Roman Reigns Injured Last Night on RAW
Reigns received six staples across the front of his scalp after being hit with the ring steps from Kane. He is not expected to miss any ring time.
http://pwinsider.com/article/87360/roman-reigns-injury-update.html?p=1
When Will Chris Jericho's Current WWE Run End?
During an "Ask Anything Chat" on Reddit yesterday, Jericho said that his current WWE run will end September in Nashville, which is the location of the "Night of Champions" PPV.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/498957-chris-jericho-reveals-when-wwe-run-ends
WWE.com Top 25 SummerSlam Matches
http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/25-best-wwe-summerslam-matches
Reigns received six staples across the front of his scalp after being hit with the ring steps from Kane. He is not expected to miss any ring time.
http://pwinsider.com/article/87360/roman-reigns-injury-update.html?p=1
When Will Chris Jericho's Current WWE Run End?
During an "Ask Anything Chat" on Reddit yesterday, Jericho said that his current WWE run will end September in Nashville, which is the location of the "Night of Champions" PPV.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/498957-chris-jericho-reveals-when-wwe-run-ends
WWE.com Top 25 SummerSlam Matches
http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/25-best-wwe-summerslam-matches
I thought Samoans had hard heads? Next I'll find out that not all black men can dance.
ReplyDeleteHard heads have nothing to do with skin.
ReplyDeleteIf WWE wants to cut more corners with budget cuts, they should assign Ric Flair to be in charge of it. He has always been known for being a penny pincher during the past 4 decades.
ReplyDeleteYes, and in case bailey can't read, he's not taking any time off. Hell, I feel bad for the poor steps!
ReplyDeleteIf they want to keep pushing Miz, Jericho should put him over at NoC.
ReplyDeleteI liked the idea someone here had last night with Reigns squashing Miz, Warrior style, and having a great IC run.
how bout another judy bagwell on a pole match!
ReplyDeleteReigns In Blood, tee hee.
ReplyDeleteI will hear none of this criticism of Stephanie. You're basically saying you don't like the sound of her voice. I can kind of understand that, but she is delivering lines perfectly, and can sell anything with her facial expressions. She was NEVER able to do that as the Smackdown GM back in the day, and I always hated those segments with her. Now I look forward to them because she is a true A+ performer.
ReplyDeleteStardust is awesome and Cody seems like he's having a blast doing it.
ReplyDeleteHe did an AOL chat where he took questions.
ReplyDeletehttp://pwchronicle.blogspot.com/2006/01/history-vince-mcmahons-troubled-1998.html
But rasslin' is serious business!
ReplyDeleteHis talking points at the beginning of each episode are the same damn things every week, he rambles like an old man, and he's starting to make himself and his stories the focal point of his shows. His guests are left to laugh uncomfortably and agree with JR's take on things. If they're lucky, they can get a few words in edgewise.
ReplyDeleteOf course, old man Ross gets defensive when he's called out on it, claiming that it's conversational, but conversation requires both parties to contribute.
The Gramps is here!!
ReplyDeleteHadn't seen this before..kind of amazing
ReplyDeleteJericho's return has been awful. At least last year he had that sick match with Punk at Payback.
ReplyDeletedon't be so hard and yourself. you really don't need to refer to yourself as "out of touch cunt"
ReplyDeleteIt's been the law of diminishing returns with Jericho. He's still got it and could easily be slotted into a main event program, but WWE just doesn't know what to do with him except throw him against their next project.
ReplyDeleteJust unify them and make them an actual step towards a World Title shot. If they released their own top 10 rankings and made the IC Champ an automatic top three contender, legit main eventers could go after it as an avenue towards a World Title match.
ReplyDeleteIt's quite repetitive. He should just retire.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure WWE is paying him enough to make it worthwhile. They desperately needed him this summer as a house show draw since Bryan is injured, Cena is filming movies, and Punk is gone.
ReplyDeleteAs long as he can still go, I'd like to see him in the ring. I just want to see him booked better.
At least he's a veteran that is happy with putting young guys over. Aka, knows his value, knows his role, is not a mark for himself.
