Should be a good second half show. But the first 90 minutes could be meh. Depends on if they let ADR vs RVD & Ambrose vs Ziggs really let loose. So is tonight the make it or break it night for Curtis Axel? If he can't get a good hot match outta CM Punk then have him drop the strap and welcome him back into the true mid-card by halloween.
Should be some good matches and hopefully at least storyline progression even though we probably aren't getting the end of any stories other than maybe ADR/RVD
Actually I see they've added it back onto the NOC website so maybe it is happening again. It had been removed from the card listing and the match is not mentioned in the WWE.com predictions article.
Just internet rumors from earlier this week, looking like it is false since the amtch is lsited on WWE.com again after having been taken down earlier in the week.
He is still with the WWE but he just does pre-taped studio spots and dvd spots now and then due to his new job as a lead news anchor on New York's WPIX channel 11's nightly news.
I don't know that they ever tried to present this as anything more than a two-match show, so I kind of understand why every match outside of the top two feels so perfunctory.
That said, I still think it'll be a pretty decent show from an in-ring standpoint, provided the matches are given enough time.
What a horrendous botch of that sunset flip with Tensai / Drew. Like could they have done a worse recovery? Tensai overshoots him by 2 feet, Drew just walks backwards into his arms and then still sells the move.
Which leads to - why was Tensai trying to sunset flip Drew McIntyre?
Id bet anything Big Show is involved in the main event finish. A heel turn seems to obvious but accidentally getting Bryan, DQd, hitting him inadvertently hitting him with the punch, etc.
He just turned face like two months ago. Then again, this is the same guy that went from heel to face to heel to face to heel all within his first year in the company.
Why? I mean, the pre-show isn't really meant to exist as its own experience. It would be odd if the commercials were for Raw tomorrow night or for some random DVD release, but the ads are all pimping the PPV. Hell, the job of the pre-show is to do the last hard sell for the PPV.
I'm still worried about the rumors of who the new Heyman guy is going to be. I sure hope they aren't true, the guys a charisma black hole and can't work.
I miss when the announcers/backstage interviewers actually came across like adults.
I don't know why, but Vince has been on a kick where he hires geeky, milquetoast guys who look like they're fresh off working in Radioshack.
I miss guys like Mean Gene and Gorilla Monsoon, guys who were fresh out of fucks to give, and whose word a viewer could trust. Seriously, if they just brought back JR, he was a guy who could hard sell the shit out of a PPV on the go-home show, to the point where even an underwhelming angle became something you just had to pay to see.
That's kind of the problem with putting guys on commentary who did pretty much nothing in their active career. What did Duke Doherty ever have to contribute?
Of course, just because they had a legendary career doesn't necessarily mean they'll be good behind the booth. Look at Billy Graham and Booker T.
He's the bad guy, but he in character thinks he's the good guy and loves to suck up to the crowd except for when he makes a decision that goes against the crowds wishes.
Whassup otters?
ReplyDeletehello!
ReplyDeleteShould be a good second half show. But the first 90 minutes could be meh. Depends on if they let ADR vs RVD & Ambrose vs Ziggs really let loose. So is tonight the make it or break it night for Curtis Axel? If he can't get a good hot match outta CM Punk then have him drop the strap and welcome him back into the true mid-card by halloween.
ReplyDeleteStill keep hearing they aren't going to do Ambrose vs Ziggler
ReplyDeleteShould be some good matches and hopefully at least storyline progression even though we probably aren't getting the end of any stories other than maybe ADR/RVD
ReplyDeleteAny reason why? Or does the Divas 4 way need an additional 15 minutes?
ReplyDeleteWelcome back
ReplyDeleteMostly more punishment to Ziggler for whatever he did
ReplyDeleteA-Ry, Booker, and Santino is an odd choice of panelists . . .
ReplyDeleteBut...they just booked this US Title match on Smackdown.
ReplyDeleteWhy book him just to take it away? Oh right this is the WWE!
Throw him in a big box labelled "NXT".
ReplyDeleteWhere did you hear this from?
