New Video, talking about all Nerdy Movie stuff!

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5 Feuds WWE Need To Do Before WrestleMania 32

Over the WrestleMania Season a lot changes, beginnings and endings of different rivalries and new champions are crowned. Going off these new developments I'm gonna be listing off the feuds I believe WWE should do from this point to the next WrestleMania. I've purposely kept it so I don't use the same wrestler more than once, I could easily list off wrestlers to go against Bryan, Rollins or Lesnar but that is not creative and fun. With this list I've chosen each wrestler specifically to see a great feud unfold and ultimately end up in great story telling and awesome matches.

1. Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns

Probably the biggest match every WWE fan wants to see. Ever since the break up of The Shield our appetites have been wetted by the idea of a Triple Threat Match, and even before the break up lots speculated as far back as WrestleMania 30 that this match would happen. We had some teasing in the form of great feuds between Rollins/Ambrose, and Rollins/Reigns but the next step is to really show these three face off for the biggest prize in the company. As things stand now it looks out of reach, Ambrose being in the IC Title picture and Reigns promptly demoted after the backlash fans had on him but I think over the year building these two to go for the title would be great television. Keep Rollins on top most of the year and then have Ambrose and Reigns finally meet again when building for this match. For the most part these two have continued to be friends but when it comes to the championship they shouldn't care and just keep battling each other. The three have great ring chemistry, especially Rollins and Ambrose with their feuds constantly being re done in new promotions just like Zayn vs Owens. At the very least though I wouldn't mind any variation on this match, if it be another Rollins/Ambrose or a Ambrose/Reigns, I'd be interested in any, but WWE have to be looking at the triple threat as the one huge match for all three men.

2. Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler

We've seen that these two love to fight against each other over the past couple of years, every time they get to fight it is a spectacle. Just before this years WrestleMania we saw these two try and campaign for another feud leading up to Mania. WWE obviously liked the idea but wanted more people involved so had both men part of a Ladder match for the IC Title. The match was amazing with Daniel Bryan winning the title and finally grabbing his Triple Crown Championship. But now Mania has past it is time for WWE to build these midcard titles again. By putting the championship on Bryan it is already in fan interest so now they need an exciting match to make the title prestigious. It is almost a no brainer to bring in Ziggler. It is what the fans want and what would be best for the championship. As of right now it looks like they are teasing this rivalry soon but Barrett is currently still in the picture and one of the two needs to turn Heel (I say Ziggler). There is a great read about how WWE should book this feud over at What Culture by Mark Riley, it is absolutely brilliant and would get anyone excited about this feud. So come on WWE what are you waiting for!?

3. Neville vs Bray Wyatt

Adrian Neville has just debuted on the main roster of WWE and has already shown how impressive he is to all the none NXT watchers of WWE. NXT fans all absolutely love Neville and believe he is a future WWE champion, however Neville is stuck in a hard spot, he needs a first rivalry that can propel him into the public eye and he needs to come out on top, in comes Bray Wyatt. Wyatt has been in some sticky situations since his Main Roster debut, his feud against Cena was really where his character started to go south but every time Wyatt is defeated the character replies in not caring, he still knows he is better than anyone else and that has kept him in the spotlight even after he loses or seemingly looks weak. Having Wyatt go after a new superstar in Neville would really create an interesting story, maybe Wyatt is jealous for Neville's praise so early on or something along those lines, this also allows a lot of room for Neville to develop his character and become a fan favourite. Sure there are a lot of potential opponents to put in front of Neville or Wyatt but I believe this feud will be something that can be a launching point for both men in there careers.

4. Paige vs Charlotte

As we all sit a mourn the leaving of AJ Lee, we look to NXT to see who will fill her place, well look no further than Flair's little girl Charlotte. Paige has now become the leader of the Divas division after AJ Lee left earlier last year and Paige had to carry the division by herself, now AJ has retired she is now the face of the divas division completely. All Paige needs now is a worthy opponent and Charlotte is the best candidate. These two have been face to face before in NXT but bringing the rivalry to the main roster will be the best decision for the new rejuvenated Divas devision. They both are amazing wrestlers and can truly show up most of the men in a long winded feud and enough time every week to develop it. After this we could see Naomi mixed into the picture against one of these two and then WWE can continue to bring up the amazing Diva talent they have down there. No more Bella's please, we want real women's wrestling.

5. Kevin Owens vs Brock Lesnar

This last feud may be the most fantasy or dream match of them all, it is completely possible for this to happen this year but most odds will point to this happening next year or even two years later. But I yearn for this match to happen. Kevin Owens truly is a force to be reckoned with and so is Lesnar. It won't be too long till we see Lesnar back on top and during that time you could easily see Owens being a completely dominant force amongst the Main Roster. Having Lesnar back on top and being dominant again could lead to everyone and anyone wanting to kick him off the mountain. After several attempts by worthy challengers we could finally see Owens turn up and give Lesnar a run for his money. The high impact and fast paced match could turn into an instant classic and if the title is involved also it could one of the greatest main events of all time.

Honourable Mention: Goldust vs Stardust 

We've been wanting this feud for years and years and every time WWE looks like it is going for it, they complete drop the ball and we never hear about it again. The most recent and closest attempt at this match was a feud leading into Fastlane which looked like it would've continued into WrestleMania but after Fastlane it never got picked up again. It has made the whole Stardust gimmick they gave Cody completely pointless and people are sick of it already. WWE NEED to bring this back and finish it with a worthy match and story line, the feud was going so well and it was idiotic of them to stop it.

So there you go, five feuds I believe WWE need to do over the next year, what are your opinions on these? Have you got some of your own? Tell me in the comments, I'd love to start a discussion!

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The WWE 2014-15 Season Awards

Around this time last year I went out and created my awards for the figurative WWE Season. From the Raw right after WrestleMania 29 to WrestleMania 30, This year I’ve decided to bring it back and I’ve had it in mind ever since I created last years. So, from the Raw after WrestleMania 30 to WrestleMania 31, who picked up the awards this year?

Best Moment of the year: Seth Rollins Cashes in his Money In The Bank – WrestleMania 31

I feel like the whole of WrestleMania event was filled with great moments but the best of them all was watching Rollins cash-in and win the WWE Championship. I can’t think of anything else that was better this year.

Worst Moment of the year: Roman Reigns Wins The Royal Rumble

At the time of this happening the whole collective of fans were hugely disappointed in the result. Ever since the elimination of fan favourite Daniel Bryan early on and then watching others like Ziggler and Ambrose get eliminated the fans were against Roman Reigns. There were rumors about his Rumble win months before hand and there were murmurs of doubts from fans, once Bryan returned however we all seemed to be convinced that WWE would rectify the mistake they made last year with Batista by letting Bryan win instead they went forth with intended plans and in the long run ended up giving us the best moment of the year.

