ROH TV REPORT 02-04-15

This week on ROH TV ROH legend Samoa Joe faced one half of the ROH world tag team champions Kyle O'Reily of reDRagon in a block buster main event plus a whole lot more. 

Results 

A big video package opened the show profiling Joe legendary career in ring of Honor then it was into the opening video package and then kevin Kelly and Steve Corino welcomed us to the show. 

Singles Match: Moose/with Veda and Stokeley Hathaway Vs Caprice Coleman 

This match was a very average tv match but then you expect that from a moose match due to him still being in his first year of being a pro wrestler. Caprice worked hard to carry moose to a acceptable outing but it was still average at best. It ended like all moose matches do with moose spearing coleman to pick up the win. 

Winner: Moose

Tag Team Match: The Decade (BJ Whitmer&Adam Page Vs Leon St. Giovanni and Shaheem Ali 

This was nothing more than a squash match so it could move onto the angle at the end of the match. The finish saw decade pick up the win with there all seeing eye double team combo move. 

Winners: The Decade (BJ Whitmer&Adam Page) 

Afterwards Bj grabbed the microphone and told page "he had finally finished his months long search to find a new young boy for the decade. Which turned out to Colby Corino steve Corino son, this didn't sit well with the king of old school who got up from the announce table and got into the ring. Corino squared up to bj as colby told steve he was joining the decade. It brought out Jimmy Jacobs who told bj "that's his son and that's not cool dude. The segment came to an end with colby walking to the back with bj and page while Jacobs tried to explain his stalemates actions to the king of old school. 

Tag Team Match: The House of Truth (Donovan Dijak&Jay Diesel)/with Truth Martini Vs Brutal Burgers (Brutal Bob Evans&Cheeseburger)

A another very average match overshadowed by the angle that proceeded it. The finish saw Donovan Dijak finish off cheeseburger with his devistating finisher (a reverse Death Valley driver to the knee is what I would call it) and get the 1,2 and 3. 

Winners: The House of Truth (Donovan Dijak&Jay Diesel) 

Afterwards Brutal Bob finally turned heel in his unlikely tag team partner to end one of ROH most odd ball tag teams. During a Jay Briscoe promo it was interrupted by the kingdom, oh I mean the Knights of the rising dawn. 

MAIN EVENT 

Samoa Joe Vs Kyle O'Reilly/With Bobby Fish 

You had to sit through a lot of crap to get to this main event, so was it worth it? Of course it was as these two delivered a very good 15 minute plus main event. The crowd treated Joe and Kyle like a star and they delivered like stars do with a great match. Joe went through all his greatest hits (spots) using the face wash, oh la kick, Island driver and more. Throughout the match Joe had trouble overcoming Kyle who decided the best way to win this match was by tap out as he tried throughout the match to apply his arm bar. Joe battled out almost every time and went onto victory by destroying Kyle with his muscle buster to pick up the win. 

Winner: Samoa Joe

Afterwards both followed the code of honor and shook hands to end the show. 

BY Good_Brother_Billy @billy222me or @RantsWrestle 

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Evolve: 38 Galloway Vs Strong 2 Review

Here is my review of March 8th Evolve pro wrestling independent event from New York City at Deer Park. 

It was the coldest of opens as is the norm with iPPV and right into the first match of the evening. 

Singles Match: Biff Busick Vs Martin Stone

Both men lock up and then Biff applies a side headlock to stone but stone backs Biff back up into the corner and breaks te hold with a gut shot to Biff. Stone then applies the side headlock to Biff but biff backs stone up into the corner and slaps stone hard across the face. Both men fired off some explosive looking suplexes to the delight of the crowd and this reviwer, as well as trading some fundamental holds on the mat. Overall I enjoyed this but could you imagine if these two had a few extra minutes then these could have had a really good match here. Stone fires off some European uppercuts in the direction of biff's jaw but biff comes back with a side headlock and then applies a rear naked choke to stone but the Brit battles out of it. Stone then gives biff a German suplex and applies a jaw lock to biff, biff counters the hold into a front face lock. Stone breaks the hold and nails biff with a uppercut then stone pummels biff in the corner. Both men then trade uppercuts and forearm smashes in the middle of the ring. Stone then counters a biff elbow smash and takes down biff and applies the crossface to biff but biff battles out. Stone nails biff with a German suplex and a lariat for near fall. Stone then goes back to the cross face and yet again biff counters out of it and gives stone a half nelson German suplex. Biff and stone go back and fourth trading forearm smashes then biff applies another rear naked choke and this time stone is forced to tap out. 

Winner: Biff Busick 

Quick match which was set up to showcase number 1 in the evolve rankings biff busick and not Englishman Stone who had a brief NXT run in 2013. Both men fired off some explosive looking suplexes to the delight of the crowd and this reviwer, as well as trading some fundamental holds on the mat. Overall I enjoyed this but could you imagine if these two had a few extra minutes then these could have had a really good match here. 

