BRM Reviews the 7/22/2014 Main Event
Posted: Jul 25th, '14, 09:07
SETH ROLLINS vs. FANDANGO- 3/10
I like that they didn't make Fandango into a total jobber, but I did think he got a bit too much offense in. He actually controlled most of it.
RYBACK (w/Curtis Axel) vs. JEY USO (w/Jimmy Uso)- 4/10
I like Ryback getting the win (assuming it starts the build to a tag title match), but with the Meathook Clothesline? Really? What? Could Ryback not get Jey Uso up for the Shell Shock? COME ON!
SLATER-GATOR PROMO- or maybe not. Apparently Titus does not want to be Heath's regular tag team partner (and in his defense, look at what has happened to McIntyre, Jinder, and Justin Gabriel). He says that Heath needs to just shut up and follow his lead. Heath insists that Titus really does want to team with him.
HEATH SLATER & TITUS O'NEIL vs. BIG E. LANGSTON & KOFI KINGSTON (w/Xavier Woods)- 2.25/10
About Kofi, Woods, and Big E., Tom Phillips said "we've known all three of these superstars have been very close for quite some time." WHAT?! No we haven't! We've seen Kofi and Big E. work together about twice, and we've never seen Woods interact with them at all aside from Raw! You can't just say sh*t like that on a wrestling show! If you want to do an angle that involves people being good friends, you need to SHOW IT first. Just like Woods complaining about... whatever possibly-racial thing he was complaining about on Raw or the Christy Hemme equality for women fiasco in TNA. You can't just have the guy come out and say "this is just what I've been saying!" You have to do a few segments where he ACTUALLY SAYS IT, first.
The only person this match made we want to see more of was Titus.
ZEB COULTER (& Jack Swagger) PROMO- ummm... AMAZING!
SLATER & THE GATOR PROMO, PART 2- Titus declares Heath to be bad luck. Heath points out that Salter-Gator is getting over.
RUSEV (w/Lana) vs. JACK SWAGGER (w/Zeb Coulter)- 5.5/10
Weren't we supposed to get Sheamus vs. Rusev? Don't get me wrong, I'd glad they came to their senses and didn't book the match, but at least give us an angle or something to explain why Sheamus isn't wrestling tonight.
Do you notice how Rusev takes damage to a body part, and then sells it throughout the entire match? Rusev>Ishii.
Rusev gets DQed on purpose by hitting Swagger with the Russian flag. Well... there goes that undefeated streak. Zeb stops Rusev from using the flag again, and Swagger stands tall at the end.
And okay edition of main event.
I like that they didn't make Fandango into a total jobber, but I did think he got a bit too much offense in. He actually controlled most of it.
RYBACK (w/Curtis Axel) vs. JEY USO (w/Jimmy Uso)- 4/10
I like Ryback getting the win (assuming it starts the build to a tag title match), but with the Meathook Clothesline? Really? What? Could Ryback not get Jey Uso up for the Shell Shock? COME ON!
SLATER-GATOR PROMO- or maybe not. Apparently Titus does not want to be Heath's regular tag team partner (and in his defense, look at what has happened to McIntyre, Jinder, and Justin Gabriel). He says that Heath needs to just shut up and follow his lead. Heath insists that Titus really does want to team with him.
HEATH SLATER & TITUS O'NEIL vs. BIG E. LANGSTON & KOFI KINGSTON (w/Xavier Woods)- 2.25/10
About Kofi, Woods, and Big E., Tom Phillips said "we've known all three of these superstars have been very close for quite some time." WHAT?! No we haven't! We've seen Kofi and Big E. work together about twice, and we've never seen Woods interact with them at all aside from Raw! You can't just say sh*t like that on a wrestling show! If you want to do an angle that involves people being good friends, you need to SHOW IT first. Just like Woods complaining about... whatever possibly-racial thing he was complaining about on Raw or the Christy Hemme equality for women fiasco in TNA. You can't just have the guy come out and say "this is just what I've been saying!" You have to do a few segments where he ACTUALLY SAYS IT, first.
The only person this match made we want to see more of was Titus.
ZEB COULTER (& Jack Swagger) PROMO- ummm... AMAZING!
SLATER & THE GATOR PROMO, PART 2- Titus declares Heath to be bad luck. Heath points out that Salter-Gator is getting over.
RUSEV (w/Lana) vs. JACK SWAGGER (w/Zeb Coulter)- 5.5/10
Weren't we supposed to get Sheamus vs. Rusev? Don't get me wrong, I'd glad they came to their senses and didn't book the match, but at least give us an angle or something to explain why Sheamus isn't wrestling tonight.
Do you notice how Rusev takes damage to a body part, and then sells it throughout the entire match? Rusev>Ishii.
Rusev gets DQed on purpose by hitting Swagger with the Russian flag. Well... there goes that undefeated streak. Zeb stops Rusev from using the flag again, and Swagger stands tall at the end.
And okay edition of main event.