WWE:
Ziggler\Bryan:
The almost anticipated match between Ziggler and Bryan at Bragging Rights came to a pretty positive reaction from me, and with the win of Bryan against Ziggler also on this week on Raw and SD!, with three out of three wins for Bryan, it looks like the feud is definitely continuing towards Survivor Series, and to be honest, it could lead to a great Team Ziggler vs Team Bryan “Survivor Series” match. Cannot wait to see what will happen next, as mentioned by me on our podcast, I really love cross-brand matches, and this still could lead to the unification of the titles.
Cody\Drew:
After losing the Tag Team titles on Bragging Rights, Cody and Drew lost to Big Show and Kofi Kingston this week on SD! And that lead to a supposed break up, even if there is still a chance it was just a creative decision to lead them into a jobbing re-match against Slater and Gabriel at Survivor Series or just as a weekly jobbing match. I actually enjoyed the duo as champions, but the Nexus stuff can and lead to more interesting things creatively.
Kane\Undertaker:
With the help of Nexus, Kane finished the feud with Undertaker (for now) after Undertaker had to go through a shoulder surgery, on top of the fact that there are a lot of rumors that The Undertaker is thinking about retiring after the upcoming Wrestlemania (27). Which could lead eventually to a Kane Vs Taker at Wm27 or the other reports saying Cena as a big heel, Sheamus and yes, Wade Barret, and if he will pick up the title eventually, with the rumors that Vince want to unify the WHC\WWE titles, Barret Vs Taker could be very interesting, my guess that it would be Cena, but It is hard to predict since Cena so far is very down the middle with the heel turn, which will get to that next.
Wondering what is next for Kane? Well, at this week at SD!, we saw Edge becoming the N1C status after picking the win against Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio in a Triple Threat Way in a decent match, with his somewhat solid crown reaction to his face turn, and his big momentum that he got from winning (with Rey) the match between Team SD! against Team Raw at Bragging Rights, it looks like Edge could be the perfect fit for SD! in his current shape, even if I am not sure if the WWE will drop the title from Kane this early after getting the huge win over Taker in this feud.
Nexus\Barret\Cena\Orton:
The fantastic split creative booking to retain Orton and his title for one more month since it was reported that the WWE wanted to give Barret the title to him at Bragging Rights. The smart yet problematic booking gave something quite new (even though some thought it was bad since people wanted a proper heel turn from cena, including myself) to what we got to expect from the WWE, and with the big stipulation that was made during this week's Raw to put Barret Vs Orton with Cena as the special guest referee was a decent way to really put the whole angle of the heel turn to a test by the WWE. Besides the premise of putting Cena as special guest referee, the main stipulation says that if Cena does not give Barret the title, he will be fired, but if he will (the proper heel turn), Cena will not be in Nexus anymore. Now the only way Orton could retain the title is if Cena want to take some time off, especially since he is filming another WWE (*sigh) film, but to be honest, it looks like Barret will pick up the title, and lead Cena to be heel without Nexus, which is the perfect thing for my opinion.
TNA:
Pope\Abyss:
Well, with the attack of Abyss on Pope during the recent show, it looks like the feud will happen eventually, perhaps a match in Turning Point (November 7), and to be honest, this sounds like a horrible idea, two really un-charismatic over-rated “wrestlers” with such a weird gap between the styles could only hurt.
Team 3D's match at Turning Point? Ah… Not Really…
With the recent re-signing of Team 3D with TNA, and with the reports that not a lot of people within the company were happy with that move, and with a “retirement” match at Turning Point against the MCMG, it looks another heel turn of Team 3D when they will pick the titles and go with another feud with MCMG. Since both Generation ME (which are horrible as heels, they look like they are 15, they cannot convey anything heel regarding mic skills) and Beer Money will not get another feud against the (pretty bad\boring) MCMG face title run, it looks like another classic heel Team 3D feud in the making.
Really? “Robbie E”?
The “Jersey Shore” esque character that is being run by TNA is the most pathetic gimmicks I have ever seen, and the fact that TNA gave Jay Lethal the OK to go with the abysmal “Randy Savage” face gimmick just shows that TNA cannot control their creative side into a minimum with some sanity. “Robbie” might have potential, but this horrendous gimmick will only hurt him and since he will eventually pick the X-Division title from Lethal, I hope this crap will end soon.
