Yay, it Sunday, took a while.. BUT IT'S
PREDICTION TIME!
The Miz vs. Cody Rhodes (Pre-Show)
Poor Cody. Poor poor Cody. I feel for the guy. Winner:
The Miz
Chris Jericho vs. Fandango
Johnny Curtis is no Daniel Bryan. WWE thought he was, but what happened was the fans were chanting random shit anyways and Fandango's theme just happened to be easy enough to hum en masse. Poor Chris Jericho on the other hand really needs to retire. Even his matches with Punk last year weren't 5-star matches. He was great, but he can't deliver like he used to and everything he does now just ends up falling flat. Enter this feud, which involved a 20-minute dance-off segment I entirely skipped on the go-home show, essentially killing any interest anyone might have had in this feud. Winner:
Summer Rae in her hot dress.
Kofi Kingston vs. Dean Ambrose (US Title)
I kinda feel sorry for Kofi, he's always the transitional champion. Can't have heel vs. heel, so who do they put the title on so it can be face vs. heel? Well, our Jaimican African Guy, of course! But than I remember it's Kofi and he's boring as fuck and I figure he's just happy to have a job, so it's all good. Although I'm surprised they didn't go with Big E after the set-up they did a month or so ago, I'm happy they're putting the title on
Dean Ambrose, this is one of those weird cases where the guy is actually elevating the title (granted, not very hard given the title) and that in return is due to the way they've build The Shield, so kudos to WWE for that.
Team Hell No vs. The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) (Tag-Team Titles Tornado Match)
Tornado rules is gonna be insane with these guys, can't wait for this match, I'm gonna say it's probably gonna be the best match on the card. That said, it's time for Bryan to transition into a more serious role, trim the beard a bit, get a haircut and become a legitimate babyface to feud with Ziggler over the WHC. Hell No ran it's course late last year and Bryan needs to be in singles again. Just like Ambrose,
The Shield will do good things with the titles, even though there's no competition for them in the Tag-Team division, it will be awesome to see the three of them all wearing titles.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger (I Quit WHC #1 Contenders Match)
So I get why they're doing this match, but I don't get why they removed the ladders stipulation? Del Rio won the right to name the stipulation for this match after Ricardo won that 3-way between him, Zeb and Big E, so why did it get removed? I would be fucking pissed if I was Del Rio. I have zero interest in an I Quit match, because really, how many near Cross-Arm or Ankle Lock submissions can you see in one match before you get utterly bored? Since Ziggler is still a heel,
Del Rio will win this match... And not a single fuck was given.
Mark Henry vs. Sheamus (Strap Match)
Sheamus is a complete and utter dick and has been sucker punching Henry for weeks now, so obviously he needs this win to show the crowd that bullying fucking gets you places in life! Which, to be honest, is more realistic than being a star, because playing nice gets you fucking nowhere, ever. I'm sure halfway through the match people will start chanting for Henry, so King can say how over Sheamus is with this crowd again. That's how we roll in WWE.
Randy Orton vs. Big Show (Extreme Rules Match)
I wonder how creative
Randy Orton's RKO onto the steel steps will be tonight. Wait, no I don't.
Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H (Steel Cage Match)
You know, six weeks after Mania I still have no clue why this match is happening. The first match at SummerSlam wasn't well received. The rematch at Mania wasn't well received. The third match here isn't well anticipated. They should give
Brock his win back, because really, Triple H shouldn't go over, ever. The steel cage stip was a bad move too, big men climbing cages aren't very interesting. Old guys climbing steel cage won't take big moves from the top of the cage either. They should've made this a Boiler Room Brawl, that would've been awesome for someone like Brock. Have him throw Triple H (and vice versa) through all kinds of shit for 20 minutes, I'd watch that. Fucking PG era. Oh well, lets hope for some blood at least
John Cena vs. The Ryback (WWE Championship Last Man Standing Match)
I don't really know why they made Ryback a heel, the kids loved him and his chant, the older guys hated seeing this poor ass Goldberg rip-off. Alienating the crowd that cared about him seems a strange move. But oh well, I liked his pre-recorded promo, because like all heels he made sense. But as we all know,
Cena wins lol. If WWE is smart, they make Ryback champ, but a six week John Cena title run after more than a year of not having him as champ is just not gonna happen.
