New Column: They Came, We Saw, They Were Fine
Looking at the League of Nations and why they were just fine.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/kbs-review-they-came-we-saw-they-were-fine/
Looking at the League of Nations and why they were just fine.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/kbs-review-they-came-we-saw-they-were-fine/
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Night Raw
Date: April 25, 2016
Location: XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton
The opening recap focuses on Reigns, AJ and Gallows/Anderson from last week.
AJ Styles vs. Sheamus
Anderson and Gallows come out to look at AJ, which fuels the conspiracy theory for some reason.
John Cena will be back on Memorial Day, May 30.
Usos vs. Karl Anderson/Luke Gallows
The beating continues post match until Reigns comes out for the save.
Sami Zayn vs. Rusev
Lana throws a shoe at Sami post match. That goes nowhere so Owens runs out and drops Sami with a shot to the back.
Apollo Crews vs. Stardust
Natalya vs. Emma
Charlotte is on commentary. Emma quickly takes it outside for a gutwrench suplex before we hit a seated full nelson. Not that it matters as Natalya gets up and grabs the Sharpshooter for the submission at 2:19.
Natalya stares Charlotte down first match so the champ hides behind Ric.
Baron Corbin vs. Damien Sandow
In a role reversal from Smackdown, no match as Ziggler jumps Corbin from behind and chases him off.
Greetings From Puerto Rico.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Roman Reigns
Non-title. Roman throws him around to start and gets in one of those running corner clotheslines. The running enziguri staggers Reigns though and Del Rio double stomps him from the apron as we take a break. Back with Del Rio holding the chinlock a bit longer than usual before hitting a DDT for two. The low superkick misses though and Reigns comes back with his series of clotheslines. That earns him the now standard booing but Del Rio bails to avoid the Superman Punch.
Post match Anderson and Gallows come in for the beatdown. AJ runs out to stop them but gets Superman Punches. Gallows and Anderson come back in, allowing Reigns to hit the Phenomenal Forearm to end the show.
Results
AJ Styles b. Sheamus – Phenomenal Forearm
Luke Gallows/Karl Anderson b. Usos – Magic Killer to Jimmy
Sami Zayn b. Rusev – Rollup
Apollo Crews b. Stardust – Lifting powerbomb
Natalya b. Emma – Sharpshooter
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Looking at how Raw has been better lately despite a lot of things being the same.
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Night Raw
Date: April 18, 2016
Location: 02 Arena, London, England
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton
Opening sequence.
Chris Jericho vs. Sami Zayn
Tag Team Tournament Semi-Finals: Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady vs. Dudley Boyz
Baron Corbin vs. Fandango
Baron kicks Ziggler in the face and gives him End of Days on the floor.
Greetings from Puerto Rico.
Rusev vs. Cesaro
League of Nations/Miz vs. Cesaro/New Day
Rating: C+. This got better at the end but again it was a lot of standing around before we got to the entertaining stuff. New Day and Cesaro is a very fun combination though and beating up the League is an easy layup win. The League needs to go somewhere soon or just split up because you can only beat them so many times before it stops meaning anything.
Natalya/Becky Lynch/Paige/Sasha Banks vs. Tamina/Charlotte/Summer Rae/Naomi
Summer comes back in and chokes in the corner for a bit before handing it off to Naomi for some kicks (thankfully minus the dancing). Becky finally sends Naomi through the ropes, setting up the diving tag off to Natalya. The basement dropkick puts Summer down but she gets in a quick spinning kick to the face. Charlotte comes in as everything breaks down with Natalya getting the Sharpshooter on Charlotte for the submission at 10:45.
We recap Anderson and Gallows laying out Reigns earlier and AJ saying he had nothing to do with it.
Styles is with Gallows and Anderson again.
Greetings From Puerto Rico.
Tag Team Tournament Semi-Finals: Vaudevillains vs. Usos
Video on Apollo Crews.
Heath Slater vs. Apollo Crews
Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose
Rating: B-. Pretty strong main event style match here with both guys trading big shots near the end. I could go without Owens losing another big match as he should definitely lose to Sami at Payback but at least he can bounce back from losses faster than almost anyone else on the roster.
Post match Jericho comes in and gives Dean a Codebreaker to end the show.
