Back in June, I had made a week of reviews solely on the old Digimon, Digivolving Figures. These figures I got a long time ago, back when it all airred. The figures were great toys in my childhood, but were pretty crappy. Their ball joints easily got loose and they some times fall apart. Another thing was sometimes only 1 of the 2Digivolutions would look correct. With that being an issue, it made me keep most of them in certain forms. These figures were quite common to find, and at times were huge shelf-warmers. Out of the seven I reviewed my favorites are the Greymon, Kabuterimon and Flamedramon figures. Anyways enjoy the reviews!
Day 1: Greymon to MetalGreymon
Day 2: Garurumon to WereGarurumon
Day 3: Birdramon to Garudamon
Day 4: Kabuterimon to MegaKabuterimon
Day 5: MagnaAngemon to Seraphimon
Day 6: Digi-Egg of Courage to Flamedramon
Day 7: DNA Digivolving Paildramon
Friday, August 19, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
WWE Raw 8/15
Overview
Raw starts showing a brief promo of last night Summerslam's Main Event, where Punk won then had Alberto Del Rio cash in his Money in the Bank. Following the promo we cut to Triple H, apologizing about Cena's foot on the rope and missing it. Then going onto the Kevin Nash attack on Punk, and Del Rio's cash in to the MitB. Triple H, explains he didn't plan to have Nash attack him, but left him tickets to the event and then permitted Nash to come to Raw. Nash will then explain, his reason. As for Del Rio, he pretty much went with "That's how the cookie crumbles!" Followed by the New WWE Champion, Alberto Del Rio making his entrance.
Del Rio, introduces himself as the Undisputed WWE Champion and goes on about destiny. He even then goes on to say he loves the fans and didn't want to cash in at Summerslam, but after Nash got the surprise on the crowd he was cool with it. Then he rants that he's great and how he wants to be their Champion, along with facing Rey Mysterio tonight. He follows up with on how he still can't stand Mysterio, and how he wishes to continue to defeat him. The promo ends with Triple H, then backstage heading into John Cena's locker room.
The opening match on the card has R-Truth with a remix of "What's Up?!" facing off against John Morrison. The two brawl it out in the opening minutes, with R-Truth trying for a Roll-Up, leading to Morrison knocking him from the ring and a Suicide Dive. This is when I realized it was Falls Count Anywhere, when they went for pinfalls at ringside. After a commerical break we return to Morrison and R-Truth, with R-Truth taking control of the match. R-Truth, hits a few running knees and kicks followed by him knocking Morrison into the crowd(as I forget to record this part again). They spill back into the ringside area, when I finally turned the VCR back-on, Morrison suplexes R-Truth into the chair then hits him with a flying knee for the win. Following the match we see CM Punk, make his way into the arena.
A promo hits for the WWE Championship match, then we cut right to the Miz making his entrance. The Miz then comes out to talk about the Subway Guy, Jared! He goes, to the barricade and gets a sub from Jared and eats it in the ring. Then in the parking-lot, Kevin Nash arrives via a limo as we cut to a commerical.
We come back to a Divas' match, Kelly Kelly & Eve Torres facing off with Bella Twins. Kelly, starts the match with one of the Bellas'. I can't ever tell them apart quite honestly and they keep tagging in & out. Eventually Eve tags in gets the win, via moonsault and pinfall. Beth Phoenix and Natalya then make their way to the entrance ramp, before it turns to the last night's JackKnife to CM Punk.
Kevin Nash, gets a cool introduction leading to an okay entrance without a theme. Nash then goes to explain his story, about the tickets then the sneak attack on CM Punk. Kevin's excuse was that it was he told by a McMahon and it was just business as CM Punk, makes his way out to the ramp. Punk, then assumes that Nash and Triple H are working together about how they don't know good business. Leading to Punk saying how he can do whatever he wants. Then how, he's pissed off with several people but not Del Rio. Punk, follows up with Nash is out of his era where Nash retorts with NWO and how the business sucks. They continue to argue and Punk tries to make his way to the ring as the security team splits them up.
Kevin Nash, goes to Triple H's office and runs into John Laurnaitis. As you can obviously see, John is up to something. The next match to follow is Alex Riley against Jack Swagger, as Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero joins commentary. Jack, works on A-ry's back, and wears him down. A-ry, breaks out with a Spinebuster and starts to make a comeback. Vickie then creates a diverison allowing to Jack Swagger to beat A-ry, then Ziggler pisses off Jim Ross.
Vickie runs into Jack Swagger, where he hits on her. He then goes on a run of old managers, before leaving. Now we get another look at Fan Acess, which covers the same footage from the night before. Punk then runs into Stephanie for a brief minute, before going to another commerical break.
We come to another Tag Team Match, with Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston facing off with Otunga & McGillicuty. Evan, is double teamed in the opening minutes. Otunga and McGillicuty, over powers Evan cutting him off from Kofi. Evan, tags in Kofi and the pace picks up. Kofi does most of the work, as Evan gets the pin. Backstage, Rey Mysterio gets ready for his match for the WWE Championship.
Del Rio, is the first to make his entrance to the ring followed by Rey Mysterio. The match begins and they go for lock ups. Mysterio tries to go for a fast 619, and Del Rio jumps out of the ring to avoid it. We come back to the fighting in the ring and at ringside, Del Rio trys to get Mysterio's mask off at one point. Mysterio counters and hits a few moves, following to both competitors fighting on a turnbuckle. Mysterio, hits a hurricanrana then several other ones. Del Rio, fights back and tries wearing down Rey again. Mysterio breaks out and gets Del Rio, out of the ring leading to a moonsault and throwing Del Rio back in. Rey starts building up for a finish, while Del Rio clotheslines Rey back down. Del Rio, assualts Rey more as the fans chant for Rey while he gets kicked in the head. Rey lands a 619 but has the splash reversed into a roll up with Del Rio getting the pinfall and retaining the WWE Championship. Del Rio after the match, then continues to attack Rey as Cena comes down and save Rey from the Armbreaker. Cena then chews out Alberto Del Rio, for winning the WWE Championship and saying now he's a target!
Review:
This Raw wasn't impressive at all, and it could've been better. The opening promo, was okay and Del Rio's promo could've been a little bit better. Like he should've gone to trying to really make the crowd irate. I just didn't get into the whole thing quite frankly, I wanted the Kevin Nash thing sooner or at the end of the night. But we got the Kevin Nash/CM Punk confrontation in the middle of the RAW. Nash's entrance should've had his theme at least cause I hate when there's no music. The promo should've actually had Punk face to face with Nash, instead of Punk on the ramp and security dividing them. I really think, if WWE want to promote the return of Nash, this confrontation needed to be face to face and in the ring.
The matches however mostly sucked. There was only 2 matches that stood out, the Falls Count Anywhere Match and the WWE Championship match. Morrison and R-Truth could've been better if it had weapon involvement, if it was like No Holds Barred or Extreme Rules that match really could upset the Main Event even more. As for the WWE Championship match, I knew Rey wasn't going to win right from the beginning. Also the way Del Rio dominated the match wasn't even entertaining, I had no belief in Rey. As a result this Raw, could barely hit a 3-Star Rating from the fact the promos sucked compared to the last two weeks and only 2 matches stood out. Sorry if it pisses off huge Rey Mysterio fans and WWE fanatics but it's all true!
