get his career on track; he formed the Rhodes Scholars, got over, and then their WM29 match got cut, and they never won the titles. He wins Money in the Bank, and becomes the only person to ever lose the cash-in match (Cena technically won his match by DQ). He's the runner up in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. And he's forced to go through a series of humiliating costumes just to keep his job. If Daniel Bryan is going to be out awhile, I'd put the IC belt on Sandow, and run a face vs. face match, where Bryan puts him over as the working man's champion, and how he knows what it's like to come in arrogant, expecting success and then coming up short over and over again, to be told you're not good enough by your boss, to be given a gimmick (hugging) as an intentional rib, to be Rock Bottomed on your kayfabe wedding day. Let Sandow win by targeting the neck, showing the intellectual side, and leaving the doubt that Bryan is losing only because he's injured and not at his ass-kicking best. Do the post-match handshake, and then let Sandow see if he can really hold down a babyface run against the midcard. Then when Bryan is healed a bit in 6-months or so, give him back the belt, and move Sandow on to something new.
A feud between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt would be great. Lots of ring psychology. Maybe build it up for SummerSlam.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0mXMteIbDsE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Oh man Lana and Nattie and Renee Young. Just babe overload. This was a great PPV caliber RAW. Montreal Crowd! The Tag division is on fire! New Day, Kidd/Cesaro, Ascension, Usos & Lucha Dragons. Rollins/Ambrose was fantastic. Booker giving Rockets love. Sami chants every match. Bret introducing Sami to the big show. Sami giving it all too Cena. BnB & Sheamus/Ziggler & Neville, Reigns/Orton solid main. Just so much great chemistry on the big show..so exciting and fun. Can't wait for Kevin Owens too take Cena's challenge or even Balor/Itami. Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks & Bayley would bring legitimacy to the divas title with Paige, Nattie, Tamina and a few others
Cesaro is easily my favorite guy in the company right now. He should be WWE Champ but at the same time Cesaro & Kidd might be one of the greatest tag teams of all time.
I know they wouldn't throw it out there right off the bat, but if Cena were to throw out the challenge, the lights go out, and Balor comes out in full on Carnage gear? Yeah. And for all the Lana fans (ike me), a little something for you to ponder/enjoy. It's SFW, so I'm ain't spoilering it:
Id like too see Owens be the one too win the U.S. title. Of course Cesaro beating Cena helps him out a ton. Cesaro should be WWE champ
Does this mean at some point he'll have a match against Stardust where if he wins he gets the "services" of Eden Stiles?
Sasha Banks-Charlotte main Evented the first NXT show in Philly and brought the house down! Also Tommy Dreamer!
If the 4 conference finalists of the NBA Playoffs was tonight's 4-way championship main event: Rollins = Warriors Reigns = Cavaliers Ambrose = Rockets Orton = Hawks
Are they adding the WWE World Heavyweight Title match for the Elimination Chamber or stay with those two championship matches (Intercontinental and Tag Team)?
