A Messy Night Of Champs

Last night’s PPV was a pretty average show; the last match of the night though was just a mess and couldn’t seem to pull its self together.

The night kicked off with a pretty good Tag match with controversy and conspiracy.

The match started well and Kofi and Evan were wearing matching colours. During the match the Ref made a couple mistakes that he won’t soon forget.

During the match Evan clapped his hand to cover up that he didn’t tag and jumped in the ring. The Ref “heard” the clap and assumed it was a tag and allowed Evan into the match, Miz and Truth though were in an up roar over the sly move by AirBoom. Later in the match the Ref’s back was turned when Miz tagged Truth in, when the Ref turned around he straight away halted Truth and sent him back on the apron as he didn’t “see” a tag, while the Ref was busy with Truth Miz nailed The Skull Crushing Finale on Evan and made the cover, it should have been the end and AwesomeTruth should be the winners but as the Ref was still preoccupied with Truth he missed the Pin completely, by the time he turned around he only counted to 1 when Evan kicked out.

That was the last straw for Miz and Truth as Miz shouted at the Ref and eventually hit him. Truth then helped the Ref back up just to slap him back to the Mat, the two were obviously disqualified.

A little later backstage the two voiced their anger in a short interview promo.

Next we had a pretty average contest between Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. Cody won after having his masked removed by Ted. Ted attempted to hit Cody but ended up being rolled into a pin losing the match.

Cody Retains the Intercontinental Championship.

We had a short promo from Christian once again demanding another match for the world title; shockingly the crowd seemed to agree. The Great White Sheamus then came to the ring and supported Christian as long as Sheamus got the first shot at the belt after Christian had won it. Sheamus then chanted one more match along with the crowd before nailing Christian with a bro kick.

Next was, in my opinion the best match of the night, a Fatal 4 Way for the US Championship. All 4 men came to impress and they didn’t disappoint, great moves and close calls throughout. There were moments that it looked like all the competing superstars were going to win but each time there was a kick out or it was foiled by another competitor.

In the end Jack Swagger nailed a Jack Knife power bomb on John Morrison, as he was going for the cover Dolph shoved Jack out the way and took the pin to retain his US Title.

Next was Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton in another average match, there was nothing to really get excited about. Couple close calls but in the end Randy was foiled with a keyfab leg injury allowing Mark to take the win and the World Title. Josh Matthews then came down and “interviewed” Mark. Mark just took the mic and said how he is not losing the title, how he will take on all comers and not run from no body.

I think this is all hinting towards the Undertaker being the one to come and knock Mark off his pedestal and roll the story towards Mania, all though id prefer to see someone else take on Taker at Mania. Mark has improved but not enough to make an amazing Mania match for Taker.

Up next was the Divas match, one that actually had the crowd cheering loudly, the reason being is Night Of Champs was in Buffalo, Beth Phoenix’s home town. The arena was on her side and it’s been a long time since crowd got this loud over a Divas match.

This actually was a good match, one of the better matches from the Divas that we have seen in quite a while. The crowd went with some “Kelly Sucks” chants but even so Kelly actually didn’t do too bad in this match, she showed some great development. It was great match for both these women.

During the match we had something that we rarely see from Women in the WWE, Beth Phoenix took Kelly to the top rope and a Superplexed her to the Mat, a great moment for the Divas in the WWE, it shows the slight changes as the Divas Division improves. After the Superpelx Kelly kicked out the pin, Beth then went for the Glamslam but it was reversed into a quick roll up and Kelly won the match, a huge upset for the fans in Buffalo as well as Beth herself and me.

A surprisingly good WWE Championship match was next, before the match even started though Del Rio came to the ring absent a car; he got to the ring and started shouting at Ricardo about where his keys were. John Cena’s music the played and he appeared driving Del Rio’s Yellow Ferrari.

We then had Ricardo introduce Del Rio, followed by Cena humorously introducing himself.

The match was actually better than expected; it really showed why Cena is always the one going for the Title and why Del Rio currently has the title. After a great back and forth contest Cena finally pulled off the win causing Del Rio to tap to the STF. Cena wins the WWE Title for the 10^th time.

Next was the highly anticipated no DQ match between CM Punk and Triple H. Unfortunately this match didn’t live up to expectations, it was a mess and I don’t know if anyone knows what the point of it all was.

The match kicked off with Punk hitting Triple H off the apron during his entrance just after the water spit.

The two men then fought around the ring in typical Triple H style. The match continued on inside the ring and outside, up through the crowd and by titontron. All this should have really got the crowd going but the cheers seemed to die down and the crowd didn’t seem to be feeling the vibe.

The match kept going strong for the first half of it, the use of a Steel chair came in and the announcers table became a target. Punk pulled off an amazing move, jumping from the turnbuckle onto Triple H who was lying across the Spanish announcers table. The two slowly crawled themselves back into the ring while the replay of the Holy Shit moment was shown, once in the ring things started to become messy.