Raw starts showing a brief promo of last night Summerslam's Main Event, where Punk won then had Alberto Del Rio cash in his Money in the Bank. Following the promo we cut to Triple H, apologizing about Cena's foot on the rope and missing it. Then going onto the Kevin Nash attack on Punk, and Del Rio's cash in to the MitB. Triple H, explains he didn't plan to have Nash attack him, but left him tickets to the event and then permitted Nash to come to Raw. Nash will then explain, his reason. As for Del Rio, he pretty much went with "That's how the cookie crumbles!" Followed by the New WWE Champion, Alberto Del Rio making his entrance.
Del Rio, introduces himself as the Undisputed WWE Champion and goes on about destiny. He even then goes on to say he loves the fans and didn't want to cash in at Summerslam, but after Nash got the surprise on the crowd he was cool with it. Then he rants that he's great and how he wants to be their Champion, along with facing Rey Mysterio tonight. He follows up with on how he still can't stand Mysterio, and how he wishes to continue to defeat him. The promo ends with Triple H, then backstage heading into John Cena's locker room.
The opening match on the card has R-Truth with a remix of "What's Up?!" facing off against John Morrison. The two brawl it out in the opening minutes, with R-Truth trying for a Roll-Up, leading to Morrison knocking him from the ring and a Suicide Dive. This is when I realized it was Falls Count Anywhere, when they went for pinfalls at ringside. After a commerical break we return to Morrison and R-Truth, with R-Truth taking control of the match. R-Truth, hits a few running knees and kicks followed by him knocking Morrison into the crowd(as I forget to record this part again). They spill back into the ringside area, when I finally turned the VCR back-on, Morrison suplexes R-Truth into the chair then hits him with a flying knee for the win. Following the match we see CM Punk, make his way into the arena.
A promo hits for the WWE Championship match, then we cut right to the Miz making his entrance. The Miz then comes out to talk about the Subway Guy, Jared! He goes, to the barricade and gets a sub from Jared and eats it in the ring. Then in the parking-lot, Kevin Nash arrives via a limo as we cut to a commerical.
We come back to a Divas' match, Kelly Kelly & Eve Torres facing off with Bella Twins. Kelly, starts the match with one of the Bellas'. I can't ever tell them apart quite honestly and they keep tagging in & out. Eventually Eve tags in gets the win, via moonsault and pinfall. Beth Phoenix and Natalya then make their way to the entrance ramp, before it turns to the last night's JackKnife to CM Punk.
Kevin Nash, gets a cool introduction leading to an okay entrance without a theme. Nash then goes to explain his story, about the tickets then the sneak attack on CM Punk. Kevin's excuse was that it was he told by a McMahon and it was just business as CM Punk, makes his way out to the ramp. Punk, then assumes that Nash and Triple H are working together about how they don't know good business. Leading to Punk saying how he can do whatever he wants. Then how, he's pissed off with several people but not Del Rio. Punk, follows up with Nash is out of his era where Nash retorts with NWO and how the business sucks. They continue to argue and Punk tries to make his way to the ring as the security team splits them up.
Kevin Nash, goes to Triple H's office and runs into John Laurnaitis. As you can obviously see, John is up to something. The next match to follow is Alex Riley against Jack Swagger, as Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero joins commentary. Jack, works on A-ry's back, and wears him down. A-ry, breaks out with a Spinebuster and starts to make a comeback. Vickie then creates a diverison allowing to Jack Swagger to beat A-ry, then Ziggler pisses off Jim Ross.
Vickie runs into Jack Swagger, where he hits on her. He then goes on a run of old managers, before leaving. Now we get another look at Fan Acess, which covers the same footage from the night before. Punk then runs into Stephanie for a brief minute, before going to another commerical break.
We come to another Tag Team Match, with Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston facing off with Otunga & McGillicuty. Evan, is double teamed in the opening minutes. Otunga and McGillicuty, over powers Evan cutting him off from Kofi. Evan, tags in Kofi and the pace picks up. Kofi does most of the work, as Evan gets the pin. Backstage, Rey Mysterio gets ready for his match for the WWE Championship.
Del Rio, is the first to make his entrance to the ring followed by Rey Mysterio. The match begins and they go for lock ups. Mysterio tries to go for a fast 619, and Del Rio jumps out of the ring to avoid it. We come back to the fighting in the ring and at ringside, Del Rio trys to get Mysterio's mask off at one point. Mysterio counters and hits a few moves, following to both competitors fighting on a turnbuckle. Mysterio, hits a hurricanrana then several other ones. Del Rio, fights back and tries wearing down Rey again. Mysterio breaks out and gets Del Rio, out of the ring leading to a moonsault and throwing Del Rio back in. Rey starts building up for a finish, while Del Rio clotheslines Rey back down. Del Rio, assualts Rey more as the fans chant for Rey while he gets kicked in the head. Rey lands a 619 but has the splash reversed into a roll up with Del Rio getting the pinfall and retaining the WWE Championship. Del Rio after the match, then continues to attack Rey as Cena comes down and save Rey from the Armbreaker. Cena then chews out Alberto Del Rio, for winning the WWE Championship and saying now he's a target!
Review:
This Raw wasn't impressive at all, and it could've been better. The opening promo, was okay and Del Rio's promo could've been a little bit better. Like he should've gone to trying to really make the crowd irate. I just didn't get into the whole thing quite frankly, I wanted the Kevin Nash thing sooner or at the end of the night. But we got the Kevin Nash/CM Punk confrontation in the middle of the RAW. Nash's entrance should've had his theme at least cause I hate when there's no music. The promo should've actually had Punk face to face with Nash, instead of Punk on the ramp and security dividing them. I really think, if WWE want to promote the return of Nash, this confrontation needed to be face to face and in the ring.
The matches however mostly sucked. There was only 2 matches that stood out, the Falls Count Anywhere Match and the WWE Championship match. Morrison and R-Truth could've been better if it had weapon involvement, if it was like No Holds Barred or Extreme Rules that match really could upset the Main Event even more. As for the WWE Championship match, I knew Rey wasn't going to win right from the beginning. Also the way Del Rio dominated the match wasn't even entertaining, I had no belief in Rey. As a result this Raw, could barely hit a 3-Star Rating from the fact the promos sucked compared to the last two weeks and only 2 matches stood out. Sorry if it pisses off huge Rey Mysterio fans and WWE fanatics but it's all true!
Blast from My Past: Power Rangers Ninja Storm Review
This is probably one of my most viewed, reviews on Youtube. Ironically this also, wasn't one of my best reviews either. I can't believe it actually got so many views, I guess people really like this video. Well anyways, they're not for sale and I've had them since the show airred in like 2002. This line of figures were one of the best at the time and didn't have many flaws, some noticable ones are Ninja Storm Blue's skirt isn't made and the Samurai Ranger can't fully go to Lightning Mode. Anyways enjoy the review, and check out the other originals!
Projekt's Marvel Legends Week
Well Projektrdm, reviewed a bunch of Marvel Legends figures. 5 I like and 2 suck, even thou I liked them all on Youtube! So I had to whore out this review week anyways. I personally suggest you watch the Iron Man, Hulk and Thor reviews(Hint, Hint; AVENGERS!) while avoiding the rest. I can't complain nor disagree with what he chose to review, because I didn't get any Marvel Legends since all the ones I wanted Sold Out fast! A huge bitch is the good damn HulkBuster, that some jerk-off yanked from me so many years ago....
