Out of Luck.

Before I start I know that some of you didn’t agree with last weeks NXT blog, but remember we are all entitled to our own opinions and mine was different from yours.

Any way this week saw an interesting NXT with a great rookie match.

The show started with a new NXT challenge. The challenge was a power of the punch challenge. The crowd didn’t quite get behind it but it didn’t last long. Alex Riley won the challenge and won the prize of appearing on Raw with out the rest of the rookies, it will be a good way to push his character.

During an ad break Miz and Morrison shared words in regards to the SummerSlam situation, it lead into the main event of the night being created, Miz vs. Morrison.

We then had the best match of the night as we see another 6 man tag match, a return match from Mondays Raw.
The match was a lot better than Raw’s match. The main man once again was Kaval but all the rookies shone in this match, it was a shame that we were losing yet another one later in the night.
We saw Lucky fly over the top rope in an awesome flying cross body, and Kaval did his usual kung fu style moves and locked in an interesting submission move on McGillicutty. All things went off track there as all the rookies fought and cleared the ring so Kaval can finish the match and receive his first win of the season.

Next was the main event as Miz took on John Morrison.
A great contest showing how good these rising stars are, unfortunately it doesn’t show any unity so if Miz ends up on team WWE at SummerSlam he most probably won’t gel well with his team mates.
Miz won after Morrison missed a kick to Miz and receiving a Skull Crashing Finale.

Last thing we saw of the show was the NXT poll, here are the results.

1. Kaval
2. Michael McGillicutty
3. “Showtime” Percy Watson
4. Husky Harris
5. Alex Riley
6. Lucky Cannon

As you can see we waved goodbye to the man who didn’t get to lucky this time round but he does claim it won’t be the last we see of him. It’s a shame to lose him after his performance earlier on in the night.
Before the show closed off Matt Stryker announced that next week will be a double elimination, so make sure to get your vote in to save the Rookie you don’t want to see go.

That’s all on NXT, last show before SummerSlam will be SmackDown! Tonight at 10pm on SkySports3 and SkySports3HD.

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

The Battle before the War!

Before I get into this weeks Raw I would like to bring your attention to an article from the Sun.
The Sun recently had an interview with the leader of the Attitude Era, Stone Cold Steve Austin. In the interview Austin praises WWE for there PG rating.
To read that article, click the link at the bottom of the page.

Now lets move on to Raw which saw the final steps to SummerSlam.
The main focus was Team WWE still trying to hold together.
The show started with a promo from Bret Hart, Chris Jericho and Edge as Bret attempted to convince the two back onto the team but it lead to small fight, this was interrupted by Natalya as she came to get Bret’s help as the Hart Dynasty was getting beaten backstage by the Nexus which was show on the big screen, eliminating two potential replacements.

Later on Mark Henry looked to be another, potential replacement but as soon as Nexus knew of this they went to work to remove him from that list attacking Mark as he got to the ring for his match against Ted DiBiase.

R-Truth and Morrison showed union as they defeated lower stars William Regal and Zack Ryder. A good match Morrison really shined with a new back flip manoeuvre and for the first time in weeks was able to actually land Star Ship Pain flush instead of missing completely.

The Great Khali was meant to face Wade Barrett but Khali was attacked on route to the ring eliminating him from the SummerSlam match.

Before the final match of the night Nexus cut a promo, the usual stuff there, and we saw Miz approach Cena and Bret making him a possible replacement, before we witnessed Bret Hart and Cena vs. Edge and Jericho.
The match was more of a 2 on 1 as Hart didn’t get tagged in. Through out the match we saw Jericho and Edge throw Cena to the wolves just chucking him through the ropes to the awaiting Nexus who beat him before throwing him back in to the ring to be thrown out again.
Jericho was then thrown out but the Nexus didn’t touch him. Then, in the match, inadvertently, Jericho hit Barrett who was on the ringside, so the next time Jericho was outside he received a beating before the angry Nexus set there sites on Hart and Cena. All of them filled the ring when Morrison and Truth slid in beside Cena and Hart.
Edge and Chris were making there way up the ramp when they stopped and finally had another change of heart running back to the ring and standing tall with the rest of the team showing there reuniting to team WWE.
It was then that the brawl started and the crowd erupted making the arena shake, even the cameras shook as they almost caused an earthquake.
The Nexus ended up fleeing through the crowd as team WWE stood tall and the crowd chanted “you suck” at the Nexus as they stood looking back ending what was overall a good show.