Mystery Team Tag Team Match: Team Tremendous (Bill Carr&Dan Barry) Vs Larry Dallas Mystery Team (Jody Kristofferson&Earl Cooter) 

After months of pressure from the evolve fan base evolve Booker Gabe Salposky (spell check gabes last name) finally cracked and booked the comedy team of detective to wrestle for his group for this show and like Larry Dallas's team would be making there evolve debuts this evening. Team tremendous were incredibly over as you would expect but as for larry dallas team they were not and I can't say I've ever seen the two (Jody as Earl) before. Barry and earl lock up at the start of the match and barry applies a side headlock to earl and takes cooter down. Back drop attempt by earl but barry counters it and takes earl back down with the side headlock. Barry chops earl in the corner and tags in his big bossman lookalike partner Bill Carr. Carr comes in and takes over where barry left off and chops earl cooter with some stiff knife edge chops. Quick tags between team tremendous who are working over cooter in there corner. Barry nails cooter with an Arabian press then Carr nails cooter with a senton. Then jody blind tags himself in and the big man goes to work on the smaller barry, he then body slams barry for a two count. Jody drops knees into the back off Barry's head for another two count, Kristofferson tags earl back in. Earl nails Barry with a face wash and works over barry in there corner. Jody is tagged back in and he gives barry a missile drop kick for a near fall on the part time police detective. Barry makes his comeback with a ddt to Jody, both men crawl to there respective corners but jody tags earl first and earl jut cuts Barry off from tagging Carr. After a back and fourth between barry and cooter Barry makes the hot tag to Carr. Carr wipes out both Jody and earl with a double clothesline then back drops earl. Then Barry nails earl with a big spinning side slam for a very near fall indeed, Carr follows it up with a tilt a whirl head scissors which even has the announce team speechless. Barry is in and he dives out onto earl and Jody who were regrouping on the floor with manger larry dallas. Bill Carr then dives out ontop of all three men and this is an impressive sight considering Carr is well over 300 pounds. Back in the ring Carr and barry double team Jody and earl respectively and get a near fall on Jody at one point with a steiner recliner. Jody recover and spears Carr which sends Carr to the outside, Barry then eats a rack Bomb by Jody for a near fall. Then some miscommunication between jody and earl sees the two run Into one another, Carr recovers and hoists earl up onto his shoulders as Barry goes up top. Barry flies off catching earl with a block buster as Carr dumps earl off of his shoulders and Barry covers earl for the win. 

Winner: Team Tremendous (Dan Barry&Bill Carr) 

At long last Team Tremendous have arrived in evolve, yes the gimmick may not fit the straight laced evolve wrestling roster but in my opinion with this performance these two will more than likely fit in very well in evolve in its thin at best tag team division. 

Singles Match: AR Fox Vs Matt Cage 

During the introductions AR Fox nails the newcomer matt cage with a biscycle kick and say welcome to evolve matt cage. Dropkick by fox to cage but cage battles back with a Arm drag to fox which sends fox to the outside, cage then dives out onto fox and the crowd chant holy shit. Both men brawl on the outside then cage dumps fox with a back drop onto the ring apron. Back in the ring cage gets crotched on the top rope by fox then fox dropkick cage in the face which sends cage crashing to the floor on the outside. Fox Irish whips cage into the barricade then rolls cage onto the ring apron and drops a leg drop from the top rope down across cages throat. Back in the ring fox proceeds to work over cage in the corner, fox then gives cage a corkscrew suplex then fox goes up top comes off with a swantime Bomb down onto cage and covers him for the near fall. Fox applies a chinlock to cage but cage battles out and the two trade chops in the middle of the ring. Fox whips cage Into the corner and follows cage in but cage leaps up and drops a double stomp into the back of foxs head. Cage can't capitalise and both men take there time to recover, Both men then get up and trade strikes with one another in the ring to cheers from the crowd. Cage goes up to the second rope and comes off with a spinning forearm smash and covers fox but only gets a two count. Another biscycle kick by fox to cage then fox goes up to the middle rope and comes off with an ace crusher to cage and fox gets a near fall. Cage then gives fox a tiger driver for another near fall, cage applies a headlock but fox rolls through and drops cage with a drop kick. Fox goes to the ring apron and springboards up to the top rope and comes off with a 450 and covers cage for another near fall. Fox springboards up to the top rope again and flies off the top but cage catches fox with a code breaker and yet again it leads to another near fall. Cage then hoists up fox onto his shoulders and goes for what looks like a GTS but as fox falls in front of cage he nails fox with a big uppercut. Cage covers fox but only gets a two count as fox barley kicks out, cage whips fox into the corner and nails fox three times with a running knee lift. Cage goes for a fourth but fox blocks it pushes cage off of him then fox charges cage and nails cage with a sick kick. Fox goes up top poses for a second and comes down onto cage with another 450 and this time it's enough to finish off cage,

Afterwards both men shake hands to the delight of the crowd. 

Winner: AR Fox 

Good fast paced match which relied on spots rather than actually telling any kind of story. Cage on his evolve debut looked very good here and we'll your know if you've seen fox he looks good eveyte me he wrestles. 