Day 1: Hercules
Day 2: Ultimate Iron Man
Day 3: First Appearance Iron Man
Day 4: Nightcrawler
Day 5: First Appearance Grey Hulk
Day 6: Captain Marvelous...NVM it's just Marvel
Day 7: Thor
Day 1: Hercules
Day 2: Ultimate Iron Man
Day 3: First Appearance Iron Man
Day 4: Nightcrawler
Day 5: First Appearance Grey Hulk
Day 6: Captain Marvelous...NVM it's just Marvel
Day 7: Thor
Sunday, August 14, 2011
WWE SummerSlam 2011
Overview:
Summerslam opens with the National Anthem played by Tool's Adam Jones, which was pretty damn good compared to other instrumental verisons I heard. Then we cut to the opening Summerslam promo about tonight's PPV. We flash to the CM Punk vs John Cena promo for the Undisputed WWE Championship, actually it was most of the opening promo. As the opening pryo shoots off in the background we can see the Miz's AWESOME blow up sign meaning Miz vs Rey Mysterio is the opening match. Actually it became a 6-Man Tag Team Match.
The opening match was The Miz, R-Truth and Alberto Del Rio taking on the team of Kofi Kingston, John Morrison and Rey Mysterio. Kofi and Miz start it off, leading to John Morrison soon tagging in. Eventually they switch Miz for R-Truth and Morrison brawls about with R-Truth. The match moves slow at times, and Team Miz works on Kofi for awhile working on his head. Kofi tags in Rey and Miz tags in R-Truth, the match really speeds up and Rey picks up the win with a 619 when Kofi and Morrison suicide dive onto Miz & Del Rio.
After the match, Punk runs into John Laurinaitis then into Stephanie McMahon where she tries to wish him. Punk reluctantly waves her off since she offers him a hand shake where he quotes "I know where that hand has been!" Then we transition over to the Sheamus vs Mark Henry promo. Where I'm like damn this match better be amazing, leading to the match itself.
Sheamus and Mark Henry, brawl it out in the opening minutes. Sheamus, quickly beats Mark Henry down on to his knees before Mark Henry flings Sheamus out of the ring. Mark Henry then beats down, Sheamus for awhile hitting a couple of slams. Mark, finallys goes a body splashes where Sheamus rolls out of the way and begins taking back the match. Sheamus hits a shoulder block then a flying shoulder block, where he follows through into a Brogue Kick that knocks Henry from the ring. As the match spills outside Mark Henry regains himself and powerslams Sheamus through the barricade, knocking him out to win via count-out.
Josh Matthews then holds an interview with Christian, asking him about what he meant on SmackDown this pass friday. Then Christian rants about Cowboys and Aliens which I agreed with that it's slightly overrated even thou it seems to be a good movie. Followed by Cee Lo Green singing the theme "Bright Lights, Bigger City" for Summerslam. Then he followed with "Forget You!" as the Bella Twins, Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes were background dancers.
Next on the Card was the Divas' Championship match with Kelly Kelly accompanied to the ring with Eve, as Beth Phoenix was accompanied by Natalya. Kelly tries to use her agility until Beth got a good hold of her. Beth slams Kelly about and locks several holds onto her. Kelly eventually reverses Beth Phoenix and turns the Glam Slam into a roll up and wins, retaining the Divas' Championship. Backstage Stephanie is seen leaving John Cena's locker room, leading to R-Truth hanging out with Jimmy Hart who wants to manage him.
The third match is Wade Barrett vs Daniel Bryan, as we get clips from last months Money in the Bank where Bryan won. The match starts off with Bryan getting in some hits and Barrett reversing a few. Byran hits a Dropkick, and Barret hits a couple knees before Bryan gets in another dropkick. Bryan impress the crowd with several moves and counters before getting hit with a side-slam. Barrett now in control begins working on Bryan's back. Barrett ties Bryan in the ropes to continue his assault on the back while going for another pinfall. The match spills to the apron then to ringside, Bryan gets Barrett into the ring and hits a flying Dropkick. Byran proceeds with the multiple kicks to the chest and head, leading to Barrett breaking away and landing a Big Boot. Bryan counters into the LeBell Lock, as Barrett gets the rope. The two then climb up a turnbuckle fighting each other, leading to Barrett knocking off Bryan and hitting a Wasteland for the win.
Now we come to the next match which is our first World Championship match, that is the World Heavyweight Championship match. The promo is played for the match history leading into the PPV. Then they play up how this match is a No Holds Barred match, and Christian's quote from SmackDown ending the promo. Christian hits the ring first, and then annoucnes his insurance policy is Edge. Edge then talks about Christian's first lost to Orton, followed by all the other losses. Edge then, gets to Christian's win via the DQ and how he became a little bitch again before leaving him. Randy Orton then makes his entrance, to makes his way to the ring.
The match, finally begins and Orton starts hitting Christian in the head and gut. Orton tries to get Christian in a corner but Christian fights out hitting an European Uppercut. Christian goes for some rope chokes and Orton counters for DDT before getting thrown outside. They spill outside and head to the announce tables, Christian grabs the title thou and jumps into the crowd. Orton beats Christian down in the crowd and pulls him back into the ring. Eventually Christian goes for a kendo stick, after reversing Orton and hits him several times with it. Christian tries for a couple pinfalls, as Orton goes for a roll up. Christian tries to go for a second rope move, falling into a Dropkick and Orton's Powerslam. Orton gets some move signatures in while reversing a KillSwitch. Orton tries for the Punt and Christian sides out, and goes to pull Orton in crotch first into the turnbuckle before reversing another move.
Then finally we got some tables, as Orton Superplexes Christian into a table. The match spills outside again, after Christian reverses the RKO and begins using the steel steps on Orton. Christian then drags Orton to the announce tables again now setting up Orton for a RKO on it, where Orton reverses it into his own RKO breaking the Spanish Announce Table. Both of them crawl back into the ring where Christian hits a KillSwitch on Orton, with Orton breaking out of a 2-count pin. Christian then goes for a Con-Chair-Toe, that Orton spins out of the way. He then hits Christian to the apron sending him through the other table, with Orton throwing in more weapons into the ring. We now had steps, a trash can, kendo sticks and a table that Orton Powerslammed Christian through. He follows up with a DDT onto a trash can, and a RKO on the steps for the pin. Orton, once again becomes the World Heavyweight Champion.
After the World Heavyweight Championship match, we get to see the Fan Acess. They show stuff like Sheamus on Conan Tonight, WWE with the Be a Star program and some Be a Star party. The whole promo wraps up with Stephanie talking with Triple H, in his referee gear on somewhere backstage near the locker rooms. With the Undisputed WWE Championship promo following, it's still the same NFL-like promo!
We now come to the Main Event as WWE COO and Special Guest Referee, Triple H makes his entrance. The first of the WWE Champions to enter was CM Punk, as the crowd exploded for him, Booker T even quotes Punk as being "Stone Cold Mad!" Cena followed out next as "Cena Sucks" chants exploded from the crowd. Before the match starts Triple H pats them down looking for weapons, the crowd still chanting for Punk and "Cena Sucks!". They tie it up, CM Punk takes some control with a quick cover. For the first few minutes the match is at a stand-off, they're matched quite equally. Cena goes for another cover, while being unsuccessful but continued to maintain leverage over Punk. Punk, breaks away and takes down Cena locking him in a rear naked choke, then a side head-lock. Cena counters, and the match stays technical with some suplexes following. Punk gets in a Big Boot, and follows up with knee attacks to the gut. Cena tries for a STF, getting it countered with him rolling out to the apron and Punk dropkicks him off.
