Sunday 25 October 2015

WWE Hell in a Cell 2015 Preview

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Hell in a Cell takes place this evening at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Will Undertaker finally get his revenge (cleanly) as he faces Brock Lesnar? Let's look at the card.

In the Pre Show, the team of Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro and Neville will face the team of King Barrett, Mr Money in the Bank Sheamus and Rusev. Whilst it's a bit of a shame that these guys are on the Pre Show, this should be a good match. I'm going for Ziggler, Cesaro and Neville to win here.
Predicted Winners: Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro and Neville

The New Day (sucks!) will face the challenge of The Dudley Boyz for the Tag Team Championships. Whilst I've generally enjoyed the reign of The New Day, I feel that the Dudleys will win here.
Predicted Winners: The Dudley Boyz

The Intercontinental Championship is on the line as Ryback challenges Kevin Owens. This could be a good match and Ryback could regain the Championship. However, I don't think that will happen; so Owens to win here.
Predicted Winner: Kevin Owens

Our first Hell in a Cell match will be between Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt. This could go either way and I fully expect the Wyatt Family will interfere despite the Cell. Despite that, I think that Reigns will win here.
Predicted Winner: Roman Reigns

United States Champion John Cena has decided to issue an open challenge. I don't know who it could be but I feel that Cena will still win here.
Predicted Winner: John Cena

Nikki Bella will get a chance to regain her Divas Championship as she challenges Charlotte. This could be a good match and I think that Charlotte will win here. However, I have a feeling that Paige could make an appearance.
Predicted Winner: Charlotte

Seth Rollins will face the challenge of Demon Kane for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. If Rollins wins, Corporate Kane will lose his job as Director of Operations. This is a tough one to call as I don't think that Rollins will lose his title or Kane will lose his job. I'm going for Rollins to win but I won't be surprised if it ends up as a no contest.
Predicted Winner: Seth Rollins

The second Hell in a Cell match is between Undertaker and Brock Lesnar. Hopefully this was not end up in a clusterfuck but I feel that Undertaker will get a clean win here.
Predicted Winner: Undertaker

I will get to watch this during the week and hopefully write up the review next week. I hope you guys enjoy the show.

Monday 19 October 2015

WWE Summerslam 2015 Review

WWE Summerslam took place at the Barclays Center in New York on the 23rd August. It looks like it will be a great event, looking at the card. So, how will it fare? Let's take a look.

After the show starts with a segment involving Jon Stewart and Mick Foley, we get our first match, which is Randy Orton taking on Mr Money in the Bank Sheamus. Highlights of the match include: Orton hitting an exploder suplex and later on, a hanging DDT; and Orton hitting a RKO with Sheamus rolling out of the ring. In the end, Sheamus reverses an attempt at a punt to hit the white noise followed by a brogue kick to get the win. The middle of the match wasn't great. However, they had some unique sequences, which helped to engage a generally tough New York crowd. Overall, a good way to start the Pay-Per-View.
Winner: Sheamus
Predictions: 0 for 1

The next match is for the Tag Team Championships as The Prime Time Players face the challenges of    The New Day (sucks!), Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores in a fatal 4-way match. Like their match last month, Darren Young gets worn down by their opponents. Eventually, Young breaks free from Kofi and tags in Titus. Titus clears out everyone and hits the Clash of the Titus on one of the Matadores. However, Kofi had already tagged himself in by this point and he throws out Titus and pins the Matador to win the Championships for The New Day. I was quite surprised that The New Day won. However, thinking about it, it makes sense. The New Day are one of the best things on WWE TV at the minute and giving them the Championships would help to keep that momentum.
Winners: The New Day
Predictions: 0 for 2

 Next was Dolph Ziggler (with Lana) facing Rusev (with Summer Rae). Quite early on, Rusev went fot the Accolade and Summer Rae tries to slap Lana. However, Lana slaps her, causing Rusev to release the hold to shout at Lana. The fight goes to the outside and Lana and Summer get into it. Ziggler then superkicks Rusev onto the announce table. Unfortunately, while all this was happening, the referee was counting and neither of them got back into the ring in time before the ref rang the bell for a double count out. The match was decent enough but I wasn't a fan of the finish. That means that the feud will continue (yay?)
Winner: None due to Double Count Out
Predictions: 0 for3

Next was King Barrett and Stardust taking on Neville and Stephen Amell. Amell surprised Stardust with some wrestling moves. However, Barrett tagged in and cut off Amell with a kick to the gut. Stardust and Barrett work on Amell in their corner before Amell manages to get in a kick to Stardust and tags in Neville. The action goes to the outside and Amell does a neat cross body to the heels. Neville then rolls in Barrett and hits the red arrow to get the win. I quite enjoyed this match. However, considering that Amell and Stardust were the focus of this feud, it felt weird that they weren't involved in the finish. I suppose this means that their feud will continue and I'm not if I want that to happen.
Winners: Neville and Stephen Amell
Predictions: 1 for 4

