I have no idea. Maybe they want to erase Del Rio's record like they did with Brock's "youngest champion ever"?.

 

They reportedly announced it on last week's SD! tapings.

I'd expect to see a bunch of NXT guys in there as well

I bet if they let Enzo and Cass do their full entrance on the way to the ring in Philly they'd be super over as a lot of that crowd will have seen NXT.

 

 

if Bryan isn't a surprise return at number 30 then this company is beyond retarded

That would be an awesome callback.

 

 

It'd be awesome if they set him up as the surprise final entrant, but when the buzzer hits, someone comes out WITH SOME BAD NEWS

 

This is actually what should happen.

Okay I am going to assume that this whole Cena vs Ambrose match is going to be a complete swerve and just a beatdown. I mean the WWE booking has been shitty but not even they would think of pulling the Ambrose vs Cena match off the PPV and do it for free

I laughed at the comment from the parody WWE Creative twitter account that asked what is it about Atlanta that makes wrestling companies give away PPV main events for free on TV.

Looks like Orton is turning face. Meltz has said that is the plan by the new year. He's going to get lost in the shuffle with Reigns and Bryan returning though

Looks like Orton is turning face. Meltz has said that is the plan by the new year. He's going to get lost in the shuffle with Reigns and Bryan returning though

 

Well he is kind of lost in the shuffle as it is being stuck tag teaming with Kane.

The scary thing is it is completely feasible that the company plans to have Orton become a molten babyface and defeat Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania.

maybe i'm in the minority here but IMO Orton is better as a face and has been for years.

He's generally better in the ring, but it's pretty much a wash in terms of character or possibly giving a shit about him.

^ That pretty much. He seems rather unlikable either way, to me anyway.

Still, as long as he's not featured any more as a face than he currently is now as a Rollins lackey, I don't really care if he turns face. At least we'll get better TV wrestling out of it. I enjoyed Orton in 2011 as a babyface ace having weekly good matches much more than I had for many years before or since.

Well hopefully that was a blow off on the Bellas feud

That certainly sounded like a blowoff for the Bella feud with Cole saying Brie finally got revenge

I thought the Big Show vs. Rusev match had some good heat but is this crowd really, really quiet?

I loved the Show/Rusev match, but the crowd was definitely quiet. Have been all night.

 

Orton is better as a face when wrestling. Somehow, he's worse as a character.

Yeah this match is not happening tonight. Or it will and be less than 5 minutes

Shane Douglas syndrome.

I thought the Big Show vs. Rusev match had some good heat but is this crowd really, really quiet?

 

Haven't Atlanta crowds been dead for years?

I forgot they were in Atlanta.

Man, another John Cena vs. Randy Orton match.

The fact that these guys have to work THIS stupidly, while the announcers point out how stupidly they're wrestling, the heels point out how stupidly they're wrestling, and anyone with eyes can see how stupidly they're wrestling...that is an epic fail of a stip.

 

Are all pole matches this bad? Or was it just easier to hide before when you didn't have announcers burying everything?

Well the good news is that we get Ambrose vs Rollins in Hell in a cell. The bad news is that we get John Cena vs Randy Orton in Hell in a Cell AGAIN

 

Assume that tonight's result means something

At least we know Meltzer'll give one match **** on that show.