Monday, April 28, 2014

pre-thoughts of Extreme Rules

We've got another WWE ppv this weekend. So that means, it's time for me to come in and blah blah blah some bat droppings into your ear, on your shoulder and let it all splat on the tip of your shoe.
At the time of this posting (8:30 pm on Monday, Raw just started) this is what's right now on the schedule.

Cena vs Bray Wyatt, Shield vs Evolution, Bryan vs Kane, Big E vs either Barrett or RVD, and R-Truth/Woods vs Rusev, 

Okay, so I had enough to say, none of which was nice, last month for the whole Wrestlemaina 30 situation pre-and post. And I'm not going to apologize for it either. It just didn't feel like it lived up to what it was designed to be.
Extreme Rules now is the beginning of the "new season" so to speak, and will pretty much pave the way for the storylines for the next five months.

What do I think will happen?  I think Cena will get the win, Bryan will keep the title, RVD will loose to Big E, and Rusev will smash.

What do I want to happen?  I want Bray Wyatt to clean house, for Bryan to dig something up to overcome Kane, for Bad News Barrett to win the I.C. championship, and for Woods to not only get the pin over Rusev but to dump Truth.

Notice I didn't even deal with the Shield match yet...okay, so this can go either way. Really depends on how far they want to take the story and if it's just a stop gap for Orton before putting him back in the title run? 
If this is just a stop gap for Orton, then yes the Shield will mop the floor with Evolution, giving them the boost they deserve.  If it's a storyline they plan on turning into something for the summer, then Evolution will leave my favourites fangless.
Obviously, I want the Shield to win. Last month I said the match they had them in was a waste of the Shield's time, and I still feel this to be true having them against Evolution. Mostly because I don't care for anyone in Evolution. Though I am dripping with coffee flavoured anticipation on the idea of Roman Reigns pulverizing Batista.
Granted, this is still the same storyline, as it's my favourite demonic superheroes (like a demonic version of Spider Man, Superman and Batman) against yet more members of Triple H's background noise.
I have said more then once that I love the Shield like this, against everyone else. Biting, clawing and snarling their way through everyone.

Okay, till later
Love Ardeth Blood

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Loved and Hated WM30

Pre-show: The first hour sucked, just blew dog backwards...er...goat backwards...er my usual examples just won't work tonight for that comment...it just was ugh.

The 2nd hour...I have no idea given I live in Canada, and we didn't get the second hour. How rude. However, there was a pretty purple logo flashing at me for ten minutes on the WWE website before it was shut off, music sucked....I really frealing hate Eminem...
Anyways, this is a major HATED IT, simply because those of us outside of the U.S.A., did NOT get to see the Fatal Four Way match for the Tag Team Titles.  Which sort of pisses me off, given this was one of two matches that I had wanted to see.

Have I mentioned yet this week how much I really hate Hogan?  He was the reason I stopped watching TNA for a while there, but I digress...
For me, this opening 20 minutes was a waste. I would have liked to have seen the tag match here instead of all that talking.

Match #1- Triple H vs Daniel Bryan for the #1 contenders spot later in the night.  Oh my god, what the hell was Stephanie wearing? Did she raid Vickie's closet? Lest her hair was out of her face.  Daniel Bryan got the win. This was a decent length match, at about 40 minutes. Then Triple H smashed Bryan's shoulder with a chair against the post.

Match #2- Shield vs New Age Outlaws/Kane. This was less then four minutes...dude, really? The Shield came out with a semi-new look, masks and no shirts under their vests...nice! Shield won, just wish they had had more air time, given this was the main reason I ordered the ppv.  I loved that they won, I hated that it was a blink of an eye match. That was like a tease more then a match.

Match #3- Battle Royal- Brad Maddox was in there...dude, didn't even see him in there till he was tossed out.  I couldn't tell who was in this one, there was just too many bodies crammed into the space. Cesaro got Big Show up by himself over the ropes and won the first Andre the Giant battle royal. I'm uber impressed.

Match #4- Cena vs Bray Wyatt- The Wyatts came out to the live band that sings their theme...cool. It was interesting to see the crowd swaying and singing for Bray. I guess, if Bray Wyatt ever decides to stop being a wrestler, he could teach horr-oga (horror film yoga) Cena got this one.

Match #5- Undertaker vs Brock.  Brock won. I don't care for either of them, but it was about time to see someone beat Undertaker.

Match #6- womens match...didn't watch.

Main Event- Orton vs Batista vs Bryan.  Orton came out to a live band who sings his theme. Bryan got the win with a tap out, and got the belt.
Honestly, I thought they were going to continue with the "Tommy Dreamer" storyline for god knows how long. Sort of glad they decided to just give him the win.

