SummerSlam (Cherry-Picked)

WWE SummerSlam 2015

 (2015/08/23)

WWE US & World Heavyweight Championship: John Cena (US)© vs. Seth Rollins (HW)©

Wow, Rollins’ white version of his attire looks like shit. I’d make a 70s movie reference, but can’t think of any at the moment, because it truly looks like – SHIT. His black version is not good either, but this one is just horrendous. This match was actually very good until the moment it wasn’t. Obviously Cena got AAed like in every other big match, obviously we got another finisher festival, obviously a referee bump happened and that fucking chode John Stewart interfered. Obviously. Zero fucks given. Eh, at least the figure four leglock sequence was neat.

**

NXT Brooklyn (Cherry-Picked)

NXT Brooklyn

 (2015/08/22)

Tyler Breeze vs. Jushin Liger

The match was basically Liger running through his signature spots and moves, but it was fun, it worked. Breeze can still work a proper heel workover, Liger sold it well, the crowd was hot, there was the novelty of Liger finally working under the WWE banner, and there you go – fun little match, no complaints.

***

Bork in the East

WWE The Beast in the East

(2015/7/4)

Chris Jericho vs. Neville

First they change PAC’s name to Adrian Neville, and then just to – Neville, lmaooo… Poor fucking guy… Anyway, this was pretty damn good, Jericho put on his working boots and delivered in front of Japanese fans. Don’t get me wrong, Jericho/Mysterio this was not, but it was worked that way, Jericho looked so good at countering Neville’s high flying and other athletic moves. The match got a plenty of time and they took the most out of it.

P.S. Michael Cole mentioned FMW and Dragon Gate on commentary. WHAAAATT???

***3/4

Steen/Cena: Part Deux

WWE Money in the Bank 2015

(2015/6/14)

Kevin Owens vs. John Cena

This sucked hairy, smelly bunghole. Look, I fucking love good spotfests, but this was a terrible one, this was just a gigantic MovesMania that was also totally aimless, dry and just generally ridiculous. When two indie workers do a match like this, they get labeled as spot monkeys, but when Steen and Jawn do it, they get ****1/2 star ratings. This match was bollocks.

bad

Steen Going Over Cena Clean Is Rather Cool, But the Praise Should End Right There

WWE Elimination Chamber 2015

(2015/5/31)

Kevin Owens vs. John Cena

Good match in general, but ultimately very disappointing considering all the praise. I guess many people think high of it because of “shock value” of Cena losing clean to a surly new aggressor, but that’s such a cliché at this point, as he already lost clean to Lesnar last year and to Danielson two years ago. So, it’s not that shocking. This match had a really good first half, borderline great matter fact, but then Cena kicked out of Steen’s finisher in the middle of the match… in Steen’s debut match, lmao. Obviously, it wouldn’t be your generic WWE/Cena big match style if an opponent doesn’t steel Cena’s AA finisher, and that’s the moment that completely threw me away from the match emotionally. The entire second half was nothing but big bombs and finishers, literally. Good match, but very disappointing considering all the hype, the early brawling portions saved it from mediocrity.

***1/4