Results
Chris Jericho b. Sami Zayn – Codebreaker
Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady b. Dudley Boyz – Rocket Launcher to Bubba
Baron Corbin b. Fandango – End of Days
Cesaro/New Day b. League of Nations/Miz – Neutralizer to Sheamus
Natalya/Becky Lynch/Sasha Banks/Paige b. Charlotte/Tamina/Naomi/Summer Rae – Sharpshooter to Charlotte
Vaudevillains b. Usos – Whirling Dervish to Jimmy
Apollo Crews b. Heath Slater – Lifting powerbomb
Dean Ambrose b. Kevin Owens – Dirty Deeds
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Night Raw
Date: April 11, 2016
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton
The show is dedicated to the memory of Blackjack Mulligan.
Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro
Winner gets Miz for the Intercontinental Title. Owens bails to the ropes to start and heads outside for an early breather. A headlock has Cesaro in trouble but Owens gets shoved outside again. Back in and Owens realizes that Cesaro has a big bandage on his shoulder and grabs a wristlock followed by an armbar. This turns into a discussion of the Authority with JBL brow beating Byron about how awesome HHH and Stephanie are. Cesaro comes back with the running European uppercuts and a dropkick for two. Owens sends him shoulder first into the post though and we take a break.
Charlotte is ranting about how she should be on Legends With JBL instead of defending against someone like Natalya. This brings in Dr. Phil to say that Ric is holding her back and now letting her be who she is. Phil wants her to stand on her own two feet and be her own woman. This results in a WOO off with Ric. Words cannot describe how forced Phil felt here.
Shane ejects Owens from the building to prevent him from screwing over Sami later.
Usos
Social Outcasts
Golden Truth
Vaudevillains
Enzo/Big Cass
Ascension
Lucha Dragons
Dudley Boyz
Tag Team Tournament First Round: Lucha Dragons vs. Dudley Boyz
This is joined in progress but we come back with Kalisto down on the floor and being attended to by medics. D-Von attacks Sin Cara anyway and we see a clip from the break of Kalisto being sent hard to the floor and taking a hard clothesline from D-Von to cause the injury. We get things going with the Dudleyz attacking Cara from behind, setting up a quick 3D at 2:04 shown.
Owens leaves the arena.
Primo and Epico send their greetings from Puerto Rico.
Charlotte is defending and Dr. Phil is at ringside. Natalya tries a choke to start but gets countered into a spinebuster, only to go for an armbar instead. That sends Charlotte bailing to the floor, followed by the stepover into the basement dropkick back inside. Back in and Charlotte starts dropping some knees before choking with the leg across the throat as we take a break.
Back with Charlotte doing those headscissors face pounds before putting on the Figure Four. That goes nowhere so Charlotte puts on a Sharpshooter but Natalya rolls through for the break. A release German suplex sets up the discus lariat but Charlotte punches her in the face to break up the Sharpshooter. Charlotte kicks her in the face for two more, only to miss a moonsault. Now the Sharpshooter goes on but Ric tries to get in. That goes nowhere so Ric pulls the referee out, just as Charlotte taps, drawing the DQ at 11:00.
Dr. Phil is disappointed.
We look back at Kevin Owens attacking Sami Zayn last week.
Tag Team Tournament First Round: Usos vs. Heath Slater/Curtis Axel
Post match the BULLET CLUB (Luke Gallows/Karl Anderson) debuts to beat the Usos down. Jey is sent shoulder first into the steps a few times as the fans are VERY pleased with the debut. They leave through the crowd as security forces them out.
Sami Zayn vs. AJ Styles
The half and half suplex is countered with the Pele but the Phenomenal Forearm is countered into the Blue Thunder Bomb for the hottest near fall in the business from a move that has never won a match. AJ rolls into the Calf Crusher but Sami finally gets over to the ropes. With nothing else working, AJ loads up a super sunset powerbomb, only to have Sami backflip out. The Helluva Kick misses though and the Phenomenal Forearm puts Sami away at 16:50.
Shane congratulates Sami and AJ on a great match.
Apparently the gift from Shane is a note saying that the Highlight Reel has been canceled and replaced by the Ambrose Asylum. Dean even has a tie for the special occasion. Dean asks Jericho about losing last week and a brawl breaks out, capped off by Dean hitting Dirty Deeds to leave Chris laying.
Apollo Crews vs. Adam Rose
They run the ropes to start until Crews does a standing moonsault and clotheslines Rose to the floor. Rose clotheslines him down for two, only to lose a battle over a suplex. Dallas tries to offer a distraction but Crews just hits the toss powerbomb for the pin at 3:32.