Around all this we did see other matches and story development.

US Champ, Money in the Bank winner, and Awesome one, The Miz, took on the High Flying Evan Bourn in great contest, The Miz took the win after his Skull Crushing Finale.

Melina defeated Alicia Fox earning herself a Divas championship shot at SummerSlam.

And we saw an unneeded summer swim suit match, although the Divas did look very sexy there was no real wrestling involved, and it was a chance for them to just run around looking pretty.
Santino was special ref for this match.

The WWE Championship story continued to move forward as Sheamus has a face to face with Orton, this lead into a fight and Sheamus coming close to being punted. Once Orton had left the ring Sheamus stayed to watch the next match.
That match was the stars of NXT season 2 in a 6 man tag match. Kaval, “Showtime” Percy Watson and Lucky Canon faced Alex Riley, Michael McGillicutty, and apparent Steve Austin favourite Husky Harris.
The match was of reasonable level but the crowd just wanted one star to shine as they chanted, “We want Low Ki!” of cores referring to Kaval’s former in ring name.
Unfortunately even with the back up from the fans, Kaval still fell victim to Husky Harris and lost the match.
It was after the match that the awaiting Sheamus took his chance to attack the rookies and laying an explanation point on Kaval nailing his power bomb on the lower star.

Overall this was great show that I enjoyed; at SummerSlam I believe the Great Khali’s replacement will end up being The Miz, but there is a possibility it could be someone else. We may see the unveiling of a fan favourite who has been absent but I would not be sure who that would be.

Any thoughts feel free to drop me a message or leave a comment below.

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

Stone Cold Interview:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/3089667/Austin-praises-new-PG-WWE.html

Mr. Ziggles takes the IC Title!

Last nights SmackDown! Saw Dolph Ziggler hit a milestone in his Carrere as he took the Intercontinental Championship from Kofi Kingston in a good match. Unfortunately in storyline he won the title on unfair terms. During the match Vicki jumped in the ring causing the distraction to the Ref, and for Dolph to take advantage and pick up the win.
During Dolph’s celebrations we saw the Dark side of Kofi as he viciously attacked Dolph smashing him into the announcers table and repeatedly banging his head on the steel steps before leaving him in a heap on the floor.
I am guessing we will see the rematch at SummerSlam next Sunday.

We also saw a turn in the road for the Kane storyline.
At the beginning of the night Rey came out to plead his case, he also said he knew who the real attacker was, but before he could revile that person Drew McIntyre came out for his say on the subject.
The two spoke which lead to a match being scheduled for the end of the night between the two.
The two fought in the last match of the night in a very good contest. Drew seemed to have most control dominating over the smaller man and his “injury”.
It made me wonder why he isn’t in a World Title position if he can dominate the former champ? Well my question was soon answered as Rey was able to nab a roll up for the win.
As Rey was about to revile the real attacker yet again he was interrupted by the Big Red Machine Kane. Kane came to the ring pushing a casket, as Rey looked on he was thumped from behind by the Scotsman who then made his exit to avoid the World Champion as he climbed in the ring.
Rey was able to escape Kane but almost jumped in the casket in the process before leaping out and running up the ramp. It was then when he finally was able to tell us who the real attacker is.
Now we could all guess who was going to say, we had all figured out weeks ago who it would end up being.
Rey announced that the real attacker was the man who was trying to get the revenge, Kane.
The interesting thing now is where is the story going to go? How will they bring Taker back in? And if it is Kane why (in storyline) did Taker say Rey Mysterio when he opened his eyes? I just hope we do get the answers to these questions.