Singles Match: Chris Hero Vs Drew Gulak 

Both men fill one another out in the early stages of the match with headlocks and arm bars. The two exchange a hammerlock on the mat, top wrist lock by hero to Gulak but Gulak counters into a wrist lock of his own. More chain wrestling between the two as both men try to gain the upper hand of the bout. Hero then drops Gulak with a toe hold and applies a funk spinning toe hold onto Gulak but Gulak counters with one of his own. The two continue to trade holds on the mat then hero fires a stiff looking elbow smash to Gulak lip which draws blood. Hero goes to the knuckle lock but yet again Gulak has an answer for hero hold and counters it into one of his own. Hero goes back to the spinning toe hold and again Gulak counters with a hammerlock. Hero counters the hold and is standing over Gulak back when he drops down all his weight onto Gulak back. Hero goes back to the hammerlock but as per with this match Gulak counters and rolls through to apply the ankle lock. Hero quickly reaches the ropes to break the hold and goes to the outside to gather his thoughts. The refree begins to count and gets to nine before hero rolls back into the ring. Hero open hand slaps Gulak hard across the face and then gives Gulak a few stiff looking forearm smashes. Gulak battled back with a few strikes of his own then both men battle to the outside and trade elbow smashes and chops on the outside. Back in the ring hero nails Gulak with one of his trademark elbow smashes and covers Gulak for a 1 count only. This amazes hero who is now arguing with the referee, this gives Gulak plenty of time to recover who gets up and nails hero with a dropkick. Then Gulak is on the offensive now and applies a crossface to hero but hero rolls through to counter the hold and kicks Gulak full force in the face. Hero covers Gulak and gets a two count as Gulak kicks out to the annoyance of hero. Hero then applies a front face lock to Gulak but Gulak is able to reach the ropes. Both men battle to the outside again and trade chops out in front of the crowd yet again. A hard elbow smash by hero to Gulak and then hero Rams drew's head into the barricade. Hero rolls Gulak back into the ring and Giants him then applies a front face lock, while In the hold Gulak suffers some stiff elbow smashes into the back of his head but eventually Gulak makes the ropes forcing the hold to be broken. Hero goes for a Saito suplex by Gulak counters it into one of his own then both men trade chops in the middle of the ring. Dragon screw leg whip by Gulak to hero and then Gulak grapevines Heroes leg but hero makes the ropes. Both men slap one another hard in the middle of the ring then Gulak gives hero a German suplex for a near fall. Gulak applies the ankle lock to hero but hero rolls through on Gulak into a pin attempt but only gets a two count on Gulak as Gulak still has hold of heroes ankle so hero is forced to break the pin attempt but eventually hero reaches the ropes and the hold is broken. Hero gets up but falls to the outside going through the ropes in the process. Back in the ring hero and Gulak trade forearm smashes and chops then from out of nowhere hero rolls up drew for a near fall. Hero goes for a spinning forearm smash but Gulak ducks and nails hero with the lariat for a near fall. Gulak goes for a suplex but hero counters with a go behind then Gulak counters hero go behind with one of his own and rolls up hero but hero rolls through also and both men are back on there feet now. Hero charges at Gulak with a running knee smash which only rocks drew. Both men trade chops but then hero nails with a KO elbow smash and then scopes up Gulak and drives Gulak into the mat with a tombstone piledriver for the 1,2 and 3. 

Winner: Chris Hero 

If you enjoy mat wrestling and a tribute to the European/UWFI hybrid style then you would love this match. I really enjoyed it as both men Showed they can produce a piece of art with this style of grappling. I would not expect to see this match anywhere else in North America but thankfully that is why evolve exsists to cater to fans who yearn to see this style of wrestling. 

Singles Match: PJ Black (Formely WWE Justin Gabriel) Vs The Premier Athlete Kaleb Conley/with Anthony Nese  

Both men lock up and trade a hammerlock on the mat, counter and reversal by black who then applies a side headlock. They hit the ropes and black leap frogs up and over Conley and then gives Kaleb a arm drag which sends Kaleb to the outside. Back in the ring Conley Rams blacks head into the top turnbuckle, Conley then chops at blacks chest. Hip toss by black to Conley then black fires off some chops of his own into Kaleb chest. Both men battle out onto the floor where Conley gives black a tornado ddt onto the floor. Conley rolls black into the ring and covers him for a two count, Both men battle it out in the corner then Conley gives black a stiff kick to the ribs and a running shoulder tackle for another two count on black. Chinlock by Conley to black but PJ battles out and gives Conley a Superkick which sends Conley to the outside. Black then does a suicide dive out onto Conley then gets back in the ring and does a twisting corkscrew dive out onto black. Back in the ring PJ spring boards to the top rope and nails Conley with a dropkick for the near fall. Both men trade chops in the middle of the ring then Conley nails black with a spinning enzuigiri for a near fall on the former wwe "Superstar". Kaleb goes up top and goes for a moonsault but PJ moves and Conley hits the mat hard. Both men then go up top and battle it then Conley gives black a huancanrana but black counters it mid Air and has Conley in a pinning positon for a near fall. PJ goes for a sunset flip Bomb but botches it, both men continue there battle up top and Conley goes for a powerbomb but PJ blocks it and both men fall off the top rope. Black recovers first and springboards up onto the top rope and nails Conley with a 450 splash for the win. AR Fox who was on commentary throughout calls attention to black using his finisher. Back in the ring Nese and Conley representing the premier athlete brand try to attack black but he is wise to this and leaves. Nese grabs a microphone and calls out returning to evolve TNA wrestler Davey richards as there match is up next. 

Winner: PJ Black 

Another very good match was this one and it gave PJ a chance to show what wwe wouldn't let him show and that is like Conley a premier athlete. Shame you could of knew the result going in as Ar Fox kept alluding to a match between him and black at the next show as this match was designed to showcase black rather then Conley. 

