Money in the Bank V

[Go2Sleep]

Almost forgot one of the big highlights of this show: Damien Sandow's "The elbow is coming, the elbow is coming." Probably the best thing he's done in months.

 

They also missed a golden opportunity for a rib during the Steph/Bellas segment. When Steph said "Please escort Ms. Bella out of the building," the guards should've totally gone for Nikki.

 

Edit:

 

So who gets to be the guy who breaks the camel clutch Accolade?  And in 2014 can they book it well enough for it to be something as big as Hogan/Sheik?

 

It will be as big Bobby Lashley breaking the Masterlock.

[piranesi]

 

So who gets to be the guy who breaks the camel clutch Accolade?  And in 2014 can they book it well enough for it to be something as big as Hogan/Sheik?

Reigns. And no.

 

 

Damn your eyes, man.  It could be pretty big if they could somehow keep Rusev going but also somehow keep him and Reigns separate for a year.  They don't seem to have enough different things going on above midcard right now to do that.

[Cristobal]

So who gets to be the guy who breaks the camel clutch Accolade?  And in 2014 can they book it well enough for it to be something as big as Hogan/Sheik?

Reigns. And no.

 

Damn your eyes, man.  It could be pretty big if they could somehow keep Rusev going but also somehow keep him and Reigns separate for a year.  They don't seem to have enough different things going on above midcard right now to do that.

It's also entirely possible Rusev won't make it high enough up the ladder for Reigns to break it.

In which case it'll end up being Mojo Rawley.

[piranesi]

AREN'T YOUR EYES DAMNED YET?!?!?!?

[Cristobal]

It's 2014. No one gives a fuck about Putin or this Cold War relic gimmick. Rusev is a good prospect, but to say that breaking his hold is gonna make the next Hogan is ludicrous.

[piranesi]

Mark my words.  WM 32.

 

Rusev's year-long title reign will be ended when Sami Zayn becomes the first to break his hold.

 

Cindi Lauper will smash a picture over Lana's head.

[bink_winkleman]

Lots of smark vitriol for what was a really good show. The Cena rage is unwarranted given the unexpected Bryan injury and what they're booking within the next 1-2 months. If you can't handle 4-6 weeks of a Cena run with a Lesnar build, then the Internet has neutered your attention span. Cena-Lesnar was one of the best WWE matches of the last several years the first time, and soon enough the belt goes on whichever new generation guy is (Bryan, Reigns, Bray) ready after Summerslam. The "Cena! Durr, how original!" digs and comparing this to the end of WCW is all pretty hyperbolic.

Usos are cool, over babyfaces. I'm not sold on Harper as "top 5-10 guy in the world" the way he's been billed by some. Being a 300 pounder doing topes is impressive, but stylistically it's a mistake to have him and Rowan do flying high spots against a team whose whole gimmick is flight. Would rather the Wyatt Clan was built on fierce strikes and power moves. The Usos' double superplex was cool, as were their kicks. To the credit of all involved, I found myself eagerly wanting the faces to beat the heels. Very deserving long-term title reign for the Usos, and it told the story that they'd overcome their biggest obstacle to date.

Really liked Ambrose's promo. Give them credit when it's due: they put the camera in his face and let him do his thing.

Naomi has improved a ton, and the Divas division is better than advertised these days. The Paige variation on the Nestea Plunge was awesome, as was Naomi's big plancha. Naomi showed a lot here – beer break for the crowd, but it shouldn't have been.. Live they liked the surfboard submission, as arenas like any holds that accentuate lady-junk, but there were a lot of other good reversals and near-falls that got zero reaction live.

The analyst table was lame, but Christian has a future as a commentator somewhere. He played the role of ladder match expert well. The idea that Kane's been in more MITB matches than anyone is horrifying.

Adam Rose sucks on the mic. Sandow was fine. Horrid announcing here. That's what wrestling needs: more inane, humorless bickering.

Delighted to see Jon Stewart at the show, in Boston, fully decked out in Cena gear.

