I would love it if some of you posted videos of your favorite WWE memories. I can't find much. I watched some old Royal Rumble footage and I watched Scotty 2 Hotty do the worm. PLEASE POST AWESOME VIDEOS.
A good, well received return is always a fun thing. This video proves the opposite scenario is just as entertaining.
Grand Master Sexay returns to a stadium full of adoring... crickets. JR returns somewhere in there to a great reaction, but it's all about that uncomfortable silence starting at 0:12 while he dances down to the ring looking like Guy Fieri.
Ziggler beat Cesaro 2 falls to none to retain IC championship. I'm kind of glad they did that because usually it's always the predictable quick pin for both and the third pin via finisher. Also Ziggler deserves to be closer to the main event scene so this could be good for building him up again.
I can edit this with results through the night. I've included some relevant background on a few feuds.
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1.Dolph Ziggler retains the IC title in a 2 out of 3 falls match. I'm annoyed with Cesaro's treatment despite being a Ziggler fan. His gimmick doesn't fit with him constantly losing lately and accomplishing very little with his career. To put it in context, he won a battle royal by picking up the Big Show at Wrestlemania and throwing him over the ropes. Then he became a Paul Heyman guy the next night. Then Heyman ditched him when Lesnar came back and he's since been losing to everyone and doing nothing of note. The man is smart, great on the mic, and a fabulous athlete with unparalleled strength to boot. I disagree with Raptor and wish Cesaro could have won. I'm still a Ziggler fan though.
2.Single Divas Match. Nikki Bella, heel, beat her sister, Brie Bella, face (and the wife of Daniel Bryan, a very popular star who won the WWE WHC (unified title) at Wrestlemania but got injured around Extreme Rules and had to vacate the title before Money In The Bank and leave for surgeries. He's yet to return and Brie is arguably piggybacking off of Daniel Bryan's popularity, using his chants for example. Anyways, the stipulation was Brie must now be Nikki's assistant for a month OR quit the WWE. Very dumb. This feud began when Nikki attacked Brie on the orders of Stephanie McMahon, who had been feuding with Brie simply because Brie was Daniel Bryan's wife and she and HHH hate Daniel Bryan. It all felt very forced. Stephanie beat Brie at Summerslam I believe and the next night the feud with the sisters began. With Stephanie giving Nikki an opportunity for the Divas title too, which she failed to claim. More on the Divas title later when the match happens.
3.Goldust and Stardust (Cody Rhodes) retained the tag titles against the Uso's (Jimmy and Jey, twin brothers and a tag team known for their face paint and high flying moves). I'm glad, because the Uso's are kind of annoying at this point. They are horrible on the mic and put on terrible promos. I hope they fade for a bit and some other team feuds with the dust brothers.
4. Right now is A Hell In A Cell match for #1 contender. Cena vs Orton. To put it in context, this match was originally filler until last week when they added the stipulation. Cena wanted to face Seth Rollins because Seth Rollins, the Money In the Bank contract holder, tried to cash in during his match with Brock Lesnar at Night of Champions. This led to Rollins on the run and Lesnar retaining via DQ. Dean Ambrose, Rollin's former partner, wanted Rollins too though because they've been feuding since before Money In The Bank. Ambrose and Cena fought in a Contract on a Pole Match (yes) to see who would get to fight Rollins since they both wanted him so bad. Ambrose won, to the delight of fans since that's what everyone wants to see. Ambrose and Rollins have had a great feud so far and if it culminates in an epic match tonight that will be awesome. Cena was getting in the way and pissing people off by doing so, there would have been huge backlash to him getting the contract and facing Rollins. Anyways, Orton, while hinting at possibly feuding with Rollins because he's tired of being his glorified bodyguard and a tool for the authority, headed by HHH, demanded a match of his own at HIAC to show he's superior to Rollins and will get the job done essentially. They just wanted to fill up a spot on the card and give Cena a match to win. It would be swerve if Orton won because he's popular right now thanks to some RKO vines going around and there are hints of a face turn in him soon. Anyways, they decided the loser of the contract match would face Orton in a cell match. So Cena faces Orton. Then, to make it meaningful, they announced the next week it would be a #1 contenders match. I personally would rather see Orton fight Lesnar than Cena vs Lesnar Part 3.
