Wrestlemania XXVIII – April 1, 2012

It’s that time of the year for Wrestlemania, so I thought I’d join the hundreds of other who do a recap of the show. Wasn’t a lot I was looking forward to on this show, but the atmosphere always makes up for the poor product. The whole PPV has basically been built around Rock/Cena and HHH/Undertaker with a little emphasis on Teddy/JL, everything has been treated like an afterthought. I’m not going to do a play by play recap of each match, just a little thought on each. After the long recap of the March Madness tournament, a shorter recap seems like a good idea. With that, let’s get to the show.

WWE Survivor Series 2011 – November 20, 2011

Honestly, with WWE’12 staring me in the face right now, I have even less interest in this show then before. Really there is only two matches I care about, and both involve Dolph Ziggler, so I don’t think is going to be my favorite PPV of the year. I don’t care about either title match nor the “big main event”, don’t like Cena and was never a fan of The Rock, Miz and Truth are just supporting players in this. So, let’s get this over with so I can get back to WWE’12, of course the Wii gets the crippled version as always, no create an arena feature, but at least I can push Dolph and Morrison to the top, where they belong. Can’t wait till I get my PS3 repaired or replaced, so I can get the better version of WWE’12.

WWE Superstars – October 27, 2011

There won’t be a ROH recap for the October 22nd episode, as I have yet to find a watchable version. So, instead let’s recap WWE Superstars for this week. First though, thoughts on RAW, it was boring and predictable. They have completely blown the Rock’s return, it was going to be a big for Wrestlemania, but now it’s just a tag match on Survivor Series. Not even a five on five, just a regular tag, how pathetic is that? So we’re supposed to buy Miz and R-Truth, two guys who could not defeat Air Boom two months ago, as a threat to Super Cena and Rock? Seriously, it’s obvious that Cena and Rock will win, and the show will end with them face to face. As for the rest of RAW, HHH and Nash’s segment was long and boring, and how much TV time does John Laurinaitis need? He’s getting into Dixie Carter or Eric Bischoff territory now, but unlike like Eric, JL has no charisma or promo ability. Although I have to say I did enjoy this NXT, other than the boring main event, which we’ve seen how many times now? Any show that gives Tyson Kidd, Tyler Reks, Curt Hawkins and the Usos TV time, I approve of. I may have to start recapping NXT to make up for not wasting time on RAW/Smackdown, although this week’s RAW with the Muppets could be fun. I just hope we see Kelly Kelly get beaten down by Miss Piggy this week, that would be some classic comedy, and let Statler and Waldorf do commentary. It would be like Mystery Science Theater 3000, still the coolest show of all time by the way. Anyways, enough rambling, let’s get to Superstars.

WWE Vengeance – October 23 2011

Here we go with another under hyped PPV, as usual. With all these PPV shows so close together they leave no time to build anything up properly. They basically have made this show a throwaway, as they’re waiting for the Rock for the big build. I don’t know which is worse, making a PPV feel like a waste, or pushing a guy who has been out of the ring for eight years? At least we have a John Cena main event, that never happens! As boring as ADR is, I would rather he retains the gold over another Cena reign. I’d like to see ADR hold the belt till Wrestlemania, give it some much needed stability. The title has changed hands too many times in the last little while, and needs to stay on one guy for a few months. The undercard looks promising though, with two Dolph Ziggler matches, Beth Phoenix defending her title and Sheamus versus Christian. I almost expect an appearance from Shawn Michaels, as he was at Smackdown two weeks ago and tonight we’re in his hometown. At least it’s a few weeks till the next PPV, so they can build the Survivor Series up.

WWE RAW – October 10, 2011

After last weeks horribly bad episode of RAW, which featured 3 squash matches, one non-match and a very good main event, we ended with one of the oddest angles I’ve ever seen. Basically everyone walked out of RAW, other then the golden children, including Divas, referees and the announcers. Then everyone is on Smackdown, with the lame excuse being HHH is not on Smackdown. So, is HHH the COO of the entire company, or just RAW, if just RAW does that make him the anonymous GM or are we supposed to forget that? This angle has plot holes you could drive the Millennium Falcon through, as last night RAW they said the locker rooms were empty. So are we getting two hours of HHH, Cena and Orton tonight? Or maybe they can pull some legends out for some goofy matches, Sheik, Duggan, Muraco, Slaughter, etc? The biggest problem is that we have a PPV in two weeks, and once again no matches announced as far as RAW goes. That’s the problem with so many PPVs, there is no time to build anything as they have to burn through the story so they can have another PPV. Also next week is the much hyped RAW from Mexico, which means they have to finish this storyline tonight, so ADR can be on the show next week. That was the whole point behind putting the title on ADR. I’m starting to think the WWE is booking on a napkin each week, as the storylines make as much sense as TNA lately. I can’t wait to see how they fix this mess, I expect Vince back ASAP. Let’s see how WWE gets themselves out of this mess, and maybe we can have a match announced for the PPV?

