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http://www.cheap-heat.com/the-over-under-wwe-night-of-champions-2015-odds/ http://www.cheap-heat.com/the-over-under-wwe-night-of-champions-2015-odds/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:12:16 +0000 Scott Hayes Blogs Other Blogs John Cena Night of Champions NoC Seth Rollins Sting WWE WWE Network WWE NOC WWENOC http://www.cheap-heat.com/?p=14270 Welcome back Cheap-Heaters! We are live and in technicolor! There are two wrestling Pay Per View Extravaganzas… (Oh, you only know of Night of Champions?) – Ring of Honor has their All-Star Extravaganza. But? I'm not here to handicap that. So here is the Over/Under for Night of Champions. Every championship in the WWE is […]

Welcome back Cheap-Heaters! We are live and in technicolor! There are two wrestling Pay Per View Extravaganzas… (Oh, you only know of Night of Champions?) – Ring of Honor has their All-Star Extravaganza. But? I'm not here to handicap that. So here is the Over/Under for Night of Champions. Every championship in the WWE is on the line! Much like Jay Lethal in Ring of Honor, WWE's franchise player, "The Man" Seth Rollins will be defending TWO championships at NOC. Lets see what Vegas has to say about the 8 matches (Including the preshow) .

HOW WE GOT HERE!

For the last few months Stardust has been obsessed with Neville. As they play into a comic book styled feud. Stardust being the super villain to Neville's super hero. They had a tag match at Summerslam where Neville and the Green Arrow teamed up against Neville and King Barrett. I thought the Red and Green Arrow winning ended things. (I was wrong) – Stardust has enlisted the assistance of the Ascension in a budding stable calling themselves the "Cosmic Wasteland". Add a pinch of the Lucha Dragons who were the guys that helped bail Neville out during a beat down. BOOM! We have ourselves a pre-show match! Its good to see the Ascension having something to do that ISN'T predicated on them cutting promos on defunct tag teams with members in their 50s, 60s, or older.

FAVORITES!

Cosmic Wasteland: -200. They are a budding collective. A win here would go nicely with establishing them as a unit.

UNDERDOGS!

Neville and the Dragons: +140. No real reason for them to win. Neville got the win at Summerslam. Makes much more sense for the CW to get the W.

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

Over/Under Total Number of Flips and/or Rotations: 47.5

HOW WE GOT HERE!

The New Day is the awesomest thing in wrestling the last 3-4 months. Consistently the highlight of whatever segment they are and whatever show they're on. They regained the tag team championships at Summerslam. The night after? The Dudley Boyz returned to the WWE. Which is also awesome. These two have set down the path to a title match. The New Day has been petitioning the WWE Universe to #SaveTheTables, in an effort to keep themselves being smashed through furniture at the hands of their new rivals.

FAVORITES!

The New Day: -150. Dudleys JUST returned. Makes sense for the New Day to hold onto the belts and continue to be awesome and dominate the Tag Division.

UNDERDOGS!

The Dudley Boys: +100. Not impossible they'll find themselves the TEN TIME WWE tag team champion.

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

Will the New Day go through a table? Yes: -200. No: +400
Over/Under Total members of New Day going through table: 1.5

HOW WE GOT HERE!

Previously… On the Ziggler and the Rusev. Rusev and Lana broke up. Rusev went all emo until he met Summer Rae. Lana went on the rebound with Dolph Ziggler. People were slapped. Ziggler got hurt (Read: Went to film a movie) – Summer and Lana brawled. This was looking like it'd be a mixed tag, BUT? Lana got hurt while training. So she's out. We get this instead. At Summerslam they fought to a… double count out? I legit don't remember. The best part of this feud will be it ending. Hopefully this gets us THERE.

FAVORITE!

Ziggler: -100. Can't remember the last time Ziggler was a favorite. But he's giving gifts to Summer Rae. He came off heelish (Not sure if that was on purpose, or not) – but with Lana on the shelf, I'm guessing he gets some sort of revenge on the dastardly duo.

UNDERDOG!

Rusev: +100. Really close to a pick �em. I won't be THAT surprised if Rusev gets the victory here. They like him, and seemingly want to do good things with him. So? Maybe he wins?!

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

Summer Rae + Ziggles 4eva? No: -300. Yes: +240.

HOW WE GOT HERE!

Bray cost Roman Reigns a chance at winning Money in the Bank. Since then, Bray has brought Harper back into the fold. So Reigns brought Ambrose back. The Shield Lite won at Summerslam, but Bray wasn't done. he brought in the "Black Sheep", Braun Stowman. A monster of a man. Every time the Shield tried to enlist the help of someone: Orton, the healthy Uso? Bray struck. They got shelved, and the Wyatt Family continues to be on the "power play" (Yeah that's a hockey reference… NHL season just around the corner!) So the Shield bros, say they HAVE a partner, but they aren't saying a word about who it is. We'll see him at Night of Champions.

FAVORITES!

The Wyatt Family: -100. This line moves with whoever is the third on Roman and Dean's team. If its, say, Daniel Bryan? Roman and Dean become WILD favorites. If its Cesaro, Erik Rowan, or… someone else? It always floats around even money.

UNDERDOGS!

Roman and Dean: EVEN. Like I said above, the partner makes and or breaks this bet. Roman and Dean got a nice win on Smackdown. SSSSOOOOOOO? (Look strong going into a PPV, and lose)

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

WHO IS the PARTNER: Cesaro: -200. Erik Rowan: -100. Daniel Bryan: +100. Savio Vega: +210. Great Khali: +400. CM PUNK: +eleventy billion

HOW WE GOT HERE!