So, for me this wasn't half as good as it should have been. Lots of wasted time, and slightly pissed off that the tag team match wasn't aired in Canada, and that the Shield match was so damned short. Loved the skeleton-wolf masks though.

Till next time
love Ardeth Blood.

Monday, March 31, 2014

Pre-thoughts on WM30

Again, I ask, give me a reason to care about the big ppv this weekend.  I am sure it's not just me, but since there is a ppv every month pretty much, Wrestlemaina just doesn't have that glowing warmth it used to.  And given I'm in Canada, and we still don't have the WWE Network available to us (as of this posting) we -fans outside of the United States- still have to pay close to $75 (Canadian) for this ppv.

This year's card has so far at the time of this posting ... The 30 man Andre the Giant battle royal, a women's battle royal, Triple H vs Daniel Bryan, Batista vs Orton vs the winner of the Bryan vs Triple H, Cena vs Bray Wyatt, Undertaker vs Brock,  a tag team titles 4 way, and Shield vs Kane/Outlaws.

Normally, anything with the Shield has me ordering the show, but right now, that match up is leaving a dirty taste in my mouth.

Half this line up of matches just feels like re-used scripts. Do we really need to see someone trying to break the Undertaker's streak yet again? Not really.  Do we really need to have Brock show up for a few weeks and take off till next year? No not at all.  And what on earth were they thinking even bringing Batista back for? I guess someone had to fill the empty spot CM Punk left.

Even the Andre the Giant battle royal is looking lack luster. Just seems like a really poor reason to A) add his name to something and B) give everyone screen time who we might have forgotten even works for the company.

How would this be better for me personally?   If the Shield run in and disrupt everything, and if NXT stars like Corey Graves, Tyler Breeze and Sami Zayn were to have a three way match. Now, there's someone you could have had against the Shield...that would be interesting.  

While I'm at the NXT part of things...would someone please give Mason Ryan a shave and haircut, he looks filthy.

Till Later
-Ardeth Blood


Saturday, March 22, 2014

March 22nd 2014

I loved the Leo Kruger character on NXT, I hate to the point of wanting to throw the tv out the window, the Adam Rose character the wrestler is now doing.
"Leo Kruger" was one of the main reasons I watched NXT.  Now, this rock star Russell Brand wanna be gimmick is vomit worthy.  There was nothing wrong with the character before, I don't understand why WWE felt the need to change it?  Were they not making their quota with the silly three ring circus acts? Cause that's all I can think of for them stooping so low.
If by chance, the wrestler himself choose this direction, then dude, that feels like a desperate move. Sorry, but I just don't understand why - and I'm saying this as a fan- why you would want to go from an unstoppable force to a hip swinging hair flicker?

Wrestlemaina 30...I'm waiting to be interested. So far, nothing on the short list of matches has any value to me. 
And if they end up putting the Shield in a 6 man tag against Kane and the New Age Outlaws, which is where it looks like it's headed, then I will throw the tv out the window. That would be such a waste of the Shield. Waste!  The Shield deserve better.

Yes, this is a rant. 

Shield as ultimate untouchables = glued to the tv,  Shield having vulnerabilities = not happy me.

Yes, totally get that not everyone can win all the time, and all the characters have to swing from heel to face and back every so often, but after having them just begin to feud with the Wyatts, then downgrade them like that...dude, why?  The Shield vs the Wyatts has so much more potential.
I also get that the Shield are being put in a position to be the good guys, which on one level is great. Fans love them, I frealing love them to the point I want to see them on Smackdown for the whole 2 hours every week. Hell, they could stand there with nothing but the announce booth headsets reading the scripts, flipping the pages and it would still be killer. But I was liking their return to destroying everyone. I fully expected to start seeing them digging graves and building coffins or something for their opponents.

Moral of this story, fix Leo Kruger, and give the Shield someone worthy to destroy. And maybe get Seth Rollins to dye his hair one colour....

love Ardeth Blood.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

loved and hated about Elmination Chamber

Pre-show: was the Rhodes Brothers vs Ryback/Curtis Axel.   Cody got the pin.

Match#1: Big E vs Swagger for the Intercontinental title.  Big E got the pin and kept his belt

Match#2: Usos vs New Age Outlaws for the Tag Titles. Outlaws got the pin and kept their belts

Match#3: Titus O'Neil vs Darren Young.  Titus got the pin.