Cena rolls back into the ring as Punk goes for a few pinfalls. Punk continues to wear down Cena with some submission holds. Cena powers out with a Side Slam, and a some Shoulder Blocks, as Punk tries for a Knee and Bulldog combo leading to a Spin-Out Powerbomb. Cena follows with the 5-Knuckle Shuffle but reversed, then countered Punk into a STF, where Punk returns with an Anaconda Vice variation. Cena breaks out and spins it into a STF, with Punk countering it into the original Anaconda Vice then back to Cena with a Crossface. Cena eventually is thrown outside with Punk flying out with a Suicide Dive, leading to an almost double count-out which Triple H stops by throwing them back in. Cena and Punk brawl it out and leads to several counters and almost pinfalls. Cena gets in a STF, and Punk reaches the ropes, the two then begin to hit the other with their Finishers. Eventually Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment on Punk with only a 2-Count pin, Punk follows up by hitting a GTS and 2-Count pin. Punk goes for a Elbow Drop and another pin, as fans shout "Randy Savage!" Cena goes for a Fisherman Possum Pin, Punk breaks away for another GTS, and gets the pin with Triple H not noticing Cena's foot on the rope.
Punk celebrates at ringside, circling the ring as the fans cheer for him. Punk then re-enters the ring where Triple raises Punk's arm in victory. As Punk celebrates his victory, Kevin Nash enters the ring and hits Punk with the JackKnife Powerbomb and leaves through the crowd as Alberto Del Rio runs to the ring to cash in the Money in the Bank. Del Rio, quickly pins CM Punk and is delcared the WWE Champion, as Triple H is left clueless to Kevin Nash's return.
Review:
Well this Summerslam obviously left me a little bit stunned, I didn't think they'd cash the MitB on Punk. I didn't think Nash would appear at all, but I'm loving it! Kevin Nash, is one of my favorites in the business along with his JackKnife PowerBomb being one of my favortie Powerbomb variations. But anyways the early matches on the card didn't truely impress me, until Kelly Kelly retaining the title was slightly shocking. I'm guessing they want to prolong her defeat a little longer. The Sheamus vs Mark Henry match could've gone maybe a few more extra minutes and not be count-out. The way now to end this is like a TV-airred rivalry ending as like a Main Event on SmackDown sometime near the next PPV. Now the Wade Barrett and Daniel Bryan match was actually a better pace than the last three. The result too, I didn't see coming. The way Daniel actually dominated Barrett in the match was good, and Barretts way back to victory was well played. The battle on the turnbuckle was amazing leading the finale, with Barrett hitting WasteLand.
As for the Main Events they went off amazingly. Starting with the No Holds Barred Match for the World Heavyweight Championship, Christian put on a good showing with countering Orton at key points. The way Orton dominated thou in the match was quite expected, and like the Viper of old. Now to sort of knock the match, at several times during the match Christian took alot of damage like a RKO through the Announce Table, going through another two set of tables, then smashed onto a trash can and finally RKO'ed on the Steps. Realistical he'd been knocked out or really sore, if this wasn't PG. It's like he just didn't play the part right. Orton win the title thou was great, but now more complaints will grow saying this is overkill with Orton holding the Championship yet again.
Now for the WWE Championship match! The stand-off moments in the opening minutes really set the pace for the match. That was a key point in making this match better to enjoy. Then as the match continued over time, it began playing back and forth with proper amounts of reversals and counters. The submission reversals, were some of the best I've seen in awhile. When Triple H threw them back in stopping the 10 count really got the crowd going as Cena and Punk got to their feet leading into the closing minutes. As the match dwindled down to it's final minutes, it made me think they might give the title back to Cena to lead into Del Rio cashing in tonight or tomorrow on maybe Rey or something. The whole Cena winning, actually became firm in my mind when Triple H missed Cena's foot on the rope when Punk won. I thought like several others the match would be restarted. However it didn't and Kevin Nash came out, JackKnifing Powerbombed Punk allow Del Rio to make the steal. This really annoyed me to an extent. I didn't want Punk to get cashed in on, I rather it be Cena cause at least then I could cheer him over Del Rio, cause now the storyline can go any way. When the WWE writers make a change up like this you never can really tell right away how it'll turn out.
Like right now we got Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio tomorrow, with both Punk and Cena out of a rematch. Along with that Punk is now going to be gunning for Nash, as Triple H searches for the reason why Nash did that. So now everything is all in the air, and I'm rating this Summerslam instead of using 5-Star Ratings, it's going to be 10-Stars and that score is 6-Stars out of 10! My reason is cause the Main Events brought in a good showing along with the unexpected results to Divas' Championship and Barrett/Dainels match. If the opening matches had a little more to them and better results I could've rated this 7 out of 10, but since they flopped it's a 6! Stay tuned for tomorrow, when I report Raw's overview, results and review!
Summerslam opens with the National Anthem played by Tool's Adam Jones, which was pretty damn good compared to other instrumental verisons I heard. Then we cut to the opening Summerslam promo about tonight's PPV. We flash to the CM Punk vs John Cena promo for the Undisputed WWE Championship, actually it was most of the opening promo. As the opening pryo shoots off in the background we can see the Miz's AWESOME blow up sign meaning Miz vs Rey Mysterio is the opening match. Actually it became a 6-Man Tag Team Match.
The opening match was The Miz, R-Truth and Alberto Del Rio taking on the team of Kofi Kingston, John Morrison and Rey Mysterio. Kofi and Miz start it off, leading to John Morrison soon tagging in. Eventually they switch Miz for R-Truth and Morrison brawls about with R-Truth. The match moves slow at times, and Team Miz works on Kofi for awhile working on his head. Kofi tags in Rey and Miz tags in R-Truth, the match really speeds up and Rey picks up the win with a 619 when Kofi and Morrison suicide dive onto Miz & Del Rio.
After the match, Punk runs into John Laurinaitis then into Stephanie McMahon where she tries to wish him. Punk reluctantly waves her off since she offers him a hand shake where he quotes "I know where that hand has been!" Then we transition over to the Sheamus vs Mark Henry promo. Where I'm like damn this match better be amazing, leading to the match itself.
Sheamus and Mark Henry, brawl it out in the opening minutes. Sheamus, quickly beats Mark Henry down on to his knees before Mark Henry flings Sheamus out of the ring. Mark Henry then beats down, Sheamus for awhile hitting a couple of slams. Mark, finallys goes a body splashes where Sheamus rolls out of the way and begins taking back the match. Sheamus hits a shoulder block then a flying shoulder block, where he follows through into a Brogue Kick that knocks Henry from the ring. As the match spills outside Mark Henry regains himself and powerslams Sheamus through the barricade, knocking him out to win via count-out.
Josh Matthews then holds an interview with Christian, asking him about what he meant on SmackDown this pass friday. Then Christian rants about Cowboys and Aliens which I agreed with that it's slightly overrated even thou it seems to be a good movie. Followed by Cee Lo Green singing the theme "Bright Lights, Bigger City" for Summerslam. Then he followed with "Forget You!" as the Bella Twins, Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes were background dancers.
Next on the Card was the Divas' Championship match with Kelly Kelly accompanied to the ring with Eve, as Beth Phoenix was accompanied by Natalya. Kelly tries to use her agility until Beth got a good hold of her. Beth slams Kelly about and locks several holds onto her. Kelly eventually reverses Beth Phoenix and turns the Glam Slam into a roll up and wins, retaining the Divas' Championship. Backstage Stephanie is seen leaving John Cena's locker room, leading to R-Truth hanging out with Jimmy Hart who wants to manage him.
