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God that IWGP Title was gorgeous.

Loved last night's show and I'm really digging watching it in HD via Sling TV. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/101-mexico/41696-lucha-underground-tv-report-pheonix-vs-mil-muertes-big-ryck-vs-the-crew

Opening heel promo stuff went on too long and set up a goofy Orton promo. Nikki beat AJ in a bad match, but looked amazing in doing so. Henry-Roman hype vid led to nothing. Ryback beat Miz in another nothing match, but this time, Miz attacked Mizdow afterwards. THUS ENDS HOUR ONE. Rusev and his new, super-fake Russian lawyer were amazing. The accent was among the worst you'll ever hear and was buried by Booker and Cena, while Rusev said WW FASTLANE! Team Factual Friendship beat the New Day, but bumped for the bull. AMAZING inset promo by the champs though. Brock was AMAZING with this promo. Oh my God it was great! Then Show killed Rowan, BUT IT'S OKAY - IT WASN'T A MATCH. Awesome Larry HOF vid. That was the best HOF video this year - they covered his whole career and if you didn't see it, you got a sense for how good he was in the WWF, WCW, the AWA, NWA, on commentary, and on promos. 6-Being Interspecies Tag Match? Why couldn't WWE get more money for their rights deal again? So that's the first two hours. Hour three begins with a Heyman promo. It was amazing, and then Roman came out and said words too. Has Roman's name been changed to Daniel Bryan? If so, he's getting over huge! IC Champ jobbed again in another 6-man, but left with the belt. Young Bucks signs was behind Harper when he confronted Truth. Steph cut Seth's balls off. Then HHH did, and then Steph did it again. WWE'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT! Recap of Cena-Rusev and Taker-Bray. BRAY'S PROMOS ARE NOT WHAT I NEED WHEN I'M TRYING TO STAY AWAY AT NEARLY 11 PM! Loved loved loved loved Sting running wild. That may very well be the peak of Sting in WWE. http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2015/03/wwe-raw-3-16-15.html Screens - Vogue http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/15jj87oc4aazmbgiwndy1lq1i6d1erqf

I'd buy a Dollar General Adnan figure.

Well, EC3's in the title mix, Spud's got the X Title, and can cash it in...

PJ Punk

I just saw Brooke throw a worse flying elbow than that (or even CM Punk) on Xplosion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mc9bHTYmIQ

Be aware that Josh was COMPLETELY INSUFFERABLE for 90% of the show and Taz said maybe half a dozen lines. It literally sounded like a video game with random voice clips inserted whenever he spoke. You can also skip everything but the main event. EY-Roode was technically good, but I didn't give a shit about it. THEY JUST HAD A BLOWOFF MATCH THREE WEEKS AGO and the only reason EY is in the title hunt is because he beat TOMMY DREAMER of all people. That catapulted him back into the number 3 spot.

Son, I SAY SON, that was the worst promo of 2015.

That was so weird. THEY HYPED UP THE SHOW with the full-blown shot up top, and then had Josh talk about changing it up, but they did so at random.

The show started with a really nice video package setting up tonight's big blood feud matches. I liked EY-Roode, but it felt a lot like a video game match with tons of chops and punches, some moves, and then big spots thrown in without much of a story. The use of the chair fit the story they told last week though, with EY costing Roode the title shot with one. Drew and MVP said words. I like MVP referencing he and Drew apparently being friends and drinking buddies - adds a sense of reality to things. They had a nothing match and Taz sounded so odd here. It was like they were just randomly inserting Taz sayings into the other 99% of the show where Josh was just talking endlessly. Post-match beating was just awful thanks to the pipe shot. MVP has V. Porter on the back of his gear despite WWE owning the actual Montel Vontavious Porter name. Good Bram-Magnus hype vid. THIS IS GONNA BE A FIGHT, NOT A MATCH...so like the opener then. Meh. This also had a chairshot to the gut and back, but AFTER A DQ. Why this blood feud match had DQs, I had no idea. Then we got some weird stuff with Bram threatening to seemingly kill Mickie, but then allowing her to go when Magnus kissed his boot. Just eyerolls all around on this one. Brooke-Robbie was a fine mix of comedy and fanservice. Spud vs. EC3 was amazing. I didn't have really high expectations for this, but each guy brought their A game. Spud has far better strikes than EC3, but man is he just the perfect dickhead of a heel. They got Spud over as a big face, who fought hard and was put over big by EC3 in ways that are all legit - but he didn't let him have that and still beat him up and shaved his head. THIS RULED and was one of the best matches of the year. It also finally saw TNA use blood right as it added a ton to the match. Full Recap - http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2015/03/tna-impact-wrestling-3-13-15.html Screens - http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/z8bsh9vjoeed3reu900aepnmy4iprrdr