Singles Match: Davey Richards Vs The Premier Athlete Anthony Nese/with Caleb Konley  

Lock up by both men to start the match and they trade the hammerlock and a arm bar. Headlock take down by Davey to Nese then Davey applies the head scissors to Nese but Nese breaks the hold and pops back up. Another head lock take down by Davey to Nese then he floats over and applies a Mexican surfboard to Nese but Davey breaks the hold when Nese refuses to quit. Shoulder block by Davey to Nese and Nese rolls to the outside to regroup. Davey goes up

And over the top rope landing on his feet on the ring apron, Davey then kicks Nese in the face. Back in the ring Nese works over Davey in the corner and gives Davey a dropkick of his own. Back on the outside Davey works over Nese and rolls him back into the ring and gives Nese a snap suplex. Davey applies a knee brace to Nese which elects a response from the crowd of sleazy Davey as he does a Rick Rude hip shake. Nese battles back with forearms, chops and kicks to Davey and then takes Davey down with a arm bar but Davey counters the hold to reach the ropes. Davey applies the leg grape vine to Nese but Nese breaks the hold by reaching the ropes, back on the outside both men trade chops right in front of the front row of fans. Back in the ring Nese works over Davey and nails Davey over and over again with crossface forearm smashes. Nese then drops a leg drop across Davey's chest for the near fall, chinlock by Nese to Davey but Davey just reaches the ropes. Nese works over Davey with more forearm smashes but Davey battles back with a spinning enzuigiri and a German suplex for the near fall. Both men battle it out on the top rope where Nese nails Davey with a top rope ace crusher for another near fall. Davey goes for another German but Nese counters out of it and lands on his feet, Nese then kicks Davey in the back of the head and gives Davey a double stomp onto his chest. Nese covers Davey and only gets a two count, the premier athlete taunts Davey which only upsets the American wolf who comes back at Nese and sends him to the outside. Nese and his fellow premier athlete Caleb Konley try to regroup on the outside but Davey is outside quickly and the two trade chops on the floor again. Back in the ring both men trade kick, punch and chop combos then Nese nails Davey with buckle Bomb and his money in the bank finisher (a inverted ddt) for another near fall. Nese goes up top and goes for a 450 splash but Davey moves and Nese hits the mat hard, Davey recovers first and nails Nese with a double foot stomp and then applies the leg grapevine to make Nese tap out. 

Winner: Davey Richards 

This was a very good match both men who incorporated stiff kicks throughout, there is a reason Nese is called the premier athlete as he carried himself here and didn't rely on Davey to carry him (like so many have in TNA). Overall Nese proved he is more than ready for a return to TNA or ready for a stint in NXT as he really impressed me here with his showing. 

MAIN EVENT 

NON Title Steel Cage Match- Where must be a winner: Evolve Champion Drew Galloway Vs Roderick Strong 

As strong makes his way to the ring he attacked by Galloway in the aisle way and the two men brawl all over ringside and a bell hasn't even rung yet. Galloway drops strong across the guardrail then nails him with the evovle belt, drew chokes out strong on the outside then he slaps strong in the face. Eventually both men get in the cage and the bell rings signalling the start of the match. Strong charges Galloway but drew lifts up strong and strong lands in the top rope. Strong teases leaving the cage but Galloway pulls him down and powerslam strong as he comes off the top. Galloway works over strong in the corner but Strong battles back with a fall away slam to drew. Strong works over Galloway In the corner with chops, dropkick by strong to Galloway then strong covers drew but only gets a one count on the evovle champion. Strong then whips Galloway chest first into the top turnbuckle then both men go up to the top rope and slug it out up there but both men fall crotching themsevles on the top rope in the process. Galloway charges strong but strong moves and Galloway hits the side of cage head first. Strong covers Galloway but only gets a two count so then strong puts the boots to a downed drew. Both men exchange left and rights then strong suplexes drew into the cage for a near fall. Both men battle it on the top rope again and this time drew gives strong a Russian leg sweep from the top rope. They exchange left and rights again then Galloway Irish whips strong into the cage. Galloway does some kind of reverse albamha slammer for a near fall, drew is hot now and Rams Strong's head over and over again into the side of the cage. Both men go up top again but this time strong gives drew a super plex from the top. Strong then drives Galloway with a angle slam and follows it up with a back breaker for a near fall. Galloway recovers by back dropping strong into the cage but can't capitalise as he's to hurt to pin strong. Both men get up an trade chops and punches with one another then strong nails Galloway with the fall from grace for a near fall. Both men go up top and strong knocks drew's feet out from under him and drew crotches himself. Drew is tied to the tree of woe but pops back up and gives strong a belly to belly suplex from the top rope. Both men recover and get up and trade chops then Galloway powerbombs strong into the cage for another near fall. The two trade chops again but this time strong goes and puts the referee Inbetween himself and drew then low blows drew as the referee is temporarly stunned. Strong nails Galloway with a back breaker for a near fall, strong then Rams galloways head over and over again into the cage. Strong racks drew's face across the cage which draws blood from drew then strong nails drew over and over with the sick kick and as galloway is struck between the ropes and Cage he just passes out and strong is declared the winner by KO. Afterwards strong applies the strong hold to Galloway but it is broken up by PJ Black and after some back and fourth strong leaves. PJ asks for a microphone and the evolve title and challenges drew to a match (even though evolve have a ranking system that was thrown out

To do this match). Drew accepts and says he'll wrestle black any place, any time and anywhere then black leaves and drew cuts a promo about how great the evolve fans had treated him since his wwe exit and also mentions TNA to end the show. 

