Ring Collapse at Vengeance!

Last night WWE put on an absolute gem of a PPV, unique, different and had some amazing moments.

The main point to mention is the ring collapsing during the Big Show and Mark Henry match. The match was a better than usual Big Man matches and it could have gone either way. Mark kicked out after Choke Slams and Show kicked out after the World Strongest Slam, it was quite exciting. The ring was already showing signs of weakness from the two big men and when Mark Superplexed Show from the Turnbuckle the ring collapsed under the weight from the opposite corner. Ok this was obviously planned; the post that seemed to cause the ring to fall must have been rigged in some way to cause it to fall like it did.

Also on a side note I know this isn’t the first time this has happened, and a lot of you may remember to, those who are newer to the WWE won’t know of this.

Back in June 2003 Big Show had a match on SmackDown against the now UFC star, Brock Lesnar. Brock also Superplexed Show off the same turnbuckle and the ring collapsed in almost the exact same way, the after math of that match was also very much the same as this one.

If you want to watch that match click HERE.

So not only did that match end as a no contest as both men were escorted from the ring by EMT’s , Show also  on a small flatbed vehicle, but the following WWE Championship match between John Cena and Alberto Del Rio went ahead in the damaged ring.

The WWE Championship match starts slow but picks up as this one of kind never before seen match went on. The match did pick up and went further than the broken ring. It made its way up the ramp, and backstage. The match was a nail biter and it could have gone either way as both superstars came close to being down till the count of 10, at one point Cena was buried under a load of metal yet was still able to climb out before the count of 10.

Back out into the arena and Cena is thrown through a giant V as part of the staging, Del Rio then sets up a Table and lays Cena on it before climbing the nearby staging in an attempt to jump off, Cena was quick up though and pulled down Del Rio through the table below, even then Del Rio still rose. Back at the announcer’s tables and Cena looks to be the winner as he gives Del Rio an Attitude Adjustment through the Spanish Announcers table. As Del Rio was about to be counted out Cena is attacked by The Miz and R-Truth who was victorious earlier in the night thanks to the help of Kevin Nash.

Even then Cena still pulled himself to his feet, it was the title belt to the head though that finally kept him down and for Del Rio to take the win in this astonishingly good match.

Although those two matches were the main highlights of the night all other matches also came to impress.

The show started with a great tag team match between the team of Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger going against AirBoom. It was a great way to start the show and it showed the great development in the Tag Team matches.

It was a nicely lengthened back and forth match that eventually saw AirBoom retain after pinning Dolph Ziggler.

As soon as that match was over Zack Ryder came to the ring for his US Championship match against the recently pinned Ziggler.

After AirBoom was ejected from ring side for chucking Dolph in the ring when he tried to leave, it was easy for Dolph steal the win from Zack who put up a good fight.

Beth Phoenix and Eve put on an impressive Divas match; it was a straight forward one on one match as Natalya and Kelly were banned from ringside.

It was longer than usual and both Divas put on a good show which the crowd seemed to enjoy. Beth pulled off the win.

Christian and Sheamus put on another good show with Sheamus coming out victorious again.

Triple H and Punk then went against The Miz and R-Truth, a great match that really showed that even though Triple H is 42, he still got game.

Triple H and Punk worked brilliantly as a unit using some underhanded manoeuvres while the ref wasn’t looking. I hope that we see more of Triple H and Punk together in the road to Survivor Series.

The match broke down slightly as Truth and Triple H brawled outside the ring by the ring bell area. As CM Punk attempted to put Miz away in the ring Kevin Nash turned up through the crowd and struck Triple H down. Miz and Truth then took advantage laying Punk out with a double team move which was like a 2 person Skull Crushing Finale. Miz and Truth stole the win in this great match.

After the match Kevin Nash continued to beat on Triple H. Once back in the ring Nash lays Triple H out with an awkward Jack Knife Powerbomb that looked painful due to Triple H’s awkward landing, fingers crossed Trips is not injured.

