'That was it. My life was made.' RAW House Show Review Part 1. -16 November '10

RAW House Show in Birmingham, England. 6th of November 2010.

This show was our 8th wrestling show to date. The great thing about seeing live events are that you get to experience something different every time you go.

We have seen some pretty amazing things at these live events: The first RAW in England, Smackdown from the 4th row ringside, even the short lived British PPV 'Rebellion'. But both of us said that this is one of the best shows we have ever been to.



Match 1.

R-Truth came out rapping and generally being happy (To our surprise, he had his old 'What's Up?' entrance music. Obviously people in England are too slow to learn the words to the new one...). Who was his opponent, I hear you ask? Well it was only season 2 of NXT's star rookie and Miz look-a-like, ALEX RILEY. As soon as we saw him at the top of the ramp, we went absolutely crazy. I think we were the only people in the arena who were...Truth won, which wasn't surprising but the match was a good starting point for the evening.


Match 2.


Usos = meh. These guys need to show a bit more personality to become good heels. Alternatively, they could reform Too Cool and dance around the ring. On the other hand, Santino + Koslov = Pure comedy genius. The crowd always go crazy for them and I think it makes Kozlov tolerable. The anonymous GM also travelled all the way to Birmingham and informed the teams that before the match there had to be a dance-off. What came next made me laugh more than I ever have at any show I have been to. I normally hate anything that involves athletes dancing, but I would pay good money to see this dance off again. I'm sure there is a video on youtube that you could look up. Anyway, Santino and Koslov won and I came to the conclusion that Santino is one of the best comedy wrestlers WWE has ever had.



Match 3.


We had no idea what matches there would be that night. The next entrance music we heard gave us both complete joy. 'OH RADIO, TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW.' My day was made. Forget Stone Cold, Ric Flair, The Undertaker or Shawn Michaels, there isn't a wrestler I have ever been so happy to see. Zack Ryder has been one of our favourites for a good year now but we had never got to see him live before. As soon as his music hit we started screaming and jumping around like the crazy fangirls we are. People were staring but we didn't care. We had a feeling that Zack was going to be there, so we made him a 'Zack Pack' sign. He looked at the sign and he liked the things he saw. Not only did he look but he did a 'Call Me' sign and gave us a nod. That was it. My life was made.


I hope Zack knows how thankful we are that he aknowledged us, it seriously made our night. (He was against Ezekiel Jackson but there is nothing much to say there. Zack deserves much better.)


Match 4.


Goldust vs Ted DiBiase. This match was very good, I think Ted and Goldust work well together. Teddy was doing his normal heel thing that he does at house shows, which consists of him spending more time out of the ring shouting at people than he does in the ring. Goldust ended up winning and taking the Million Dollar Championship with him. Not a bad result at all.



Match 5.


REGAL, REGAL, REGAL... The man gets treated like a King in England. I think the only ones who still boo him are the kids that don't understand the 'heel in America, face in their home town' thing. After the major high of Regal came a major low. 2 words, Daniel Bryan. We know the man can wrestle, we know he is talented, we know he has held a lot of major championships all around the world but we just don't like the guy. Ever since NXT he has just got on our nerves and when we heard his silly entrance music we just groaned with disappointment. Although, what came next was quite enjoyable. Whilst he was getting into the ring I decided to display my dislike for him (you can't enjoy it if you don't get into it), we were holding a Regal sign up and booing the hell out of him. He then stopped, looked straight at me and decided to laugh at me for a good 5 seconds. It was very patronising and kind of rude but I applaud the man for playing the heel and making me dislike him even more. Well done.


The match unfortunately didn't live up to expectations but it was still one of the best of the night. Regal's age limits what he can do nowadays but he still gave Bryan a run for his money. Bryan locked in his submission (one of my least favourite finishers) and won the match. Regal was a good sport and got even more respect from everyone in that building.


Match 6.


Wade Barrett vs Randy Orton. Unlike Regal, Barrett was no home town hero. You can tell how much impact the Nexus have as a heel stable by how much Barrett got booed that night. We were cheering him, of course but he played his part very well. He started off by saying that he came from 'the greatest city in the world, Manchester'. Nice move Wade, even though I agreed with him it seemed as if the rest of the Birmingham crowd didn't. Every one went crazy for Randy as usual and he spent a good 5 minutes posing.











R x




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HIAC Review. 'For crying out loud Randy, don't fall off.' - 4 October '10.

Hell In A Cell.

We weren't originally going to order this PPV, but the Cena vs Barrett match swayed it for us.


Miz vs Morrison vs Bryan.
I was sceptical about this match, because Submission matches normally bore the hell out of me. It started off well, but it then got very interesting. The star of this match for me, was definitely John Morrison. Not only did JoMo do an amazing Starship Pain (and actually did it correctly) but he did what quite frankly can only be described as a leap of death. The man is crazy. I thought that he had Miz at the top of the ramp, but to my surprise I was very happy to see Alex Riley break it up and fall into a cameraman (which is always funny).


Bryan then made Miz tap out. What I find strange is that Bryan isn't getting a big crowd reaction at all, I have a theory for this: ENTRANCE MUSIC. It can either make or break a wrestler. The entrances should reflect a wrestlers character (Zack Ryder and Cody Rhodes being great examples) but Bryan's music is boring. Actually, that is quite a good judge of character.


Orton vs Sheamus.
I was confused as to why this match was so early on in the card but I was looking forward to it all the same. Randy Orton's HIAC matches are always excellent, so I was hoping Sheamus could perform to the same standard. He did.