ReplyDeletestream please?
ReplyDeleteWe can't say for fear of banning!
ReplyDeleteActually I see they've added it back onto the NOC website so maybe it is happening again. It had been removed from the card listing and the match is not mentioned in the WWE.com predictions article.
ReplyDeleteJust internet rumors from earlier this week, looking like it is false since the amtch is lsited on WWE.com again after having been taken down earlier in the week.
ReplyDeleteDX & The Wild Samoans? Da Fug?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wwe.com/shows/howtowatch
ReplyDeleteI'm already sick of the phrase "Best for business."
ReplyDeleteThey should have Scott Sanford do these pre game shows
ReplyDeleteProps to Paul E for his shaggy disheveled appearance. He honestly does look like he can barely sleep he's in such fear of CM Punk's wrath.
ReplyDeleteIs he still with the company? I read he got a gig doing the news somewhere but it never said that he left the WWE either. He is underutilized.
ReplyDeleteThey really shouldn't do the panning crowd shot until everyone actually arrives to the arena.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like a homeless Paul Giamatti
ReplyDeleteThat's not how you spell Renee Young!
ReplyDeleteIts the pre-show. No one cares about that sort of thing
ReplyDeleteFair enough.
ReplyDeleteSide topic, but is the commentary barely audible to anyone else?
He just does the WWE gig as a side job
ReplyDeleteHe is still with the WWE but he just does pre-taped studio spots and dvd spots now and then due to his new job as a lead news anchor on New York's WPIX channel 11's nightly news.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of UFC Shows except WWE's pre-show lasts for a half hour unlike Dana White's 3 hour plus parade of tomato cans.
ReplyDeleteYeah, mine is like that too
ReplyDeleteHmm, fine on the PS3 paid stream.
ReplyDeleteIt always sounds like Cole is saying Tons of Fuck.
ReplyDeleteCommercial breaks during the youtube pre-show match?
ReplyDeleteNo Sir, i don't like it!
They've done a shit job building this show... I really had to think about it to remember anything outside the main event...
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be a good PPV which means the last shitty PPV was Extreme Rules in May
ReplyDeleteTonight is going to be THE night...of Champions.
ReplyDeleteI just tuned in and the first thing I see are Clay's ridiculous "dinosaur" scales on his back....wow...
ReplyDeleteI don't know that they ever tried to present this as anything more than a two-match show, so I kind of understand why every match outside of the top two feels so perfunctory.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I still think it'll be a pretty decent show from an in-ring standpoint, provided the matches are given enough time.
What a horrendous botch of that sunset flip with Tensai / Drew. Like could they have done a worse recovery? Tensai overshoots him by 2 feet, Drew just walks backwards into his arms and then still sells the move.
ReplyDeleteWhich leads to - why was Tensai trying to sunset flip Drew McIntyre?
Looking forward to the IC title defense!
ReplyDeleteBrodus's new outfit . . .not really sure what to say . . .
ReplyDeleteGive them credit for having a hot fall angle, it's been so long they've forgotten how to book this Summerslam to Survivor Series time period,
ReplyDeleteAir Bowser!
ReplyDeletedo not ask for streams.
ReplyDeleteMan, the crowd really never forgave Tons of Funk for the botched sunset flip.
ReplyDeleteBrodus reminds me of some shit from the Super Mario Bros. movie with that "dinosaur" outfit.
ReplyDeleteI'm seriously going to be shocked if the PTP doesn't win this match.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else's stream on wwe.com acting up?
ReplyDeletesorry,I didn't knew,sorry once more.
ReplyDeleteWell, Swagger putting Brodus in the ankle lock did make it look like he was swinging Bowser around by the tail, a la Mario 64.
ReplyDeleteI thought they would win as soon as the match was announced.
ReplyDeleteId bet anything Big Show is involved in the main event finish. A heel turn seems to obvious but accidentally getting Bryan, DQd, hitting him inadvertently hitting him with the punch, etc.
ReplyDeleteIt's ok. It just fucks with the sites adsense.
