WWE Money in the Bank 2014
Pre-show
Daniel Bryan promo- Great! Good to see that he's just as over as when he left. Bo interrupting and then being told to leave made him look like a weiner.
Rowan and Harper promo: Standard Wyatt Family
Behind the Match with the Usos: The Usos walk us through a match they had with the Shield, I hope this becomes a regular thing
And a Mojo Vignette for no reason. Allow me to borrow a line out of BRN's book and say Go Terps!
The Pay Per View
Good video package, this shows that the talent pool in the main event matches is amazing and no one should walk away unhappy.
Am I the only one who likes that the breifcasse is gold? Makes it seem like a midcard title in itself.
The Usos (c) vs Harper and Rowan for the Tag Team Championship
-They're still running with "He's Got the Whole World in his Hands" huh
-And Harper/Rowan get a remix of Chaz's theme, awesome.
-Props to Lawler for telling Cole that the Usos do in fact belong because they're the tag team championship.
-Not sure how I feel about the Usos double teaming Harper right away. On one hand, it sells that Harper/Rowan are largyely unstoppable.
-Yeah, okay, U like it, it makes the hillbillies look like badasses.
-Uso falling off of the turnbuckle and hititng the barricade looked brutal as shit.
-I don't think it was Harper's exact oot, but I think Jey kicked out of a finisher.
-Jimmy's corkscrew thingie could've been a satisfying finish.
-TWO superkicks for Harper, and he kicks out at 2 damn.
-Jey gets caught by Rowan and then Jimmy does a big dive
-Man, lots of Fale finishes
-Man, Harper flew twice!
-Usos retain in a great opener
7.5/10, although I do hope that the spot of Rowan trying to fly like an idiot leads to something.
Dean Ambrose promp, GREAT. Nice to see that Dean is evolving into Jon Moxley.
Naomi vs Paige (c) for the Divas Title
-And Cameron, who played a heel on commentary, is happily doing the entrance dancing, alright?
-A lock up that falls out of the ring hooray!
-Oooh that kneeling hurricanrana by Paige
-DAMN Paige looks like she got splattered by that suicide dive.
-Oooh a multi rollthrough off the crossbody
-A hurricanrana pin just got countered into a surfboard,
-And they both fall out of the ring on a suple plex
-Okay, nevermind what I said about Cameron not being bitchy enough.
-And Paige hits a sick Cradle DDT for the win.
6.5/10, great back and forth wrestling match.
Damien Sandow as Paul Revere vs. Adam Rose
-Huh, we actually got a false finish
-I don't mind the Damien Sandow gimmick, but why must the commentators sell it like Damien Sandow is actually the person he's protraying? This kayfabe is clearly a person who has lost his mind.
Jon Stewart's a rosebud!
4/10
MITB mini-promos: All of them did good, I wish Kofi and Dolph got more promo time.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
-Seth immediately gets creamed by Dean, and it knocks over a camera great stuff
-Immediately, Kofi sets to work doing some great ladder spots.
-DAMN,, Kofi bounces off the rope during a fall, and crossbody's people outside the ring
-Everybody's climbing up the ladder and Dean dives off to beat up Swagger, great Dean character stuff
-Dolph and Kofi looking at each other and scrambling up the ladder wass great
-RVD hits a Rolling thunder on a ladder actually.
-RVD lands ass first on a ladder but gets right back up
-First time I've ever seen a superplex broken up with a ladder.
-A tower of doom spot ends in a fucking powerbomb off of a ladder.
-Top Rope Suplerplex off a huge ladder.
-DDT counter takes Ambrose out of the match
-Nice shoulder nudge to knock over the ladder by Ambrose
-Ambrose being a psycho with the doctors is great stuff too
-Seth's fall of the ladder just sounded brutal.
-That false finish with Kofi about had me
-I hope we get Kofi vs. Ziggler on Raw tomorrow, would be great
-Man, the crowd pops for Ambrose coming back out
- When Ambrose is climbing the ropes, you can see a referee escort Coulter away from ringside. I thought that they were going to do a hilariously convoluted angle in which a referee had orders to make Zeb push a button which activated pyro to distract Ambrose
-Kane comes down and helps Rollins win with Ambrose finger tips away from the breifcase. The Authority having a way to screw Cena out of the title should make for compelling TV on Raw and Smackdown.
7.75/10
Randy Orton promo- Good stuff, he's so heelish he has negative things to say about his chronie Seth Rollins, also isn't sweating Roman Reigns
Rybaxel vs Goldust and Stardust
Stardust is an interesting ggikick and I like it.