Another match was added to the SummerSlam card last night, as the S.E.S will take on The Big Show in a 3 on 1 handicap match.
To get us ready for this we had a promo from the S.E.S as CM Punk showed his authority over the other members of the team, this of cores may lead to his demise as the team may eventually turn on Punk in a future story to be built up.
After that moment we had the S.E.S go against MVP, JTG, and Chris Masters. The S.E.S won after a short match building the team up for SummerSlam, this was obvious to happen because what team can beat the Big Show 3 on 1, if they cant beat 3 normal guys.

We saw one of the worst backstage moments from LayCool last night, as they had to decide who is going to be champ, backstage they argued in front of Teddy Long until Michelle finally gave in her title. Then they started to argue about who is the champ pulling the remaining belt between them till it broke down the middle.
It was then that all the people watching should of said “Bull S**t!” as there is no way that gold and leather would just break like that. They then ran off with the split belt.

The other match of the night was the rising star “Dashing” Cody Rhodes vs. Matt Hardy.
Good match that got the show started, the match ended in a Cross Rhodes as Cody took the win.

Overall a pretty solid show, glad to see Dolph with a belt regardless of how he won it, good to see Kofi continuing to evolve but I don’t want WWE to drop the ball like they have before, and I wish that the Kane story had another twist in it that wasn’t so obvious, and maybe change up the ending of it so its not just a Taker vs. Kane match to bring it to close.

That’s all for now, see you Tuesday for the Raw review.

Matty.D Signing off.

Kiss Kiss

NXT this week saw a brand new NXT challenge. That’s right LayCool hosted a kissing challenge! But no the rookies didn’t have to kiss Layla or McCool, no they had to kiss a rather large women, with moles and other things on her face, complete with a unibrow, named Margarita.
Now you may think “oh no another rubbish segment from the WWE humiliating there stars!” But the segment wasn’t as bad as it was original made out to be.
LayCool performed well and so did the rookies making the segment quite funny, I was laughing through most of it as each rookie went in for a kiss with the lady. The segment showed there ability to perform in unpleasant situations.

After the opening segment we led into the first match of the night. Husky Harris vs. Kaval.
The match wasn’t too great this time; in fact it was the worst performance I’ve seen from Kaval since joining NXT. He also messed up not just one move, but three. When climbing up Husky early on Kaval slightly muffed up, (this may have been due to Husky), when he jumped the top rope to be caught by Husky he didn’t let go of the top rope in time, then later when jumping to the second rope in the corner he missed and landed on the bottom rope.
Regardless of all of his errors this week I still say he should be number one.

We had a backstage moment where Lucky Cannon and Michael McGillicutty argued about who should get to face The Miz. This led into The Miz and Kofi arguing via the big screen in another funny moment as well. I do feel that Kofi is evolving as a superstar.
Lucky Cannon later went against Michael McGillicutty to decide who would get the Miz at the end of the night.
McGillicutty won after a short fight nailing his impressive looking finisher that looks better and better every time he does it.

We then had “Showtime” Percy Watson vs. Alex Riley. I would say this may have been the best match of the night, Alex Riley picked up the win.

Lastly we had McGillicutty vs. Miz in another good match making me like McGillicutty more than before, but I still agree with Miz. Miz picked up the win after the Skull Crushing Finale and bringing McGillicutty’s win streak to an end and bringing an end to the show.

In other news Chris Jericho spoke about the Nexus and other Wrestling subjects in a Radio interview.
To read more about that go to:
http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwe-news/chris-jericho-speaks-on-nexus-his-new-dvd-and-more.html

Also Vince comments on WWE’s latest earnings which are lower than before yet again, Vince seems to be making lame excuses about the economy and even blaming the Volcano that erupted this year, instead of admitting to the fact that they are facing competition from TNA, and that the PG rating has pulled the shows down. I just wonder how long it will be till Vince realises the real issues and makes changes for the better.
To read more on that go to:
http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwe-news/recent-wwe-pay-per-view-buys-wwe-reports-earnings-vince-comments.html

Tonight’s SmackDown! Will see Kofi Kingston take on Dolph Ziggler with the Intercontinental Championship on the line. I see Dolph winning so we can see the rematch at SummerSlam.

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

Team Raw/WWE continues to crumble.

