Post by andrew8798 on Aug 30, 2013 14:20:35 GMT -5
At press time, the Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan feud looks to be running through all three shows, which means most likely Bryan is either losing two PPVs in a row before winning in the Cell, or he might win at Battleground and then Orton could regain the title in the Cell. Orton is strongly in the title picture until at least January.
John Cena's legit target return date is around Royal Rumble. For the time being, Bryan and CM Punk will be the two top babyfaces in the company. Imagine being told that in 2008.
There is talk that this may be the last year the run a Hell in the Cell themed PPV, and in the future they'll save the Cell for when it's needed in the storyline. Which actually was what people argued they should do when they first announced they'd be doing themed PPVs several years ago. At least in this situation, based on the timing of the Orton and Bryan feud starting, by the time they get to Hell in the Cell this year they can have a pretty good storyline reason for doing it.
Kane's return versus Bray Wyatt will likely be a Cell match as well.
Total Divas did a shockingly good rating this week going up against the MTV Video Music Awards. The show did 1.46 million viewers, down only slightly from the week before (1.349 million) which ran head-to-head against SummerSlam. Whatever you think about the show, it's a hit for E!
Which begs the question why AJ Lee buried the show and everyone on it on Raw. There were Total Divas cameras backstage filming everyone before the promo, during the promo, and afterwards, so it'll all air on one of the six new episodes that were signed for season one several weeks ago. I don't have a problem so much with AJ burying the girls, because she is a heel and it's also going to lead to an AJ vs. Divas cast member match at Night of Champions (which my guess will lead to a title change, which will be the "main event" of the final episode of the first season), but it was weird to have the announcers admit that she was right about everything she said.
Lots of WWE talent raving about the Sami Zayn vs. Antonio Cesaro best-of-three-falls match on NXT last week. The last fall in particular was awesome. First fall went like 30 seconds and the second fall was no better than your average good match on Raw. But the fans did get super into it at the end with chants of "Match of the Year" and "NXT," and both guys looked awesome.
Due to a fan tweet on Raw there was a brief discussion backstage about the idea of possibly putting Dr. James Andrews, WWE's most famous doctor who has done all the surgeries for all of the biggest stars, into the WWE Hall of Fame at some point.
John Cena's legit target return date is around Royal Rumble. For the time being, Bryan and CM Punk will be the two top babyfaces in the company. Imagine being told that in 2008.
There is talk that this may be the last year the run a Hell in the Cell themed PPV, and in the future they'll save the Cell for when it's needed in the storyline. Which actually was what people argued they should do when they first announced they'd be doing themed PPVs several years ago. At least in this situation, based on the timing of the Orton and Bryan feud starting, by the time they get to Hell in the Cell this year they can have a pretty good storyline reason for doing it.
Kane's return versus Bray Wyatt will likely be a Cell match as well.
Total Divas did a shockingly good rating this week going up against the MTV Video Music Awards. The show did 1.46 million viewers, down only slightly from the week before (1.349 million) which ran head-to-head against SummerSlam. Whatever you think about the show, it's a hit for E!
Which begs the question why AJ Lee buried the show and everyone on it on Raw. There were Total Divas cameras backstage filming everyone before the promo, during the promo, and afterwards, so it'll all air on one of the six new episodes that were signed for season one several weeks ago. I don't have a problem so much with AJ burying the girls, because she is a heel and it's also going to lead to an AJ vs. Divas cast member match at Night of Champions (which my guess will lead to a title change, which will be the "main event" of the final episode of the first season), but it was weird to have the announcers admit that she was right about everything she said.
Lots of WWE talent raving about the Sami Zayn vs. Antonio Cesaro best-of-three-falls match on NXT last week. The last fall in particular was awesome. First fall went like 30 seconds and the second fall was no better than your average good match on Raw. But the fans did get super into it at the end with chants of "Match of the Year" and "NXT," and both guys looked awesome.
Due to a fan tweet on Raw there was a brief discussion backstage about the idea of possibly putting Dr. James Andrews, WWE's most famous doctor who has done all the surgeries for all of the biggest stars, into the WWE Hall of Fame at some point.
In Mexico, WWE announced the dates for its first full tour in almost two years (since the poorly reviewed television tapings of fall 2011). The tour will run four nights, October 16-19th, with stops in Queretaro, Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey, respectively. Interestingly, the Mexico City show on Friday the 18th will be at the new Arena Ciudad de Mexico, with a capacity for wresting of up to and maybe even over 20,000 depending upon stage show setup. That's the arena in which AAA has sold out or has come might close to selling out the past two years for its Triplemania shows. It would appear that the days of running major shows at the old Palacio de los Deportes, in its time the host of many legendary matches, have come to an end. The Sports Palace is too old for WWE, too large these days for AAA and TxT, and CMLL prefers to run the set of arenas they own.
-F4W