Category: Wrestling PPV Musings

Badd Blood, a WWF In Your House PPV show that aired on October 5, 1997, is known for a few things. It’s the day where Brian Pillman was found dead in his hotel room. It’s the show where Owen Hart won the Intercontinental championship in a tournament final to set-up the long-awaited rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin, whose neck he nearly broke with a botched piledriver in a prior match. It’s that one show where they did the showcase of all the old NWA legends that Kevin Dunn (allegedly) didn’t want to do.

But more than anything, if there is but one thing that Badd Blood is known for… it’s Hell In A Cell. This is the show where it all began, kids. And since tomorrow we’re having a Hell In A Cell PPV event, I figure I might as well give some quick musings on the show.

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A week later and I’ve got some semblance of content going for the next couple months, at least. However, don’t be surprised if there’s another week-long interruption around that time as well. This whole “daily post” thing is still a work in progress and withIn any event, last week had a Smackdown PPV called No Mercy. And while one would be best served playing the Nintendo 64 game of the same name, the show itself has a couple worthwhile matches. In fact, let’s start the show with one of them right now and NOT main event with the other.

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Two weeks later and it’s Raw’s turn to throw out a brand-exclusive PPV. The name of the show is Clash of Champions, which is really just Night Of Champions with some inklings of an old WCW being reused. I honestly don’t know why they changed the name other than to remind people of WCW’s occasional television specials… that aired on TBS for free… and was called Clash Of The Champions. Why couldn’t they add “the” into the title? It would’ve sounded better.

Anyway, let’s get to it with some super quick thoughts.

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Backlash 2016… when was the last time that there was a Backlash PPV? That’s a bit of a throwback… hey, speaking of throwbacks, this is being touted as Smackdown’s “first” PPV ever… because all those other Smackdown PPVs from ten years ago never happened. I posted some brief thoughts on Monday, but then decided to expand on some of this stuff… not that it really matters.

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The one major positive off the top of my head when it comes to this year’s edition of Summerslam is that they kept it properly paced. The show started at 7 p.m. and ended a little under the 11 o’clock mark, which is a good thing. On the other hand, given my general apathy over the main event, I wouldn’t have minded this one time if they went into overtime here. That having been said, going into this show, I wasn’t too excited about this card. There were only a couple matches at most that I had any real interest in and the rest was just… who cares?

Nonetheless, I went into this with a somewhat open mind and lowered expectations and ended up enjoying some, but not, of the night’s festivities. My thoughts, after the break…

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(Note: This piece was written last year and yet somehow never got posted. Also, this is straight from Notepad to Blogpost with little edits, so some typos may leak through.)

I’m sure this’ll air on the Network eventually, but since I’ve got the VHS tape on hand, let’s give it a lookie now. Summerslam 1997 is perhaps the show that truly planted the seeds for future developments, whether it’d be the World title match between Bret Hart and Undertaker or the injury that almost derailed the biggest superstar to grace the WWF at that time. It’s been a good while since I last saw this show, so I guess it’s as good a time as any to give it another shot.

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(Note: The majority of this post was written this past Sunday, with minor touch-ups here and there.)

So… finally got around to watch that Battleground PPV that ultimately means nothing because nothing of note happened on that show and everyone was focused on that Draft the previous Tuesday where all the good talent got stuck with RAW and Smackdown is left with Dolph Ziggler. Unless you count Bayley popping up as “something happening.”

For context, this PPV happened shortly after WWE held its first Draft in years, once again making RAW and Smackdown separate brands. I give it about a couple weeks before they give up and start messing with the formula, but in any event, most of the promotion was towards the Draft and this show became more of an afterthought. Also, your main event was WWE champion Dean Ambrose defending former Shield stablemates Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, but sadly Reigns violated a Wellness Policy and was gone for the entire time they were building towards this match. Oops.

Anyway, on with the show. I don’t do pre-shows.

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(Sorry for the tardiness of this one. Forgot about it. My bad. Also sorry about the typo in the image. Finally got around to fixing that too.)

It’s been touted as the greatest Money In The Bank of all time, but I think the image above tells a more accurate assessment of last Sunday’s show.

Per the case, I don’t watch the pre-show. The main show is long enough as is.

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Look at that. Another May PPV from WWE. And it’s EXTREME! I guess…

Anyway, some random thoughts and results.

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A little late to the dance with this one, but I just got around to rewatching the show and I’d figure a fresher take was in order so…

As per the case when I usually do these things, I don’t watch the pre-shows and therefore I don’t talk about the pre-show. Also, I’m not going to touch the opening tag match where Enzo Amore suffered that nasty injury since there’s not much to talk about. I suppose we could say it’ll give Big Cass a chance to shine on his own and we know how Vince loves his big guys. All snark aside, shout out to Enzo, hope he comes back in one piece.

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