By John Napolitano It was on a significantly ordinary summer day, last year, that I chose to debut a blog entitled, John’s Jargon. In my first ever column, I ventured into the prediction department and guessed what my favorite pay-per-view of 2014, SummerSlam, would bring us. Although I was not perfect in my pursuit, the event proved to be outstanding, and thus, a blog was born. This year’s four-hour installment looks to be no less entertaining and perhaps more unpredictable than ever before. Unlike last year, I will not be viewing SummerSlam from the comfort of my own home, but rather I will be in the raucous sea of WWE fanatics live at the Barclay’s Center. Seeing as though this will be my first-ever experience at a WWE Pay-Per-View, my excitement cannot be contained, especially because I will be sitting alongside my buddy, Graham “GSM” Matthews. On this historic edition of John’s Jargon I return to the prediction department and attempt to foretell what we will witness on August 23rd in Brooklyn, New York, at SummerSlam 2015.
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By Graham "GSM" Matthews Curtis Axel def. Adam Rose When it comes to Superstars, I appreciate anything that's out of the ordinary, and I liked how Rose's open challenge to anyone in the back was something new. The Minneapolis crowd popped big for their hometown boy Curtis Axel accepting the offer and this was the most motivated I've seen him in a long while. Then again, this was the first time I've seen him at all because he's hardly been on programming these past few months. He's grown his beard back out as well as his hair, so he switched up his look a bit. The match was decent, but what made it fun was the crowd showing love for Axel and then eating up everything he did. Maybe turning him babyface is the key to having him show the charisma that he's been lacking. The Ascension def. Fandango and R-Truth Scratch what I said last week, it looks like the team of Fandango and Jack Swagger won't be a permanent thing going forward. Rather, Fandango will be picking random teammates each week and although it's well-documented I'm no fan of his, R-Truth was a good choice for his partner given their similar dancing gimmicks. The match was fine for what it was, but it had me thinking: why aren't The Ascension in the tag title match at SummerSlam instead of Los Matadores? They aren't the most exciting team, either, but they're much more tolerable than the atrocious Matadores. By Graham "GSM" Matthews Intercontinental Champion Ryback vs. Big Show Ended in a Double Count-out I don't know what it was, but I enjoyed this encounter between Ryback and Show significantly more than their match from Money in the Bank in June. A lively crowd can make all the difference, I suppose. Not only that, but they never slowed down and kept things interesting throughout, even though it was a brief bout. It was hard-hitting and highly physical, which is exactly what I hope to see in their Triple Threat at SummerSlam. I would have been fine with Show taking a loss here, but I can see why they went with the double count-out finish. I loved how the commentators mentioned that The Miz will benefit from these two being hurt going into their match. The New Day def. Los Matadores This might be the only time ever that I didn't completely dread a match involving Los Matadores. Then again, most of that is due to how The New Day manage to make anything they're a part of entertaining. Xavier Woods and El Torito had something brewing for a while, so at least this match wasn't totally worthless. Plus, how can I complain about a match that featured El Torito getting destroyed? How glorious would it be if that spelled the end of El Torito as an on-air character? One can only hope. By Graham "GSM" Matthews Dalton Castle def. Silas Young Other than AJ Styles, Dalton Castle just might be my favorite wrestler/character in Ring of Honor. He's goofy, but the good kind of goofy and the crowd eats up everything he does. Moreover, he and Young are the perfect rivals with how serious Young's character is. They contested yet another fun match and I like how Young said Castle couldn't beat him on his own without the help of "the boys." Speaking of whom, why would Young want possession of them? Hmm... Moose def. Will Ferrara Ferrara hasn't been established much in ROH, so I was confused why he got as much offense as he did over Moose. Despite that, the match was mostly meant to showcase the dominance of Moose, so it was successful in that respect. There wasn't much in the way of storyline progression in his feud with Cedric Alexander, but at least the commentators touched upon it briefly. |
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