We now get the triple threat match with Ryback  facing the challenges of Hollywood Miz and The Big Show. At the beginning, Miz goes out of the ring forcing Ryback and Show to fight each other. Show runs down both guys before Ryback cuts that off with a chopblock. A couple of minutes later, Miz hits a skull crushing finale on Ryback after he hits Show with a shell shock. Miz tries to pin both guys numerous times before Show hits him with the KO punch. Ryback then clotheslines Show out of the ring and pins Miz to get the win. This was a good match until the end. The New Day did that to win their match earlier; and it is not something that Ryback (who is the face) should do to win as it's a heelish move.
Winner: Ryback
Predictions: 2 for 5

Next is a tag team match between Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns. Harper and Wyatt take advantage after Reigns was smashed into the announce table to wear down Ambrose. Reigns eventually recovers to take the tag from Ambrose and he lands some offense before getting hit by a sit down powerbomb from Harper. Reigns goes on to hit Superman punches to both Wyatts before he and Ambrose hit a doomsday device on Harper and Wyatt breaks up the pin. Wyatt goes for Sister Abigail on Ambrose but he gets out of it and hits dirty deeds. Reigns then hits the spear to get the win. The match was pretty decent although it seems that the anti Reigns crowd is making a comeback.
Winners: Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns
Predictions: 3 for 6

 Next is World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins taking on US Champion John Cena for both Championships. Highlights of the match include: Rollins hitting a running shooting star press; Cena hitting an AA early on; Rollins missing a phoenix splash and getting the STF put on him; and Cena applying a figure four and Rollins reversing it. The end comes when we get a ref bump and Jon Stewart runs down with a chair and hits Cena in the gut. Rollins then hits Cena with the Pedigree onto the chair to win the match and become the first wrestler since Goldberg in WCW to hold the US title and the World title. I really enjoyed this match and it's one of my favourite matches if the year. However, I wasn't really a fan of the end. I like Jon Stewart but I feel that him helping Rollins might not have made sense to much of the audience.
Winner: Seth Rollins
Predictions: 3 for 7

We now get a three team Divas elimination match involving the teams of Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Paige; Sasha Banks, Naomi and Tamina;  and Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Alicia Fox. Early on, the Bellas do suicide dives to everyone and Tamina gets pinned in the middle of the ring, eliminating her team. The Bellas and Alicia start to work on Paige before she manages to tag in Charlotte. She later on tags in Becky who hits an urange on Brie to get the win. This wasn't a bad match. However, the main issue with The Divas Revolution is the character development or lack of.
Winners: Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Paige
Predictions: 4 for 8

The penultimate match is Kevin Owens facing Cesaro. Cesaro goes for the big swing early on, but Owens blocked in and sent Cesaro to the outside. Owens works on Cesaro, hitting moves such as
a cannonball splash into the barricade. Cesaro deso get back into it with moves such as a giant lift up slam. However, it goes pear shaped when Owens crotches Cesaro on the top turnbuckle then hits s top rope suplex driver. He followed that up with a pop-up powerbomb to get the win. This was a good win for Owens after losing his feud with John Cena then losing his his NXT title to Finn Balor the night before. Overall, a solid match.
Winner: Kevin Owens
Predictions: 4 for 9

The main event is the Revenge of the Taker (again and kind of) as Undertaker faces Brock Lesnar. Highlights of the match include: Lesnar hitting 4 German suplexes and getting busted open early on; Taker hitting a tombstone for 2; Lesnar applying the kimura then getting hit with the last ride; and Lesnar hitting 3 F-5s. In the end, Taker puts Lesnar in the Hell's gate but it's reversed into the kimura. Taker rolls to pin Lesnar and he kicks out and the bell rings. The referee Charles Robinson goes to the timekeeper and states that he didn't call for the bell. Meanwhile, Taker low blowed Lesnar and reapplies the Hell's gate. Lesnar eventually passes out giving Taker the win.

Up until the end, this was a really enjoyable match. However, the ending ruined it for me. We all expected Undertaker to win and get his revenge for Lesnar breaking the Streak. The ending makes it look like that Taker didn't deserve to win, especially as the replay shows Taker tapping out. Anyway, it looks like we will get Taker/Lesnar III in the foreseeable future.

I quite enjoyed Summerslam. However, I wasn't a fan of some of the endings. I get it creates debate and more matches but it flies in the face of even WWE logic, which is impressive and slightly disappointing.