Another Wrestlemania is in the books.
It was a little underwhelming in some ways, I expected more from Punk-Jericho and they certainly had the time. I blame Jericho more than Punk, I haven't been blown away by him since his return.
I'm very disappointed for Daniel Bryan but I'm curious to see how he responds and what the next two months hold for him. After all wrestling, like life, is 20% of what happens and 80% of how you respond.
As for the End of an Era...I'm closer to Scott than I am to the detractors. I really liked the match and it featured the best near fall I've seen in a long time when 'Taker kicked out of the superkick/pedigree combo. And the ending was very Shakespeare-esque with the three old dogs standing and wondering where they go from here.
And the Rock won. How does Cena bounce back from back-to-back Wrestlemania jobs.
We shall see.
And the Rock won. How does Cena bounce back from back-to-back Wrestlemania jobs.
We shall see.
Enjoy the show, come out swinging but always keep it clean.
I don't blame Jericho or Punk. I blame whoever decided they should spend 10 minutes getting over the stupid DQ stipulation that never even played into the finish.
ReplyDeleteThe last 10 minutes of Jericho/Punk was awesome. They didn't need Jericho bringing up the stupid family stuff for a DQ stipulation that was added 10 seconds before the match and was meaningless. Just go wrestle.
If youre going to do the stupid DQ thing, it HAS to play into the finish somehow. And it didn't.
Frankly, that annoyed me more than Daniel Bryan because Bryan's going to be a heat magnet in his current role with AJ no matter what happens. And the WWE probably saved Sheamus from getting booed out the building.
I thought Jericho was the right guy for the position he and Punk were in. History will show either Rock/Cena or HITC to be the Hogan/Andre of this show, but Punk/Jericho is definitely in the conversation with Savage/Steamboat as far as combining work, sport and spectacle, in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteCaught up on WM today, thought Taker/HHH was great. Jericho/Punk already seems like it's going to be one of the more underrated WM classics. Rock/Cena felt boring to me. Couldn't get into until the end, and even the crowd wasn't as good as I was expecting.
ReplyDeleteI'll give Raw a chance tonight, but if Brock doesn't show up or if Cena is still "all shucks, I'll get him next time!" I think I'm gonna take a break from Raw.
If they change Cena's character (doesn't have to be a full turn, but SuperHappyCena needs to die), I'll be happy with Raw tonight.
ReplyDeleteI feel like that's the direction they're going (or maybe Im just being hopeful) because it seemed like Cena was really laying the "aww shucks" stuff on heavy pre-match last night. And he even had that some look going during the People's Elbow before he lost.
PS-A match can't be underrated and a classic. It can be one or the other. Punk/Jericho will be underrated. It was not a classic.
Sure it can. One of those matches that never gets brought up in regular conversation as a classic, but is commonly loved by people "in the know". In movie terms, it'd be a "cult classic".
ReplyDeleteHopefully there will be no part of RAW that involves a "mutual respect" handshake between the Rock and John Cena.
ReplyDelete...either way, see you next week.
ReplyDeleteI think you mean 'aw shucks'.
ReplyDeleteWould much rather see Simmons' or Yokozuna's induction rather than Tyson.
ReplyDeleteYeah, no idea where all shucks came from.
ReplyDeleteRock seemed to bounce back from back-to-back-to-back WM jobs just fine. Don't see why it would be such a big deal for Cena.
ReplyDeleteThat Horsemen music is so bad ass. Definitely in the top 5.
ReplyDeleteI understand why they put The Rock over, but Cena beating him would have gone a long way towards cementing him as one of the 'elite' in WWE. Either way, the loss won't kill him, but what will, as several have mentioned already, is returning to the happy-go-lucky demeanor, telling lame jokes in that border of New Hampshire accent.
ReplyDeletePretty funny to see them cutting to Mick Foley when DX is talking about Tyson biting Holyfield's ear off.
ReplyDeleteRumor mill for Raw: Cena is "nowhere to be found", Del Rio is coming back, and Lord Tensai debuts.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing Tensai attacks Cena, starting off another boring round of Super Cena vs generic big guy.
ReplyDeleteVery excited to see what they do tonight, hopefully something exciting happens with Bryan.They just advertised the Rock opening the show, so it will be fun to see how they start the booking for the rematch.
ReplyDeleteI'm just curious as to what look they're going for with him. I'm guessing some kind of facepaint, either Kabuki style or Umaga/Hakushi style. I think he's gonna be good this time around, supposedly his workrate went through the roof this whole time he's been working Japan.