The third match is Wade Barrett vs Daniel Bryan, as we get clips from last months Money in the Bank where Bryan won. The match starts off with Bryan getting in some hits and Barrett reversing a few. Byran hits a Dropkick, and Barret hits a couple knees before Bryan gets in another dropkick. Bryan impress the crowd with several moves and counters before getting hit with a side-slam. Barrett now in control begins working on Bryan's back. Barrett ties Bryan in the ropes to continue his assault on the back while going for another pinfall. The match spills to the apron then to ringside, Bryan gets Barrett into the ring and hits a flying Dropkick. Byran proceeds with the multiple kicks to the chest and head, leading to Barrett breaking away and landing a Big Boot. Bryan counters into the LeBell Lock, as Barrett gets the rope. The two then climb up a turnbuckle fighting each other, leading to Barrett knocking off Bryan and hitting a Wasteland for the win.
Now we come to the next match which is our first World Championship match, that is the World Heavyweight Championship match. The promo is played for the match history leading into the PPV. Then they play up how this match is a No Holds Barred match, and Christian's quote from SmackDown ending the promo. Christian hits the ring first, and then annoucnes his insurance policy is Edge. Edge then talks about Christian's first lost to Orton, followed by all the other losses. Edge then, gets to Christian's win via the DQ and how he became a little bitch again before leaving him. Randy Orton then makes his entrance, to makes his way to the ring.
The match, finally begins and Orton starts hitting Christian in the head and gut. Orton tries to get Christian in a corner but Christian fights out hitting an European Uppercut. Christian goes for some rope chokes and Orton counters for DDT before getting thrown outside. They spill outside and head to the announce tables, Christian grabs the title thou and jumps into the crowd. Orton beats Christian down in the crowd and pulls him back into the ring. Eventually Christian goes for a kendo stick, after reversing Orton and hits him several times with it. Christian tries for a couple pinfalls, as Orton goes for a roll up. Christian tries to go for a second rope move, falling into a Dropkick and Orton's Powerslam. Orton gets some move signatures in while reversing a KillSwitch. Orton tries for the Punt and Christian sides out, and goes to pull Orton in crotch first into the turnbuckle before reversing another move.
Then finally we got some tables, as Orton Superplexes Christian into a table. The match spills outside again, after Christian reverses the RKO and begins using the steel steps on Orton. Christian then drags Orton to the announce tables again now setting up Orton for a RKO on it, where Orton reverses it into his own RKO breaking the Spanish Announce Table. Both of them crawl back into the ring where Christian hits a KillSwitch on Orton, with Orton breaking out of a 2-count pin. Christian then goes for a Con-Chair-Toe, that Orton spins out of the way. He then hits Christian to the apron sending him through the other table, with Orton throwing in more weapons into the ring. We now had steps, a trash can, kendo sticks and a table that Orton Powerslammed Christian through. He follows up with a DDT onto a trash can, and a RKO on the steps for the pin. Orton, once again becomes the World Heavyweight Champion.
After the World Heavyweight Championship match, we get to see the Fan Acess. They show stuff like Sheamus on Conan Tonight, WWE with the Be a Star program and some Be a Star party. The whole promo wraps up with Stephanie talking with Triple H, in his referee gear on somewhere backstage near the locker rooms. With the Undisputed WWE Championship promo following, it's still the same NFL-like promo!
We now come to the Main Event as WWE COO and Special Guest Referee, Triple H makes his entrance. The first of the WWE Champions to enter was CM Punk, as the crowd exploded for him, Booker T even quotes Punk as being "Stone Cold Mad!" Cena followed out next as "Cena Sucks" chants exploded from the crowd. Before the match starts Triple H pats them down looking for weapons, the crowd still chanting for Punk and "Cena Sucks!". They tie it up, CM Punk takes some control with a quick cover. For the first few minutes the match is at a stand-off, they're matched quite equally. Cena goes for another cover, while being unsuccessful but continued to maintain leverage over Punk. Punk, breaks away and takes down Cena locking him in a rear naked choke, then a side head-lock. Cena counters, and the match stays technical with some suplexes following. Punk gets in a Big Boot, and follows up with knee attacks to the gut. Cena tries for a STF, getting it countered with him rolling out to the apron and Punk dropkicks him off.
Cena rolls back into the ring as Punk goes for a few pinfalls. Punk continues to wear down Cena with some submission holds. Cena powers out with a Side Slam, and a some Shoulder Blocks, as Punk tries for a Knee and Bulldog combo leading to a Spin-Out Powerbomb. Cena follows with the 5-Knuckle Shuffle but reversed, then countered Punk into a STF, where Punk returns with an Anaconda Vice variation. Cena breaks out and spins it into a STF, with Punk countering it into the original Anaconda Vice then back to Cena with a Crossface. Cena eventually is thrown outside with Punk flying out with a Suicide Dive, leading to an almost double count-out which Triple H stops by throwing them back in. Cena and Punk brawl it out and leads to several counters and almost pinfalls. Cena gets in a STF, and Punk reaches the ropes, the two then begin to hit the other with their Finishers. Eventually Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment on Punk with only a 2-Count pin, Punk follows up by hitting a GTS and 2-Count pin. Punk goes for a Elbow Drop and another pin, as fans shout "Randy Savage!" Cena goes for a Fisherman Possum Pin, Punk breaks away for another GTS, and gets the pin with Triple H not noticing Cena's foot on the rope.
Punk celebrates at ringside, circling the ring as the fans cheer for him. Punk then re-enters the ring where Triple raises Punk's arm in victory. As Punk celebrates his victory, Kevin Nash enters the ring and hits Punk with the JackKnife Powerbomb and leaves through the crowd as Alberto Del Rio runs to the ring to cash in the Money in the Bank. Del Rio, quickly pins CM Punk and is delcared the WWE Champion, as Triple H is left clueless to Kevin Nash's return.
Review:
Well this Summerslam obviously left me a little bit stunned, I didn't think they'd cash the MitB on Punk. I didn't think Nash would appear at all, but I'm loving it! Kevin Nash, is one of my favorites in the business along with his JackKnife PowerBomb being one of my favortie Powerbomb variations. But anyways the early matches on the card didn't truely impress me, until Kelly Kelly retaining the title was slightly shocking. I'm guessing they want to prolong her defeat a little longer. The Sheamus vs Mark Henry match could've gone maybe a few more extra minutes and not be count-out. The way now to end this is like a TV-airred rivalry ending as like a Main Event on SmackDown sometime near the next PPV. Now the Wade Barrett and Daniel Bryan match was actually a better pace than the last three. The result too, I didn't see coming. The way Daniel actually dominated Barrett in the match was good, and Barretts way back to victory was well played. The battle on the turnbuckle was amazing leading the finale, with Barrett hitting WasteLand.
As for the Main Events they went off amazingly. Starting with the No Holds Barred Match for the World Heavyweight Championship, Christian put on a good showing with countering Orton at key points. The way Orton dominated thou in the match was quite expected, and like the Viper of old. Now to sort of knock the match, at several times during the match Christian took alot of damage like a RKO through the Announce Table, going through another two set of tables, then smashed onto a trash can and finally RKO'ed on the Steps. Realistical he'd been knocked out or really sore, if this wasn't PG. It's like he just didn't play the part right. Orton win the title thou was great, but now more complaints will grow saying this is overkill with Orton holding the Championship yet again.
Now for the WWE Championship match! The stand-off moments in the opening minutes really set the pace for the match. That was a key point in making this match better to enjoy. Then as the match continued over time, it began playing back and forth with proper amounts of reversals and counters. The submission reversals, were some of the best I've seen in awhile. When Triple H threw them back in stopping the 10 count really got the crowd going as Cena and Punk got to their feet leading into the closing minutes. As the match dwindled down to it's final minutes, it made me think they might give the title back to Cena to lead into Del Rio cashing in tonight or tomorrow on maybe Rey or something. The whole Cena winning, actually became firm in my mind when Triple H missed Cena's foot on the rope when Punk won. I thought like several others the match would be restarted. However it didn't and Kevin Nash came out, JackKnifing Powerbombed Punk allow Del Rio to make the steal. This really annoyed me to an extent. I didn't want Punk to get cashed in on, I rather it be Cena cause at least then I could cheer him over Del Rio, cause now the storyline can go any way. When the WWE writers make a change up like this you never can really tell right away how it'll turn out.