Best PPV of the year: WrestleMania 31

Maybe it is the fact that WWE get every other PPV wrong but WrestleMania always seems to be the best event of the year. The event was so full of great moments even when some of the wins went the wrong ways we didn’t care because it was so damn entertaining. For a second year running it looks like WWE have pulled off the biggest show of the year.

Worst PPV of the year: Battleground

I think there wasn’t one stand out terrible PPV this year and most of the PPVs were pretty good, I think the least memorable was probably Battleground. It had a Fatal Four Way match which I don’t even remember and it just ended up starting the build for the next PPV which was far better Summerslam.

Rookie of the year: Paige

Her debut on Raw was the night after ‘Mania where she picked up the title and ever since then she has been carrying the weak Divas division while AJ was away and amazing feuds with her when she was present. She is great in the ring and on the mic and is only matched by AJ. Also she is beautiful.

Superstar of the year: Brock Lesnar

If you told me last year that Lesanr would be the worthy Superstar of the year I would be angry, I didn’t like Lesnar but over this past year with still minimal appearances he has proved me wrong that he can wrestle and he can entertain. He has gained a huge amount of respect from fans who would otherwise hate Lesnar for being a part time wrestler for being amazing this year. No one else can really be the Superstar of the year.

Superstar who needs a push: Curtis Axel

There are alot of contenders for this award this year including people like Damien Mizdow or Bo Dallas but I decided to go with Axel as he got a start of a unintentional push created by himself at the tail end of this year. Although a silly gimmick it could eventually propel him back into bigger stories. But apart from that this year he has done nothing particular so now it is his time.

Diva of the year: Paige

I could give this to AJ but she took a break and Paige carried the division on her back. (See Rookie of the year for more)

Team of the year: The Uso’s

The Uso’s are probably the best Tag Team in WWE right now and if they continue to be as good as they are they could be the team to define this generation of WWE. They have all the qualities I love in teams and they have been the forefront of that division for this year and last. The only reason they got knocked out last year was because of the amazing trio teams in The Shield and The Wyatt Family.

Heel of the year: Seth Rollins

After Payback Seth Rollins turned on The Shield and became heel in the process. From that point onwards he became the heel of the company spitting amazing promos every night with his goonies from The Authority watching his back every week making sure his cocky persona never wavered week after week even if he lost or won with help. Seth really made a name for himself this year, having great feuds and matches with Ambrose just like his NXT days, winning the Money in the Bank, having his own security team and winning the championship at WrestleMania.

Face of the year: Dean Ambrose

Probably the best face of the year being almost the Stone Cold type by doing things a typical face would never do but stays face no matter what. Ambrose is special and it is sad to see that he didn’t make a huge impact this year because his singles career is going well. I’d like to see him in the main event picture by this time next year but lets see where WWE take him.

Shock of the year: Sting debuts in WWE – Survivor Series

Although there were rumors of when Sting would turn up in WWE there never seemed to be a pin point time, so it came to a big shock to fans as we saw Sting turn up at Survivor Series and face of with Authority Leader Triple H to give Team Cena and Dolph Ziggler the win at the event. A great moment that cannot be forgotten.

Match of the year: John Cena vs Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar – Royal Rumble

This match had to be match of the year. It was completely explosive and all three guys looked absolutely amazing. The match couldn’t be any better if it tried and it truly cemented Rollins as a main event player.

Feud of the year: Dean Ambrose vs Bray Wyatt

I’ve decided to add this award this year because I think it would be a great way to highlight some great stories. The best feud this year had to be Dean Ambrose vs Bray Wyatt. It truly was a match made in heaven. The feud felt like a Sherlock/Moriarty angle, it is summed up perfectly with this quote Wyatt gave during a promo for the feud: “Every time I look at you, I can’t but see my own deranged reflection”.

Thank You for reading my WWE Season Awards, I hope you tune in next year and see my opinions then. I’ll list my Honourable Mentions for each category below if you would like to read them.

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Honourable Mentions:

Best Moment of the year – Dolph Ziggler wins at Survivor Series, The Rock and Ronda Rousey take out The Authority, Daniel Bryan wins the IC Title

Worst Moment of the year – Daniel Bryan gets a neck injury, Seth Rollins turns on The Shield

Best PPV of the year – Survivor Series, Money in the Bank, Hell in a Cell

Worst PPV of the year – Payback, Royal Rumble

Rookie of the year – Kevin Owens

Superstar of the year – Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose

Superstar who needs a push – Damien Mizdow, Bo Dallas

Diva of the year – AJ Lee

Team of the year – The Authority, Cesaro & Tyson Kidd, Gold & Stardust

Heel of the year – The Authority, Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman

Face of the year – Dolph Ziggler, Sting, Daniel Bryan

Shock of the year – Seth Rollins turns of The Shield, Seth Rollins cashes in his Money in the Bank at WrestleMania

Match of the year – The Shield vs Evolution at Extreme Rules, Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose at Hell in a Cell, Dolph Ziggler vs Luke Harper IC Title Ladder Match at Night of Champions, Dolph Ziggler vs Cesaro IC Title at Hell in a Cell

Feud of the year – Lesnar vs Cena, Team Authority vs Team Cena, Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose

WrestleMania 31 Breakdown - Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match

There's no doubt in my mind that this will be the best match of the night. You're going to see 7 of the most entertaining and athletic superstars in WWE right now fight over a title that is sure to get more prestigious by the end of the match and it's in the vain of one of the best matches that WWE have ever created, the Money in the Bank. How can you not be excited!

My favourite wrestlers are in this match, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Bad News Barrett, Dean Ambrose and Stardust. Add those great competitors to some other amazing talent in Luke Harper and R-Truth. We've got a hot here folks.

I will say one thing about this match I think Bryan will win. Or I want him to win. Although I don't think there will be a root of Bryan doesn't win you'd have to think WWE have learnt their lesson by this point. I also would love to see Ziggler win or any of the others above to be honest.

Realistically though youu should just dot back and enjoy this one. I for one will be marking out.

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WrestleMania 31 Breakdown - John Cena vs Rusev

Cena as we all know had been getting quite bland on us, and in a year where we should've seen Bryan's year on top he sadly got a bad neck injury and forced WWE to go back to old faithful in Cena. So we have had Cena in the lime light once again until Royal Rumble. But when he started this feud with Rusev something came out of Cena that made him interesting again.

