YouHaveUntil5 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Usos/Show/Henry over Harper/Rowan/Stardust/Goldust Bo Dallas over Justin Gabriel - Swagger and Zeb at ringside Paige over Summer Rae - AJ on commentary - Paige over with the Black Widow - Layla tries to attack after the match but AJ stops her and hits her with the Paige Turner Mark Henry over Rusev in an arm wrestling contest - Rusev challenges to left handed rematch, attacks Henry after Lana throws powder in his eyes Dolph Ziggler and his stunt double R-Ziggler over Miz/Mizdow Jericho and Reigns over Orton and Rollins - Orton and Rollins attack Reigns after the match, but Reigns gets the upper hand to send the crowd home happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 That actually looks like a really good building block to PPV Smackdown. I can't wait to see the 8 man tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Is R-Ziggler = R-Truth? Because, that in theory could be funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouHaveUntil5 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Yeah, it was R-Truth, in Ziggler's gear and doing his taunts and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Is it smart to have a crazy charismatic guy do an mildly uncharismatic guy's taunts and moves in the same segment? Esp when the latter is the one being pushed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Powder in the eyes gimmick in 2014. How can you not like Lana Great selling of the beatdown. I mean you would think someone who got destroyed that badly on RAW wouldn't be working a main event the next day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Powder in the eyes gimmick in 2014. How can you not like Lana Great selling of the beatdown. I mean you would think someone who got destroyed that badly on RAW wouldn't be working a main event the next day Trotsky Powder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 When Zeb first came in with his current character, I wondered if he'd throw crystal meth in opponents' eyes. I apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 That immediately made me think of the Italian Four Horsemen in DDT and their "Italian powder" (coke thrown in an opponent's face). Now I can't find any of those promos on Youtube and I'm pissed. In the words of Antonio Honda, "FUCK!" Actually, I did find one and I'm posting it here just so I can watch it, Youtube is being an asshole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMgXvc26at0 EDIT: Good god I can't believed I watched all of that. Didn't think it would confuse me even more... if anyone has seen that match, what the hell happened? Japan is a foreign country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 8-man tag was fun. LOVED LOVED LOVED Bo-Gabriel. The commentators just had tons of fun here, and I chuckled at JBL referring to Swagger as Biff. Half the match being on the mic, as JBL said, was a bit different too. The AJ-Paige feud continued nicely with them stealing each other's moves. AJ wore her wedding ring on commentary. The Henry-Rusev arm wrestling thing was long, but really good. Unlike Raw, they had a lot of little things here to keep your attention and the commentators took it seriously instead of just making a mockery out of everything in it. The stunt double tag was shockingly good. Truth was fantastic with Dolph, and the commentary was incredibly entertaining tonight. JBL was just on fire being silly the whole night, and was in rare form with the goofy tag match. Paige stole the show with her backstage promo, and the main event was perfectly fine, but nothing too special. Jericho pinning Orton clean should've been played up seriously, but I doubt it will get more than a passing mention on Raw. http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2014/09/wwe-sd-9-12-14.html Screens - http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/cer0uofvntt90yy9pb48fb17fsbtlpzx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valcourt Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Curt, great post! Why is Antonio a Japanese name? Also, I feel like I know what was being said in that promo. The crowd is not saying"what?" But, "fuck!" Right? Can we get a DDT thread built? Smack down: What is that belt? Jericho pinning Orton is kinda a big deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 If you are unfamiliar with DDT, then Antonio Honda having that first name is going to be the first and smallest bit of weirdness you encounter. Yoshihiko, the ladder, American Balloon, Dino... there is no way I could even start a thread like that but it should be made. What I watched was okay (esp. the arm-wrestling match which was so incredibly old school) but I missed a bunch. Good thing mun2 replays tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I kept waiting for JBL to call Henry vs. Rusev an arm-sports-entertainment match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Lana might be the best woman they've ever had at being in character at all times on screen. She never appears to be thinking "what am I supposed to do?" She just does what "Lana" would be doing. I know she's an actress from Florida yet she's better at getting me to suspend my disbelief that she's an evil Russian woman than Brie Bella was at getting me to think she actually loves Daniel Bryan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 CJ Perry's a good enough actor to get roles in mainstream theatrical films, while Brie Bella would be thrown out as an extra on a porno set for being too bad at reading scripted dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I think at this point she's either the best female performer they've ever had or on the shortlist for that title. She adds in so many little touches that make her character and the pairing with Rusev my favorite acts in the company. Then you add in her Instagram videos and social media stuff and she really goes above and beyond. It's kind of weird how the only person in the company that keeps kayfabe in 2014 is an FSU Cowgirl. Brie Bella is awful but I'm not sure either Bella is capable of actual human emotion so her not being able to convincingly act in love with Bryan on TV isn't a surprise. I was shocked by how awful their chemistry was together on Raw those few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Lana is by far the best at actually knowing the character and how to play up that character on social media. Waiting for eons at an airport? What the fuck - why not do a wacky Russian accent video to put your character over. It makes the character more memorable and it makes you care a bit more about the person playing it, which bodes well for a post-WWE future on autograph shows and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 It's too bad we could never see Lana in 1980s Mid-South. That's where she really belongs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 ..and when Lana turns face she can start breakdancing again. Sky is the limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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