Prediction #1: I'm going to go see Thor tonight instead of watching this crap.
That being said, the winners seem pretty obvious:
- Randy Orton by screwjob when we get interference and help that was explicitly promised not to occur.
- John Cena by pin yet again to set up a third match at TLC that no one cares about.
- The IndyPowers take out the Wyatts
- Big E retains the title.
I really don't care about the other tag matches.
Only prediction I have. I'm not even going to bother watching 100% completely legal internet viewing options and will just concentrate on Broncos/Patriots instead.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to watch but I'm pretty shocked how horrible they've made this card. To think two years ago they used the show as the Rocks in ring return and the start of Punks reign.
ReplyDeleteIn the main I'm calling an upset victory for abeyance...
ReplyDeleteWhat's sad is the whole Abeyance thing should have ended with a 8 or 16 man tournament for the belt on a PPV. The last time they did SS 98' it was one of the best booked PPV's ever.
ReplyDeleteIt just got to a point where it kept happening and was causing such a shitstorm amongst the smart fans that I started hoping they would keep finding reasons to not have a champion.
ReplyDeleteTHREADJACK!~
ReplyDeleteVIKINGS DON'T LOSE!!!
Dude, Abeyance jumped ship to TNA last month.
ReplyDeleteRandy Orton vs Big Show - Big Show wins by DQ, as triple H runs or Orton gets himself disqualified. That will continue this terrible feud to TLC in a table or chair match,where Big show can brag about how its No DQ to hype it.
ReplyDeleteCena vs ADR - Super Cena
Daniel Bryan and Punk vs the Wyatts - I'm guessing another no finish as they set up something toc ontinue to TLC
ust, Usos, cody, Goldust, usos vs the shield, and real Americans - I'm not sure who is winning. The only thing I am positive of is that the usos or Jack Swagger will not be survivors. Here is my guess. They will be building to a Cody vs Golddust feud at Wrestleamania, so they can start planting the seeds here by having them lose. It would also help make them look vulnerable for a tag match at TLC, to help set up a feud. therefore, i predict the heel team wins. WWE is high on Roman Reigns, and John Cena has been saying positive things about Antonio Cesaro, so I predict they will be the survivors.
14 women SS match - Loser, the fans.
Big E vs Axel - langston dominates.
Kofi vs the Miz - Evil Miz wins.
Overall this show is gonna suck. its not even worth pirating.
Show - Orton: Mike Rotundo comes out in his Syracuse singlet to cash in his H&R Block Refund in the Bank contract and wins the title; everyone is happy.
ReplyDeleteMeh, Broncos/Patriots and Doctor Who repeats seem more interesting to me.
ReplyDeletePrediction: it does a mediocre buyrate and is pretty boring. How's that for insight!!!
ReplyDeleteWell I'm going to watch it just because I've been jonesing for some PPV wrestling. My expectations are low for the most part, am looking forward to the Punk/Bryan vs Wyatts and the Usos/Rhodes/Rey vs Shield/WeThePeople match, which could both be very very good.
ReplyDeleteSame here my friend, just jonesing for some wrestling that doesn't have 2 adverts in every match and endless useless recaps. 3 hours where the boring parts can be spent rolling doobies and a couple of potentially awesome matches to look forward to
ReplyDeleteBig Show is going to win the title and get the crowd to chant YES after he does just because Vince is an ahole.
ReplyDeleteThis has to be the worst Survivor Series in history, no? At least on paper. Pretty sad for me as a fan in the late 90s when this show was almost guaranteed to be awesome and/or newsworthy.
"Overall this show is gonna suck. its not even worth pirating."
ReplyDeleteEspecially since the rematches will be on RAW tomorrow.
With a final of Punk vs Bryan with one of them doing the Rocky heel turn and completely selling out corporate style.
ReplyDeleteSurvivor Series 1991? Survivor Series 1999? Survivor Series 2000? Survivor Series 2006?
ReplyDeleteYou're watching something not WWE?
ReplyDeleteI hated Survivor Series 1998. Three hours of lousy matches to set up one swerve that nobody wanted to see.
