NOC 2013

[rzombie1988]

I reviewed Night of Champions with pics and gifs here:
http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/wwe-night-of-champions-results-and_15.html

Overall thoughts: This was a disappointing show that felt like an extended edition of Raw. Paul Heyman was the star of it but they didn't deliver on him getting beaten up nor did they really deliver PPV quality stuff. Due to the bad booking, the crowd was dead all night which really hurt it.

Some shots from the show:

[Brian Fowler]

YES! YES! YES!

[Dolfan in NYC]

TYPICAL BULLSHIT....  They buried him agai.......

 

wait what.

[rzombie1988]

I reviewed Night of Champions with pics and gifs here:
http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/wwe-night-of-champions-results-and_15.html

Overall thoughts: This was a disappointing show that felt like an extended edition of Raw. Paul Heyman was the star of it but they didn't deliver on him getting beaten up nor did they really deliver PPV quality stuff. Due to the bad booking, the crowd was dead all night which really hurt it.

Some shots from the show:

[Kaptain Kayfabe]

Of course we all know what happens tomorrow night on RAW when Triple H overturns it because of the fast count... but really this thing has been booked perfectly. This was the exact finish they should have done.

[rzombie1988]

DB got a fast count and I guarantee he gets stripped or something tomorrow because of it. The announcers were acting odd with the refs.

[Brian Fowler]

I actually missed most of the show, got home from work just in time to catch the last few minutes of the tag title match and on, but....

 

 

YES! YES! YES!

 

I don't actually understand the longterm booking here, as the chase seems to be where the money is, but...

 

YES! YES! YES!

[ricksilver]

That fast count's gonna be important tomorrow.

[piranesi]

It seems like this is the one thing no one was expecting.  A clean pin and no screwjob.

 

 

Hey!  Dolph Ziggler was almost elevated to US Champion tonight!  So, things are looking up for him......

 

.....

 

 

....

[Brian Fowler]

Did seem a bit fast, but not overly.  From the ref bump on I was expecting one of those horrible double pin, each ref says a different guy won finishes.  The clean end surprised me, but...

 

YES! YES! YES!

[Charlie M.]

Orton will get his title back on RAW. 

[kafkonia]

Strike three?

 

Nah...

 

ETA: Also, I legitimately laughed out loud at HHH getting a whopping 4% of the vote on the "Best of All Time".

[caley]

Triple H will get his title back on RAW. 

Fixed that for you.

[piranesi]

I can't believe they're burying Orton like this.

[Raziel]

Yeah.

 

I take back the negative I've had to the angle.

[hammerva]

Yeah he is definitely getting the belt tomorrow on RAW.  The question is how.  Will they just hand it to him or actually have him win a match for it

[Matt D]

It's almost weird to see WWE do a bad PPV in this day and age. 

 

If the angle is anything other than using Dusty personally to enact the Dusty finish, I will be disappointed. That has to be the "Business" to get Cody his job back.

[Niners Fan in CT]

Guys, come on. It was an obvious fast count. Hunter comes out tomorrow possibly fires the ref and strips Bryan of the title. Obvious Dusty finish but acceptable in that Bryan proved he is the man...  he'll still be on the chase..

 

I didn't see any of the show except the very end.

[piranesi]

It seems kind of dumb, if they want to do another month of Bryan chasing, to have already given us the visual of him getting a clean win.  Why not screw him during the match?

 

It seems like the heat to see Bryan pin Orton again will be less than the heat to see him finally get the win, no?

[scraylo187]

I can't believe Daniel Bryan keeps looking so weak.

 

These idiots.

 

I can't believe they put the title on Daniel Bryan.

 

These idiots.

[Victator]

If they undo the finish they are idiots. Pay Per View is not cheap and you should show your remaining PAYING customers respect. Even worse if Bryan just sadly hands it over instead of daring HHH to take it. 

[Dolfan in NYC]

I think DB's getting his title stripped, but I do not think Orton is going to get it back. HHH made the specific point to tell Orton 'I'm not sure you're the guy.' So I think the title gets vacated and we have a stipulation match for the undisputed title at Battleground.

[Matt D]

A. I can't believe Daniel Bryan keeps looking so weak.

 

These idiots.

 

B. I can't believe they put the title on Daniel Bryan.

 

These idiots.

 

A. Problems with Execution.

 

B. Problems with Theory.

 

I know it's a lot of fun to be ironic and point out how people have been complaining and are still complaining but it's completely missing the point.

[piranesi]

 

A. I can't believe Daniel Bryan keeps looking so weak.

 

These idiots.

 

B. I can't believe they put the title on Daniel Bryan.

 

These idiots.

 

A. Problems with Execution.

 

B. Problems with Theory.

 

I know it's a lot of fun to be ironic and point out how people have been complaining and are still complaining but it's completely missing the point.

 

 

 

 

Ideally, I think, the second half of the feud would have seen Bryan getting screwed tonight without actually getting to beat Orton yet...and then consistently getting the upper hand for the next month and Orton hiding behind stipulations...building up momentum as Bryan looks inevitable until somehow he gets Orton cornered in a cage or something.

[w. josh]

Man, could that crowd not be bothered to care about anyone other than Punk and Bryan. It's almost like booking your midcard as an amorphous blob of Mendoza-liners for years leads to apathy.

On the other hand, the presumed Dusty finish tomorrow is perfect. Bryan got to be champ for a few minutes the first time, then makes it 22 hours or so this time before HHH screws him over again. Bryan needs to go apeshit this time around, though, instead of just shrugging it off and seething.