WrestlingNerd Editorial: The Crowd of today

What up wrestling fans! Today is my editorial, and I am taking on the crowd. The 12th man known in football. They cheer, they boo and they chant. In different arenas, they can be loud, quiet or indifferent. For a wrestling fan, the crowd can make or break a match. In common, they cheer for the face, and they boo the heel. However, everything about the crowd has changed the face of professional wrestling. Lets take a look in different categories of the Attitude Era and Next Generation of wrestling...

Just note this Editorial required a lot of work and time. This subject was something I have been wanting to do, but have little material to go by.

Origins of a takeover crowd

The takeover crowd originated with Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin in 1996-97. The crowd started turning on Bret when Austin and Michaels started to get more and more popular. He took on a fatal 4-way match with Vader, Undertaker and Austin. With Austin's high popularity, the fans turned on Bret even when Austin does heel moves. Thus, WWE decides to allow Hart go heel.

Fast forward through to the Attitude Era, WWE taking over WCW and WCW integrating into WWE, which the crowd returns to normal. Heels are booed and Faces are cheered. It's the debut of the most controversial wrestler we have, John Cena. From his debut, a lot of people loved him and some hated him. Time. I can't tell you why we don't like him. I can gather a few things that people probably didn't like when he began.
1) Cena was a bodybuilder; he quit and became a sports entertainer.
2) He chose a rapper as a gimmick. Vanilla Ice style.
3) He didn't have a manliness do him like Austin, Angle or The Rock.

As time went on the people that didn't like him grew. More and more people started to boo until one day the lid broke open. The ever popular ECW had a match between Rob Van Dam and John Cena in 06'. The match was...well...interesting. I don't have a clip, and I really wanted one for this. Go watch Cena vs Rob Van Dam ECW One Night Stand 2006... In the program, Cena was chanted expletives and booed out of the arena. For the first time, the crowd really took over. After that, Cena's audience was never the same again.
Fast forward to the year CM Punk and Daniel Bryan made their mark on WWE in 2011. The
WWE Universe is growing impatient with the stagnant talent at hand. The Rock has handed to face torch to Cena and Triple H has given Randy Orton the main heel character. However, neither one is entertaining. Orton is called boring; Cena has his divided crowd growing in boos. The rest of the roster is overused or not built up. Enter CM Punk's famous breakout shoot promo on RAW June 27th, 2011.

The WWE Universe stop caring that CM Punk was a heel and cheered him anyway. After he won the belt from Cena and left the WWE (work), his popularity spread like wildfire. He was the perfect counter to John Cena. After the summer of Punk, Daniel Bryan won the Money in the Bank match, and he cashed it in on Big Show on December 18th, 2011. It launched the chant "Yes!" and Daniel Bryan into stardom. From there, the crowd had their chants for Punk and Bryan. Soon other stars came forward that shined the audience. The Shield, the Wyatts, Antonio Cesaro just to name a few were all big hits. They took out the stagnant cesspool of superstars that is McMahon's roster. The WWE Universe chants for those that excite and bring freshness to the WWE. Still we keep certain superstars like: John Cena, Randy Orton and Big Show.

Crowd Pissing off WWE/Pissing off the Crowd

There are times when the crowd absolutely takes away a promo. This is what I like to call trolling WWE.

Of Course, this is normal for an Attitude Era wrestler like Triple H. Daniel Bryan is the ultimate underdog. Another one is when Batista comes back and is booed, because Daniel Bryan was nowhere in the Royal Rumble. The WWE Creative has no way of bringing back a face Batista, so they made him either a tweener or a slow heel.

Now on the other side, WWE can piss off the crowd. John Cena is one of the best at this. The whole 2012 was all about "Rise Above Hate." The Universe was teased throughout 2011-today about Cena going heel.

I have to say: what an asshole.

Cheers and Boos

In the early 90's, you have a clear cut audience. Naturally, you have a good guy that is featured as a face. He is cheered and loved by the crowd. Then you would have the bad guy, and he is a heel. Of course, he is booed and hated by the crowd. There is very rarely a difference. Lets take Bret Hart and Ric Flair from 1992. Bret Hart was about to the peak of his career.

However, things have changed. The heels can be cheered or booed, while the faces can be the same cheered or booed. The more complex part is why certain wrestlers are cheered or booed. WWE usually lets us know who is bad and who is good, however now we are telling them who is heel and who is face. The character in the wrestler is the factor in which we like or don't like. For example, a legend is forever royalty and above being booed. If Stone Cold Steve Austin came to Boston and talked bad about it, would he be booed by the end of the show? No way. There is a rule that even legends have to follow: you mess with our most beloved wrestler and you will be booed for a long period of time. Shawn Michaels costed Daniel Bryan his chance at WWE Champion. He is still getting boos. Another rule is about Authority figures: you are either briefly loved, boring or booed.  Another example, Damien Sandow is one of the best talkers in WWE and is loved by many fans. His character, an intellectual asshole,  is loved because of his underdog tone and has charisma. The fans also love being entertained by the match. Thus causes both parties to be cheered. Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns this last monday night had them both be cheered. If the action is poor, the audience will turn on both competitors with them chanting either "boring" or announcers names.

That night Sheamus and Randy Orton was just turned off by the crowd. No matter what bland move they use the crowd just didn't care. However, I don't think it was their fault. Earlier, they were treated to a boring speech by John Cena. He even pissed them off more with a poke at the crowd's wants and dreams. Kinda makes me wonder if John Cena turned heel long ago, but no one ever caught on.

Theories on making Rampant Crowd

1) Stagnant performers- (Randy Orton, The Miz) We have seen all of what they can do. It is time for a revamp on character and/or moves. Also, let them go away for a while.
2) Not Pushing a Character- (Dolph Ziggler, Daniel Bryan) We all know these guys have potential. Try letting these guys have the spotlight once in a while.
3) Pushing Part-timers- (The Rock) The crowd loves Legends. However, them being pushed to the top and practically burying full-timers spotlight is atrocious.
4) Non-entertaining matches- (Divas, Alberto Del Rio) The most dangerous thing to do is putting something sooooo boring that calling deceased wrestlers out is much more fun.

Conclusion

Crowds, today, want their voice heard. We made Daniel Bryan a star by popular demand. Now if only WWE can understand that we want Orton and Cena to leave for a couple of years maybe we can have a so-called Wrestling Renaissance. Either way, the crowd will chant whatever they want on live tv, until they figure out how to place canned pops/heat onto RAW like they do taped Smackdown.

WrestlingNerd: RAW Hogan returns...