Although this battle is still for a title it's nice to see it isn't the WWE Title. Instead Cena is going for a midcard title which could potentially bring back some interest in the title and make it worth something again. But the main reason I'm actually excited about this feud is because we've seen Cena bring a dark side to his segments. He's been playing heel in his actions but face in his promos which may be a sign of things to come.

But while I'm in my dream land of Cena being heel we will stay here in the real world and be honest with ourselves. This is gonna be another shitty Cena match isn't it? Let's just hope Rusev gets the rub then.

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WrestleMania 31 Breakdown - Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins

Out of all the matches on the WrestleMania card this match is the one that I'm surprised I'm excited about. This is due to Rollins playing the coward heel and that the face is Orton. I think what really makes this work though is how good Rollins has been as essentially being the top heel of the company this past year, also don't forget the absolutely divine brutal segment a couple of weeks ago of Orton completely destroying Rollins.

I think the best thing though is that this rivalry will surely elevate Rollins to new heights. The triple threat match at Royal Rumble definitely helped but now at Mania he can shine in a higher ranking match at the big event. Don't forget that he is the Money in the Bank holder and could be out new champion by the end of tonight or tomorrow night.

What I'm getting at is more than anything the reason I'm excited is because Rollins can start climbing once again. He seems to be slightly buried to the way side as we see some part timers swoop in during WrestleMania season but I know if he and Orton pull this of and if Rollins gets that belt these next two days he could be the next huge star. That's when I personally would love to see Reigns in the main event picture taking on Rollins.

Tell me what you think, will Rollins get the belt?

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WrestleMania 31 Breakdown - Sting vs Triple H

Sting vs Triple H is really great due to the Monday Night Wars and because Sting has never set foot into a WWE ring to actually wrestle. I really enjoy the references to WCW and I think it really adds up to the feud that could be amazing.

The match could be a great underdog. On paper it sounds great but you start to get doubts because Triple H hasn't been great since his last bout with Taker and Sting is same age as Taker you worry if the match would be any good. But I feel like these two can definitely pull it off they both look great and ready to put on a show and I'm actually really excited.

Having Sting finally talk and the confrontation at Fastlane really did the feud good. Every segment wetted my appetite and I'm surprised at how excited I am for this match. I'm hoping that the match doesn't let me down.

Seeing as this is Sting's first match in WWE I see it being obvious that he wins, that is probably why Triple H is his first opponent someone who won't get hurt from a loss at Mania.

There is one thing that I'm confused about, no Authority stipulation? I could've sworn that they would have a 'If Triple H looses The Authority is our of power for good' but maybe this will continue onwards till Extreme Rules to further some other story lines that need The Authority there, cough cough Rollins vs Orton.

Either way I'm ready to see this match and I'm surprisingly hyped up. Tell me what you think though! All your opinions let's have a discussion!

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WrestleMania 31 Breakdown - Bray Wyatt vs The Undertaker

Fear, that's what this match is all about who is the most frightening superstar in WWE. Bray Wyatt came into the company very promising and had some great feuds, he lost momentum this time last year as he faced John Cena and got beaten but since then has got back to his former popularity with his feud with Dean Ambrose. Now he is here at the best possible feud that Wyatt could have in his career and it has its own share of issues.

After last years WrestleMania we doubted if The Undertaker would actually return making it obvious it was his last match by having Lesnar beat the streak and ultimately leave Taker destroyed. I always thought that if the streak got broken Undertaker would retire. Surprisingly however that didn't happen. Now we are here. Huge rumours that Taker is a withered old man who can't really go anymore plus the fact that he hasn't been on TV with Wyatt carrying the feud. I personally love this match. I just hope that it's great.

Last year the match wasn't great and the only reason it was memorable was because the streak was broken. It just makes me wonder will this be any better, add that to the fact that maybe letting Bray win the match will make Lesnar look insignificant but give him a mountain of momentum or let Taker win and put Wyatt back down to where he was last year.

But I think really these worries shouldn't be thought about to much as Wyatt vs Taker truly is a dream match and I have every hope in the world that it is amazing.

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WrestleMania 31 Breakdown - WWE World Heavyweight Championship Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns

Brock Lesnar since last year, even with his little appearances has become the most dominate and powerful figure this wrestling company has seen in years. Even when we didn’t like the fact Mr McMahon said Lesnar was a special attraction we can’t disagree now. However the WWE fan base seem to be split on Roman Reigns. At the beginning he was boo’d and hated, he wasn’t ready and his mic skills were bad. Now only a select group think that while the others don’t mind. I don’t mind, I still think Bryan in this position would’ve been a better match but who cares now.

Heyman has been the one redeeming factor to the build the of this fued, he nailed every single promo and Brock was pretty great when he had his video packages. Sadly though Reigns has looked weak, he has been beaten a lot for some one who is about to main event Mania but you cannot deny he looks great and can finally do everything in ring and on mic that he couldn’t do before, WWE as always just does a bad job at booking him.

However we do have some common theories among fans about the outcome of the match, one which shows Lesnar lose due to Heyman turning on him and supporting Roman Reigns. The other is Rollins cashing in his Money in the Bank and leaving the show of the immortals as the champ. I personaly would love to see either happen but I would n’t be surprised if it is just the normal face wins clean ending.

All in all though I think Reigns is ready to be the badass WWE want him to be. He looks the part, he feels the part and he looked really good in front of Lesnar (before the tug of war). Its now up to the fans and the two competitors in the match to make it good. This match better be brutal and brilliant or the fans will shit all over it. Period.

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 9

That’s it. This Sunday will host the huge event that we have all been waiting for, will it be good? Who knows all I know is that the card is absolutely stacked with matches that have all the potential in the world. All the promos and matches on this weeks raw just proved that more.

Lesnar recently resigned with WWE which completely confirms that he wins this Sunday, well that is according to other people. I believe it won’t be so black and white. I believe that the WWE wouldn’t groom Roman Reigns to this badass status (he did look ‘strong’ in front of Lesnar on Raw. Very convincing) to then not let him win the big one. But I’m glad they did tell us about the signing merely because now I feel it could go either way. Of course we still have the idea that Heyman may turn on Lesnar but he also could not. It just depends if WWE continue to want the champ away from TV and not let Reigns win it yet or if they want a champion who will be on TV week in and week out.

Not a lot happened with the Battle Royal apart from people stating Ryback was the favourite to win..Ok. Also on the Kickoff show will be the tag championship match which I thought have done a good job in making every team look good going in, sadly they had to let their tag champions lose because of it.