Video on Baron Corbin.
Bray says Roman can trust him.
Roman Reigns/Bray Wyatt vs. Sheamus/Alberto Del Rio
Roman knocks Sheamus outside but the Superman Punch is knocked out of the air. Rusev kicks Bray in the head and the Backstabber gets two on Bray. Thank goodness for that as they had me thinking they were going to have him lose his first match as a face. Cue the Wyatts to take out Rusev and have a standoff with Del Rio. Alberto slides back in and eats Sister Abigail for the pin at 11:00.
Bray and the Family stares at Roman to end the show.
Results
Cesaro b. Kevin Owens – Neutralizer
Dudley Boyz b. Lucha Dragons – 3D to Cara
Natalya b. Charlotte via DQ when Ric Flair interfered
Usos b. Heath Slater/Curtis Axel – Rollup to Slater
AJ Styles b. Sami Zayn – Phenomenal Forearm
Roman Reigns/Bray Wyatt b. Sheamus/Alberto Del Rio – Sister Abigail to Del Rio
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Night Raw
Date: April 4, 2016
Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Commentators: Byron Saxton, John Bradshaw Layfield, Michael Cole
Again I was in the arena for this show so my perspective might be a bit different.
We open with a long recap of Wrestlemania, because what else are they going to start with?
Opening sequence.
Tag Team Titles: King Barrett/Sheamus vs. New Day
Sheamus gets back up and knocks Kofi off the top for a crash but thankfully Woods is there to reassure him that the Bootyo is magical. Kofi fights back on Barrett but gets kicked hard in the ribs. We take a break and come back with the Wave going on in the background. Even Sheamus gets in on it, which actually causes Woods to get the mic and say if you like the Wave you like Sheamus.
This was the second time he said something like that after he had to get the fans to stop chanting Rocksteady during the break. To his credit, the crowd stopped cold both times so that seems to be the solution to the annoying chants. Kofi kicks Sheamus away and makes the hot tag as the fans are busy chanting about how awesome they are. Big E. starts in with the suplexes and the Warrior splash, followed by a whip to send Barrett into Sheamus. The Midnight Hour retains the titles at 8:45.
Summer Rae vs. Sasha Banks
Shane McMahon is talking to Apollo Crews.
Apollo Crews vs. Tyler Breeze
Clips of Charlotte and Roman Reigns on the Today Show.
We look back at Vince agreeing to let Shane run Raw.
Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler
Before the match, Corbin says all you need to know about him is this trophy. Ziggler hammers away in the corner but gets elbowed in the face for his efforts. A forearm knocks Ziggler off the apron and we take a break. Back with Ziggler in a nerve hold and the fans cheering for a beach ball because some nitwit fan felt the need to pull one out and bat it around.
Post match Corbin gives him the End of Days on the floor.
We look back at Lesnar destroying Ambrose last night.
Intercontinental Title: Zack Ryder vs. The Miz
Also of note: Lillian started to get in the ring to announce a match before Miz came out at all. This led to what looked like quite an argument at ringside which went on for a bit between Lillian and a producer.
The Vaudevillains are coming on Smackdown.
Video on Primo and Epico, who really like Puerto Rico. This might actually be a downgrade from Los Matadores.
Usos vs. Dudley Boyz
Zayn is officially out of the four way but a replacement will be named.
Ryder gets his rematch on Smackdown.
Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho vs. AJ Styles vs. ???
Back with Jericho suplexing Styles but Cesaro gets back in, only to have Owens break up the Swing. The big guys head outside again as Jericho loads up a superplex on AJ, only to have Owens and Cesaro come back in to make it a Tower of Doom. With everyone else down, Cesaro starts running the corners for European uppercuts, only to have Owens get a boot up. AJ enziguris Kevin but walks into Swiss Death. Jericho clotheslines Cesaro outside but gets jumped by his fellow Canadian.
AJ celebrated for a very long time after the show went off the air.
Results
New Day b. Sheamus/King Barrett – Midnight Hour to Barrett
Sasha Banks b. Summer Rae – Bank Statement
Apollo Crews b. Tyler Breeze – Lifting powerbomb
Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler went to a double countout
Miz b. Zack Ryder – Skull Crushing Finale
Dudley Boyz b. Usos – The Usos went through tables
AJ Styles b. Chris Jericho, Cesaro and Kevin Owens – Styles Clash to Jericho
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Wrestlemania XXXII
Date: April 3, 2016
Location: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 101,763
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton
America the Beautiful: Fifth Harmony
The stadium looks nothing short of amazing, despite being mostly empty for the pre-show due to a lot of issues with getting people inside.