Ryback says "FEED ME MORE". People poke fun at Kevin Owens' weight. He cuts a promo about "FEEDING HIM MORE". (Get it?) So Owens walks into a Ryback promo eating an apple (He, sadly, he is not spitting in the face of people who don't want to be cool) – The two fight a little bit. Yell at each other a little bit. Ryback sings Elvis. Owens destroys Ziggler. As a series of statements this is confusing… Welp? We have Owens vs. Ryback for the Intercontinental Championship.

FAVORITE!

Kevin Owens: -300. Might be the handicapper's heart choosing a line here. Ryback hasn't exactly done much of note as an IC champion. Maybe they still want to elevate the prestige of the championship. I think Owens is the perfect guy to do that.

UNDERDOG!

Ryback: +150.

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

MATCH OF THE NIGHT? ARE YOU KIDDING?! OWENS ISN'T THAT GOOD: -450. Sure… Why not?! +400.
Ryback's Indy Move of the Match: Suicide Dive: -100. Poison Rana: +400. Drop Toe Hold: -450. Canadian Destroyer: +300.

HOW WE GOT HERE!

A revolution began. Three of the NXT Women got the call up to the Main Roster. Then with little to no reason, the three teams of three just split off and fought in random single and tag matches. They had a three team elimination match at Summerslam, which Team PCB won. Which gave them the chance to fight for the right to earn #1 contendership. They rocked a beat the clock. Charlotte won. We finally got a little direction to this #DivasRevolution. Plus add Nikki Bella approaching AJ Lee's longest Diva Title reign, and Charlotte challenging her BEFORE Nikki broke it. They went with Twin Magic that backfired, so we had Brie pulling tissues out of her bra… again… and then Steph reversed a decision… cuz WHY?! But she did give Charlotte a return match for Night of Champions.

FAVORITES!

Nikki Bella: -130. I think it makes sense for Nikki to win here. Now that they are seem more dedicated to having her be an actual HEEL? She should d-bag her way into holding the title for another few months. Maybe leading to a triple threat or for corners elimination match at Survivor Series (See? Cuz its SURVIVOR Series, so have a match you have to survive!)

UNDERDOGS!

Charlotte: +88. Yeah not a bit of a surprise if, since they now have Nikki being the longest reigning Divas Champ ever, they truly move on in this revolution.

btw… Banks has tapped Nikki and Charlotte… and has beaten Paige like 457 times now. #GiveSashaAChance!

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

Twin Magic: Yes: -200. No: +150. YES, but they do it Foxxy! +650

HOW WE GOT HERE!

Seth beat Cena in the main event of Summerslam. 100%! TOTALLY! COMPLETELY! BY! HIM! SELF! So Seth is a double champion-

LETHAL DID IT!

Cena decided to make his rematch clause got cashed for Night of Champions. So we got double the Seth!

FAVORITES!

Cena: -400. I think the Internet has something for this… it goes like… L…O….L…. CENA WINS? It really makes the most sense for Cena to win. Lets get back to US Open Challenges!

UNDERDOGS!

Seth Rollins: +420. Cuz you gotta be HIGH to bet on Seth in this match!

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

Seth's Power Ranger Ring Gear: Black: -400. White: -250. Green: -100. Red: +350.
How ROH is Seth's moveset? "HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!" -150. "THIS IS WRESTLING!" -340. "Chin lock City" +210.

HOW WE GOT HERE!

When Rollins became double champion he was promised a Statue! SO? The Authority made him a statue and were totally gonna unveil it in the ring! Only? The statue was GONE! And replacing it? The Man Called Sting! (With 11% of his face paint sweated or rubbed off) – After some brawling. Sting was in the ring holding the WWE World Heavyweight championship. Trips, not one to pass up an opportunity (He said dripping with sarcasm) – Made the match. Sting vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. We've gotten Sting's first Raw match. Where he made Seth tap out. Oh… and Sting destroyed the statue.

FAVORITES!

Seth Rollins Retains: -350. I can't see Seth losing the belt here. At least not to Sting. Maybe a no contest/DQ type deal. MAYBE they have Sheamus cash?

UNDERDOGS!

Sting Wins the Championship: +200. As much as he should have won at Mania, he SHOULD lose here. It'd set up Rollins vs. Triple H even better if Triple H failed to beat Sting, and Rollins succeeded. Sadly? That requires an attention to detail that it seems WWE Creative lacks.

PROP BETS O' THE MATCH!

Over/Under: 8 minutes till Sting's face paint is gone.
Which Match Goes on Last: Cena/Rollins -250. Sting/Rollins +100. Ryback/Owens +1400
Triple H's nose pokes into this bidness: Yes -100. No +200.

