Tuesday 31 January 2012

Taker Retuns To Raw (WWE RAW EP 976 Reviewed)

RAW would begin with the Interim General Manager, John Lauranaitis who would announce that he would be looking forward to his performance review. He also announced that he was confident that he wpuld be named the permanent GM of RAW. He then announced the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship. CM Punk would defend his title against Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, R-Truth and Chris Jericho. He announced that Beth will take on Eve for the championship, Kofi would take on The Miz, Randy Orton would take on Dolph Ziggler, Daniel Bryan would take on CM Punk. Punk would then interrupt him. Punk would go round singing nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, hey heeey hey good by clown shoes. Punk would go on to point out Lauranaitis's flaws, Lauranaitis would offer Punk a chance to clean the slate, Punk would tell Johnny that offering that hand to the best wrestler in the world would get the GTS. D-Bry would come down bragging about his victory at Royal Rumble, and he would insult Punk, saying he wasn't much of a challenge. Sheamus would come down to remind everyone that he won the rumble and that he had the right to challenge either the WWE Champion or The World Heavyweight Champion. He finished by reminding Lauranaitis that he would be Fired and that Triple H would be that man to do so.

Backstage Lauranaitis would be sucking up to his talent, patting them on the back and shaking there hand. He would then talk to Otunga, Otunga said that he had done everything he could to influence the decision.

Lauranaitis would come down to the ring at the end of the night to have his performance reviewed. John would talk about the review he gave himself, Triple H would then interrupt and say that Lauranaitis made himself a star rather than be a GM. Lauranaitis said as Triple H looked to say he need to replacement, and said he would do anything. Triple H said that he should apologize, which he did, but the fans decideed it wasn't good enough. He suggested that he fights in a gauntlet match, but then suggested to have John kiss his ass, John got to his knees and put chap stick on, Triple H just laughed. Triple H was just about to fire Lauranaitis when Taker's entrance began. Lauranaitis left the ring while the Triple H and Taker stood face to face again.Taker would then stare at the Wrestlemania sign, before doing a cut throat taunt Triple H, simbolizing he issued the game with a challenge, Triple H would pat Taker on the back, meaning he does not wish to challenge him.

I was so looking forward to Johnny getting the boot, but was surprised to see Taker so soon. I wasn't happy with the silent challenge, as it was the same thing from last year. I thought the game would accept the challenge, as Taker stated that he wants the Game to end his streak and so Lauranaitis would stay on RAW, as Triple H still had one personal reason. I now think that Taker is going to keep issuing the Challenge to Triple H, and he will have his streak ended this year, by the game, so he can retire.

Wade Barrett would watch from his sky-box the match between Randy Orton vs Dolph Ziggler. A match between Randy and Barrett would take place. Barrett said that he would finish the job this Friday. Dolph would win the lock up getting a few shots in, Randy would counter an Irish whip, but Ziggler would hold onto the rope to show off. Randy would take control with a headlock take over. Dolph would battle back with an elbow, reversing Orton running towards him and followed up with a dropkick. Randy would battle back reversing a sleeper hold, Randy picked up momentum, until another dropkick by Ziggler had Randy down again/Ziggler continued to show off, Ziggler went up top, until Orton knocked Ziggler's leg, having Ziggler on the top turnbuckle. Orton would hit a superplex but only getting a 2 count. Rabdy again picked up some momemtum, with his signature combo. Ziggler countered with a sleep hold, however Orton would escape, After various 2 counts by both competitors, Ziggler hit anther sleeper hold, Orton would again counter. Orton would hit Ziggler with the RKO after a spike DDT for the win.

I am not an Orton fan, I prefer Orton as a heel, but I will give him gratitude in this match. Ziggler is always very impressive in the ring. This match good, but I thought it was shorter than previous matches involving Ziggler and D-Bry. I have two theories for this, 1) Fatigue from last night. 2) More time for the Lauranaitis possible getting fired segment.

Funkasaurus would take on Tyler Reks. Brodus would dominate Brodus, until Reks began coming back with strikes,  this only pumped Brodus  up who would finish Reks with the What the Funk.

I wish the matches between Brodus and jobbers would last a lot longer. As Brodus only appears to use 5 moves, I wanna see what else this guy can do. The match was like his previous matches.

Backstage CM Punk and Bryan would have a segment where Bryan would quickly summarize what a vegan is and Punk would summarize what Straight Edge is, he then would finish that unlike Bryan, he didn't claim to be a role model, but he was the best wrestler in the world.

The match between Bryan and Punk would begin with D-Bry taking control with a dropkick. D-Bry continued the pressure with strikes, CM Punk would return strikes and gain control with submission holds. Bryan countered a leg drop and delivered numerous strikes. Punk would gain control throwing D-Bry over the top rope, however D-Bry would still be in control, as D-Bry threw Punk into the timekeeper area, D-Bry would still have control in the ring. Punk countered a headlock into a back suplex. This gave Punk the oppening to build up some offense. D-Bry would make a comeback, flipping over Punk, but both men would hit a cross body knocking both men down. Bryan would take control of Punk with a dropkick to the back of Punk's arm. D-Bry would go to the top rope, this gave Punk the oppening to hit a top rope Huracarana, which allowed him to build up some offense and attempt to hit the GTS, Bryan reversed and escaped the ring, Bryan would take control with forearm to an attempted suicide duve by Punk. Bryan still retained control, despite numerous roll-ups by Punk. Punk would counter with a headbutt and hit  a diving elbow. Bryan would counter the second GTS, into a roll-upo immediately following up with the lebell lock, to which Punk escaped. Jericho would drag D-Bry out the ring and throw him into the barricade, he then hit
Punk with a codebreaker.

What a match, absolutely the best match of the night. Shame it ended the way it did. But I guess this allows Jericho to be a new rival for Punk and D-Bry to continue bragging.

Mike Tyson would be the next inductee in the 2012 Hall of Fame.

I don't like these celebrities who have a small dosage of WWE TV time, and get inducted into the Hall of Fame. Don't get me wrong, Tyson was an absolute star in Boxing, that is what he should be inducted into, Boxing, he wasn't a wrestler.

R-Truth would be on commentary for the match between Kofi vs The Miz. Miz would come down bragging about how he lasted 45 minutes in the Rumble and that he would headline Wrestlemania.

The match between The two began very technical, The Miz however caught Kofi and began dominating him with strikes, and preventing Kofu from building up momentum.Kofi finally reversed and hit a huge massive cross body. The two would reverse each others signatures and finishers. Kofi avoided Miz's corner splash and followed up with the trouble in paradise.

This as well was a very decent match, Kofi gradually picked up some offense after Miz dominated, rather than a quick comeback for the win.
Eve would take on Beth, however Eve would be looking over her shoulder during her entrance, to see if Kane was about. Eve would strike Beth in the corner, Beth would deliver a clothesline, after the referee pulled Eve off of her. Beth immediately went for the Glam Slam for the win.

Post match Kane put out a message, saying that Kane would continue his assault on to Ryder until Cena embraces the hate, and that Cena cannot beat Kane or The Rock. Kane then entered the ring, Cena ran down to her aid, they both pummeled each other to the outside, Cena would seem to gain the edge after throwing Kane into the stairs. Cena would then pick up and hit Kane with the stairs 3 times.Cena then cleared the announce table and set Kane up for the AA, however Kane would escape the hold and retreat through the crowd.