RVD and his paranoia quest?
The whole RVD\EV2\Hardy crap is getting really bad, this week, it was just… bad… the match between RVD and Raven against Williams and Aj Styles lead into another moment of big momentum to Fortune going to Turning Point to another useless “last match” against EV2. What does hold for RVD? Hopefully, a release from TNA.
Fortune issues?
With the weird moment by Williams and the whole face turn (?) by Matt Morgan that lead into an attack of Jarret (picking the win against Morgan who was covering the “concussion” of Anderson) and Fortune, I still think Fortune will continue to be dominant in TNA, but it is unknown what will happen with this faction alongside “Immortals”.
Jarret Eh?
With the big heel turn of Immortals, Jarret had a few decent heel moments against Angle, Joe and Morgan, leading to a match between him and Joe, it looks like Jarret will probably lose to Joe, but will stay at the top of the Immortals faction.
Anderson Vs Hardy @ Turning Point? Really?
This sounds like a horrible match in the making, and since we all know Hardy will retain, it looks almost useless to give a title shot to someone like Anderson so early, same for RVD.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Bragging Rights Preview\Predictions
Bragging Rights 2010 Preview\Predictions:
Daniel Bryan (US Champion) Vs Dolph Ziggler (INC Champion):
Well, it started this week on Monday night Raw, and I thought it was the moment when they will announce the unification of the titles, but as of this writing, it’s not the case, so I would throw a guess that Bryan will pick up the win since the WWE love to give him victories in actual PPV but loosing in weekly shows, even if he had some sort of momentum this week on Raw.
Winner:
Daniel Bryan. If the Titles will be unified as a the last minute thing, I would say Bryan will pick the win for sure, otherwise, it's really 50\50.
RAW vs. SmackDown! - 7 vs. 7 Tag Team Match:
The Miz, C.M. Punk, Sheamus, John Morrison, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Ezekiel Jackson vs. Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, Alberto Del Rio, Edge, Tyler Reks, Kofi Kingston:
Well, the first thing I will say is that I really enjoy Survivor Series esque matches with X on X, it usually got fast paced moments with decent bookings.
Just like last year, Vince McMahon wanted to push SD! Because of their move to the MyNetwork network and he wanted to push the brand more that the somewhat stabilized brand that is Raw, and once again, a year after, SD! Has moved to the SyFy network recently, and if you haven't read the reports, Mcmahon want to push SD! Again to try to compete with Raw for ratings and a better direction to the feuds.
First thing first, the fact that Cm Punk and Sheamus are in there just shows that the WWE do not have anything for both of them, after the S.E.S run of Punk (and it was reported that the creative team did not have anything for Punk on SD!) and the title run for Sheamus, they needed two uprising stars to be on the card, but not main eventers. Even if there is a big push for The Miz, he is still considered an uprising star and not a main-event kind of guy at status at the moment. On that point, putting Marella is a first eliminated pathetic joke to me, also I am sick of Truth being stuck with the horrible face run that Morrison is going for a while now.
Interestingly, Ezekiel Jackson just returned after a long injury, and this could be the big upset for the match facing Big Show, even if we saw Big Show eliminating “Big Zeke” this past Monday night on Raw, it could be what was the direction that the WWE wanted to go with putting Henry in this match but had to bail at the last second last week.
On the other side, SD! Got some really strong talent going into the match, Edge (That was moved to SD! due to the brand push) that had nothing for a while now besides the pretty bad storyline with the Raw GM, and I pretty much called it that he will not be in the title picture for a while, atleast not on Raw, so, from that it was obvious that he will go to SD!.
Besides Edge though, it is a weird mix of two really over-rated face superstars, meaning Rey Mysterio (That is getting any attention because he is very popular in general and with the Latino crowed specifically), and Big Show that was not really doing anything impressive for a while, all his feuds were pretty boring, mainly the feud with S.E.S., and that leads me to the biggest point for the reason SD! will pick the win, Alberto Del Rio is being pushed heavily, Jack Swagger had a decent run as a heel champion, Kofi Kingston that had a few decent feuds as of late, and even though I do not really take much for him personally, he got a lot more going than someone like Marella or even Truth. But the most interesting decision is to put Tyler Reks there (instead of the weird thing that happened on SD! with Kaval), I was very impressed with him when he was on ECW, and even though his gimmick was appalling, he is a really good wrestler.