-Goldust makes a babyface comeback and tags in Stardust
-We actually got a few false finishes which I wasn't expecting
-Axel attacks Stardust post bell but the Dusts hit a snapshot on Axel and they win.
5.5/10
We get a recap, of Layla and Summer's feud, which is full of shitty tweets and cat puns.
Fandango gets promo time, and sraers it off with "Fandango loves Triangles"
So, out of them re fighting of him over. Lots of puns and crappy insults. Fandango actually corpses.
Rusev w/Lana vs. Big E
RUSEV TIME HOOR-Awwwww, Lana doesn't get her promo time for some reason.
-Oh, they do it when they're in the ring, and Lana cuts a GREAT promo as per usual.
-Rusev, I love you, but don't speak English again.
-Big E goes full black preacger in his promo goodness do I love it.
-Big E goes for his giant tackle thing and Rusev puts a knee up.
-Rusev cuts off a comeback (yay), Big E comes back though and gets that other comeback cut off
-Big E did the Joe Urinagi, I think he did it last time, but I still marked for it.
-Oh man, Big E got the spear.
-Big E teases reaking the acolade but passes out.
7/10, both guys looked really good here.
Stephanie McMahon and the Bellas backstage- Steph is pissed that fired Brie Bella is here, she reminds her of getting dunked in crap on Raw, she gets escorted out, Stephanie plays a great heel.
Summer Rae vs Layla (Fandango is the ref
-Some decent comedy with Fandango
-Why did Layla get Fandango's theme as an intro, but then got Michelle McCool's theme as an exit.
No rating, this was a segment as best.
Can I just say something? If you're watching MITB on Pay Per View, and you still need to be convinced the WWE Network is an infintely better deal, you're an idiot.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match (The Authority is at ringside)
-Bray throws himself into Del Rio and Cesaro like a mad man.
-Cesaro hanging on, will be great for video packages later on
-Apparently Randy orton took a bonk on one of the ladders
-Damn, Del Rio got some height on the Irish Curse.
-Cesaro and Sheamus use the ladder match.
-Well, that ladder being one end, and then set back by Cena was pretty awesome
-Hooray Roman Reigns is murdering everyone
-Cena wins, lol, as they say
7.5/10
This was a great show, some smartly wrestled stuff when I didn't exactly expect it (Rusev, Paige/Naomi) and a finish that makes me intrigued to see how Cena will act as the main opponent to the authority.
Daniel Bryan promo- Great! Good to see that he's just as over as when he left. Bo interrupting and then being told to leave made him look like a weiner.
Rowan and Harper promo: Standard Wyatt Family
Behind the Match with the Usos: The Usos walk us through a match they had with the Shield, I hope this becomes a regular thing
And a Mojo Vignette for no reason. Allow me to borrow a line out of BRN's book and say Go Terps!
The Pay Per View
Good video package, this shows that the talent pool in the main event matches is amazing and no one should walk away unhappy.
Am I the only one who likes that the breifcasse is gold? Makes it seem like a midcard title in itself.
The Usos (c) vs Harper and Rowan for the Tag Team Championship
-They're still running with "He's Got the Whole World in his Hands" huh
-And Harper/Rowan get a remix of Chaz's theme, awesome.
-Props to Lawler for telling Cole that the Usos do in fact belong because they're the tag team championship.
-Not sure how I feel about the Usos double teaming Harper right away. On one hand, it sells that Harper/Rowan are largyely unstoppable.
-Yeah, okay, U like it, it makes the hillbillies look like badasses.
-Uso falling off of the turnbuckle and hititng the barricade looked brutal as shit.
-I don't think it was Harper's exact oot, but I think Jey kicked out of a finisher.
-Jimmy's corkscrew thingie could've been a satisfying finish.
-TWO superkicks for Harper, and he kicks out at 2 damn.
-Jey gets caught by Rowan and then Jimmy does a big dive
-Man, lots of Fale finishes
-Man, Harper flew twice!
-Usos retain in a great opener
7.5/10, although I do hope that the spot of Rowan trying to fly like an idiot leads to something.
Dean Ambrose promp, GREAT. Nice to see that Dean is evolving into Jon Moxley.
Naomi vs Paige (c) for the Divas Title
-And Cameron, who played a heel on commentary, is happily doing the entrance dancing, alright?
-A lock up that falls out of the ring hooray!
-Oooh that kneeling hurricanrana by Paige
-DAMN Paige looks like she got splattered by that suicide dive.
-Oooh a multi rollthrough off the crossbody
-A hurricanrana pin just got countered into a surfboard,
-And they both fall out of the ring on a suple plex
-Okay, nevermind what I said about Cameron not being bitchy enough.
