WWE The Beast in the East
Chris Jericho vs Neville
7/10
Really a match for the sake of a match. Both guys looked good, but there was no build to it, and no spots that really wowed, so I was just kinda meh the whole match. I get the story that they're trying to tell with Neville "almost" winning important matches, but I still think the wrong dude won
Paige vs Nikki Bella (c) vs Tamina for the Diva's Champion
5/10
Had some really good spots in it ( a tower of doom spot!) but the wrong lady won (Nikki) and it had the most random finish imaginable.
They cut to the fans filing in, and there's a guy in an elaborate Daniel Bryan costume meekly doing the "Yes" chant that made me laugh
Brock video package: Excellent. Brock talks in snippits, Paul Heyman's stuff is remixed in
Kofi Kingston vs. Brock Lesnar
Kofi slowly realizing that the crowd was chanting, "New Day Sucks" was great
The people love Brock. Alternatively there is approximately one guy chanting for Kofi
Amazingly, Kofi gets some offense in, even countering a German. He is undisputedly murdered by the second one though
-The fans start chanting for Kofi, and Lesnar just looks out into the crowd and smirks
-F5 spells the end for Kofi
-One more suplex and an F5 for Kofi
-The New Day runs interference but get murdered
No rating, squash
Balor/Owens package: GREAT
Kevin Owens (c) vs Finn Balor for the NXT Title
-Finn Balor's entrance is still the coolest thing in wrestling
-The respectful pop they give Balor vs the silence they give Owens is great
-Hideo Itami is just in the crowd looking disappointed
-They even have the Geishas with the flowers, Owens throws his bouquet out
-Immediate dropkick, Owens rolls out, Suicide dive
-Owens exists the ring after ducking a Balor dropkick and yells "SCREW THIS" but gets baseball slid for his trouble
-Chair assisted barricade dropkick!
-Owens clearly has the most heat of the night
-"ARE YOU NOT IMPRESSED! I DON'T CARE, CAUSE I HATE THIS STUPID COUNTRT AND EVERYONE IN IT!" Owens is gold
-The announcers sell Balor's reverse DDT like it's Bloody Sunday
Lots of false finish, great match!
_Post match stuff was awesome too.
9.5/10
There was a Ziggler and Cena vs Barrett and Kane match, but I'm skipping it.
A good show. Only four live matches, but really good.
7/10
Really a match for the sake of a match. Both guys looked good, but there was no build to it, and no spots that really wowed, so I was just kinda meh the whole match. I get the story that they're trying to tell with Neville "almost" winning important matches, but I still think the wrong dude won
Paige vs Nikki Bella (c) vs Tamina for the Diva's Champion
5/10
Had some really good spots in it ( a tower of doom spot!) but the wrong lady won (Nikki) and it had the most random finish imaginable.
They cut to the fans filing in, and there's a guy in an elaborate Daniel Bryan costume meekly doing the "Yes" chant that made me laugh
Brock video package: Excellent. Brock talks in snippits, Paul Heyman's stuff is remixed in
Kofi Kingston vs. Brock Lesnar
Kofi slowly realizing that the crowd was chanting, "New Day Sucks" was great
The people love Brock. Alternatively there is approximately one guy chanting for Kofi
Amazingly, Kofi gets some offense in, even countering a German. He is undisputedly murdered by the second one though
-The fans start chanting for Kofi, and Lesnar just looks out into the crowd and smirks
-F5 spells the end for Kofi
-One more suplex and an F5 for Kofi
-The New Day runs interference but get murdered
No rating, squash
Balor/Owens package: GREAT
Kevin Owens (c) vs Finn Balor for the NXT Title
-Finn Balor's entrance is still the coolest thing in wrestling
-The respectful pop they give Balor vs the silence they give Owens is great
-Hideo Itami is just in the crowd looking disappointed
-They even have the Geishas with the flowers, Owens throws his bouquet out
-Immediate dropkick, Owens rolls out, Suicide dive
-Owens exists the ring after ducking a Balor dropkick and yells "SCREW THIS" but gets baseball slid for his trouble
-Chair assisted barricade dropkick!
-Owens clearly has the most heat of the night
-"ARE YOU NOT IMPRESSED! I DON'T CARE, CAUSE I HATE THIS STUPID COUNTRT AND EVERYONE IN IT!" Owens is gold
-The announcers sell Balor's reverse DDT like it's Bloody Sunday
Lots of false finish, great match!
_Post match stuff was awesome too.
9.5/10
There was a Ziggler and Cena vs Barrett and Kane match, but I'm skipping it.
A good show. Only four live matches, but really good.