Welcome back everybody to the WWE Wrestling Nerd Show. Now that Elimination Chamber is behind us and Wrestlemania is on the horizon, RAW is gonna blow up with returns and great storylines. Right? Usually this is supposed to be a great RAW, so I'm optimistic. I have my cranberry vodka, so lets start the show...

All Hail the Hulkster and the WWE Network

Hulk Hogan starts the show off to a thunderous Green Bay crowd. I'm going to say now that I am not a fan of Hogans. I watched him in WCW at the first place of my wrestling experience when the NWO started. I didn't start watching WWF until Austin started against the Corporation and McMahon. My first WWF sitting was with The Undertaker and Mankind in the famous Hell in the Cell match. With the internet, I caught up with the 80's to the present. Now back to the Hulkster...Hogan did his usually stints and told everyone that he is home. Hmm reminds you of something...

So then Hogan goes on about the WWE Network. The Immortal Force that is Hulk Hogan selling out with the products.  It's pretty low, and the crowd knows it. Every time he mentions the network, the crowd goes quiet. Hogan, you are damn lucky the crowd didn't turn on you. Also, he hypes Wrestlemania as the host of the PPV. I'd rather have this than him wrestling. Hopefully, he will be a drawing power.

Note to everyone: All tonight I will be doing my normal routine, but I have two gripes with most of it. 

1) The WWE Network needs it dick sucked constantly with us watching all the commercials. I'm just going to get it out of the way now. They really are shoving this down our throats. I'm going to give it a try, but my god if it sucks then I'm ranting the absolute shit out of it.

2) The crowd is absolutely horrible. They are vocal at the wrong times and pretty quiet. I'll deal with them as we go.

CM Punk we need you more than ever!!!

Alberto Del Rio vs Batista

We get a rehash of last night. Batista comes out and is booed by the crowd. So I have to say that everyone wanted Batista back, but when he came back everyone is now booing him. I understand that Bryan should have won the Rumble at least be in it. Now we have Orton and Batista at WM30. Woooooo fucking Hooooooo! Is this what we wanted WWE? No, we wanted Bryan at the top and Batista back to fight someone else. WWE wanted to put history into the match just like Orton/Cena at TLC. However, the crowd is going to hate this match too unless you can find a way to make it interesting, and lately, WWE's creative is having a hard time just with that. So the match was good on Del Rio's part. Batista looked rusty, but better than last night. Orton comes out to distract Batista. Del Rio rolls up Batista for the win. Orton and Batista talk about how the audience doesn't like Batista, and that he doesn't like them back. Look this is the battle of monotone microphone promos. We all lose. At least they try to get some hype out of it.

All the while, CM Punk chants erupt once again. 

Big E vs Cesaro w/ Zeb Coulter and Jack Swagger

This was a great match. Each competitor showed off their moves with shine. The crowd kept going on the "We The People" chants. Big E is outside of the ring and with the referee distracted Jack attempted to cheap shot Big E only resulting in getting a clothesline. Swagger interrupts the match with the Patriot Lock on Big E, which it costs Cesaro the match. Zeb and Cesaro confront Swagger and it ends with Swagger left partially behind. This could be interesting if Swagger won last night. Swagger and Cesaro could fight over the IC title. The cracks are there, and it looks like the Real Americans are breaking up soon, which I don't like. I think they need a tag title run. It just leaves Swagger on the losing end.

The Wyatts have Kryptonite...

Cena comes out to a lukewarm crowd. Seriously, this crowd is quiet. He talks about how the future runs through him. Hmmm we already knew that. Cena has buried wrestlers, and he has put wrestlers over while he has an excuse. Cena is boring because of his refusal to change his character. He also plugs the WWE Network like a good little poster boy he is. Angel known as Bray Wyatt comes to save us from Cena's mediocre microphone work. Bray does his riddle talking promo about Cena being an all-purpose hero. Cena replies, and the Wyatts take out Cena. Usually, Wyatts would do a lot of more damage, but Cena got a supposed real injury. So perhaps we will have Cena vs Bray Wyatt. It's not what I would of liked to see; Undertaker and Bray Wyatt would be better.

Corporate hell with an Irish-Canadian tint

Christian vs Sheamus

They have heated arguments on the pre-show. Note: I am not watching the pre/post-show since it already shows itself on the main show, unless it is relevant to the story.  Brad Maddox makes them a match together. See how easy it to make an ok rivalry better. Christian/Sheamus is hopefully going to get better. The match was pretty good too. Sheamus is always fun to watch, and Christian is getting better and better. Christian needs to kill the killswitch. That move is so obvious that it would be countered. When was the last time Christian successfully used that move before Elimination Chamber? Sheamus won the match. Now the worst part was the Green Bay crowd. They didn't care about the match and was chanting the wrong way. I'm sorry, but chanting boring and other crap in a good match is a let down. Hopefully, Chicago...oh shit.

minus=

Well now I feel bad for the WWE, kinda.

Daniel Bryan vs Kane

In the pre-show HHH and Stephanie is having an interview about the WWE Network. In comes Bryan yelling about Trips getting in the way of his title shots and he wants to fight HHH. Triple H tells Bryan that Bryan is a B+ player. Stephanie moves in to protect her husband. She tells Daniel that he can have Kane for a match tonight. As they walk away, HHH scoffs at the idea. I love this. They have been teasing HHH vs Daniel Bryan for months now. Even though it was supposed to be CM Punk. Either way, it is a good marquee match. Daniel Bryan and Triple H are playing great characters, hell even Stephanie is being one of the best heels out there.  Now with Kane vs Daniel Bryan it's another good match on the card. However, two things irritate me. One: JBL is now calling Bryan a Garden Gnome. Two: The crowd is pretty light when it comes to a Daniel Bryan movement. In the match, Kane tortures Daniel's arm, and he retaliates by targeting Kane's leg. Bryan kicks out of the Chokeslam. Bryan hits the knee for the win. After the match, Bryan calls out HHH and calls him a coward. HHH never comes out, and the Yes movement goes on.

Dancing Idiots get a good match...

Emma w/Santino Marella vs Summer Rae w/Fandango

Before the match, Emma comes out to her entrance. The song is great and charismatic. Hell I'm listening to it now on Youtube. She dances with bubbles...bubbles?!

Awesome!!! Now the match was pretty good. Of course the audience didn't like it. The action was good and so was Summer Rae. Summer can talk some good shit. Hopefully, she will rise in the ranks of the divas division. That roundhouse kick Summer does would give CM Punk a tear in his eye. Emma wins at the end with the EmmaLock.

