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The pre-show saw Renee Young take Josh Mathews' place on the panel. I like Josh a lot and think WWE made a mistake in letting him go, but Renee is a total pro. She gives the show a feeling of legitimacy, like this is a true sporting event and not wrestling. They are lucky to have her.
They let us know that Bad News Barrett's shoulder injury will keep him out of the briefcase match tonight.
The gist of the pre-show was Daniel Bryan's interview. He looked good, but also added he is not healing as quickly as hoped and may need another surgery. He said he would be back better than ever and I hope that is the case. I also respect that he is not rushing back. You don't play around with that kind of injury.
Bryan also was asked who he thought would win. He said John Cena first. That got a bad reaction in Cena's home town. Then he said Randy Orton. That also got a bad reaction. Finally, he said Roman Reigns and it go a big pop. It was pretty clear WWE was gauging the crowd. They got their reaction.
At the end Bo Dallas came out and it led to Daniel telling him "Bo.....LEAVE!"
My Roku box went out as the show started. I now know to use the back arrow and start again. The iPad is on standby.
The Usos vs. Erick Rowan and Luke Harper is opening the show.
The action started fast and furious, with the Usos largely in control. ... That changed when Rowan pushed one of the Usos off the top to the floor. Ouch. Harper attacked the fallen Uso (Jey) on the floor. He threw him back in the ring and went to work on Jey. But Jimmy Uso made the hot tag and cleaned house. ... At that point it turned into non-stop action, with lots of near falls. It was great stuff. ... Harper did topes on both Usos and laid them out on the floor. ... Harper got knocked to the floor. Rowan went to the top but got crotched by Jimmy. Jimmy went to the top but Rowan fought him off. Jey tagged in and both went up and suplexed him from the top into the ring. The Usos then each hit a Superfly Splash on Rowan and then pinned him. The Usos are still the tag champs. Excellent match to start the show.
Someone emailed me to say Pops Cena is at ringside. Take that for what you will.
Time for a recap of Seth Rollins turning on The Shield. Dean Ambrose cut a good promo on Seth Rollins. He explain why Roman Reigns hasn't come after Seth. I am kidding, he didn't. Wouldn't it be nice though? Anyway, Seth is in big trouble tonight.
Paige vs. Naomi is next. Cameron came out with Naomi. We are told they are working through their differences. We will see how long that lasts. Paige come out to not much reaction, through no fault of her own. If they let her show what she can do, the fans would get behind here. The Divas Title match is next.
Right off the bat they are selling Cameron's issues with Paige. Stop me if you heard this before, the challenger dominated early. Cameron doesn't like Naomi doing well at all. Wonder where this is going. No, I really don't. ... They started doing roll through pin attempts where each got the other. Naomi got Paige in a submission and the announcers sold it that Cameron wasn't happy. That makes no one take it seriously. The crowd was really into the opener but not so much here, even though the ladies are working hard. It's not their fault. ... Paige then got Naomi in a weird submission but didn't tap. Naomi came back on fire. She got a two with the, ahem, Rear View. Naomi did a split legged moonsault but Paige got her legs up. Naomi smiled. Paige then got a win out of nowhere, again, and the story was Cameron was excited her friend didn't win the title. Cameron then went in the ring and coddled her friend. Naomi was doing lots of spots and Paige just basically sold, again. It was what it was.
Michael Cole went into "sell the Network" mode for the dopes in the US that bought it on PPV! They should have added that if you only bought this, you could have gotten Payback too, all for $9.99.
They threw it to the panel, where they put over the Usos for their performance. They didn't mention the Divas Title match. They then previewed the ladder matches. Riley picked Bray Wyatt to win the Title. Booker picked Randy Orton. So did Christian. By the way, they also had barely drank Mountain Dews as well.
Paul Revere Sandow, in the old school patriot outfit, came out to say the Half Wits are coming. Since we are in Boston and all. He ripped on Adam Rose. He thinks he is Paul Revere and gets heat by saying Boston will always live in the shadow of NY. They boo. Out comes Adam Rose and the Rosebuds. Before the match, Adam dumps Sandow to the floor. The fans do Rose's song. Sandow wrestled with the Revere hat. Cole tried to sell that is funny. You know who is listening to him, so you can't blame him. Rose rubbed his ass in Sandow's face. JBL got outraged because his mom watches this, hence his references that only 80 years-olds get I guess. ... Sandow had brief control. Oh wait, Paul Revere did. They kept calling him that. Seriously. Sandow yelled the Elbow is coming. Only got a two. JBL started hating on the rabbit. I don't want to know why JBL has such an issue with them, I really don't. ... Rose took control but ran into a clothesline. The fans cheered. Sandow got a two with a double arm face plant and the crowd groaned when he didn't win. Rose hit his finisher and there was not much of a reaction. This was a TV match, nothing more.
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart is at ringside, wearing a Jon Cena hat. He is with his son. JBL says he loves Jon Stewart. I find that really hard to believe.
They threw it to the other men in the brieface match for their promos on tonight's match. Seth Rollins didn't get much reaction. RVD came up next and did. Kofi got a little reaction. Dolph Ziggler got the same pop RVD did. Zeb did the promo for Swagger. They chanted We The People. The briefcase match starts hour two.
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