This seems an awesome rivalry, but is obviously going to end at Elimination Chamber, Cena will win and then go to Mania against the Rock. WWE obviously have abandoned the idea of having the WWE title on the line for this. As this was a promotion for the rivalry, and was a short match.


Overall I would rate RAW 9/10


1) Taker Return
2) WWE YouTube Channel announced!
3) CM Punk vs D-Bry
4) Miz vs Kofi
5) R-Truth funny commentary
6) Triple H return
7)Lauranaitis Chap stick
8)Cliffhanger 
9)Orton vs Barrett match announced

Monday 30 January 2012

WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 2012


WWE Royal Rumble 2012 would be the 25th anniversary of this PPV. This year we would have 30 year royal rumble, WWE & World Heavyweight Championship would be on the line. Two opponents would fight in a match built on revenge.

The First Match would be a great way to kick of Royal Rumble. It would be the World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match, inside a STEEL CAGE. The way to win is Pin Fall, Submission and Escaping the Cage.

This would be Bryan's second world heavyweight title match contested in a steel cage. Mark Henry would compete despite his knee injury he suffered on Smackdown. 

Bryan would get speared by Big Show, taking him out for a while why Show and Mark Battled. Big Show had Mark Henry between the ropes and the Cage and ran into him repeatedly. D-Bry tried to escape, but was body slammed by Big Show. Big Show would dominate throwing D-Bry around. Show punched the cage missing D-Bry with the WMD. Big Show would be countered by D-Bry delivering a running kick to Shows knee. D-Bry turned his attention to Mark, kicking him. D-Bry attempted to escape through the door; Mark would stop him, and assault Bryan with the Cage. Mark turned his attention to the Big Show, but would be kicked to the ground by Show, Show then turned to Bryan throwing him into the cage repeatedly. D-Bry would then be pummelled with clubs by Show and dominated him again. Show and Mark then exchanged strikes, until Mark took control with a clothesline to Show. Mark would then throw D-Bry around and miss a ram to Bry hitting the Cage, and then speared by Big Show D-Bry tried to get a pin on Mark, but Mark kicked out. Show would then throw D-Bry into the cage again. Show tried to chokeslam D-Bry, but D-Bry countered with a tornado DDT. He got a two count, and then locked in the Lebell lock, but Mark broke the hold. Mark then threw D-Bry into the cage, following up with a World's strongest slam, Show would hit Mark before he hit the move with the WMD, Big Show would get a two count, when D-Bry broke the count, he immediately climbed the cage to get away from Show, but Show grabbed him. D-Bry was pulled up the cage, however D-Bry broke the grip of the Big Show and D-Bry retained the title.

What a great match to kick off the rumble. I thought this was an awesome match. Mark Henry did more than I expected in his current condition. Big Show and Bryan were the focus of the match, which was good, as the storyline is making Smackdown a must watch. The end was awesome, Big Show is a tough guy, as he actually lifted Bryan, Bryan did not use the cage to help Show, and he actually lifted him, which was awesome. D-Bry was pretty good, in ring, but the man of the match had to be Big Show.

The next match would be an 8-Divas tag team match. The Bella twin, Natalya & Beth Phoenix vs Kelly Kelly, Eve, Alicia Fox & Tamina.

Tamina would take on Natalya at the get go, Tamina would go for a Samoan drop, but reversed. They would exchange slaps, and Eve would be tagged in, she would hit her moonsault splash. But would be pushed into the opposition corner, where Beth would be tagged in. Beth would take control with a reversal. Beth tagged into a bella who would continue the pressure on eve. The Bella twin, applied a rear chin hold, this built up momentum for Eve to tag into Alicia would build up some offense. The Bella would reverse and take control with an flip arm slam. Alicia would build up some momentum and tag to Kelly, who then would build up some offense. The Divas would begin to brawl outside, which let Kelly hit a diving cross body. Kelly put a Bella twin in the ring, but would be countered with a hot shot; Beth aggressively tagged herself in, and hit the Glam Slam for the win.

This match was a slot filler and that was what it was. There was little rivalry between the divas, apart from Tamina and Natalya. But the ending was good, as I believe Beth is becoming a major Diva again, hopefully reprising the Diva Division.

Backstage, Zack Ryder would wheeled around with a brace on. Lauranaitis would talk to Zack, Eve however gave Lauranaitis a piece of her mind, saying she hopes he is fired on RAW.

The next match would be between Kane and John Cena. "Kane stated that Cena would embrace the hatred by the Rumble. John refusing to do this has caused his friends around him to suffer" to quote Michael Cole.
Cena started swinging fists, but Kane quickly took control with a back elbow. Kane would then land numerous strikes, Cena battled back, clotheslining Kane outside, Kane landed on his feet. Kane dragged Cena through the ropes and tried to Irish whip him into the stairs, Cena would counter and send Kane in. Kane would get back in the ring, where Cena would attempt to deliver an AA to Kane, but would fall forward, giving Kane an opening. Kane would continue his assault on Cena with strikes and holds trying to wear Cena down. Cena tried to battle back, but Kane would regain control with an upper-cut. Kane would try to get the win with a suplex, but got a two count, Kane quickly applied another hold to wear down Cena.  Cena broke the hold and tried to build up some offense, but Kane again delivered a Right hand to gain control. Kane would then put some assault on Cena in the corner, Cena countered and attempted to land a bulldog, Kane threw Cena off him. Cena would create an opening with a hot shot to Kane, but Kane would hit a clothesline, then attempting to hit the suffocation hold on Cena, he locked it and brought Cena to his knees. Cena reversed with a cross face, Kane would escape and hit a side slam. Kane went up top, to hit his flying clothesline, he hit Cena clean with it and then went for his Chokeslam. John would then have a comeback setting Kane up for the 5-knuckle shuffle. Kane however grabbed him by the throat and hit a big boot, after Cena released the throat hold; this resulted in a two count. Kane would build up some offense with strikes in the corner, before lifting Cena on the turnbuckle. Kane tried to suplex Cena but was knocked down. He then went for a top rope 5-Knuckle Shuffle. John the tried to hit an AA, but Kane escaped with an elbow, Cena hit a drop kick to the knee, knocking Kane over, Kane pushed Cena outside and began attacking Cena outside. The match would end in double count out. 

Cena would then take advantage hitting Kane with an object the fight lead backstage, where Kane slammed Cena’s head and hit an upper-cut. Cena would fight back throwing Kane into some trash. Kane would return with a chair to the gut then follow up with 3 chair shots to the back. Kane then went into Zack Ryder's Room where, he hit a suffocation hold on Zack then wheeled him out and to ring, he kicked Ryder around, Eve ran down and begged Kane to stop. Kane took no notice and delivered a tombstone Piledriver to Ryder. Kane turned his attention to Eve, Cena then came down to her aid, however Kane would chokeslam Cena and leave the ring.

The match was very one sided. But I am glad that it ended in a double count out. The post-match was the best part, a great fight backstage and leaving questions that we hope to find out. What will happen with Cena and Kane? My answer is it will be settled at Elimination Chamber. I enjoyed that Kane actually reigned supreme in the post-match, as he completely dominated Cena, it would have been a shame if he was defeated.

