WWE’s “Super” Shows

Well Monday and Tuesday this week saw a “Raw Super Show” and a Live “Super SmackDown!” Both shows included great matches and great story telling.

Both shows saw Superstars from across WWE but of course the main story across both shows was the CM Punk, Triple H and Kevin Nash storyline.

Nash, Punk and Hunter

On the Raw show we had Kevin Nash announce that John Laurinaitis had signed him to a very lucrative contract, it was then that the match was finally made for Night Of Champions to have Kevin Nash face CM Punk. Oddly though at the end of Raw Triple H changed that match to CM Punk vs. Triple H.

On SmackDown! we had yet another interesting and brilliant contract signing for that match between Punk and Triple H, addressing the issue and pushing the story further.

In Story Triple H was saying how he wants to take things into his own hands and that it’s not business any more but it is personal. Punk was trying to push on the fact that he wants change in the WWE to make things better, something that will help the company if we get it.

The match was signed and Nash came to the ring and struck down both Punk and Triple H before leaving the arena.

Now in reality Nash apparently had a problem of some sort in his physical making him unfit to compete in a match, we may not see him compete at all in this return. I’m not sure how true that report is and it may still all be part of the storyline but for now it looks like Triple H vs. CM Punk at Night Of Champions with the possibility of Nash getting involved. Either way it should be good.

CM Punk did have a match on Raw against The Miz but it ended on R-Truth coming to Miz’s rescue that helps push on their possible Tag Team. Great match to.

Del Rio and Cena

Over both these shows we had the absence of WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio, and you would have thought that when you do Super Shows you should have your Champion.  He was not missed though. His opponent for Night Of Champs was of course on both shows because John Cena is almost always on WWE TV. On Raw he ended up taking on Christian and Mark Henry, while tagged to the unlikely partner of Sheamus. It was another great match that ended the Raw show. On SmackDown Cena took on Englishman Wade Barrett in an entertaining kick start to the SmackDown show.

Mark Henry

Over recent weeks Mark Henry has had a great push and both Raw and SmackDown this week was no exception of this, he did well in the previously mentioned tag match and on SmackDown he made himself known after another great World Championship match between Randy Orton and Christian which Randy won.

Mark came to the ring got himself into the Cage after Randy’s victory, a brawl started but Mark got the upper hand laid out the Viper. Mark then took the Championship and posed over Randy, will this be the result at Night Of Champs?

This push on Mark has come across brilliantly and his Heel character has developed well. This may be because WWE are considering Mark as Undertakers opponent at Mania next year.

Taker is meant to be making his return at Vengeance to start his storyline to Mania, but to be honest even with Mark’s big push I would still prefer a bigger star to be Undertakers opponent at Mania, especially as this maybe his last Wrestlemania also he has already faced Mark at Mania in match that wasn’t the best.

Randy Orton

Randy Orton was able to shine on both shows this week, on Raw he took on US Champ Dolph Ziggler in a great match but it ended with a slightly dodgy looking RKO. And as previously mentioned he had an Epic match once again with Christian, to this point none of their matches have been bad and they always come to impress. Can he win at Night Of Champs though against the big man?

Sin Cara and Sin Cara

Left Místico, Right Incognito

Now if you don’t know all ready or you just haven’t realised, the Sin Cara we have been watching is not the one we were originally introduced to.

The first Sin Cara we watched was Mexican Luchador Místico, he was Sin Cara between the original debut and Money in the Bank.

After Money in the Bank it was announced that Místico had failed the WWE wellness programme and therefore he was suspended.

After a few weeks of absence Sin Cara was announced to be making his return, the Sin Cara that we got though, which is the one we have now, is Mexican Luchador Incognito.

Now out of the two I prefer Incognito, he may be bulkier but he seems to perform very well in the ring, better than Místico in my opinion.

So jump forward to this week, on Raw Sin Cara number 2 took on Jack Swagger and won. On SmackDown he took on Money in the Bank winner Daniel Bryan and won again both matches being good. At the end of the SmackDown match Sin Cara offered his hand in show of good sportsmanship to Daniel Bryan, after he kicked Bryan round the head marking the heel turn of Sin Cara, or at least this version of Sin Cara.

The possible outcomes to all this maybe a Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara match. It would be slightly odd but if the story pans out we could end up in a great Luchador match.