Crowd was massively behind Ziggler. His scream of "They hear you!" while pointing back to the Gorilla Position was interesting. Everyone worked their asses off: the big Kofi springboard plancha, the Kofi-Ziggler race to the top, Ambrose out for Rollins' blood. The dynamic of Rollins as the pampered chickenshit and Ambrose as the new Walking Tall brawler is excellent. Even Van Dam was semi-useful here. Ambrose selling his big suplex of Rollins off the ladder shows why he's one of the best-in-da-biz. Too many great spots to call here. Some great camera work as well: they had that close up where for about three seconds you thought, "Holy shit: Kofi Kingston might win this", only to have Ziggler catch him. That bouncing Rollins bump on the bridged ladder was unreal. Terrible finish from Kane: weakest tombstone you've ever seen. You can always tell when a turd finish is coming by the very presence of Kane, who is really coming into his own as one of my all-time least favorite workers. Poor ending, telegraphed by the ref pulling Zeb out of the way.

The Dust Brothers gimmick is fun. Cody gets how to play it, and it's a surprising, inspired way to extend such a good team. I even liked Lawler's cheesy line of a tag between the two: "Dust to Dust". It was put in a dead spot and felt more like a RAW match than PPV, but solid stuff from two teams I like.

Fandango's bedazzled shirt was inspired, and one of those weird minor details that makes you think whoever wrote this show was actually paying attention.

I was surprised to enjoy Big E-Rusev as Rusev's done nothing for me and E is a booking afterthought nowadays. Good short power match with all of E's signature spots (the tope out of the ring seemed particularly crazy).

Could have sworn that in a tremendous Freudian slip, Lilian Garcia said of the Layla-Summer match, "The following contest is shit for one fall." And Layfield's line, "I never kissed Bronco Lubitsch" wasn't bad either. Bad match, but they tried. Layfield mocking Layla's legs with Vince cackling in his ear was really bad, but the whole thing was a mess by that point with the announcers sarcastically groaning and giggling through it all.

Only guys in the main event who seemed over were Bray and Reigns. There was something wrong with this match from the beginning. It felt really dangerous given the guys involved, and not in the fun way. A bunch of dudes who don't really know how to make a ladder match exciting, but could still end up bad injuring each other in some cringe-inducing botch. Cesaro, Bray, and Reigns looked best, with Wyatt as the breakout star on charisma alone. His mannerisms to the crowd got over better with me than any of the big spots, all of which paled compared to what the other set of guys did in the prior match. But Orton's hardway cut was impressive, as was his big RKO on Cesaro.

Still, eight matches. One was great, five were very good, one was decent brief comedy, leaving only one clunker in the Diva death spot. If Kane retired tomorrow, it'd still be ten years too late. But Dean Ambrose looks like Steve Austin circa late '96 right now.

I'm just quoting this because it is a flawless post that should be reposted. Well, other than the part where you complimented Orton for getting hit in the fucking head like he did it on purpose. I felt like I waltzed up in Reddit in here with all the goddamn Cena whining. Dudes, all anyone is right now is a placeholder for Bryan. Bray and especially not Reigns and motherfucking especially not Cesaro needs to be in that spot.

[Cristobal]

Mark my words.  WM 32.

 

Rusev's year-long title reign will be ended when Sami Zayn becomes the first to break his hold.

 

Cindi Lauper will smash a picture over Lana's head.

I believe that last part. It'll happen at a Walmart, not in a WWE angle, but I believe it.

[mattdangerously]

I kind of like the idea of HHH having to go to Heyman asking for Brock's help to get the title off Cena. Although I'm not sure in storyline why HHH should be that bothered by it. Like he was acting all pissed...but Cena's totally an A+ guy, right? They always used his name to belittle Bryan.

Finally someone says it! Completely illogical for The Authority to be pissed off that Cena won. He's THE face of the company. He's THE A+ guy!

They don't just want the belt on a company man, they want it on someone they can control and manipulate. That's not Cena.

EDIT: Nature Boy beat me to it.

[DreamBroken]

Usos/Wyatts was awesome. Excellent opener, glad the Usos retained. Definitely one of the best matches of the night. Really liked Paige/Naomi too, good stuff and thought Paige looked great. Naomi's plancha hit perfectly and I liked Paige busting out a stump puller and then the Rampaige as a third finish. Rose/Sandow was short but always like recognizing the locals as Rosebuds.

 

Money in the Bank match ruled. Kofi backdropping Rollins onto the ladder bridge was my favorite spot, looked killer. Great pop for Ambrose coming back in. Was hoping someone would replace Barrett but guess it wasn't needed, everyone looked good here. Thought RVD shined more than usual too with some good stuff throughout. Filler stuff in between was okay, except mostly a waste on Summer/Layla. I think Summer is awesome but hope she can move on to something else now.