Drew McIntyre would take on "Funkasaurus" Brodus Clay. Clay would begin by giggling, McIntyre would deliver numerous strikes to Clay, however this seemed to be pumping up Clay, Clay would counter with a head but, followed by a T-Bone suplex. He hit a running splash in the corner and hit the What the Funk for the win.

I thought that Brodus Clay would actually be a participant, I guess they still want to continue the promotion of Clay, I guess that it is for merchandise. I wonder when Drew will be “Fired” as he has had a final warning about three to four times. I am enjoying the storyline, but want it to turn its course. The match was a jobber match which I am a bit unhappy about.

Next up would be the WWE Championship Match.  This would be contested between CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler. The referee for this match would be John Lauranaitis, who was having an on-going feud with CM Punk. He announced he would intentionally be biased towards Dolph, and the RAW before the rumble, Punk would hit Lauranaitis with the GTS.

Laranaitis announced that he would officiate outside the ring and a WWE official referee would officiate the inside of the ring. Before the match began, Lauranaitis would eject Vickie Guerrero from ring side, as Punk won a match where the stipulation was that Swagger and Vickie were banned from ring side.
The two would lock up, Ziggler went for a knee, Punk dodged and attempted a GTS, Ziggler escaped. The two locked up again, Punk would deliver kicks and build up some speed, however when Punk went for the kick to the back of the head, Ziggler held onto the ropes. Punk and Ziggler would lock  up a third time, where Punk would almost lock in the anaconda vice, but Ziggler escaped. The fourth lock up, Punk would lock in the abdominal stretch and deliver repeated blos to Ziggler. He then hit Ziggler with a hot shot and followed up with a outside dive. Punk would go up top, giving Ziggler an opening where Punk fell of the turnbuckle, banging the back of his neck on the turnbuckle. Dolph would take control, unleashed numerous stomps and strikes, he then knocked Punk into the referee, which knocked the referee outside. Punk would then lock in the Anaconda Vice, Ziggler Tapped out, however the referee didn’t see, Lauranaitis attended to the referee outside. Punk would then argue with the referee, Ziggler tried to get a roll-up, but Punk would reverse getting a four count, however the referee was still down. Lauranaitis would argue again with Punk, Punk would then hit the GTS, as Lauranaitis pushed the referee back into the ring and tried to wake him up, Punk swung Ziggler’s leg into Lauranaitis’s head, knocking him out the ring. Punk would cover, but the referee was still down. Punk would then attempt to hit another GTS, but Ziggler countered into a leg lariat, this was counted but only scored a two count. Punk would then counter Ziggler into a slingshot, Ziggler bounced off the turnbuckle setting up the GTS for Punk to win.

I thought this was the best match of the night, except for the rumble match. Amazing in ring skills by both competitors, a lot of actual wrestling involved, beautiful counters. Amazing match. I was surprised that Lauranaitis didn’t screw Punk, even when he got hit in the back of the head by Ziggler’s foot when Punk set up the first GTS.

The Royal Rumble match would feature numerous participants.
1)     The Miz
2)     Alex Riley
3)     R-Truth
4)     Cody Rhodes
5)     Justin Gabriel
6)     Primo
7)     Mick Foley
8)     Ricardo Rodriguez
9)     Santino Marella
10)Epico
11)Kofi Kingston
12)Jerry Lawler
13)Ezikeil Jackson
14)Jinder Mahal
15)Great Khali
16)Hunico
17)Booker T
18)Dolph Ziggler
19)“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
20)Michael Cole
21)Kharma
22)Sheamus
23)Road Dogg
24)Jay Uso
25)Jack Swagger
26)Wade Barrett
27)David Otunga
28)Randy Orton
29)Chris Jericho
30)Big Show
Elimination:
1)     Alex Riley
2)     R-Truth
3)     Primo
4)     Justin Gabriel
5)     Ricardo Rodriguez
6)     Epico
7)     Santino Marella
8)     Mick Foley
9)     Jerry Lawler
10)Jinder Mahal
11)Ezikeil Jackson
12)“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
13)Booker T
14)The Great Khali
15)Michael Cole
16)Hunico
17)Kharma
18)Kofi Kingston
19)Road Dogg
20)Jay Uso
21)Wade Barrett
22)David Otunga
23)Jack Swagger
24)Cody Rhodes
25)The Miz
26)Dolph Ziggler
27)Big Show
28)Randy Orton
29)Chris Jericho


I honestly thought that Jericho would win it, making him a WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion, ECW Champion, WCW Champion and a Royal Rumble Winner. Sadly he did not make the win. Sheamus I predicted to win, as he has dominated his way on WWE recently, this will top it off.

My favourite bits from the Rumble is Ricardo’s crap car entrance in the style of Alberto Del Rio, the three announcers each entered the Rumble. Road Dogg’s return, Kharma’s return, Mr Socko vs the Cobra and The Finale between Jericho and Sheamus, back and forth, I was very hesitant to who would win.

This was an awesome PPV. I really enjoyed it and cannot wait until RAW.

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Jericho Speaks! (Raw Reviewed Ep 975)

WWE RAW would kick off with CM Punk would would talk about Mr Lauranaitis's actions last week, where he admitted he would screw Punk at the Rumble, and blasted Mick Foley with the mic. John Cena would interrupt Punk to also address Lauranaitis about his lack of consideration to Long Island I C Zack Ryder's injuries. He also stated that he wished to compete against Kane one on one before the Rumble, and that tonight Mr Lauranaitis would resign as interim GM. Big Johnny would interrupt announcing Zack would face Kane in a falls count anywhere match (If Cena interfered, Zack would never get a US title rematch) He also announced that Punk and Cena would compete against Dolph and Swagger.

The match began with Cena vs Ziggler, John would make a quick tag to Punk.who would show Ziggler who's boss. He would then later tag to Cena, Ziggler would then take control. He showed off before tagging to Swagger, who would take control after Cena returned a taunt to Ziggler and knocked him off the apron. On Commentary, it would be revealed that Swagger offered Zack a rematch when he was 100%. Cena would be isolated by Ziggler and Swagger. Ziggler would show off again before tagging to Swagger. Cena would set-up a hot tag after he hit Swagger with an AA, Swagger tagged Ziggler. Punk would build up some offense outside and after a kick to the head Swagger would break the count, this lead to Cena throqing Swagger out. Outside, Swagger attempted to put Cena in the ankle lock, but would be reversed into the STF. This distracted the ref, when Punk attempted to go up top for an elbow drop. Punk shoved the ref out the way. Lauranaitis distracted Punk, which allowed Ziggler to get the roll-up and win.

This was a good match, promoted the title match which I am looking forward to very much so. Although the ending on Punk's part was predictable, where Cena did surprise me. I believe it was adequate and believable from the beginning until Cena hit the AA, it went downhill from there.

Post match Punk would challenge Lauranaitis to a match that very night, to which Lauranaitis would accept.

Before CM Punk would take on Lauranaitis, John would receive a letter, which left him a bit confused from the news he received. Lauranaitis would read the letter out loud. To summarise, The board were unhappy with Lauranaitis announcing he will screw CM Punk and his GM position will be reviewed as well as his other position by Triple H next week. Lauranaitis  announced that Foley would be in the Rumble, he also said that he would call the match down the middle. Lauranaitis would revoke the match, and placed Otunga as his substitute. Otunga immediately attacked Punk, Punk would lock the anaconda vice on Otuna, who would tap immediately, he stared down Lauranaitis, before Kicking Otunga in the head, Lauranaitis tried to shake hands but instead received a GTS. Ziggler would hit the Zig Zag following this.