ReplyDeleteI see your point, but the difference is two things: a)At least they still delivered a match, unlike what happened at the PPV and b)like Peyton_Drinking mentioned above this match wasn't hyped or was treated like a focal point of the show (as much Ambrose/Rollins). I don't even know if Rollins has faced RVD in a singles match (I'm sure it will show up on some random Smackdown or Big Event or whatever it is called), but people aren't gonna care about Rollins/RVD as much as Rollins/Ambrose.
ReplyDeleteRight, though I still think he can put people over and just be booked better. He's one of the best veterans the business ever had because he isn't desperately clinging to his "spot."
ReplyDeleteThough HHH has been much better lately, I think his career makes such an interesting contrast with Jericho's. Jericho never seemed to refuse to put anyone over, while HHH... well, you know.
Has there been examples of HHH "refusing" to put people over though? Or was he simply liked by Vince and management, who chose to book him to go over? He just didn't campaign vigorously to change the plans so he can lose.
ReplyDeleteWhat a douche. Is there some big brother from an 80's TV show we can get this guy hooked up with and get him the hell away from THIS BUSINESS?
ReplyDeleteThen you're a part of the problem.
ReplyDeleteEven Gene Snitsky thinks that Russo should accept some blame
ReplyDeleteYeah. This 6 week Miz run. People are just dying to see it come to an end. It would totally catapult both Reigns and the IC title. Totally.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Vinnie Mac, what are your concens now that the warrior has joined wcw?
ReplyDeleteWWFLive2: None! Whose left that wcw can take? Bruno Sammartino?
Oh man, this is great.
I don't want to jump to conclusions but Kevin Kelly made it seem that way on his latest PTB pod reviewing second half of '02.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure people will just call bitterness on that one.
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, I guess, he constantly enforces that he wasn't really in on the creative process at that point.
Yeah because I totally said he should beat him next week, definitely. That is completely totally what I said.
ReplyDeleteI like this bit, you're going to pretend you can't read to try to insult me, lol.
ReplyDeleteThere are the stories of him changing the finish to the match and angle of the love triangle feud with Angle. There are also stories from the creative staff of how RVD was supposed to win the World title in 2002, but HHH got directly involved, stalled the process, and eventually, never let RVD touch the main event scene again for nearly another 4 years.
ReplyDeleteThose are just off the top of my head. Does he hold people down or does Vince just favor HHH? As usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
But that's not what you said.
ReplyDelete" The title of the book is Total Non-Stop Agony, and the plans are to release it digitally through pyroandballyhoo.com."
ReplyDeleteSo, surely he means the agony that he caused the company and it's employees to go through, right?
I think it was Seth Mates who was there at the time and has confirmed a lot of the politicking HHH was doing in terms keeping his spot in 2002. He's not the only one to tell the story, either.
ReplyDeleteTodd Pettingill had the worst mullet of all time.
ReplyDeleteOh, i'm not disputing it.
ReplyDeleteExactly.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be a cool WrestleMania moment after you have Miz keep sliming his way to keeping his title. I know they have Reigns on a fast track than that, but he could use some more seasoning, as many here agree on.
There is however a huge difference between politicking and straight up changing the boss's mind, compared to the boss making the decision, and the wrestler outright refusing to do it. (aka, Bret in Montreal). If he's in Vince's ear and can talk himself into winning, more power to him.
ReplyDelete:)
ReplyDeleteEven to Rumble or something, I'd rather see Reigns in an actual match there than protected again behind a battle royal, though I imagine that's a pipedream since he's definitely getting a Rumble win sometime in his career. I haven't watched much since Mania so I can't really judge how any of those boys are doing.
There are stories that Hunter was in on booking meetings for a while before that, so it isn't hard to assume he was heavily influencing the direction of the product.
ReplyDeleteThat's....still a better name for a promotion.
ReplyDeleteI think Reigns can get there but it would be best for him if they didn't shove him to the top and dump too much on him. Let him work with guys and learn in the ring and really be ready to be the guy. They will need him more in 2016 than 2015 anyway.