All the Authority matches seem to be ready for Mania and they were some of the most entertaining builds, I’m especially looking forward to Sting vs Triple H, Sting and The Game are both capable of wrestling well so it is possible that we get a great match out of that. Also Rollins is superb in the ring and Orton can put on a great match also so I wouldn’t be surprised if that one is a good watch too.

The truly best match of the night though will come in the form of the IC title match. 7 Superstars Money in the Bank style will face each other for the belt. They’ve even got R-Truth showing some of his Ron Killings side leading up to the match which is great.

All in all though I wasn’t that excited, I didn’t even know when WrestleMania was until I wrote this post. Now I’m ready for the biggest event of the year.

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 8

Goosebumps cannot be controlled as I sit and watch Sting completely destroy The Authority with Orton by his side. Sting looked like a supreme badass to the point where I wished Reigns had this effect on me. As 8 long weeks of build has been going on we are finally reaching the end of our ‘Mania season. One more week left with one last segment for the Reigns vs Lesnar Main Event and they have to absolutely nail it or the match is going to flop. It may flop either way seeing as the comments I’ve seen have all been negative towards the match. There has however been a lot of great speculation on what will happen at the event. Will it happen is a different question.

A lot of fans like Roman Reigns but they don’t feel he is ready. More importantly they think he is terrible on the mic. I think he has improved over the past 8 weeks but they don’t think it is enough. A lot of people want Reigns to be like Lesnar.. A silent badass. The kind that stands in the middle of the ring looking completely dominant while someone else talks for him, someone like Heyman. You get where this is going? The general opinion is that if Lesnar leaves Heyman will be high and dry and if they want Reigns to win why don’t they turn him heel and give him Heyman as his mouthpiece? It is perfect really, especially with all the back and forth “I respect you Roman” “I respect you Paul”, maybe this was where it was heading all along? It would be great, it’d be better if Heyman could be face but he can’t. Heyman is born to play a heel and whoever he is managing will have to adapt to that. Heyman couldn’t be with Punk while he was Face, he can’t do it now. If Reigns and Heyman were face it would still allow Rollins to be the best Heel in the business and cash in the MitB on Reigns. We’ll see if this actually happens or not as the odds of having Reigns plus Heyman seems impossible in a world like WWE.

The IC Title Match as usual being the highlight of every week finally saw Barrett steal is own title back and completely dominate the rest of the competition. Again another big discussion point right now is if Bryan and Cena both win the mid card titles, will this signal a start of WWE raising the profile of these titles? That is really what they should’ve been doing during the gaps where Lesnar was away from the company and WWEWH title story lines were months away, but I digress. It’d be really great to see the two top guys carry the mid card belts and elevate it with great story lines and big segments on Raw. I really don’t know who will win the IC Ladder match and that’s what makes it the most exciting to me, I can’t wait to see the crazy shit they pull off and the amazing show they will put on.

Although many seem to believe that Rusev will lose at ‘Mania to Cena I hope he doesn’t. Like I said previously it’d be nice to see Cena elevate the US Title and show that more of a heelish side to him, but I want Rusev to continue to be the monster that WWE have managed to create him as. A win over Cena would elevate Rusev to new heights and be unstoppable, he would have the Lesnar quality of being the powerhouse who cannot be stopped. I’m sure you can go somewhere with that, it would probably elevate the US Title just as much as Cena would and if he never drops it but continues to aim for the main title it would really show how much of a monster he is. That would probably see the title get lost in the shuffle though and just be an accessory to Rusev by that point.

Orton vs Rollins and Triple H vs Sting are linked as we saw this week on Raw, sure they are their own entities but at the core it was all to do with The Authority. There has still been no word on if the Triple H vs Sting match will include the added stip of The Authority being out of power, but if Sting continues to be at least Semi regular like Jericho and RVD after ‘Mania it wouldn’t be surprising to see that story line continue over the coming months to Extreme Rules or maybe all the way to SummerSlam. I’d love to see Sting on a regular basis and face some younger dudes, putting them over, maybe, winning, maybe, whatever they feel like doing. As long as Sting looks great and wrestles great why the hell not?

That’s all I’ve really got to say this week, I’m getting excited when I think about ‘Mania being such a short distance away but it doesn’t crowd my mind like it usually does. I’m aiming to do a couple of articles over the next week or so, similar to last yeah I want to do WrestleMania Matches Breakdown articles as well as the ‘Mania article and the WWE 2014-15 Season Awards, like last year. Keep an eye out for those, but as always tell me your opinions!

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 7

After a dying of momentum for Orton after Fastlane with a weird but ultimately logical story line we have finally gotten our setup for the Orton vs Rollins match, and being completely honest with you it looks like one of the better built up ones. Yeah there is no real bad build up yet (unless you think the main event is being poorly handled) but nothing seems amazingly exciting. It feels like WWE every week cycle through which story they are going to push that week with the IC Title match continuously being pushed (probably because they work every week) and Wyatt carrying a whole story on his own back. I said in my last post that feels like WrestleMania but almost like a disappointing one, and I still stand by that, it is hard to muster up any kind of enthusiastic excitement when you know the last match of ‘Mania will be one we all didn’t want to see.

Maybe it is just me but WWE has a lot of matches and story building but none of it really jumps out at this part of the fan base. There is a lot of talk and maybe it’s our own fault for not sitting down, relaxing and just enjoying the product for what it is, or maybe it is the fact that most of these matches were not what we had in mind. Wyatt vs Taker should’ve been an exciting match, but we have no Taker. Triple H vs Sting was supposed to be great but they only appear every other week and a video package otherwise. Orton vs Rollins could be amazing but the slow story killed it as soon as Orton came back. A lot of problems surround every story making each feud a bit boring. This week it did pick up with Orton and we did have another good IC segment, Tag Team matches and Cena was one of the main highlights for Raw!

Cena came out this week after realising he might not be in Mania, said that wasn’t the point and then made Rusev pass out TWICE fuelled by not wanting to miss ‘Mania alone. He also looked completely sinister and combine that with the past couple of weeks of dirty tactics, he looked like a heel.. and it was awesome. Not gonna lie to you, a smile crossed my face when Cena smirked after he got his match, that was cool, interesting and completely different. Exactly what we’ve wanted out of Cena for a while. I don’t know if they will ever turn him full Heel but if they do the right time will be soon. But I really shouldn’t keep my hopes up for this situation.