There we have it, Cheap-Heaters. Happy gambling, and we'll see you soon!

http://www.cheap-heat.com/here-comes-the-pain-top-5-moments-from-smackdown-917/ http://www.cheap-heat.com/here-comes-the-pain-top-5-moments-from-smackdown-917/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:41:32 +0000 Mark Adam Haggerty Other Reviews Top Lists Adam Rose Big E Big Show Brie Bella D'Von Dudley Dean Ambrose Hulk Hogan John Cena Kevin Owens Kofi Kingston Michael Cole Naomi Night of Champions Nikki Bella Roman Reigns Ryback Sasha Banks Seth Rollins Sheamus Smackdown Sting The Dudley Boyz The New Day The Wyatt Family Total Divas Triple H WWE Xavier Woods http://www.cheap-heat.com/?p=14253 Welcome to “Here Comes the Pain” — Cheap-Heat.com‘s official Smackdown Countdown, brought to you by B+ Players Radio. When you don’t have the time to sit through an entire Thursday night edition of pre-taped content, we’re here to give you the “Top 5 Moments” in VIDEO FORM! Big thanks to WWE and their awesome YouTube/internet department who always post […]

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http://www.cheap-heat.com/outsiders-edge-82nd-annual-night-of-extravaganza/ http://www.cheap-heat.com/outsiders-edge-82nd-annual-night-of-extravaganza/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:34:56 +0000 B+ Players CH Podcast 82nd Anniversary Show CMLL IWF Jay Lethal Pay Per View Podcast Pro Wrestling ROH San Antonio Seth Rollins wrestling WWE WWE Network Youtube http://www.cheap-heat.com/?p=14232 It’s the Outsiders’ Edge exclusively on B+ Player Radio, and right here at Cheap-Heat! Mark Haggerty and Gary Mastriano are back in the building and recording on location for the second time in as many weeks. Listen to your favorite wrestling pundits break down this upcoming weekend of all-out pro wrestling action. We’ve got WWE […]

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http://www.cheap-heat.com/sting-swung-but-the-ball-was-dropped/ http://www.cheap-heat.com/sting-swung-but-the-ball-was-dropped/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:30:46 +0000 Gregory Iron Blogs Wrestler Blogs Seth Rollins Sting WCW http://www.cheap-heat.com/?p=14128 On September 20th at WWE Night of Champions, WWE Champion Seth Rollins will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against former WCW World Heavyweight Champ, “The Vigilante” Sting. Man, that last sentence is really loaded with lots of variations of the word “champ” in it… Some people love this. People thought Sting would never ever step […]

On September 20th at WWE Night of Champions, WWE Champion Seth Rollins will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against former WCW World Heavyweight Champ, “The Vigilante” Sting.

Man, that last sentence is really loaded with lots of variations of the word “champ” in it…

Some people love this. People thought Sting would never ever step foot in a WWE ring, and in 2015, he’s getting a shot at the top prize. Others are not as crazy about the idea. While the visual of Sting versus Rollins in a wrestling match may be a surreal one, some are arguing the logic behind the match is lacking, as the first and only time we’ve seen Sting in a WWE contest, it was in a losing effort to Triple H. Going into NOC, some would say Sting has zero momentum and has done nothing to earn the championship opportunity.

What do I think? I’m intrigued. Seth Rollins is being hailed as the next Shawn Michaels. He definitely has all the tools, and he’s definitely going to have to put them to use on September 20th in his most unique title defense yet. I like Sting, and it’s going to be fun to watch!

What?

Oh, you were expecting something different, based on the article title.

The ballВ wasВ dropped with Sting…

…in WCW.

That’s what we in the writing industry refer to as “click bait.”

Recently, thanks to the WWE Network, I began watching WCW Monday Nitro’s from 1998. Yes, even seventeen years later, I can’t get over how poorly the main event of Starrcade 1997, and the events that followed it, were executed.

The once boisterous and colorful Sting became silent and darker, carried a baseball bat and hung out in the rafters. Fans of World Championship Wrestling questioned his allegiance. Was Sting WCW, or was theВ black and white clad Stinger a member of the New World Order? Fans watched with bated breath over the course of fourteen months–В fourteen months– В as Sting began to systematically attack the nWo and proved that he bled WCW, and it culminated with Sting getting a shot at Hollywood Hulk Hogan’s WCW Championship at Starrcade 1997.

Fourteen months of build… can you remember the last angle in wresting that went on for fourteen months that kept fans interest? In the age of three minute YouTube videos and sit second Vines, it’s hard to imagine a storyline captivating a wrestling audience quite like Sting vs. The nWo did.

If you were a fan of wrestling in the late 1990’s, there’s a good chance you ordered Starrcade 1997 live on pay per view, which with a 1.9 buyrate (translating into around 500,000-600,000 total buys in 1997), it went on to become WCW’s largest PPV number of all time. And if you watched it live on pay per view, chances are you couldn’t help but feel like Sting/Hogan ended very anticlimactic.

See, the finish was supposed to be a fast three count by notoriously screwy ref and part time nWo employee Nick Patrick, following a Hulk Hogan leg drop. This was to lead to WCW’s newest acquisition, five time WWF Champion and WCW referee for the evening, Bret “Hitman” Hart coming down to ringside. Not wanting to see another screwjob like the one he experienced just one month prior in Montreal, Hart would knock out Patrick, restart the match, and call for the bell when Sting locked in his Scorpion Death Lock submission.

Almost all of that happened…

…except the most important part…

…the fast count.

When Hulk Hogan hit the leg drop, and Nick Patrick proceeded to count the most unbiased, fair, perfect paced three count in the history of wrestling. One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Three. After fourteen months of build-up, Hollywood Hulk Hogan had seemingly retained the WCW Championship, fair and square.

For years, there has been a rumor that behind the scenes, Hulk Hogan paid off Nick Patrick. No, not in a pro wrestling storyline. I’m talking like, real money was actually exchanged from Hulk Hogan to Nick Patrick to count a well paced one, two and three on Sting. The reason I remember reading, and for the life of me, I can’t remember whwre I read it, was that Hogan didn’t believe that Sting deserved the championship because of his drug addiction at the time, and because he wasn’t in the shape he should have been for a guy that wrestled zero matches over the course of a year and a half.