Tagging up

Tag champs AirBoom, AKA Evan Bourn and Kofi Kingston defended their titles against former champs David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty who have now been branded as a boring tag team, I do not agree, I still feel that they have a classic style and great tag chemistry. With WWE branding them as boring doesn’t help either of these young stars climb to be top performers.

So to sum up the two shows were great, SmackDown has recently been struggling in the ratings so let’s hope that the Super Show helped boost its ratings because the last thing people want is the loss of SmackDown.

Questions for you

Where do you think the Punk, Nash and Triple H Story is heading?

How would you feel about Mark vs. Taker at Mania?

Which Sin Cara do you prefer, that’s if you noticed?

Do you agree with WWE that Otunga and McGillicutty are boring?

I know that isn’t my best blog, I struggled to write this as I just didn’t know where to start, there is so much going on right now that I couldn’t get my bearings. I am hoping I can be more clear headed for my next blog.

For now this is Matty.D signing off.

P.S. 100 BLOGS!!!

WWE’s Winds of Change

Ever since the onscreen COO Triple H came into effect things have been improving and changing. So I thought I would just go over the few things that I’ve noticed have changed and what else I want to see change.

Tag Teams

Something I think all of us have been after is a Tag division worth watching. Well over the past few weeks word has got out that the WWE do want to bring back a good tag division.

So what improvement and change have we already seen? Well like I said in a previous blog The Uso’s and the team of Otunga and Mcgillicutty have stepped up. Now to add to this list is newly crowned WWE Tag Champs, Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston and possibly R-Truth and The Miz.

So let’s have a look at each team:

David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty

These two have come a long way since their days on NXT and in the Nexus. They have developed very well as a tag team and they have that classic Tag Team style and chemistry, a big plus side is that they aren’t just 2 random people chucked together, due to their time together in the Nexus they have never been proper singles competitors, not since NXT and FCW that is. So with the Nexus now gone Otunga and McGillicutty have stuck together with the Tag Championships they won back when they were still under the ruling of CM Punk.

With no more Nexus they have picked up their own style, new music included. There in ring work improved together and they were like a couple of buddies here to kick butt. Now that they have lost the Championships I don’t know whether or not they will stick together or get phased out. My hope is they are kept in the mix because to be honest I think there great.

The Uso’s

Jimmy and Jay Uso’s came onto WWE TV in 2010 after spending time in FCW. They are the sons of Rikishi and when they came to our screens they were accompanied by Tamina the daughter of Jimmy “SuperFly” Snuka.

They were a Heel team and first impressions were mixed, a lot of people thought they weren’t ready for the main stage. The Team did the odd matches here and there but soon phased out. Tamina though stayed around in the Divas division and for short time was the on screen girl friend to Santino Marella.

A few Months ago the Uso brothers started to appear more regally on our screens again, this time as a Face team, they had different music and a unique entrance that included a Haka. There in ring chemistry also improved and the crowd really gets behind them. I’m hoping to see more of them soon.

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne

Long-time singles competitors turned tag team just 2 weeks ago.

Kofi Kingston joined the WWE in 2006 at first as a Jamaican wrestler but it later changed to his true nationality of West African.  During his time so far he has already held the US Championship twice and the Intercontinental Championship three times, as well as being a former World Tag Team Champion with CM Punk.

Evan Bourne has been a mid-carder since he entered WWE in 2008. But as soon as he entered he was a fan favourite, his high flying and fast passed moves wowed the crowd, why he hadn’t had a push before now is quite shocking. One of his most notable great matches was against Chris Jericho at Fatal Four Way last year.

Just last week Kofi and Evan tagged together to take on Tag Champs at the time Otunga and McGillicutty, they won in great fashion and therefore earned a shot at the titles the next week. Last night was there chance and they won the Tag Titles in another great tag match.

Evan and Kofi have great in ring Chemistry as well as the use of tag team manoeuvres. This will be a team to watch, will they get their own entrance and style? Or keep them as separate entrances and style? Let’s watch over the next few weeks and find out. Either way it’s great to see these two with Gold epically Bourne as this is his first Title in WWE.

R-Truth and The Miz

Miz and Truth are both no strangers to the Tag Team Division, Miz has held both World and WWE Tag titles with John Morrison as well as the Unified Tag Championships with Big Show.

Truth has also had his fair share of tag team matches but unfortunately has never won the Tag Titles but came close with John Morrison, in his TNA days though he did hold the NWA World Tag Team Championship once, and the TNA Tag Team Championship once.