With that in mind has anyone else seen that WWE may be doing a little tweener thing, Ambrose is leading this movement and I don’t think his character would work any other way as a face character, we have the Orton from this week and he’s been a tweener a lot so he’s perfected it by this point, and lastly Cena. The idea that you have a face who does heelish stuff but still gets cheered for it, is an endearing factor to have in a gimmick, it seems very reminiscent of Austin during the attitude era. So tell me what you think about the lead to Mania so far, same boat as me or not? What’s your favourite build up? And Do you think WWE are trying to get edgier with more attitude era-esque ideas?

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 6

As another slow week comes and goes the biggest match on my mind is the IC Title Ladder match, it seems almost certain that Bryan will be part of the match as well as Harper, R-Truth, Barrett, Ambrose and my favourite Ziggler. Just looking at the participants, thinking about the event and the obvious similarities to the Money in the Bank match you can’t help but feel this will be the show stopper, the show stealer, the best match of the whole night; especially when every other match seems to be a disappointment in the eyes of most of the fans.

I’ll tell you honestly, this week was fun. I am enjoying WrestleMania season as usual, maybe not as much as the past couple of years (last year especially) but it’s not the worst thing in the world. I do think this stems from the Main Event not being the match most of us wanted to see. There is a lot of matches that could be amazing like Rollins vs Orton, Wyatt vs Taker, Sting vs Trips; but it doesn’t grab the attention quite like Bryan’s fight last year or other great Mania moments. But really what do we expect? This is WWE, a company by this point that have lost touch with its fans. A company that blatantly doesn’t listen to the fans and the only reason fans still watch is because they are life long fans of wrestling or maybe because there is one good storyline they want to watch and in this case it’s the build to the IC Title Ladder Match. Ok maybe not all of the fans, I’m obviously talking about the one specific group that you could classify as IWC or maybe just readers of this article. There are a lot of fans who are casual but I don’t think they make up the core audience of WWE.

I almost didn’t write this article, I am interested but not enough. People are right to complain and say that it doesn’t feel like Mania season. It’s because it’s not. If there is any bigger of an indication that Vince needs to step down it is now.

WWE have some amazing man made stars at there disposal and we know they love their man made stars. Take Dolph Ziggler, the new People’s Champ (according to Booker T). He has the fan base, he has the talent in ring and on the mic, he has the song, the look, he is overall the full package. So WHY do WWE insist on pushing the opposite of this for the one simple fact of their philosophy “Bigger is Better”?

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 5

Five Weeks in and we are starting to see progression. The night after Fastlane was pretty uneventful that’s why this weeks post is going to be mainly focused on the discussions that have been swirling around on the TWN Facebook group which TWF is affiliated with. Let’s just make some acknowledgements first though. Star vs Goldust is really the way WWE should build Midcard feuds, the beauty of it is that it has short and intresting promos and nothing to do with a title. That is refreshing to me. The Divas segment on Raw was completely disgraceful and I don’t want to even talk about it.

So let’s talk about the fan favourite and the best wrestler in WWE right now, Daniel Bryan. A lot of people have been discussing on the facebook group, what will Bryan be doing and how will this help Bryan in the long run. Earlier on we heard that Bryan may have had a matched booked at ‘Mania for Ziggler and there was a rumor that Sheamus returning would be a feud against Bryan referencing their terrible ‘Mania match before. Now however it seems Bryan may be involved with the IC Title Ladder Match. The question is, is this good or bad? To me personally I don’t want Bryan in the match. Of course it’ll be amazing seeing as the match will almost be exactly the same as a Money in the Bank match but that is not the problem. I don’t think Bryan should be in the match as he would be thought to win seeing as he is rightfully in line for the next shot at the WWEWHC after Reigns but letting him win will demote him to the Midcard because the title would not be elevated to main event status due to Bryan, the IC Title has a stigma against by this point that Bryan would sink to the midcard with the title, plus if he does lose the match he will look weak against people who are considered Midcard to the general fan. But a lot people think that Bryan could raise the status of the Championship, and with Lesnar away most of the time it could bring a big following for the IC Title. Not to mention that this is the last title that Bryan needs to capture to become a Triple Crown champion and to have held every active title in WWE right now for Males. So what do you think?

The second topic for discussion is agin about booking and how WWE should book this match. Bray Wyatt vs The Undertaker. The debate for this seems hugely split with most not even wanting the match to happen. I personally want The Undertaker to return at ‘Mania to only showdown with Wyatt, no match. If ‘Taker doesn’t turn up before this like rumors have been suggesting then it would be a decent enough pay off, this would then lead to a month long feud until a match at Extreme Rules, for me Wyatt would win. Wyatt would get a rub off ‘Taker and he’d get a great boost and start gaining back his momentum he had before Cena destroyed him last year. The main problem with this match up is the fact that ‘Taker’s streak is broken and the match is at ‘Mania. Having Wyatt win at ‘Mania will make Lesnar win look insignificant, it will make the streak look terrible but will put over Wyatt. On the flip side, if ‘Taker wins Wyatt doesn’t get the needed boost from’Taker that he needs but the streak still seems legitimate and Lesnar still looks like a beast. There has been a lot of argument over this one and many believe Wyatt will be buried again but they don’t agree with it. What do you think? Do you think Wyatt being buried is good if Wyatt’s showing in the match is great? Do you not want the match happen? Tell me! Comment or Tweet your opinon to me.

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 4 And Fastlane

So after all the speculation of how Bryan will lose at Fastlane, will it be Ziggler or Sheamus costing him the match? Nope, he loses, CLEAN. Being a Bryan fan what does this tell me? They still don’t care about Bryan. Now I have no idea where they will take Bryan for WrestleMania. He could be in the Andre the Giant Battle Royale for all we know! That aside however I felt like the lead up to the match was exciting and done very well, not only did they fix the Reigns problem they created at Rumble by making him a tweener and making him “look strong”, they also managed to build the match in such a way that it could’ve gone either way. Sadly I thought the match felt too one sided for Reigns. Although there was good back and forth it felt like Reigns would always prevail unless he had an exposed injury. Saying all this however, I am excited to see if the Reigns vs Lesnar match at ‘Mania will be as good as WWE think it’s going to be. Let’s also hope Bryan gets to do something decent as well.

Bray Wyatt is probably the best feud Undertaker can have in this situation. After losing at WrestleMania and having The Streak broken, Undertaker’s only logical reason to ever return (apart from revenge against Lesnar) is through a callout from a certain eccentric and creepy character. Luckily for us Wyatt is that amazing on-mic and in-ring performer. The promos leading up to Fastlane were absolutely great, I really enjoyed the nail in the coffin Wyatt was hammering in and the actual promo at Fastlane caught everyone’s attention and explained the angle they are going to take very well. Hype is just talk though, will the match at ‘Mania be any good? That’s questionable, but I don’t mind finding out.