ReplyDeleteJericho gets less interesting with each return, and the lame jokes that weren't funny 12 years ago still aren't funny. He had his day, but now I just don't want to see him on TV anymore.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was my idea. One of Reigns biggest problems is that the IC title has been so devalued it is no longer seen as a stepping stone to the world title, so he can't really use it like Warrior. Still, it would be a nice way to hold him over until the Rumble.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame because he's one of my personal favorites, but you're completely right.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't help that the returns are so frequent either, it feels like he'll do them basically any time Fozzy isn't on tour. If it was a few years between returns the excitement would definitely last longer.
It's tough because he is so damn great as a heel, but these short runs aren't conducive to those long, slow build feuds he excelled at in 2008-2011.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if he's trolling or not, but personally I'm enjoying Miz's current run.
ReplyDeleteI rarely get a week day off, why aren't we doing daily threads about Kathie Lee and Hoda? This show is the greatest thing ever. These really really old unattractive women are drinking on menopause...on television. 9/10
ReplyDeleteYeah, Miz is a fantastic heel right now. I just hope they have someone awesome in mind as the face they want to play Warrior to Miz's Honky Tonk Man. A squash win over Miz in a month or two (he's obviously retaining against Ziggler) would absolutely be huge for a rising face.
ReplyDeleteI have to assume that even you can see the difference between having Brie Bella in the face role of this type of match is just a shade different than having Steve Fucking Austin in the face role of the same type of match. Especially with the extra layer of Bischoff/Austin's real-life background helping sell the feud.
ReplyDelete"2 characters selling hatred for each other can be enough" when people actually give a shit about the face. NO ONE cares about Brie Bella.
HAHAHA, I think the Keith one might be a stretch...
ReplyDeleteI am a little disappointed endgame can't come the way it's supposed to. You know in the pre-concussion days, the endgame to this absolutely would be someone smashing a chair over Miz's head and making him bleed.
ReplyDeleteWell, you didn't say when and frankly it doesn't matter when. If Reigns ended Miz's 400 day reign it would do nothing for Reigns or the IC title the point stands. Longevity on that issue means nothing.
ReplyDeleteI think the Miz push is worthwhile IF they have someone in mind to squash him for the title in a few months. Shitty worker or not, Miz is an effective heel on the mic and crowds are hating his ass right now.
ReplyDeleteIf Ambrose or Zayn or Cesaro or a returning Bad News Barrett squash his ass in 30 seconds for the IC title in a few months, it'd be pretty cool.
Of course though he'll probably lose it to Kofi Kingston on Main Event.
You could have just debated that point from the start.
ReplyDeleteI think it could. They don't do it, but they could make Reigns, Miz and the Title mean something pretty easily. For whatever reason they don't seem interested in doing it.
I think there's a SLIGHT chance of this, actually. I mean, if Brock really is gonna leave Cena in a pool of shit, piss, blood, vomit, and pissy bloody shit... well maybe they don't want that to close the show? Especially if the Brie/Steph match involves HHH eating a knee from Daniel Bryan and the crowd doing a YES chant.
ReplyDeleteWorking with The Miz is just what Reigns needs to get to where they need him to be. Usurping Miz then a long feud with Del Rio. That's how you get Reigns to the top. He's gotta work matches. Work against workers. Absorb all he can before he can be truly elevated.
ReplyDeleteWell, then I rephrase my statement: it's a huge contrast between Jericho, who never seems to politic, and HHH, who seemingly spent the better part of a decade politicking.
ReplyDeleteYep. Cesaro too.
ReplyDeleteYup. Right up there with "If this happened, everybody would say," and "you guys all think," and all the other phrases you use to make your strawman arguments against the collective blog.
ReplyDeleteI do love the irony of you complaining about this, though. It would be like Abeyance bitching about people leaving short comments that are devoid of insight.
That's a great call.
ReplyDeleteYou don't feel an utter disdain whenever he replies to an e-mail or comment? And I'm not even blaming him either. Just an observation.
ReplyDeletereally? NO ONE? Not even a single person?