I believe that Lauranaitis makes too many mic slurs and when put into the GTS, he just hung there, didn't shake or anything. My opinion is if WWE are getting rid of Lauranaitis, it is because he is still not comfortable out in the ring and on the mic. If you notice backstage, he doesn't blush and talks with no mistakes, but out in front of the crowd, he is out of his comfort zone, and goes all red. The match would have been poor quality, I am glad it didn't take place and instead promoted the title match. I also believe Lauranaitis has served his purpose on RAW.

Backstage before Ryder would compete against Kane, Foley would give Ryder some advice on Kane. Cena would say that he would have his back, Ryder quickly replied saying to Cena that he does not want Cena helping, so he gets his title rematch.

The match between Ryder and Kane, which would be Kane's first match in which he actually competed in since his return. Ryder was quickly on the attack before Kane gained control with shots to the ribs, and a big boot sending Kane into the announce table. Kane would focus on Ryders ribs and lower back on the outside of the ring. Eve would show up at ring side while Kanr continued his attack.The fight led to the crowd where Kane would continue his attack, focusing again on the ribs. Zack would fight back but Kane would again focus on the ribs, leading up to the ramp. Kane would finish Ryder with a chokeslam through the stage. He then turned his attention to Eve who would back away. John Cena would appear on stage, which lead Kane to flee through the crowd.

I love how WWE fixes the stage, so no one stands on it, and has medical personnel out just like that. In reality Kane is not to blame, is is the people who set up. Ryder would not have fell through if they set it up. I also enjoy how the announce team work so well as they become quieter during this. Ryder getting put in an ambulance, is another way of promoting Cena vs Kane, and I am enjoying it now, as it makes a change to Kane's past rivals. Not as good as his rivalry with Stone Cold, Undertaker, Shane McMahon, RVD or MVP. Later it would be revealed that Ryder broke his back. This will leave him out of action for at least 2 years, if it was not story-lined, again WWE should pick a more believable injury, because Ryder will return sooner I guarantee it.

Jinder Mahal would try to change the mood after the Kane insident with a match with Sheamus. Jinder and Sheamus would exchangee strikes, Sheamus would gain control and land the Irish hand grenades. Wade Barrett came down during the match, taking Sheamus's focus of Jinder giving Mahal the upper-hand. Wade on commentary would announce that Randy would return this friday on Smackdown. Jinder would apply a light hold this allowed Sheamus to counter and land some offense. Mahal would counter the Celtic cross, but Sheamus would finish the match with a Brogue kick.

Randy Orton apparently suffered a hernia disk in his lower back. This will cause the individual severe pain and Randy would be out for a good 3 years. As this is story-lined, Orton is back a lot sooner. WWE should have given him a more believable injury. The match was quick and used to promote the rumble. Sheamus continued to showcase his momentum.I wish Jinder would do something to get himself out there. Smackdown he did just that. He could become a good heel, but needs to stop messing round with the mid popular talent. I believe after Wrestlemania, Jinder, provided he remains heel and in weekly programming, he should be eligible for a title.

Miz and R-Truth would have a backstage segement in which Miz would announce he woudl win the Rumble, and that he was number 1. R-Truth would interrupt. Saying he was Eric Fiesher, a WWE marketer. This was a gimmick to insult the Miz. They would begin bickering, Lauranaitis would add a stipulation to their match, making it loser recieves number one entrant in the Royal Rumble.

Truth and Miz would begin with exchanging moves, before R-Truth would lose control after placing Miz back in the ring. Miz would gain complete dominance after a sholder block knock Truth face first to the floor. Truth would counter an abdominal Stretch and build up some major offense, however all pins ended in 2 counts. Miz would counter with a backbreaker neckbreaker and would build up some offense, Truth would hit the Little Jimmy on Miz for the win.

The backstage was humorous for a 8 year old, which is what R-Truth has become, I was actually surprised that Miz lost, I thought that WWE would be promoting him for Elimination Chamber. Although this could be a way they are doing it, by leaving Miz in the rumble for sometime. The match was extremely good, by far the best match of the night.

William Regal joined Cole and Jerry on commentary, for Brodus vs Heath Slater in an obvious jobber match. Funkasaurus would giggle about and hit Slater with his t-bone suplex followed by the Aw Funk for the win. He then would finish with a dance session, as usual.

All I will say is Jobber and someone call his mama.

Chris Jericho came down to the ring, doing the same routine he had done before, but on the returning Highlight reel. He would grab a T-shirt gun with a T-shirt but did not fire, he grabbed the camera and filmed the crowd. He then showed a highlight of his career before finally speaking that the Royal Rumble will be the end of the world as we know it.

I thought that Jericho would ruin the WWE Championship match, this has changed my opinion completely. Jericho is now a Royal Rumble entrant. I know believe Jericho will win. My review of his highlight reel was good, But his announcement was the best part.


Overall I would rate this episode of RAW 6/10
1(Funkasaurus)
2(Royal Rumble promomania)
3(Kane dominates)
4(WWE championship promomania)
5(Jericho speaks!!)
6(Foley & Jericho in the rumble)

Friday 20 January 2012

WWE Raw EP 974 Exclusive (Reviewed)

WWE exclusive caught up with a few people after RAW.

First was Mr Creativity himself, Mr John Lauranaitis. He appeared to ignore the crew at first, but would say that he just lost his cool, and would do the right thing at the Royal Rumble for business.

CM Punk was also questioned on his opinion of Mr Creativity's actions on Raw Episode 974, specifically announcing he would screw Punk. Punk said that he applauded that he showed his true colors, but didn't respect him as it was too little too late. He didn't respect him for firing some of Punks friends, Luke Gallows.

I will be looking forward to Royal Rumble, as WWE have never announced a referee screw job before the event. I wonder what will happen at Royal Rumble, but I count on CM Punk winning for the rivalry to continue.

Perez Hilton was Asked about his time in the ring, where he got "pushed" by a bella. He said that he enjoyed the match and didn't want the Bellas to cheat. He also would love to be back in the ring.

I am going to be honest, I never heard of the guy til RAW, and he should not be in the ring, he reacted poorly to a shove from the bellas, The bellas seem to be superheroes based on his reactions and it was poorly timed as well.

Mick Foley was interviewed about Johns Attack on him, but he choice to ignore it, they also asked him about the rumble. Mick stated that It was Lauranaitis's decision, although the WWE universe may change it. He commented that Dolph has a right to think that Guys like Foley have no right being in the Rumble, But Dolph shouldn't forget that is was guys like him who paved the way for guys like Dolph. He also stated that he enjoyed his brief match.

I would personally love Foley to be in the Rumble, I believe that WWE was scouting Foley to see how his in ring performance was. 

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Swagger Jagger (RAW Episode 974 Reviewed)


Monday Night Raw would begin with the hardcore legend Mick Foley coming down to the ring. He did his usual shenanigans and announced that he wanted to be one of the 30 men in the Royal Rumble. Dolph Ziggler would come down accompanied with Vikkie. Dolph would insult Mick Foley getting up in his face and demand he go away. This would lead CM Punk to come down and stick up for Mick, saying he would love to compete against Mick at Wrestlemania because he would defeat Dolph at Royal Rumble despite Lauranaitis being the referee for the championship match. This queued Mr Lauranaitis to announce that Mick Foley would not be in the Royal Rumble. This would leave Vikkie to cackle at Mick Foley and rub in the fact he would not be in the Rumble.