Triple H pushing Flair in the middle of the ring and getting intense with his mentor pushed the confrontation with Sting hype through the roof for me. Suddenly I became engrossed in the idea of this match and after some eluding at Fastlane we saw that it will be WCW vs WWE one more time. I love it, because Sting turning up in WWE makes sense, and although it could be argued that Triple H wasn’t the main guy in WWE during the Monday Night Wars he was a big enough factor within them to make the build seem logical. Add that with the fact Triple H was never in WCW and Sting before now had never been in WWE and it makes sense. I also enjoy Sting not speaking, Triple H plays the coward heel so well and Sting not talking or really responding to The Game’s action eludes to Triple H being frightened. I really like the angle and it just goes to show that matches that didn’t seem great on paper (especially because of Triple H pushing himself again) can become really intriguing stories, but similarly to the Wyatt vs Taker match, will this match be any good? Very questionable indeed.

The strangely great match of the night was Gold vs Stardust. The story and build is great and the match was a really fun watch, especially with all the different dynamics from the story going on, bringing in Dusty was a great decision and it really fleshes out the story, the question here is will Cody continue to be Stardust for the next Season if Goldust leaves? There is only so much that you can do with that character and most has been done with Goldust. Orton also returned during the 6-man tag and got a huge pop from the crowd. I am in the middle, Orton can get stale really quickly and I personally think he should be on a Jericho contract because of how quick he gets stale. I am excited to see him back but I’m not letting it get to me because I always remember what happens every time he turns up. I do want to see Rollins vs Orton at’Mania though, after the Triplr Threat at Rumble that Rollins competed in I want to see him hit the main event type match once again. I personally don’t think The Usos should have lost the titles last night, I think the best match at ‘Mania is Usos vs Acsension but giving the titles over to Cesaro and Kidd puts them over as great team, and the also intertwining link with wives to Total Divas hasn’t bored on me. I’m just unsure if another Tag Team Turmoil match at ‘Maina is the best way to go, because that’s the way it’s heading. The Intercontinental Title match end was stupid. Ambrose losing his chance like that angers me, sure he is supposed to be a crazy lunatic but he is motivated by the idea of being on the champions wall, shouldn’t he want to be champion rather than not caring when he gets DQ’d looking almost heelish and then stealing the belt just like he stole Rollins’ briefcase a couple of months back? I’d like to see where this goes though, hopefully Ambrose can actually hold the title for a bit and then look forward to the Main Event picture. Paige seems to be the only redeeming factor amongst the Divas division right now, I enjoy watching her wrestle I just don’t enjoy her opponent. Enough said.

Letting Cena lose to Rusev was the best possible decision, the fact that they still feel like that have to protect him from a “real” loss (Bryan doesn’t get that protection by the way) still is an annoyance. If the commentators had continued to call the match normally the loss would have been fine; but the obvious “Cena never gave up” line and the fact that interference made him lose the match has completely understated Rusev’s dominance over Cena, the match and build coming up to Fastlane definitely elevated the US Tilte value though. I understand that they want to continue this until ‘Mania but a dirty win could have been avoided, this time it is not completely evident that Rusev will lose at ‘Mania and Cena will be on top once again, even when they have a great chance to have a “Am I losing it?” angle with Cena.

All in all WWE seem to be stepping it up for WrestleMania season, I just wish it was like this all the time.

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 3

Apart from Rollins' accidental nude leak and that being the obvious reason he wasn't on Smackdown this week, this week has been considered filler, we have some classic "face enemies team together that causes tension but overcomes common enemy" with Reigns and Bryan going up against The Authority twice this week. The storyline seems to be going well and Reigns is finally starting to look strong just how WWE wanted him. The tension between Reigns and Bryan is also very entertaining and I'm glad it's working out.

Sadly it seems very plausible that there will be a 6-man tag at Fastlane between the former Team Cena members and the rest of The Authority, although it's obvious they dropped the Ziggler/Ryback team they are keeping all three together including Rowan to probably have that match at Fastlane. Let's hope it doesn't carry over to WrestleMania and we still get the rumoured Ziggler/Bryan match.

The Usos got the best match this week in my opinion next to the Wyatt/Ziggler bout on Raw. Not only did Cesaro and Kidd look awesome in the match but The Usos showed that they are going to be the best team for the next couple of years and I'm perfectly ok with that. These young guys are so talented and they deserve all the spotlight they get. I don't know if they will ever go into singles competition because they are twins but I'd love to follow them and see where there career goes. As for right now, I can't wait for them to take on The Ascension.

The Team break ups are entertaining but I'd like more Gold & Stardust exposure because that story seems much more interesting, Miz and Mizdow is good but more comedic than anything. Saddened that Ambrose is in the IC title picture while the other two Shield members are in the WWE title picture, But I do agree that these guys need to climb to the top, I know Ambrose will get to the WWE Title picture but after he gets the IC from Barrett (great rivalry pair by the way).

Triple H and Sting will be seeing each at Fastlane and.. Eh.. Not bothered, I love Sting but seeing him every so often and not speaking or anything makes me lose interest, and I love slow builds. I can't wait for his debut or for him to actually say something but until then it's just another story. Same with Wyatt and his cryptic messages that connect to The Undertaker so easily, another thing that isn't going anywhere fast.

It was hard to excited about a lot this week but it did feel like a filler week plus the whole week was shadowed by Rollins' stupid ex-girlfriend. So I'll leave on this, Rollins shouldn't get punished for something he didn't do. He should be in the same position as he was and it should not be mentioned on TV. Hopefully WWE will make the right decision and hopefully next week we get something a little more exciting.

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 2

THE HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! Oh wait, it wasn't a big deal after all. With a confrontation at the beginning of Raw setting up a match between Bryan and Rollins that night to determine who would face Reigns at Fastlane and then the winner of that match will face Lesnar at WrestleMania, at least WWE did something/actively doing something. Only one week after the blunder at Royal Rumble and the #CancelWWENetwork trend feels like miles away, we have rumours all over the shop which pretty much confirm the whole WrestleMania card this year, Reigns is a tweener and a stupid team of two talents.

