w. josh Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I hope the NXT match going well means they'll try to do more of that kind of thing. A weekly NXT recap would be a good time-filler on RAW at the very least, especially now that they're keeping everyone in the same gimmick. Introducing the crowd to those guys early might mean fewer false starts like Emma and Rose in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I think I would rather see him as a douchebag Wade Barrett lackey who just comes in and hits his finish during beat downs, but I do sort of think he was born to play FIP for over the hill RVD during Rob's next run. I guess he could do it for Kofi too. So he'd be the new Justin Gabriel? Gabriel has way more of an upside, but yeah, pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidGoldBomb Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Shane Helms is claiming he was Adam Rose's bunny tonight. I'm hoping the bunny is RVD, and now he thinks he's a wabbit after they slipped a molly in his pot brownies on the party bus. Loved the Jericho-Wyatt cage match, great ending sequence with the dive and struggle to get out of the cage. Can't wait to see more of all the new NXT guys, all 3 deserve a call up at this point. The Heyman-Cena promo was totally awesome as everyone has mentioned, Cena & Heyman really brought the feels. The Springer segment was hilarious to me, classic Jerry Seth's dive on Reigns was nuts too, "it's like he fell outta the ceiling!" Solid show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 The Cena segment would have been better if there was any sort of belief that Cena would do it. I think it would have worked a lot better if what Cena said about Lesnar being a mercenary and holding the title hostage came true, and HHH told Cena he was getting help whether he liked it or not. Then it would have been interesting, especially if Orton acted really unhappy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 They tried to do the "catfighting women rolling over the guy on the ground" spot with Springer TWICE and failed both times. Leading to Steph saying fuck it, and doing it for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 If John Cena is Hulk Hogan circa 1995, they should just have Paul Heyman be Kevin Sullivan. After Lesnar goes away, just have Heyman bring in some freaks (and Kane) to try to take down Cena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Solely based on the match layout last night it is obvious Neville is being called up and Breeze is winning the belt. The match was only about Neville standing out. WWE 101 booking is that Breeze loses on TV, wins on "PPV". PAC and El Generico tagged on Raw. Fairly sure it was Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Ugh, fucking Hulu Raw doesn't have the NXT tag match. Anyone know where I can see it in full? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I saw it on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 What stood out to me about the Jericho/Wyatt match was how Jericho had the match won and was so scared to climb down the cage and confront Rowan/Harper that he decided to jump off the cage onto Bray. In the Cena/Wyatt cage match I remember Cena also having the match won and being scared to climb down the cage and confront Rowan/Harper. Is this a common steel cage trope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Ugh, fucking Hulu Raw doesn't have the NXT tag match. Anyone know where I can see it in full? WWE should replay it on the next NXT so it'll be available on the WWE Network (available for $9.99). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 What stood out to me about the Jericho/Wyatt match was how Jericho had the match won and was so scared to climb down the cage and confront Rowan/Harper that he decided to jump off the cage onto Bray. In the Cena/Wyatt cage match I remember Cena also having the match won and being scared to climb down the cage and confront Rowan/Harper. Is this a common steel cage trope? It happened when Benoit/Angle had their match. Benoit was about to climb out of the cage but Austin was on the floor swinging a chair like a madman so Benoit opted for a headbutt off the top of the cage. Also, Angle had the match won when Austin slammed the door on Benoit's head.Austin turned his attention to Benoit but he was standing next to the door and was so unhinged that Angle opted to go over the top rather than take the chance that Austin would attack him even though they were both heels at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammo~! Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 PAC and El Generico tagged on Raw. Fairly sure it was Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn. Pretty sure El Generico retired to manage the orphanage full time. Dunno where all this "Sami Zayn is El Generico" garbage is coming from. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEmanWITHnoNAME Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEmanWITHnoNAME Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 "What can I say, Chris? It's the season premiere." "Guess what? Today just isn't your day!" Orton sounded like the main villain in a direct-to-video Van Damme movie. Raul Julia is rolling over in his grave. Also, did some vet really give Cena his Purple Heart? What a mark. Tonight just isn't your day! Welcome to four hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEmanWITHnoNAME Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Shane Helms is claiming he was Adam Rose's bunny tonight. There's talk within WWE that the man behind The Bunny costume will be Darren Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 "I stand against the wall! I touch nothing!" Someone needs to replace the chair with Indiana Jones' fedora. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Shane Helms is claiming he was Adam Rose's bunny tonight. There's talk within WWE that the man behind The Bunny costume will be Darren Young. That's who I was thinking. Don't know how that would go over with the crowd though. He wasn't exactly being pushed before he got injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 That still makes my stomach do flips. Scary shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 "I stand against the wall! I touch nothing!" Someone needs to replace the chair with Indiana Jones' fedora. That was actually a really smart improvised moment. As the cage was coming down Kane and Seth were thrown out too early and I was wondering how they were going to sell rolling around out there since they both had lots of time before the cage was actually down. And then Seth got up and managed to find a way to look like he was trying to get in the ring and not be able to even though he clearly had time to get under the actual cage. But he was too close to that spike!!! Smart work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 When did they start using spikes on the bottom of the cage, anyway? That's just asking for trouble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I imagine the spikes make it easier to anchor the cage quickly, but they never thought of trying to sneak someone in underneath the cage as it's coming down like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Chris Jericho was injured in the cage match last night. Not from the cage dive, but he broke his toe doing the lionsault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bink_winkleman Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 FF'd Jerry and the main until the cage came down. Rest if the show was solid. Cena's promo was amazing and he seemed legit moved to tears. Quit being that fat old shit in the fifth row embarrassing everyone all the adults around you. Whoever it was back there that compared the NXT stuff to Nitro's high flyers was on the money. The crowd seemed amazed, like they'd never seen this kind of thing before. After years of cutting down the high flying spots, there seems to be some real magic there again. I can imagine the kids that saw this all going over to their friend's house with the Network to see Neville like we used to do with ECW and Van Dam. Great match and so well orchestrated by the WWE, which is so rare these days. Oh and Jericho was so over in that cage, which made it better. His "fuck it" shrug before the leap was solid, too. And damn the crowd for taking too long to play along with Heyman's "Cena sucks" stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 What stood out to me about the Jericho/Wyatt match was how Jericho had the match won and was so scared to climb down the cage and confront Rowan/Harper that he decided to jump off the cage onto Bray. In the Cena/Wyatt cage match I remember Cena also having the match won and being scared to climb down the cage and confront Rowan/Harper. Is this a common steel cage trope? It happened when Benoit/Angle had their match. Benoit was about to climb out of the cage but Austin was on the floor swinging a chair like a madman so Benoit opted for a headbutt off the top of the cage. Also, Angle had the match won when Austin slammed the door on Benoit's head.Austin turned his attention to Benoit but he was standing next to the door and was so unhinged that Angle opted to go over the top rather than take the chance that Austin would attack him even though they were both heels at the time. Hardy/Umaga in Jan 08 is another one. Orton stood outside so Hardy dove back onto Umaga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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