Kevin Nash looked bigger and more toned; he may have been training for Survivor Series.

Putting the pieces together it is looking like Survivor Series will see Triple H team with CM Punk, John Cena, The Rock and someone yet to be pulled into the story, vs. R-Truth, the Miz, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Nash and once again someone else who isn’t in the story yet.

The two missing members of the Survivor Series team could be Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes who went head to head next which saw Orton victorious in yet another good match.

The whole PPV was great, all the matches were brilliant and the results were interesting and things should be worth watching in the next few weeks.

I give this PPV 4.5 out 5.

The new Twitter pop ups knocked that 0.5 off of that, otherwise I can’t find a fault.

Questions for you.

Do you agree with my Survivor Series team prediction?

How do you guys think The Rock will be bought into the Storyline?

Disappointed that the Undertaker didn’t show up?

What did you think of the PPV and did you like the Ring collapse angle?

That’s all for now Matty.D singing off!

Vengeance returns this Sunday!

Vengeance is a classic WWE PPV and it makes its return this Sunday. The last time we had a Vengeance PPV was 2007 and it was the start of the Night of Champions PPV name. After 2007 they dropped the Vengeance name from the title and for 2008, 9, 10 and this year we had Night of Champions as its own PPV.

So this Sunday Vengeance makes its return after being missing for 3 years, and there are Superstars with Vengeance in mind.

WWE Tag Team Championship

AirBoom vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger

Jack and Dolph were once fighting over the US Championship but they have been able to put their differences aside and under the command of Vicki Guerrero have got themselves a Tag title shot at Vengeance.

I think this will link in to the predicted Survivor Series matches and the current Storylines in regards to John Laurinaitis and Triple H’s fight for power.

WWE Divas Championship

Beth Phoenix vs. Eve

Kelly Kelly and Beth have been fighting over the Divas Championship over the past month with Natalya and Eve stood at ring side. Now Beth has the Championship and has successfully defended it against Kelly it’s time for Eve to have a shot.

I see Beth walking away with the belt but we still should have a short but better than usual Divas match as Eve is one of the better in ring performers of the current Divas.

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes

It’s not for the Intercontinental Championship as that would be a down step for Randy but due to the recent attacks from Cody, Randy is seeking Vengeance. This isn’t an important match but it should be a good one. I think these two will also tie in to the Survivor Series event.

World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry vs. Big Show

Big Show made his return after being off on injury by the hands of Mark Henry. After a quite silly promo from Big Show a couple weeks ago, he demanded a World Heavyweight Title shot which Mark Henry refused. An enraged Big Show attempted to break Henry’s leg after Chock Slamming him through the announcers table but he was stopped at the last minute by Teddy Long; Teddy said that Show could have the Title shot at Vengeance as long as he didn’t break Marks leg.

So Big Show gets his Vengeance this Sunday but I predict that Mark will pull through.

WWE Championship

Last Man Standing Match

Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena

John Cena gets yet another WWE Title shot but you can’t deny his in ring ability.  After last night’s Raw the match was turned into a Last Man Standing match. John Cena teamed with Jim Ross and took on Alberto Del Rio and Michael Cole the winning Team getting to choose the stipulation for Vengeance. Cena and JR picked up the win after Del Rio left the match and Michael Cole to fend for himself. After much begging for mercy Cole was given an Attitude Adjustment from Cena and an Ankle lock from JR causing the tap out and giving Cena and JR the win. Cena then beat on Del Rio and started to count to 10 while Del Rio was down signalling a Last Man Standing match for this Sunday.

Triple H & CM Punk vs. R-Truth & The Miz

Once enemies now allies against a common foe. Even with their recent rivalry Triple H and CM Punk are able to put their differences aside and work together in what should be an epic tag match. It’s one of them dream matches where a Superstar of today teams with Superstar of the Past, I am hoping for an amazing match that will link in to the story well ready for Survivor Series. After Sunday will we see CM Punk and Triple H alongside The Rock and John Cena to make one of the most ultimate Survivor Series teams ever foreseen?