ReplyDeleteThe Austin v. Foley match is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThey never recovered from all the viewers the Miz drove away by main eventing that survivor series
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that I found this a better alternative than any other rational scenario.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think I would rather dig up old backyard wrestling on VHS than watch this show.
ReplyDeleteUntil the screwjob finish needed to set up the screwjob ending.
ReplyDeleteShane flipping him off ruled. The weak chairshots...not so much
ReplyDeleteSurvivor Series 1988 had one good match and that was it.
ReplyDeleteI really wonder how the crowd would react to that, if it was Bryan I bet the crowd would still cheer him on regardless, Punk could probably turn heel on Bryan and get the proper response.
ReplyDeleteThe first 5 Survivor Series events were awesome. 1995 and 1996 were also really good.
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me that movie theatre in Saskatchewan is going to be particularly empty tonight.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Thor: The Dark World, started off a little slow, but the finale was pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I didn't pull the trigger on tickets when they first went on sale...
ReplyDeleteI'd go to a PPV live regardless of match quality, just seems like a fun time. I sat through a Raw live recently and had a blast so . . .
ReplyDelete"I'm going to go see Thor tonight instead of watching this crap."
ReplyDeleteThat's quite the sentence. /movie snob
Orton wins in a 2-star match for the ages. And by that I mean, it'll feel like it's gone for two hours by the time Kane runs down to screw Big Show and set up their Chairs match at TLC.
John Cena OVERCOMES THE etc. but the feud MUST CONTINUE via a Chairs match at TLC.
Wyatts with a cheap win over Bryan and Punk, setting up a tag team Chairs match at TLC.
Big E retains, but not before Teddy Long comes out and announces a Tag Match Playa, at TLC, which will be contested under Chairs Rules.
Chairs.
Depending how far from the arena you are you could probably head down there now and score some good, cheap seats. Especially if you wait until just after the show actually starts.
ReplyDeleteI think I would rather go to a house show than a Raw or SD taping. Sitting through all the bullshit they put on those shows seems like it would be brutal. At least at a house show you would get mostly wrestling, even if it is kinda half assed.
ReplyDeleteRemember when ROH would do Unscripted shows, just throw out the card and make a new one on the spot? It's not too late to follow that lead WWE. Vince, are you reading this? It's not. Too. Late.
ReplyDeleteAs long as it leads to the return of Big Show's GIANT CHAIR I'll be ok with it.
ReplyDeleteI predict that nothing will top the return of the greatest Superstar of all time. Not just A+ material, but A++ material!
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/TheGooker
How sad is it that they've conditioned us to predict screw job endings and "THE FEUD MUST CONTINUE" booking. I remember when Hogan fought Warrior at Wrestlemania VI and I knew one of the guys would lose his title because there was absolutely no way they would book a DQ or count-out in a PPV title match (quite the young smark I was). Now, it's a regular occurrence, it wouldn't even surprise me for them to take the coward's way out on a 'Mania main event.
ReplyDeleteI'm considering hate pirating it. I'll stream it, but it will just play for no one in another room on my laptop with the sound off while I watch Animation Domination. There are several respects in which I'm a very small, petty man.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should use some of the guys (mostly talent and agents, surprise surprise) who do the JBL and Cole Show to book some stuff for Survivor Series...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta__kdPU7SU
From the allusion to Anchorman, to Ziggler FINALLY calling JBL out on his "Zigger" calls instead of saying "ziggLer", to Renee Young looking mighty fine in a tight dress, to Sandow singing, to the Cena/Big E. man love... just truly funny stuff.
It's only seven minutes long. Watch it. They put all of of the creative efforts of a 3 hour raw to shame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta__kdPU7SU
and bears... I forgot bears. Which means an appearance from you know who
ReplyDeleteMore like Survivor Seriously?!?!
ReplyDeleteEl Torito will also have a tiny chair. Rey Jr. will have a chair that's legs snap off whenever it is swung.
ReplyDeleteBobby Eaton?
ReplyDeleteDidn't HHH do the "No one can interfere" at... whatever show it was that came after Summerslam and indeed no one interfered?