In a 2010 interview with Nick Patrick, В he claims that he was simply confused, as several different people told him that the finish was supposed to go down different ways.

The night after Starrcade, WCW gave us the Sting/Hogan WCW Championship rematch, free on TV, live on Nitro. Shenanigans ensued, Nitro went off the air, and over the course of two weeks, it’s decided that because of the controversy surrounding the situation, Sting is stripped of the WCW Championship on the inaugural episode of WCW Thunder. Eventually, Sting would beat Hogan at SuperBrawl VIII in February of 1998, but the damage was already done. After waiting months for a hero to reclaim the WCW Championship from the hated nWo, Sting rose to the occasion, yet took the title under less than noble circumstances. Factor in that Sting’s eventual run with Big Gold was lasted barely two months (losing the belt to Macho Man in April, who lost it back to Hogan the very next day) and was forgettable, the whole build up to Starrcade went to waste.

Soon after, Sting decided to paint his face red and joined nWo Wolfpac… which I always found terrible and random. The guy that was the backbone of WCW decides to trust a new incarnation and join..? I didn’t buy into it.

Many people point to the defection of Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko was the point where the hole in the WCW ship formed, but I believe that the leak began when WCW dropped the ball on Sting and their biggest money making angle of all time.

Rollins vs Sting– Night of Champions will have my money on Sunday.

-Greg

http://www.cheap-heat.com/here-comes-the-pain-smackdown-91015/ http://www.cheap-heat.com/here-comes-the-pain-smackdown-91015/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:03:11 +0000 Mark Adam Haggerty Blogs Reviews Pro Wrestling Ryback Seth Rollins Smackdown Video Countdown wrestling WWE WWE Network WWE Universe http://www.cheap-heat.com/?p=14107 What's new pussy cat? Mark Adam Haggerty—or MC Swaggerty as I'm known on the street—back at you with another edition of "Here Comes the Pain," Cheap-Heat's Top Five Countdown from WWE Smackdown. This was sort of a boring week for Smackdown, but that's not to say there weren't a host of takeaways worth sharing. When […]

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5. The Ascension isn’t SOO Terrible Anymore

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3. Cesaro versus the Miz II

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From Sunday morning until Saturday night, the WWE will have produced more than 15-hours of brand new content for various networks and its own streaming service. It's not hard to see why some people skip an episode of Smackdown here and there. That's where I come in. My name is Mark Adam Haggerty and this is "Here Comes the Pain! The Top Five Moments from Smackdown." Rather than rattling off a bunch of rest holds and ambiguous storylines, I'm here at Cheap-Heat.com to deliver a discernible list of what to watch, so you have a better idea of what to avoid!

5. Charlotte's Web

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2. The Dudley Boyz Return to Smackdown!

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http://www.cheap-heat.com/and-im-like-reviewing-raw-august-25th-2015/ http://www.cheap-heat.com/and-im-like-reviewing-raw-august-25th-2015/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2015 00:39:31 +0000 Jake Drury Blogs Other Blogs Other Reviews Reviews and I'm like Big E Big Show Bo Dallas Braun Stowman Bray Wyatt Brock Lesnar Byron Saxton Dean Ambrose Dolph Ziggler JBL John Cena Jon Stewart Kevin Owens Kofi Kingston Lana Luke Harper Michael Cole Miz New Day Paul Heyman RAW Ric Flair Roman Reigns Ryback Seth Rollins Sheamus Undertaker WWE Wyatt Family Xavier Woods http://www.cheap-heat.com/?p=13788 What is with Tuesdays? I was at the restaurant today, like everyday, and today beat the daily total of Saturday which is our normal busiest day. I happened to have a former WWF Tag Team champion come in today, but I was so busy I didn’t get a chance to talk wrestling!!! Maybe next time […]

What is with Tuesdays? I was at the restaurant today, like everyday, and today beat the daily total of Saturday which is our normal busiest day. I happened to have a former WWF Tag Team champion come in today, but I was so busy I didn’t get a chance to talk wrestling!!! Maybe next time right?

This weekend sure felt like a marathon. The more I thought about it though, the more I think the production crew of WWE is happy. They had the same arena for 3 nights in a row! That has got to be a lighter workload than normal. Season 1 of the Waltons is on while I queue up the DVR, this famous actress needed the Walton’s to help her put on a show so she can afford a train ticket to New York.. Enough chatting onto Monday Night Raw!!

Show Opening- В We start off in WWE Headquarters with HHH getting ready to present Seth Rollins with a statue in his honor. “Seth your not the future of WWE, you are the man”- HHH. We see statues of Bruno Sammartino, Ultimate Warrior, and Andre The Giant.

And I’m Like… wondering what the statue criteria is?