Team SD! decimated Team Raw this past Friday, and it looks like for me, that it is still the hard push for SD! to win, even though It does not make any sense that Team SD! will win, you sort of expect from that creative push for Team SD! to basically be dominated at the PPV after being very dominant on the weekly shows, but I still think that the result will be towards SD!.
Winners:
It would be an easy thing to say Raw will win after what happened this week on Monday night Raw with the SD! Invasion and especially after what happened on SD!, but I think the talent is definitely better on the SD! Team, and I would put my bet on SD! Even if the WWE is used doing the “big momentum usually leading to the other side winning”.
Champion Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett )W\ John Cena):
Well, it’s hard to really say what will be the direction of this match will be, my gut reaction says this will be a win (with the help of cena somehow) to Barret leading him for a long title run, and that leading to a big Cena (well, we need him to finally turn heel and not play around booking wise) face turn again taking the title against Barret in a big PPV, perhaps a Royal Rumble type of PPV.
But as some might see, this could be a decent opportunity to continue the semi face semi heel booking for Cena with an accidental mistake by Cena, leading Orton to retain the title and bring the tension between Barret and Cena to another level with Nexus, of course this could be the proper way to start Cena as a heel once and for all and stop this middle crap. Even with the win of Orton against Kane this week on SD!, I feel like it is more a momentum push that the WWE is giving Orton as a “face”\champion rather than giving a hint towards a certain direction for the result\booking.
Winner: Wade Barret with the first proper heel action by Cena.
WHC Champion Kane (W\Paul Bearer Vs Undertaker) – Buried Alive Match:
To be honest, I have almost no interest in this feud\match, the whole story from day one was absolutely horrendous, and the gut feeling I have is that Undertaker will take the win after losing two big PPV's (In a row) and giving Kane the momentum, it was also reported that Taker should have one last title run before retiring\taking a big break, and with WM is a bit more than half a year away, I think this feud needs to have its last match at the next PPV (Survivor Series) so I’m not sure if that feud will go in a weird team Taker vs. Team Kane, or just a rematch for Kane.
Winner:
Undertaker picking the title and going for one last title run.
Daniel Bryan (US Champion) Vs Dolph Ziggler (INC Champion):
Well, it started this week on Monday night Raw, and I thought it was the moment when they will announce the unification of the titles, but as of this writing, it’s not the case, so I would throw a guess that Bryan will pick up the win since the WWE love to give him victories in actual PPV but loosing in weekly shows, even if he had some sort of momentum this week on Raw.
Winner:
Daniel Bryan. If the Titles will be unified as a the last minute thing, I would say Bryan will pick the win for sure, otherwise, it's really 50\50.
RAW vs. SmackDown! - 7 vs. 7 Tag Team Match:
The Miz, C.M. Punk, Sheamus, John Morrison, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Ezekiel Jackson vs. Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, Alberto Del Rio, Edge, Tyler Reks, Kofi Kingston:
Well, the first thing I will say is that I really enjoy Survivor Series esque matches with X on X, it usually got fast paced moments with decent bookings.
Just like last year, Vince McMahon wanted to push SD! Because of their move to the MyNetwork network and he wanted to push the brand more that the somewhat stabilized brand that is Raw, and once again, a year after, SD! Has moved to the SyFy network recently, and if you haven't read the reports, Mcmahon want to push SD! Again to try to compete with Raw for ratings and a better direction to the feuds.
First thing first, the fact that Cm Punk and Sheamus are in there just shows that the WWE do not have anything for both of them, after the S.E.S run of Punk (and it was reported that the creative team did not have anything for Punk on SD!) and the title run for Sheamus, they needed two uprising stars to be on the card, but not main eventers. Even if there is a big push for The Miz, he is still considered an uprising star and not a main-event kind of guy at status at the moment. On that point, putting Marella is a first eliminated pathetic joke to me, also I am sick of Truth being stuck with the horrible face run that Morrison is going for a while now.
