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Gotta be honest, I didn't watch the pre-show. I was too busy watching NFL football. That is WWE's cross to bear. I did see Sheamus tell Miz that he knew what coming his way, and then Brogue Kicked the camera. Miz didn't look happy.
I also saw in Mike's report that they fed Bo Dallas to Mark Henry. Argh. Another one bites the dust.
They are starting off the show with the Best Of Three falls match between Dolph Ziggler and Cesaro for the IC Title. I hope they don't do the "two quick falls in the first few minutes" scenario.
Amazingly, they let them go awhile before the first fall. The first big spot was when Zig kicked out of a Giant Swing attempt. But Cesaro did hit the Swing and went for the pin but when he went for the win, he got rolled up by Ziggler. It's 1-0 Ziggler. Cesaro attacked Ziggler right after and beat him up before he allowed Zig to get the rest period. The second fall started with Cesaro on the offensive.
Cesaro mauled Zig, getting a bunch of nearfalls. The story was that Ziggler has heart and is resilient. Zig came out of nowhere and got a choke on Cesaro. Cesaro tried to power out but Zig held on and went to work on the bad arm that Cesaro was selling. Cesaro powered up to the second rope and did a superplex on Zig, in a great feat of strength. Cesaro sold the arm for a second and when he rolled over for the pin, it was half hearted and Zig kicked out. There was a "This is awesome" chant. Cesaro charged into the corner but Zig moved. He hit the Famouser and got a two count. Zig went for a Zig Zag and Cesaro caught him, threw him in the air and blasted him with a European Uppercut, but Zig kicked out at two. They were selling Cesaro is frustrated. Cesaro hit a backbreaker but Zig kicked out. Cesaro went for the Neutralizer but Zig hit a superkick and a Zig Zag and got the pin. It was a clean sweep. Dolph was booked really strongly, which was a plus. Cesaro was not, which was a minus. Overall, it was a very good match from a work standpoint. I just wish it didn't come at Cesaro's expense. He hit pretty much everything he had and still couldn't even get a fall.
UGH! Yesterday Eps and I talked about how Randy Orton should be irate the second he got to the building and should want to kill Seth Rollins for the Curb Stomp on Raw. So Kane is talking to Steph and HHH when Randy walks in and he isn't even really mad, just kind of mad. So H tells him take out your rage on John Cena. ARGH. So Orton says yes but if H doesn't take care of Rollins eventually he will. That is just freakin' ridiculous. There is no way a bad ass would put up with that. So of course Orton was nowhere near angry, which makes no sense. And they wonder why they did their second lowest audience of the year for Raw this week. Booking like that is just ridiculous. Speaking of ridiculous......The Bellas are up next.
OK you know the stip, the loser has to be the other's assistant for the month or leave WWE. So of course if Brie loses, she will leave WWE just like she did when she didn't like what Stephanie wanted her to do right? A minute or so in with Nikki on the offensive (you can take that however you want to) the corwd chanted for JBL. That inspired Brie to come back. Brie went to work on sis, who wisely bailed. So Brie did kind of a tope, she looked like Wonder Woman with her hands outstretched. Cool spot tho. Brie hit a dropkick from the top but only got a two. Nikki came back and got a two with her finisher. I love that they call it the Rack Attack. That is a double entendre if there ever was one. Brie came back and put on the Yes Lock but Nikki got to the ropes. Nikki then blasted her sis with a forearm and then hit the Can Slam, OK Rack Attack, and got the pin. Brie has to be her bee-yotch for the next month, unless she remembers she can say no and quit like she did with Steph. Nikki took the mic and said, "The first thing you are going to do is have a three way with me and Cena while we make your goat faced husband watch". OK she didn't say that but it would pop you if she did right?
Anyway, it was absolutely as good as you could expect a match between these two to be.
They threw it back to the panel and I had my first stream freeze of the night. It lasted for about 10 seconds. Shouldn't we be past this by now, I mean really?
The Usos then came out for their 974th match with the Rhodes Boys. My picture is still a bit fuzzy after the freeze. Argh. The Dusts are in control after the first few minutes, and my picture is still fuzzy.
JBL popped me when asked about Stardust, he mentioned Cadiz and Industrial and The Missing Link. If you don't know World Class Championship Wrestling, that means nothing to you. But it popped me. ... After 6 or 7 minutes, the Usos made a comeback and got a few near falls as Goldust took the abuse. Jey hit him with the Rikishi Big Butt. He got a two. Cody tried to make the save but got hit. Goldy got a Spinebuster for a two count. He ate a Superkick but kicked out at two. The Usos both hit Superplexes on the Rhodes boys. One of the Usos hit the Superfly Splash on Dustin but Cody broke it. Dustin then came back and hit a swinging neckbreacker slam after Cody had kicked the Uso's leg. They retain. It was a good, solid match. If they had more issues between them, and more importance put on the Tag Titles, it would have even been better as the storyline element would have been better. My picture cleared up by the end.
They then did a spot where they put over the Susan G. Komen foundation. Their president thanked WWE. Cool stuff. The music for the Cell started playing and down it came.
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