Show opens with its typical crappy song intro, I can’t wait until tonight is the night we change this song. We go over highlights of Summerslam, but not NXT!?!? and then

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman-

• As Brock walks out, I notice the Suplex City sign on his shirt says south. I’m not trying to throw snow here, but shouldn’t it be north? Maybe the suplex brings you down so thats why its south?
• “Suplex City” chants from the crowd as we look at a battered Brock Lesnar.
• Brock is very subdued, its way scarier to me than when he is all bouncy.
• This finish really grinds my gears, cause like, when has the time keeper ever rang the bell without command? Even during Montreal ’97 Vince had to say ring the damn bell like 4 times. I’ll take a wait and see approach, but how can we interview the referee and not the time keeper?
• Brock does not blame the referee or the time keeper, because they understood that when Undertaker was tapping, ‘Taker knew his arm was gonna break off.
• Paul Heyman brings up Undertaker collapsed again, he said he has enough material to last all 3 hours of Raw and the crowd Yes!’s?
• Undertaker got that dick kick on lock though, that is Brock’s kryptonite. By the way, I personally still don’t know who gave me that head of cabbage from a few Raw’s back..
• Paul Heyman said Undertaker looks likeВ The Gunslinger , he also says Brock challenges him to a fight tonight
• BO DALLAS’ music hits!!! Quick side bar here again.. I have a regular named Danny that is a wrestling fan, he will come in everyday and do wrestling catchphrases. He will do them call and response style like this, “It’s Simply Positively..” and I’ll go “A New Day” he says “all you gotta do is..” I say “Bo-Lieve”. Sometimes he does Paul Heyman promos, he always tries to do the Million Dollar Dance with my server too. Bo just reminded me of Danny so I thought I would throw that in there.
• Bo told Brock he had good and bad news. Bad news is he passed out, Good news is he woke up and had a dream he actually beat Undertaker. Bo said Brocks dreams can come true if he Bo-Lieves!!
• Brock laughs and then DECIMATES Bo Dalls with suplexes from Germany. The crowd chants one more time, Brock adheres to them. They chant it again as he is leaving, he does it again. He tries to leave again and Paul says “an F5 just for me!!?” Brock goes back in and yup F-5.

And I’m Like… That was the main story going into tonight, having Brock just kick someones ass really cleanses the palate of what happened last night. I don’t know where the story is headed, it might be over who knows. That segment was fun though.

В

Lucha Dragons vs. New Day

• Holy Shit!!! New Day is gaining so much crowd support, they are so creative too. This is fun
• Xavier Woods playing background music to New Day inspired lyrics to “New York, New York” is something I never knew I needed!!!
• Can you cover all the songs New Day?!?! I Love this JBL says “Xavier was trained by Chief Jay Strongbow” Y’all KILLED IT NEW DAY!!! KILLED IT!!
• NEW DAYROCKS NEW DAYROCKS!!!
• The fun thing about New Day is they are entertaining wrestlers, and their gimmick is still MAD ENTERTAINING you know? Everything you see seems to be amazing, they are even putting Titus in his place while Prime Time Players are on commentary.
• How long is Kalisto going to be in a tag? He should be lighting the world on fire with lucha moves soon right?
• As the New Day hits their finishing move Xavier Woods does amazing work playingВ Military Taps

And I’m Like… Surprised that the Prime Time Players were not as entertaining as the New Day. That’s how the tag division should be, put the straps on whoever is making the most entertainment with theВ allottedВ time. As I say that THE DUDLEY BOYZ come back!! That is pretty crazy, I don’t think they are needed as full-time tag regulars though, just saw all their signature moves, what more do we need? Tables? Just saw that too! These guys should go do that NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic or whatever. It doesn’t matter, this shit was fun, the whole segment.

That Make-a-Wish video had me in tears.. Bayley/Sasha at Takeover tears… fucking Connor The Crusher tears. For real this shit is so cool. People suffer so much you know, they just go through shit all day. They eat a bowl of shit for breakfast and once it’s done it’s breakfast time.It’s amazing that WWE has the power to make children forget about breakfast and escape the hell that is the hospital, John Cena legit can not turn heel, those kids need him, they really do. They need a super-hero, cause some times, real life is not enough to get you by. Wrestling is great.

HHH and Stephanie- They are in the back looking at Seth’s statue, I wouldn’t comment on this but Seth said something important. “This place is just better with you running it” SEEDS PLANTED, where is ourВ 70 year old farmer ?

Summerslam Rematch: Wyatts vs. Shield

• LOL! Last night this was my smoke break match… now we are having it again… WWE will make me watch this no matter what huh? What is really funny is, there is one of those anti-smoking commercials right when they cut to break mid Shield entrance.
• There are so many “suicide dives” to the outside in WWE recently, its like become a necessity to dive at someone when they go outside at least once in a match.
• Good thing they had that match last night to settle the score right? If they didn’t then this match would no consequences or story, we would watch this match for the sake of wrestling.
• Let’s remember this whole feud started cause Bray pushed a ladder that Roman was on over, in a match Wyatt wasn’t in, 3 months ago…. You know how many damn matches have happened since then? I don’t but we both know its alot, yet Roman is still super peeved about that ONE NIGHT!!!
• Roman doing fake drinking beer taunts is the Frattiest thing…
• JBL says “superkick party” he must watchВ The Young Bucks
• A NEW WYATT SHOWS UP!?!? He has a black mask on too!! Please don’t mean Minnesota’s own Erick Rowan is out the family now.. Let’s hope Harper is the mid-card act, Bray is the main act, and the sheep tag.
• Since this is the first non-NXT debut in a while, it’s weird to hear the crowd just murmur or be quiet.
• New Wyatt is no selling all the offense, he is choking out the Shield while Luke and Bray smile.

And I’m Like… If this doesn’t bring Sting into this feud or at least add a little flavor to this, it will get old fast. This was new fresh and exciting, I hope it doesn’t just happen for four weeks until another turn of events.