Match#4 : Shield vs Wyatts. Bray got the pin over Reigns.  Damn it! 
This was a really nice length, at 30 minutes, and had some amazingly brilliant moves by Seth Rollins. There was one point where I was literally wondering how he still had a leg when he flipped and landed on his feet after being thrown off the top turnbuckle. Dean Ambrose was sent off into the crowd by Bray Wyatt at one point as well, and seemed to get lost out in the darkness, while Rollins was put through the announce booth. This left Roman Reigns alone in the ring and the victim of all three Wyatts. 
This match was definitely worth the money for the pay-per-view. (I'm going to have to get the dvd just for this match!) None of the Shield were left standing, which sucks, and more then once all of them looked vomit worthy. As much as I screamed at the tv when Reigns got pinned, I still loved this match. Listening to the crowd throughout the whole time going back and forth with their chants, half for the Shield, half for the Wyatts; you could tell in the first few seconds this was going to be something to remember. (they hadn't even entered the ring yet when the crowd started to chant "this is awesome" )
The very beginning of this match, all six men were just slamming each other with punches, kicks, Ambrose twitching like a little kid off his meds with Rollins having to tell him to settle down, handfuls of blonde streaked hair nearly became a trophy for Luke Harper more then once as he continued to toss Rollins around by it. 
I do believe - no pun intended- that this was the first ppv loss for the Shield as a group? I'm eager to see what kind of feud will be embraced now because of this? As I've stated in my last post, I would love to see Ambrose vs Bray over the next few weeks, as well as more 3 on 3 matches come about between these teams.  
I know Reigns is being given the spotlight for a WWE Heavyweight title match in the coming months, but I have said it before and will say it again, Seth Rollins should be given the spotlight for the chance as well. The fact he had the NXT title should be carrying more weight on the topic than it has been.

Match #5: women's didn't watch

Match#6: Batista vs Del Rio. He got it with a pin.

Main Event: Chamber match - Cena vs Cesaro vs Christian vs Orton vs Bryan vs Sheamus
Sheamus and Cesaro started it, next in was Bryan, next in was Christian, next Cena then Orton.
First elimination was Sheamus by Christian
Second elimination Christian by Bryan
Third elimination was Cesaro by Cena - That sucked massive-
Then the Wyatts  popped into the chamber causing chaos. This led to Cena being eliminated by Orton. This is like the third time in a row over the last few weeks the Wyatts have helped Orton.
This left Bryan and Orton in a one on one match  Kane came out, but got a few kicks to the face for his trouble. Both Orton and Bryan had a bunch of near falls before Kane helped once more giving Orton the chance to get a second RKO on Byran for the win. 
Orton kept his title. Damn it!

I loved that Cesaro was in the main event, I hate the fact he was eliminated, he was my pick for this match.
I loved that the Wyatts had some extra air time, but hate the fact they helped Orton.

For me, the two best matches were the Shield vs Wyatts and the main event. Good to see Cesaro being given the spotlight. I would have liked to see some NXT guys have had a match.

Till next time,
Love Ardeth Blood.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Pre-Elimination Chamber thoughts

This weekend is WWE's ppv the Elimination Chamber.  Usually, this is one of two ppvs that I sit out just on the fact that I personally can't afford every ppv.    BUT...I'm weaker then I like to admit and because two of my favourite teams The Shield and the Wyatt Family, are not just in it but in a match against each other.... here's what I think about this weekend's ppv.

Del Rio vs Batista.... My vote is for Del Rio all the way. This is who I want to win.  Who I think the winner will be sadly is Batista. Sill pissed the Shield never got rid of him...

Curtis Axel/Ryback vs the Rhodes Brothers.   I think the Rhodes Brothers will get this, and it will finally smarten Curtis Axel up and have him toss Ryback. That's what I hope happens in this pre-show match.

New Age Outlaws vs the Usos... for the Tag Team titles.  Usos all the way! It's about time they had the gold.

Darren Young vs Titus O'Neil... I would like to see this be Young's big overthrow, but I think the direction this will be taken is O'Neil getting the win.

Swagger vs Big E for the Intercontinental...I don't care. If it's a clean match, then I'd like to see Swagger get this, if Zeb finds a way to help him cheat, I could see this being a dq and Big E keeping it. In fact, whomever gets this belt should have to face Roman Reigns Monday on Raw for it.  That's what I want.

World Heavyweight match with Sheamus, Cena, Orton, Christian, Cesaro, Bryan.   I know everyone is expecting this to be Bryan's big date. But, my vote, my money is on Cesaro. The second he was announced as one of the guys in this match, my little zombied brain started to see all sorts of possible storylines for him with that title leading up to Wrestlemaina.  He's going to shock a few people here.