Families, hounds and outlaws out for a party

The Usos vs New Age Outlaws

In a short match, it was ok. It introduced the Usos back in the title hunt. However, the Usos were booed for the wrong reason. I think it was funny for the Usos to let the NAO do their bit in the beginning of the match only to catch them off guard with a superkick. Usos win with a Splash. 

Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt

Before the match, Rollins and Reigns questions Ambrose about the whereabouts he was at the end of the match at Elimination Chamber. Now they don't tell us where he went which sucks ass. I don't know why they couldn't tell us. Maybe there is something special about the place. As Ambrose leaves the Wyatts come up to Rollins and Reigns. Reigns challenges Bray Wyatt to a match alone. No Wyatts, no Shield. The match was great. It was heavy-hitting and action packed. Again, the crowd thrills us in how dumb they are. Maybe it's the cheese and bratwursts. Soon enough the rest of the Wyatts come out. Rollins and Ambrose come out to fight them. However, they didn't come out at the same time. Rollins got beat until Ambrose came out. Ambrose gets in the middle of the match and got Reigns Disqualified. I don't know which storyline is going on here. Is the Shield breaking up? Are the Wyatts feuding with John Cena or The Shield?

Lesnar and Heyman come out. Lesnar being absent all this time wants a title match. Apparently, Triple H has given Lesnar an open challenge contract. It means that Lesnar can pick whomever he wants. Why not pick Randy Orton? Anyway, Undertaaker comes out in a lethargic applause. Lesnar signs the open contract, and shoves the pen and contract into Undertaker's chest. The eyes of the Undertaker says everything. Undertaker stabs Brock's hand with the pen and then chokeslams Lesnar through the table. Now this is a match of the part-timers. I really wanted to see Bray Wyatt go against Undertaker. Yay!!! Part-timers.

Overall

Now with the review, it didn't show how much commercialized crap they shoved down our throats. This is the abridged version. The Green Bay crowd sucked and so does overused commercial crap. If you can get past all that, the show was very good with the action. The storylines are being used, but some of the Wrestlemania card  is laughable. Where does Wyatts and The Shield fit in? Are we satisfied with HHH and Bryan feud? Why should Lesnar get Undertaker when other talents should fit in? Why couldn't Lesnar fight in the main event of Wrestlemania? Why is Emma and Summer Rae fighting something to watch? I'm so confused. Other than that, Hulk was kinda pointless, but the show was sooooo action packed. It's watchable with a few on the edge of your seat moments. 

WrestlingNerd: Elimination Chamber 14'

Welcome back everybody. I'm excited for this PPV. Two matches are what makes this a great showing. Can't I wait for Wyatt/Shield or the Elimination Chamber match? No! With Elimination Chamber here, how is it? Did it meet our expectations? Well I have my Big Bull sandwich and 7up cherry; lets see...

Promos, Commercials, and Products on my PPV?!

Throughout the evening, we get promotions for the WWE Network. Yay! People are paying big bucks for some commercialized event takes place tomorrow. Commercials that shouldn't be in a Pay Per View. Also, having to see Los Matadores, The Great Khali, El Torito and Santino Marella play with toys, is just too much. We should have Dark Helmet play with WWE action figures...

See this wouldn't happen if I bought a movie. I'll pop in Hellraiser, and all of a sudden Pinhead talks about buying Hellflix, Toys from Demonspawn Toys Inc. and Netherrealm's own  Hot Pockets. Seriously, Hot Pockets are made from Satan; all hot on the sides and cold in the middle. What the fuck? Anyway, WWE has been putting commercialized products in PPVs, but can't they tone it down just a little? No wonder people are finding ways to find WWE programming online.

The Lowcard Feuds...

Kickoff: The Rhodes Brothers vs Rybaxel
These teams went at it like it was another match on RAW. It was just ok. Being that it was Curtis Axel's hometown, you would think that he would get the win. Nope The Rhodes won. They didn't seem to be at each other's throats, so we will be likely getting a multi-team tag match at Wrestlemania.

Titus O'Neil vs Darren Young
Now this one was very boring. I couldn't stop looking up Rage Comics on Memebase. The brawl they have been having on Smackdown was more exciting. Darren Young was practically carried throughout this match. Titus O'Neil didn't show even half of his charisma that he usually has. He needed to take more trash to Darren. The moves were boring, the announcers were bored and the crowd was bored. Titus won by pinfall with the Clash of the Titus.

AJ Lee w/Tamina vs Cameron For the Divas Championship
The divas match was another ok one. It was better than Titus and Darren. Cameron was allowed a chance for a Divas Championship match, because her name was drawn out of a hat. Seriously, the Divas Title is so low, that most people would rather have a cardboard cut out of a title.

Yes that piece of shit is better than the Divas division. So in the end, Tamina costed AJ Lee's match by DQ.
It looks like Tamina and AJ are splitting up.

Midcard Matches...

Big E vs Jack Swagger For the Intercontinental Championship
This match had barely any promos or hype. Coming off as boring and people caring less about it turned it around to look good. Both wrestlers did a good job. There were hard hitting moves and false endings. I thought the match was over with the second Patriot Lock on. I kept yelling at Big E to tap out. He fought out of it and won the match via pinfall with the Big Ending. I do have to say that it would of been better to see Jack Swagger win the belt. I think a feud here could of been brought out.

The Usos vs The New Age Outlaws For the Tag Team Championships
Both tag teams are very much over with the crowd. The dirty wrestling NAO is putting on is classic them, and the high flying wrestling the Usos are using is just what the crowd loves.  I expected the Usos to go over here, but I am liking their feud. I do understand that the Usos are going to get another chance at WM30. It would be the better time to win the straps then. The NAO wins with a dirty pinfall.

Alberto Del Rio vs Batista
Wow just...just wow! This was a spectacle to see. The crowd was the best part. I don't think Del Rio has been cheered this loud ever. Even when he was a face, and he had Roberto Rodriguez with him. You can just see the intense hatred Batista had with the audience. He even talked trash about them without the microphone. Either creative is having LSD for lunch or just completely don't care about the crowd. Ever since that night after Wrestlemania 29 on RAW, the crowd is forever changed.

Could you imagine the creative team trying to fix the audience's problem?

HHH: Ok team, Cena is not drawing as good as he used to. How can we fix this?
Creative member1: Well how about we bring back Batista and give him the Royal Rumble win?
HHH: Like it.
Creative member2: How about we bring back the Randy Orton and John Cena feud?
HHH: Love it.
Creative member3: How about we give the belt to Daniel Bryan?
HHH: (Predigrees Creative member3) Ok we will go with Batista coming back and a rerun of Cena/Orton.