Like right now we got Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio tomorrow, with both Punk and Cena out of a rematch. Along with that Punk is now going to be gunning for Nash, as Triple H searches for the reason why Nash did that. So now everything is all in the air, and I'm rating this Summerslam instead of using 5-Star Ratings, it's going to be 10-Stars and that score is 6-Stars out of 10! My reason is cause the Main Events brought in a good showing along with the unexpected results to Divas' Championship and Barrett/Dainels match. If the opening matches had a little more to them and better results I could've rated this 7 out of 10, but since they flopped it's a 6! Stay tuned for tomorrow, when I report Raw's overview, results and review!
Friday, August 12, 2011
WWE Friday Night SmackDown 8/12
OverviewSmackDown opens with for once the opening credit promo crap with Green's Do You Know the Enemy. Followed by WWE COO Triple H, coming out to talk about this weekend's Summerslam along with the Main Event. Then he goes on about loving to be in Vince's shoes running WWE. He follows up with announcing an Intercontinental Championship match, Ezekiel Jackson vs Cody Rhodes; a MitB Holder vs MitB Holder match, and matches for the World Heavyweight Champion competitors. Christian then interrupts Triple H, before he can announce Christian's opponent. Christian comes to the ring and says he's going to sue the WWE cause Randy Orton is unstable and he shouldn't be in a No Holds Barred match with him. Triple H retorts by saying the match is still gonna happen and schools Christian about how contracts work. Christian has a breakdown about Randy Orton's history with Triple H, where Triple H schools him again. Christian flips again where Triple H reveals that Sheamus is to face Christian tonight. Thus it was Game Over and we cut to Commerical!
We come back to World Heavyweight Champion, Christian vs Sheamus for our opening match. Sheamus quickly takes down Christian and applies a Outlaw Stomp, before the match spills outside the ring. Christian pushes Sheamus into the turnbuckle post a couple of time and beings working on the right shoulder. Sheamus breaks out beings putting a hurting on Christian, hitting several of his minor signature moves. Before being able to hit the Brogue Kick, Christian splits from the ring and Sheamus wins via a stupid count-out.
Next match is a Divas Tag Match, Beth Phoenix and Natalya against AJ and Kaitlyn. AJ & Kaitlyn are easily jobbed out since they're rookies. AJ is hit with the Glam Slam and Kaitlyn locked in a Sharpshooter. Then we get a quick promo for Raw's MitB Holder Alberto Del Rio facing SmackDown's MitB Holder Daniel Bryan.
SmackDown shows a promo for Sin Cara, then we cut to Zack Ryder and Teddy Long chatting. They're soon interrupted by Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, followed by Aksana coming in to hit on Teddy. Eventually we come to a promo for Mark Henry being the most dominate superstar right now. After the promo, Johnny Curtis finds out his debut match is against Mark Henry. Leading into Sin Cara's return to SmackDown where he beats Tyson Kid.
Next match is the MitB Holder vs MitB Holder match. Daniel Bryan really puts on a show with Alberto Del Rio. Bryan did most of the work in the match before Del Rio locked in an Armbrecker. Bryan taps out to it and is attacked by Wade Barrett, where Barrett hit Bryan with a Wasteland. After a commerical break, we come to the Intercontinental Championship match and let me spoil this now cause I knew this since the taping, Cody Rhodes wins. Anyways Jackson, dominates the first few minutes before Cody and Ted begin playing games, leading to Cody's victory.
After the Incontinental Championship match, and Commerical Break we get the NFL-like promo for John Cena vs CM Punk at Summerslam. Following the promo, we get a run down of the Summerslam Matches. Then Randy Orton, has an interview with Matt Striker about the upcoming No Holds Barred match at Summerslam. Then we come to Mark Henry vs Johnny Curtis, where Mark Henry just overpowers Curtis. After the match Sheamus, comes to Curtis' save before Mark Henry could break his leg.
Finally we get to our Main Event, Randy Orton vs the Great Khali. Orton tries getting a few punches and Khali just flings Orton all about the ring. Khali, hits a Khali Chop, into the Vice Grip to the shoulder where Orton reverses the hold. Orton traps Khali in the ropes and gets in several kicks. A few mintues later Orton comes out of no where and lands a RKO on Khali and gets the pin. Christian comes out after the match to say at Summerslam everything is going to change, when it gets to the No Holds Barred match. Does this mean Tomko is back or something else?
Review:
Well this SmackDown sucked the matches weren't anything to compare to the Raw matches. Nothing really got good enough to amp the crowd up for Summerslam it seemed. There weren't any matches on the card worth mentioning, or really talking about. Hell the Intercontinental Championship match was pretty dumbed down, I mean it didn't seem really enough to how Cody won or that he won. The Divas' Tag Match could of been much better if they didn't job AJ and Kaitlyn. I mean they're barely even using AJ or Kaitlyn correctly at all, these two Divas could actually be good in the division and to job them for being rookies doesn't help Natalya or Beth rep as being dominate either. As a result this SmackDown only equals about 2 out of 5!
We come back to World Heavyweight Champion, Christian vs Sheamus for our opening match. Sheamus quickly takes down Christian and applies a Outlaw Stomp, before the match spills outside the ring. Christian pushes Sheamus into the turnbuckle post a couple of time and beings working on the right shoulder. Sheamus breaks out beings putting a hurting on Christian, hitting several of his minor signature moves. Before being able to hit the Brogue Kick, Christian splits from the ring and Sheamus wins via a stupid count-out.
Next match is a Divas Tag Match, Beth Phoenix and Natalya against AJ and Kaitlyn. AJ & Kaitlyn are easily jobbed out since they're rookies. AJ is hit with the Glam Slam and Kaitlyn locked in a Sharpshooter. Then we get a quick promo for Raw's MitB Holder Alberto Del Rio facing SmackDown's MitB Holder Daniel Bryan.
SmackDown shows a promo for Sin Cara, then we cut to Zack Ryder and Teddy Long chatting. They're soon interrupted by Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, followed by Aksana coming in to hit on Teddy. Eventually we come to a promo for Mark Henry being the most dominate superstar right now. After the promo, Johnny Curtis finds out his debut match is against Mark Henry. Leading into Sin Cara's return to SmackDown where he beats Tyson Kid.
Next match is the MitB Holder vs MitB Holder match. Daniel Bryan really puts on a show with Alberto Del Rio. Bryan did most of the work in the match before Del Rio locked in an Armbrecker. Bryan taps out to it and is attacked by Wade Barrett, where Barrett hit Bryan with a Wasteland. After a commerical break, we come to the Intercontinental Championship match and let me spoil this now cause I knew this since the taping, Cody Rhodes wins. Anyways Jackson, dominates the first few minutes before Cody and Ted begin playing games, leading to Cody's victory.
After the Incontinental Championship match, and Commerical Break we get the NFL-like promo for John Cena vs CM Punk at Summerslam. Following the promo, we get a run down of the Summerslam Matches. Then Randy Orton, has an interview with Matt Striker about the upcoming No Holds Barred match at Summerslam. Then we come to Mark Henry vs Johnny Curtis, where Mark Henry just overpowers Curtis. After the match Sheamus, comes to Curtis' save before Mark Henry could break his leg.