ReplyDeleteOnly one man has wrestled bears and lived to tell about it...on Saturday Morning Slam.
ReplyDeletePrediction 2: No one else watches this crap because DENVER AT NEW ENGLAND BABY.
ReplyDeleteI actually think Big Show could win here, because BIG SPORTS ENTERTAINERS ARE GOOD AND INDY WRESTLERS ARE BAD.
So I'm watching the 1999 edition to kill some time before the show tonight and The British Bulldog (Jeans Edition) is teamed with the Mean Street Posse. This has to be one of the more random combos of all time.
ReplyDeleteUnder 1000 posts in the Live thread?
ReplyDeleteI'll be doing my part... see ya later, suckas.
You'd be gettting more up votes if you added "AMIRIGHT?"
ReplyDeleteI think it would go a long way if Orton actually won cleanly by himself because he's already established himself as a chicken shit champion and he's lost that edge that is required from his 'viper' character.. He's just some chump with a belt that the 'Authority' are behind for some inexplicable reason at this point.. it's OKAY to be a badass heel sometimes!
ReplyDeleteThats kind of like voting for Ralph Nader to "prove a point" you are proving a point to an anonymous audience that will never know the difference
ReplyDeleteBears? I know it's the Internet, but the WWE still needs to be family-friendly.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, it's kind of a habit with me unless I don't have to teach the next morning or my girlfriend gets the night off.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost comforting and has been known to help me sleep.
How would one begin watching Dr. Who? I find it intriguing but it has been on 50 years, I don't know where I would begin.
ReplyDeleteWhen they have the most optimistic wrestling fan I know being skeptical they are really doing a poor job.
ReplyDeleteNo shit. It is like 30 here where it would normally be like 60... Saskatchewan must be like -125 or some shit
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. Always boggles my mind when I see people on here talking about skipping a PPV in their area because it is a shit card... it is still a good time and if you have the means an the opportunity you should go.
ReplyDeleteWas there a reason for that? I was a pretty hardcore fan and don't recall anything, especially as to why they were facing the randomly generated team of Gangrel, Blackman, mark Henry, and Val Venis.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the giant gold ladder as well
ReplyDeleteDownvoted for Mike Rotundo love? :(
ReplyDeleteI'd probably start with Eccleston and go in order from there. I've never been a big fan but the old stuff hasn't aged well.
ReplyDeleteCorrect internet grammar is "AMIRITE!?"
ReplyDeleteI'm watching the DGUSA show that featured Chris Hero in the main event. Towards the end of the match his opponent (Johnny Gargano) gave him a 'suck it' crotch chop and hit a pedigree. Now that's a great heel move.
ReplyDeleteSpoiler alert: Hero kicked out at 1 and the place went crazy...
Don't lie, its because I bring the entertainment
ReplyDeleteOrton wasn't an indy wrestler
ReplyDeleteHmmm, you're right. I should have a Not Watching Survivor Series party (remember Nitro parties?) and send the footage to WWE headquarters. That'll learn 'em.
ReplyDeleteTry that move in WWE and they won't even bother wishing you well in your future endeavors.
ReplyDeleteThat said I sincerely hope Punk uses the Pepsi Plung in the last match on his contract just to be a prick.
#ORAMIRITE
ReplyDeleteI was comparing Big Show and Daniel Bryan, not Big Show and Orton. Big Show will be able to do what Bryan wasn't because BIG SPORTS ENTERTAINERS ARE GOOD AND INDY WRESTLERS ARE BAD.
ReplyDeleteProbably Rick Steiner.
ReplyDeleteYes it will. They will likely have a complete company restructuring on Monday
ReplyDeleteI remember at the MitB PPV he teased it for a second before switching it up to a huracanrana. I wanted to see it then and still want to see it now. Just once.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't have a hype video so I'll chalk it up to randomness.
ReplyDeleteOddly, the follow-up Divas match features better workers than today just by having Mae, Moolah, Luna, Ivory and Jackie in the match.
