Rehabilitated Rick

RIP Kofi's neck. Best 4 minute match ever?

Hoping the NXT title match goes on last if Finn's going over. 10:30am start over here and supplements the lack of Saturday football, should be a fun show.

So you're not invested in the transition of Eva Marie into becoming resident DVDVR favourite? Seriously though, her shit looked on point in that small training video, I'm curious to see how she's progressing. I don't however like Sasha seemingly becoming a face over night, I'm a huge fan of her controlling matches. I hope it's just a swerve that sees Becky being ambushed by Sasha and the chipmunks.

Cute couple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4zLt5YctI Beautiful and overlooked promo of his, RIP Dream.

Lana and Dolph have no chemistry at all, which makes me believe the plan all along was to have Rusev realign with her eventually, using Dolph as a pawn in order to re-establish some momentum for Rusev makes sense. I did find it funny how Ziggler dropped two near F's bombs on camera. Rusev is awesome though, I do wonder how long he's out for as it's only a matter of time before the feud fizzles out and becomes redundant.

So that was the official sermon for the death of Cena's springboard Stunner. Cena would be a madman to use it again, unless it's protected as a unique rarity move that finishes guys off and I'm in total agreeance that it looks daft and doesn't mean a thing in the context of how it's been used so far. I could listen to both of them shoot the shit for hours and hours but I wasn't particulary excited about them being in a protected enviroment on the network but it was still great. Heyman blindsiding Austin with the last question was awesome and I genuinely thought he ruffled a few feathers there until I was in realization and in awe of what was transpiring, Vince needs to make it happen. Austin/Lesnar with Taker/Sting underneath would do record breaking numbers.

Poor Renee. I need a gif of Rollins losing his shit at the end. Fell asleep during the opener and woke up for the main event, damnit.

Dana's far from the polished product but I'm not mad at her, she's been given a variety of pieces to use and it's up to her and the direction from the trainers to figure it all out. If it comes across inauthentic then they can repackage her down the line but let's not get it twisted, NXT as a pr0duct has such high standards that she stands out and we forget it's still a developmental show. I think that's also Crowe's problem, his gimmick just doesn't suit him either and he got totally dorked out by Owens on his accent in the opening promo which didn't help his cause.

Really dug Enzo's selling during the tag title match, he looked like a string of spaghetti flopping around during the end stretch, usually I'm not really into a simple move of tripping up a wrestler from the ropes being the catalyst for a 3 count, but he looked 3/4 knocked out before he was lumped onto the turnbuckle by Cass so it worked. My thoughts are muddled mess and I'm unsure why that's sticking out but yeah Samoa fucking Joe. Can't believe he got to keep his name, yet alone his entrance song sounding just like his TNA one edit: oh fuck that headbutt to Regal had me popping hard, too.

Totally echo the statement of Sasha being the best in the world. What the fuck, I totally just went batshit and woke my neighbors up for Joe's debut. What a show.

Wasn't Charlotte womens champion and got dealt with within 2 minutes on Raw? I wouldn't put it against Vince to have his top dog go over cleanly despite Trips going to bat for one of his boys. It is intriguing with neither belt on the line as it opens up the possibility for Owens to win, whether it be a fuck finish or not.

If they were as ''smart'' as they think they are they should give him a standing ovation for elevating every NXT guy he's collaborated with over the past few weeks and will continue to do so, but nah. The NXT fans at full sail are way onto their way of being as tediously annoying as the impact fans of yesteryear. That being said the beers and junk are in for tonights special, can't wait.

So after Payback Rusev was Mero and now Dolph is Mero, make your mind up DVDVR. I'll take the Marvelocity~ over Dolph's crappy offense any day of the week.

Nominating Neville - Cena (Raw 5/11)

The wheels are in motion for Rusev to be just another guy who wins and loses in the mid-card, but I think the fact he had Cena pass out and ultimately ''win'' the match (to anyone with half a brain cell watching) shows a certain amount of protection from a booking perspective however retarded the rules are, that's totally something TNA would do and get shat on for years for it. Cena's still the priority feud in Vince's mind and has to win but It's not a total hatchet job like the Wyatt feud was. I just don't know where you go with either of them after it, but hell I could watch them beat the shit out of each other for the entire year and not get bored.

Triple H allowing Seth to use the Pedigree and it being sold as ultimate death is the greatest carny move of 2015. Rusev being compared to Marc Mero is classic DVDVR.

I passed out through drinking too much half way through the show but came back around during a really fun and chaotic main event, loved the Shield interactions and essentially using Orton just for the RKO fest and taking the fall to a Pedigree of all things.

Yeah Corgan was pretty cringe worth at times. At one point saying ''I don't need to put myself over, I'm already over'' pair of douchebags.

Corgan has a broad understanding of the business but I can't help but think he's only in the position he's in due to his social status and being worth $50 million doesn't hurt either. TNA's dead, If I was hearing this in 2005 I could get behind his philosophy on creating the next breakout wrestling star, TNA doesn't have a big enough platform to do that. But hey in order to be a success you have to have that mentality so I can forgive him for being so unrealistic. Oh and I loved Corgan cutting Jericho off numerous times, Jericho just can't help but put himself over at any given chance, his insecurities are hilarious. Listening to Ambrose now,

I think they'll bring someone over from the main roster to replace Sami, Cesaro is a good shout given his history in NXT and the match will be great, storyline purposes Regal works, so does Riley (also injured, although I'm not sure if it's a shoot or not). I suppose they do throw out surprises during these specials, RVD could come in, Jericho? (ugh). This really sucks, I was looking forward to this show a lot.

So the King of the Ring tournament is essentially a two day thing, aka, the writers and creative are lazy as fuck and the winner receives nothing, I can't actually understand the incentive for anyone in it, it's essentially become the Charity Shield, zero lineage. Anyway. I loved Neville/Harper and want to see Neville face pretty much everyone on the roster, so that's a plus. Raw was a peripheral vision masterpiece this week.

Eh I don't think Cena's at that stage of his career where he has to lose every one of his feuds yet (like Jericho does), he's still the most important cog in the machine and has years left all over the card. I think if it was up to Cena he would have put Rusev over though, but hell. He's done his fair share of jobs considering he's the Hogan of this era. That being said I DO think he should have put over Wyatt, he's never been the same since.