Finally we get to our Main Event, Randy Orton vs the Great Khali. Orton tries getting a few punches and Khali just flings Orton all about the ring. Khali, hits a Khali Chop, into the Vice Grip to the shoulder where Orton reverses the hold. Orton traps Khali in the ropes and gets in several kicks. A few mintues later Orton comes out of no where and lands a RKO on Khali and gets the pin. Christian comes out after the match to say at Summerslam everything is going to change, when it gets to the No Holds Barred match. Does this mean Tomko is back or something else?
Review:
Well this SmackDown sucked the matches weren't anything to compare to the Raw matches. Nothing really got good enough to amp the crowd up for Summerslam it seemed. There weren't any matches on the card worth mentioning, or really talking about. Hell the Intercontinental Championship match was pretty dumbed down, I mean it didn't seem really enough to how Cody won or that he won. The Divas' Tag Match could of been much better if they didn't job AJ and Kaitlyn. I mean they're barely even using AJ or Kaitlyn correctly at all, these two Divas could actually be good in the division and to job them for being rookies doesn't help Natalya or Beth rep as being dominate either. As a result this SmackDown only equals about 2 out of 5!
Monday, August 8, 2011
WWE Monday Night Raw 8/8
Overview:
Raw starts off with WWE COO Triple H, coming down to the ring to cut a promo for the upcoming Main Event at Summerslam this weekend. The Main Event in which John Cena will face CM Punk to decide who is the Undisputed WWE Champion. Triple H, talks of change in the WWE and his take over, this gets the crowd popping. Triple H, then calls for a special guest enforcer/referee for that Main Event which is himself. Next he goes on about the official contract signing, and the matches for tonight. The opening match: John Cena vs Mystery Man, as we go to our first commerical!
We return to Raw with the announcement of who Cena's opponent is, which is Jack Swagger?! Yeah, Cena vs Swagger is the opening match on the card, who booked this crap? Anyways, the match opens with Jack Swagger going collegiate wrestling lead on Cena before it turns to several Suplexes from Cena. Then transitioning to a game of power between the two. Swagger eventually "over powers" Cena, then out of nowhere Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment for the win. Following the match a promo for Rey Mysterio vs the Miz is played.
Scott Stanford tries to hold an interview, then get interrupted by Albert Del Rio. Del Rio calls out CM Punk to a match. Following the interview, they recap the Morrison/R-Truth rivalry leading to R-Truth having an interview with Josh Matthews. R-Truth responds by ranting about random ass things! His gimmick is like if you're really tripping on acid or lsd. Coming up next, is the match promoted earlier!
Match two begins, with Rey Mysterio getting blind sided by the Miz. Miz beats him into the WWE Logo on the entrance ramp, he then goes to the ring and complains about being in a match at Summerslam. He then, wants to be claimed the winner of the match by forfeit. Triple H, tells a referee that the Miz will be in another match against Kofi Kingston. The two brawl it out, leading to commerical break following a suicide dive from Kingston onto the Miz.
They cut back from the break and the Miz is now dominating Kofi, with a headlock. Kofi breaks out and the match flips back and forth for awhile, mostly leading to Miz continuing to dominate the match. They try to hit several signatures on each other for sometime leading to multiple reversals. Miz, finally locks on the Skull Crushing Finale onto Kofi and picks up the win. Backstage, Punk runs into Josh Matthews for a quick interview on the Summerslam match and declaring Del Rio is his opponent tonight.
Del Rio, makes his entrance followed by CM Punk's entrance, the crowd explodes for Punk as shirts and signs are all about the crowd. Del Rio, overtakes Punk fast soon leading to a quick counter. Del Rio fights back and works on Punk's arm, before Punk gets Del Rio out of the ring. Punk lands the Knee & Bulldog combo, the clothesline followed by Del Rio reversing the GTS. Del Rio goes for the Armbreaker before falling into another GTS and losing the match to WWE Champion, CM Punk!
We come to a Divas match the Glamazon, Beth Phoenix vs Eve, debuting a new edition of her theme song. Beth trys to overpower Eve, while Eve bouces about for awhile. After a few minutes Beth gets Eve down throwing her into the guard rail, then slamming down by her hair. Eve boches at one small point and it's noticed, leading it her gaining the up hand before heading into a Glam Slam. Beth takes the match, followed by a talk of how Kelly Kelly and Eve ruin the Divas division. Soon Kelly, hits Beth from behind with the Divas Title and runs to check on Eve. Followed by the promo for Morrison vs R-Truth.
Before we can even get to Morrison vs R-Truth, we get Perfection! Dolph Ziggler, with Vikki Guerrero faces Alex Riley, a battle with Downstait themes, yea! A-Ry quickly goes for a cover, until Dolph takes him down a peg. Ziggler goes for a Sleeper Hold, and A-Ry gets out countering with a Spinebuster before getting the win via DQ. After the match he sucker punches Ziggler into Vikki leading to them arguing.
Following the short lived match of A-Ry and Ziggler, we come back to a recap of the Cena/Punk feud for the WWE Championship. The recap is pretty commical cause they added a narrator that made it seem like something for the NFL. Leading to the commentary cast going over the card for Summerslam, with the John Morrison vs R-Truth match beginning shortly after. We cut back from the break with John Morrison's entrance and the match itself. Morrison quickly puts a beating on Truth. The fight goes outside the ring, almost costing Morrison the match. R-Truth finds away around the assault and lands a Shut Up for the win.
For the last segment of Raw, we learn Rey Mysterio will face the WWE Champion at next weeks Raw for the Title. Then followed by a short interview with the World Heavyweight Champion, cutting to the contract signing. Triple H and John Laurinaitis already stood in the ring, awaiting for CM Punk and Cena's entrance. We quickly cut to Punk dissing Triple on movies, then a video on Facebook from The Rock. It's another great moment where the Rock trashes Cena again and then talks about people who hate Cena. The crowd just eats it up, along with Triple H and Punk. Cena then responds with BS about how he loves entertaining the fans and gives a shout out to the new G.I. Joe movie. Cena even goes on about being the modern day Hulk Hogan, which he freakin' is and he admits his defeat!
Then Cena rants about him and his fans, how he never turns his back on them and how Punk "changed" his persona. This is where Triple H comes in, along with Laurinaitis and recent fired employees. Now the crowd really got behind Punk, as he talked how Cena is raised above everyone else. That's where we learned about the entire grudge Punk had for Cena. Punk shortly after declares how he'll take the WWE Championship away from Cena at Summerslam, leading to him signing the contract. Cena then talks on how alot rides on Punk, for if he loses at Summerslam. That now Punk needs to back up everything he says, or everything is over for Punk while Cena signs the contract. Eventually Cena, wants to brawl and Punk agrees until Laurinaitis steps in and is kicked by Punk with then Triple H forcing Punk out of the ring.
Review:
Alright well this Raw had ok matches, they were short and sweet. The promo at the end was great between CM Punk and Cena again. I mostly enjoyed the Divas Match and Del Rio vs Punk match. The Miz vs Kofi along with the Morrison vs R-Truth were mostly one-way fights, just the end of Morrison/R-Truth was out of the blue sort of. The best parts of the Del Rio/Punk match were Del Rio's quick work on Punk's arm and the double-counter into the GTS. However the Diva's match is the shortest on the card to have an official pin fall finish, along with that I love how they're turning Beth back into the Glamazon. Having Beth return to being the dominate Glamazon again is a great marketing device to the Diva's Division. Also the ass shot on Eve was good which lead into the final minute of the match.
