Tag: Cold Ronda

WWE Survivor Series 2022 – WARGAMES!

Yeah, I’m not going to spend too much time on this one. But the big selling point for this show was the proper WWE debut of WARGAMES, after a couple years of being largely an NXT deal. And of course, we’ve got a men’s Wargames and a women’s Wargames. Not because storylines dictate it, but because the marketing says so. Still, this should be a fun watch and if nothing else, I’m just happy I could watch a Survivor Series show that isn’t about the whole brand supremacy thing that nobody outside of WWE or its most hardest of hardcore fanatics could give two fucks about.
Quick thoughts after the break.

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WWE Summerslam 2021

Yeah, I’ve got nothing for this one, kids… so GOOMBA!
Summerslam 2021 took place on a Saturday; the rare instance of the annual PPV taking place on another day outside of its usual Sunday night airing. Summerslam 2021 took place the night after former former wrestler Cookie Monster Punk made his return to wrestling on the second episode of AEW Rampage.
I didn’t watch Summerslam last year; I had better things to do. And reading the results from the show as well as news that it went beyond the promised three-hour runtime meant that it was going to be the first major WWE PPV that I would miss out on. But since this year’s Summerslam is looking to go international, I’d figure that I’ve got nothing to lose and give this show a shot.

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WWE Money In The Bank 2022

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. I am doing a PPV musings on yet another WWE PPV in 2022.
Don’t get too excited. I had a stomach ache last night, I couldn’t sleep, and this popped up so I figured why not? At the very least, if the show sucked and made me fall asleep, it’d be worth it. I’m also not going to say a whole lot here since I haven’t been following WWE as of late.

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AEW Dynamite (June 8th, 2022): Interim All-Atlantic Western Stages Heritage Clustermuck

Some questionable stuff from All Elite Wrestling, which should shock some folks, I’m sure, but like I said a couple times, the honeymoon period is long gone and now I’ve got things to complain as it relates to this recent of Dynamite.
Before we get to that, let me just say that wrestling-wise, this episode delivered the goods. There was a really good main event in Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly. I might not think of Cool Kyle as a top-tier name, but he’s getting there. PAC vs. Buddy Matthews was pretty fun as well… yes, I’m forgoing the usual PAC gimmick; that’s how dour I am. Hangman Page getting a big win over New Japan’s David Finlay resulted in another good match. Thunder Rosa, your reigning AEW Women’s World Champion, was stuck having to carry one of Cold Ronda’s buddies to a borefest of a match, but at least she was on TV.
Okay, so we’ve highlighted the highlights, which remains the wrestling. Now click the break to start an effigy on the booking, which BAFFLED me to no end.

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Ramblemania 38

Well…

As has been the case for the past couple years, Wrestlemania has been split into a two-night affair and as before, I will be covering both nights under a single post. This is the format that we’re going to follow going forward if they continue like this. Not only that, but because this year’s Wrestlemania – not counting the pre-shows – was a collective EIGHT FUCKING HOURS, I’ve made the decision to watch these shows chunks at a time. And how long did it take for me to finally watch this stuff?

Let’s be real; the fact that you’ve had to wait until MAY to get my thoughts on this year’s Wrestlemania should be an indication that something was not on the level. It took me two weeks to watch EIGHT FUCKING HOURS of Wrestlemania 38. It begins… just as I said it would. Therefore, both nights are covered, as are the points where I’d pause the show to consume on another night… because Wrestlemania these days are too tedious to sit through on a single sitting, much less two.

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WWE Evolution (Oct. 2018 PPV)

I could have added a more flattering picture of Cold Ronda, but that’d be an impossible task.

Welp… so, here we are. From October 2018, the WWE’s first and (thus far) only all-women PPV featuring women’s matches and such.

So here’s the deal; 2018 was the year WWE started doing shows in Saudi Arabia, beginning with the Oil Rumble early on. People were upset because, among other things we won’t get into here, women weren’t allowed to compete in the country. So in what was clearly a carefully-planned public relations move to try and curtail any negative press from those Saudi shows, WWE concocted this all-women Evolution show to try and get people talking. Apparently, it was a success – or so people say – but beyond this one show, there was never another Evolution show… probably because the Saudis eventually allowed WWE to have one women’s match on their WWE Blood Money shows.

