Extreme Rules 2015 As It Happens...

[goc]

Well I guess we won't see Bryan vs BNB when Bryan gets back. That was a decent little match, that german suplex by Neville was pretty impressive. Neville is obviously very talented but he seems really devoid of personality.

[goodhelmet]

Neville vs. Barrett

- That was fun. Good TV match.

[goc]

I want an hour of Kane answering twitter questions.

[WingedEagle]

Solid match that did a better job making Neville seem like a player than he has on Raw thus far.

[Bierschwale]

Was that the first win for Neville on the main roster?

 

He took out Axel a few times, one the SD immediately after the Rollins match because they don't have an actual plan.

[hammerva]

I want an hour of Kane answering twitter questions.

 

"Are u still relevant?"

[Exposer]

Barrett vs. Neville - Pretty good match. Glad Neville got the win.

[Parties]

So goofy watching this WWE approximation of sports broadcasting after UFC last night. Corny pregame panel notwithstanding, the finish to Neville-Barrett was very well done. Maybe not in the grand scheme of wrestling history, but in the grand scheme of Extreme Rules pre-shows.

 

Barrett is a five-time IC champ. I just listened to the Wrestling Observer recap of Summerslam 2010. Amazing to think that Barrett was the leader of a bloodthirsty NXT heel faction about five years too early.

 

That Kane segment was ridiculous, but I enjoy Tom Philips as the consummate pro tasked with bringing "We do apologize" order to absurdity.

[goc]

 

I want an hour of Kane answering twitter questions.

 

"Are u still relevant?"

 

It was perfect, because they were like the 2 most typical smarky questions to ask him. "When are you bringing back the mask" and "Are you still relevant?" Actually I want to see a joint Q&A session with Kane & Big Show.

 

Not usually in the "drool over Renee" club but she looks really great in yellow.

[The Chief]

Good to see that at least the crowd is hot.

[Zoo Enthusiast]

#askkane was great.

[CodySave]

So, they did announce the King in the Ring on Tuesday in that network programming promo, right? Now I'm worried I imagined the whole thing.

 

EDIT: Seems to be lots of similarly confused on discussion about it, but it appears WWE did indeed announce a live King of the Ring tournament this Tuesday night.

[Coffey]

...what in da hell?

[Exposer]

Oh my God, they're going to do this match as an ongoing thing all night.

[CodySave]

Ambrose seems like the kind of guy that would steal someone's Uber vehicle to follow Harper around Chicago.

[Matt D]

Ambrose should use Calf Branding.

[goodhelmet]

Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper (Chicago Street Fight)

- OK, fun beat em up with an Attitude era finish. I think they end up doing the Goldust-Piper throughout the show fighting stuff…. Or we don’t hear from them the rest of the show.

[goc]

So was Seth standing on a foot-stool for that backstage segment that made him taller than HHH and almost eye to eye with Kane?

[goodhelmet]

Is that some weird tanning solution on Ziggler's shoulder?

[hammerva]

Awesome knee by Sheamus on Dolph. That should be his finisher

[goc]

I like how Sheamus just flipped him end over end with that Cloverleaf instead of turning him over.

[Matt D]

Dolph's side is beat to hell. I really liked that triple forearm, double splash, cut off by Sheamus sequence.

[The Chief]

That was unexpected! Pretty good much too, Sheamus works much better as a heel.

[goodhelmet]

Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus (Kiss Me Arse Match)

- I loved the way Dolph came out on fire. Shots looked pretty nice. I like the escape from the Cloverleaf into the nearfall. Wow, I thought they ended this way too soon with the flash pin. This was on track to becoming my favorite Ziggler singles match.

[Matt D]

I actually liked the flash pin a lot, because the suplex toss was such a cool looking move, and one that was so fitting of Sheamus' current heavyweight bully character, that I bought it ending on him going for it again, arrogantly, and paying for it. It was sort of refreshing to have a match end in something other than a bunch of finisher avoidance.