By Graham "GSM" Matthews Damien Mizdow Hosted 'Mizdow TV' with The Miz (Kickoff Show) This segment was obviously used as a last minute attempt to put heat on the United States Championship match since no one has cared about it up until this point, and all I can say is that it did its best. Miz and Mizdow were fine and funny, but it still didn't make me any more excited for their match than I was before... meaning not at all. I'm a fan of the Miz and Mizdow pairing, but this felt like a waste of time that could have been used more effectively. Mark Henry def. Bo Dallas (Kickoff Match) I feared Dallas' various victories over Henry would lead to Henry demolishing him at some point and that's exactly what we got here. Granted, it wasn't like Dallas benefited immensely from those wins since he was right back to losing, but it was still slightly disappointing. I guess they wanted to blow off their mini-feud before Henry moves into a full-fledged feud with Big Show.
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By Graham "GSM" Matthews Seth Rollins Interrupted Dean Ambrose These two have done all they possibly could to build their feud over the last five months, but their verbal exchanges continue to entertain. Ambrose is excellent when he's serious (why so serious?) and not silly, and thus his promo here was well done. Rollins has never been the strongest mic worker, but he's improved immensely since his heel turn in June and his response to Ambrose was good. Usually I'd prefer in-ring action kicking off the show over a talking segment, but this was an effective way of giving their feud one final push going into Hell in a Cell. The Miz and Damien Mizdow def. Los Matadores Miz and Sandow have developed awesome (no pun intended) chemistry together since they initially joined forces in August and I really like the idea of them forming a tag team. As big of a Mizfit as I am, virtually no one cares about his current feud with Sheamus and he's better off sharing the spotlight with Sandow. This was a fine enough match to give Miz some momentum before he contends for the United States Championship on Sunday, but it's hard to care about anything involving Los Matadores. Sandow locking in the Figure Four Leg Lock at ringside while Miz did it in the ring was hilarious, though. By Graham "GSM" Matthews The Ascension def. Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger All of The Ascension's matches pretty much blend together after you've seen them a million times over. You see one Ascension match, you've seen them all. This was nothing short of a dominant showing from the former tag champs and at least their opponents weren't nameless competitors. There's that, right? I see what they're doing with the Hideo Itami story, but Itami can get beat up only so many times before fans start to lose interest. The pay-off better be coming sooner rather than later. Tyler Breeze def. CJ Parker This was a complete mess of a match. I enjoy Breeze's work immensely, but I've been left wondering since NXT: Takeover 2 whether he's a heel or transitioning into a babyface role. If it's the latter, then I'm fine with it, but they've done a poor job of clearly establishing him as such. Even if he was, why would a face put someone on the shelf by ramming their shoulder into a ring post? It makes very little sense and it therefore made this match awkward since Parker is also a heel. By Graham "GSM" Matthews Tyson Kidd def. Kofi Kingston It may not exactly be Raw or even Main Event for that matter, but it's still cool as always to see Kidd getting TV time (or Network time?). He and Kingston work really well together, so it was great that they received a substantial amount of time to have the match they were capable of having. Better yet, Kidd picking up the victory (and via submission at that) was the right move. How did he go from losing to Truth last week and beating Kingston this week? Either way, they need to be more consistent with this character to ensure he's benefiting from this push he's currently getting. Jack Swagger def. Bo Dallas I wasn't a fan of the feud these two had going a few months back, but their matches are now more enjoyable since neither guy has much to lose. The commentators acknowledging their history was also a nice touch that made the match mean more than it would have had they not mentioned their past. They worked a solid match with the crowd solidly behind Swagger throughout. The finish was well done with Swagger reversing the Bo-Dog into the ankle lock for the win. |
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