ReplyDeleteI think this speech is gonna be cut down a lot but from the transcript I read of the full version, it sounds really funny. He tells stories about Rhyno and Tommy Dreamer and others, just sounding like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteNot to fear, they didn't let any of the funny or entertaining actually air...
ReplyDeleteTHE PEOPLE POWER ERA STARTS TONIGHT BAH GAWD HOSS.
ReplyDeleteThe part about his mom was sweet at least.
ReplyDeleteNice close up on someone wearing an El Generico shirt in the crowd.
ReplyDeleteMan, I really wish it sounded like that last night. That open air just sucked the loudness out of the stadium, and that ovation was just awesome tonight.
ReplyDeleteTrue, I also loved his jab Christian "Of course he's the best husband ever, just look at his wife!"
ReplyDeleteThis wouldn't be the first time the "DQ means Title loss" didn't play into the finish. It didn't factor into Rock/Benoit (outside of the reversed title change) or Triple H/Orton.
ReplyDeleteAnd here comes the Rock/Cena wankfest...
ReplyDelete.....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand like THAT, the Rock pissed me off with the "mutual respect" shit.
ReplyDeleteThey bleeped "Jesus H. Christ"? Seriously?
ReplyDeleteHoly shit, YES! is gonna be the new WHAT?
ReplyDeleteHoly shit, THUNDEROUS "Yes" chant.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see them go to South Africa and do a show in the stadium where they had the World Cup. I guess it was designed to keep the crowd noise inward, because it is in a residential area. Of course the fans would probably ruin it by bringing those fucking vuvuzealas.
ReplyDeleteThat's gotta be uncomfortable for the monkey...
ReplyDeleteRock/Undertaker?
ReplyDeleteYes! Yes! Yes! Is over and probably trending.
ReplyDeleteAnd Rock will be champion again? Holy shit.
So, Punk/Rock? Or do they transition to a heel champion? Or back to Cena?
ReplyDeleteIs it possible...did they accidentally get D-Bry MORE over with that debacle last night?
ReplyDeleteIf "Yes" replaces "What" as the go-to chant...
ReplyDeleteI was thinking if the rock does have a monkey, it's probably got the cleanest ass in all of Miami.
ReplyDeleteMiami might singlehandedly push Daniel Bryan to the top of Mount Perpetually Over.
ReplyDeleteMiami was clearly jazzed to see Daniel Bryan last night and let it be known during Wrestlemania that they were not happy at all about how he was jobbed out. Good for them for continuing tonight with the awesome "YES!" chants.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE Punk/Rock (obviously). But even though Punk's clearly supplanted Orton as the number two face, something just tells me they don't have enough faith in Punk to program him with Rock. It's like I have an inferiority complex FOR Punk. I'll believe it when I see it.
ReplyDeleteI think this might lead to a face turn for Swagger or Ziggler.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope WWE got the message.
ReplyDeleteYeah. That monkey's pretty spoiled.
ReplyDeleteDid they supplant an MSG crowd in Mania tonight? I have a feeling the overly smark crowd is just going to make this night feel epic.
ReplyDeleteAnd the face pop for Ziggs, awesome. Too soon for a break, though.
How on earth is Ziggler still stuck in the mid-card?
ReplyDeleteJust like New York did with Zack Ryder? It might end up hurting Bryan in the long run.
ReplyDelete"Liked" equally for the sentiment and for using an Eric Szulzcewski catchphrase.
ReplyDeleteI think it was just a hook to distract the fans that he was leaving.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of a credible finisher would be the only thing I see holding him back.
ReplyDeleteIf I had Rock's money, a monkey butler would be first on my list. First thing I'd do is teach it to roll blunts.
ReplyDeleteNever stopped Jericho
ReplyDeleteAnd I still think that WWE missed a golden opportunity to turn Swagger into Kurt Angle 2.0.
ReplyDeleteZiggler could make anyone look like a killer with his selling. He folded up like three different ways when he hit that turnbuckle. And he just took the kind of bump Foley would shy away from off of that Brodus headbutt.
ReplyDeleteThey're chanting for the Funkasaurus...Miami is cracked out
ReplyDeleteWhatever that move was supposed to be for Ziggler looked fucking painful...
The Liontamer was awesome, but WWE neutered it by making it a standard boston crab.
ReplyDeleteThat flapjack/Famasser combo would be a sick tag finisher. And Funk and Santino are too perfect for each other.
ReplyDeleteWHAT?
ReplyDeleteI fucking love Santino.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how a red hot crowd can elevate any show.