There will be a special with Brock in Madison Square Garden on the night of my baby shower!! Guess what I’ll try and make the family watch??!?

Miz TV- PCB

• I kept wondering why PCB was such a familiar acronym, turns out I noticed it on my Fish Oil container.В PCB В is a probable human carcinogen… I LOVE IT
• I am not into PCB they are the fakes of the division. Bellas are bitches and veterans and they know it and brag. Team B.A.D. seem real when they speak.
• Bella’s come out and all we hear is WE WANT SASHA!!! It’s Daniel Bryan chants all over again.
• Alicia Fox says she has been here for 9 years and seen em all come and go. It’s true, Becky quit trying to be crazy, just break arms. Charlotte quit leaning on Flair for everything WE KNOW HE WAS IN THE HORSEMEN! and Paige, not everybody wants everything sexualized.
• For a Divas revolution, Miz getting cheers when he says “When my hand goes up your mouth goes shut” It does show how we as viewers receive these Diva’s compared to NXT’s women. It sucks that when they made the jump to the main show, they lost all their qualities that made them respectable women.
• There is a six diva brawl that is leading to a six diva tag match… Sasha Banks is not in the mix, yet all the crowd says is WE WANT SASHA!!

And I’m Like… If WWE wanted me to not like six women and like three more, they did a great job. What’s bad is that the six I don’t like were on the screen making me not like them more. I am a Charlotte fan when she is real, when she is nerdy and awkward, not when she tries to be cool. Charlotte is tall and lanky, Becky is weird and annoyingly bubbly, Paige is immature. Paige was trying to get Team Freakshow over before PCB stuck, and I’m starting to lean on her side with that name. That would have added a dynamic this 3 team feud needs. The hot bunch (Bella’s) The bad bunch (team B.A.D.) and instead of the “wrestlers? other hot bunch? what is PCB anyways?” they could have been the misfit bunch.В

As I was And I’m Liking the Miz TV segment a Six Diva Tag match started… The crowd was the fun part… They wanted SASHA they did want this match.. I didn’t want this match. What I had to say was said up above. Give us stories that we can relate to please. Team Bella won if you care! Alicia fox looked like she was in pain or mad f’d up…

It was supposed to be Stardust and Cosmic King Barrett teaming but Stardust beat up The Cosmic King. Neville came out and the ref bailed as the brawl started… Neville went for Red Arrow, Stardust ran away.

В

And I’m Like… WHAAAAT???

Jon Stewart Promo-

• His Theme song is the Daily Show theme song haha. That is so not his character for wrestling, just a happy bouncy guitar riff.
• Stewart is showered in “Thank You Stewart” chants
• Stewart said he apparently upset some people, to those parents who comforted their children, I’ll tell you why I did that.
• Jon Stewart said in his heart, he could not let John Cena tie Ric Flair. The crowd was What’ing him until he said he did it for Flair, instacheers. “NOT ON MY WATCH”-Jon Stewart
• Flair then styles and profiles his way to the ring, my buddy sent a text last night “I Fuckin Love Jon Stewart” I think I know why now!
• Flair tells Stewart he was pulling for John Cena, Stewart sells shock…..
• Ric Flair says the record will be broken sooner than later, he wants it to be from someone he respects. “Don’t forget Gods in the house tonight” – Ric Flair He tells people you don’t gotta like it, you gotta love it cause it is coming out of my mouth,
• Flair told Stewart he messed up everything… like it was some giant plan that Flair had Cena beat his record…. Stewart is as confused as we are…
• John Cena tells Stewart they need to talk, he said “What do you wanna talk about? and *you can’t see me’s him”
• The crowd chants Ce NaSUCKS and Cena did something I found interesting, he was talking to either Stewart or Flair and he said “no let them get it out”. Cena has been in front of loud unrespectful crowds for over a decade. It’s amazing what he has learned in crowd control, every crowd will fatigue of any chant, if he let’s them ride it out he will be more impactful in his words when they are spoken.
• Cena says that Stewart ended the ability to let new stars shine… That is crazy!!! Why would he think that having a late twenties superstar winning the title ends the ability for new stars? Man is a narcissistic sociopath.
• He hits Jon Stewart with an AA too, John said I understand that that’s what you have to do and then just beat him up, that’s some Bully type shit.

And I’m Like… I’m with Stewart, he helped the future. Rollins was right Cena IS a disease. You could tell from Flairs face he felt that the segment fell flat… Oh well, Jon Stewart is totally gonna be in the WWE Hall of Fame Celebrity wing.

В

Ziggler, Orton, Ryback, Cesaro vs. Owens, Sheamus, Big Show, Rusev

• This could be a match, like 5 years from now, we look back on like “WOW they had some stars in that match this should be fun!”, or we could look at it like we do now, “WOW they have some stars in this match, I’ve seen everyone wrestle everyone a bunch this summer, glad its all packed in this eight man instead of an hour of Raw”
• Byron says Cesaro is “like the Chuck Norris of Raw” that is beauty.
• Ziggler is wearing tights!! He has his Sherri Martel now in Lana, his transformation to Shawn Michael’s complete. I compared Ziggler to Ricky Steamboat and Lana to George “The Animal” Steel last week, maybe this comparing thing is a trend?
• Big Show on his Mark Henry Trash Talk game real hard tonight. I’ve grown to re-appreciate Big Show, he will be gone soon, might as well enjoy him while he is on TV.
• As Ziggler gets his ass kicked by every guy on the other team, I am really digging his new tights.
• A commercial for Subway??? Too Soon you guys.. Too Soon.
• My mind is made up on Lana.. She ain’t good. She stands there emotionless, she smiles when she does offense, her character is crap. She is forced as hell like Byrons excitement for Cesaro’s “Uppercut TRAAIINN!!”
• The Ryback/Owens match-up seems real fun.. yeah GIVE OWENS THE INTERCONTINENTAL BELT!!! He is Canadian, they know how to represent that belt best!
• All the good guys notice Show is all alone so they decide to pick on him.