I'll make an editorial about the crowd. This match was basically a plane crash and you have to watch the disaster. It's quite funny. Batista obviously wins.

The Main Events

The Wyatt Family vs. The Shield
From the start to the finish, this is the match of the year. This was like Freddy vs Jason, King Kong vs Godzilla, Aliens vs Predator all wrapped up in one. Now each member of each team was really shined. Erick Rowan is now physically scary. Luke Harper showed some great new wrestling moves. Bray Wyatt is surprising powerful and gifted as a character. Roman Reigns being the breakout star was great taking on all three Wyatts. Dean Ambrose hasn't really shown us exactly what he can do yet, but damn did I want him to fight Bray. However, hands down Seth Rollins really was the brightest star of the night. He pulled off some great high flying moves that would make Rey Mysterio throw up. So about the match...It started with a brawl. A brawl that would foretell things to come in their match. Too many highlights in this match, which include: Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt before the bell, Seth Rollins hitting all those high flying moves, Luke Harper launching himself to the outside, Bray and Ambrose taking the fight to the outside, Rollins going through the mexican announcers' table and Reigns trying to fend off the Wyatts alone. Bray Wyatt wins by pinfall after Sister Abigail.

The Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus vs Cesaro vs Daniel Bryan vs Christian vs John Cena vs Randy Orton(all in order of the match)

This match was pretty good, but left a sour taste in my mouth. Lets start... Sheamus and Cesaro start the match brutally. Strikes and slams were just awesome. Soon Bryan was entered and the match picked up. Bryan's injury showed, and he succumbed to pain. Next, Christian came in. He was pretty good being the character that needed a good showing. John Cena was brought into the match, then Orton. Some highlights include: Daniel Bryan going through the glass, Christian hiding on top of a cell only to be frog splashing Sheamus, Orton hiding back inside the cell only to have Sheamus Brogue Kick the door. Each participate was beautifully done. Sheamus was the first to go by Christian. Christian by Daniel Bryan. Cesaro by John Cena. Then it got weird. The Wyatts interfered and took out John Cena. Leaving Orton to get the pin over Cena. The Wyatts left with Kane telling them to leave. Daniel Bryan saw Kane as a threat and took out Kane. As Bryan and Orton fought. Kane interfered only for Bryan to roundhouse kick him. Orton got the RKO, and Bryan kicked out. Bryan hit the knee, and Kane interfered again. Orton hit the second RKO for the win. Cole started spewing out remarks on how this interference needs to stop. It was like he was talking for us. I hated this. Not for the interference, but that it was Kane. I have said this before. Kane and Daniel Bryan rivalry needs to end. Triple H should of been the one to interfere.

Overall:
This was a mixed bag. Two great matches, two good matches and the rest were RAW-like matches was an ok PPV. The main events really delivered, while we had two abysmal matches. I'm counting this as a 5/10, but you need to watch Shield/Wyatt match. It really is the best so far. Leave your comments at the bottom.

WrestlingNerd PPV Prediction: Elimination Chamber

Stephanie McMahon looking like an evil witch! Alakazaam

Welcome everybody to my Elimination Chamber Prediction and Match Opinion. For a PPV that is lesser, this one is very exciting for two reasons. One, the Elimination Chamber match and two, the most thrilling match on the card: The Shield vs The Wyatts. Also, the Tag Team titles and the Intercontinental Championship will be on the line. Other things that will have a huge effect are: will the part time wrestlers show off their ring rust? Will the crowd effect the PPV? The crowd is collectively looking for a change in the guard, and will let Triple H know if his show is up to their money's worth. 

So for this being my first PPV post, my system goes like this: I'll have the boring matches first then off to the higher ones. I'll explain the rivalry, certain implications and factors and the percentage of chance that wrestler will win and why. Also, I'll put in my opinion on who I want to win. So as Mario says...

Kickoff show: Rhodes Brothers vs Rybaxel

With this being the kickoff show, there usually never is a rivalry. Obviously, the Rhodes Bros. are supposed to break up and fight each other at Wrestlemania, so here is the time to be looking for any dissension between them. On the other hand, Rybaxel is placed as the enhancement talent. I don't see them winning unless the Rhodes are having problems between them. This rivalry is just there for the kickoff purpose. Don't anymore into that.

Percentage of winning:

The Rhodes Bros.      70%

Rybaxel                     30%

Who I want to win is Rybaxel only for the break up between Cody and Goldust.

Who does Creative more in likely want to win: The Rhodes Bros.

Big E vs Jack Swagger for the Intercontinental Championship

Big E has been the Intercontinental Champion, but hasn't had many challengers. He had a mini-feud, but it didn't help the title's value. Since the Super Intercontinental Championship merged with the WWE Championship, the IC title needed to come back into prominence. The vast amount of title holders never gave it the shine it needed. The last two wrestlers that gave it a higher value was Cody Rhodes and Ric Flair during his last run in wrestling. Since then, it has been handed around like a shitty diaper. Each holder never had real feuds or challenges. It was like WWE helped the tag titles and forgot about the midcard titles. Now Big E has the title, and once again he holds it like a plastic belt you get from the store. At least Jack Swagger did a fatal 4-way match for the number one contender. The match holds little value for me. I see Jack Swagger winning, so he can rub it in Cesaro's face.

Percentage of Winning:

Jack Swagger             60%

Big E                          40%

I think Jack Swagger will win it to show it to Cesaro, but creative might have other plans, hence the reason the numbers are close together.

Alberto Del Rio vs Batista

This rivalry is so boring that I pray for a divas match. This rivalry got started on Twitter with there Twit war. Then Alberto Del Rio started talking trash about Batista...perro and all. Once Batista was added to the roster, Del Rio came out to Batista on his re-debut. From there, Del Rio really tried to show emotion, and tried to get people to notice him. The problem was Batista in two ways. One, he absolutely cared more about how Triple H thought about his return over the rivalry at hand. Seriously, Batista could of given a lot more effort in this rivalry. The second problem was Batista got swept up in a sea of boos, because the Daniel Bryan effect has spread throughout the arenas. To the audience, Batista took what was rightfully Daniel Bryan's. I do have to credit the creative writing in here. With Punk gone, they really have scrambled a good story with HHH and Daniel Bryan. Back to Batista/Del Rio; these two could put on a classic, but all Del Rio is to Batista is a jobber. I see two things happening and each are have two constants: Del Rio will make Batista a legitimate threat to the WWE WHC, and Batista winning. The two variables are: can Batista shake the ring rust to give a good performance, and will the WWE audience shower the match with cheers and "this is awesome" chants or are they going to boo and chant the announcers and/or "Boring." Either way the audience is going to be the reason to watch this match.