Same here. Since day 1 I have been waiting for it. I used to have the same issue with RVD and the Van Terminator.
ReplyDeleteNot true. The 10-team tag match was awesome and the Megapowers match was pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was good booking at the time, but I'm sure the workrate hasn't aged well at all.
ReplyDelete(it's because Parallax brings the entertainment)
ReplyDeleteThis FOURTEEN woman match might be the worst Survivor Series match of all-time.
ReplyDeleteThe Bryan storyline has culled my optimism just a bit.
ReplyDeleteThey are going to have to do something along the lines of the Total Divas running the table in 5 minutes. If they try to actually have 10 or 12 or 13 falls there is a good chance it will be a WMOTY candidate.
ReplyDeleteHell hath no fiury like the IWC disappointed!
ReplyDeleteAh ok...
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The 10 man tag was good. The mega powers match got better as it went along but started off really slow
ReplyDeleteIt's a long shot here, but the card is so seriously weak, that it almost seems as if they are going to jump the shark with something to spike TV ratings tomorrow night. They are in full-on "push the Network" mode right now. I'll be watching.
ReplyDeleteCall me crazy, but I'm going to predict that the divas match steals the show
ReplyDeleteWhat's the over / under on a career ending injury happening?
ReplyDeleteVince gets the package on his desk, opens it up, puts the DVD in his player.
ReplyDelete*Footage of me sitting on my couch.*
"Oh fantastic, this must be a fan's Survivor Series party. I love these."
Vince pauses the DVD and goes to the cafeteria. Puts a bag of popcorn in the microwave. Makes small talk with David Otunga until the timer goes off. Opens popcorn bag, salts, shakes. Takes a Tab from his refrigerator and returns to his office. Sit on the couch, pulls a blanket over his knees, and presses play.
*Camera turns from me to the TV screen. Bob's Burgers is on.*
"Wait a minute, that's...and that's on at the same time as...then he must not be interested in...Oh no. I've made a terrible mistake."
Vince reaches crosses the room to his desk and pulls backward on a Slammy Award activating an alarm. HHH races into the room.
"What is it dad?"
"Gather the writers, we've got a disengaged fan. We need to activate the Bryan Initiative. And give Zack Ryder a Pedigree while you're at it."
HHH nods solemnly. Pedigrees Ryder. Demotes Big Show on the WWE Power Rankings.
Yeah it's been one of their bag of tricks moves. When a show is going to obviously and clearly suck they'll hotshot a title or something way out of left field so that on Monday people will feel remorse for not buying.
ReplyDeleteThis card is so awful though I just can't see anything they would do that would create that feeling. One of Punk/Bryan turning heel and joining the Wyatts to make them a super-faction? Even that doesn't seem likely.
I honestly would have been wrong if you'd asked me if they even employ 14 divas
ReplyDeleteIt's actually Rotunda, apparently.
ReplyDeleteMy mind is blown like glass.
I think I follow the product more closely than most and I can't even name 8 without cheating.
ReplyDeleteSo (kayfabe) story on WWE.com is: "The Authority to Speak to kick-off the PPV" *groan*
ReplyDeleteFunny sidenote. I run an eBay store to make to coin on the side ( I basically act as a drop shipper) I just made a sale to a user named "breebella413" it was for a DVD organizer rack thing... clearly she wants to watch TV behind Bryan's back.
ReplyDeleteActually it's about 32F right now. The theatre is empty because the CFL Grey Cup is going on in Regina and the entire population of the province (except for Scott's family) appears to be at the game.
ReplyDeleteI bet they honestly think that will make people more likely to buy the show...
ReplyDeleteI don't even recognize most of those words... and that is fucked up the temperature in South Carolina, a block from the beach is the same as Canada... Thanks Obama!
ReplyDeleteIt changes periodically.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I need the validation.
ReplyDeleteA TLC match with Usos, The Rhodes, Shield would be a sick TV match.
ReplyDeleteI nearly choked to death laughing at this
ReplyDeleteBryan joining the Wyatt family. Already has the beard!
ReplyDeleteOh darn. I miss Zeb twerking.
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