The old USA vs the World routine. "Look at me I'm from a foreign country. Here, look at my CRAZY passport"
It's overdone, but I'm down with heel factions closing out Raw strong, while looking like they're really pals. Charlotte with a little bit of Ric in her game, and Wyatts/Dudleys is gonna be much better than watching the Dudleys jobbing every week. They didn't turn anyone heel last week, but focusing on more heels seems to have worked for now. And it's probably temporary since there's a short turnaround to TLC.
I really dig all the heel factions right now League of Nations/Authority Wyatt Family New Day Team B.A.D. Cosmic Wasteland Reigns, Ambrose & the Usos should come up with a name like Anti-League or something
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol.1 Blu-Ray/DVD March 8, 2016 Disc 1 NXT Championship Tournament Final Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal NXT-August 29, 2012 No Disqualification Match for the NXT Championship Seth Rollins vs. Big E Langston NXT-January 9, 2013 Chris Jericho vs. Bray Wyatt NXT-May 1, 2013 NXT Women's Championship Tournament Final Paige vs. Emma NXT-July 24, 2013 Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match Sami Zayn vs. Antonio Cesaro NXT-August 21, 2013 William Regal vs. Antonio Cesaro NXT-December 25, 2013 Disc 2 Ladder Match for the NXT Championship Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville NXT ArRival-Febuary 27, 2014 NXT Women's Championship Tournament Final Charlotte vs. Natalya NXT Takeover-May 29, 2014 Tyler Breeze's "#MMMGorgeous" Music Video NXT-June 5, 2014 Sami Zayn vs. Tyson Kidd NXT-October 16, 2014 NXT Championship Match Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn NXT Takeover:REvolution-December 11, 2014 Fatal Four-Way Match for the NXT Women's Championship Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Bayley NXT Takeover:Rival-Febuary 11, 2015 Disc 3 NXT Championship Match Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens NXT Takeover:Rival-Febuary 11, 2015 Adrian Neville vs. Cesaro Columbus, Oh-March 5, 2015 Hideo Itami vs. Tyler Breeze (Arena Cam)San Jose, Ca-March 27, 2015 Six-Person Tag Team Match Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady & Carmella vs. Blake, Murphy & Alexa Bliss NXT-June 17, 2015 NXT Championship Match Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor Beast In The East-July 4, 2015 NXT Women's Championship Sasha Banks vs. Bayley NXT Takeover:Brooklyn-August 22, 2015 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament Final Finn Balor & Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin & Rhyno NXT Takeover:Respect-October 7, 2015
They could probably have a whole special for just women's matches. Only having two from 2015 is kind of a shame, but I get that you can't focus too much on specific performers. Same with Finn. The conspiracy theorist in me would be scared of WWE's opinion on Finn's main event potential if he only has 1 singles match that makes the cut.
I think they are telling a story with it. Most of the title matches involve a title change. I'm dissapointed they didn't more with the Tag Titles on it, even though it didn't develop into what it is now until the last year or so. I like where it is now with Gable & Jordan, The Mechanics, Enzo & Cas, The Vaudevillains, And I think Mojo Rawley is def improving Sasha/Bayley II is def the first match on the next one. As far as Finn I think Apollo Crews was his only televised title defense and it ended in DQ to setup Finn/Joe at the next Takeover. His #1 contender match with Neville, should be a bonus feature or something. Expect Finn/Joe and The Mechanics/Enzo & Cas on the next one. If Bayley gets called up and drops it too Nia Jax, I'm sure it gets included. Nia Jax would be a good champion for Asuka too take down. Haven't seen Nia in character mode do a whole lot but she still knows how to work on TV. She is working her ass off and tearing it up in video clips on Breaking Ground.
So I have completely checked out... I couldn't even get past the second segment of Raw this week. I can't believe I'm about to say this but... When the heck is Cena coming back? And why are they not building anyone to be a threat to Lesnar? They need Lesnar in the fold but nobody is even close to his level.
Yeah, as a fan this is the worst I've ever seen. They have overbooked Reigns, and it hasn't been terribly effective. Because they have exhausted so much on him, the entire rest of the roster has been booked into abject mediocrity. They need to give someone other than him a strong extended main event push, but they refuse to do it.
TLC (Tables Ladders & Chairs) is tonight. *Tables/Ladders/Chairs Match - WWE World Heavyweight Championship Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns *Intercontinental Championship Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose *Triple Threat Ladder Match - WWE Tag Team Championship The Usos vs. The Lucha Dragons vs. The New Day *WWE Divas Championship Charlotte vs. Paige *Chairs Match - United States Championship Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger *8-Man Tag Team Elimination Tables Match Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan vs. Tommy Dreamer, Rhino and The Dudley Boys *Grudge Match Ryback vs. Rusev *Kickoff Show Match Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
I'm not sold on Reigns, especially after the whole tater tots fiasco last raw, but with this finish his situation looks salvageable and the writers have shown they still have a clue.
30 favorite matches of 2015 Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins vs. John Cena (Royal Rumble) Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Bayley vs. Charlotte (NXT TakeOver: Rival) Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (NXT TakeOver: Rival) Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan (Fastlane) (Seth Rollins vs.) Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar (Wrestlemania 31) Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler (RAW 3/30/15) New Day vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro, Best 2 of 3 Falls (Payback) John Cena vs. Sami Zayn (RAW 5/4/15) Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch (NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable) Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable) Kevin Owens vs. John Cena (Elimination Chamber) John Cena vs. Kevin Owens (Money In The Bank) Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose (Money In The Bank) Cesaro vs. John Cena (RAW 6/29/15) Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens (Beast In The East) John Cena vs. Cesaro (RAW 7/6/15) Rusev vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens (RAW 7/13/15) John Cena vs. Seth Rollins (RAW 7/27/15) Seth Rollins vs. Neville (RAW 8/3/15) Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Tyler Breeze (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn) Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn) Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn) Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro (SummerSlam) Seth Rollins vs. John Cena (SummerSlam) Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar (SummerSlam) Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (NXT TakeOver: Respect) Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt (Hell in a Cell) Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell) Roman Reigns vs. Cesaro (RAW 11/16/15) New Day vs. Lucha Dragons vs. The Usos (TLC) Barely left off: Kevin Owens vs. Adrian Neville (NXT 2/18/15) Chris Jericho vs. Neville (Beast In The East) John Cena vs. Cesaro (RAW 7/13/15) Prime Time Players vs. New Day (Battleground)
Dean Ambrose rolling over the top rope too the floor after winning the title is my favorite thing ever
Roman's attack on HHH reminds me a lot of the Undertaker's attack on Mr. McMahon. It got a huge pop from the crowd when Taker broke Vince's leg. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x_NLpH1Goqc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Maybe they can do another one. This time at a hospital like when Austin beat up McMahon. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FYtYltf6BqM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I thought it was a pretty predictable night overall. The triple threat tag team ladder match was awesome. Rusev/Ryback was boring. Most everything else was in between. I liked Ambrose becoming IC Champion. Owens touching the rope before the end was BS (botch) but I guess they had to go through with it to get the finish they intended. I thought Rollins/Sheamus was enjoyable, though Sheamus retaining with help from Rusev and ADR was predictable. The aftermath was fun though.
