Tuesday, June 10, 2014

RAW 6/9/14 (Hulu edition)

1. Hunter and Steffi come out to announce that Daniel Bryan is unable to compete at Money in the Bank and so they are stripping him of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. They mock Bryan for being injured (much like Hunter and his weak knees). They mock Brie for quitting for nothing.  They also officially announce the MitB ladder match for the vacated title, and they give Randy Orton a free pass into the match. *snore* AdR qualified last week. *snore*
2. They go on to talk about Seth Rollins turning on his Shield compatriots. BOLD PREDICTION: Rollins does a double-turn. He is now the poison in Evolution, and he betrays Hunter and Orton at some point for the sake of the Shield.
3. Sheamus v. Bad News Barrett in another MitB qualifier match. Prediction: though Barrett is more over than Sheamus right now, Barrett's push isn't far enough along for him to be in the main event picture. Sheamus wins a physical match. Just what that MitB match needs: another former champion who the fans aren't very fond of.
4. Sheamus wins a brawl with a Brogue kick out of nowhere. Good match.
5. Wyatt vignette. Luke Harper could stand on his own at this point, I think. The crowd popped when Bray started talking. He's gifted on the mic, but talking about the death of the Shield might be a bit premature.
6. Slater? One member of the Shield could take out all of 3MB, especially since Drew McIntyre has lowered himself to the level of his teammates. Two are going to demolish y'all. Shaddap.
8. PLEASE LET DREW GO SOLO AGAIN!!! We want #BrokenDreams
9. Reigns doesn't have everyone convinced, but he has me convinced.
10. Rollins looks good in a suit.
11. Summer Rae milks her backstage time with Layla for all it's worth. Not a good look for you, Layla.
12. Usos v. Fandango (with a very milky Layla) and Damien Sandow (doing interpretive dance). *sigh* Poor Sandow. Predicting a quick win for the Usos in a comic relief match.
13. The crowd loves Sandow. He deserves better. Really. I hope something comes of this, brcause his old gimmick was so much better.
14. Indeed. Quick match with little to take seriously.
15. HEYMAN!!! Let's celebrate Cesaro!!! Yes!!!
16. Cesaro v. RVD in a MitB qualifier. RVD would be exciting in the ladder match, but they need at least one person in the match who points to the future of the WWE. Prediction: Cesaro wins.
17. Cesaro continues to deliver impressive physical feats, but he also has convincing agility. And he sells everything. All the tools, all the time. And you have to be impressed with a man who keeps his hair clipped close. *wink* But seriously, the European uppercut to counter Rolling Thunder was fun to watch. I love how he counters almost every airborne move his opponents throw at him with some variation of it.
18. Cesaro hits the neutralizer for the win and a punched ticket to MitB! Good match overall. RVD always delivers.
19. Cole to interview Rollins. He insults Ambrose and Reigns and says he was the mastermind of the Shield. An he was. I still think there's another twist coming in the storyline.
20. Rollins calls out Ambrose and Reigns. The Wyatts intervene.
21. And here comes Cena to make the save. Not totally unexpected to fight the Wyatts, but definitely a twist to ally with the Shield.
22. Next week, Cody plans to team Goldust with someone who can "magnify [Goldust's] magnificence." Hmm...
23. Is Vicki on her way out too?
24. Cena teams with the Shield v the Wyatts in a six-man tag match. Prediction: SuperCena and the Shield pick up an ugly win in an ugly fight.
25. I don't see Cena as a nee mastermind for the Shield , but if I'm wrong about Rollins, who would be a good new mastermind? Adrian Neville from NXT perhaps?
26. Seems like Cena is the only one getting booed at all!
27. Another BOLD PREDICTION: Ambrose eventually leaves the Shield to join the Wyatts. He's just crazy enough to do it.
28. Excellent match. Reigns pins Harper off the spear. The crowd was really into that match. Sorry, Hunter. It seems the Shield isn't dead quite yet.

Not on hulu:
1. No Ryder v. Rusev. Disappointing not to see Ryder, but not disappointing that I miss him getting squashed.
2. No AxelBack v. Goldust and R-Truth. Goldust keeps losing; Cody is going to turn on him soon.
3. No Xavier Woods v. Bo(ring) Dallas. Ho hum.
4. No Paige v. Alicia Fox. Disappointing. Paige always puts on a good match. Not sure what I would have cut instead--maybe the comic relief match between the Usos and Fandango w. Sandow.
5. No Swagger v. Santino. WE...THE PEOPLE!!!

Another really good show. I'd like to see another ladder match at MitB to set up a future shot. Maybe Barrett could win that one to set up a Barrett/Cesaro match in the future.

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