Air Boom would face PeR (Primo, Epico and Rosa the Mexican MnM) in a title rematch as PeR won the tag team championship at a WWE live event. The match featured multiple high flying moves from Evan Bourne and Epico, until Primo and Epico took control. A hot tag was set up after a frankenstiener delivered from Bourne sending Epico into Primo. Kofi began building momentum landing trouble in paridise on Epico,and tagging Evan for Air-Bourne, Primo would distract Bourne by throwing Kofi into the ring post, which allowed Epico to set up Bourne for the backstabber to win.

Zack Ryder would defend his US title against Jack Swagger. Zack had injured ribs from a chokeslam last week. Jack would dominate and reverse Zack by focusing on the lower back of Ryder. He would try to finish the match by a Gutwrench PowerBomb, however Ryder would kick out. Jack would hit another Gutwrench Powerbomb, but Ryder would kick out again. Swagger would land various elbows to the back, before hitting a third Gutwrench Powerbomb to win the championship. Backstage John Lauranaitis said that he apologized to Zack for letting him competing, Eve would bark out the flaw Lauranaitis made, But John would assert his role as an authority figure. Backstage John Cena came into Lauranaitis’s office upset over the match. John told John (Cena) that he should be more concerned about the Rumble, as he would face Kane one on one. However he and Swagger would compete that night.

John Cena vs Jack Swagger. John would just unload on Swagger , beating down on him bashing him into the ring post and announce table, Kicking Swagger while he was down, tossing him into steel stairs repeatedly. Cena would then intend on hitting a steel constairto (Conchairto lol), but Kane’s entrance went off, taking Cena’s attention of Swagger. Kane mearly said that Cena was embracing the hate and before they meet at the Rumble, Cena will have embraced the hate.

Celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton, would be the special guest ring announcer for the divas tag team match between Kelly Kelly & Alicia Fox vs The Bella twins.  The Bellas would gain the upper hand and attempt to use Twin magic, however Perez prevented this which caused the Bellas to lose. Post-match the Bellas would express how upset they were with Perez pushing him over. Kelly and Alicia would stand up for Perez, leaving the Bella’s to retereat.

R-Truth would come down to the ring for a promo, before he could say anything, Wade Barrett would interrupt. He again announced that he would be winning the Royal Rumble, he insulted R-Truth as a mental patient. R-Truth would return with his unique mic skills. Talking about Disney Land, showing a slide show of him with Disney characters such as Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Pinocchio. This allowed Miz to attack Truth from behind. Barrett would help Miz in attacking Miz, but this was a short attack as Sheamus would come down to clear the ring of the pair. Teddy Long would make this a match, an over the top rope battle royal.

The match began with the two sets of rivals, Miz and Truth, Sheamus and Barrett exchanging rights and stomping. Truth aided Sheamus in eliminating Barrett, Miz came along and helped him eliminate Barrett. Sheamus and R-Truth would both unload on Miz leaving him in the corner, while Sheamus and R-Truth would battle. Miz would then take advantage, throwing Truth over the rope, but landing on the apron. Sheamus would then dominate Miz setting him up for the Irish Hand Grenades. Sheamus would then attempt to eliminate Miz via the Brogue kick, missing and almost eliminating himself, Sheamus then caught Miz and attempted to throw Miz over the ropes, Truth would rush in and eliminate both Sheamus and Miz. Miz would be upset, yelling at Truth from outside. Sheamus would give Miz the Brogue Kick he deserved.
Funkasaurus Brodus Clay would have another jobber match against JTG but not before sporting down to the ring with his funky dance.He would play with JTG, shouting out Should I get him, Suplex, My Bad! He would end the match with his running Cross body. According to Michael Cole the running Cross body is called Ah Funky. He would conclude with a victory dance.

Backstage Chris Jericho would be announced as a participant in the 6 man tag team match main event match between CM Punk & Daniel Bryan vs David Otunga, Mark Henry & Dolph Ziggler.
Next we would hear from World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan about the condition of AJ, who suffered an injury from Big Show. Daniel stated that AJ was traumatized and would never be the same. He would insult show, before saying that he would make him pay if he showed his face on Smackdown again.
This lead to the main event Jericho would high five people and lap the ring numerous times before CM Punk came down to begin the match. The WWE Champion and his challenger would start off, CM Punk would gain the upper hand over Dolph, followed by tagging in to Daniel Bryan. Dolph would gain control with a Botch from D-Bry.  The team of Dolph, Henry and Otunga would make quick tags focusing on the leg that Daniel “injured” (to cover the botch). Daniel would finally tag back to CM Punk who would regain control of the match, until Otunga countered and tagged to Dolph would begin to dominate the champion.  CM Punk would set up a hot tag for Jericho, however was denied by Ziggler who dragged Punk back to his corner, where Otunga took control. CM Punk would counter a superplex from Otunga and followed up with a diving elbow for a hot tag, Jericho would be tagged in, he would pump the crowd up, and tag in D-Bry, and walk out of the arena, making the match a handicap match. D-Bry would set up another hot tag with Punk , who would build up some momentum on Ziggler, Mark Henry would break the cover up, and turn his attentions to D-Bry attacking him outside after D-Bry had angered him. Mick Foley would come down to the ring, as he would be CM Punks tag team partner. Ziggler would dominate Punk with high impact moves. CM Punk would then set up a hot tag with Foley who would unload on David Otunga, before hitting a double arm wrench DDT. Foley would then pull out Mr socko, and win the match via the mandible claw.
John Lauranaitis would come to the ring post-match, saying that he had not put Mick Foley in the match. He then reversed the decision announcing the winners being Dolph, Henry and Otunga. Punk would grab the mic and say that John sucked as a wrestler and that he was never as good as his brother who was one half of the road warriors, and that he ways jealous of Punk, and would screw Punk at Royal Rumble. He then proceeded to fake punch John, who would cower, then saying he was pathetic. Mick would rub it in, giving John a thumbs up. Lauranaitis would pick up the mic and say that he would soon be the permanent GM of RAW. Mick would interrupt him, asking him to admit to his intentions of screwing Punk and called him a suck up. John then announced he would screw CM Punk and then begin to say that he was sick and tired of being bullied and sick and tired of being unappreciated, he followed up by nailing Foley with the Mic to conclude RAW.

Overview:
I really enjoyed the main event, as Jericho left after being tagged LOL. Will. Foley came down and interfered, which was great, the only thing that ruined it was D-Bry botching a leapfrog. Tsk Tsk, D-By come on, been wrestling for over 10 years, bad.

The Divas match was just a promotion tool for Perez Hilton, the only thing good was The Bella’s hot attire.
Zack Ryder would lose his championship, I saw this coming as WWE needs more heel champions, and now they do. They have Swagger as US, this can be a great opportunity for WWE to make Swagger into a great heel, please don’t mess it up WWE, please use this to your advantage.(BTW did anyone hear after Jack screamed What’s my name? a kid replied douchbag lol.)