Miz and Truth came out last night on Raw and made a great promo about conspiracy and played with the crowd brilliantly as a great Heel partnership, whether or not they will be using this alliance to get to Tag gold or singles gold isn’t clear but I think they could bring something interesting to the Tag storylines.

So that is a possibility of at least 4 great Tag teams. Let’s hope that storylines will bring the teams forward more and in some great matches.

Another Team that may come together, albeit a messy team, is Vickie Guerrero’s Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger as she may be “Expanding her roster”.

Divas

So the Divas division is having a slow improvement, Beth and Natalya has formed a team called “The Divas of Doom”, cheesy I know. At this present moment Beth and Nat will not tell us what they want from the divas division, I am just hoping its change.

Ever since we lost Trish Stratus, Lita and Mickie James the Divas have been nothing more than women prancing around looking pretty.

Beth and Nat can actually perform and wrestle, with them being the Heel Divas, any other diva that goes up against them will in one or another get some training. We are already seeing improvement from Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres and the Bella twins. Other Divas in line to be improved are NXT Divas Kaitlyn and A.J as well as Aksana but Aksana has still not had her in ring debut since appearing on SmackDown.

Storylines are becoming more centred instead of taking a back seat to the normal championship and rival storylines.

If they keep this improvement up they could possibly make a Divas Tag Title, as there is Diva teams already visible. Why make them all compete over a Singles title? A Divas tag title could bring in some interesting storylines as well fulfil the WWE’s need to have loads of Divas in the ring at once.

What we still need is longer matches with substance instead of short 4 to 6 minutes matches that see one Diva beat down the other with ease, if they can do all this by the time Kharma comes back after the birth of her baby we should see some interesting Divas competition.

Storyline Improvement and Changes.

Storylines as of recently have had major improvements, this came about when CM Punk took that microphone and blew us away on the lead up to Money in the Bank. Since then we have had more interesting, realistic and unpredictable storylines.

Among these storylines we have seen Triple H come forward again as COO, the return of Kevin Nash and even seeing Stephanie McMahon back stage in a mystery storyline on finding out who it is screwing with company, interesting stuff.

Improved Matches

In ring action has also had great improvement; SmackDowns World Title Storylines are great evidence of that with brilliant matches between Randy Orton and Christian. There match at SummerSlam blew my mind, it was like watching the Attitude Era all over again with less Blood.

Cena and Punk of course have been performing brilliantly, they have gone against each other three times since Money in the Bank and all of them matches were brilliant.

Also just last week we had a great falls count anywhere match between R-Truth and John Morrison.

As time goes on I hope we see even more improvement on the action we see on WWE.

Sum up

So there it is. WWE is working on improving and looking at a brighter future in the processes. Tag Teams improve, Divas start to actually perform and Storylines become very interesting with great Promos and matches to boot.

Questions for you.

So what Superstars would you like to see team up and join the Tag Division? Or is there any Wrestling teams outside of WWE that you would love to see come into the WWE?

Are there any other Divas you would like to see more of? And is there any Women Wrestlers you want to see in the WWE?

What do you think of the latest Storylines and matches?

I will leave you all to think on this.

Matty.D signing off.

SummerSlam Shines!

Last night’s SummerSlam event was the best WWE PPV of the year! It had everything you could ask for, great action and promos, an amazing set of matches, a controversial moment, the return of a star and a screwing of a Champ.

The night kicked off with a 6-Man tag match. John Morrison, Rey Mysterio and Kofi Kingston took on Alberto Del Rio, R-Truth and the Miz in a great opening contest which saw Rey pick up the 3 count.

This lead into a much better than usual Big Man match between the now Face Sheamus, who the crowd just loves, and the Angry Black Man Mark Henry.

The match was won by Mark as he slammed Sheamus through the barricade in great Pro Wrestling fashion, Mark was able to crawl his way back into the ring for the Ref to count out Sheamus.

We then moved into a stellar performance from Cee Lo Green as he performed both the SummerSlam theme song “Bright Lights, Bigger City.” And “Forget you.”

Music performances usually get a bad rep and Wrestling shows but Cee Lo bought it hard and performed brilliantly. Also they didn’t take up too much time it was perfectly placed.

After Cee Lo had left our screens we moved it another surprisingly good match between Kelly Kelly and Beth Phoenix. For a WWE Divas match this was actually a great performance from both Kelly and Beth. My support was on Beth (obviously), but Kelly ended up picking up the win by reversing the Glam Slam into a pin. I don’t see this being the end of this rivalry, expect to see more from Beth, Natalya, Eve and Kelly and let’s hope for more improvement in the Divas division.

