We're off to a rough start immediately, as I forgot about the pre show and was cooking dinner. Pasta ruined my ability to see much of the Hype Bros vs Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable. Gable and Benjamin win of course. From what I saw, it was a pretty standard tag team match, but admittedly, I was only half paying attention. The current format for the pre shows give me very little motivation to care about the matches on it, since they're sandwiched in a bunch of talking, often from less than likable personalities. This is unfortunate for the talent involved in the matches. Even when I attend WWE shows live, I have a hard time convincing my friends to head in for these matches.
The opening match is New Day vs Usos. The New Day is showing more and more intensity in this feud. I'm definitely surprised to see Xavier in this match. Two trombones, a cowbell, and a gong have all been used in this match. This match has felt more violent than any match I've seen in a long while from the WWE. Big E's one armed slam into Xavier's backbreaker looked particularly good. How many kendo sticks can be stored under a ring? The trap built with them was very clever. These two teams have had, for my money, the WWE's feud of the year. Between the handcuffs, the chairs, and everything else, this was a great start to the night.
I’m really going to be sick of this Snoop Dogg/2K commercial by the end of the night.
AJ Styles with the Tom Petty reference.
Rusev’s entrance really is ridiculous without pyro. Nevertheless he is in the ring, and now Randy Orton is on his way out. This match honestly hasn’t done too much for me, which sounds like every Randy Orton match. I have no idea why Orton won this match. Rusev has all the potential to be a major main event player, but they seem to be happy with building him to the cusp of that spot, just to feed him to a face.
These KFC ads don’t work for me. I did receive an email from living social that has a discount on Sam’s Club memberships. While I’m not sponsored by either of them, I’m willing to negotiate a deal to keep talking about them.
I’m pretty sure Tyr Dillinger’s gimmick is that he’s a perfect 10, but also an alien. I don’t care what anyone says about his hairline, Baron Corbin looks like a badass. And of course AJ Styles is AJ Styles. All three of these guys are holding their own in this match. The match hasn’t been some sort of crazy spot fest, but has been very good including its own right. My roommate thought this match was a fatal four way, and now I keep hoping for the ref to try to score a pin. Adding Dillinger to the mix so late gives me a feeling he’s going to squeak out the victory. Every one looked like a million bucks in this match, but Baron Corbin stole the US title tonight.
The women’s title match isn’t a match I’m excited for. I know it’ll be a good match, but I can’t convince myself to care about Natalya. Part of me is hoping that Carmella cashes in here. Solid match so far. I’ve had to reset the network at least once in each match, but this one seems to be the worst. What is with WWE’s weird obsession with having women hit their heads on the bottom turnbuckle? That was a lame finish. It doesn’t make me dislike Natalya anymore. I’m still indifferent to her.
The Fashion Files are still entertaining, but thanks to the Network freezing (again) I missed the reveal of what was in the briefcase.
Shinsuke still has one of the best entrances in the WWE. I’ve been conditioned to hate Jinder a lot more than I do. He’s not the best in the ring, he’s not the best on the mic, but there have been far worse champions. I actually like these two working together. After the Singh brothers are removed, Jinder is still able to hit his finisher and retain the title. A solid enough match before the second cell match.
Well, I completely forgot about Dolph Ziggler vs Bobby Roode. The deeper we get into this card, the less I understand how they decide who to use on SmackDown Live. A sleeper was used in this match. The cool down match is doing just that for me. The post match Zig Zag was probably the best thing about this match for me.
For this match, I put my phone away, and my computer was streaming the show. Here is a brief summary of my thoughts throughout: Oh my god... Oh my god!... WOW... Oh wow!... That move was crazier than a road lizard!... WAIT WHAT???
And now for a 3 hour intermission.
Okay, I'm awake after a nap that lasted a couple hours. NJPW's streaming site is not easy to understand, even if you use the English translations. It just isn't as user friendly as the WWE Network. Where is the live stream? And then I realized my major mistake and the issue with dealing with multiple time zones. It doesn't actually start for another hour. That's no big deal, I'll rest my eyes again for another hour, and use the time the young lions will be wrestling to wake myself up.
And then I didn’t wake up. Well, I did. For about 2 minutes of the junior heavyweight tag title match. Then another minute of the heavyweight tag titles. And again during a video package. I failed on my mission of watching both shows in their entirety.