Percentage of winning:

Batista                       95%

Alberto Del Rio           5% (only because of Batista's ring rust could be dangerous and botchy)

I could careless who wins, and creative is sooooooo obviously on Batista's side.

Titus O'Neil vs Darren Young

 These two were once the Prime-time Players. Titus O'Neil was the charismatic powerhouse, while Darren "Mr. No Days Off" Young was the worker of the group. They ran with Abraham Washington as a manager climbing to their first Tag Team Title reign, however Washington was release due to a multitude of remarks he made for various subjects. Thus, The Prime-Time Players were placed on the backburner. Titus O'Neil began to pick up his charisma as his character grew. Darren's character did not grow. Soon PTP was on the rise again, but failing in grabbing the gold from Team Hell No. After that, they were brought into being faces, because news of Darren Young's sexual orientation coming out. It was WWE's way of saying," Yes! We support the LGBT community." They seem to get a couple wins and escape back to obscurity. Now a few weeks ago, PTP loss another match resulting in a frustrated Titus O'Neil. He came to the conclusion that Darren Young is dead weight and the Prime-Time Players are no more. They brawl off and on; Titus is shot up in character due to his great promo performance. The sad part is this rivalry was only exclusive to the blue brand, however holds more emotion than half of the other matches on this card. I am really looking to see what Titus does and how he holds in the future. Since, Titus is the one being pushed I see him getting the win.

Percentage of Winning:

Titus O'Neil                90%

Darren Young             10%

I want Titus to keep his push, so I want Titus to win.

Creative is thinking the same thing

The Usos vs The New Age Outlaws for the Tag Team Championships

This match is a mixed bag of all kinds of reasons. The rivalry starts with the New Age Outlaws coming out of retirement back to full time employment. First they were back for the DX nostalgia or milking the DX  nostalgia to the bitter end. At the time, I  thought they were there temporarily. Once they turned on Punk, I figured they were going to add to the Authority angle. They never did and went completely heel. The nostalgia of them has worn off, but replaced with a newfound interest, much like Goldust coming back and being better than ever. These guys wrestle great and were wonderful on the microphone. Soon, they took over the Tag Team Championships by beating The Rhodes Brothers. After that feud, The Usos started to take on wins. Jimmy showed promise on commentary, Jey was wrestling better and better. The Usos are a hot team right now becoming the Hardyz 2.0. With both teams running hot, they clash at the PPV. The tag team division is really back to prominence and is welcomed to stay. Now the thing I have to question is... is WWE ready to pull the trigger on the Usos? So many times have the Usos reached this far, and never held onto gold. However, with them being over with the crowd and the NAO nostalgia worn off, are the Usos ready for the next level?

Percentage of Winning:

New Age Outlaws      50%

The Usos                   50%

I really want the Usos to win, but creative is a complete mystery.

Randy Orton vs Sheamus vs John Cena vs Cesaro vs Christian vs Daniel Bryan
Elimination Chamber Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

With this match, each wrestler plays his own part in different stories. Sheamus is coming back from an injury, and wants to become the champion to reclaim his prior position as a main eventer. However, Sheamus is the one with almost no story behind him. John Cena is the top guy in the company, and he is the glass ceiling for younger stars to break out to the next generation of main eventers. Being a young rising star, Cesaro is trying to make a name for himself and position himself as a main event guy. However, one superstar is seeing the end of his career and wants to reclaim the championship one last time. Christian is a desperate man with a new attitude. Daniel Bryan is a main event guy that is being held down by The Authority. To him, getting that gold with cement himself as the new John Cena, and he can shove it into The Authority's face. Lastly, we have the supposed  of "Face of the WWE," Randy Orton. Randy Orton is the champion, but he is on a slump against the other superstars besides Christian. His story needs him to win and go to Wrestlemania to keep his poster boy position.

Prediction on events:
Now I don't know who will start, but my guess is Daniel Bryan is one of them. No way The Authority will allow Bryan to be in a cell. I'm saying Sheamus will eliminate Christian. Sheamus is eliminated by Cesaro or John Cena. John Cena is eliminated by Cesaro. Cesaro is eliminated by Bryan. Kane or Triple H interferes costing Bryan the match and Randy Orton wins going to Wrestlemania.

Percentage of Winning:
Randy Orton               50% Since the story goes like I say with little deviances
Daniel Bryan               25% Bryan could easily take out both The Authority and Randy Orton
John Cena                  10% Because he's John Cena
Cesaro                         5% Cesaro is not ready to hold the belts
Sheamus                       5% Sheamus was only World Heavyweight Champion material
Christian                       5% Christian is Intercontinental Champion material

I want Daniel Bryan to win and have a Triple Threat match at Wrestlemania. Creative is predictable about this Randy Orton wins.

The Wyatt Family vs The Shield

The most anticipated match on the card. One problem, this shouldn't be a tag team. I would of love to see this be a ladder match, a tornado tag or a hell in a cell. Either way, no one cares who wins, because this match is just plain Awesome. The storyline was well put together. Wyatts costed The Shield their chance at the Elimination Chamber match. Then for weeks they put on promos. Bray Wyatt was easily the one to watch in the promos. He really brought the creepy atmosphere to this. The Shield were great too showing their fearless state. Of course there are cracks in The Shield, but one thing holding them together is their chance to fight the Wyatts. This isn't a match that had a ragtag team fight The Shield. This is a faction vs faction match that means WAR! I see each side winning, but going to Wrestlemania for a rematch.

Percentage of winning:
The Wyatt Family      55%
The Shield                 45%

I gave the Wyatts a higher percentage, because the cracks in The Shield. I want this to end in a disqualification, and head into Wrestlemania for a gimmick match. If one team is to win, I would like it to be The Wyatt Family. Creative is a toss up.

Well everybody that's my predictions and opinions. Leave your comments and suggestions below.

WrestlingNerd: Smackdown-The Action Packed Filler

What up yall? I'm back with another review. We are looking at the Smackdown before Elimination Chamber. Usually, WWE likes to hype the PPV and place any last minute matches. Of course, it holds up to that, so how was the show? Lets take a look at Friday Night Smackdown...

Daniel Bryan vs The World

Daniel Bryan vs Jack Swagger w/ Zeb Coulter and Cesaro

With Daniel's arm bandaged, it was an easy target for Swagger. Daniel Bryan has the Yes Movement underway with the crowd chanting. All in all it was a good match. Daniel Bryan hits the knee for the pinfall.