And I’m Like… The bad guys beat up Big Show, they left Sheamus. The good guys beat up Big Show, they left Sheamus. That’s funny. This meant nothing I’m sure, unless Owens and Rusev team up, they both beat on Show and looked damn good doing it!

Bray Wyatt is in his dark room cutting promos. When Bray rolls his eyes and says heart, his voice dragged and it sounded so eerie, I love his cadence. Bray introduces Braun Strowman the “Black Sheep of Sister Abigail”

The Authority is talking to John Cena about how he is a sore loser and that it is trending, then Security throws him out of the building.

Seth Rollins Statue Presentation-

• I just feel like something is in that box besides the statue!!
• Steph calls out that Vince turned 70 during Raw and she gets all cry baby like. They sing Happy Birthday shittly too but it was great, which makes me think… Is Happy Birthday allowed to be sung without paying copyright?
• I seriously zone out when HHH talks, plus there are two cops talking to my caretaker right now and I’m super nosy… My wife went to investigate, but I’m all wondering what is going on.
• I hear something about the Mount Rushmore of wrestling and I am like… what is going on outside my patio? Both squad cars drove away.
• ok so I paused it, found out what the deal was, some guy down on the other end of the complex broke into an apartment and the caretaker caught him running out. When I was on my smoke break earlier, I picked some weeds by the apartment and instead of throwing them away, I threw them into the parking lot. She went into the parking lot a bit later to throw the weeds away and saw the guy. So good thing I’m lazy huh??
• Rollins is spouting stuff about being the cure, he puts over the fact the for a decade Cena was the man, he then said that ended last night,
• Rollins dropped the “to be the man, you gotta beat the man.” Then told ‘Trips’ to unveil the statue
• He just keeps talking, THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMEONE IN THERE!!!
• They are taking too long, I almost lost interest….. drum roll…. and STING!!
• That is pretty dope.. HAHA I just jumped cause I was startled because my caretaker just opened the door and said some woman broke the window in the bar a quarter mile away, haha this heightened my mood, Sting held the belt up too the WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!
• Stings music hit and everyone went crazy, that was really cool, plus WHERE DID STING PUT THE STATUE?!??

And I’m Like… What the hell, that was very fun for me, with the craziness outside my house and on my television, Raw next week will be fun I hope!! Thank you for reading

Y’all have a good one.

-Jake

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13. Eddie Edwards
Days as Champion: 99
Number of Reigns: 1
Coming in at number thirteen is one half of the American Wolves—Eddie Edwards. Edwards just missed the hundred day mark with 99 days as champion, and successfully defended his title a total of 3 times during his 3-month run. He won the championship on March 19, 2011 in New York City when he defeated the current number one contender to the ROH title, Roderick Strong. The end came for Edwards and his reign as champion on June 26, 2011 when he was unseated by his now-tag team partner, Davey Richards.

12. Xavier
Days as Champion: 182
Number of Reigns: 1
The name Xavier might not resonate with many casual fans, but Ring of Honor historians know him as the second man to hold the coveted ROH World title. Xavier defeated Low Ki on September 21, 2002 and held onto the championship through four title defenses. It was the fifth however, that cost Xavier the strap, when he dropped it to Samoa Joe on March 22, 2003.

11. Roderick Strong
Days as Champion: 189
Number of Reigns: 1
He is the current number one contender to Jay Lethal's Ring of Honor championship, and should he be successful in his upcoming effort, Roderick Strong will be just one of three men to hold the title twice. Roddy—as his friends and fans call him—won the ROH World Championship on September 11, 2010 in New York City from the current WWE Champion, Seth Rollins AKA Tyler Black. Roderick maintained his championship for over six months with five successful title defenses to his credit. He was finally defeated on March 19, 2011 by the first "American Wolf" to hold the title, Eddie Edwards.

10. Tyler Black
Days as Champion: 210
Number of Reigns: 1
He is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion and in just three weeks will head into battle against the "Beast" Brock Lesnar. But once upon a time, Seth Rollins was known as Tyler Black—the tenth longest reigning ROH World Champion in history. Black defeated seven challengers during his time as champion, after first conquering the 2-time ROH Champion Austin Aries. Black held the title for the better part of seven months, and finally dropped the title to Roderick Strong on September 11, 2010 in New York.

9. Takeshi Morishima
Days as Champion: 231
Number of Reigns: 1
The only man on our countdown from the "Land of the Rising Sun" is the one and only Takeshi Morishima. Morishima's size and speed made him a formidable force when mixing it up with the smaller-statured American Indy workers, and on February 17, 2007, he defeated Homicide for the coveted ROH championship. Morishima's title defense record blows the previous numbers out of the water by nearly tripling Tyler Black's defense record with a total of 20 vanquished challengers. Morishima's unprecedented 231-days as champion came to a close on October 6, 2007 when Nigel McGuinness took the gold, and held it for nearly 2 years.