The second Heel champions are PeR, they are amazing in the ring as they combine cruiser-weight with tag team, which Air Boom do as well. A great ending as well, as I was shocked with the turnout. I assumed that PeR would win, but didn’t see that way.

Brodus is growing on me, a good gimmick, but does reinforce the PG.

I knew WWE would have Kane vs Cena at Royal Rumble, and now Cena is going a long like, embracing the hate. Can’t wait to Wrestlemania.

I am kinda happy with WWE, as they are promoting the Rumble like crazy, with numerous past match clips and matchs and segments. This will be a good one this year, I do wish that Foley was in the Rumble, I am having doubts about Barrett winning, as he has a lot of heat on him, but as do Sheamus, and now that D-Bry is heel, looks like Sheamus might be a better opponent.

I also enjoyed John Lauranaitis’s hissy fit at the end of RAW, LOL. He is getting better at being a GM, still stutters a bit on the mic, but this is the first time I believe that WWE has announced a screw via special referee, even though it was plainly obvious from the start, I wonder where this may be heading.

Overall I would rate this week’s episode 8/10
1 (Foley on RAW)

2 (Jericho on RAW)

3 (Hot Bella’s Attire)

4(Decent main event wrestling)

5(Swagger as Champion)

6(John Lauranaitis’s hissy fit)

7(What’s my name? Douchbag)

8(Funkasaurus on RAW)

Thursday 12 January 2012

WWE Raw Reviewed Exclusive (EP 973)

This is a review of WWE Exclusive after the 973rd episode of RAW.

Brodus was posing for a photo shoot with his two dancers. The interviewer was asking him about his debut. Brodus was pleased with his debut, He also stated that he didn't just shock the WWE Universe, but the world, nobody saw this coming, they had no idea. The interviewer asked if he would be taken seriously by his competitors, to which Brodus responded, Ask Hawkins, I can dance, but I'm a toothchipper.

Eve was interviewed about what had transpired between her and Kane. Eve was scared and startled. They asked Eve if Zack was ok, she replied no, that she doesn't know when he will be ok. Eve stated that she doesn't feel safe at work. Eve did state that she will be on next weeks episode of RAW.

Ricardo was interviewed about his encounter with R-Truth, he stated that he had just been cleared by the medics and was on his way to the doctors. Miz pushed Ricardo aside and sent a message to R-Truth. He stated that he was sick of Truth, that he was nothing, and was the last time he comes at Miz, because This Time Truth was going to get got.

Overview:
Brodus had me speechless throughout his entrance. And yes most definitely shcoked the world, as he was trending world wide on Twitter. I was amused throughout his match "my bad". But Brodus did demonstrate his power, which was a plus. Competitiors may or may not take Brodus seriously, but he appears to be a joke superstar and won't be main eventing PPV's anytime soon.

Eve played the scared damsel to a tee. But one thing I have heard before "I don't feel safe at work" I believe this was said while Triple H was COO and ran WWE's day to day operations. What happened, they walked out. John Lauranatis said that he would insure that the talent would have a safe working environment, Not doing such a good job John.

First LOL to Ricardo being pushed aside, and make way for WWE's number 1 heel. I feel Miz needs to do some damage to Truth, as it has become predictable when him and Truth fight.

Questions to my readers:
Where you shocked when Brodus came out with his entrance?

Do you think Zack will be there next week?

Who would you want to win Miz or R-Truth.
 Post a comment below at then end of this post with your answer

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Embrace Hatred (Raw Ep 973 reviewed)


Monday Night Raw Began with Kane talking about him embracing hate, ruining down the crowd and people watching at home. He then brought John Cena back into the rant after about 3 minutes of ranting about the crowd’s failings. Kane then said “When you chant Cena sucks, you’re really chanting I suck”. (Are we trying to get the crowd on Cena’s side again? That ship has sailed.) He then went on to Zack Ryder, about how he almost dragged him down to hell (AKA under the ring).  John came down to fight of Kane as a hero.  They exchanged blows as they fought to the locker room, and then to the outside. Cena looked like he would knock Kane down a 4 foot drop onto some wooden panels. However Kane fought back, then tossing Cena into some steel pipes. Cena grabbed a crowbar and hit Kane, Kane returned with an uppercut, which knocked Cena back into the pile of pipes, He goyt up after about 10 seconds, and Kane had gone. Throughout the night, Kane would stalk Ryder, Ryder had asked Eve out, who had a match with Beth, however this never went ahead, as Kane’s music played as Eve was in the ring. Ryder came down and left the arena with Eve, he put her in a car, however the tyre was flat. Ryder would resort to changing the tyre.  This would be played during the match of Cena vs Ziggler, Kane would attack Zack and chokeslam him down the drop that he himself could have fallen down at the beginning of Raw. Cena would try to come to the parking lot, however Ziggler would hit him with a sleeper. Eventually Cena hit Ziggler into the stairs and ran to the area to Zack’s aid. Kane would jump Cena and choke him out.
Well this looks like a great storyline, Kids will be cheering Cena on to vanquish Kane, However I and I think a lot of fans will be cheering Kane on. (Post a comment, Cena or Kane?). And by the way, no winner was decided, Well I assume it was Ziggler.
The first match of the night would be “The Great White” Sheamus tag teaming up with Santino Marella, The y would take on Jinder Mahal and Wade Barrett. This was obviously promoting the Smackdown rivalry between Sheamus and Jinder and Wade. I immediately thought Santino was a joke to give Sheamus a big momentum, when he would “hot tag” to Sheamus. Also a Royal Rumble promotion match,. Wade and Barrett dominated Santino, until Santino countered a rear neck choke followed by a Santino Stunner, to which he Hot Tagged to Sheamus. Sheamus landed his Irish handgrenades, followed by Knocking Wade Barrett of the apron, He delivered a brogue kick to Mahal, However he tagged to Santino, who would then pull out a hand puppet of a cobra and git Jinder Mahal with the Cobra, this would earn them the win.
I was shocked and disappointed by the tag, as I believed Sheamus would win, that was the shock. The tag match was very well, until Jinder got up and let Santino hit him. Jinder poorly demonstrated this, he needs to practice making his groggy state more realistic.
Backstage Miz would complain to John L, to which John would ignore stating all of his responsabilities, with the announcement of Brodus Clay returning. He also refused Miz’s bodyguard, and told hom to find his own. Miz would ask Mason Ryan and PeR (Primo Epico and Rosa, the Mexican version of MnM) all who would laugh at him. Miz then enlisted Ricardo to insult Truth and lure him out. Truth came out and intimidated Ricardo to singing, he asked for one more time, however Ricardo pelted the mic from truth, which resulted in Truth landing his signature on him. Miz would emerge from the crowd and assault Truth, Truth would begin to fight back, which lead Miz to flee.
I looked forward to this, As I thought Brodus was an excellent heel, he needed work but was very good.But before the Match, The 1st hall of fame inductee was announced. It was none other than the rated R superstar Edge. The second inductee would be the most formidable faction in wrestling, The 4 Horsemen. Younger generations will not know them, these guys were the crème de la crème of the business. They Join Edge in the class of 2012 Hall of Fame
Edge has accomplished so much in his career, one of the best heels in the business, The best Undertaker rival of all time, and not to forget a great damn tag team competitor. Edge I will never forget. His 1st wwe championship match will stay with me forever. The 4 Horsemen were the best in the business, Its about time they get their spot in the hall of fame.
The second match on wwe was Kofi Kingston vs D-Bry, as Kofi questioned how D-Bry beat the Big Show last week on smackdown, (if you didn’t see it, click the WWE Smackdown reviewed link on the right) This was by far the best match o f the night (However most people I know fast forwarded it) This match was back and forth from the get go, there was a bit pf a mistake, when Kofi whipped D-Bry into the ring, he stopped as B-Bry was climbing the corner to flip over Kofi, Kofi reversed a running strike but D-Bry countered his springboard cross body into the Lebell lock. D-Bry would then celebrate as he has done for the past week. Until Big Show Came down,  D-Bry said he was upset about the way the match ended. Big Show announced that the rematch with no DQ and no Ring Out, they shook hands, and stood face to face, Big Show uttered something, Although I couldn’t make it out. What did Big Show say? Post a comment with your response.
Brodus Clay made his return as Funkasaurus, he danced down to the ring with two girls, his opponent was Curt Hawkins, he fought Hawkins, often dancing around and gyrating his hips. Hawkins was put off by this. Brodus hit a big fisherman’s suplex, leaving Hawkins in the ring, he hit a big splash to Curt in the corner followed by cross body, which earned him the win. After the match he danced in victory.
WTF? Brodus came down dancing? Now really. He goes from a big tough body guard, to a funky fresh dancer. Scotty 2 Hotty got annoying and outdated, and so will Brodus in my opinion, admitting the girls he was with were very fine
CM Punk vs Jack Swagger was the fourth match, Lauranaitis would instruct Punk that if he was able to win, Swagger and Vicky would be banned from ringside at Royal Rumble. Lauranaitis would then hang out at ringside texting. This match was the second best match, it had Swagger and Punk exchange holds before a stand off. Punk built up some offense before attempting to hit an elbow drop, Swagger rolled out of the ring before Punk even jumped off. Swagger would gain the upperhand, pounding Punk with stomps and kicks, Punk would counter with a cross body and take control. Swagger would counter an Irish whip with his ankle lock, but pushed of by punk, Swagger would regain control with a kick to the knee of punk. Swagger would keep Punk grounded with holds, and proceed to throw Punk out to the floor by the announcement tables, Ziggler would move into assault Punk, however would be prevented by Lauranaitis , Swagger would be sent out and hit by a suicide dive by Punk. Swagger would soon regain control, hitting high impact moves on Punk. Punk made a comeback, but was short lived by Swagger, who again would hit Punk with a counter, Punk tried to build come offense, but Swagger would dominate again. Swagger would set Punk up for a superplex of the top rope, but would crash to the floor after a few shots from Punk, who would then delivered an elbow to Swagger, Punk earned a 3 count, but Swagger looked like he kicked out. I was shocked by this as normally superstars do not lose to average moves. The replay showed however that Swagger kicked out at 2. However Punk still was declared the winner.
I enjoyed the match until I realised it was a promo for the special referee match; this is why I feel it was the second best match.
Jericho came down to the ring in the same fashion he did last week. However this time after a cheering competition that quickly became boos, he high fived everyone at ring side, but then began to cry as he was about to speak. He left the arena because of this.
Jericho has not said a word in 2 weeks now, And as some have said, this is to make him a heel. After conversing with some fans, I agree that Jericho will interfere at Royal Rumble Championship match, then explaining his actions, most likely costing Punk the title. However I have an inkling that he will win the Rumble and continue his silence, when questioned about his title match. I also think, given his history, he will interfere with Cena vs The Rock. However I doubt this because of the promotion of this event.
Overall I will rate this weeks episode 7/10
(1 Ricardo’s cover of “La Cucucaracha”)
(2 Eve)
(3 D-Bry vs Kofi great match)
(4 Cena got pwned)
(5 Jericho on RAW)
(6 Funny R-Truth)
(7 “Big Johnny”)