WWE RAW – October 3, 2011

Coming to us only 24 hours removed from Hell in a Cell, it’s Monday Night RAW. Tonight we have a huge 12 man tag team match, which would be better if it was elimination. Also the fallout from last nights PPV, as we open with Randy Orton coming to the ring.

WWE RAW – September 26, 2011

Only eight days removed from Night of Champions PPV, and six days from Hell in a Cell PPV, comes this week RAW. I don’t want to get off on a rant here, but who thought it was a good idea to have two PPVs two weeks apart anyway? Then three weeks later we get another PPV, Vengeance, so in a five week span we have three PPVs, just a little overkill Vince. Over five weeks the writers have to come up with 9 hours of PPV and 30 hours of television, not counting how many rewrites they have to do. No wonder the writing is so bad, these guys are burned out from all this. I still say it was better when we had four PPVs a year, at least they meant something back then. Of course we didn’t have the champion on TV every week back then either. Nowadays we see Cena every week on TV, always overcoming the odds, and every PPV. I’d like to see them go back to the four PPV model, and make the lesser shows like the old Clash of Champions, recaps coming by the way, on free TV on Saturday nights. Keep the champions off the regular shows, let them work the dark match for the live audience, but make seeing the big stars a special treat. I don’t know, guess I’m just stuck in the old style of wrestling, much like Jim Cornette, but it worked for so many years. Well, enough ranting about how the eighties was better, it just was, let’s get to Monday Night Cena.

WWE RAW – September 19, 2011

Coming off a surprisingly good PPV, in terms of match quality, with some poor booking decisions it’s time for RAW. I guess we’ll hear from Triple H, who’ll continue to bury CM Punk, and John Cena, who once again miraculously overcame the odds last night to claim his 20th title or so. Does it even matter how many times he wins the belt anymore, seriously, he’s going to wind up in Lawler territory before his career is over. Let’s hope they can do something to salvage CM Punk after the debacle of last night. It’s pretty sad when the only person who truly got over in that match was HHH as he overcame Punk, Truth, Miz and Nash. Maybe we can get a match for tonight of Punk & HHH versus Miz & Truth, but instead it’ll probably be HHH beating both by himself. Well, let’s see what the WWE tries to do this week.

Monday Night RAW – March 29, 2010

 

Well, here we are twenty-four hours removed from Wrestlemania 26. Last night at Wrestlemania Bret Hart got his revenge after thirteen years on Vince McMahon. Jack Swagger scored the surprise of the night, winning Money in the Bank. Shawn Michaels career came to an end after being Tombstoned for the third time by Undertaker. John Cena regained the World Title for the 6,245^th time, or it just feels like it. OK, so it wasn’t all good news, but it was a surprisingly good show. Of course with Cena as champion, again, we’re going to have to hear the same tired crap. Seriously, can Cena try and freshen up his spiel?

Wrestlemania XXVI – March 28, 2010

 

Well, it’s finally Wrestlemania time. I watched the show live last night and honestly some of the matches were really big let downs. I hope they redeem themselves upon second viewing, but not optimistic. I went into this Wrestlemania not expecting much, only three matches interested me (Jericho/Edge, MITB, Rey/Punk) and they just were not as good as they could’ve been. If you follow me on twitter (nala310) you’ll see I posted my opinions up after each match. For those that missed it, here are my quick thoughts on the show and we’ll see if the replay changed anything. The tag match was good but way too short, under five minutes, what a bad start to the night. The triple threat match was surprisingly better than I expected, but Randy winning was obvious. Money in the Bank was a massive disappointment this year, ten men is way too many and most of the time they spent laying around. Jack Swagger winning made me happy, but made little to no sense. Triple H pinning Sheamus was a stupid thing to do, Sheamus needed a win here, and a Triple H loss would’ve been a catalyst to his heel turn. Maybe Sheamus is on the future endeavor list? Rey wins of course, as CM Punk is basically dead and buried at this point. I don’t think he’s won much since the Rumble, and beating JTG on Superstars isn’t a big win. CM Punk is the best they have and they don’t know how to utilize his talents, way to drop the ball. The Bret and Vince match was just boring, basically ten minutes of Vince getting his ass kicked. Went too long for what it was, but always nice to see Natalya. Jericho beating Edge just seemed wrong, all the buildup for the return of Edge and he loses? That is what they call stupid booking! The best part of the match happened after the match, and I’ll get to that later. Screw the diva match; it was a load of shit and not worth mentioning. Although I’m glad I got to stare at Mickie in those tight jeans for a couple minutes! Cena wins, no surprise there as once again we get Cena shoved down our throats. Get over it WWE, stop shoving Cena down people throats, it’s just not working. Was really hoping Swagger would cash in the Money in the Bank at this point, but no, nothing good there. Undertaker ends the career of Shawn Michaels in a good match, not great but good. I assume Shawn won’t be gone for long, probably return around Summerslam. Wish they’d stay gone when they lose, Ric Flair we’re all looking at you. All in all this was a mediocre Wrestlemania, and could’ve been a lot better. With that said, let’s see how the replay holds up.