ReplyDeleteEvil tickling
ReplyDeleteWatching Raw last night and all the Network plugging, I again was struck by what an awful idea it is to have HEELS as the heads of the company. You have HHH and Stephanie out there shilling the Network and what does the crowd do? They BOO, because your company is represented by the most hated people on the show.
ReplyDeleteMain event of a PPV announced? BOOO.
WWE Network for $9.99? BOOOO.
So fucking stupid. I know everyone knows it's fake and that HHH isn't really a bad guy, but it doesn't matter. It's completely ass backwards to spend all your TV time building up bad will towards the company itself.
HHH and Stephanie are awesome at playing heels, and they put Daniel Bryan and The Shield over really strong. But it's just not worth it. This whole "WWE itself is a heel" shit needs to end. Not only is it creatively bankrupt, but it makes it really hard to sell things like the Network.
Let's be fair, some of those e-mails deserve disdain. He's a lot better in private correspondence for whatever reason.
ReplyDeleteHogan is still under contract, right? Isn't that was he was specifically hired to do, shill stuff like Mania and the WWE Network? (or the WWE Universe).
ReplyDeleteHow to completely ignore the point and instead go after the verbiage. To be expected, I guess.
ReplyDeleteOr Bad News Barrett. If they build it right, let Miz play the Honky Tonk role for a few months, and then do a deal where Bad News returns as his surprise opponent and squashes him? Bigtime new face right there.
ReplyDeleteOr debut Zayn by winning the IC title.
Pfff... you just THINK you're special!!! [/jealous]
ReplyDeleteOh, I meant the part about the unconditional worship from his fanbase.
ReplyDeleteYup.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, good ol' staple head Reigns, always good for a new staples in the head gag.
ReplyDeleteI thought one of the best ideas I heard was to have kiosks at live events and have wrestlers there with a tech demonstrating the network and taking signups. If you signup? You get a picture with the star, etc. Make it right in your face, especially during the excitement of a live show.
ReplyDeleteLike you said, it would be great for really anyone they wanted to launch up the card. And yes, a debuting star or a sudden face-turn for someone would work best.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed at how easily Triple H got the crowd to start chanting "9.99" with him. Sports entertainment audiences really are sheep.
ReplyDeleteThey should make Hulk Hogan the new Jack Tunney of the WWE. Have the "Board of Directors" make the decision that he will take care of running things on the programming, while Triple H and Stephanie do behind-the-scenes stuff. Make Hogan/Helmsley/McMahon appearances mean something and only do them when necessary.
Now I'm going back to today's QOTD.
9.99!
But the people don't care about titles!!!!!! or something
ReplyDeleteHogan should be brought back as WWE Commissioner.
ReplyDeleteWWE absolutely needs to blow off the Authority angle for good in a big way--- let's say Brie beats Steph at Summerslam, and Roman beats HHH at NoC, and therefore HHH just decides to see the error of his ways and turns face.
Bring in Hogan as the on-air authority, let him play it pretty much like Jack Tunney, and then you have a WWE representative who can announce main events and shill the Network with teh audience actually cheering.
Having HHH and Steph do it is just so counterproductive.
Ha, just said teh same thing below. Hogan in a Jack Tunney role is exactly what they need now.
ReplyDeleteThey need Foley for this.
ReplyDeleteFrom Russo's TNA explanation below: " I regret even agreeing to be dishonest, deceitful and untruthful from the beginning, but the TRUTH is that I needed the income"
ReplyDeleteThis makes me wonder: How exactly does Russo pay his bills? All of his professional life he worked for wrestling companies, and that's not the type of TV that pays residuals. He's never had a writing job outside of wrestling because his writing sucks.
Pyroandballyhoo can't be making him much money. Who would pay $6 a month to read his crap? Heck, Russo is writing articles for WhatCulture: http://whatculture.com/author/vince-russo -- and while you can make some money doing that, it ain't much from what I understand.
I'm sure he made some dough on the shoot interviews and books, but fans generally despise him so I can't imagine those books sold all that much.
