February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655587 Probably doesn't need to be said, but the standard of commentary on this show has been fucking woeful.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655588 I really enjoyed Cena/Rusev, but I think the ref realized Cena was unconcious when he stopped quite noticeably calling spots.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655589 If that was a liver kick then I need to work on my anatomy lessons better because that looked like a kick in the gut. But I do like the selling by Reigns
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655592 Bryan vs Reigns - basically a massive bombfest. But it did tell a good story with Reigns working a decent and dominant heat sequence before the transition in the liver kick. And then a second transition with the belly to belly on the outside. Finishing stretch with the false finishes was extremely tiresome and I hated that, but what can you do. I did like Bryan's kicks and the submission attempt. Reigns's strikes looked good too. Acoustics must be really bad in that building cos the crowd for the most part sucked yet again. But all in all, quite enjoyable. ***3/4
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655594 Took Daniel Bryan to finally get the crowd into the show. If they waste him on some pointless undercard match at Wrestlemania they are morons. Should have him face Rusev, although who knows where the leaves John Cena. The match wasn't bad. Started out smartly, enjoyable first five minutes which is a complete rarity in a WWE main event match. Tailed off but picked it up for the stretch which was reasonable enough.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655597 I think it's obvious the 3 walk was leaked to pay lip service to smarks. I hope Bryan doesn't get Sheamus but I think that's the direction
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655598 Roman Reigns did look and act like a star. Shout out again to the camera work which caught all the right shots and managed to capture the emotional heart of the match, adding to the story. Those forearms from Roman Reigns looked nasty as fuck.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655599 It's easy to look good against Daniel Bryan. That's for sure, but Reigns' punches and elbows when Bryan had submissions on looked legitimately fierce and he did a fine job selling too. I still don't want to see him go over Brock though, it just doesn't make sense to me within the context of the WWE's logic.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655600 I think the Mania fans are going to resent them killing the knee here. Past that, it wasn't too far off from what they should have done if they were set on this.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655601 Bryan vs. Reigns - This was really good, but Bryan looked bad coming out of it. I hated that Reigns kicked out of the knee, but Bryan doesn't kick out of the spear.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655602 Well one of the plans was Ziggler vs Bryan but they made Dolph look terrible tonight so I say scratch that. Probably will be Bryan vs Sheamus
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655603 Overall this was a poor show which reminded me at best of watching a middling Clash of the Champions.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655604 All in all though that was a terrible show. Had no big time feel to it at all and every match underwhelmed, not helped by the uninspired and uninspiring crowd.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655607 Overall this was a poor show which reminded me at best of watching a middling Clash of the Champions. This was a great RAW or Smackdown (by today's standards). Unfortunately it was a PPV. The problem in selling Reigns as a credible contender is that you have to believe he can take all the punishment and finishers especially against Brock. So having him kick out of the knee makes sense for Reigns. Doesn't do anything to help Daniel but clearly that wasn't the purpose of tonight
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655608 if they don't do a double turn or don't have Rollins cash in the main event is going to be a glorious disaster
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655609 there is no doubt in my mind that whole program was designed to cool down Bryan. He's not as over as he was but I still don't think they will totally kill him
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655610 But at least we're lucky enough that we live in a world where we can all hear someone defend every finish sometime in the next twenty four hours, right?
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655611 Doesn't Reigns selling that much for a guy half his size who has always been presented as not quite at the top level make him look bad? Or does the fact that he won override that? That might have been his most impressive singles performance, but to me he didn't work like a future ace should work.
February 23, 201510 yr comment_5655612 Doesn't Reigns selling that much for a guy half his size who has always been presented as not quite at the top level make him look bad? Or does the fact that he won override that? That might have been his most impressive singles performance, but to me he didn't work like a future ace should work. I think their goal was to put sympathy on Reigns. Bryan was working total heel in that match.
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