Although the announcement wasn't as significant as I thought it got the job done, it got Bryan involved with the title picture and put Reigns in a tweener position to make him look like a complete beast at Fastlane ready for Lesnar at 'Mania. Plus it keeps Rollins significant while he waits for Orton to turn up. We've heard all the rumours and the card is all but confirmed by this point, Reigns vs Lesnar, Bryan will lose at Fastlane it is obvious. Sting vs Triple H, the confrontation at Fastlane will directly lead into a match at 'Mania, hopefully finally getting rid of The Authority. 'Taker vs Wyatt, The match everyone is uncertain about because of The Streak being broken, exciting nonetheless. Bryan vs Ziggler, Ziggler costing Bryan his chance at Fastlane, turning him heel and giving the IWC/Smarks a big bulging boner at 'Mania (yes I am included in that category). Cena vs Rusev, Hopefully elevating Rusev to extreme heights and leaving Cena open to a good storyline where he doesn't know if he's The Guy any more, Orton vs Rollins, Orton is looking to return at some point and finish what he started with Rollins and 'Mania. There's gonna be Ambrose and IC Title clashing aswell. Plus the tag break ups like Goldust vs Stardust, Miz vs Mizdow and the Tag belts with The Usos vs The Ascension, with others in the mix as well. Plus there's the Divas, so a lot going on, yet nothing really happening at all.

One more thing I'd like to touch on: It is highly possible that WWE swerves us and changes all this, it is completely possible, Reigns hasn't even been confirmed for the'Mania event yet as well as all the MitB stuff as well (Thanks Dave at That Wrestling Blog!), so WWE could well and truely keeps us on our toes. If there is one thing that I want to be true however, that I hope will not change for what it looks like, is Ziggler vs Bryan. At the moment Ziggler & Ryback have been teaming. Now nothing against the pairing, like everyone knows on TWF, I love Ziggler, but another random thrown together tag team for the sake of a tag team!? These two are great amazing athletes (especially Ziggler) and letting the Show Off do his thing against Bryan at 'Maina is a match made in heaven right now. I DO NOT WANT Ziggler & Ryback vs Big Show & Kane, I will not stand that. You have a great match with Ziggler vs Bryan, if you want that match replace Ziggler with Rowan and then it would make more sense. I saw Ziggler with a belt that said "The Lil Guy" on it similar to Ryback's belt on Smackdown. This is the first step to a tag team and I don't want it. If it's that match at Fastlane, it's fine but if it's at 'Mania I will turn off my TV and walk away an watch something else.

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Stone Cold Podcast with Triple H – My Thoughts

Sitting and listening to the Steve Austin Show.. Oh wait sorry, Stone Cold Podcast exclusively on the WWE Network for $9.99.. (internal groan) I couldn’t help but feel like Triple H was trying to make Vince happy but teetering on the edge of pleasing him and opinionated, most of the times dancing around answers because his obvious answer would displease, but having little mini disagreements like Raw being 2 hours, or Chyna deserving to be in the Hall of Fame. This isn’t knocking him (a fave quote from the podcast), Triple H came across very genuine and knows exactly what he wants from the company but due to Vince it seems he can’t be as creative as he’d like to be, that isn’t just Vince’s fault; it is also our fault.

Kayfabe is dead. But we like it, honestly and truthfully we love it. We like to know that the people we think deserve the push the most gets the push when we cause an uproar. Triple H would like us to trust him and WWE with stories, but we’ve been fooled for long enough and now it has gotten to a point of no return.

Triple H also talked about wanting the show to be 2 hours long. We’d all obviously like Raw to cut down to 2 hours, the amount of stories they are having on at one time only really equates to 2 hours but you also have other shows like Smackdown and Main Event where you can focus on smaller stories much easier while Raw could be the main story lines. Triple H also said he’d like the long stories, slow burn stories to come back but now it’s very hard due to the “Reality Era”, I have to agree with the COO on this one, Slow burn stories are wonderful with the ultimate payback at the end which makes the story that much sweeter, that’s what made Daniel Bryan’s year long battle with The Authority to capture the WWE title at ‘Mania was so satisfying.

Chyna definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and it’s possible to have her in with DX but I don’t feel it would have the same effect. Chyna did a lot for the Women’s Division breaking boundaries that still aren’t broken today. But Chyna’s obvious Porn career after WWE seems to be an issue, Triple H said what if 8 year olds looked up chyna on google what would you find? You’d find this:

A simple Google page and profile for Chyna, professional wrestler. Apart from some slightly risky photos which every WWE Diva has when you google them, there is no mention of Chyna’s career in the porn industry nor is there direct links of images or such videos. So I call bullshit, sure I see Triple H’s point but I think there is deep seeded issues with the former relationship not necessarily from Triple H himself but probably the McMahon family.

That aside I do look forward to the day where Triple H is the guy in Vince’s position, I feel like WWE is in safe hands and the sooner The Game gets his hands on the company the better, I do feel the company have improved since the PG Era but there is still work to be done to get it back to a stage where we all love the product immensely. That’s what we all want out of this, the best product WWE can give us.

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Week 1

He is loved by many, kids and adults alike, a main eventer and has the biggest reception from the crowd wherever he goes. All these things the WWE wish was about Roman Reigns right about now, instead it is about Daniel Bryan. Bryan has all the ingridents to be THE next guy, the one to take over Cena, at least for the next couple of years. This was proven once again this past week on Smackdown where Bryan main evented and beat Kane in a great Casket Match. Now it is fair to say Bryan is getting on in years and is nearer the age of Cena than he is Reigns, so making him the top guy might not be worth it, so who are the younger guys? Ambrose, Wyatt, Rollins, Ziggler, Cesaro, The Usos these guys are the next set of guys to carry this company to greatness and Reigns definitely deserves to be there, the problem as I stated before is the fact that they fucked Reigns over and built him all wrong.

Due to the blizzard Raw didn’t have a conventional episode and instead had to resort to broadcasting live form WWE Headquarters in Stamford. Not much came out of this apart from WWE trying show that Bryan had the same opinion as us and for us to be excited for Lesnar vs Reigns. If WWE want this as the main event at WrestleMania they need to build Reigns to what he was with the Shield and be completely flawless so we get an amazing match at ‘Mania. The first step to trhat was the confrontation with Lesnar and it was surprisingly enjoyable. Not only did Reigns have the best line but he seemed just as smart as Heyman he seemed confident and strong infront of Lesnar. After mulling over the Reigns vs Lesnar match it could be the biggest match and it could be really exciting, they just went about it all wrong and they need to fix this mess.

