Payback V

[Godfrey]

For those watching the pre-show, if you mooshed Renee's jacket, Sam's hair, and Lawler's age into one person, it would be Beetlejuice.

[RIPPA]

Yes - The US Title is now property of SDL so if Jericho wins the title, he moves over

[hammerva]

He's James Dean cool... He's John Wayne tough..

I mean I guess Dean because of all the leather jackets but I don't remember John being so damn brittle

 

[Dolfan in NYC]

Oh for fuck's sake, I literally watched the ref hand Roman a corn syrup packet before he spit up "blood" on the wall.

Braun-Brock now, plz. 

[ChesterCopperpot]

We're all just pawns in Braun's world

[Brian Fowler]

Highly unpredictable card, terrible House of Horrors, great main event. Really good women's title. Decentish rest of the show.

[Raziel]

Roman died for our sins.

 

Braun is incredible.  Put the Dr. Pepper Title on him and let him destroy people in creative ways until Roman rebuilds himself for Mania.

[HumanChessgame]

Randy Orton wore pants so there's that.

[The Man Known as Dan]

I think Braun/Roman is a great rivalry to build both guys for a while... I just think down the line they need to turn. Also, Braun is a great god damned talent.

[Charlie M.]

My dream is coming true, guys.

 

[Niners Fan in CT]

I really enjoyed the show.  Braun and Roman should feud for years. They click so well.  Braun needed this win tonight, good that he got it.  If he's next for Brock, awesome. Rest of the show outside of the Horrors stuff was pretty good as well.  

[Wyld Samurai]

I didn't even realize that was the main event until they faded. 

I'm glad I opted to not get a ticket. 

I don't understand how the house of horrors took place "live" at night when it was still a bright and California sunshine-y 80 degrees.. 

[Niners Fan in CT]

This is great too. Much needed. 

 

[Eivion]

I dug the tag titles match and Sheamus/Cesaro turn. Aries/Neville was pretty damn great once again. Bayley/Alexa might be the best match I've seen from Bliss yet. I still wish she hadn't actually won.

Braun/Roman was great again. Glad Braun won. Hopefully he isn't just fed to Brock.

[Niners Fan in CT]

On that same topic..  

 

[maciej]

I know House of Horrors was terrible (or at least, the second half was terrible, the first was at least funny), but the rest of that card was great.

[nofuture]

Since it pinned Orton, is the refrigerator the linear champion now?

[Nice Guy Eddie]

12 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

Oh for fuck's sake, I literally watched the ref hand Roman a corn syrup packet before he spit up "blood" on the wall.

Braun-Brock now, plz. 

So, Vince still thinks this will build sympathy for Roman? They're so cute when they get old and senile. 

Glad to see Alexa win the title. I really like her, and it's not entirely because of her looks. She's come along nicely as a heel.

I really liked Aries/Neville until the finish. 

House of Horrors was fun in a b-movie way when it was in the house before it got dragged down with Jinder and the Bollywood Boyz. It dawned on me who dreadlock Bray needs to be more of.

 

[GodzillaPerez]

My new dream match is Dilapidated Boat vs Sentient Tractor.

[maciej]

- I really liked Bailey/Bliss ending on a non-finishing move that made sense given the context.

- I was never going to not love anything involving Owens' finger.

- Aries/Neville was terrific again.

[EVA]

Aries was on fire tonight.

I've been really surprised/impressed at how Matt has kept up with Sheamus and Cesaro in these matches.  He's taken some pretty big bumps, too, given how broken down he's seemed the last few years.  Senor Benjamin probably has to cart him around in a wheelbarrow afterwards.

[Charlie M.]

I like how Sheamus was allowed to kick Jeff Hardy in the face but the punt is banned, BTW.

[HumanChessgame]

I don't know what I was expecting from the HoH match, but even though it was crap I thought it could have been a lot worse. Imagine some schlubs from NXT having to dress up as zombies and pop out of the floorboards or fake bats on strings or something like that?  Any word on how badly this segment was shit on by the live crowd?

The rest of the show was actually not bad.  Tag title match was solid and I'm guessing the post match beatdown "breaks" Matt and Jeff?

Extreme Rules is the next Raw PPV so it looks like we're going to get several of these matches over again but with some type of stipulation to blow the feuds off?  A Neville/Aries ladder match for the CW title isn't the worst thing they could do.

[The Unholy Dragon]

First couple matches felt like they were stalling until the finishing run but from match 3 onward this show was a blast. I thought the House of Horrors was fun goofy nonsense until it got back to the arena. Roman/Braun ruled as hard as the Payback match but in a very different way which absolutely ruled.

 

Mostly I was impressed with how many matches overdelivered while being booked in ways that delivered clean finishes that still left a lot on the table. Seth/Joe, the Tag Titles, and Alexa/Bayley were all great and had finishes that were satisfying but also had me immediately invested in a rematch. 

 

Alexa/Bayley might also have been my favourite match for that title to date. Great character work, great story, excellent delivery, and a pretty much perfect finish. Glad Alexa got to be the first to hold both Women's Titles as she's really been killing it since her callup.

 

Just a fun, breezy show.

[Brian Fowler]

I wish Jericho wasn't so slowed down (completely understandably, mind you) because he's been okay to solid in-ring this run, but imagine if he could've backed up this all-time great character work with top notch wrestling? Match was good though.

A Double and Neville was really good too. Tag title match was decent, post match beatdown was great.