ReplyDeleteCommerical in a pre show match. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's kind of odd.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching on YouTube and it's fine for me, except the commentary is just a hair above audibility.
ReplyDeleteNot that I'm complaining. I'm doing just fine without King's Zingers.
Who's in charge of audio tonight? The crowd noise is turned up to 11 but i can barely hear the commentators.
ReplyDeleteAnother commercial . . .am happy Uso's / American's is getting time though. More Cesaro is never a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteHe just turned face like two months ago. Then again, this is the same guy that went from heel to face to heel to face to heel all within his first year in the company.
ReplyDeleteIt's fine on the Direct TV feed.
ReplyDeleteAlso Zeb's shirt looks really weird... oh that's just how it is...
ReplyDeleteWhy? I mean, the pre-show isn't really meant to exist as its own experience. It would be odd if the commercials were for Raw tomorrow night or for some random DVD release, but the ads are all pimping the PPV. Hell, the job of the pre-show is to do the last hard sell for the PPV.
ReplyDeleteI'm still worried about the rumors of who the new Heyman guy is going to be. I sure hope they aren't true, the guys a charisma black hole and can't work.
ReplyDeleteProbably someone that has heard Cole's commentary before
ReplyDeleteI don't know who the rumored guy is, but he'd fit in perfect next to Curtis Axel.
ReplyDeleteWho do you speak of?
ReplyDeleteYea. This would be turn #7688 for him. I dont see a full fledged turn but maybe he reluctantly helps Orton or some shit. Either way, hell be involved
ReplyDeleteEh I don't wanna spoiler it for anyone, when/if it happens I'll let ya know :P
ReplyDeleteI never heard of anyone, but keep it hidden, i'd like to be surprised for once.
ReplyDeleteBut then why bring it up?
ReplyDeleteGood man!
ReplyDeleteGood point!
ReplyDeleteNope I am spoiling for you... its Chris Benoit
ReplyDeletetrue, mostly cause it may suck if what I heard was right :P
ReplyDeleteSo wrong...but am I going to hell because it made me laugh out loud?
ReplyDeleteNow member of the black lantern corps with andre and savage.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Ace?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteThat will likely be one of many reasons.
ReplyDeleteBullshit! Benoit can work!
ReplyDeleteTouche~!
ReplyDeleteit's okay to laugh
ReplyDeleteA valid point.
ReplyDeleteZack Ryder?
ReplyDeleteI really like the match graphics, with the champions looking down at their belts, and the challengers with open hands, looking all like Oliver Twist.
ReplyDeletewhat a commanding presence Josh Matthews has. so glad they got rid of JR
ReplyDeleteI doubt there's another Paul Heyman Guy
ReplyDeleteRVD.
ReplyDeleteand Alex Riley puts William Regal to shame. I love it when Riley can compare everything to his one and only feud with the Miz
ReplyDeletePaul Heyman can forgive a lot of things...but washing out his mouth with soap is NOT one of them.
ReplyDeleteJustin Credible!
ReplyDeleteI picture a pathetic looking Zack Ryder going up to the McMahon's and begging for more gruel.
ReplyDeleteHe has a cool theme
ReplyDeleteinigo montoya,punk killed his father and his father's father!
ReplyDeleteDude?!?! U watching??
ReplyDeleteKevin Dunn doesn't like those old, ugly wrestling people on his TV
ReplyDeleteha ha, I have the NFL gamecast on...my nerves can't take it.
ReplyDeleteGive it to Wade Barrett already. He's gone through about 10 different themes already. And the A-Ry theme is undeniably catchy
ReplyDeleteAre you two referring to the delayed Saints-Bucs game?
ReplyDeleteI miss when the announcers/backstage interviewers actually came across like adults.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but Vince has been on a kick where he hires geeky, milquetoast guys who look like they're fresh off working in Radioshack.
I miss guys like Mean Gene and Gorilla Monsoon, guys who were fresh out of fucks to give, and whose word a viewer could trust. Seriously, if they just brought back JR, he was a guy who could hard sell the shit out of a PPV on the go-home show, to the point where even an underwhelming angle became something you just had to pay to see.