We then had an appearance by Jimmy Heart back stage as he talks with R-Truth about conspiracy in a great promo.

This lead into NXT Season 1 stars Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett. Yet another brilliant match, Bryan and Wade didn’t pull any punches as the match looked as real as could possibly get, fists were flying and so were knees and feet, I’m amazed that someone didn’t lose a tooth.

Wade Barrett picked up the win but you can’t deny the fact that both of these guys are the future of Wrestling.

We then moved into main event number one, Christian vs. Orton. Before the match even started Christian bought out his “insurance policy”, a man he was going to have in his corner to help him retain his World Title, that man was Edge.

Edges music played, and the crowd blew the roof as Edge made his way to the ring. Edge wasn’t around for long though as he basically called Christian, “A whiney little Bitch” before leaving Christian to fend for himself.

Randy then emerged and we headed into my favourite match of the night. It was a no DQ match the way it should be. They fought in the ring, they fought out of the ring, and they fought in the crowd. What else did we see in the match? Kendo sticks, Tables, Trash Cans, Steel Chairs and Steel Steps not to mention that neither of them were pulling there punches. For a PG rated show this match pushed that limit as far as it could. The match was spectacular and entertaining but was rather dangerous as at a couple of times during the match it had looked that Randy may have been injured, regardless though the man pushed on through. I felt I was watching the attitude era again, just with a lot less blood and like I’ve said before Blood isn’t needed to make a match like this great.

Randy picked up the win by catching Christian as he comes off the turnbuckle into an RKO on the Steel Steps that were lying in the ring. Randy looked to have hit his head hard on the steps in the process but he got the 3 count that regained him the World Heavyweight Championship. I loved this match so much that I’m actually watching it again as I write this.

Now before I talk about main event number 2 I just want to let you know that Triple H’s wife Stephanie McMahon was back stage and throughout the night it looked that Trips and Steph may have been conspiring to have Cena win. That didn’t really be the case though as the match went forward without a hitch, (kinder like I predicted.)

Triple H did a fine job as your everyday WWE referee. You know a Ref is doing a good job when you forget he is even there and that was the case with Triple H. That was at least until both Punk and Cena were lying outside the ring close to a double count out. Trips didn’t want things to end that way so he threw each one of them back in the ring and got the match to keep going. The match was another brilliant one and was at the same level as Punk vs Cena at MitB. The ending though had its controversy. The GTS was nailed on Cena and Punk took the pin, Triple H counted the 3 count and not seeing that Cena’s foot was on the bottom rope gave Punk the win. Something that even a normal ref has done before. Cena had a small protest with Triple H but left Punk to celebrate.

Triple H held up Punks hand in victory but Punk kept his eyes on Triple up until he left the ring. What happened next though just left us all in shock.

Quietly through the crowd came the big man Kevin Nash, he clotheslined Punk then nailed a Jack Knife power bomb leaving Punk in the middle of the ring. Triple H was at the top of the ramp and he looked on in awe, he then walked back down to confront Nash but he was already on his way back through the crowd.

In the background Del Rio appeared, a Ref by his side and MitB briefcase in hand, that’s right not only has Punk been nailed by Nash but gets screwed by Del Rio as he pins Punk after a swift kick in seconds taking the WWE Championship.

Triple H looked to of just lost control and didn’t know what was going on, Punk gets attacked by Nash then screwed by Del Rio and Trips is standing there trying to make sense of it all.

This ending has left us all with questions, and I’m sure we will be watching Raw tonight to try and find the answers.

The prediction amongst my friends is that Kevin Nash is working for Del Rio and that he is playing a body guard role. I think that could be interesting but I actually think I’d prefer to have Nash as new singles competitor but I guess only time will tell.

I give SummerSlam a full 5 out 5 stars!

Matty.D signing off.

SummerSlam Week!

It’s the final week before my favourite WWE PPV of the year, SummerSlam! That means BBQ, drink and fun all over this weekend so I am very much looking forward to it.

Now let’s have a quick look at the current matches on the Card for this Sunday.

World Heavyweight Champion Christian vs. Randy Orton

No Holds Barred!

That’s right these two are going head to head yet again. Usually when  a pair face each other this many times it becomes boring and repetitive, we have seen it before why do we want to see it again? Well in this particular case the reason to watch this match is the no holds barred rules that have been put in place. It will give the two of them more freedom to travel around the arena and do more than usual. Whether or not it will impress though is still to be seen. The lead up has been rather boring and bland, the same of what we have seen before.