Winner: Roderick Strong 

This was another very good match as both men took some incredible punishment with the bumps they took. This has been a great independent feud between these two and every time I see one of there matches I know I won't be dissappionted as they always deliver even if the finish was a little to cheap for my liking. 

Round Up and Rating 

Overall I would give this show a solid 7 out of 10 as everyone on this card produced a match of high quality my performer of the night has to go to Drew Gulak he was booked as a bad ass and looked like a bad ass in his match with hero and I would also give hero v Gulak may match of the night as it told a more compelling story than anything else on the card. 

By Good_Brother_Billy @billy222me or @RantsWrestle 

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WWE WrestleMania 31 (Play Button) and Raw 30.03.15 Review

WWE Presented its show of shows on March 29th and here is @RantsWrestle review of the show along with a review of the raw following WrestleMania. 

Kickoff (Pre show) 

To open the show was the panel of Renee Young, Bryan Saxton, Booker T and Corey Graves. Basically the next hour featured lots of video packages promoting tonight's big matches as well as lots of mentions regrading the 9.99 price tag for the wwe network. Poor old Tom Phillips was all on his lonesome in the social media lounge and urged the audience to use the hashtag #AskLita to give the former team xtreme member questions to answer for later on the show. After the first hour of the kick off show we where given some matches at long last. 

WWE Tag Team Title 4 Corners Match: Cesaro and Tyson Kidd/with Natayla (Champions) Vs The New Day (Big E Langston&Kofi Kingston)/with Xavier Woods Vs Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) Vs The Usos (Jimmy&Jey) 

So this was technically wwe verison of a young bucks match as the action was non stop throughout. 10 minutes of solid action between all 7 men some were also pulling double duty as they would be involved in the andre the giant battle royal. Early on Jey who was injured for real as he was taken on the outside and was stretchered off to the back to write him out of the match and have the story of will Jimmy win the gold on his own. In the middle of the match natayla and Naomi injected themsevles into the match and did dives along with the guys. The finish saw Jey give Langston a big splash by coming off the top rope but unseen by most as Cesaro blind tagged himself in and tossed Jey over the top rope and pinned Langston for his team to pick up the win. 

Winners: Cesaro&Tyson Kidd (Retain WWE Tag Team Titles). 

Fun match to finally give us a rest from all those video packages and talking by the kickoff panel which dominated the first hour. 

The stooges (Pat Paterson and Gerald Brisco) interacted with the new stooges (J&J Security) backstage in a nice nod to wwf attitude era. It was right into match number two for this portion of the kickoff show and every entrant got the jobbers entrance treatment as wwe was plugging something during the guys entrances. 

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Very one got the jobbers entrance for this one as they were all in the ring to begin the match. Axel mania was not running wild as he tore his shirt for the other competitors who then all picked up axel in a crowd surfing position and dumped him out of the ring. Hideo Itami got nothing of importance in this match but was allowed to shine by booting out Bo Dallas (who is back sporting a new beard). The miz and Mizdow teamed up to eliminate former miz protege Alex Riely in a spot no one cared about. The big show was dominate throughout the match eliminating all of the new day, which again elected no response from the crowd. In fact this match was littered with acts no one cared about and probably never will, sorry darren Young. Show them dumped Itami and Swagger to even less of a response, why throw away Itami "big" debut with him being eliminated by show, did show really need the rub here. In a spot that made sense and elected a reaction was when last years winner Cesaro picked up big show but unlike last year Cesero couldn't manage to eliminate show but show eliminated Cesaro. It came down to miz, Mizdow and the big show, the miz tried to get Mizdow to go after show but at long last Mizdow said no to miz (which had been bulit really well by wwe over the last few months). Miz was amazing here with his verbal undressing of Mizdow and when Mizdow turned face on miz the crowd lost it (we'll sort of due to the fact the show was in an open air stadium most of the noise escaped off into the Santa Clara air). So it came down to Mizdow and show and that was when you could see wwe hopefully getting it right and they did. Ok I'm going to get some backlash for this but I felt wwe made the right call for show to win here. Just think about what this win did for Cesaro last year (nothing), so why have Mizdow saddled with the trophey. After a few minutes of back and fourth teases to eliminate one another show eliminated Mizdow to boos for the win. As a WCW fan back in the day I found JBL saying show had never won a battle royal (he said the rumble and WcW world war 3 verison of a battle royal) quiet puzzling as show has in fact won a battle royal (world war 3 match in wcw). This wasn't the first time tonight wwe would say something so stupid when it came to wcw. Afterwards show cut his best andre the giant pose next to the trophey as the announce team talked about shows massive win, as let's face young guy show really needed the rub here. 

Winner:The Big Show

What do you say it was your unusual type of battle royal were not much happened at all. Now I'm starting to think wwe made the right call to have show go over because if Mizdow won he would probably end up where Cesaro (last years winner) had ended up, going anywhere fast.

After Lita answered some questions in the social media lounge with Tom

Phillips, pat Paterson was shown hanging the IC title for the next match which would be on the main show obviously. 

Main Show 

LL Cool J Welcomed us to the show in a very good video package and then it was time for the national anthem which signalled the official beginning of the show. 