The gap between Vengeance and Survivor Series should be an interesting one.

Undertaker?

Now a while back it was rumoured that The Undertaker was to return this Sunday at Vengeance, well now the time has come so will it turn out to be true? Will Undertaker come back this Sunday?

If he does come back who will he be coming to mess with? So many questions that we want to see answered, that is if he returns. Only time will tell.

Questions for you.

So what match are you most looking forward to?

What are your predictions for Sunday and the road ahead?

Will Undertaker return?

That’s it for now Matty.D singing off.

Triple H out, John Laurinitis in!

Last night’s stellar Raw had some more on screen big changes so let’s have a quick look through what happened.

It started off with Triple H, suited and booted coming to the ring alone. No announcers or time keeper were present when he got down to the packed arena.

After talking about last week’s walk out and how the Superstars are out in the parking lot holding a “Rally of solidarity” he said even at the threat of not having any superstars working for him he will not quit.

After talking about the possibility of Triple H wrestling a broom stick just so they have a show John Cena comes to the ring.

John Cena talks about how the guys in the parking lot really want him to join them yet Trips hasn’t asked anything of him.

He says how a lot of the other Superstars feel but then points out that for some of them superstars Triple H is there first boss. He then gives us a rundown of bosses he has had while working in the WWE ending it on saying that Triple H is his boss and he is staying.

Next to join them is Sheamus who even with Triple H and Sheamus’s history also agreed to stay.

CM Punk then came to the ring, carrying a “pipe bomb”. CM Punk actually decided to take the blame for this as he did start this off back at Money in the Bank by walking out with the WWE Championship. But even though he walked out he didn’t break any rules, he didn’t break his contract, his contract expired. Regardless of all that he deals with things personally and also agrees to stay.

Triple H then makes a match using what little he has. Sheamus vs. John Cena, Triple H as ref and CM Punk assigned to the empty announcers table to say whatever he feels like as well as being a Time Keeper.

The match kicks off and we have a good kick start to this odd Raw show, after so long the match is interrupted by the man that most of you guys had already foreseen returning.

Vince McMahon comes to the ring, he shows his faith in Triple H and that he still believes in him. Unfortunately though due to the walk out the board of directors are in fear of WWE’s fanatical wellbeing and they are not going to take a chance, so they have removed Triple H as COO.

An interim GM will be assigned that apparently neither Vince nor Triple H likes but John Laurinitis is assigned the job.

The rest of the show is a series of matches to help propel the rebel faction higher, starting with Christian vs. John Morrison in there Street Clothes, Christian was not alone though as he had Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger at ring side, after Christians win the team Beat on Morrison.

Randy Orton then took on Mark Henry but the match was interrupted by Cody Rhodes who attacked Randy. Mark being disqualified slams Randy twice in anger; Cody takes advantage of the downed Randy and sticks a bag over his head.

After a Divas tag match that saw Kelly Kelly and Eve win John Laurinitis came to the ring and shockingly fired J.R in front of the very unhappy Oklahoma crowd.

Rising star Mason Ryan with some wicked Electric Guitar music comes next tagging with AirBoom who also has their own Rock styled entrance music. They took on Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and David Otunga. Vicki Guerrero was at ring side; Michael Cole also named the group, “The Agents of Change.”

This was my favourite match of the night and it does show the improvement in the Tag division although we still haven’t got enough teams outside of these groups.

AirBoom and Mason win brilliantly to the dismay of Vicki. At the end of the match Evan Bourn did look to be injured, weather Keyfab or real and the seriousness of it is unknown.

After a trailer for John Cena’s new movie, which to be honest looks terrible, we move into Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk as the main event of the show.

This match was also cut short this time by John Laurinitis. He changes the match to Alberto Del Rio teaming with CM Punk to take on the rehired pair of R-Truth and the Miz.

Del Rio ended up leaving the match, leaving CM Punk to take Truth and Miz on solo. He put up a good fight but in the end Truth and Miz got disqualified due to both attack Punk and being counted out. Not to worry as former COO Triple H, no longer suited and booted but in Jeans and T-Shirt, comes down to the ring to help Punk and fight off Truth and Miz.