Vickie and Kane comes out to give Bryan a second match with Cesaro.

Daniel Bryan vs Cesaro w/ Jack Swagger and Zeb Coulter

Again attacking the arm of Bryan, Cesaro goes to hurt Bryan's chances at Elimination Chamber. Cesaro really is trying to make himself interesting with new moves slewing out and an over character. If he was better at the mic, he would instantly be a much more credible champion. Swagger picks up a chair while Bryan is laying on the outside. The ref catches him and sends both Coulter and Swagger out. After the commercial break, Kane is appearing on the outside of the match. Bryan hits the knee and Cesaro drops. Kane then chokeslams Bryan. Now I have been saying that the Kane/Bryan rivalry needs to end soon. I would rather have Triple H cause Bryan the match at Elimination Chamber, so they can feud towards Wrestlemania. Kane/Bryan should of ended here or RAW. Kane needs to move on. After the chokeslam, Cesaro picks up the pieces for his neutralizer.

Wyatts hype up their match with Shield

The Wyatt Family vs Rhodes Bros/ Rey Mysterio

This was the match of the night. I mean for Smackdown this was pretty good. Before the match, Bray Wyatt cuts a last minute promo. Bray has a certain appeal to each. Words have been spoken about his promos: creepy, fluent, well-spoken and menacing. I'd like to say that if his character stands true all the way through his wrestling career, he would become quite like the Undertaker. Could you imagine the vignette for Bray Wyatt vs The Undertaker at WM30? It would blow my mind. So about the match...Rey and Luke Harper start the match. Now if you watch The Wyatts, you will now see the archetype heel persona. Sure they attack people, but no cheap shots and no heel like moves. They use their overwhelming power and character to become menacing and intimidating. In the end, Rey hits the 619 on Rowan. Harper takes out Rey. Cody takes out Harper, and Bray hits the Sister Abigail on Goldust for the win. 

The Midcard 

Emma and Summer Rae have a dance off while I go for beer...

Alexander Rusev and Lana have another promo...I have already made that joke.

Dolph Ziggler vs Titus O'Neil

With Darren Young on commentary and a new shirt that looks like they just put a calender on a shirt, the competitors square off. Now that Ziggler is enhancement talent, maybe more wrestlers will stop talking non-kayfabe truth about WWE.

My point about talented wrestlers. I mean why waste your talents doing nothing when TNA is right around the corner. Anyway the match was ok, except for Titus O'Neil. My god can that guy talk. He needs to be pushed. Darren Young isn't as talented, but much better than some of the wrestlers. Young takes O'Neil's whistle and blows it. It causes Titus a distraction while Ziggler gains the rollup win. I have to say this rivalry is getting hotter and hotter. 

Jimmy Uso w/Jey Uso vs Road Dogg w/Billy Gunn

The match was short and sweet with Jimmy hitting the superkick for the win. It looks like the tag team titles will be on the PPV.

An Irishman and a Canadian walk in a Bar Pub...

Sheamus vs Christian

During the night, each wrestler was interviewed. Each did their job hyping both the main event and the PPV. 

Christian comes out as a heel. The process was fast, but needed for the Sheamus/Christian rivalry. I look to them Eliminating one another at EC. Sheamus on the other hand gave his usual promo that is funny and aggressive. Now the match wasn't a 5-star classic, but good for Smackdown. You can feel desperation coming off Christian as Sheamus brawls as he always does. The story between them is more about Christian than Sheamus, however this is just the rain before the storm. Sheamus wins with White Noise. While he celebrates, Christian turns full heel and throws Sheamus off the top rope to the floor. Then Smackdown ends.

Overall

The show did what it was supposed to by hyping the PPV. One thing I haven't mentioned is most of the night we saw just promos and vignettes on the upcoming PPV. Now that is understandable as the go-home show, but they really over did it. Elimination Chamber PPV is exciting for two reasons: the chamber match and the feud between the Wyatts and the Shield. Sure they added in a few matches that may look good, but just aren't. Tomorrow is my first PPV match prediction and opinion on each aspect, so I won't go into it too much. Just know that tonight is passable, but the action was pretty damn good. Just skip the dancing part and get some beer. Leave comments and suggestions below. Thanks!

WrestlingNerd TopTen: Wrestlers that need to leave

Wrestlers have come and gone in WWE. Some made it to the top, some made it to the midcard, while others have had their careers faded away. Some are too old, some are too injury prone and some we just want to see leave. Today, I want to make a top-ten of superstars that are still on the roster, but for some reason or another should leave the WWE.

10) R-Truth

Ron Killings hasn't been on much, and when he is, he doesn't get much attention. R-Truth had some of the greatest moments in the last few years. With him becoming 42, he doesn't have much left. I would hate to see him leave. WWE just isn't allowing Ron Killings the mic or wrestling time anymore. This is why he gets the number 10 spot.

9) Rey Mysterio

Oscar Gutierrez has been on WWE more sporadically. Mostly due to injury-prone status, he is not looked at favorably on holding titles. Again, he is one that I would hate to see go. He draws big crowds and merchandise.  I'd like to see him put over Sin Cara now that Hunico is taking over. In the end, Rey can still fight, but for how long.

8) Yoshi Tatsu

Naofumi Yamamoto was one the highlights of the remake show ECW, at least for a short time. Today, he is a forgotten wrestler. Yoshi was a hit in Japan, and he came to WWE mainly for his Japanese background. It's quite unfortunate for us to not get to see perhaps another Tajiri. You may only see him luckily on NXT. He should probably go back to All Japan Pro Wrestling.

7) Heath Slater

Southern-fried Heath Miller is the winner of NXT 2010 was good at two things mic work and jobbing. Since he formed up with Nexus and......that is about it. The leader of 3MB had a future, lost it, then it was shortly brought back into the limelight with 3MB. The problem with him is he's too generic and his gimmick is way overused. Slater could make a good manager with his microphone skills. Other than that WWE views him as a lost cause. 

6) Alicia Fox

Victoria Elizabeth Crawford was a prominent women's wrestler. She had a Divas Championship reign once. Although she can have plenty of botches, she was viewed as quite a character. Does anyone remember Jazz? She was once a great character that brought destruction and hatred into the women's division. If Alicia Fox could repackage herself as a Jazz-like character, it would be much more interesting. With the divas division in disarray and Total Divas viewed with praise, I see no other way Alicia Fox could stay in WWE. I'd like her to go to TNA where women's wrestling is much more prominent.