ReplyDeleteIf they give Sheamus a mic, this crowd might kill him. Maybe better off giving him a quick squash and get out of dodge.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think they sort of had to since almost all of their main eventers for the last fifteen years have been wrestling with broken necks.
ReplyDeleteI think the answer to that question may lie n the fans reaction to World Champion Sheamus.
ReplyDeleteRight? Poor Sheamus, he accidentally turned heel and doesn't even know it yet.
ReplyDeleteWas it an accident? Perish the thought, but maybe WWE knows what they're doing...
ReplyDeleteIn fairness to Jericho, the Walls is credible in the sense that the crowd pops for it as a legitimate finisher. Even though they have no reason to, as I can't remember the last time someone tapped to it.
ReplyDeleteThey should have gotten Sonny Onoo to manage Tensai.
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to Tensai, I always thought A-Train was an incredible big man that never got the credit he deserved because he was saddled with such a bad gimmick.
ReplyDeleteCountdown to the "Albert" chants... 3... 2... 1...
ReplyDeleteWow, I love this already
ReplyDeleteKWAAAANG!
ReplyDeleteWeird that they're actually clearly referencing that this is Albert, or at least not trying to hide it.
Hey, it's Prince Albert!
ReplyDeleteDid I accidentally fall through a time warp and end up back in the 90s? Because I swear I just saw some Kwang/Hakushi hybrid.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. It's Albert!
ReplyDeletePrince Albert finally shaved his back!
ReplyDeleteThey couldn't have predicted that the fans would utterly shit on it, they couldn't have known that YES! would be chanted for the entire first hour of the PPV as a response.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the old joke, "What is the sound of 300 pounds of shit hitting the fan?"
ReplyDeleteI was almost expecting a 'Hip Hop Hippo' or 'Shave Your Back' chant from this crowd.
ReplyDeleteAnd there's the Yes chant again, awesome.
The crowd clearly helps make this match better.
ReplyDeleteThis crowd is awesome.
ReplyDelete"How does Cena bounce back from back-to-back Wrestlemania jobs"
ReplyDeleteWait a minute, did you just ask how John Cena could possibly OVERCOME THE ODDS?
I'm loving his new Strong Style offense but he should have come up with something better to finish with than that same sitout chokeslam he was using in 99.
ReplyDeleteI like the new character...it's just so weird having a ninja character with face piercings...
ReplyDeleteI'm kinda 'meh' on the claw. He should have used Terry Gordy's old Oriental Spike. But he gets points for the mist. Different colors would rule.
ReplyDeleteThat bump was insane.
ReplyDeleteYES!
ReplyDeleteYeah. Just a straight up Vader style powerbomb would have been awesome.
ReplyDeleteNice "Albert" chant. This crowd is jacked up. Hell, they even had a "Lets go Riley" chant at one point. He moved slower than I remembered but not a bad debut I guess. Seemed rusty but it was effective overall.
ReplyDeleteWho knew that squashing a guy to win the World Title would be such a bad career move.
ReplyDeleteWonder who Riley pissed off...
ReplyDeleteThe crowd was chanting for Daniel Bryan during the debut for the big new "hoss." They'll either push Bryan to the moon or give him a pink slip, I'm still not really sure which.
ReplyDeleteKinda surprised that the crowd shitted on that. It might take some time to wash the Albert stink off of him.
ReplyDeleteDolph Ziggler is awesome.
ReplyDeleteBad night to re-introduce A-Train, but they couldn't have known the crowd would be so smarky.
I love The Rock. That is all.
I'm just having a hard time remembering when one of these Japanese stereotype characters got over...
ReplyDeleteAgreed, he should have a new finisher, but then I suppose you could ask how many people actually remember him from his previous WWE stint.
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOD...the crowd booed a picture of Sheamus...
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be fucking evil...
I'd venture to guess that Sheamus himself knew that.
ReplyDeleteThey've probably already edited the booking sheet. I doubt he shows,
ReplyDeleteGood point there was...um...I dunno Glacier? lol
ReplyDeleteGood point there was...um...I dunno Glacier? lol
ReplyDeleteHas Miami always been this smarkish, or is this a new development?
ReplyDeleteChampion coming out first: that is bad. The fact that since Henry has been jobbing so much lately, Punk will probably beat him clean and look like a giant slayer: that is good.
ReplyDelete"It's clobberin' time!" They should put this crowd on the payroll and fly them everywhere.
ReplyDeleteNot before having him go out and choke Justin Roberts by the tie again.
ReplyDeleteMuta?