"Day drunk like Kathie Lee."
ReplyDeleteGreat minds, apparently...
ReplyDeleteFoley would be great, or Hogan, or even HBK if he'd be up for doing 1-2 TV appearances a month.
ReplyDeleteStone Cold would obviously be the PERFECT guy for this role and could probably affect ratings, but I doubt he'd commit to anything even part time.
Just as long as they get rid of the whole "heel authority figure"
ReplyDeleteconcept. It's just beyond stale beyond this point. Have Hogan just show up like Tunney did every few months to make big announcements.
Let's see how a wrestling show works without a figurehead booking matches every week. It only worked for 35+ years or so.
You know, if we stop treating Vince Russo as someone that matters, he'll eventually go away, right? No more shoot interviews, no hits on his website, no invitations to talk to Wade or Bruce or Jason or Dave or whoever else does a podcast. Fucking blacklist him and make him go away.
ReplyDeleteYep, and I even suggested techs in big cities to just drive to your home and do it for you, at a minimal charge.
ReplyDeleteBut yep, your idea is great too (would sure beat those credit card kiosks at sporting events)
WWE should've hired Austin, Hogan, Foley, HBK as WWE Network Ambassadors to shoot a hole load of promos plugging the Network and what you can do with your subscription.
ReplyDeleteHe got PAID by WCW, IIRC. He probably tucked the dough away. I am sure TNA paid him decently for a while too. I can't imagine what type of person would purchase a VIP membership to read and listen to his nonsense.
ReplyDeleteYou know, if the stories about VKM being grievously out of touch with modern popular culture are true, that Q&A had to be done by someone else...
ReplyDeleteIt's all fucking Eric Bischoff's fault.
ReplyDeleteKeep Foley as far away from the current product as you possibly can.
ReplyDeleteHe seemed to be more in touch at that time. I mean all those dubbed over commentaries on current news and what not. It seemed once he became totally isolated as a billionaire and was the only game in town is when he started his descent.
ReplyDeleteMy one counter to that was Razor Ramon was created in 1992 because he had JUST SEEN Scarface and wanted to bite off the character.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the overdubs go? Writers likely handed him "timely" copy to reference while he was in a booth doing voice over work. Although, I've heard interviews where people have said he's bad with entertainment, but he read the newspaper every day to mine stuff from
As others have said, there's a BIG difference between a big PPV match (and, in this case, arguably THE match that most people bought the PPV for) that was hyped for six weeks, and a "Raw" segment featuring a JTTS that only existed to serve the former anyway.
ReplyDeleteAs you said, yes, "bait-and-switch is bad, unless it leads to something good", except in a non-sarcastic manner. Getting less than you expected is bad, getting more than you expected is good.
I think a compromise of the two ideas would have been the best way to go about it - yes, advertise RVD, but then let him get attacked backstage right before the match, meaning that a replacement is needed on short notice. At least that still keeps the pretense of The Authority feigning fairness.
ReplyDeleteHaving RVD walk out and then going "uhh, nevermind" didn't make sense. Why would Trips/Steph want to appear fair a few hours earlier, only to not care later?
I still say the actual match was 5*, it was just the politics and post-match stuff that got everyone's blood boiling.
ReplyDelete100% agree. You want people to subscribe to The Network? Make that the only way to see Brock and the title.
ReplyDeleteBasic formatting would go a long way, too.
ReplyDeleteIn Scott's reviews, he bolds the matches (and sometimes segments) and puts them on a separate line. It's a minor point but it makes a big difference in readability.
Here there is too much wall of text and the use of italics just makes it messier.
Rock/Cena II was never going to outdo the first, a fresh match-up was really needed. That leaves two options:
ReplyDelete1) If Vince INSISTED on having Rock in the main-event title match, then run either Rock/Punk or Rock/Cena/Punk. [Doing the former would also clear Cena to do the Taker match, with Taker at 20-0 going into the match, and the possibility of Taker's streak ending on the big round number.]
2) Do Rock/Cena as the big "special attraction match" in the middle of the card (possibly for the WHC instead of the WWE title), and main-event with Punk's 500-day reign against Taker's streak.
