Brian Ebersole was awarded a $70,000 "getting those horrifying shorts off TV as soon as possible" bonus by Dana White for defeating Dennis Hallman.
I am pretty disappointed with the outcome of summerslam. Yeah, they tease a Nash return, but they did that at the rumble too... All of the matches ended how I wouldn't have had them end...
I'm really fucking exciting for where this can go. There are numerous ways this entire story can play out, I think it's the best year WWE has had so far. Booking has been excellent. Obviously, Punk & Cena and to a lesser degree Del Rio are playing smaller roles in a bigger story, but what's the story? Who brought in Nash? Was it Johnny Ace at the behest of Vince? Stephanie? Triple H in a swerve? Is Nash a hired gun for Alberto del Rio? Where is X-Pac in all of this? And more importantly, has anyone checked on Colt Cabana?! I think everyone needs to not judge things immediately after they happen and just let the story unfold. It's a fucking wild ride so far, I think tomorrow it'll get even nuttier. I LOVE how Nash entered and exited through the crowd, giving this storyline another small touch of reality, since the last time we saw him was in January and he's (kayfabe) probably not apart of the WWE roster. I love how Triple H seemed worried, confused and pissed off after the Jackknife. I don't see them going with the boring excuse of "Hi, I'm Alberto Del Rio, and I hired Kevin Nash!" That's too easy, plus Brodus Clay just returned to TV. Unless they've retconned their entire alliance. But, I digress... Oh, and Chris Masters gate crashed their Fan Axxcess thing. Only the smarks that love Chris Masters care. I do not.
That Orton match was bullshit. God forbid anyone get one over on "THE VIPER HOLY SHIT" for longer than a week. AT least Christian got the belt longer than 5(2) days this time, but am I sick of "MY GAWD APEX PREDATOR VIPER COILED READY TO STRIKE" getting all Super Cena on everyones ass.
SmackDown is top heavy on heels, but there's only two top faces (Sheamus and Orton). I don't know what you expect, dude. I get cheering and wishing the best for one of your favorites, but if Christian retained, what does he do? Go into a feud with Sheamus? Can't feud with Daniel Bryan, he's cashing in next year at WrestleMania, so no point. Sin Cara? Eziekel Jackson? Zack Ryder? Mike Chioda? the black ref? I agree that they've realllyyyyy screwed the pooch on Christian's title reign(s) and the whole program with Orton, but I like Christian as a bitch ass, complaining heel. That's what he's best at. From here, they can go so many ways with Orton as the champ, and I hope it leads to a real Mark Henry World Heavyweight Championship reign. Or, FINALLY, a Wade Barrett title run. Oh, fuck, please let that happen. Too bad Cody Rhodes got sandbagged with Ted DiBiase, the black hole of entertainment, again, earlier this year he was ON FIRE and I saw a World Title push in his future. I guess they're content with letting the two paper bag nobodies while he loses popularity every week. Only thing truly baffling about SummerSlam was, why the fuck didn't Beth Phoenix win? She seems like a total loser now, with Kelly Kelly of all people beating her, after like 2 weeks of saying shit is gonna change and no more pretty barbie dolls wrestling. Fucking Kharma just HAD to go and get pregnant, UGH.
I thought Summerslam was pretty awesome. We the fans asked for unpredictable and we got it. Yes, I had a feeling Del Rio was going to cash in but Kevin Nash getting involved came out of nowhere. So many questions going into RAW tonight, I can't wait!
I posted that probably because I was pissed off that Punk didn't leave as Champion. After reading your post, Casey, I now share your enthusiasm. I also whole heartedly agree with everything you've said. Especially reguarding Beth Phoenix. The WWE NEEDS her as champion.
Yeah, I was upset Punk lost the belt BUT I'm glad it wasn't the typical John Cena recovers and wins against all odds outcome. I'm just excited to see where things go from here.
I think I just needed to sleep on the Summerslam outcome. Anyways, completely random, but, I was thinking... Wasn't the Wrestlemania match between Cena and The Rock supposed to be for the title? I was trying to remember... I thought it was mentioned before, but I wanted to check if anyone else remembers correctly.
Cena promised The Rock that he would be going to Wrestlemania with the title. So either Cena will win the title back around the Royal Rumble or they may scrap that idea all together.
So I understand that you can book a match a year in advance, what I can't understand is how you can promise a Champion that long... If they wanted to make it a title match, they should have done so a month or so prior to the event. Booking the match as a title match that far out makes everyone expect Cena to have the title so when he wins it back, notice there is no "if," it isn't going to be a surprise. It would have been different, however, if he kept it the whole year. Honestly, I was expecting a screwjob to happen at Summerslam with Triple H making Cena win in order to keep that Wrestlemania match a title match. But, then again, I dont write that stuff. It would be a great way to push both Trips and Cena as heels and propel Punk to a bigger face than he is now. Anyways, excited for Raw again tonight!
At this point, The Rock VS. John Cena doesn't need the title to make it a must see match. Wrestlemania travel packages are already sold out because of the match, so throwing in the title already seems like a waste when it could be used for another match for the show.
Everything Casey said is how I feel pretty much. So excited to where this can go. WTF Kevin Nash!!!??? I marked like a mother fucker. Through the crowd too? Old school. Loved the ending, so unpredictable. Beth Phoenix losing disappointed me. Also, no Casey, we don't need a Mark Henry title reign. Ever. Please just get him off TV. He can't wrestle, has no character presence and he's just not over and never will be. I swear, he has dirt on Vince fucking a diva or some shit, because I can't think of any reason he's still around. Nobody will ever pay to see him. Excited for Raw. UFC on VS 5 was an awesome event.
If anything it should be CM Punk Vs Del Rio for the title. I'll give it a few more weeks to see where it goes. Teh champ iz hure!1!1!111!
How they wrote that up last night was clever. Cena has a legit grudge with ADR and how he cashed in MITB after the unification match. How the MITB usually works goes against every moral in Cena. This feels more believable than the 'I want my rematch' song and dance. Seemingly, they took Punk, for now, out of the title picture because he has a grudge with Nash. Johnny L has a grudge with Punk because of the lack of authority and the kick to the face/head. I believe that's why Johnny L took Nash last night to his office. To negotiate a contract. Also, I think that somebody text messaged Nash from Trip's phone at Summerslam and it wasn't Triple H. He didn't bring his phone with him to the ring and left it in the locker room. I think the message came from either Johnny L or SMH. Either way, I think it's clever writing, even though I'm not a fan of Laurenitus' face on my tv, of seeing the "machine" running and influencing every decision Triple H is making. That's Johnny L's role: The corporate influence. He, unfortunately, is essential to Trip's character as a corporate head because of how his degenerate persona was. It makes it more believable. Good writing though.
Yeah, the more I look at it, it makes sense. Like I said I'll give it a few weeks to see how things go. With the WWE touring Mexico in October, I see Del Rio at least holding the belt till November or December.
Best part of the night: "You know, for weeks I've been hearing how Triple H is going to do what's right for buisness. He resigned me because it's good for buisness. And you're just going to do whatever your best friend asks you to do? Don't really answer this, its a rhetorical question... If Triple H asked you to jump off a bridge, would you? Because I think that would be good for buisness." & "Do you want to see the text message my little sister Shaline sent me last night? ... Here, here it is: 'OMG Kevin Nash WTF Thought he was dead! LOL!'" The funny thing is, Shaline is normally wrong, and here you are line and in linving colour... It's just your career that's dead, right?" Had me literally laughing out loud.