Too Cold had some of the worst promos of all time around early 1994 and then Simmons came in and did some great ones to cover him up. "IT'S CALLED THE JECTS!" Foley had a great one that seems to be completely missing from Youtube about the glory that is WCW and their star making machine. Him and Raven, maybe I'll put it up. Too Cold is baked out of his skull here.

Nah, he's just about how everything is a performance and he's out to entertain and show off and what not.

And how at least one of them is breaking from the script.

It's a great F4W song reference, and I lucked into getting a perfect shot of not only that on Fastlane, but also Roman's busted up face in the hype video. God bless the X1 defaulting to 720p with my capturing equipment.

Hopefully Cole was traveling with them and called him Kofi a time or two.

He said WWE's idea for it was inspired by the Black Scorpion...despite that BEING HIS OPPONENT AND NOT HIM. WWE needs to have everyone actually watch shit on the WWE Network because how in the Hell do you make that kind of a fuck-up? We live in the era of the summation of human knowledge being accessible with a phone and a simple fact check from ANYONE IN THE BACK AND ANY ROAD AGENT would get them accurate information and still got that idiocy. Maybe they'll market The Vigilante Voice Box or something. It could be the new Mr. Microphone and Sting can use Ronco's hair in a can!

The Dr. Death and Return of Superman is amazing.

The Rock wouldn't gel with Bill DeMott's training methods. I hope we get Heyman as Roman's manager and he drops a "ONE MAN SAMOAN SWAT TEAM" reference. Heyman as Roman's biggest cheerleader really does set up a turn perfectly.

Moreover, it's WrestleMania season and CURTIS AXEL IS MORE OVER THAN ROMAN REIGNS!

Or they can have Dave Meltzer do a cover called Coughin.

BikerTaker means WE CAN GET THE RETURN OF THE WWE'S FAVORITE BAND IN THE WORLD, LIMP BIZKIT! Except that Durst has aged worse than Taker.

Serial season 2. Right there. Koenig: "I want to believe Chris was innocent. I really do. He seems too nice to be a killer. But then I remember the Chavo call." Did anyone else notice the "Captain Insano shows no mercy" sign as well? I noticed it - that sign got a lot of airtime during that opening segment.

Opening video running down Reigns-Seth was good with an epic feel. Then we got 15 minutes of comedy with Orton being great with Noble, Show, and Kane while an idiot held up a Benoit sign. Orton explained that everyone thought he was going to turn on Seth, THAT HE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN ON HIM WHEN HE LEAST SUSPECTS IT (while all the goons are in here), and then says it was a joke. Seth guffaws and believes him and Noble is the one smart guy who doesn't. Goofy IC Title bullshit. Commentary was ungodly bad here. Heyman cut an all-time great promo after the Roman hype video and got off a ton of great lines while Brock smirked. Rowan and Ryback beat Show and Kane to the sound of silence, leading to Steph burying Show and Kane for her weekly burial. Wizdow rapped a bit and then Wiz bombed hard. AJ beat Summer in a nothing match. Sting responds to HHH next. BOY THANK GOD THEY HYPED UP STING'S FIRST WWE PROMO SO WELL. So they do a hype video and it's either to Sting's voice with a ton of audio processing, which is sounded like for a little while, or a different person, which is what it seemed like for 90% of it. Cena was a prick backstage to Rusev, who killed Axel. Cena then CHOKED RUSEV FOR HAVING AN OPINION and did it again to get his title shot. New Day beat the champs to no reaction, leading EVER SO SEAMLESSLY to Nattie-Naomi. Naomi wins with ass-related stuff leading to Usos-Matadores won via cheating thanks to the bull and using the tights. Handicap match was just an Orton-Seth angle. Loved the double-bird. Orton took 90 years to beat him down though. http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2015/03/wwe-raw-3-9-15.html Screens - CHRIS BENOIT IS INNOCENT! in 2015. How to kill a main eventer in 5 minutes. http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/j7r3jli4ghtdfq3gs6utqaxhb6gqkr44

It's a DA ad - and they always spoil the shows. It's weird.