That comes to Triple H’s announcement on Raw. Whatever this announcement is what could it involve? Hopefully WWE heard the outcries of the Rumble and saw that men like Ziggler, Ambrose and especially Bryan deserve a solid spot at ‘Mania in some good matches. Not terrible 6-man tags against The Authority. I have no idea what WWE is planning to do to get out of this mess because it seems like every avenue they can take will result in a bad ‘Mania. So I am looking toward the next week hoping in some way WWE can fix this event.

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Road To WrestleMania 31 - Royal Rumble

"This is Awesome!” Says King as the crowd violently boo’s at The Rock holding up the arm of 2015 Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns. The look on Dwayne Johnson’s face just radiates worry as he realises even his pop from the crowd couldn’t save the slaughter of negativity that came from the fans. Coming into the Rumble, I was excited, I hadn’t been this pumped up for a PPV since WrestleMania 30. It felt fresh, the endless possibilities, rumours had circulated and changed, no one really knew what was going to happen. Coming out of the Rumble had the weight of sadness and anger on our shoulders as we all realised that WWE had bent us over and did things unholy to us once again, the same as last year.

Ok, so if you didn’t know already WWE fans immediately backlashed on the company during and after the Royal Rumble PPV after the fan favourite Daniel Bryan had been eliminated early within the Royal Rumble match. The rest of the match from that point onwards became a “We don’t care who your favourites are” as Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose got thrown over the rope in the most squash-worthy way possible. This carried on with WWE’s own feud fillers in Kane and Big Show became part of the top four with Reigns and the hidden Rusev. From that point onwards nothing could save WWE. I wanted to start doing a series here where I talked about the “Road to WrestleMania 31″ especially coming into the PPV and being so hyped up for it. As of posting this will still be the case but the abandonment of the series is very plausible.

I’m going to talk about the whole PPV but the undercard wasn’t too important so let’s just say this: it was entertaining and very enjoyable until we got the Triple Threat Championship match which was the highlight of the night. Not only was the match extremely entertaining with a slow lug like Brock Lesnar and the Superman John Cena but it may be a Match of the Year candidate already. A lot of people thought that Lesnar would be at WrestleMania as the champion but people wanted to see Seth Rollins in a high profile match against the two competitors who’ve been battling all year. Rollins delivered, he delivered and cemented his place as a top dog. All year he has been leading up to this point and now it is obvious that Rollins can go with the main event guys. Saying that, should he have won? Or should he have at least left the night as the champion? I ask because Rollins may not be ready for the title but that means Reigns is no where near.

Lesnar won the match and left champion pinning Rollins not allowing him to cash in to get a second chance at gold but if Rollins had won dirty through his Authority links and then Reigns had won the way he did (being attacked by The Authority minions then being saved by The Rock) would we as a fan base be ok with that? For me I would love to see that match in hindsight but in the moment would it be a good idea? The main focus of the Royal Rumble was to see where they were going to go with WrestleMania, the two popular possibilities were the one previously mentioned Rollins vs Reigns or the huge favourite Lesnar vs Bryan. So after Lesnar had won, the automatic thought was “Bryan is gonna win! Here we go!” but it didn’t happen. Instead after the early elimination of Bryan the whole excitment filled vibe from the PPV turned into a horribly worse version of last year. Reigns vs Lesnar isn’t the match we want to see.

The criticism people have are “Reigns isn’t ready” and for the most part I agree, his in-ring isn’t exciting due to the fact that he already has his own version of Cena’s 5 moves of doom, his mic skills aren’t great and he doesn’t look strong at all. Is this his fault? No, Hell no. Reigns is capable to become the guy but they have booked him horribly and it doesn’t help that he’s been out due to injury too. But I think the reason why people are so annoyed is the fact they wanted to see Bryan take on Lesnar. Bryan got injured and deserved to get back on top for the year he missed plus with such an amazing match like that it would seem like a no brainer. But WWE seemed to think that Reigns is a bigger haul than Bryan. I could go on about this for ages. Comment what you think.

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New Japan On AXS TV Episode 1 - Okada vs Tanahashi Wrestle Kingdom 7

Before I even start to talk about what I just watched I'd like to remind everyone that this is a match from 2013 but has recently been given amazing English commentary and Subtitles in AXS TV's New Japan show. If you would like more info and to watch this match (If you love wrestling you should) click here to be taken to TWF. You won't be disappointed.

My first exposure to NJPW was through watching Day 1 of the recent G1 Climax (A tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling that is considered one of the best events of the year). I only watched the one day. Not because it didn't interest me, it most certainly did. The wrestling was entertaining, the wrestlers and their gimmicks were also and I enjoyed watching it, I didn't really have enough time to keep up with it all, plus it was my first exposure to it and I was unsure about dedicating my time to it. Luckily for me, tonight I stumbled across AXS TV's New Japan while browsing TWF. To my delight Dave over at the site also linked the whole match. How could I say no?

Personally for me NJPW really is the best alternative to WWE, although I see huge similarities in the way that matches play out and just overall tone of the show I can't help but feel like NJPW paces the matches much better that WWE, they treat the matches almost with the same respect ROH does and it gives the show an overall bigger vibe than WWE does. But this is from a wrestling fans perspective, I love to watch wrestling and even live wrestling when I was a kid at holiday resorts which weren't the best I still loved to watch. From a casual watcher or someone who only watches WWE and isn't involved with all the internet behind-the-scenes news, they might not be into this. I only say that because although we don't like to acknowledge it, foreign things scare us, but I do like the idea of AXS TV bringing English speaking audiences this exposure to New Japan. Hopefully this show is just the first step of getting NJPW regularly broadcast on our TV screens with full English commentary. I'd love to be watching current NJPW or even the show live with fully English speaking commentary and subtitled interviews. But this is all still a dream. This match was brilliant and I suggest heading over to TWF for the match because it is some great wrestling.

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Good day! My name is Oli, better known under the alias "ThatBlueFluffyDude". I am here to write about whatever I please, I'm an avid TV, Movie and Comic Book fan and don't forget Wrestling. I have written many articles on wrestling over at TWF and I will continue to do so. Here on this blog I will write about everything and anything I enjoy so expect Reviews on TV, Music, Movies and some good reads. This Blog is also going to be accompanied by my YouTube channel where some posts will be linked with videos I create. This is a bold aim for me in 2015 but I'm going to try my best to fulfil it. Most posts will be wrestling for a while and these posts will be uploaded to TWF first and reuploaded here later on. I'm doing this because I really enjoy the community over there and I've been doing this over there for a while. So havea look if you're a fan of Wrestling because they talk more about NJPW and ROH than any other Wrestling sites I've seen who just bombard you with WWE and TNA. Other than that I hope you care to keep up with my posts and I'll see you soon!