IIRC refs are instructed to go forth with what should happen in the ring and not what should happen in the story. For example, a wrestler not kicking out of a 3 count when he was supposed to. It’s the wrestler’s fault, not the ref’s.
As for Sasha…it’s about time she injures herself (not badly, but separating a shoulder or something) because of her botching. I hand-to-God honestly do not want to see anyone hurt or wish ill-will on anyone, but she is absolutely dangerous in the ring for others and especially herself. She needs a good scare to teach her to be more careful. I understand you don’t want to tiptoe and make the matches look fake and slow like most women’s matches are, but you can’t be reckless. One of these days she’s going to do serious damage to herself like she has on other people coughpaigecough
What I thought was interesting about the three-count botch in the opening tag-team match was that, if the three-count had been applied, it wouldn’t even have changed the result of the match!
Still, I found the show quite enjoyable. I’ll give props to the NXT Women’s Title match as well.
I don’t understand why they felt the need to have a red carpet event that lasted the entire pre-show (minus the video packages and panel), making it so that the NXT UK Women’s Title match got bumped to being a dark match. There’s no need to have dark matches on pay-per-view nights in an era in which every show gets a one-hour pre-show.
The match where the UK women’s champion is crowned hasn’t aired on the Network yet, so I’d eager they kept last night’s match dark for continuity purposes.
So, what do you think? Do you think Evolution will prove to be a one-time-only event, or do you think they’ll have yearly women’s-only pay-per-views? And what do you think the next step is in the Women’s Revolution in WWE?
I personally think that Evolution will be a yearly recurring event, and that the next step is to have two women main-eventing WrestleMania. I think that’s the last glass ceiling there is in WWE.
I’ve heard the same…officially, that’s supposed to be policy. Doesn’t mean the ref won’t get grief, rightly or wrongly, calling what’s happened in the ring, and I’ve also heard that has happened more than once. Given the hearsay, I can definitely believe a ref is as worried about doing the right thing and going off script as s/he is about botching the call and sticking to the script.
(Also, from personal experience, I know that sometimes those pats on the back for doing the right thing can actually be trying to find the best spot to stick the dagger. Those type of bosses suck.)
Cena reportedly refused to work Crown Jewel, so they storyline replaced him with Bobby Lashley. Will Daniel Bryan enjoy the same fate? Will both guys see their careers go down the toilet? Cena can afford to. He’s at least got game shows, commercials, and occasional movie roles. The best DBD can do for a second career is peddle chard juice.
And they STILL won’t say where Crown Jewel is taking place. It’s like WWE is fully prepared to take their lumps, because money talks and bullshit walks. I’d be more pissed if I hadn’t realized so long ago my car doesn’t run on love.
Ha ha, that scamp Shane! They storylined DBD out of Crown Jewel by having his match with AL on the lead-in SD and made it look like Shane acted on whimsy.
“I refuse to work in Saudi Arabia,” said DBD to Vince.
“That’s OK, Daniel,” said Vince. “Here, have a list.”
“What is it? It’s over three feet long.”
“All the names you’re going to put over. Get used to looking at the lights.”
The latest “WWE Fan Council” survey I got in the mail yesterday started out asking me my opinions about Evolution, which I mostly liked.
It then segued into a lengthy series of questions about how much I love their alliance with Susan G. Komen.
I answered strong negative on all of those questions, because the Komen Foundation is awful and WWE is awful for trying to score PR points by allying itself with them.
Nothing new about this; even Triple H was not immune, although he only had to job once - to Shelton Benjamin, early in 2004, as retaliation for not having to transfer from RAW to SmackDown after it being announced in a WWE Draft.
They emailed me an invitation a few months ago - I assume they randomly pick emails they have on file of Network subscribers and/or people who’ve bought merch online.
NXT Takeover will have War Games with The Undisputed Era vs War Raiders, Ricochet and Pete Dunne!
Last year’s War Games absolutely killed it – Roderick Strong & AoP vs sAni+Y vs Undisputed Era. So, 4 of those participants will be War Gaming again. They’ve had a year to figure out how to outdo War Games 2017. War Raiders are big and ugly and won’t mind getting their faces mashed in the mesh. Ricochet will do something incredibly suicidal, and Pete Dunne will be as psychopathic as ever.
Technical wrestling is fine, it’s an art, yadayadayada, but I like a good brawl. Many moons ago, our local fed SCW advertised their main event would be a no DQ street fight. I emailed the booker Count Grog and asked if they could smash up a kayak. It belonged to a previous roommate who moved out and didn’t take it with him. He said I could bring it. The thing was made of fiberglass, and I don’t think they wanted to crack it because of the shards, so they bounced off it a couple times and that was it. I was screaming “Use the kayak you pussies!!!” Yes, I get all bloodthirsty as long as it’s not my blood being shed.
Yes, it’s a WCW homage, now that they’re no longer around as competition.
The original War Games used two rings enclosed within a cage, and they’d have participants enter every minute or two. The cages had ceilings however, so they didn’t do the Mount Everest Suplex, as Mauro calls it. Survivor Series was 5 on 5, 4 on 4, tag team rules, so not really the same. I’d say War Games was more a spinoff from the Bunkhouse Battle Royal, where 6 guys were in a cage blading each other.
Well, now the Brock Lesnar booking looks like genius compared to the ending of the “World Cup”. When did WWE re-hire Russo and Ferrara? I really doubt DX and the Brothers of Destruction will compensate for that pile of steaming dog poo.