WWE Champion CM Punk vs. WWE Champion John Cena

Special Guest Referee Triple H

I still think that CM Punk returned to early, and due to this a lot of people feel that the story has died out. I personally do not agree. The promos between Punk, Cena and Triple H have been brilliant and the way the story has developed has come across well.

Last night was the “official” contract signing for the match but I groaned as these Contract signings are all the same, boring and pretty pointless, Punk and Cena though turned it into an epic moment. Punk actually opened the Promo by telling us exactly what I was thinking in regards to on screen contract signings. Punk also spoke about the recent releases of Vladimir Kozlov, David Heart Smith and Chris Masters once again bringing real life into the story.

The whole promo was brilliant and did end in Cena and Punk kicking off, John Laurinaitis ended up getting hit by Punk by getting in the middle of the fray and Triple H got hit by Cena in his attempt to keep Punk at bay. The match has had a great build and should impress but my prediction is Triple H to screw over CM Punk in his apparent future Heel turn. Triple H being the Referee was announced last night which is the main reason for my prediction, I just hope that having Triple H in the middle doesn’t put a damper on the match.

Divas Champion Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix

Well what is there to say? This is a Divas match so I’m not usually interested, and with the release of Melina and Gail Kim quitting the Divas Division becomes even worse than before as those two were Divas that could actually perform. That leaves WWE with only two Divas that can perform, Beth and Natalya, and one Diva that does well but still needs work, that being Eve. There are some that do try there hardest, Divas like current champion Kelly Kelly, but I feel the rest of the Divas are a mess and are just there to look pretty. That being said there has been a recent change that could improve on all this. There has been a push on Beth and Nat who have both turned Heel, and the WWE have been pushing NXT Season 3 Divas A.J, but she does need a lot of work still, and Kaitlyn who looks amazing but still can’t perform in the ring just on the mic, and as of last week Aksana was shown to be joining the Divas with a new look, different from her time on NXT. With Beth and Nat turning Heel though we may see a revolution in the WWE Divas Division. I’m hoping that Beth and Nat start pushing for better competition on screen and pointing out the sort of thing that Michael Cole keeps saying that the WWE Divas are useless. With Beth and Nat leading the Divas I hope that the Divas start to learn how things work in a Wrestling ring. I’m backing Beth this Sunday.

Sheamus vs. Mark Henry

This match was rather unexpected. About 3 weeks ago we had Wade Barrett vs. Sheamus. Out of the two of them Sheamus was the one who received the most cheers. The next week Mark beat on a home town nobody and claimed that he had no competition, Teddy came to the ring and said that no one actually wanted to fight him. It was at that moment Seamus came out and said, “I’ll fight ya!” he got loads of cheers and Sheamus chants started to erupt through the arena changing this long time Heel into a Face. It was that moment that created this match. What we get though may be nothing more than a mess, but let’s not judge things too fast.

Prediction

What do I predict? Well I don’t usually like to predict, I tend to leave that up to you guys but I actually do have a prediction to the WWE Championship Match. I predict that the match will at first go off without a hitch; Triple H will do his thing as Ref until there will be some reason for him to get a bit more involved. He will in the end either in anger cost CM Punk or Cena the match or screw CM Punk in the Heel turn rumoured to happen soon. But all this is just a prediction, by no means could I be right.

The Rock

The Rock has been rumoured to be at the event but that is still only a rumour as he is also rumoured to be at Survivor Series in November.

Mick Foley

Mick Foley was spotted leaving a WWE event, I know that first thing that comes to mind is “is he coming back to WWE?” but apparently he was there purely as a fan with his kids.

Tag Teams

The Tag Team Division may be coming up but they still need more teams and a Storyline that makes the tag titles something to fight for. Currently we have Michael McGillcutty and David Otunga as the tag champs, the Nexus name has now been dropped completely and they are going simply by their names. They have their own music now and there in ring chemistry has improved. Their main rival team and possibly only rival team is the Uso’s, they have improved a lot over recent months, great in ring chemistry and an awesome and unique ring entrance that includes a “Haka”. All that’s left is to throw more teams in and start writing some storylines to get us interested.

Questions for you.

What match are you looking forward to?

Any Predictions?

What sort of changes would you like to see made to the Divas and Tag Division?

Don't forget to vote on the poll on the right and I will see you after SummerSlam.

Matty.D Signing off.