Not really. Dull match and they lacked chemistry.
ReplyDeleteMy only problem with that is they never established that Cesaro and Swagger actually liked each other. It always seemed like a tenuous, cordial-at-best working relationship.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it any more ridiculous than a contract signing between two men? Wrestling contract signings are generally ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteBeat him into such a deep state of unconsciousness that he voids his bowels. Or he thinks he'll scare him into wetting himself.
ReplyDeleteBut you can see where, as far as WWE knows, people do care about Brie Bella. Her confrontation with Stephanie at Payback got a big reaction, her confrontation with Stephanie that led to Steph getting arrested got a big reaction, and the confrontation with Stephanie that set up the SS match got a big reaction. The live crowds have been showing WWE that people go want to see Brie vs. Steph. Or they just want to see anybody beat Steph up. Either way, it's not like their segments have been getting crickets.
ReplyDeleteBrie got her job back last week in exchange for dropping charges against Stephanie. And the reason she wanted her job back is because as long as she was gone, Stephanie was going to keep torturing Nikki without anyone putting her in check.
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly the latter...people want to see Stephanie get hers comeuppance. She's a total heat magnet right now and is single-handedly saving these segments from the crickets. I think that Brie is gonna lose steam REALLY quickly, unless it's revealed that she's basically acting as proxy for a returning Bryan. And soon, too, because there's no way that they can drag this out until after RR, or whatever the new timeline for his return is.
ReplyDeleteI don't pay much attention to this feud, fair enough.
ReplyDeleteSteph-Brie isn't going to be a great match. It won't even be a great brawl. But it will have heat, because the story has given the feud heat. I can tell you why they're fighting and why each side doesn't like the other. It makes sense.
ReplyDeleteAs opposed to, say, Jericho-Bray. I can tell you why Jericho is mad; because he got attacked by the Wyatts, who haven't let up. But what is Bray's motivation here?
I can definitely agree with that. Stephanie is doing fine, I just wish Brie had better material. As far as Bray, the character doesn't seem to have any motivation.
ReplyDeleteDid any of Swagger's tag team partners like him? Usually Swagger's tag teams were kept together by their managers rather than by any mutual purpose.
ReplyDeleteYour assessment of Damien Sandow's current direction is intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting a real CM Punk vibe from him. Especially on the B-shows.
Those Beat the Clock matches seem to add to it.
ReplyDeleteStePHONY as a Rhinestone Cowgirl/Honky Tonk Heartbreaker would make DA PUTAS DEL FUEGO as instant faces!
ReplyDeleteWho do you have in mind? With the possible exception of Ziggler and Cesaro, it seems that all of the over guys are doing something big at the moment.
ReplyDeleteHe already had a worked pipe bomb.
ReplyDeleteNearly brought you to tears, "We are Groot."
ReplyDeleteAll Reigns has is the cool looking Superman Punch.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they are very annoying.
ReplyDeleteAnd look how well, that turned out for him.
ReplyDeleteStill, it seems like it should be one of the last matches to happen.
ReplyDeleteStill, need to see it, worried about Batista though.
ReplyDeleteThose are the only two match I have faith that will good. Everything else to me, will either be mediocre or bad.
ReplyDeleteVince found out what Post-Modernism is.
ReplyDeleteWow, their shows usually have a bit more momentum between PPVs. This current cycle died really fast. It doesn't hurt that there's only three babyfaces they give a crap about.
ReplyDeleteI do have to say that I'm loving the Authority right now, anchoring the show with solid heel work and fun promos.
Don't, his performance is ****, at least. My wife (who lovingly tolerates all my geeky pursuits) said, "Damn, Bootista can act!" as the credits rolled.
ReplyDeleteThanks, yeah gonna need to see it now.
ReplyDelete"Is Del Rio vs Ambrose worth watching?" is a yes or no question. No need for the "or no". I hate that. Everyone says that now when they talk. It looks even weirder on the net.
ReplyDeleteWhy would I give a shit?
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