5) JTG

Jayson Anthony Paul was once partnered with Shad as formed team: Cryme Tyme. At the height of his career, JTG was loved and characterized as funny. Then Shad turned on him and both wrestlers became a disappearing act before your eyes only to be seen as a jobber on WWE's flagship shows. He isn't a great wrestler maybe less than decent. Either way, he isn't going anywhere in WWE with his doomed career

4) Santino Marella

Anthony Carelli, a wrestler, I think not. Once upon a time, a man came to Vince McMahon saying, "I wish to be a wrestler." Vince says, "What's your gimmick?" Santino:" I have a Russian background gimmick that was a badass." Vince: "Mmmm what else?" Santino: "Uh...I can do an Italian accent?!" Vince's eyes light up: "Great! You will be an Italian buffoon comedy act that no one can stomach." Santino: "Well you sure you don't want a gimmick that is considered exciting?" Vince: "Nope we need a comedy and you are the jester in my kingdom. Now if you would kindly pucker up and kiss my ass."

3)El Torito

Mascarita Dorada is a high flying midget wrestler. He has great moves and was nicknamed "Speedy Gonzalez." With all this, why is he on the number 3 spot? Because he has no damn reason to be here besides his acrobatic moves. Midgets, dwarfs and such are loved in wrestling especially in Mexican wrestling. Now ask yourself, where in WWE would El Torito be used? As a mascot. A beloved wrestler with some of the best acrobatics used as a mascot. How low and pathetic is that of Vince McMahon? With a resurgence of midget wrestling in the AAA, wouldn't El Torito be more happy with them?

2) Hornswoggle

Dylan Postl was never a real wrestler. That's it! Ok...take El Torito and take away his beloved acrobatic moves. At the same time, lets make him debut as a leprechaun. He does wrestle a little bit, but just like El Torito, he doesn't belong in WWE for any reason other than seeing a midget. He had some of the worst feuds, worst segements and about made Santino Marella a comedy genius. Everyone I talked to says he's the worst, but my number 1 has all the reasons to be gone.

Honorable mentions:

These guys either still have potential or used regularly:

Alex Riley

Wade Barrett

Big E

Camacho

Curt Hawkins

Curtis Axel

Big Show

Brad Maddox

Kofi Kingston

Layla

1) The Great Khali

Dalip Singh Rana debuted as bigger than anyone else. Now then he was able to secure wins and championships. He had someone else do his talking. He was a great hit in India. So what's the problem? In 2008, Khali started to become stiff and his wrestling abilities suffered. Therefore, he was taken out of any championship circuits and placed in the comedy segments. Segments like Khali's Kiss Cam and his dancing were horrifyingly dumb and overused. The worst is his kayfabe romance with Natalya and his comedy duo with Hornswoggle. In India, he is a huge hit, and WWE doesn't want to lose that audience. That is an easy remedy. Jinder Mahal is a decent wrestler that can perhaps get over with the India crowd. We can't see why he still wrestles when the likes of Chris Masters, John Morrison and MVP was future endeavored. Since Khali is suffering from Gigantism, he isn't too old to wrestle at the age of 42. However, his inability to wrestle without us cringing and his embarrassingly dumb comedy segments leave us changing the channel. The Great Khali, in my opinion, is the wrestler that needs to leave WWE.

WrestlingNerd: RAW (SuperCena-land)

Welcome back everybody. Sorry for the delay, problems with the internet. Today is the go-home show for the Elimination Chamber. Does it hype up the pay-per-view? Does it flash their WWE Network more times than a stripper? We all know the answer... Hopefully, it will be better than last week. Mmmm Lemon tea Snapple you are my only friend...

Elimination Chamber hype...by John Cena and crew

John Cena comes out to a mixed reaction Denver crowd. We get the same speech we always get out of John Cena: "Want some, come get some. The champ is here...blah blah blah." He mentions all of his opponents except for Cesaro. Speaking of which, Cesaro comes out then another and another Elimination Chamber opponent. Christian seems on a change to the darkside. Cesaro barely speaks. Randy Orton does what he does much like Robin from Batman and Robin...bitches and moans. Sheamus talks about pints and brogue kicks. Vince McMahon loves his race gimmicks. Seriously, Sheamus overblows it with being Irish, I'm surprise he doesn't hang out with Hornswoggle. *Sigh* It's coming, I know it. At last, Daniel Bryan comes out to add to the quantity of Elimination Chamber hype. His t-shirt is pretty awesome though. Che Guevara/communist style shirt for the YES! movement. Hell I'd like one.
Kane comes out and announces the matches for each competitor followed by the "you sold out" chant. It's rather funny that Kane is in the corporate circle since Glenn Jacobs is a Political Activist. He comes off as weird, because he's so well known as Kane. Kane's character is changing to become more PC since Glenn Jacobs is running for Senate in Tennessee.

David and Goliath or Daniel and Kane

Christian vs Daniel Bryan
Kane distracts Bryan while Christian hits Bryan from behind. Christian is full on darkside now. I like it, he was always a great bad guy. However, heels and faces are completely changed. Evil, edgier, aggressive characters are praised whereas boring, predictable, politically correct characters are hated. I'll make a editorial about it. Christian attacks Bryan's arm the main portion of the match. With Kane on the outside and a hurt arm, Daniel Bryan is getting the deck stacked against him. Eventually, Bryan rallies and pins Christian with a rollup. Disappointed, Kane enters the fray with Daniel Bryan. You can smell The Authority all over this. Kane continues the attack on Daniel's arm. He uses everything except for a weapon. The ref has to DQ Kane over the 5 count, however the damage has been done. Each match told a story to greatness. If Triple H and Daniel Bryan are going to fight at Wrestlemania, then Daniel Bryan and Kane should resolve their rivalry on Smackdown.

The Shield and the comedy team

The Shield gives a promo on not being afraid of the Wyatts. Look they pretty say the same thing every time. We need more interaction between them. The Wyatts are really interesting in the promo department. Really the only thing to say is it shows the desputes between Reigns and Ambrose. I really want this to be awesome, and continue their rivalry into Wrestlemania.

Santino Fandango comedy hour feat. Summer Rae and Emma
Yes its another match between them. They show off Emma in NXT, and she looked great. The only thing is WHY OH WHY does she need a romance with Santino Marella. You know what I give up...WWE just isn't being saved in any time or place as long as we have fucking acts like this. Just why? I'm going out to freak out for a minute here's something to watch...