By the looks of things Triple H may not be COO but he is going to stick around as a Superstar.

Triple H and Punk stand tall as Miz and Truth high tail it out of the arena.

Back stage John Laurinitis says how he will talk to the board and see if we can get Punk and Triple H to team to take on Truth and Miz at Vengeance.

Cut back to the ring to Triple H and Punk shaking hands, looks like we are in for a great tag match at Vengeance.

This should run through Vengeance and continue on towards Survivor Series where the Rock should be making his return and be thrown into the mix.

The road is looking like an interesting one indeed but what do you guys think?

Questions for you

I have heard some mixed opinions on the Rocks return being before Wrestlemania so what do you think? Should the Rock just wait till Mania or are you ok with him performing at Survivor Serise?

What do you think of the current Story?

Well that’s all for now thanks for your recent feedback this is Matty.D signing off.

No Confidence in Triple H.

Last night’s Raw may have seen the end of Triple H as COO, at the end of the show after an amazing 12 man tag match with Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourn, Sheamus, CM Punk, John Cena and Mason Ryan vs. Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes, Alberto Del Rio and Christian - all the superstars and Refs came to the ring and stood around it to vote whether or not they have Confidence in Triple H as COO of the WWE.

Triple H spoke to the Superstars on how they are here for the fans and that the fans don’t want to see lawsuits and whining babies but to see guy get in the ring and fight.

The Superstars, Divas and Refs all had their own spokesperson.

Wade Barrett spoke one behalf of one section, he stated how things are just utter chaos ever since Triple H took charge, Triple H’s rebuttal was about the Nexus and how Wade caused chaos in the past.

Beth spoke on behalf of the Divas, even though the Divas haven’t had any problem, which was pointed out to them but Beth said they still didn’t like that they could have something happen.

Mike Chioda spoke on behalf of the Refs, speaking about how the Ref’s keep getting attacked, Triple H pointed out how he fired the two guys that are to blame but Mike just claimed he didn’t feel safe coming to work anymore.

Jerry “The King” Lawler also appeared after being off on injury, he got in the ring and said he agreed with some of the things said and disagreed with others.

Christian then started the vote, on behalf of his section he voted No Confidence, Wade for his section voted No Confidence, Beth for the Divas No Confidence, Mike Chioda for the Ref’s No Confidence, and finally Jerry voted No Confidence and then walked out on Triple H slowly followed by all the superstars and the Refs, then the Camera men, Micheal Cole, Booker T, Justin Roberts (the ring announcer), the Time Keeper and lastly although reluctantly J.R.

Triple H was left in the ring, no Superstars willing to work for him but the fans showed they had Confidence in him, chanting Triple H and “You still got it!”

The show closed on Triple H still in the ring but it didn’t end there.

After the Show ended Zack Ryder came back to the ring saying he had changed his mind, that if it wasn’t for Triple H he would be doing so well. He had his Vlog cam and was filming for his YouTube show, after doing a double shot with Triple H, Trips turned on Zack giving him a pedigree in the middle of the ring. Yet the fans still stay on Triple H’s side.

By no means is Triple H fired or anything like that but a Vote of No Confidence isn’t a good thing and could force him out of the COO position and may push John Laurinaits in as the replacement who also appeared just to walk away.

Now of course this is all Story but it’s a really good one, it came across in a great way and had a realistic feel. What does the future hold for the onscreen COO and where is the story going now?

Something that should be pointed out is top Face superstars John Cena and CM Punk were nowhere to be seen during the Vote so maybe we will hear from them soon.

This could all lead into Survivor Series and include the Rock and Team Bring it. I think we are in store for an interesting month.

Questions for you.

Do you have confidence in Triple H?

What do you think is next to happen?

If Triple H does leave after this who do you think will replace him? And who would you realistically want to see replace him?

I will leave you to think on that, Matty.D Signing off.