The Miz and R-Truth come to the ring and didn’t beat up just one of the two men but both of them. They then dragged Punk over Triple H and demanded the Ref count the Pin, Triple H kicked out at the count of 2 to the disbelief of Truth and Miz.

Miz started Shouting at the Ref, Miz pointing at himself saying “Do you know who I am?” and the Ref just came back with the same response pointing at his shirt emphasizing that he is a WWE Official. The two really got in each other’s faces, the sort of thing you don’t usually see from a referee. Miz then shoved the Ref not once but twice, before finally throwing a punch which was shockingly reversed by the Ref and Miz received a punch instead. Not the smartest move by Referee Scot Armstrong as he then got a beat down by both Miz and Truth.

John Laurinaitis then made his way to ring side calling for someone from out the back to follow. In the ring Punk and Triple H had finally got themselves back on their feet and they beat on Truth and Miz clearing them out the ring.

Punk then received a Pedigree from Triple H and it looked to be all over, that is if we had a Ref about. A Ref did then run down the ramp towards the ring where Triple H was now covering Punk but John Laurinaitis stopped him and told him to attend to Scot Armstrong the fallen referee instead. Triple H confused about not getting a Ref to count the pin started calling to John to get the Ref in the ring, when Triple H turned back he ended up in a GTS, it was when Punk went for the Pin that John then sent the ref in the ring, by now I think we was all like “what the hell is going on?”

Ref counted 1 then 2 then R-Truth who was still down at ringside pulled Punk off of Triple H and out the ring. Truth also received a GTS for his troubles.

Punk crawls back towards the ring, John Laurinaitis continues to attend to Scot Armstrong, and Triple H slowly rises. Punk jumps off the ropes and lands into a kick and yet another Pedigree, Triple H goes for the cover but shockingly Punk was able to kick out.

John Laurinaitis seeing this turns away from the ring on his phone, next thing you know the apparently fired Kevin Nash made his way through the crowd and into the ring where he takes down both Punk and Triple H, he then beats on Triple H and goes for his signature Powerbomb. Punk then jumps back into the fray stopping it and beats on Nash. Nash gets the upper hand and Powerbombs Punk.

(Struggling to keep up? Because it wasn’t easy for me either.) Leaving Punk in the ring Nash goes back after Triple H. Nash clears the still standing announcers table being careful not to break any equipment, when he turns back he gets a face full of Sledge Hammer which Triple H had grabbed from under the ring while out of shot.

The crowd now did sound to be going wild even though I don’t think anyone knew what the hell was going on.  Chants collided as Triple H was cheered for as well as CM Punk. Once back in the ring Triple H nailed Punk with a 3^rd and final Pedigree and winning the match.

Now to piece it together, Truth and Miz obviously don’t want Triple H to be COO, that would be why they got Punk to cover Triple H in there attack, the question then is why did Truth then pull Punk off of Triple H later in the match?

John Laurinaitis didn’t want someone to win this match, most probably Triple H but it wasn’t 100% clear to us. John is also likely to be in cahoots with Nash as it was obvious the person that John was meant to be texting on his Phone was Nash. Nash has beef with both Punk and Triple H but wanted a certain outcome as well, first impressions is he wants Triple H to lose as Triple H seemed to be Nash’s main target when he enters the ring.

Will questions be answered on tonight’s Raw? And what will happen between now and Hell in a Cell which is only 2 weeks away?

Let’s hope tonight’s Raw will have some answers and expect to see the first matches for Hell in a Cell announced tonight.

It will be yet another Super Show which seems to be the way Raw has been for the last few weeks for no real reason.

Also on tonight’s Raw we will have a guest star. Hugh Jackman, better known as Logan or Wolverine from the X-Men movie series, will be on the show, he will most probably be promoting his new movie Real Steel.

Questions for you.

Did you make any sense of the final match?

What match stood out for you?

Any predictions on where any of the storylines are heading?

That’s all for now Matty.D signing off.

Night Of Champs this Sunday

Well I know I haven’t posted in a while, and I know my last blog wasn’t my best, but I have been slightly side tracked as the NFL season is back so I am spending a lot of time on that side of my life. But don’t worry this doesn’t mean I’m stopping, I will still write blogs it just might not be as much.

So I am not leaving you with no blog this week as its Night Of Champions this Sunday and we have a full match card to review.

So let’s have a rundown of the matches to be hitting the ring this Sunday at Night of Champs.

Intercontinental Championship

Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase

This match is quite new to the card as it only came about from this week’s SmackDown show where Ted ambushed Cody as a fan in a paper bag. The two were working together over recent weeks but Cody was the dictator controlling things. After Cody turned on Ted it was obvious where the story was going.

With the recent ambush on SmackDown it has marked yet another character turn as Ted is now Face.