WWE Intercontinental Title Ladder Match: Bad News Barrett (Champion) Vs Daniel Bryan Vs Luke Harper Vs Dolph Ziggler Vs Dean Ambrose Vs R-Truth Vs Stardust 

Of course Daniel Bryan was out first and Cole even mentioned that we're starting WrestleMania the way ended last years show, why did they call attention to it, us bryan marks felt dissed enough without vince rubbing it in are faces. Everyone brawls inside and outside the ring and wade hits ambrose with a ladder. Harper dives out on top of everyone in a crowd pleasing visual while ambrose heads up one ladder on the outiside and drops an elbow off the top of the ladder to all the guys outside the ring. Back in the ring bryan dropkicks stardust into the ladder, the crowd got on stardust case with Cody chants throughout the match which Cody sold very well indeed. Bryan then ties Harper in the tree of woe position on the ladder and repeatable kicks Harper over and over as Harper hang upside down on the ladder. Superkick by Ziggler to bryan and then everyone tries to climb the ladder in the ring. On the outside stardust grabs his own ladder which has essentially been given a bling, bling make over. Wade then cuts off stardust and breaks a piece of the ladder off and beats stardust down with it. Back in the ring Harper does his best Terry funk whirlybird spot by knocking down serveal wrestlers with the ladder. Back in the ring in an insane looking spot happens were wade and stardust head up the giant ladder and wade super plexes stardust off the top of it. Bryan and Dolph head up the ladder nearly reaching the belt but ambrose tips them off of it sending both into the ropes (we'll sort of as Ziggler landed a bit short of the top rope and bryan just took a bump onto the mat). Ambrose climbs the ladder but in comes Harper who grabs Dean in the power Bomb position and then powerbombs Dean from the ring onto a ladder set up at ringside. Dean breaks the ladder in the process and himself more than likely. Harper climbs the ladder but Dolph is back up and he runs up the ladder and hops Onto harpers back and applies a sleeper to the big man. Ziggler whilst applying this hold goes and uses his other hand to reach for the title but eventually harpers fades and falls to the mat below along with Ziggler. Dolph is back up and runs up the ladder again but wade recovers and goes up top and nails Dolph with a bull hammer. Wade does his best young bucks superkick/bull hammer  party by nailing truth, stardust and Harper with the move. Bryan is back in and he climbs the ladder but wade and Dolph knock him off the ladder. Bryan recovers a drills wade with a running knee smash and climbs the ladder. Dolph recovers and climbs the ladder and both him and bryan meet on top of the ladder. Both men headbutt one another over and over until bryan eventually knocks Dolph off the ladder and grabs the IC title belt to win the match. 

Winner: Daniel Bryan (New IC Champion) 

Very good match and it was What I expected to see actually as all seven men busted there asses with big bumps and stunts which warmed the crowd up just right to start this show. 

Single's Match: Randy Orton Vs Seth Rollins/with J&J Security 

This was my hidden gem match of the night meaning the build may have been poor and wwe may have cooled off Orton since his Comeback with some bad booking of late but these two performers had the chance to steal the show and they did. Early on Orton took it to rollins and this lead to J&J Security interfering and Orton knocking them off the apron to the floor. Orton then took out both Mercury and noble with a draping ddt onto the padded floor. Orton was attacked from behind by rollins who throw him into the Announce table. Still on the outside Orton nailed Rollins with a powerslam and a backdrop but Rollins battles back with a spring board moonsault. Back in the ring Orton gives Rollins hangman ddt then goes for a backdrop but Rollins floats over but Orton gives Rollins an RKO. Orton gets a two count on Rollins (I was surprised wwe had let Rollins kick out of ortons signature move). Orton then hears the voices and goes for his punt kick (a move banned for a long time during wwe pg era) but in runs J&J security but they eat a pair of RKO from Orton. Rollins then recovered and run over to Orton and went to give him a curb stomp but this time Orton kicked out at two (again I was surprised but it made both men look strong kicking out of each other's signature moves). Rollins goes up top and goes for the pheonix splash (Hayabusa signature move) but Orton moves and Rollins just lands on his feet. Rollins runs back at Orton and goes for another curb stomp but Orton counters the move and catches Rollins in an RKO. This was a spectacular scene and a worthy Wrestlemania moment and also Rollins deserves a lot of respect for how high he leaped up into the air and came down in just the right position for Orton to catch him with the RKO for the win. 

Winner: Randy Orton 

Was a little disappointed with whom went over (who won the match ) but this would make more sense come the end of the show, so I'm going to stand by statement so far this has been match of the night.