-And Paige hits a sick Cradle DDT for the win.
6.5/10, great back and forth wrestling match.
Damien Sandow as Paul Revere vs. Adam Rose
-Huh, we actually got a false finish
-I don't mind the Damien Sandow gimmick, but why must the commentators sell it like Damien Sandow is actually the person he's protraying? This kayfabe is clearly a person who has lost his mind.
Jon Stewart's a rosebud!
4/10
MITB mini-promos: All of them did good, I wish Kofi and Dolph got more promo time.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
-Seth immediately gets creamed by Dean, and it knocks over a camera great stuff
-Immediately, Kofi sets to work doing some great ladder spots.
-DAMN,, Kofi bounces off the rope during a fall, and crossbody's people outside the ring
-Everybody's climbing up the ladder and Dean dives off to beat up Swagger, great Dean character stuff
-Dolph and Kofi looking at each other and scrambling up the ladder wass great
-RVD hits a Rolling thunder on a ladder actually.
-RVD lands ass first on a ladder but gets right back up
-First time I've ever seen a superplex broken up with a ladder.
-A tower of doom spot ends in a fucking powerbomb off of a ladder.
-Top Rope Suplerplex off a huge ladder.
-DDT counter takes Ambrose out of the match
-Nice shoulder nudge to knock over the ladder by Ambrose
-Ambrose being a psycho with the doctors is great stuff too
-Seth's fall of the ladder just sounded brutal.
-That false finish with Kofi about had me
-I hope we get Kofi vs. Ziggler on Raw tomorrow, would be great
-Man, the crowd pops for Ambrose coming back out
- When Ambrose is climbing the ropes, you can see a referee escort Coulter away from ringside. I thought that they were going to do a hilariously convoluted angle in which a referee had orders to make Zeb push a button which activated pyro to distract Ambrose
-Kane comes down and helps Rollins win with Ambrose finger tips away from the breifcase. The Authority having a way to screw Cena out of the title should make for compelling TV on Raw and Smackdown.
7.75/10
Randy Orton promo- Good stuff, he's so heelish he has negative things to say about his chronie Seth Rollins, also isn't sweating Roman Reigns
Rybaxel vs Goldust and Stardust
Stardust is an interesting ggikick and I like it.
-Goldust makes a babyface comeback and tags in Stardust
-We actually got a few false finishes which I wasn't expecting
-Axel attacks Stardust post bell but the Dusts hit a snapshot on Axel and they win.
5.5/10
We get a recap, of Layla and Summer's feud, which is full of shitty tweets and cat puns.
Fandango gets promo time, and sraers it off with "Fandango loves Triangles"
So, out of them re fighting of him over. Lots of puns and crappy insults. Fandango actually corpses.
Rusev w/Lana vs. Big E
RUSEV TIME HOOR-Awwwww, Lana doesn't get her promo time for some reason.
-Oh, they do it when they're in the ring, and Lana cuts a GREAT promo as per usual.
-Rusev, I love you, but don't speak English again.
-Big E goes full black preacger in his promo goodness do I love it.
-Big E goes for his giant tackle thing and Rusev puts a knee up.
-Rusev cuts off a comeback (yay), Big E comes back though and gets that other comeback cut off
-Big E did the Joe Urinagi, I think he did it last time, but I still marked for it.
-Oh man, Big E got the spear.
-Big E teases reaking the acolade but passes out.
7/10, both guys looked really good here.
Stephanie McMahon and the Bellas backstage- Steph is pissed that fired Brie Bella is here, she reminds her of getting dunked in crap on Raw, she gets escorted out, Stephanie plays a great heel.
Summer Rae vs Layla (Fandango is the ref
-Some decent comedy with Fandango
-Why did Layla get Fandango's theme as an intro, but then got Michelle McCool's theme as an exit.
No rating, this was a segment as best.
Can I just say something? If you're watching MITB on Pay Per View, and you still need to be convinced the WWE Network is an infintely better deal, you're an idiot.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match (The Authority is at ringside)
-Bray throws himself into Del Rio and Cesaro like a mad man.
-Cesaro hanging on, will be great for video packages later on
-Apparently Randy orton took a bonk on one of the ladders
-Damn, Del Rio got some height on the Irish Curse.
-Cesaro and Sheamus use the ladder match.
-Well, that ladder being one end, and then set back by Cena was pretty awesome
-Hooray Roman Reigns is murdering everyone
-Cena wins, lol, as they say
7.5/10
This was a great show, some smartly wrestled stuff when I didn't exactly expect it (Rusev, Paige/Naomi) and a finish that makes me intrigued to see how Cena will act as the main opponent to the authority.