Or maybe it’s because of someone else… I don’t know. I might be giving it away.

Anyway, I don’t know why they didn’t do another show. I could venture guess and assume they’re waiting for Cold Ronda to come back from hibernation before they hold another one because she’s the real draw… next to Charlotte, of course. Honestly, there are a lot of ideas that they’ve tried with the Network that seemed good on paper and even partly in execution, but were promptly forgotten about and discarded as such. But I can’t help but feel a bit cynical about this show and the circumstances that led to its one outing. As much as as the women praised the event and wanted another one, the belief that this was a purely PR-driven move and not something that was thought up with any genuine interest had kept me from giving this the time of day.

Years have passed and, for better or worse, I decided to give this a shot and see if it was really as good as people made it out to be. Partly because of the bad taste left by that match from that TNA show last week, partly because of the NWA women’s show coming, and also partly because of the possible rumor that Queen Of The Ring will happen and have some presence at the next Blood Money event in Saudi Arabia. So, hey, why not?

And no, I will NEVER watch any of the Blood Money PPVs. Only reason I saw the first one because I was bed-ridden and didn’t have the clicker. All the rest can go fly a kite for all I care.

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TNA One Night Only – Knockouts Knockdown IV (2016)

Did you folks know that to this day, I have yet to see that Evolution show that WWE put out a couple years ago? The all-female show that was headlined by Cold Ronda defending against one of the Bella twins was apparently a big success, but not enough to warrant another show… probably because they are waiting for Cold Ronda to come back so she can main event it. I never got around to seeing it and it was just a complete afterthought. People tell me it was a good show and I try to make a point to watch it, but never do… probably because I come across something on the network that intrigues me a hell of a lot more.

However, I did see TNA’s fourth Knockouts Knockdown One night only PPV from 2016… a concept that makes no sense since a lot of these so-called One Night Only shows are annual traditions. The Knockouts Knockdown is the series of women-only PPV and today’s show – the fourth in the series – isn’t as good as Evolution is supposed to be. How do I know this? Because this is the show with Shelly and Rebel.

Yes, that match.

I guess I’ll make a point to watch Evolution for next week, then.

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RAW (July 1st, 2019) – Stayed For Hour 1… Dropped Off At Hour 2… Take 2

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. I did watch RAW this past Monday night… well, some of it, anyway.

Also, yes, your eyes do not deceive you. I’m doing another one of these today… because I accidentally deleted the old one. My bad. Fortunately, this is a much better write-up with a bit more inflections.

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RAMBLEMANIA 35

 

So it’s a history making night at Wrestlemania… depending on who you ask.

To WWE, all its contracted talent and employees as well as the most diehard of diehard fanbase, it was the event where women took part in the closing main event spot for the first time ever. It was the event where Kofi Kingston became the first black man to hold the prestigious WWE World Heavyweight Championship (assuming you don’t count the Rock, of course.) It was the event where Kurt Angle and Dave Bautista had their final matches as professional wrestlers and WWE Superstars.

To everyone else, it was the longest fucking sports entertainment show in the history of mankind… no, not THAT Mankind.

While I had not been excited to watch Mania this year – primarily due to the booking and storytelling being somewhat lackluster in getting me excited for this show – I was able to catch the first couple hours or so live before dozing off to bed… and then a week and a half would pass before I’d get around to watching the rest of it. And even then, it took me a couple days to get through the rest of it because… well, let’s just get into it.

I’m not going to touch on the pre-show because I generally don’t watch the pre-shows. But for anyone who cares, Carmella won the women’s geek battle royal, Braun Strowman won the men’s geek battle royal, we got a new Cruiserweight champion in Tony Nese, and apparently Curt Hawkins went from “guy who lost 2 billion matches in a row” to RAW Tag-Team Champion with Zack Ryder, as they defeated previous champs The Revival for the belts. Make of that what you will because I’ve no real thoughts on the matter.

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