 

Main event might not have been as good as the other ladder match but still pretty good. Orton bleeding so much was crazy and definitely added to the match as something so rarely seen. Cool visual of him climbing up covered in blood at the end. I'm a Cena fan so liked his victory number 15. Sheamus was on fire at points as was Roman's hot streak of laying out everyone. Orton pulling Cesaro off into the RKO was a cool callback to the finish of last year's match.

[GuerrillaMonsoon]

This is what the ending to WrestleMania 9 would be like if it were 3 months long.

[Casey]

I wonder if Triple H will finally grant Batista his "deserved one-on-one" match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship....

 

THE BROCK IS A LIE.

[nate]

Have Orton and Brock ever had a match? On the main roster, at least...

According to the internets, Brock beat Orton in a September 2002 title match on Smackdown on the same episode where Billy and Chuck got engaged.

I thought I saw them get down on a Raw, where Orton crossbody'd Lesnar, and Lesnar rolls thru, rises to his feet - Orton in his arms - into an F5.

Brock could end the existence of humanity; pray he never wakes up.

Lesnar rolling through a crossbody into an F5 is the finish for that September 5, 2002 Smackdown.

Ah. I remembered it in red, not blue. Thx!

[Big Fresh]

 

 

I kind of like the idea of HHH having to go to Heyman asking for Brock's help to get the title off Cena. Although I'm not sure in storyline why HHH should be that bothered by it. Like he was acting all pissed...but Cena's totally an A+ guy, right? They always used his name to belittle Bryan.

Finally someone says it! Completely illogical for The Authority to be pissed off that Cena won. He's THE face of the company. He's THE A+ guy!

They don't just want the belt on a company man, they want it on someone they can control and manipulate. That's not Cena.

EDIT: Nature Boy beat me to it.

 

 

They apparantly don't want it that bad, because Kane, Orton, and Triple H were out there with a beaten-up Cena, Rollins could have had a pretty easy cash-in....

[Big Fresh]

 

Bleed on 'em! Let 'em know you're there!

[BurningBeard]

I kinda wish Ambrose had gone all crazy and done a Martin Riggs to pop his shoulder back into place

[Bustronaut]

Was Ambrose's "injury" a rib on Barrett?

[TheVileOne]

As Dolph Ziggler said, best thing for your career in WWE, "Don't get hurt."

[Matt D]

As Dolph Ziggler said, best thing for your career in WWE, "Don't get hurt."

Dolph would have been so much better off to watch more Honky Tonk Man and less Michaels.

[Spontaneous]

It is not to me even so much the fact that Cena won, the way he did it came off poorly. I know whoever he feuds with at Battleground, probably Kane, is going to be another lame, painful 1 month feud. Not looking forward to that timespan between now and Battleground at all in regards to the WWE title.

[Sublime]

I was disappointed that Ambrose or Bryan weren't the ones to neutralize Kane in the Main Event instead Cena got all the glory. The pop for Dean or Bryan would have gotten for pulling Kane out of the ring and brawling to the back with him would have been great and HHH and Stephanie could have freaked out faces knowing that plan B was gone.

[Playa Shunna Ver 3.0]

Luke Harper=Boss. Going to be huge. The MITB match was awesome. Kofi nearly stole the entire show early on, and everyone in the match seemed willing to go all out. Fuck the RVD haters. Dude went all out here. I could watch Rusev and Big E for months. The women's match was okay. Ambrose.....over like a Titty master, and Rollins was the best choice to win. I saw Cena winning weeks ago. Bray, Cesaro, Reigns. ...they are all great performers, but I don't think they could carry the company or belt. It would feel like when Zigler or Swagger had the belt. Good PPV.

[MonteCarl]

It makes no sense for Ambrose not to have come back out to take care of Kane after Kane stopped him from winning the MitB briefcase. Seth Rollins begged for Ambrose to be put in the match because he's such a "loose cannon" that you never know what he's going to do or where he's going to be. It made perfect booking sense to have Kane continue to be the spoiler for everybody in that match and then Ambrose comes out with his crazy man attack to take out Kane, and then Cena could've gotten the title. Just a poor booking decision all around on that one.

[Playa Shunna Ver 3.0]

Oh by the way....Roman Reigns new gear is fucking terrible.  Get the seamstress on it HHH.  

[Patrick B.]

Yeah I think the idea of keeping the titles on the Uso's until the Ascension comes up is going to bite them in the ass. 

 

Wait, that's the plan?  WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT.

 

I will be shocked if Cena's not the one to break the Accolade.