Unfucking believable
ReplyDeleteI was. Were you talking about something else?
ReplyDeleteOne downvoter doesn't understand sarcasm or really loves Josh Matthews
ReplyDeleteNo. 80 yrd pick 6 for a LB
ReplyDeleteNo, and I just saw it on the ESPN Gamecast.
ReplyDeleteFUCK!
He was pulled into Tensai's gravitational field.
ReplyDeleteI agree with every sentence here.
ReplyDeleteIt just updated it, fucking A! Drew Brees is sucking the big dick today. They can still come back. I have a 4.5 line on the game. 13 minutes left.
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of the problem with putting guys on commentary who did pretty much nothing in their active career. What did Duke Doherty ever have to contribute?
ReplyDeleteOf course, just because they had a legendary career doesn't necessarily mean they'll be good behind the booth. Look at Billy Graham and Booker T.
Cool opening promo but it needs more Macho!
ReplyDeleteGuilty of the former. As penance, please downvote this.
ReplyDeleteThat's a random sponsor. Although I suppose it's no weirder than the 2002 Royal Rumble being sponsored by Final Fantasy X.
ReplyDeleteThat video package did the trick
ReplyDeleteOh FFS...
ReplyDeleteThat didn't take long.
ReplyDelete20 minutes Trips promo to open the ppv. Start the clock now!
ReplyDeleteAhh that's why the card is so small we needed time for HHH
ReplyDeleteYou know what I was just thinking? I hope we open with a 20 minute WWECOOHHH promo... seriously.
ReplyDelete"What's best for business!"
ReplyDelete"THIS BUSINESS"
"B+ guy"
"[Burial of midcard]"
"The coal becomes a diamond!"
There, I saved you 20 minutes.
Did they forget to switch back to English commentators for everyone?
ReplyDeleteTotally random comment - I watched DDP-Sting from the first Nitro DVD, that match blew my mind. Fantastic stuff.
ReplyDeleteI like the red carpet look...
ReplyDeleteOkay, is this guy a heel or not?
ReplyDeleteis triple H the bad guy? or only when DB is on camera?
ReplyDeleteLet's give HHH tweener qualities despite trying to build him as the monster heel for a month
ReplyDeleteI've always liked the setup for NOC, just the big belt banners is a nice look.
ReplyDeleteWas that the one from DDP's first world title reign?
ReplyDeleteunless they swerve us and have HHH and Heyman together, this just doesn't make sense
ReplyDeleteHas to be the smartest, most well-liked guy in the room, so fans believe all the shit he talks on the babyfaces.
ReplyDeleteHe's the bad guy, but he in character thinks he's the good guy and loves to suck up to the crowd except for when he makes a decision that goes against the crowds wishes.
ReplyDeleteA big case of insincerity.
Because he constantly needs the adulation?
ReplyDeleteUt oh, Poochie realized another segment was getting good buzz
ReplyDeleteIt's so EASY to be a hated corporate prick. Just do it, HHH!
ReplyDeleteYes it was. DDP played this slimy white trash heel to perfection.
ReplyDeleteSomeone needs to get Hunter ADT for his insecurity.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this is the way they bring Punk into the Bryan vs. Neo-Corporation feud.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I dig em too. They would look bad ass hanging in my jam room...
ReplyDeleteNot bad. I'll be stealing that line tomorrow in the Raw thread and pawning it off as my own
ReplyDeleteLove the PPV 20 minute interview!
ReplyDeletehope so
ReplyDeleteYou'd think after WM 27, they'd have learned something.
ReplyDeleteHeyman is the MAN at putting Punk over verbally
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOD, WE ALREADY BOUGHT THE SHOW!
ReplyDeleteYou can drop the hard sell, Paul.
It's Heyman on the mic, so I'll take it, was disappointed if it would've been just Triple H or HHH and anyone else, Heyman is awesome.
ReplyDeleteLove how Curtis Axel is standing around and taking this!