This match was full of high spots, my favourite being Randy Orton telling the cameraman to 'MOVE!'. Orton won with an RKO (one of my favourite finishers) and then climbed up the cell. All I was thinking when he got up to the top was, 'For crying out loud Randy, don't fall off.' Luckily, he didn't.


Edge vs Swagger.

Edge had shown up on Smackdown to rain on Jack Swagger's parade in his never-ending quest to end stupidity. It only makes sense that Alberto Del Rio was his next target. Although this time, it was Swagger who interrupted Edge. Edge got a bit angry and went after Swagger and Del Rio and the GM (who sounded a bit like Verne Troyer last week) interfered in the brawl. The GM organised an 'impromptu' match betweeen Swagger and Edge. It was a fair match, as per usual Swagger bled from the mouth. Edge won with a spear and nicely set up a Bragging Rights feud.


Cena vs Barrett.
This is it. This is what months of Cena fighting against Nexus boils down to. Before this match, I was hoping for Barrett to win. Not because I dislike John Cena but because I didn't want WWE to disband their best product. I was not disappointed.


The match started off very well and whilst John Cena was gaining the upper-hand, Nexus then decided to take front row seats at the bottom of the ramp. Wade got a bit angry at them and his Manchester accent got very broad, I'm disappointed that Justin Gabriel didn't have a rational explanation to enlighten us with (in the past he has come out with such gems as, 'Where's the spare key?'). I then had a little mark out moment where the Superstars joined forces and drove Nexus away from ringside. This is where I would have turned into Creative Director and Wade would get John set up for the Wasteland whilst Cena was distracted by the Superstars. This way, Wade would have won and Cena could have blamed his loss on the other Superstars. Therefore, turning him heel.


Unfortunately this didn't happen. The match went on for a bit longer, with Wade even kicking out of the AA (which gave Wade a lot of credibility). Cena had the STF locked in until a fan got into the ring and distracted the ref. Another fan (these fans look suspiciously like NXT season 2 rookies) then hit Cena in the head which helped Wade get the pin. YES! Even though there was interference, Cena is now part of the Nexus. I really didn't think that WWE had the guts to pull something like this off but they have surprised me again. I cannot wait until RAW.


Natalya vs McCool.
Two of the best female wrestlers in the WWE get to have a great singles match on PPV. What I didn't like was that when they unified the titles, they decided to keep the Divas Championship. I would prefer it if the WWE referred to their female competitors as 'wrestlers' and kept the Womens Championship, which sounds a lot more credible than the Divas.


The two of them had a brilliant match, until it ended in a DQ. Hopefully the feud will carry on.


Undertaker vs Kane.
I wouldn't say that I was looking forward to this match. Both Taker and Kane are past their prime and this is a very physically demanding match. Although, I know that both of them can pull off anything.


The match was very even, with a lot of 'BOO...YEY...BOO...' from the crowd. All their finishers were used (including a Last Ride from Taker). Kane then knocked out the ref, allowing Paul Bearer to enter the cell. Taker got temporarily blinded by light coming from the urn, which was then given to Kane by Bearer. I did not see that one coming! Kane won with the help of Bearer. Overall the match wasn't bad. It didn't need the cell though, as it was hardly used. I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up for a HIAC match like the one Taker and Foley had.


This PPV was well worth our money, the word 'surprise' has been used a lot in this post and that is what WWE does best. The predictability that WWE has had in the past has most definitely gone and if this is the standard that all PPVs are going to be, I'm looking forward to the future.
The thing that ruined it a bit for me, was Lawler's digs at Striker. Keep it professional guys.





R x





Woo Woo Woo. You Know It.

Summerslam Part 3. 'His facial hair looks abysmal.' - 6th September '10

We had mixed emotions about the main event of Summerslam 2010, mostly the fear of being disappointed. The mystery member of Team WWE had still not been announced and we thought that it would probably be Mark Henry (It always is, isn't it?). But to our surprise, The Miz decided that he would take the spot. Ok, that isn't too bad.

Just when we got comfortable in our seats to watch the match, John Cena decides to say that Miz was too late and he has already found someone. Hence, both of us literally on the edge of our seats, feeling sick with anticipation...

Cena: "Well, sorry Miz but you are too late. You see, we have been looking all over for another member and we have already found one."
Miz: "Who? Who could possibly be more awesome than me?"
Cena: "Good question, but maybe there is somebody. Somebody with millions...and millions of fans."
Miz: "So, who are you going to get? Lady Gaga? The Jonas Brothers?"
Cena: "Sadly, no. We have got this man..."

-"IF YOU SMELLLL, WHAT THE ROCK, IS COOKIN'."


And then I woke up.


There was no Rock. But there was a huge surprise that it was Daniel Bryan that showed up. We are not the biggest fans of his here at 'Oh My...' but we applauded WWE on an actual surprise. Unfortunately, there are three things wrong with Daniel Bryan being the mystery member.



1. Nobody mentioned that he had any bad feelings towards the Nexus. Last time we saw him, he was working with them. Confusing, yes.

2. He spat in Cena's face, now they are acting like best buddies.

3. His facial hair looks abysmal.


The actual match was very good, since this was basically professionals against rookies. It eventually got down to John Cena and Wade Barrett. We were hoping that Wade would pull this one out of the bag because Nexus had dominated nearly everyone on the roster. We were mistaken, Wade the 6'5'', bare knuckle fighting Mancunian tapped out to Cena.


Overall, this PPV was worth staying up until 4 in the morning for. Roll on Summerslam 2011.



R x



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