Thursday 5 January 2012

WWE Raw EP 972 (exclusive)

Hello once again dudes and dudettes,
I don't know if you watched wwe exclusive after RAW, but I certainly did, and thought I'd give you a quick review.

Airboom declare they need challengers. Hmmm, the only teams left that I see are the Usos, which are face, so they won't be a challenger, unless they are going to turn heel. Dolph and Zwagger, but Ziggler is competing for the WWE title match at the royal rumble. They talked about possible contenders such as Hornswaggle and Jack Swagger, "Hornswagger" LAME! Sheamus with heath slater: "The gingerhead men" Ok that was a good one, a funny play on ginger bread men, Justin Gabriel and Alberto Del Rio: "Spanish Fly" hehe (!) Bourne 1st: Del Rio is Mexican, not Spanish, and he pulled his groin, which will leave him out of action (Halle-freaking-lujah, he is so boring, an OK wrestler, but cannot trash talk. He repeats himself in Spanish, constantly, calling people perro-aka dogs, I don't take offense to that actually, people call each other that all the time, "hey Dawg" Thanks for the compliment Del Rio, but you are not cool. Primo and Epico, I forgot about these dudes, yeah there the new FBI (Full Blooded Italians) that was on Smackdown years ago, however rather than Italian, it seems more Mexican based. but also like a Mexican MnM, well it would be PeR (Primo, Epico and Rosa) These could maybe be contenders, there heel, got a diva manager, who dances when they win, yeah these could be the contenders.They concluded the interview with challenging anyone in the back to form a team and create a team name.

Ok I think I'll just ponder a few realistic teams:
Santino & Yoshi tatsu: Cobra Kai
Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio: Los Hombres Misterioso
Ted DiBiase & Mason Ryan: Power of Money
Chavo Guererro & Johnny Curtis: CC

Post a comment of your ideas for possible tag teams


But WWE has to do something about the tag team division. What happened to the good ol days of the with some of the awesome tag teams. D-Generation X was one of my favourites, Road Dog especially.

The second interview was with Curt Hawkins talking about how he help get Zack Ryder to where he is today. Well actually Curt, if you remember correctly, you and Zack Ryder both started out as Edge impersonators during one of the best rivalries between Edge and The Undertaker. After this you did win the tag team titles, as you stated, but this was short lived. He then went on to talk about how Zack has some cool catch phrases and invented some of his own "Cool but rude" yeah I don't see that catching on with WWE, as it is kinda based for little kids, tank you vewy much. "The party dude" hmmm, errrr, next! wait but before his next one, the camera man or someone said the catch phrases were all from tenage mutant ninja turtles, And they were. Hawkins concluded the interview with "whos this guy? Master Splinter?" No, just someone who watches waaaay too much tv.

Post a comment with your very own catch phrase


Next up was the Miz, who had been "beaten up" by R-Truth, with Sheamus' potencial new finishing move The water bottle, if you read my previous post. They asked him if he felt that he regretted attacking R-Truth, and as the stereotypical heel. he answered "no" they asked him if he deserved it, and once again he replied no, he was making him tougher more believable to the audience, whoops, Miz did you just reveal that R-Truth is a scripted character, naughty naughty. They then asked if he needed a body guard, this is wrestling, people get hurt. Miz responded that it seemed like a good idea, as everyone he helped has turned against him, D-Bry, Big Show, R-Truth, Alex Riley. That Miz is the classic move by WWE called Hell turns face, they get two dirty superstars and make one bully the other to the point that they snap and beat the bully-up. This enables them to sell new merchandise as fans often jump on the band wagon and support them heavily, to become there number one fan, as they were recently a heel. I was the same, when Randy Orton turned face after leaving Evolution, I was such a big fan. But well done selling the story, very believable.

