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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