Survivor Series 2015

This could have been my last Survivor Series. I guess it was mostly met with disappointment. I'll recap with some screens.

Kevin Owens and Dean Ambrose met with a match that most said should get high reviews. Of course, Owens lost. He's also sporting a new t-shirt. I thought Owens had a chance tonight; but with the turn of my head all hopes were lost. He's still in IC champ. But an angle with Owens as the corporate champion while he's hot would have fit much better than... well we'll get to that.

Dolph Ziggler came out channeling his inner Shawn Michaels with a new wardrobe. And he lost to Tyler Breeze. Ziggler is pretty much irrelevant these days. Oh, what could have been (yet again). 

The Wyatt Family match vs. Undertaker and Kane was next with disappointment number three on tap. I figured that Bray Wyatt had a chance to score a victory over the Undertaker and Kane because it was a tag match. But again, I gave WWE Creative a little too much credit. They have no imagination. 

Undertaker's entrance was of course; as epic as ever. As JBL said on the announce table "it's like watching Wyatt Earp walk into Tombstone". 

Let the record state that Bray Wyatt hit the Sister Abigail on Undertaker in this one with what I thought would be the win, but Kane jumped in and made the save. And then a double choke slam to the Wyatts and a Tombstone piledriver later, and Undertaker and Kane were the victors. 

The title match wasn't what everyone thought it would be. Reigns goes over clean on Ambrose in the middle of the ring. The confetti starts to fall and it's seemingly like Daniel Bryan winning the title, including HHH coming out to the ring and spoiling the party. 

At the end of the day, with Sheamus walking away with the belt, no one wins. A real fuck finish and once again I'm left feeling as I usually do with WWE pay per views. It had so much promise and potential and WWE just kind of went with the 'blah' from start to finish. 

Money in the Bank 2015 Report

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I really had a good time at Money in the Bank last night at Nationwide Arena. I thought three of the matches were really good, with the title match and Kevin Owens/John Cena II kind of stealing the show. The show was kicked off with a 10-bell salute to Dusty Rhodes with the entire roster including Vince McMahon on stage before 'Common Man' came on. 

I can always say I was in the house when they bell-saluted Dusty Rhodes. I'm also forever a part of WWE history (I haven't found myself in the crowd yet on WWE Network) but I plan to try sometime hard. 

Here is the MITB briefcase that so many were carrying replicas of around Columbus prior to the event. This is of course just before the real show got underway. 

I don't understand Sheamus winning the Money in the Bank ladder match really at all. It was an okay match. I guess live, you really realize that it's a scripted match where all the guys lay hurt outside the ring and wait for their spot. I didn't enjoy it that much.

Kevin Owens and John Cena was another classic thriller. These two just work really well together. Owens and Cena each took I don't know how many damn finishers from eachother. You really don't even know what is a finisher anymore when you see a five star match like this. Absolutely a candidate for match of the year if the first tilt doesn't take it. And you had the classic Owens double cross at the end when Cena offered the handshake. 

There is no one more over right now in terms of crowd pop than Kevin Owens. 

This was the match I enjoyed most - mostly because I'm becoming a huge Seth Rollins fan - and these two put on one Hell of a show together. Prior to the match, I didn't realize that Rollins wanted to go at it on his own with out J&J Security, and HHH and Stephanie McMahon. HHH told Rollins to "show them". And show us he did. 

There were many high spots in this match. Rollins was thrown through a ladder. The action spilled into the crowd. Dozens of chairs were brought out. A television monitor. They went at it on the Spanish announce table. If you're old school like I am, they found a way to tell a story with their action and make it somewhat old school. 

In the end, Rollins fell dramatically with the belt almost simultaneous to Dean Ambrose. Still champion. I saw Rollins - the future of the company - retain the belt. Who knows how long it goes on. But I like this kid.