victor Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Interesting Show: * Dark match: Natalya defeat NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks in a non-title match. Natalya won with the Sharpshooter. * Dark match: Sin Cara and Kalisto defeat Tyler Breeze and Bo Dallas. * Dolph Ziggler opens the show in the ring. He says he never got his Intercontinental Title rematch but now he has a second chance and that means a lot to him. He officially announces he will be in the WrestleMania 31 Ladder Match. Ziggler says something is missing from the match – Daniel Bryan. He goes to call Bryan out but Bad News Barrett interrupts. Barrett says the title and the ladder match are his. Ziggler has two choices – give the belt over or Barrett will take it. Luke Harper sneaks up on Ziggler and lays him out. Harper, Ziggler and Barrett brawl until Dean Ambrose joins them. R-Truth crawls in the ring and steals the belt while the other 4 brawl. Ziggler and Ambrose go looking for the belt but Truth escapes with it without being seen. * Renee Young is backstage with Truth. He tries to give the belt to her but she says he needs to give it to Ambrose. * Ambrose and Ziggler vs. Harper and Barrett is announced for later. * Tyson Kidd and Cesaro defeated Los Matadores after Kidd cheated when the referee wasn’t looking. * Ryback defeated Kane, who had Big Show at ringside. Ryback hit a Meathook and won when Kane was distracted. Kane tells Ryback to stay in the ring and makes a match. * Big Show defeated Ryback when Kane interfered and set him up to get hit with the WMD. * Bray Wyatt cuts a promo. He says the awakened waits and tells The Deadman to rise. * AJ Lee vs. Brie Bella is announced for later. * A Sheamus return vignette airs. * The Bella Twins come out and Nikki says everyone is talking about “#GiveDivasAChance.” She says it’s not give AJ Lee a chance. She says while AJ was resting, she has been giving Divas a chance. She says none of them are up to The Bellas standards but she will give AJ a chance. AJ and Paige come out next. * AJ defeated Brie Bella with the Black Widow. Nikki tried to interfere but Paige stopped her. * Backstage interview with Daniel Bryan. He says the Intercontinental Title is becoming exciting and the Ladder Match at WrestleMania might steal the show. Bryan says he’s looking forward to seeing who gets the title. * The New Day defeated The Miz and Damien Sandow. Sandow tagged himself in at one point so Miz returned the favor and yelled at Sandow to get out of the ring. Sandow got in Miz’s face but ended up leaving the ring. New Day got the win with their double team finisher. * Renee interviews Jack Swagger backstage about the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and about facing Rusev. Swagger says he respects tradition like any Real American and reserves the right to shut Rusev up. * Roman Reigns is backstage. He says Paul Heyman made a living running his mouth. Reigns says he only agrees with one thing – Brock Lesnar is going to hut him. Reigns says he’s going to take everything Lesnar has and then hit him with a Superman punch and a spear. Believe that. * Rusev defeated Jack Swagger with The Accolade. Curtis Axel cut an Axelmania promo on the big screen, inspired by Hulk Hogan, and said he’s coming for Rusev and the US Title. * Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose defeated Luke Harper and Bad News Barrett when Ziggler hit a superkick and Zig Zag on Harper. Barrett then knocked out Ziggler and Ambrose. Barrett goes towards R-Truth to get his belt back. Truth is about to hand it over but Ambrose dives through the ropes and takes Barrett out. Truth goes to leave but runs into Harper. Truth puts the belt down and knocks Harper out. Truth goes to leave again but Daniel Bryan comes out. Truth gives him the belt, starts a “yes!” chant and leaves. Bryan starts to celebrate but is ambushed by Stardust. Stardust starts to climb the ladder and poses on it with the belt before leaving. SmackDown ends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I for one am very excited about this whole IC Belt Challenge/Ladder Match situation. It's got a MITB-caliber feel to it, and there's a good choice of guys involved. I am however, preparing (unfortunately) for them to not pull the trigger yet again on Barrett. If anything, I can hold onto the hope that he'll try and break Jericho's record for IC title wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 dafuq, now Stardust is involved? And Goldust is hinting at joining the match on Twitter. That's up to, what, 8? Barrett, Ambrose, Ziggler, Truth, Harper, Bryan, Stardust, Goldust. Good lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 So it's really going to be MITB, just earlier in the year and with an instant payoff. I'm okay with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 At least the IC and US Titles finally seem important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I honestly think they may end up with more guys in the ladder match than the battle royale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 It's the 1st Annual Andre The Giant Memorial IC Title Ladder Match! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Curtis Axel defending the honor of America and challenging Rusev is great. Curtis isn't a bad wrestler (personally I wish they would let him wear something like his dad's old singlet like he did once last year on ppv). He should start using The Polish Hammer or something like his grandfather's Axe finisher. It's a goof of a gimmick, but dumber things have taken off and made guys something special again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 AxelMania is starting to run wild among the fans. Hell that and Daniel Bryan was one of the few things last night that the crowd seemed really interested in at the tapings. I personally hope Axel comes out dressed as Mr. America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 16 segments? Either some of those promos are sub-30 seconds, or all of the matches are 2 minuters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Probably the latter - it's SmackDown. I think Stardust vs. Goldust is better off as part of a bigger match because holy God did their match not get over at Fastlane, and I like the idea of Goldust's last match being for the