Ricky Jackson Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I thought I was going to watch this show with a buddy at his place, but that plan is out the window, so I guess I'll just sit on the couch, have a few beers, stream this bad boy on my laptop and hang out with the PWO crew instead. Who needs the company of real, physical human beings anyway? My wife is out of town for the next few days and I've decided to spend most of my free time watching wrestling while she's gone. Last night was full of random matches like Piper/Shultz vs the Invaders, 2/20/84 MSG (pretty good BTW), Sting/Vader, Bash 92, War Games 94, and that wonderful Lucha match from 91 with the Ninja Turtles and Robin Hood. Tonight should be a good show, probably a contender for show of the year if all goes well. I haven't watched much WWE since the Raw after Mania, but with the show being in Philly and a decent card on paper, I'm excited. Let's look at the card: Pre-Show--The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) © vs. The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso), Tag Titles Can't see the Shield losing this one unless the plan is to totally bury them for the next few months. AJ Lee © vs. Kaitlyn It would be nice for something different and have a crazy intense brawl between the women for a change, but most likely short and forgettable. AJ I guess? Curtis Axel © vs. The Miz, IC title Not really interested in either guy to be honest. You would think Axel should retain. Chris Jericho vs. Ryback Ryback has to win this doesn't he? Alberto Del Rio © vs. Dolph Ziggler, World title I'm thinking they may wait until Summerslam and a blow-off match for Ziggler to regain the strap, but who knows. John Cena © vs. Mark Henry, WWE title I'm thinking a non-finish of some sort, but a Cena win or Henry win wouldn't really surprise me. Wade Barrett vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Fandango vs. Jack Swagger vs. Antonio Cesaro, World title MITB I'm hoping for either Cesaro, Sandow or Fandango. Ambrose has the US strap, so I don't think they give him this one. Rhodes and Swagger seem like the longest shots. A lot of people are picking Barrett it seems, but I'm not very hot on the guy. My gut says Barrett, or maybe Fandango. CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus vs. Christian vs TBD vs. Rob Van Dam, WWE title MITB So who is going to be the mystery entrant? Seems too early for Wyatt. Who else fits in storyline wise? Anyway, I think RVD, Christian and Orton are longshots. Bryan seems like the favorite, and Punk has won it twice before, which would seem to suggest he wouldn't win this one, but again, who knows. Sheamus might actually be the guy. It depends on what story they plan on telling going forward. Could be the mystery guy. Tough call, but I'm actually leaning towards Sheamus for some reason. Maybe it's because I haven't been following the booking very closely, but it seems like a hard card to predict. Should be fun. What do you guys think about the winners, mystery guy, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Pre-Show--The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) © vs. The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso), - Ths Shield should win but some podcast (forget which one, maybe LEs Thatcher?), said that Vince is cold on one of the Shield members so I could see the USOs getting the upset. Still picking Shield. AJ Lee © vs. Kaitlyn - I'll be pissing Curtis Axel © vs. The Miz, - Axel Chris Jericho vs. Ryback - I say Ryback loses by DQ or interference... hugs Vickie after. Alberto Del Rio © vs. Dolph Ziggler, World title - Del Rio retains. John Cena © vs. Mark Henry, WWE title - I think Cena retains. Wade Barrett vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Fandango vs. Jack Swagger vs. Antonio Cesaro, - I really want Antonio to win this one. CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus vs. Christian vs TBD vs. Rob Van Dam - RVD gets taken out by whoever he is feuding with next. DB is already getting the Summerslam build. Punk doesn't need it. They are cold on Sheamus. I am going with Orton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Don't skip AJ vs Kaitlyn, their match at Payback was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I can't believe they are still operating with two world titles in 2013. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Pretty sure the "Vince is mad at the Shield" is a fake story being planted by WWE to further the Vince/HHH feud like how Vince is supposedly upset HHH opened the new training center without his approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Paul Heyman's Twitter posted a picture of his children visiting the ECW arena: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BPKVVRdCAAA7gdi.jpg Pretty sure the "Vince is mad at the Shield" is a fake story being planted by WWE to further the Vince/HHH feud like how Vince is supposedly upset HHH opened the new training center without his approval. Unless you count this as ribbing on the square. Vince shaking their hands kind of like that skit where CM Punk smelt booze on Serena Deeb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8yFoeZb2as Also two weeks ago the Cranky Vince account tweeted this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Pre-Show--The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) © vs. The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso), Tag Titles Pretty good for a pre-show match. Crowd is going to be molten hot tonight, no surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposer Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Shield vs. Usos Fun as fuck and the finishing run was molten. Really good opening match on the pre-show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Heel Money in the Bank - Holy shit, I was cheering for Cody Rhodes by the end. Really smart ending. Really solid work that kept the crowd into it even though the entire group were heels. I enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Cody Rhodes will make a brilliant fiery underdog face judging by that evidence. Hopefully this constitutes a turn, his heel character is really dull. The match itself was fun. The first half seemed a bit awkward, and the dynamic between the workers wasn't the best. After that there were some really innovative spots, mostly involving Dean Ambrose who I was certain would win. Not sure what Sandow gets from this, nobody buys him seriously as a world title threat and if they do put the strap on him it will seem ridiculously premature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Wade Barrett vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Fandango vs. Jack Swagger vs. Antonio Cesaro, World title MITB Awesome match that turned Cody face and elevated Sandow, plus continued the Shield story. Pretty much everyone looked good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwebb Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Really hated how Zeb was standing there watching as Cody and Sandow went up at the end. He should have interfered considering all the interference leading to that spot. Took away from the ending for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposer Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 WHC MITB Another fun ass match. Really a great spotfest with a great swerve finish I thought. Good stuff in all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 The blood was strange. Presumably it was hardway, it just seemed to disappear really quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 The blood was strange. Presumably it was hardway, it just seemed to disappear really quickly. The doctor cleaned him up and put vaseline on the cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I like Maddox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I don't like Miz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Axel vs Miz Routine match. I don't think Axel is going to go anywhere with this tribute to his father gimmick. Miz needs to ditch the figure four already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Miz vs. Curtis Axel - Besides Heyman getting tossed, I don't remember anything about this match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposer Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Miz-Axel Pretty good match for who was involved. Show's going pretty well so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposer Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 AJ-Kaitlyn Good match. Solid pysch match. Liked Kaitlyn hurting her arm on the spear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Shit, Bix told me to watch the woman's match and I got called away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Fitting for Philly, heels go over in every match so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwebb Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 First PPV match Ryback has won since MITB last year. Can't believe his push didn't get over all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposer Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Ryback vs. Chris Jericho Not bad. Ryback did a couple of cool spots. The finish was weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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