Cole Miner Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I guess I kind of felt ripped off on the show since I was expecting a set of matches similar to the last time Bryan ran the gauntlet. Knew as it got late in the show that wasn't happening but had already been anticipating it for a few hours by that point. I'm enjoying Triple H as a heel for the first time since the late 90s. Wasn't as strong tonight as the promo last week was but 2 weeks in a row without wanting to turn the channel on is a huge improvement. Punks babyface run this time is 1,000,000x better than last time. Well that's probably not the right way to put it since a million times zero is still zero. He's a lot more entertaining this time around and it isn't all having Heyman to work against. I suppose the end segment worked since the crowd started chanting for the right guy to make the save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 They're sticking Ziggler with Show and Henry because all three were called out by HHH. It might give him a decent rub as a face. EDIT: I forgot that he did that with Miz too. Please please please don't let him be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Rollins' bump into Cole was fucking great Oh yeah, that made me jump. that was awesome. Needs to be .gif-ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I thought Heyman/Punk segment wasn't too bad, but it went a little long and Heyman is definitely going overboard with talking about how much he loves CM Punk. AJ's promo was good though I have no idea what direction they were trying to go with her in it. She pretty much blasted show which would only get her cheers while also talking up how they should all be thanking her which was pretty heelish. If they wanted her to still be heel, they really should have thought more about what she was going to say. I like how Big Show's iron clad contract has suddenly been forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overly Critical Man Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 BTW, why do wrestlers feel like they have to paint over someone's car to get revenge? Why the hell don't they just act like men and take a baseball bat to the damn thing, like an ordinary person would do? I guess the PG way of settling things is with the wacky pouring of things onto other stuff instead of assault by baseball bat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Know what's a good way to get over Daniel Bryan's new finisher? Let's not show it!!! Don't they work with a five second delay? Maybe it looked bad on initial feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Also I wouldn't be surprised if Renee Young gets something happened to her next week for basically being the only person to tell it like it was. Seems to be the trend of this angle. Good thing RAW isn't in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 AJ's promo was also really good and funny. The girls just screaming boring rhetoric back was good too. "YOU JUST SKIP." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I thought Heyman/Punk segment wasn't too bad, but it went a little long and Heyman is definitely going overboard with talking about how much he loves CM Punk. AJ's promo was good though I have no idea what direction they were trying to go with her in it. She pretty much blasted show which would only get her cheers while also talking up how they should all be thanking her which was pretty heelish. If they wanted her to still be heel, they really should have thought more about what she was going to say. I like how Big Show's iron clad contract has suddenly been forgotten. AJ's promo was a certain portion of the writing crew and roster venting through her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 The more we watch this angle, the more this Austin vs Triple H rumored WM match seems unfortunately likely because Bryan is not going to get his revenge on Triple H. Maybe Orton but even that I am not sure about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 The best thing about the Big Show chants is that it'll force the creative team to come up with an explanation for why his contract wasn't really ironclad. I'm still not fully on board with what they're doing with Bryan. The problem is that he's playing with the hand that HHH deals him. He's not acting, he's reacting. He should be laying waste to Shield members backstage, not agreeing to gauntlet matches with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I love the idea of calling Randy Orton the New Face of the WWE. It's awesome trolling, and they totally got people. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Austin and DX would have ran in out of spite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I love the idea of calling Randy Orton the New Face of the WWE. It's awesome trolling, and they totally got people. I can't believe thhey didn't go with the obvious joke. "You say he's the WWE's face, but he's acting more like an ass." I mean, come on, IT'S RIGHT THERE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overly Critical Man Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Austin and DX would have ran in out of spite. Ken Shamrock must be so disappointed at Big Show. Did he forget the lessons The Union taught him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlk23 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Chances this leads to a War Games match in a few months at that new PPV (Battleground) with The Shield, Orton (maybe HHH) vs. Bryan, Big Show, Ziggler, Henry (maybe Punk/Christian or another 5th guy)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I'm kind of bummed. All Yoshi Tatsu does during Raw is retweet people saying they wish he was on Raw. He should be the first guy to try and save Daniel Bryan. He's got nothing to lose. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 Chances this leads to a War Games match in a few months at that new PPV (Battleground) with The Shield, Orton (maybe HHH) vs. Bryan, Big Show, Ziggler, Henry (maybe Punk/Christian or another 5th guy)? I would love that, but don't see it happening. A Survivor Series match at that PPV is more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Chances this leads to a War Games match in a few months at that new PPV (Battleground) with The Shield, Orton (maybe HHH) vs. Bryan, Big Show, Ziggler, Henry (maybe Punk/Christian or another 5th guy)? This will lead up very nicely to Survivor Series and/or a potential War Games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriusvig Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Chances this leads to a War Games match in a few months at that new PPV (Battleground) with The Shield, Orton (maybe HHH) vs. Bryan, Big Show, Ziggler, Henry (maybe Punk/Christian or another 5th guy)? I would love that, but don't see it happening. A Survivor Series match at that PPV is more likely. Wow, 3 more months of this would be terrible, if it led to SS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanWaco Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I'm kind of bummed. All Yoshi Tatsu does during Raw is retweet people saying they wish he was on Raw. He should be the first guy to try and save Daniel Bryan. He's got nothing to lose. Well Tatsu did have the most protected finish in the company when he vanished.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 As I understand it, HHH wants to do Wargames (at some point, not necessarily @ Battleground) but Vince doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Vince probably thinks setting up the two rings looks dumb. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I love the idea of calling Randy Orton the New Face of the WWE. It's awesome trolling, and they totally got people. HHH proclaiming the belt as his personal property that Randy just holds the strap was also A+ troll work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I can see Battleground = War Games. All you do is change the name and fiddle with the rules or cage setup. They already did it with Elimination Chamber so who's to say they don't use this to be the big face vs. heel blowoff? Sadly now I am seeing Miz as the fifth face and I'm very sad. If they merge Punk into this it could come off... but the booking afterward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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