The Shield vs the Wyatts... Oh My God!   Do I even have to say it....IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SHIELD!    I know that creative is ready to snap them apart like legos on a playground, but I'm not ready for that just yet. Well, I'm not. This match is the only reason I'm even considering getting this ppv.  The Wyatts vs the Shield.  The Shield vs the Wyatts. Whatever way you say it, it's got instant classic written all over it. Will the chamber be enough to ground Seth Rollins from some of his more cruiser weight style moves? How much blood can Dean Ambrose create with the cage walls?  I'm assuming it would be in a cage? If I'm wrong... then we'll go with this little fantasy....the idea of Roman Reigns hitting not one, not two, but all three of the Wyatts with his flying-reclining dropkick, the submissions that Rollins will be able to pull out of thin air or the pockets of his combat pants will they be enough to stun the already not-quite there Rowan into a tap? Will Ambrose be slippery enough when it counts to get out of the gator-roll that's dizzied up all of Harper's victims in the past? 
Recently, on both Raw and Smackdown, when the six have faced to faced in the darkness of the arena, Reigns and Bray have taken the leading roles for their sides, but with this match, I'm eager to see what kind of chaos Bray and Ambrose can create. That's got potential to be a massive side feud if the Shield can keep the fur from flying before Wrestlemaina.
I want the Shield still the Shield going into Wrestlemaina. I want to see what kind of story can be built from more Wyatts vs Shield matches over the next month leading into WM. My dream match would be for this to turn into a 2 out of 3 falls submissions match...(I know I know I can't leave that alone.)   Oh, what would happen if Rollins pulls a pair of shears/scissors out of his pockets and off with their beards? And if it's not in a cage, will Ambrose take a chill-out in the middle of it to join the announce booth on headset, causing Reigns to growl? There's so many little things that could happen here. With these six characters in that ring, it's a writer's morbid candyland. (Okay this writer's morbid candyland.) 

I'll catch you on the B-side of the ppv.
love Ardeth Blood


Sunday, January 26, 2014

loved hated on Royal Rumble 2014

Pre show- Rhodes Brothers vs New Age Outlaws for the tag titles.... New Age Outlaws won getting the titles.

Match #1 Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt.... Wyatt won.

Match #2 Big Show vs Brock... Brock won with a cheap shot

Match#3 Cena vs Orton for the WWE Heavyweight title... Orton won with a run in  from the Wyatt family, he keeps the title.

30 man over top battle...
#1 CM Punk = #27 to be tossed by Kane
#2 Seth Rollins= #26 to be tossed by Roman Reigns
#3 Damion Sandow= #1 to be tossed by Punk
#4 Cody Rhodes = #11 to be tossed by Goldust
#5 Kane = # 2 to be tossed by Punk
#6 Alexander Rusivo = #3 by everyone
#7 Swagger= #6 to be tossed by Kevin Nash
#8 Kofi= #7 to be tossed by Roman Reigns
#9 Jimmy Uso = #5 to be tossed by Dean Ambrose
#10 Goldust= #12 to be tossed by Reigns
#11 Dean Ambrose= #25 to be tossed by Reigns
#12 Dolph Ziggler= #8 to be tossed by Reigns
#13 R-Truth= #4 to be tossed by Ambrose
#14 Kevin Nash= #9 to be tossed by Reigns
#15 Roman Reigns= # 29 to be tossed by Batista
#16 Khali =# 10 to be tossed by all of Shield
#17 Sheamus= # 28 to be tossed by Reigns
#18 Miz= # 16 to be tossed by Luke Harper
#19 Fandango = # 13 to be tossed by El Torito
#20 El Torito= #14 to be tossed by Reigns
#21 Cesaro= # 24 to be tossed by Reigns
#22 Luke Harper =#23 to be tossed by Reigns
#23 Jey Uso= #17 to be tossed by Luke Harper
#24 JBL= #15 to be tossed by Reigns
#25 Erick Rowan= #18 to be tossed by Batista
#26 Ryback= #19 to be tossed by Batista
#27 Del Rio= #20 to be tossed by Batista
#28 Batista
#29 Big E= #21 to be tossed by Sheamus
#30 Mysterio = #22 to be tossed by Seth Rollins

Batista won.   

Well, what I liked tonight was that there was not any crap.  It was straight up matches and a Shield promo, Orton promo.  All the matches had great length.
What I hated was that Seth Rollins lost. 

Roman Reigns tossed both Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose as well as Cesaro at the same time, so other people might have numbered it different then I did if you are comparing.
I am fairly sure, I managed to keep everyone else straight as far as who tossed who...in case you are comparing.

One of the better ppvs I've seen in years.
Till later, love
Ardeth Blood