ReplyDeleteTajiri, maybe, but the rules are different when you actually are Japanese. Before that, definitely Yokozuna anyway.
ReplyDelete"You don't just walk up to your boss and call him a tool box!"
ReplyDeleteNo shit, because no one has ever called anyone a "tool box", ever.
Very surprsing. They are usually pretty quiet down there. Other parts of Florida are pretty hardcore though--lots of old school ECW fans. I wonder if hardcore fans made the trip from afar.
ReplyDeleteIt's not really a true Miami crowd. A lot of people who go to WM from all over also go the next night's Raw. And people who make that kind of commitment are huge wrestling fans.
ReplyDeleteThis is the greatest crowd ever.
ReplyDeleteI hope Punk sells this back for weeks, just to compete against himself for Best in the World.
ReplyDeleteFunaki was insanely over on that one Smackdown in Tokyo.
ReplyDeleteMark Henry puts the best badmouth ever on his opponents.
ReplyDeleteIf Sheamus values his future reign, he'd no-show tonight. Miami is Daniel Bryan country.
ReplyDeleteI would pay money just to listen to Mark Henry scream at scared white boys. ALL WILL SUFFER!
ReplyDeleteI have a newfound respect for Miami...I always associated them with the fashionably late heat fans, but this crowd rules. Who knew they worshipped Daniel Bryan like this?
ReplyDeleteThe Chicago crowd can cover the West, Southwest and Mid-West. Miami's can cover the North and Southeast.
ReplyDeleteOkay...the "Yes!" thing has officially become annoying. Are we sure they're in Miami and not Orlando? Because this sure seems a lot like an Impact Zone crowd...
ReplyDeleteThey chant YES! for punches now?
ReplyDeleteHoly fuck @ this crowd.
Even Cole had to address it!
This might be the greatest smark crowd ever. Being a smark, this pleases me.
ReplyDeleteIt's supposed to be annoying. The crowd is pissed off at Vince.
ReplyDeleteMan this place is gonna EXPLODE if Bryan appears
ReplyDeleteIn my dream WWE, the World title would cease to exist, and matches like this Punk/Henry match would be the main event of Raw once or twice a month. And 5 PPVs.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen the crowd at an Impact taping give even 1/10th this much of a shit.
ReplyDeleteThey should've just taken their medicine and gotten it over with. The hate is only going to get more intense the longer it festers.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be a real challenge for Bryan to maintain his heel heat now.
Now a "NO!" chant ... this crowd is KILLING me.
ReplyDeleteIf he no-shows he should blame it on sunburn.
ReplyDeleteI call people tool boxes. It gets a pop.
ReplyDeleteHenry's trash talk is incredible. I could totally go for an extended program between these two. If 2012 me could tell 1999 me that "Sexual Chocolate" would be one of my 10 current favorite wrestlers...time and space might've collapsed in on themselves.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm Vince (and I'm not) the main event becomes D-Bry cases in his return match cause and beating Sheamus in 14 seconds to watch the crowd explode. Why the fuck not?
ReplyDeleteI'm totally ok with Yes! being the new What?
ReplyDeleteMaybe Vince really is thinking two moves ahead of everyone, and the plan was to launch Daniel Bryan as a megaface all along?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if Miami has always been a hot crowd, but I'd assume it is is because most of the crowd is the same crowd that was at Mania.
ReplyDeleteReally liking this match. Has Henry been watching old Vader matches?
ReplyDeleteSo in the span of a day we got a replacement not just for WHAT?, but also BOO/YAY.
ReplyDeleteI think if they want to keep Bryan a heel, they better not bring him out tonight.
ReplyDeleteMy wife called me a "nose box" the other day in the middle of an argument. It ended the argument pretty quickly, because I had to bust out laughing & ask what the fuck a "nose box" is.
ReplyDeleteThe match is pretty damn good too.
ReplyDeleteThe crowd loves this match so much they're chanting for Daniel Bryan. They should make him Honorary Florida Heavyweight Champion.
ReplyDeleteThis crowd is MSG-status right now.
ReplyDeleteAlso they are chanting "No!" for Henry's big moves this crowd is amazing!
ReplyDeleteNever attribute to genius that which can be just as easily explained by stupidity.
ReplyDeleteYES YES YES! This crowd will explode if Bryan is out tonight.
ReplyDeleteClearly the thing to do is to make "YES!' spread like wildfire. Everyone buy tickets to your nearest wrestling event and chant it constantly.
ReplyDeleteMark Henry's improvement in the last year has been remarkable, no pun intended.