No Disqualification Match: Triple H Vs Sting 

Both men tie up to start the match and hunter hip tosses the Stinger a few times then they tie back up again. Sting knocks down hunter and few times then hunter nails sting with a knee drop but the stinger pops back up and taunts hunter and goes for the scorpion death lock. Hunter gets free and rolls to the outiside to regroup. Sting goes to the outside but hunter whips sting into the barricade, hunter rolls sting back into the ring and works over the stinger. Hunter smirks at the crowd who react accordingly by booing the game. Hunter applies a side headlock but sting fights out of it to hunter's dismay. Sting whips hunter into the corner and as sting goes for a stinger splash but hunter gets his leg up and it wipes out sting. Hunter goes up to the middle tope and flies off but sting catches him and takes him down and goes to apply the scorpion death lock. Then d generation x music hits and out runs X Pac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn who sprint into the ring but sting fights them off and sends xpac and the outlaws to the outside. After the interference and distraction of sting he turns around and walks into a pedigee. Hunter covers sting but sting somehow kicks out at two to the amazement of hunter. Hunter goes to the outside and grabs his sledge hammer but then the nWo (oh my days) walks (slowly) out to the ring as MIchael Cole screams it's the Monday night wars come to life and this was where I knew vince McMahon was going with wcw vs wwe because he can't let go and prove he and his brand of wrestling was far superior to wcw. DX and the NWO brawl on the outside of the ring as hunter turns around and sting nails the game with a scorpion death drop for a near fall. By this point myself and the crowd were marking out big time. Sting then applies the scorpion death lock and tries to reach for his sledgehammer (still in the middle of the ring) but hogan takes it away from him. Hogan then took his first bump in years (since his match with sting at TNA Bound For Glory 2011) as XPac attacked him from behind. Meanwhile hall took a back body drop on the floor, which I thought was a little excessive by razor but he wanted to make a big impression on the grandest stage of them all and I can respect that. During this madness HBK Shawn Michaels appears in the ring and superkicks sting (at this point I was begging for either flair or goldberg to interfere). Hunter covers sting but somehow again the stinger kicked out at two. On the outside billy gets hunters sledgehammer and hands it to the game as hall grabs a baseball bat and hands it to sting. Both men circle one another as the crowd is going crazy and sting strikes first nailing trips in the ribs with the bat shot. Sting then breaks hunters sledgehammer handle in half as hunter sells it like its the end of the world or he had just woken up a sleeping giant. Sting whips hunter into the corner and gives hunter a stinger Splash and a goes for a second but during the second attempt hunter grabs his sledgehammer head and nails sting with it. Hunter then covers sting for the 1,2 and 3 as vince McMahon words come right out of JBL's mouth we won the war again (oh fuck off vince, get over it mate). Afterwards both d generation x, hunter, sting and the nWo all shook hands to cheers from the crowd. 

Winner: Triple H 

I would have enjoyed this match more if it wasn't for the burial of wcw on commentary (with mcmahon using JBL as his mouth piece thoughout the match but I'm sure JBL had a few jabs to throw himself because he did work for wwf during the Monday night war) but in the ring sting was made to look strong (even if it defined all logic) kicking out of the pedigee and HBK superkick and the fact I was marking out so hard (until the wcw burial comments) made this another WrestleMania moment and by this point I was well and truly ingroosed in this show. 

Maria Menounos was backstage with the new wwe IC champion daniel Bryan and he talked to her about his big win form earlier on, on the show. Then a list of former prestigious ic champions walk in including Pat Paterson, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, Ric Flair and Bret Hart who all put over bryan with a yes chant of there own. Then it ended in the only way it could as Ron Simmons entered and uttered his immortel line "DAMN. I personally enjoyed the interactions between piper and bryan with piper saying just when you thought you have all answers bryan goes and changes the questions. As well as flair coming in and stealing the spotlight with a wooo or two and chopping steamboat (who seemed oblivious to this) in the chest. 

Divas Tag Team Match: AJ Lee and Paige Vs The Bellas Nikki&Brie 

The bellas attack paige early on in the corner and give paige a double team surplex for a two count. Nikki then gives paige the rack attack but the plucky Brit kicks out at two. Paige makes her comeback against the both Bellas and makes a tag to AJ. AJ comes in and nails nikki with a lou Thesz press and a tornado ddt. Nikki comes back at AJ with a fall away slam attempt but Paige cuts her off with a drop kick. AJ goes for a shining wizard but nikki Ducks it and puts AJ into the electric chair position but AJ counters that with a ddt to nikki for the nearest of falls. AJ applies the black widow but Brie comes in the break it up. Paige enters and exchanges left and rights and she tosses Brie to the outside while nikki recovers and gives AJ a slam for a near fall as Paige just breaks it up. On the outside Paige slams Brie into the ring steps while back in the ring AJ applies another black widow to nikki and this time nikki is forced to tap out. 

Winners: AJ Lee and Paige 

#GiveDivasAChancd is still a thing right? Then why did they only get a few minutes as per usual with divas matches. All these four gals can work (sorry iwc but the bellas can sort of work, not very good admittedly but can work) but where not given the time they deserved. Overall does this mean a divas title run for AJ, I hope not, I dont need to see another AJ run with the belt by this point she's actually out grown it as a performer in my opinion.  

WWE Us Title Match: Rusev (Champion)/with Lana Vs John Cena 

Rusev was given a grand entrance to begin with and all I could think was Rocky 4 when drago comes out to face Apollo Creed and the look on his face said it all during that movie. Rusev looked less like a dear caught in the headlights here as he drove out on Russian tank as soliders lined up and down the Ramp way. John Cena got a less spectacular entrance and as this was Wrestlemania and fans all over the world attended the show meant the patriot 2.0 (John Cena) didn't get the warmest of reactions from the 79,000 plus in attendence. Early on Rusev is dominate of Cena with uppercuts and a wrist lock take down. Rusev and Cena exchange left and rights then Russia's number one wrestler Rusev goes for his flag but Cena cuts him off with a shoulder tackle and then a second. Rusev comes back with some kicks and punches to overwhelm Cena he then puts Cena into the corner and beats him down some more. Cena makes a comeback and gives Rusev a leg drop for a near fall. The two slug it out and Cena then applies an stfu to Rusev while Lana distracts the referee and Cena by throwing in her shoes into the ring. Cena does not let go of the hold but eventually Rusev reaches the ropes and Cena is forced to let go of the hold. Cena argues with the referee about Lana throwing her shoe into the ring as Rusev recovers. Rusev kicks Cena in the head and goes up top and drops a top rope headbutt to Cena. Rusev goes for the accolade but Cena rolls through to counter the hold. Cena goes for the attitude adjustment but Rusev blocks it and goes for a side slam but Cena counters that as well. Rusev kicks Cena in the face and applies the accolade but after a few minutes Cena powers out by getting up. Cena applies the Stfu but Rusev breaks hold as Lana pops up on the ring apron, Rusev charges Cena but Cena moves and Rusev nails Lana. Rusev turns around and walks into an attitude adjustment for the 1.2 and 3. Afterwards medical personal have to aide Lana into the back as she twisted her ankle and her charge Rusev refused to help her. 