Now as for the end segment with the Contract Signing! The Rock, clip was good it's always a great thing to see Cena trashed. Then as for Punk's grudge with Cena was great too. The character they're building for Punk is the new age Austin by going against the management. Hell the way he finally made Cena call himself the modern day Hogan was great, I mean it admitted the reasons why Cena is hated now! So as for my rating this was a good 4-star Raw leading into Summerslam. CM Punk is becoming the crowds new fan favorite, he points out how the system is just keeping C-Nation onto top like Hulkamania was. So just keep marketing Punk and I'll be happy. Stay tuned for this Friday Night SmackDown!
Raw starts off with WWE COO Triple H, coming down to the ring to cut a promo for the upcoming Main Event at Summerslam this weekend. The Main Event in which John Cena will face CM Punk to decide who is the Undisputed WWE Champion. Triple H, talks of change in the WWE and his take over, this gets the crowd popping. Triple H, then calls for a special guest enforcer/referee for that Main Event which is himself. Next he goes on about the official contract signing, and the matches for tonight. The opening match: John Cena vs Mystery Man, as we go to our first commerical!
We return to Raw with the announcement of who Cena's opponent is, which is Jack Swagger?! Yeah, Cena vs Swagger is the opening match on the card, who booked this crap? Anyways, the match opens with Jack Swagger going collegiate wrestling lead on Cena before it turns to several Suplexes from Cena. Then transitioning to a game of power between the two. Swagger eventually "over powers" Cena, then out of nowhere Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment for the win. Following the match a promo for Rey Mysterio vs the Miz is played.
Scott Stanford tries to hold an interview, then get interrupted by Albert Del Rio. Del Rio calls out CM Punk to a match. Following the interview, they recap the Morrison/R-Truth rivalry leading to R-Truth having an interview with Josh Matthews. R-Truth responds by ranting about random ass things! His gimmick is like if you're really tripping on acid or lsd. Coming up next, is the match promoted earlier!
Match two begins, with Rey Mysterio getting blind sided by the Miz. Miz beats him into the WWE Logo on the entrance ramp, he then goes to the ring and complains about being in a match at Summerslam. He then, wants to be claimed the winner of the match by forfeit. Triple H, tells a referee that the Miz will be in another match against Kofi Kingston. The two brawl it out, leading to commerical break following a suicide dive from Kingston onto the Miz.
They cut back from the break and the Miz is now dominating Kofi, with a headlock. Kofi breaks out and the match flips back and forth for awhile, mostly leading to Miz continuing to dominate the match. They try to hit several signatures on each other for sometime leading to multiple reversals. Miz, finally locks on the Skull Crushing Finale onto Kofi and picks up the win. Backstage, Punk runs into Josh Matthews for a quick interview on the Summerslam match and declaring Del Rio is his opponent tonight.
Del Rio, makes his entrance followed by CM Punk's entrance, the crowd explodes for Punk as shirts and signs are all about the crowd. Del Rio, overtakes Punk fast soon leading to a quick counter. Del Rio fights back and works on Punk's arm, before Punk gets Del Rio out of the ring. Punk lands the Knee & Bulldog combo, the clothesline followed by Del Rio reversing the GTS. Del Rio goes for the Armbreaker before falling into another GTS and losing the match to WWE Champion, CM Punk!
We come to a Divas match the Glamazon, Beth Phoenix vs Eve, debuting a new edition of her theme song. Beth trys to overpower Eve, while Eve bouces about for awhile. After a few minutes Beth gets Eve down throwing her into the guard rail, then slamming down by her hair. Eve boches at one small point and it's noticed, leading it her gaining the up hand before heading into a Glam Slam. Beth takes the match, followed by a talk of how Kelly Kelly and Eve ruin the Divas division. Soon Kelly, hits Beth from behind with the Divas Title and runs to check on Eve. Followed by the promo for Morrison vs R-Truth.
Before we can even get to Morrison vs R-Truth, we get Perfection! Dolph Ziggler, with Vikki Guerrero faces Alex Riley, a battle with Downstait themes, yea! A-Ry quickly goes for a cover, until Dolph takes him down a peg. Ziggler goes for a Sleeper Hold, and A-Ry gets out countering with a Spinebuster before getting the win via DQ. After the match he sucker punches Ziggler into Vikki leading to them arguing.
Following the short lived match of A-Ry and Ziggler, we come back to a recap of the Cena/Punk feud for the WWE Championship. The recap is pretty commical cause they added a narrator that made it seem like something for the NFL. Leading to the commentary cast going over the card for Summerslam, with the John Morrison vs R-Truth match beginning shortly after. We cut back from the break with John Morrison's entrance and the match itself. Morrison quickly puts a beating on Truth. The fight goes outside the ring, almost costing Morrison the match. R-Truth finds away around the assault and lands a Shut Up for the win.
For the last segment of Raw, we learn Rey Mysterio will face the WWE Champion at next weeks Raw for the Title. Then followed by a short interview with the World Heavyweight Champion, cutting to the contract signing. Triple H and John Laurinaitis already stood in the ring, awaiting for CM Punk and Cena's entrance. We quickly cut to Punk dissing Triple on movies, then a video on Facebook from The Rock. It's another great moment where the Rock trashes Cena again and then talks about people who hate Cena. The crowd just eats it up, along with Triple H and Punk. Cena then responds with BS about how he loves entertaining the fans and gives a shout out to the new G.I. Joe movie. Cena even goes on about being the modern day Hulk Hogan, which he freakin' is and he admits his defeat!
Then Cena rants about him and his fans, how he never turns his back on them and how Punk "changed" his persona. This is where Triple H comes in, along with Laurinaitis and recent fired employees. Now the crowd really got behind Punk, as he talked how Cena is raised above everyone else. That's where we learned about the entire grudge Punk had for Cena. Punk shortly after declares how he'll take the WWE Championship away from Cena at Summerslam, leading to him signing the contract. Cena then talks on how alot rides on Punk, for if he loses at Summerslam. That now Punk needs to back up everything he says, or everything is over for Punk while Cena signs the contract. Eventually Cena, wants to brawl and Punk agrees until Laurinaitis steps in and is kicked by Punk with then Triple H forcing Punk out of the ring.
Review:
Alright well this Raw had ok matches, they were short and sweet. The promo at the end was great between CM Punk and Cena again. I mostly enjoyed the Divas Match and Del Rio vs Punk match. The Miz vs Kofi along with the Morrison vs R-Truth were mostly one-way fights, just the end of Morrison/R-Truth was out of the blue sort of. The best parts of the Del Rio/Punk match were Del Rio's quick work on Punk's arm and the double-counter into the GTS. However the Diva's match is the shortest on the card to have an official pin fall finish, along with that I love how they're turning Beth back into the Glamazon. Having Beth return to being the dominate Glamazon again is a great marketing device to the Diva's Division. Also the ass shot on Eve was good which lead into the final minute of the match.
Now as for the end segment with the Contract Signing! The Rock, clip was good it's always a great thing to see Cena trashed. Then as for Punk's grudge with Cena was great too. The character they're building for Punk is the new age Austin by going against the management. Hell the way he finally made Cena call himself the modern day Hogan was great, I mean it admitted the reasons why Cena is hated now! So as for my rating this was a good 4-star Raw leading into Summerslam. CM Punk is becoming the crowds new fan favorite, he points out how the system is just keeping C-Nation onto top like Hulkamania was. So just keep marketing Punk and I'll be happy. Stay tuned for this Friday Night SmackDown!
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