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Bellas/Fox vs. PCB vs. Team BAD - The enthusiasm for this match compared to last night’s match is staggering. - And in WWE curse fashion, they have a shitshow - I believe it more than ever… anyone who has been there longer than Paige should be sent back to NXT. Hell, send Paige back too. - If they hit all the right notes last night, this was a tone deaf booking committee. People want to see the NXT girls so eliminate Sasha early and make Paige a face in peril as Team Bella spend A LOT of time in the ring. - Glad the Bellas didn’t win but this was not a good match.

I have the sinking feeling Owens is banged up and that may be the reason there was no pre-match show. There is plenty of time left and I expect it to still go on but it might be a 8-10 minute match instead of a 15-20 minute match.

US Title vs. WWE World Title - John Cena vs. Seth Rollins - I love Cena working in and out of the headlock since he is the heel in the building. He did the same with Punk. - Cena stole Bayley’s finisher!!!! - Rollins is a straight babyface in this match and his offense is completely babyface… running flip pin, top rope double knee dive, over the ropes plancha. - Rollins has a horrible Slingblade - Shit, Rollins stole Balor’s foot stomp… conspiracy! - That corner powerbomb started off awkward but Rollins recovered nicely - I loved Rollins countering the body press into his own AA - This was insane how they made Rollins out to be a face. He hits the AA. He reverses a figure four. Cena is trolling this crowd hard!!! - Rollins had me until the superplex roll through. - OK, the finish was hokey as fuck but I enjoyed the match a lot because Seth Rollins (in white no less) is a really great babyface.

He's not a heel in this match.

Also.... how can the entrances for NXT be so, so, so much better than the main roster? Another example that we need fresh blood producing this show.

I am 3 of 6. Too bad this ain't baseball.

I wonder if there is anything wrong with Owens from last night. I can't see that match following Cena-Rollins.

4 more matches... 2 more hours

Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper vs. Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose - Really fun beginning with the Shield on offense. - Some jaw dropping sequences early on… and I miss the Shield-Wyatt six man tags - Luke Harper stepping on the neck of Ambrose to make the tag is sweet. - Roman Reigns being out for so long is hurting this match. I enjoy the Family offense but the crowd is DEAD - This is another match that should be booked completely different. It should be more like an AWA tag with multiple tags and heat segments. - “Roman’s sleeping” is an awesome chant!!! - The end was fun but this didn’t steal the show or hit MOTYC levels. A really good TV tag match.

This is a great analogy. Why do I feel like you and I would be the chaperons?

3-2 on predictions. I feel like it should be 3-1-1 since the Rusev-Ziggler ending sucked.

ok, lets pretend the first half never happened and this is the start of the show.

Intercontinental Championship: Ryback (champ) vs. Miz vs. Big Show - I haven’t been happy with Big Show lately but I liked him early on, bouncing Ryback up and down on the ropes, hitting the suplex and going Air Juvi. - What the hell is Ryback doing going all Jimmy Snuka? - Eh… I thought they were going to have a hot finish with the KO blow on Ryback but it felt really flat after that. At least it only went a whopping 6 minutes.

A bold prediction to make right before the Big Show comes out for an IC title match... Hahahaha! Would have been more appropriate if I said it when Miz was coming out. Anyway, the Rusev and Sheamus matches were letdowns and I wasn't happy with the layout of the Arrow match. We are running out of matches to kick this show to another level.

Cody was at his best when tagging with goldust. His Ted Jr. team was lame.

It wasn't that fun.

New prediction... this will not be the best SummerSlam of all time.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev - Hot match… lame finish King Barrett & Stardust vs. Neville & Green Arrow - I was really looking forward to this match but think they completely fucked it on the booking. Arrow should have been the hot tag, not the face in peril. - You’re asking a guy who has never had a match to play Ricky Morton. - The end run was fun but this was supposed to be the Amell-Stardust show.

Tag Team Championship: Prime Time Players (champs) vs. New Day vs. Matadores vs. Lucha Dragons - Kalisto and Big E was a bunch of fun - Kalisto is so much fun, they need to get him away from Sin Cara yesterday. - Darren Young looked really solid and Big E squashing him on the apron was a great spot. - Titus cleaning house was awesome!!! - I don’t know what the hell Sin Cara was doing but that suicide dive looked stupid. - I enjoyed this but Sin Cara almost single-handedly ruined this for me - Titus, Big E, Kalisto and Young were the standouts. - They really should have opened the show with this match.

Randy Orton vs. Sheamus - This started off promising with Orton taking out Sheamus on the announcer’s table but Sheamus decided he wanted to control the match and it got real boring, real quick. - I love Sheamus but he never moved past 2nd gear. - I give them props for getting the crowd back into it with Randy’s comeback after losing them early on to meaningless chants to keep themselves entertained - The ending was a little awkward but this was ok. Not great but ok. 0-1 in predictions

Starting with Orton and Sheamus... interesting.

Look in the WWE Network thread.

Ugh

Smart money is in on the show and I don't think I am going to like this show very much from a booking standpoint.

Did I miss it or is the tag match not on the pre-show?