Ok so the match sucked and I wanna move on. Mark Henry cuts a promo that every wrestler should watch if they wanna go far. It's too bad that Henry never got to be a main event star.

Roman Reigns vs Mark Henry
Two powerhouses going at it is pretty exciting. Each one goes at each other with power moves, but eventually Reigns hits the spear. If Batista wasn't back, Reigns would of been the next Batista. Ambrose and Rollins join Reigns with a victory. Ambrose attacks Henry in jealousy as the rest are saying "what are you doing?" It's quite funny how the decline is going. Subtle and quiet with a building jealousy and in the middle is poor Rollins. All of a sudden, you hear some creepy ass singing. Bray Wyatt should not do weddings...Bray says the same things, but in a fresh new way each time. I wonder if he writes his own dialogue or does he have a writer.

The rise and fall of the Midcard

The Rhodes Brothers are bickers over their product placement selling out to the little kids. At least it is free television. If they did this on a PPV, I'd be pissed off. Buying a PPV listening to commercials about their products hosted by a wrestler that wants some screen time. When an angel in form of a Wade Barrett comes over and knocks over their toys. I laughed pretty hard, because I wanted to do just that.

Jack Swagger w/ Zeb Coulter vs Kofi Kingston
This match was just ok, but with chants for JBL and CM Punk. Swagger wins. WEEEEEE!!!!
Big E not Langston comes out to greet Jack Swagger, but neither guys do nothing and Swagger backs off. What a hyping moment for them two!!!!!!!

Biggie vs Drew MacIntyre/Jinder Mahal
The action was ok, but the reason to watch this is for Zeb Coulter on the mic. This guy is much more funnier than all the other comedy acts combined. This is great build up for the IC title match. Once again I do hope Swagger takes the title away. Oh yeah Big E wins with a double Ending.

Welcome to Cena-land, comrade

Alexander Rusev and Lana makes a promo hyping his debut. He finally talks, but what I get out of it is...

John Cena vs Cesaro w/ Jack Swagger and Zeb Coulter
WWE is placing interviews before matches, so I am going to just include them in the fight. Before the match, Cena give his speech about the next generation. Hmm I'd like to see Captain Picard win in a fight with John Cena. Worf and Data vs the Brothers of Destruction. Commander Riker fight CM Punk. Hell I bet Counselor Troi is a much better wrestler than any of the Total Divas clan. Ok I'm off track... So Cena is the glass ceiling that we all knew he was. Anyone that beats him is considered part of the main event club sans The Miz. Cena comes out and you hear the same thing over and over again from King when Cena is heading to a championship match on Sunday. "If John Cena wins on Sunday, we will all be chanting 'The Champ is Here!'" Oh King, everytime you say that I die a little inside. Now I hear you all say about Cena. Some say he's the best wrestler ever, which I politely say "You are fucking delusional and need your brain checked before you hit puberty." And some say he is an asshole-licking, goat-fucking pile of garbage, which I say you are almost right. Just add in the cum guzzler and you got it. Ok that's too far...Let me straighten it out. Cena as a person is I guess a nice guy. Doing all those charity events really does cloak you in good deeds. We all know he kisses Vince McMahon's ass. However, I could care less about those charity events, Make a Wish Foundation and the Bully campaign, what I care about is his character. The John Cena character is a prime example of why WWE can suck. He is also a prime example of how not to be a great wrestler. He can make some pretty damn good matches just like Hulk Hogan did. We all want to see him fail to promote the next guy. So I'm getting way off track... We have a match of the night here with both wrestlers doing a damn good job of keeping you on your toes. Both wrestlers are developing new moves, however for Cena it is too late. We all know you can't wrestle. You get the Trademark 5 moves of doom, "lets go Cena, Cena sucks" and the comeback that comes with his matches. With Cesaro, he does his uppercuts and big swing. In the end, SuperCena dons the cape, he gives Cesaro a pinfall with the AA and flies away...

Tag Teams and promos

Titus O'Neil gets interviewed and is over the top, energetic, popular with the audience and funny as hell. Titus is becoming Rock 2.0. You know how to spell champ T-i-t-u-s!

Three Amigos w/a dumbass bull vs The Wyatt Family

This is a glorified squash match to make the Wyatts look strong. The weirdest part is the King. I have said this many times Jerry "The King" Lawler needs to retire from the announcing. He is horrible at calling matches and keeping up with JBL and Cole. Hell JBL and Cole are a great team. Cole is no Jim Ross, but JBL makes up for it with being a gifted natural at commentating.

Billy Gunn vs Jey Uso

I have to say that each week the Usos are reminding me of The Hardyz, and its quite symbolic with them being brothers and going against the New Age Outlaws. With Road Dogg and Jimmy Uso on commentary, we get delightful bickering and a show in-ring. The match was another ok one even with CM Punk chants erupting again. I wonder what they are going to do with the Chicago crowd. It will be filled with CM Punk chants and Yes! chants. Jey Uso wins with the rollup of death.

The Main Event and the non-entertaining hype

Triple H and Randy Orton are talking about being the Orton's face and Trips' ego. When Randy trashes Batista whilst Batista is behind Randy. It's semi-funny how Orton recovers. Orton exit stage left. Enter Del Rio. Rio talks about getting revenge against Batista, but Batista does the harshest most heinous thing ever. He pushes Del Rio into something. Oh my god! What unspeakable act will he do next? I'm really not into this rivalry. Del Rio is the only one trying, however Batista doesn't care at all. If you watch HHH, he looks at Del Rio uncaring too. HHH just throws all these talents away, and adds in lifeless idiots that couldn't interest me at all. Batista is called "The Animal" for a reason. Let him wipe the floor with guys and throw him to Brock Lesnar. Maybe I should do the booking.

Randy Orton vs Sheamus

Sheamus is in a interview with Byron. He talks about becoming the WWE Champion. Add in Pint of Ale, Irish and arse and that's Sheamus' interview.If Sheamus was much more over the top and aggressive he would be a blast in promos. Also, WWE is trying to make Sheamus/Christian a rivalry going into Elimination Chamber. Fun.

The match was slow and good, but boring at spots. CM Punk chants go on again. Orton slamming Sheamus through the table was the highlight. In the end, The Shield comes in to beat up Sheamus. Soon enough a brawl starts with all the chamber contestants going at it. The Wyatts show up in front of the Shield and they start brawling. It was great fun, but cut short. 

Overall

Tonight had some fun times, some funny points, but it had its share of boring, uncaring and overall stupid moments. I'd say it's watchable. It's late and I wanna get on with my editorial. Leave comments on my review or what you think about WWE lately.