When I think about it, this is probably for the best. It’s hard to go from the WWE’s style to NJPW. It becomes even harder when it requires watching for longer than the average work day. Hell in a Cell was a decent show with two stellar cell matches. King of Pro Wrestling will finalize the main event for Wrestle Kingdom. Both shows deserve fully rested attention, and my life deserves balance. Stay tuned to an actual review of King of Pro Wrestling when I get a chance to not watch it at 4AM.
Until then, stay (too) sweet!
I’m really going to be sick of this Snoop Dogg/2K commercial by the end of the night.
AJ Styles with the Tom Petty reference.
Rusev’s entrance really is ridiculous without pyro. Nevertheless he is in the ring, and now Randy Orton is on his way out. This match honestly hasn’t done too much for me, which sounds like every Randy Orton match. I have no idea why Orton won this match. Rusev has all the potential to be a major main event player, but they seem to be happy with building him to the cusp of that spot, just to feed him to a face.
These KFC ads don’t work for me. I did receive an email from living social that has a discount on Sam’s Club memberships. While I’m not sponsored by either of them, I’m willing to negotiate a deal to keep talking about them.
I’m pretty sure Tyr Dillinger’s gimmick is that he’s a perfect 10, but also an alien. I don’t care what anyone says about his hairline, Baron Corbin looks like a badass. And of course AJ Styles is AJ Styles. All three of these guys are holding their own in this match. The match hasn’t been some sort of crazy spot fest, but has been very good including its own right. My roommate thought this match was a fatal four way, and now I keep hoping for the ref to try to score a pin. Adding Dillinger to the mix so late gives me a feeling he’s going to squeak out the victory. Every one looked like a million bucks in this match, but Baron Corbin stole the US title tonight.
The women’s title match isn’t a match I’m excited for. I know it’ll be a good match, but I can’t convince myself to care about Natalya. Part of me is hoping that Carmella cashes in here. Solid match so far. I’ve had to reset the network at least once in each match, but this one seems to be the worst. What is with WWE’s weird obsession with having women hit their heads on the bottom turnbuckle? That was a lame finish. It doesn’t make me dislike Natalya anymore. I’m still indifferent to her.
The Fashion Files are still entertaining, but thanks to the Network freezing (again) I missed the reveal of what was in the briefcase.
Shinsuke still has one of the best entrances in the WWE. I’ve been conditioned to hate Jinder a lot more than I do. He’s not the best in the ring, he’s not the best on the mic, but there have been far worse champions. I actually like these two working together. After the Singh brothers are removed, Jinder is still able to hit his finisher and retain the title. A solid enough match before the second cell match.
Well, I completely forgot about Dolph Ziggler vs Bobby Roode. The deeper we get into this card, the less I understand how they decide who to use on SmackDown Live. A sleeper was used in this match. The cool down match is doing just that for me. The post match Zig Zag was probably the best thing about this match for me.
For this match, I put my phone away, and my computer was streaming the show. Here is a brief summary of my thoughts throughout: Oh my god... Oh my god!... WOW... Oh wow!... That move was crazier than a road lizard!... WAIT WHAT???
And now for a 3 hour intermission.
Okay, I'm awake after a nap that lasted a couple hours. NJPW's streaming site is not easy to understand, even if you use the English translations. It just isn't as user friendly as the WWE Network. Where is the live stream? And then I realized my major mistake and the issue with dealing with multiple time zones. It doesn't actually start for another hour. That's no big deal, I'll rest my eyes again for another hour, and use the time the young lions will be wrestling to wake myself up.
And then I didn’t wake up. Well, I did. For about 2 minutes of the junior heavyweight tag title match. Then another minute of the heavyweight tag titles. And again during a video package. I failed on my mission of watching both shows in their entirety.
When I think about it, this is probably for the best. It’s hard to go from the WWE’s style to NJPW. It becomes even harder when it requires watching for longer than the average work day. Hell in a Cell was a decent show with two stellar cell matches. King of Pro Wrestling will finalize the main event for Wrestle Kingdom. Both shows deserve fully rested attention, and my life deserves balance. Stay tuned to an actual review of King of Pro Wrestling when I get a chance to not watch it at 4AM.
Until then, stay (too) sweet!
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