ReplyDeleteNothing like purchasing a PPV for long interviews
ReplyDeleteWhy is "Best for Business" the catch phrase when clearly "this business" should be the catch phrase.
ReplyDeleteHHH is stern. Stern, but fair.
ReplyDeleteWhen he talks, things get worse
ReplyDeleteYOU ARE A HEEL!
ReplyDeleteSHOOT COMMENTS AXEL IS UNDERWHELMING
ReplyDeleteWell, here he goes!
ReplyDeleteCurtis Axel is the anti-promo.
ReplyDelete....so the top heel shits all over an "up and coming" heel, makes sense....(Yeah, Hennig's DOA but still)
ReplyDeleteHe is brutal.
ReplyDeleteYeah... I BOUGHT the show Paul!
ReplyDeleteSomeone should cut Axel's mic ASAP
ReplyDeleteWell Axel did feud with Triple H recently . . .
ReplyDelete10 minutes and counting....start the ppv already.
ReplyDelete"remember the date" AJ bash?
ReplyDeleteThe Cucch: This troop/troupe/trupe is so gay and Hunter is holding that mic like he holds HBK's dick
ReplyDeleteEnter the Kingston.
ReplyDeleteWho ever thought that there would be a 20 minute PPV to set up an impromptu IC title match?
ReplyDeleteI'd Bash AJ! (I mean I'd like to have sex with her)
ReplyDeleteSo hows this supposed to make people hate HHH more?
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for chris Mason, Philidelphia really is where Goalies go to die...
ReplyDeleteSo tell me Blog Brothers, what am I missing so I can watch the Leafs pre-season opener
So the Axel-Punk match was non-title? On Night of Champions?
ReplyDeletePhew, was afraid Punk failed a wellness and was getting the IC belt
ReplyDeleteMark Henry
ReplyDeletehim being on screen should be enough
ReplyDeletePlease have some secretary with a clipboard right through the stage
ReplyDeleteI don't even know the card other than Orton-Bryan and Ricardo turning on RVD.
ReplyDeleteThere's also a pretty going Sting/DDP match on the second Nitro collection from Sting's 98 reign.
ReplyDeleteBecause fucking OF COURSE
ReplyDeleteWelp, 11 minutes of total promo time instead of 20, so there's that.
ReplyDeleteThe 37 time former IC Champion Kofi Kingston!
ReplyDeleteThis is not good news for anyone.
ReplyDeleteWow Kofi... that is... underwhelming.
ReplyDeleteSAVIO VEG.......oh, it's Kofi
ReplyDeleteNo buys.
ReplyDeleteFortunately he was already in his wrestling gear. Just in case something like this might happen.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how they came to this booking decision. It seems so basic yet so impossible...
ReplyDeleteshhh son,master HHH is feeding from your boredom.
ReplyDeleteIf Kofi takes the title it is better for us all.
ReplyDeleteKofi is to the IC title what Henry VIII was to marriage.
ReplyDeleteEven the crowd wasn't shocked it was Kofi
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vHhk65h-zsw
ReplyDeleteNine IC titles, Cole
ReplyDeleteI'm not watching, but I saw HHH got a dig on Curtis Axel for "rememering the date" of something.
ReplyDeleteThe PPV opened up with almost 15 minutes of boredom to build to a Kofi/Axel IC title match? NO BUYS
ReplyDeleteWell, what would have preferred, giving CM Punk a shot at the title? That's crazy talk!
ReplyDeleteI let Kofi borrow my ring gear tonight.
ReplyDeleteHe might as well said, "Hi AJ."
ReplyDeleteHe's seen enough Raw to know ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN in the WWE.
ReplyDeleteTwo Curtis Axel matches = PPV of the year?
ReplyDelete"Before we start this match we would like to remind you that we do not offer refunds"
ReplyDeleteI'm just over Kofi and midcard titles. I mean, I get why they do it, but I'd rather see someone new get this opportunity.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Perfect PPV. Or something.
ReplyDeleteIt's everything the G1 wasn't!
ReplyDeletekofi has a awful taste for clothing because of that.
ReplyDelete