The Thread Killer

Uh oh, Corey Graves just called the Championships "the straps." He's in more trouble than that Beach Ball. Good match, that.

Some folks calls it a sling blade, I calls it a kaiser blade. Mmmm Hmmm.

Book the Beach Ball against Cesaro in a return match tomorrow on Raw.

I reserve the right to complain about whatever I want when it comes to this shitty show. Besides, Cole is supposed to be the play-by-play guy. Constantly spouting stats and historical dates is practically all the guy does now. I expect that from a color commentator in baseball. In wrestling, I like the play-by-play guy to actually call the match. Tom Phillips can do it, and he has a hell of a lot less experience than Cole does. I don't see why Cole can't just call the damn match and leave the color to Graves (who is damn good at it) and Booker.

That's crazy talk.

They've been obsessed with those statistics for a couple of years now. Knowing how many times the Tag Titles have changed hands at Summerslam really enhances my enjoyment of this match.

Michael Cole's incessant statistic and date quoting is annoying as hell.

This Ambrose/Rollins video package is pretty good and compelling. And I don't even really like either guy all that much. Please, wrestling gods, save this show. By the way, when I said wrestling gods I didn't mean JBL.

Well that's it...Balor and Wyatt are 1-1 against each other. We absolutely have to have a third match to decide this rivalry. It will be like this generation's Flair/Steamboat trilogy.

I just marked out when Corey Graves referenced Gorilla Monsoon and the famous lower occipital protuberance.

That's exactly what happened to me, except in my case I took my dogs out into the yard to pee. We were only out there for a couple of minutes, and when I came back inside I couldn't figure out what the hell happened, since Orton had been making his entrance when I went outside. I had to rewind my PVR to see the "match."

Well, Balor's entrance seems to have awoken the crowd, at least.

Hey, a Bray Wyatt match. That will bring an end to the string of disappointing matches on this show, right?

After the way they've treated him, how could he not feel that way? He's really damn good, and they've not done squat with him. Although, who knows. Maybe he doesn't want to walk away from the money. Not everybody is a Ryback, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger. There is no shame in his staying if that is the best way to make a living. I guess it all depends which is more important to him, money or professional success.

Watching Alexa Bliss always makes me feel dirty too, but likely for an entirely different reason.

Opinions please... Is it just me, or was the Banks/Bliss match at Great Balls of Fire better than this one? This one doesn't seem as good to me, although that might just seem that way to me because there really hasn't been a good match yet on this show yet, and we're 90 minutes in.

What the hell was that? We didn't even get a patented Randy Orton rear chinlock spot! I feel ripped off. But on second thought, I can see why they made the call to cut that match short. There just isn't enough time on this show.

Damn, trying to watch this match with Enzo dancing and shouting from above the ring is annoying. Not that it would be all that great anyhow, but still.

You guys are right. This crowd is dying and they were HOT during the New Day/Usos match. Something cooled them off.

To me, Corbin's whole schtick seems to consist of: Execute a basic maneuver, effectively but slowly and unspectacularly. Wander around the ring, mug to the crowd and shout at them a bit. Repeat. Like I said, plodding. And I have no proof that Cena ever did hold anybody down, but it has been speculated that he did. Edge and Jericho flat out said on a podcast that he campaigned to squash the Nexus. But whatever, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. But if he is going to do that to somebody, it may as well be Corbin, as far as I'm concerned. For a scary moment there, I was worried that Cena was going to put Corbin over before he left for Hollywood to make Transformers movies. I just honestly don't think that Corbin deserves that kind of rub. I don't think he's good enough. Maybe he will be someday. But not today.

That match was not so good. To me, the word best used to describe Baron Corbin is: plodding. As in "slow-moving, unexciting...lacking in imagination or intelligence." There have been those who have said that Cena has held down younger up and coming talent like Wade Barret or Alex Riley. This is the one case where if it's true, I am totally fine with it.

YES YES YES!!! Outstanding match, which obviously had no place on the damn pre-show. This whole Usos/New Day feud has been GOLD, I tell you. Gold, Jerry. Gold! As much as I rag on WWE, to me there is no doubt that their Tag Team match style is SO much better than the stupid New Japan/ROH Tag Match style. Good, solid action without all the stupid multi-team spotfests. That was outstanding, I got totally caught up in that match.

Man, either I was late to the party when it comes to appreciating the Usos, or they have really improved. Since their heel turn they are rapidly becoming my favorite team. Also, I don't like New Day, but I am a big fan of Big E's cloak. And Xavier Woods is excellent at selling, in my opinion.

You're right. I'm not even saying Tozawa doesn't deserve the recognition and a title reign, but to me the deal with Titus as his manager was overshadowing him. The announcers spent more time talking about Titus Worldwide than they did about Tozawa. I just don't know if now was the right time to end Neville's reign, and I don't know if the division could sustain a prolonged Tozawa reign...right now. I can see it eventually, absolutely. I suppose it would have opened up some new challengers and title matches, but to me Neville is the division right now. You are absolutely right, I don't see how the way this was handled helped anybody, to be honest. Yeah, I figured we were heading for Miz vs. Jordan too...but that win in the six man looked pretty decisive. Weird.