Pre-Show: US Title: Kalisto vs. Ryback
Pre-Show: Total Divas vs. Bad and Blonde
This would be Brie Bella/Alicia Fox/Paige/Eva Marie/Natalya vs. Lana/Naomi/Summer Rae/Tamina/Emma in a match with no story worth mentioning because these things never have stories of note. Summer elbows Alicia in the face to start before getting two off a DDT. A tag to Emma draws all ten of them in for a huge staredown as we take a break. Back with Eva coming in to some horrible booing to face Emma. A not bad headscissors puts Emma down but Eva slaps Natalya hard on th\e shoulder instead of tagging Paige.
Pre-Show: Usos vs. Dudley Boyz
Post match the Dudleyz get the tables, only to get superkicked again to set up double Superfly Splashes through the tables. The fans are NOT happy with that one.
Pop band Fifth Harmony sings a very nice America the Beautiful.
The opening video shows the Madison Square Garden microphone dropping to signify the start of a legend. Over the years this led to a group of legends such as giants, warriors and the dead rising. That brings us to the question of who becomes the next legend. This switches into a standard video about people rising up tonight to become legends in the usually awesome Wrestlemania style. Apparently this was narrated by Kelsey Grammer.
The camera pans around the stadium and that is just a sea of humanity.
Intercontinental Title: Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Miz vs. Zack Ryder vs. Stardust vs. Sin Cara
Owens and Zayn go up top for the slugout on the ladder before falling down, only to have Zayn grab a half and half suplex (half nelson/half tiger) onto the ladder. Miz climbs up but takes forever to pull down the belt, allowing Ryder to shove him off and pull down the title at 15:23.
We recap AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho. Styles debuted back in January and was immediately cheered by the fans. He then went on to defeat Jericho on Raw, setting up a series of matches between the two. They then formed a tag team but lost in their shot at the Tag Team Titles. Jericho snapped and turned heel on AJ, setting up their fourth match here.
Chris Jericho vs. AJ Styles
Some celebrities are here.
New Day vs. League of Nations
Everything breaks down with Kingston cleaning house, only to have Rusev kick him in the head to break it up. Big E. suplexes Rusev over the apron so E. can spear all three members through the apron for a huge crash. Rusev laying on his back with his eyes open takes this up a step. A top rope double stomp gets two on Sheamus as Del Rio kicks away at Kofi. The double stomp drives Kingston into the floor (and it looks stupid outside too), leaving Barrett to Bull Hammer Woods into the Brogue Kick for the pin at 10:03.
Ad for upcoming Network shows.
Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose
Flair and Zack Ryder have a WOO off but it turns out to be a Snickers commercial where Ryder takes a bite and turns into Charlotte. So wait: Charlotte is the Intercontinental Champion?
Hall of Fame recap.
Becky comes back in to suplex Sasha but gets kneed in the chest, only to have her send Sasha through the ropes for a flip dive (Which seemed to be a botch as it looked like her foot caught the top rope.) to take out Charlotte. Becky dives onto Ric for no good reason but the fans lose their minds at the old man getting dropped.
A wicked spear cuts Sasha in half though and Charlotte goes up. That quickly backfires as well though as Sasha gets up, allowing Becky to tie her in the Tree of Woe. A superplex sends Charlotte flying but Sasha gets Becky (and her BADLY bruised eye) in the Bank Statement. Charlotte is right back in for the save though and the Figure Eight makes Becky tap at 16:03 while Flair holds Sasha back.
Charlotte gets a ton of pyro, including a series of fireworks outside the stadium. That really did make it feel like a bigger moment, just like it should be.
The Cell is lowered.
We recap Shane vs. Undertaker and I still get lost in this whole thing. So Shane apparently had dirt on Vince and kept holding it over his head so Shane tried to get control of Raw. Vince agreed to put Raw up in exchange for whatever proof Shane had of what Vince did (the specifics of which have still not been explained and likely never will be). Shane has to fight the Undertaker inside the Cell tonight and unfortunately no one gives Shane much of a chance due to his age, time away from the ring, and HIS OPPONENT IS THE UNDERTAKER. Oh and Undertaker is done at Wrestlemania if he loses just in case you thought Shane could win.