Interestingly, Ezekiel Jackson just returned after a long injury, and this could be the big upset for the match facing Big Show, even if we saw Big Show eliminating “Big Zeke” this past Monday night on Raw, it could be what was the direction that the WWE wanted to go with putting Henry in this match but had to bail at the last second last week.
On the other side, SD! Got some really strong talent going into the match, Edge (That was moved to SD! due to the brand push) that had nothing for a while now besides the pretty bad storyline with the Raw GM, and I pretty much called it that he will not be in the title picture for a while, atleast not on Raw, so, from that it was obvious that he will go to SD!.
Besides Edge though, it is a weird mix of two really over-rated face superstars, meaning Rey Mysterio (That is getting any attention because he is very popular in general and with the Latino crowed specifically), and Big Show that was not really doing anything impressive for a while, all his feuds were pretty boring, mainly the feud with S.E.S., and that leads me to the biggest point for the reason SD! will pick the win, Alberto Del Rio is being pushed heavily, Jack Swagger had a decent run as a heel champion, Kofi Kingston that had a few decent feuds as of late, and even though I do not really take much for him personally, he got a lot more going than someone like Marella or even Truth. But the most interesting decision is to put Tyler Reks there (instead of the weird thing that happened on SD! with Kaval), I was very impressed with him when he was on ECW, and even though his gimmick was appalling, he is a really good wrestler.
Team SD! decimated Team Raw this past Friday, and it looks like for me, that it is still the hard push for SD! to win, even though It does not make any sense that Team SD! will win, you sort of expect from that creative push for Team SD! to basically be dominated at the PPV after being very dominant on the weekly shows, but I still think that the result will be towards SD!.
Winners:
It would be an easy thing to say Raw will win after what happened this week on Monday night Raw with the SD! Invasion and especially after what happened on SD!, but I think the talent is definitely better on the SD! Team, and I would put my bet on SD! Even if the WWE is used doing the “big momentum usually leading to the other side winning”.
Champion Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett )W\ John Cena):
Well, it’s hard to really say what will be the direction of this match will be, my gut reaction says this will be a win (with the help of cena somehow) to Barret leading him for a long title run, and that leading to a big Cena (well, we need him to finally turn heel and not play around booking wise) face turn again taking the title against Barret in a big PPV, perhaps a Royal Rumble type of PPV.
But as some might see, this could be a decent opportunity to continue the semi face semi heel booking for Cena with an accidental mistake by Cena, leading Orton to retain the title and bring the tension between Barret and Cena to another level with Nexus, of course this could be the proper way to start Cena as a heel once and for all and stop this middle crap. Even with the win of Orton against Kane this week on SD!, I feel like it is more a momentum push that the WWE is giving Orton as a “face”\champion rather than giving a hint towards a certain direction for the result\booking.
Winner: Wade Barret with the first proper heel action by Cena.
WHC Champion Kane (W\Paul Bearer Vs Undertaker) – Buried Alive Match:
To be honest, I have almost no interest in this feud\match, the whole story from day one was absolutely horrendous, and the gut feeling I have is that Undertaker will take the win after losing two big PPV's (In a row) and giving Kane the momentum, it was also reported that Taker should have one last title run before retiring\taking a big break, and with WM is a bit more than half a year away, I think this feud needs to have its last match at the next PPV (Survivor Series) so I’m not sure if that feud will go in a weird team Taker vs. Team Kane, or just a rematch for Kane.
Winner:
Undertaker picking the title and going for one last title run.
Bragging Rights Preview Podcast
Its that time again, another ppv another podcast!
This time Verkk and Jay are both here.
Undertaker vs Kane again you ask? HELL YEAH!
http://evolvedgaming.net/Podcasts/ThisIsWrestling/BRPreview.mp3
Saturday, October 2, 2010
WWE Hell In A Cell Preview Podcast
http://www.evolvedgaming.net/Podcasts/ThisIsWrestling/TIW-HIAC.mp3
Verkk previews this weekends Hell In A Cell PPV.
Another undertaker/kane match? MAKE IT STOP!!!!
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