I don’t see this being the best match of the night but should be sure to entertain; I predict Ted will come out new Champ.

Divas Championship

Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly

The Divas of Doom have been pushing hard to make the Divas division better and it is happening just very slowly. The top Divas are still Beth and Natalya, amongst all current active Divas in the WWE you can’t get better than these two. Kelly Kelly still needs to work on her moves to make a match between Beth and Kelly great instead of acceptable. WWE need to take the Divas more seriously and focus on giving the ones who are still “messy” in the ring some proper training. They should bring back Fit Finlay, he trained most of the Divas from yesteryear including Lita and Trish Stratus not to mention current TNA Knockout Tara AKA Victoria as well as others.

This won’t be a great match but should help the division improve.

I really want Beth to come out as champion from this match.

WWE Tag Team Championships

Evan Bourn & Kofi Kingston (AirBoom) vs. The Miz & R-Truth

The Tag Division is really improving and this match is great proof of that. Kofi and Even were already at the forefront both being great stars in the singles division, as well as Truth and Miz, so what better way to raise the Tag Titles than to throw the four of them in the mix in what should a great match up at Night Of Champs. From there they can bring in the lower Tag Teams to help boost their status and make some interesting matches.

Not to fussed on who wins the match as the story should go forward well regardless, I just hope for a great match.

US Championship Fatal 4 Way

Dolph Ziggler vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison vs. Jack Swagger

Fatal 4 ways always promise to excite and I don’t see this one being any different, all four stars are great in ring performers, I’m looking forward to seeing how A-Ry has developed, I’m looking forward to John Morrison flying around the ring and outside the ring with his parkour style and Jack Swagger and Dolph should bring forward mat wrestling and Submissions.

My support will be on Alex but I don’t mind seeing Morrison win this either. I think that Jack and Dolph’s recent problems about Vicki will be there down fall.

WWE Championship

Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena

To be honest with you guys, I am really not bothered about this match. I am already bored of Del Rio and the only reason he was given the belt was so he would be champion during the Mexican tour, and John Cena is John Cena, he is always the one going for the WWE Title, why not do something different for once? Stick Cena in a different storyline and leave some other Superstars to fight over the belt for once. This story is already bland and boring and I feel the match maybe the same.

On the other hand though there have been some great matches leading towards the PPV, most notable being the 8 man tag match on Raw a couple weeks ago, which of course Cena won.

I’m not bothered but that match may just surprise me.

World Heavyweight Championship

Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry

Randy and Mark have had a great lead up to this match, Randy always comes to impress and Mark has been improving greatly over the past couple months. I think we should be in for an interesting match or should I say fight as things really blew up on this week’s SmackDown. With the show being in Toronto Canada we had Edge make a special appearance and hosted a special Cutting Edge where he interviewed both Mark and Randy. The two men were given a no contact rule for the duration of the Cutting Edge so Mark and Randy were not allowed to touch each other. Edge and Randy both gave Mark some probing questions about Marks long career and why he still hasn’t won a WWE World Title.

The Heat rose in the ring and Edge pointed out that the no contact rule was only during the Cutting Edge, while saying this he moved the stalls out the way and headed out the ring before proceeding to say, “That the Cutting Edge is now officially over.” As soon as that was said Edge left and Mark and Randy went into a Brawl, Theodore Long called on a load of mid and low card Superstars to help split the two but it was no good. In the end all the mid and low carders got floored and Randy received a Worlds Strongest Slam leaving Mark as the only man standing. He posed with the World Title and that’s where the show closed. It defiantly looks like Mark will be the winner this Sunday.

CM Punk vs. Triple H

No DQ

This will obviously be the main match of the show and the new ruling is if Triple H loses he resigns as COO. I personally don’t want that to happen, the storylines and direction of things have really improved since Triple H has been bought to the forefront. If he does lose I hope he sticks around as Superstar and not management.

The Kevin Nash side of this story has sort of fizzled out due to the fact that he was unable to wrestle. WWE have released Nash from his contract according to the WWE Website but anything could happen still, you never know we may see him interfere in this match.

With the DQ rule in place the match is open to more possibilities almost anything could happen. I am hoping for the same sort of match that we got for Christian vs. Randy in there great match from SummerSlam.

Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara??

This is an unconfirmed match, it may not even happen on this PPV, but it’s something that has to be mention as the real Sin Cara has now returned for the potential match to come.

After the Heel Sin Cara lost to Daniel Bryan by DQ on this week’s SmackDown the Sin Cara music played and the Face Sin Cara came to the ring in the usual fashion. The two had a standoff and it was obvious that the match may be around the corner.

Questions For You.

What are your predictions?

Can you see the difference between Sin Cara and Sin Cara?

What match you most looking forward to?

That’s all for now, until Monday this is Matty.D signing off.