Finally, they caught-up with Chris Jericho, asking him numerous questions such as What did tonight signify? Why didn't he say anything? Is he going to enter the Royal Rumble? Unfortunately he did not say a word, he stopped momentarily to turn on the lights on his jacket. I was annoyed that he said squat on Raw and backstage, but I think I can allow this one time, along with all his Jerichoholics.

How will win the Royal Rumble, well it has to be a Smackdown superstar so that Wrestlemania 28 Rock vs Cena for the WWE championship can go ahead. Therefore it will be Christian, return from injury, Drew McIntyre, as he needs a win, according to his storyline, Henry, if he does not face the winner of D-Bry vs The Big Show, or Wade Barrett who is being heavily promoted.

Who will win and who I want to win is very different. I want Chris Jericho to win, if he enters, otherwise Sheamus.

Who do you want to win the Royal Rumble 2012? Post A Comment

Tuesday 3 January 2012

Raw's 1st episode of 2012 review (EP:972)

Raw's first episode of the new year 2012, was very anticipated by two events, the wwe title match and "the mystery return of a familiar face"

I'll start of with John Cena's promo at the very beginning. I am not a john cena fan myself, and neither were the majority of the fans. John and the wwe need to accept the fact that John Cena has become tiring as the poster boy of the WWE. CM punk, Randy Orton have been in the business almost as long as Cena has, time for Cena to become a heel, heck I'd respect him if he finally became dirty, in 2003 He was a heel, and had an epic rivalry with The Undertaker.
The promo began with Cena coming out wishing people had a happy new year, followed by him bragging about hustle loyalty and respect, yawn I see it on your T-Shirt Cena, enough already. Kane's music blasted out, which I actually was excited for, as I thought Kane would whoop Cena once again, however this was not the case. Instead Kane just spoke while his entrance movie played, not even a face shot of him on the titantron, just his voice. Kane said that Cena will embrace the hate and witness the true power of hate at the end of tonight's episode. Hmmm, well actually happened is that Cena, Zack Ryder and Big Show where scheduled to compete against Kane, Jack Swagger and Mark Henry in an 6-Man elimination tag team match, Oh boy! The main event came and oh what happened, Kane refused to participate. That is setting anything up is it? (!) This was so that Kane could ambush both Cena and Ryder, by rising from underneath the ring through a hole which was avoided throughout the match.. He choked Cena out for a good minute, well when I say choke  I mean he put his hand on his face and pretended to choke him. He then proceded to drag Ryder down to through the ring. Michael Cole quoted that this was the abyss, hmmm yeah WWE isn't real, but come on, do you realy expect people to believe that, come on now! Despite this, Cena prevented this by attacking Kane, he seemed to have no affects of being choked out, wow (!). After this an explosion was set of and a huge flame emerged from the ring. Now this just shows that WWE storylines are now based for little kids.

The WWE title match was a great contest, except the fact that during the match CM Punk delivered 5 consecutive running leg drops. Dolph rolled back into each one as Punk was running towards him. Now I know the fight is scripted, but Dolph, really, you feel the need to let 5 hit you. Don't get me wrong, Ziggler is probably the best wrestler in WWE, when I say wrestler, I mean actually wrestling, but please Dolph really. Anyway coming to the conclusion of the match, the top turnbuckle pad was removed, And the excecutive vice president of talent relations and interm GM of monday night RAW, mr creativity himself. John Laurinaitis, distracted the ref, while Ziggler tapped out to the anaconda vice. Mr Laurinaitis was then hit by a avoided punch by Ziggler, intended for Punk, however CM Punk ran towards Ziggler, who avoided him, and Punk fell outside the ring, because Laurinaitis held the ropes down while crying. CM Punk was unable to get in due to him hitting his shoulder against the floor, which was very well done by Punk very believable. Ziggler won by count out. As we all know and the commentators state numerous times when a challenger is outside, "The Title cannot be won via count out" (unless stated) Ziggler grabbed the championship and paraded around the crowd area, I just thought you dumb arrogant idiot, surely you know the rules. Laurinaitis the made a Royal Rumble main event match involving CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler for the WWE championship, because Ziggler had beaten punk on two occasions. WWE can go two ways with this, either Punk will win, and lose to Cena so that wrestlemania can go ahead, or Ziggler will win, have an arrogant short live run, similar to Del Rio's and lose to a face superstar, like hmmm, John Cena? of course it will be.

Wade Barrett came to the ring before his match with Santino, saying that he is done with Orton, because he threw him down the stairs during Smackdown's last 2011 episode in a falls count anywhere match. Yes Barrett, anyone can do that. But haven't you noticed that when superstars fall down the stairs, they are injured, and A while ago, The Legend Killer, Randy's Old persona, he threw Mick Foley down some stairs injuring him. We have found their weakness, forget steel stairs, chairs, ladders. Just drag your opponent to a flight of stairs and get rid. I thought it was funny as Barrett had no idea what to do then, he went down to see if Randy was ok, noticed the camera and ran back up. Well the match was another, let's grab a joke character, put him against a superstar we are trying to promote, let him look good beating the joker up. That was the case, yawn.

Sheamus was scheduled to compete against the Miz, as Laurinaitis made this match. Miz left the office saying he was a sitting duck to an R-Truth attack. Miz gained the first strike trapping sheamus' arm in the rops and stomping, this was quickly ended by sheamus who the delivered repeated blows to Miz's chest, or as I like to say, to quote Booker T: "The Irish hand grenades". Miz the dropped to the floor and hightaled it out through the crowd. Hmm I think that this is setting up an ambush, Oh wait it was. shocking (!) seeing as they had put 3 backstage skits of R Truth following Miz. As Miz tried to run back into the ring, to avoid Truth, he met a very realistic Brogue kick, by the great white, Sheamus. Truth grabbed a bottle of water and bashed it against Miz's head. WWE, one thing, bottles of water, even full ones, don't do as much damage, Miz seemed KO after that, even though he was just dizzy from a brogue kick. Sheamus, your wasting energy, grab a bottle of water next time you wanna finish a match.

The opening contest was D-Bry vs Cody Rhodes. This contest was to my liking, because it was a decent fight, probably the best match of the night. This is a real wrestling fans opinion, rather than the majority of people who enjoy unrealistic dribble during a match. D-Bry won, and stood victorious on the announcement table, much to cole's disliking.

The divas match was the bella's vs Kelly Kelly & Eve. One word Hot

Finally the anticipated return of a familiar face, however, fans all over the arena, had signs and banners with the same superstar's name on it: Y2J. The arena went dark, then blue lights appeared in the form of a man with his arms wide open, Which was Jericho's primary stance. It was no other than Chris Jericho, I was so pleased he returned. However, he did not do anything more than, high five and banter to the fans, hold a cheering competition. when he went up to the ramp, after about 10 minutes of that, he began to receive some boos. I wanted to hear his plans for what he was going to achieve with his return.

Overall I would give this weeks episode of RAW 5/10
(1 for the amazing D-Bry fight)
(2 for a diva match)
(3 for jericho's return)
(4 for WWE title match on RAW)
(5 for Cena sucks chants)