Last night saw the Raw that was recorded last week.
By knowing this you can see the effects on the wrestlers and the crowd. You could tell that some superstars had already been in action just from looking at them, and as the crowd had already sat through 2 to 3 hours of wrestling they didn’t have that much of a buzz as they usually do.
Regardless of all that though, we did see some good matches, the story pushed forward, and a return of a cretin favourite Diva.

We started with Edge coming to the ring to challenge Wade Barrett to a match, one on one, and with no outside inference as he wanted to take things into his own hands.
R-Truth came to the ring to try and talk Edge around saying that they need to work as a team, and if he is not going to listen to Cena he should listen to him.
The Raw GM soon chimed in making Edge vs. Wade a reality to happen right then.

The match was going well until Wade signalled the rest of the Nexus to the ring. They got to the ring causing Edge to leap the barrier and run away through the crowd.
Later backstage Edge has an argument with Cena about not coming to help, but of coarse Cena said about Edge not wanting help so he stayed where he was.
It was then that Edge quit the Team.
Cena was then confronted by Chris Jericho, there little spat lead to the creation of a loser leaves the Team match later in the night.

We saw a 6 diva Tag Match first before Jericho and Cena faced off, the match ended after Alicia Fox got the pin. The match was better than other Divas matches especially since 4 out of the 6 can actually wrestle.
After the win Alicia started to boast about how in one way or another she has beaten all the Divas on Raw, and that she is the best. It was then that we saw the return of the former MNM girl, Melina.
She came to the ring and beat on Alicia before nailing her finisher and screaming “I’m back!”

We then had John Cena vs. Chris Jericho and I must say I was impressed by this match. I also hold more respect for the two for being able to do two matches in one night and remembering two routines.
Match was long and impressive, it ended with Jericho going for the Walls but it got twisted into the STF once again, but before Cena could lock it in Jericho tapped to prevent himself from coming to harm.
Jericho then went to leave but Cena called him back. He said that he didn’t want Jericho to leave the team and tried to convince him to stay; he even stooped as low to actually call Jericho the best in the world.
It seemed to of worked and Jericho looked to stay when he changed his mind and walked away.

Once backstage Jericho and Edge showed respect for each other for both leaving the team also giving each other a hug.
It was then that back out in the arena the GM chimed and made a match for next week.
Edge and Jericho vs. Cena and Bret Hart.

Another sign of crumbling was when Nexus showed respect to the Great Khali while backstage.
Khali faced Ted DiBiase later and won after a little help from the Nexus as they came to the ring and distracted Ted so Khali could take advantage, Khali locked in a move we haven’t seen in a while, the Khali Vice Grip, and won the match. After it was over Khali seemed to show some sort of appreciation to the Nexus.

To end the show we had the best match of the night in my eyes.
Randy Orton went head to head with US Champ and Money in the Bank holder, The Miz.
Miz was able to really shine in this match and it was great push for him to be a WWE Title contender although I still think he will be the first to lose when cashing in his contract, epically if it’s on Orton.
The WWE Champ Sheamus appeared during the match watching from a distance as Orton came closer to his victory.
Orton was able to nail what we had all been waiting for, the RKO that got him the win.
He was in calibration when the Celtic Warrior took his chance and went to the ring but before he could enter Orton’s snake like senses went off and he quickly faced Sheamus in coiled position on the mat making Sheamus think twice.

Overall a good show epically since it was the second show in one night. I don’t suggest they should do this sort of thing often though as its better to keep the crowd, and the superstars fresh and to avoid any confusion to the fans in the arena.

I think a good storyline, and strong possibility, is over the next two shows Cena brings his team together and replaces the two empty spaces with the help of Bret Hart, maybe adding the Hart Dynasty.
Also Edge and Jericho may make there own team to lead then before SummerSlam the Cena team and the Edge/Jericho team go head to head to decide who faces the Nexus.

Also I see Orton winning the WWE Title and then Miz attempt to cash in, he would then fail and keep his contract for another day or be RKO’d and be the first to lose after cashing in.

Remember those are just my predictions and thoughts and I know I may be in no way right in fact most likely wrong.
But what are your thoughts? What do you think is going to happen? Let me know in the comments below.

That’s all for now, see ya Friday for the NXT report.

Matty.D signing off.