8. Adam Cole
Days as Champion: 275
Number of Reigns: 1
If you started watching Ring of Honor when they began airing their pay-per-views on traditional cable systems, then Adam Cole might very well have been champion when you became a fan! Adam Cole is currently the leader of the Kingdom, and is the eighth longest-reigning ROH champion ever. Adam Cole won his first world title on September 20, 2013 when he defeated Michael Elgin in the tournament finals at Death Before Dishonor. He went on to carry the belt with him for an astounding 275 days and thirteen successful title defenses, until he was ultimately defeated by the man he bested in September, "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin.

7. Davey Richards
Days as Champion: 321
Number of Reigns: 1
Joining his tag team partner is the other half of the American Wolves, Davey Richards. Richards didn't beat just anyone either, but his beloved friend and confidant Eddie Edwards. That's right, the two men who are currently competing with the Dirty Heels to decide the undisputed TNA Tag Team Championship are both former ROH World Title holders. Richards won the belt on June 26, 2011 and managed to retain his title for just shy of eleven months. During his run, Richards beat ten challengers, but finally succumbed to the eleventh on May 12, 2012. The man who beat him is the current reigning NXT Champion, Kevin Owens AKA Kevin Steen.

6. Kevin Steen
Days as Champion: 328
Number of Reigns: 1
From Davey Richards to Kevin Steen, the next few names are actually listed in chronological order. Kevin Steen outdid Richards' reign by one week, and an additional 8 title defenses. With 18 challengers sent packing, Kevin Steen was among the most active world champions up to that time, with but a few noteworthy exceptions. Kevin Steen eventually dropped his title to Jay Briscoe on April 5, 2013 at Supercard of Honor VII in New York City.

5. Jay Briscoe
Days as Champion: 375
Number of Reigns: 2
And from Kevin Steen to Jay Briscoe! Jay Briscoe beat Kevin Steen after the formers 328-day reign as champion, but Briscoe would eventually outdo Steen over the course of TWO title runs. Only two men have ever held the Ring of Honor Championship twice; combining his first 89 days as champion with his other 286, Jay Briscoe ranks toward the top with 375 days. His first reign was cut short due to "injury," and the title was vacated and put up for grabs in a championship tournament won by Adam Cole. He then won the championship again from Michael Elgin, and carried it for nine months until recently losing it to Jay Lethal at Best in the World.

4. Austin Aries
Days as Champion: 419
Number of Reigns: 2
The only other man besides Jay Briscoe to hold the ROH Championship twice is the guy that likes to go by "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived." Austin Aries first won the championship on December 26, 2004 when he defeated the longest reigning ROH Champion in history, but more on that in a few moments. His first reign lasted for 174 days, and consisted of sixteen successful title defenses. He was eventually bested by CM Punk, but regained his title on June 13, 2009 when he knocked off veteran journeyman Jerry Lynn. His second reign lasted even longer—a total of 245 days—and included an additional 13 successful defenses. Aries second championship reign came to an end on February 13, 2010 when he was beaten by the man who would one day be known as Seth Rollins—Tyler Black.

3. Bryan Danielson
Days as Champion: 462
Number of Reigns: 1
Everyone's favorite underdog wasn't always so cute and cuddly, in fact he was one of the most vicious wrestlers to ever work inside a ROH ring. Bryan Danielson, more commonly known as Daniel Bryan, won the ROH Championship on September 17, 2005 when he defeated another WWE fixture, Jamie Noble AKA James Gibson. Danielson made a name for himself by setting the record for the most successful title defenses at 38, during which time he bested some of the greatest wrestlers on the planet. Danielson carried the ROH strap for 462 days—just over five months—until finally losing to Homicide at Final Battle 2006.

2. Nigel McGuinness
Days as Champion: 545
Number of Reigns: 1
Nigel McGuinness is the current ROH Matchmaker, and with 18+ months as world champion under his belt, is a shoe-in for any future ROH Hall of Fame. Nigel initially won the championship from the monstrous Takeshi Morishima on October 6, 2007 and went on to tie Bryan Danielson's defensive record at 38. Nigel McGuinness was one of the most prolific title holders in company history, as his reign spanned three calendar years from the tail end of 2007 to the spring of 2009. Nigel was the kind of despicable heel champion that could have only been beaten by a returning legend, and on April 3 ^rd , 2009, Nigel McGuinness lost the championship to Jerry Lynn.

1. Samoa Joe
Days as Champion: 645
Number of Reigns: 1
Samoa Joe made his WWE debut in 2015 at the age of 36. For many casual "Universe" fans, this was the first time they were afforded the chance to see Joe in action. Sure some of them got to know the "Samoan Submission Machine" thanks to his work in TNA, but not many fans are aware of what an important role Joe played in establishing Ring of Honor as a viable promotion. Samoa Joe is the longest reigning Ring of Honor Champion in history, and unlike Jay Briscoe and Austin Aries, his numbers are the result of a single run with the title. Joe debuted for Ring of Honor not long after the company debuted, and on March 22, 2003, defeated Xavier to become just the third man to hold the gold. During his 21 and a half months as champion, Joe defeated 22 challengers including some of the best and brightest from every corner of the globe. Joe was finally defeated the night after Christmas 2004 at Final Battle, by another fruitful champion and future ex-member of the TNA roster, Austin Aries. With 645 days as champion to his name, it's not hard to see why Samoa Joe's return to ROH this year was heralded as such a momentous occasion.

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