BRM Reviews the 7/10/2014 Superstars

[Big Red Machine]

TITUS O'NEIL vs. ADAM ROSE (w/the Rosebuds)- 3/10
WOW! I decided to watch this show because I heard that Curtis Axel cut an awesome promo on Tyson Kidd and I wanted to see how the Tyson-Nattie angle is being played out on the main roster shows... but I also got a SUPER-AWESOME bonus: Unless I'm much mistaken VEDA SCOTT IS A ROSEBUD!
Apparently this match is a follow-up from an angle on Smackdown where Rose beat Titus twice in one night. This would be fine and all... if that angle hadn't taken place THREE WEEKS AGO and has never been mentioned since.

Wow. Renee sounds PAINFULLY overproduced.

Titus looked like such a monster here that they really should have called an audible and given Titus the win. PUSH THIS MAN!
Titus actually busted Rose's lip open early on, but no attention was called to it whatsoever.

RYBAXEL BACKSTAGE- Axel calls Tyson Kidd a "professional wrestler turned Total Diva." OH SNAP!
Ryback actually put Kidd over as a good competitor. Of course, he also claimed to have a reality show in the works called "Total Big Guys," so nothing he says is reliable. They argue over which of them will win the IC Title at Battleground. Axel asks Ryback "how many titles have you won?" to which Ryback responded "yeah... well I tied John Cena once." Is it sad and pathetic that this has become Ryback's biggest claim to fame? Yes... but I still laughed my ass off. They then said something about wanting to be the Dust-Busters.

RAW RECAP- it's Reigns and Kane from the beginning of Raw. They muted the word "b*tch" but not the crowd's reaction to it, which was probably the best way to do things.

NOW I'M CONFUSED- they are pushing the Reigns vs. Rusev match on Smackdown "tonight..." but tonight is Thursday!
And speaking of Thursday, how are TJ and Nattie (and Renee, too) on this show in Canada when I just saw them an hour ago in Florida for NXT? I'm beginning to think that WWE is lying to me, and one of these shows is taped in advance, even though they claim it's live!
(Seriously, though, they should really do everything they can to avoid these kayfabe-breaking situations. Why not move Superstars or NXT to Wednesdays so that you have one show on each night of the week?

ORTON VS. AMBROSE RECAP- they spent WAY too much time on this. They actually replayed most of the match... and then told us they were going to do the same to Cena vs. Rollins... while already teasing that Rollins could cash-in MITB. If there was anew champion, we would have all heard about it by now, and if we hadn't, it is WWE's job to let us know... and I mean with a big graphic at the beginning of the show.

CURTIS AXEL (w/Ryback) vs. TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya)- 6.5/10
Big pop for Nattie and TJ, as expected. Just like on NXT, they came out holding hands and smiling.
The match was good. Axel won clean.

JOHN CENA vs. SETH ROLLINS RECAP- I do not understand why WWE does stuff like this. Let's be honest: THERE IS NO ONE WHO WATCHES SUPERSTARS WHO DOESN'T ALREADY WATCH RAW. With that in mind, what purpose to these extremely long recaps/replays serve? To hammer home the storylines? Yeah... but the announcers already do that during all of the other matches anyway! Why not use this time for something productive. Give us more matches or longer matches and use them to get guys over. And don't ignore it, either. Hype up matches for Superstars on Raw and Main Event and even the previous week's Smackdown. Treat it like a REAL WRESTLING SHOW. If WWE wants to get people to buy the WWE Network (and most reports are saying that they are not close to what their target membership was for this point in the year), they need to make the Network-exclusive content as worthwhile as they possibly can.