Shane McMahon vs. Undertaker
Shane is wheeled out on a stretcher to eat up even more time. He throws a thumbs up and pounds his chest for the crowd.
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Wrestlemania XXXIII will be in Orlando.
The Rock vs. Erick Rowan
Bell, Rock Bottom, six seconds. Well it was indeed a match and a Wrestlemania record.
WWE World Title: Roman Reigns vs. HHH
Reigns rolls out of another armbar and lifts HHH up into the sitout powerbomb for two as this just keeps going. HHH is right back with the cross armbreaker but Reigns counters exactly the same way. The spear is blocked and HHH tries a Pedigree, which is quickly countered with a backdrop over the top. Back in and the spear gets two as Stephanie pulls the referee out.
Reigns celebrates a lot.
A five minute highlight package ends the show.
Results
Zack Ryder b. Kevin Owens, Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn, Stardust and Sin Cara – Ryder pulled down the title
Chris Jericho b. AJ Styles – Codebreaker
League of Nations b. New Day – Brogue Kick to Woods
Brock Lesnar b. Dean Ambrose – F5 onto a pile of chairs
Charlotte b. Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks – Figure Eight to Lynch
Undertaker b. Shane McMahon – Tombstone
Baron Corbin won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal last eliminating Kane
The Rock b. Erick Rowan – Rock Bottom
Roman Reigns b. HHH – Spear
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Smackdown
Date: April 7, 2016
Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Byron Saxton, Jerry Lawler
We open with a long recap of Wrestlemania.
Opening sequence.
We look back at Vince giving Shane control over Raw, completely negating the importance of the last six weeks or so of this story. That might be better for everyone involved actually.
Lucha Dragons vs. Vaudevillains
Stills package of the ladder match and a video of Ryder losing the title the next night to Miz.
Natalya vs. Summer Rae
We look back at Reigns winning the title and being challenged by Jericho, Styles, Owens and Zayn, followed by Styles winning the four way to become #1 contender.
Intercontinental Title: Zack Ryder vs. Miz
The Social Outcasts play Rock Paper Scissors to determine who gets to face Apollo Crews. Axel is the odd man out but says he wins because the ax beats all.
Curtis Axel vs. Apollo Crews
Corbin says the end of days is here.
Primo and Epico video about how awesome Puerto Rico is.
Dean Ambrose vs. Tyler Breeze
Dean is right on him with shots in the corner and avoids a charge to make things even worse. A big clothesline sets up Dirty Deeds for the pin on Breeze at 1:15.
Ambrose leaves as Chris Jericho is coming out for the main event, giving us a staredown.
Cesaro/AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho/Kevin Owens
AJ cleans house but Owens quickly takes over, only to eat a Pele. Jericho breaks up the Phenomenal Forearm and the package side slam gets two on AJ. Cesaro beats on Jericho outside as Sami Zayn comes out to go after Owens. The distraction lets AJ roll Owens up for the pin at 13:03.
Owens and Zayn (whose arm is heavily taped) brawl post match with security breaking it up but accidentally allowing Owens to get in a clean shot to the jaw. Zayn is sent into the steps to end the show.
Results
Vaudevillains b. Lucha Dragons – Whirling Dervish to Kalisto
Natalya b. Summer Rae – Sharpshooter
Miz b. Zack Ryder – Skull Crushing Finale
Apollo Crews b. Curtis Axel – Lifting sitout powerbomb
Dean Ambrose b. Tyler Breeze – Dirty Deeds
AJ Styles/Cesaro b. Kevin Owens/Chris Jericho – Rollup to Owens
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1. The floor was literally shaking for Rock. I’ve never felt that before.
2. Reigns went from villain to hero(ish) by spearing Stephanie. Who knew it was that simple?
3. The video screen was WEIRD. The big screen that most people watched on (the 80 yard long one) kept going to three mini screens and then did things like starting a WOO whenever Charlotte went for the Figure Eight and keeping a count of Brock’s suplexes (picture coming later).
4. That stadium is one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen. It really has to be seen to be believed.
5. Really fun show live, though I don’t think it topped XXX.
6. Austin’s pop was amazing and I had to hold my wife back when Shawn came out.
7. I’d love to hear their explanation for the show going so long. It couldn’t have been planned to last that long, or at least not that I heard.
8. I was genuinely scared for Shane when he was on top of that Cell. I don’t like feeling like that and I shouldn’t at a wrestling show.
Not the main event.
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