IC Title since he was a great IC Champion in the '90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I love that line of Nikki's promo. Such a asshole thing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 16 segments? Either some of those promos are sub-30 seconds, or all of the matches are 2 minuters. Yeah except for the Brie vs AJ and the main event all the matches easily went under 3 minutes. Probably one of the main reasons why the dark matches and main event tapings got better crowd reactions because they actually saw wrestling on the show. For people that are tired of J&J Security I would recommend watching Rollins in a dark match or house show because they were incredible. You have Jamie Noble running out like crazy even arguing with Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole who was done for the night. Then Big Show just walks out out of boredom which causing Noble to run to the back and push big Show to the ring which was a funny visual live. At the end of the match when Reigns pinned Rollins with the spear, Joey Mercury puts Rollins over his shoulder and proceeds to run up the ramp carrying him to the back like a sack of potatoes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I notice that WWE doesn't even bring Cena out on SmackDown for dark matches. I feel sorry for parents who have to explain to their kids why Cena isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 To be fair, Cena is rarely, if ever, advertised for SmackDown in the local market. Even for the dark main event they always advertise. If he was, they'd always mention it on Raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I sort of love this IC Title/ladder match feud. They could have ham-fisted a bunch of storylines for WrestleMania -- the rumored Daniel Bryan vs. Zigger match -- and had some well-built matches like Ambrose/Wade or Golddust/Stardust that no one would really care about too much. But instead they throw in every hardcore fan's favorite wrestlers (plus R Truth) into one match. All those dudes will come up with some crazy shit because they all want to steal the show. That match has some awesome car wreck potential, especially with all the insane bump takers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I sort of love this IC Title/ladder match feud. They could have ham-fisted a bunch of storylines for WrestleMania -- the rumored Daniel Bryan vs. Zigger match -- and had some well-built matches like Ambrose/Wade or Golddust/Stardust that no one would really care about too much. But instead they throw in every hardcore fan's favorite wrestlers (plus R Truth) into one match. All those dudes will come up with some crazy shit because they all want to steal the show. That match has some awesome car wreck potential, especially with all the insane bump takers. This. Fingers crossed Swagger doesn't get put in and injure Wade again. At least let him get to Wrestlemania this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I'm pissed that Bryan isn't going to be in an actual wrestling match. Multi-man car crash matches are for the Kofi Kingstons of the world. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I am increasingly convinced that they will put the US belt on Axel next week via Cena so as to give Rusev reason to fight Cena and make sure that Cena can beat Rusev without having to take the belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 That would be so insanely idiotic that I'm certain that's what's going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 WWE should use the Rusev reign as an excuse to bring back the European Championship and work on fixing the championship hierarchy. Just have Lana say she's tired of carrying around the "American title" and bring out the old European title. The European Title could be the belt for guys who are not quite ready for IC Title but need something to fight over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 WWE should use the Rusev reign as an excuse to bring back the European Championship and work on fixing the championship hierarchy. Just have Lana say she's tired of carrying around the "American title" and bring out the old European title. If they didn't let Cesaro do it, they shouldn't let Rusev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Most of Russia isn't in Europe*. And I can't see them ever doing an Asian title. * They haven't said which bit of Russia Rusev is supposed to be from. Bulgaria is in Europe... if the inevitable face turn has him going against Lana, that would explain why they haven't done anything about that 'Map of Bulgaria with Bulgarian Flag colours and the word Bulgaria across the middle' tattoo. You'd think they'd make some attempt to cover it up or at least not shoot it in close up. Unless they're assuming their audience knows nothing about Geography. Did anyone ever actually post that music video with Lana in on here? She doesn't look herself at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 * They haven't said which bit of Russia Rusev is supposed to be from. Bulgaria is in Europe... if the inevitable face turn has him going against Lana, that would explain why they haven't done anything about that 'Map of Bulgaria with Bulgarian Flag colours and the word Bulgaria across the middle' tattoo. You'd think they'd make some attempt to cover it up or at least not shoot it in close up. Unless they're assuming their audience knows nothing about Geography. This is the same company that bills Kofi Kingston from "Ghana, West Africa." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafkonia Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 * They haven't said which bit of Russia Rusev is supposed to be from. Bulgaria is in Europe... if the inevitable face turn has him going against Lana, that would explain why they haven't done anything about that 'Map of Bulgaria with Bulgarian Flag colours and the word Bulgaria across the middle' tattoo. You'd think they'd make some attempt to cover it up or at least not shoot it in close up. Unless they're assuming their audience knows nothing about Geography. This is the same company that bills Kofi Kingston from "Ghana, West Africa." And Gail Kim was "from Korea." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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