ReplyDeletePunk/Henry have great chemistry together, I would buy this as full-time program.
ReplyDeleteThis match could be **** if they have a finish.... And just as I type that it's a count-out.
ReplyDeleteI love that finish. Keeps both strong for a match in the future. Great match.
ReplyDeleteAnd here people were saying the Mark Henry push was over.
ReplyDelete"We Want Lesnar" chant barely got going before Johnny Charisma came out...
ReplyDeleteOh WTF. Who booked that shit? A countout? Henry has been BURIED against inferior talent for weeks and now instantly becomes a Mega MONSTER heel against the champ?
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to get my weeks-long back-selling wish. Please tell me this means a rematch at Extreme Rules?
ReplyDeleteHe said natural disaster! Brock! Brock! Brock!
ReplyDeleteDamn, Henry was awesome in that match.
ReplyDeleteHoly shit, El Matador sounds Canadian all of a sudden.
ReplyDeleteNatural disaster = F5?
ReplyDeleteNatural Disaster? He's going to wrestle Typhoon?
ReplyDeleteOh no, he's not going there.
ReplyDeleteThe only person so far that could get this crowd to shut up and listen was, of course, Jericho.
ReplyDeleteHoly shit this is TREMENDOUS character stuff.
Holy crap...Jericho is freaking AWESOME right now.
ReplyDeleteHe is!!!
ReplyDeleteFucking AWESOME!
....ow.
ReplyDeleteFantastic stuff.
ReplyDeleteWow, I have never seen CM Punk get absolutely destroyed like he has tonight...it will be interesting where this goes...
ReplyDelete... why didn't this happen a week before Wrestlemania?
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteI like that Jericho accidentally broke the gimmicked bottle before he actually hit Punk's head.
Raven did the same thing to Punk in 03 and got a face pop for it.
ReplyDeleteWow 2 botch-a-manias in a row for Jericho. Slipping and then the bottle breaking before it hit Punk.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Raven & Punk have a feud in ROH where Raven was trying to get Punk to break his straight edge ways?
ReplyDeleteHoly SHIT. This Punk-Jericho feud just got turned up to 11. Had no idea how they were going to justify a rematch after Punk's clean win last night...this works. Can't wait for the no DQ carnage.
ReplyDeletePunk has a natural disaster in his horizon.
ReplyDeleteSay... a browser refresh?
(too easy to make the Earthquake/Typhoon jokes)
LOL at Jericho Vadering in the liquid (for anyone who remember that).
ReplyDeleteI gotta say, Raw's been great so far. I was expecting a shit show.
ReplyDeleteMan, this has been an awesome episode. The only thing that can kill it are the Divas.
ReplyDeleteNext month: CM Punk versus the WM Opening Match Booking
ReplyDeleteAlcohol Bottle on a Pole match at Extreme Rules?
ReplyDeleteYeah everything's been really great, hell even goddamn Santino was entertaining tonight.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0et4dsH5ruU#t=2m48s
ReplyDeleteOh boy, here we go...
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be evil...hopefully Sheamus makes it out of there alive.
Sheamus is about to get killed.
ReplyDeleteHere we go.....
ReplyDeleteIf they really wanted to teach Vince a lesson, they would've no-showed. Imagine a half empty arena the night after WrestleMania???
ReplyDeleteNotice how they weren't giving Jericho any snarky chants. Straight old school boos.
ReplyDeleteRAW has been great tonight. Also, this crowd is just ape shit. Seems like a fun show to be at.
ReplyDeleteCrowd is epic.. Check the heat on sheamus!
ReplyDeleteBAHAHAHAHThey just booed Sheamus out of the building
ReplyDeleteYikes. That was pretty brutal. Most of that crowd looks like they just smelled a fart.
ReplyDeleteHey Sheamus, you're not the smiling babyface. Stop it.
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOD ALBERTO DEL RIO IS BACK THIS NIGHT IS AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteWhat a raw!
ReplyDeleteHa! Good call, although knowing this crowd, ADR might be a face tonight.
ReplyDeleteand Raw gets even better!
ReplyDeletePs blog is blowing up
ReplyDeleteThank god they got Del Rio out there fast.
ReplyDeleteRICARDO! The night does get better!
ReplyDeleteFortunately ADR will (hopefully) take some of the heat off of Sheamus..
ReplyDeleteLOL at the sign - "Don't blink or you'll miss a D-Bry match".
ReplyDeleteLOLOLOLOL
ReplyDeleteA "Ci" chant!!! hahahahahahaha