What you need to know
Bray Wyatt was telling us a
chilling tale of being bullied by his elitist liberal grade school teach
when John Cena decided to get a head start on his main event duel with
Luke Harper by sneak attacking the whole family, but most importantly
hitting Bray with an Attitude Adjustment. Something tells me it's going
to take more than that to adjust his attitude.
British royalist were shocked
when Paul Heyman's impersonation of Queen Elizabeth was identical to the
one he does of The Undertaker at WrestleMania 31. His client
(the one still showing up on WWE television anyway) won a slobberknocker
with United States champ Sheamus due to a little distraction from his
advocate. Cesaro then further disrespected the Celtic Warrior by
mocking his proffered handshake. The Swiss Superman wasn't done dissing
hosses - he punked Mark Henry on Main Event, too.
An impromptu Beat the Clock
series was arranged to determine who will face Bad News Barrett (or
beloved nationalist Barrett, as he's known in the United Kingdom) for
the Intercontinental title at Payback. Which meant a series of
short matches, and Rob Van Dam winning the challenge with an-oh-so-close
to being a great joke time of 4:15. it didn't take long after RVD
started to celebrate after Dolph Ziggler failed to beat his time against
Mark Henry for him to get a Bullhammer elbow right in the back of the
head.
Everyone's favorite ballroom
dancer loves being stuck between two ladies, his current love Layla and
the spurned-now-returned Summer Rae. In Divas action that passes the Bechdel test,
Alicia Fox defeated the queen of the division in her homeland, then put
on Jerry Lawler's crown and coronated herself with a young fan's
beverage.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan's neck surgery went great,
but not great enough to catch a flight across the Atlantic. His music
made the trip, though, and Stephanie McMahon used it to torment the
London crowd - and announce that while she won't be stripping Bryan of
his belt, she will be demanding he show up on Raw next week to hand it over.
The Shield is still feeling
pretty confident heading into their rematch with Evolution at the next
pay-per-view (PPV). They don't want the veteran trio that's scared and
has to hide behind 20 other guys. But Batista still came across as less
than confident when Triple H was announced as the ring announcer and
Randy Orton as the timekeeper for his match against Seth Rollins,
despite a "no outsiders in the ring area" stipulation. But that was
okay, because Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns got themselves assigned to
the commentary desk. From there, it was only a matter of time until we
got the disqualification brawl. But who cares? It's Shield vs.
Evolution!
Rusev crush. Adam Rose annoys...Zeb Colter and Geno Mrosko, at least.
Finally, Luke Harper impressed
in his latest main event spotlight, but lost to John Cena when Erick
Rowan attacked before another AA could lead to a pin. That lead to an
up-and-down the ramp beating on the leader of the Cenation from the
whole Family, and proof that Bray could put him down for the ten count
required of a last man standing match.
What to look out for
Taped Tuesday in London, spoilers are here, but we roll spoiler-free down Preview Street.
Vince McMahon and company have had a week where it came crashing down, and it hurts inside.
So even though they're over there, they could use a Real American.
And we don't mean Jack Swagger. Three words for you, brother. Hulk.
A. Mania.
I'm much more Bo-tivated to see someone else's de-Bo...too much?
Again, half the roster flew
out for another leg of WWE Live shows on the continent right after Raw,
so we won't be getting The Shield, Evolution or Bad News Barrett
tonight. Expect a healthy does of Cena/Usos vs. Wyatts, though.
What they should do
Momentum is building, Preview-ites...
That's from the official WWE Universe Twitter account! That's almost as good as coming from Vince's desk! Right? Kind of?
C'mon! They can put Zack Ryder and Justin Gabriel in a bunny suit and we can't get Curt Hawkins or JTG in a damn bird costume!
Make it happen, Triple H!
#LetTheEagleSoar
What we're afraid they will do
The Adam Rose Experience has
me feeling extremely gun shy about Bo Dallas' debut tonight. And I
don't know that I have the answer to how they should debut him. Part of
me says give him a microphone and let him put over his greatness,
complete with sniveling laughter and pictures of working with kids in
CamBOdia. I think audiences would get the message fairly quickly.
Another part of me wants them
to have him beat a babyface mid-carder, someone who is actually over
with a large segment of live fans...somebody like Kofi Kingston. Then
simply do the spotlight and smoke machine celebration while the crowd is
grumbling.
Hopefully they don't have him
squash someone no one cares about like Xavier Woods, and/or lean too
heavily on the motivational speaker gimmick. It could work by turning
the crowd due to his coming on too strong, but it could also confuse
them and make them decide they're not interested enough to figure the
gimmick out.
I do BOlieve, in Dallas, at least. It's the WWE Universe I'm not sure about.
Everybody said their prayers and taken their vitamins to get ready for tonight's show?
Give it a watch with your
fellow Cagesider in tonight's live blog, and stay tuned for all the
latest WWE news and notes here on cSs!
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