Cena defeated Orton. It was expected. Not happy about it because it basically means the match was indeed just filler because it was assumed Cena would face Lesnar again anyways, there was no doubt to him being the contender until the #1 contender stipulation was announced for this match lol.
5. Now it's Sheamus vs The Miz for the US title. Miz is accompanied by Damien Mizdown. Not much to the feud outside of Mizdow being entertaining.
Miz loses, Sheamus does a funny bit with moving Miz's unconscious body around while Mizdow does everything he makes Miz do. He does a move on Miz again and Mizdow does down with him. Hilariously enough the referee runs and checks on Mizdow while Miz remains unconscious and Sheamus leaves.
6. Rusev, heel, vs Big Show, face. Rusev is Russian. This makes him the bad guy. Rusev is currently undefeated, in the sense that he's never lost to pinfall or submission. Big Show is the face because he chants USA, USA and carries a flag. Big Show hyped up Mark Henry to fight Rusev. Henry lost, and Big Show felt guilty and challenged Rusev next. Big Show tore down the Russian Flag, and the next week while he was supposedly in "sensitivity training", The Rock came out and had a segment with Rusev and his manager, Lana, that was pretty awesome. Next week things were back to normal with Big Show fighting and losing to Rusev because of Mark Henry interfering. Henry and Big Show then jumped Rusev, who fought them both bravely but was quickly knocked out by Big Show's finisher, I kid you not, a slo-mo sucker punch. Desperate to paint Rusev as the heel due to people lately wondering what exactly makes Big Show the good guy, the next week they had Rusev contemplate pulling down an American flag. A guy pretending to be a soldier jumped in the ring saying not to disrespect the flag and was held back by a security guard. Rusev does his super kick to the soldier, getting a ton of heat from the audience. Big Show then later comes out crying saying Rusev crossed the line, and basically says he's going to murder Rusev. Now they're here at HIAC.
Rusev won. Henry came out to cheer on Big Show and proved to be a distraction.
7. AJ Lee vs Paige. I guess Paige is supposed to be the heel? Paige debuted on the Raw after Wrestlemania and won the Divas title from AJ. Later, because AJ went away for a bit, she turned on AJ, who was the heel when she lost the title, and went crazy about how the divas division was her house now. So AJ became the fact and Paige the heel. Both are basically crazy. They just go back and forth over the title. Now AJ is the champ. In the match she retained the title. Paige was accompanied by Alicia Fox, who was AJ's friend but is now Paige's friend. Alicia Fox is crazy too. It's weird that they basically say neurotic and suggestive (being flirty with opponents) is what makes a girl a heel. Anyways, Paige is the youngest ever Divas Champ and has a long career ahead of her.
8. Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins. Seth is Mr. Money In the Bank. Dean is billed as the Lunatic Fringe and Unstable Ambrose. Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns made up a faction called The Shield. They were a dominant force. Originally heels, then faces. They feuded with Evolution (HHH, Orton, and Batista) following Wrestlemania. After a few PPV's of 6 man matches, all of which The Shield won, Rollins betrayed them and became a heel, working for HHH as his golden boy. Simply because HHH can give him opportunities and elevate him. Roman Reigns moved on to other things, namely trying to get himself into the title picture, and feuded with Orton for a bit too. Dean, however, grew obsessed with revenge and has done nothing but hunt down Seth week after week in increasingly fun ways. Seth won the MITB and has been threatening cash ins only to be stopped by Ambrose attacking him. Ambrose was curb stomped through cinder blocks by Kane and Rollins, sending him away (He filmed a movie). Roman Reigns was the bg star of the moment but got injured before Night of Champions, where he was to face Seth Rollins. Ambrose returned, fighting Rollins and continuing their feud. Rollins would interfere with Lesnar and Cena that same night, creating the conflict between Cena and Ambrose in who would get their hands on Rollins at HIAC.
Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble are stooges who work for HHH and have accompanied Seth to the ring. Dean started the match on top of the cell, with a slew of weapons. Rollins has sent his guys up after him. The stooges are reluctant of course. Ambrose beat them with a Kendo Stick, and Rollins followed him up but then ran away. They're climbing down the cell now, and have both went through the tables from halfway up the cell. They both got put on stretchers and were being wheeled away. Dean jumped off of his, and dragged Rollins back to the ring. Once in the cell, Dean called it to be locked with chains and it was. The bell rang and the match officially began. Dean is basically torturing Seth now, with chairs, tables, whatever he sees near him. Rollins has finally managed to reverse an attack by Dean and is now fighting back. He's got a table. He set up outside the ring and was going to get in to get Dean but Dean jumped over and elbow dropped him through the table. Dean was pressing Seth into the cell, but Kane showed up and sprayed Dean with a fire extinguisher. Seth spun around and slammed Dean. Dean got to his feet again but got curbstomped by Rollins. Rollins is beating Dean with a chair. Dean finally reversed and was beating down Seth.
Lights go out. Chanting. The ring lights up with I kid you not a ghost (hologram). Presumably this is Sister Abigail, I'll explain. Bray Wyatt springs up and attacks Dean. He does his move, Sister Abigail, named after someone Bray apparently worships? Bray Wyatt is basically a mad man, a cult leader from somewhere in the south. He led the Wyatt Family. They have a cool entrance and he does weird and cool promos. He feuded with Cena and recently feuded with Chris Jericho. He then went away, but they'd been playing promos recently for his return. So he does this and Seth pins Dean and wins. Bray stands over Dean creepily.
Not sure how to feel about that ending... especially when it was so awesome beforehand. I like Bray's gimmick but was more interested in the feud with Seth and Dean. I supposed at least now Dean has someone to focus on now that he clearly got the upperhand on Seth Rollins for the most part outside of the ending. Meh.
"It's just a creative challenge competition..."
IT IS. OR IT ISN'T. IF IT ISN'T. VOTE NOFO/BUFFY. IF IT IS. VOTE TIM/DYLAN.
"It's okay Buffy, everything he says is either psychopathic or trolling
I'm unaffected"- Shadow, openly discriminating against the mentally impaired. BBPE 2017.
A good, well received return is always a fun thing. This video proves the opposite scenario is just as entertaining.
Grand Master Sexay returns to a stadium full of adoring... crickets. JR returns somewhere in there to a great reaction, but it's all about that uncomfortable silence starting at 0:12 while he dances down to the ring looking like Guy Fieri.
Wow that's sad. But to be fair why the fuck wasn't he wearing his usual get up? The chains and stuff... he fucked up.
Well, I summarized the whole PPV for people. I'll post some pics of the people I mentioned in my summary.
A survivor becomes a leader...
TIM- BBPE 2017
"It's just a creative challenge competition..."
IT IS. OR IT ISN'T. IF IT ISN'T. VOTE NOFO/BUFFY. IF IT IS. VOTE TIM/DYLAN.
"It's okay Buffy, everything he says is either psychopathic or trolling
I'm unaffected"- Shadow, openly discriminating against the mentally impaired. BBPE 2017.
I'll spoiler tag for people who don't want to see who was in the PPV if they didn't know already.
But here's some of the people I mentioned who were either in matches or mention in my backstory that people who haven't been watching for a few years might not know about.
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Cesaro
Gold/Stardust
Hollywood Miz and Damien Mizdow (left)
The Usos
Rusev and Lana
AJ Lee and Paige
Dean Ambrose
Seth Rollins
As a team, with Roman Reigns
Bray Wyatt
A survivor becomes a leader...
TIM- BBPE 2017
"It's just a creative challenge competition..."
IT IS. OR IT ISN'T. IF IT ISN'T. VOTE NOFO/BUFFY. IF IT IS. VOTE TIM/DYLAN.
"It's okay Buffy, everything he says is either psychopathic or trolling
I'm unaffected"- Shadow, openly discriminating against the mentally impaired. BBPE 2017.