Winner: John Cena (New Us Champion) 

Spoiler John Cena wins was all i took from this match but again I suppose RUSEV undefeated streak had to come to an end by a big star. It was usa vs Russia so of course the U.S. Of A was going to win because it was booked by an American. On another note I really hope this isn't the end of Lana and Rusev as I fill both need the other to make into the main event scene this year. 

Stephanie McMahon and Triple H were in mid ring to announce tonights "official" attendence of 79,967. Stephanie was about to say this was all thanks to the wwe universe but Brillantly swerved turned and thanked herself and her husband for making wwe into a multi million dollar company that it is today. Hunter said we beat you all because we own all of this, we own you and those wrestlers in the back. Which brought out the people's champion the rock to a massive pop (there were reports earlier in the week saying the rock may show up and thankfully he did). The rock was fucking over here (sorry about the swear word but he was fucking over here) he took a long pause to soak in the cheers as Stephaine said ok you've all had your fun know let him speak (again masterful working of the crowd by stephanie here). The rock said they didn't own him or the people to which Stephaine said rock knows he would be nothing without the McMahons. She got hot and slapped the rock and told rock "go ahead, he'll never slap a women and told the rock to leave. Just as the rock went to leave he saw a familiar face (well the crowd were chanting her name as well) as UFC Bantamweight Womens Champion Rounda Rousey was sat front and centre (she's a huge wrestling fan and was recently at SummerSlam and PWG Black Cole Rising last year). Rousey jumped the rail and her and the rock went back into the ring and went face to face with the authority. Stephanie really put over Rousey credentials but then went total wrestling villian by saying Rousey may be the most dangerous unarmed women in the world and in a ufc ring but this was her ring, a wwe ring. Which of course didn't sit well with Rousey at all then the rock gave hunter a rock bottom as Stephaine got up into rouseys face. They milked the crowd to build to the eventual lock up and when they did the place went crazy as Rousey gave Stephaine some sort of armbar and gave hunter a take down Arm drag to end a crowd pleasing segment. I'm sure your agree wwe need to reach out to Rousey for a match at next years Maina, maybe this was the set up for a mixed tag between the four for wrestlemania 32. A really fun segment which I didn't expect to see at all and had me marking out and on the the edge of my seat throughout. Hopefully this is a set up for either a mixed tag or two singles matches for next years show. 

Single's Match: The Undertaker Vs Bray Wyatt 

Bray gets a big elaborate entrance with scarecrows he brings to life as he walks to the ring (it's as silly as it sounds). Bray is smiling as he sits and waits for taker in the ring then taker comes out and after all the smoke has clearer and the lights in the ring come up it shows Wyatt is no longer smiling. Early on Wyatt charges taker but gets caught with a big boot by the deadman. Taker gives Wyatt old school to show he's still got it, bray battles back with a shoulder block and a clothesline which sends taker to the outside. Taker lands on his feet and pulls bray to the outside. Taker gives Wyatt a leg drop as Wyatt Lays on the ring apron, taker rolls Wyatt back Into the ring and nails him with the snake eyes move. Bray battles back with a kick and pummels taker in the corner. Bray applies a half nelson and hits taker in the back of the head then taker breaks the hold and applies the hellsgate submission move. Bray breaks free and throws taker to the mat and drops a senton onto taker for a near fall. Bray calls for sister abagail and mocks takers throat cutting taunt, taker blocks sister abagail and nails bray with a chokeslam for a near fall. Taker then drills bray with a tombstone and covers bray but only gets a two count. Taker goes for another tombstone but bray counters with a sister abagail for a near fall. Bray is in shock and looking worried as well, bray does his spider walk but up pops taker who freaks bray out. The two men then slug it out in the middle of the ring, bray then goes for another sister abagail but taker counters it and gives bray a second tombstone for the 1,2 and 3. 

Winner: The Undertaker

This was another very good match with an even better story, bray played it as if he was incredibly confident he could win this match in the build up. It raised dealt within the fans minds that taker wasn't the once great gunslinger he once was but as usual wwe did the norm and put taker over. In the build the LAW's John Pollack really had me sold on his idea that if taker lost here you would have the story line arc of the once great man who always won at mania going into his final match (that's if he retires next year like everyone seems to be saying will happen) on a losing streak and during his last match win. It sounded like a great idea and one wwe could have gone with but didn't but in front of this crowd I'm now thinking it was the right finish. If bray had won it really would have deflated this crowd and even the viewers at home, so in conclusion I'd say wwe made the right choice in putting over taker here. 

Up next was the wwe world heavyweight title match and before the match a video package did a better job of building this fued than two months of tv could ever do. 

MAIN EVENT 

WWE World Heavyweight Title Match: Brock Lesnar (Champion)/with Paul Heyman Vs Roman Reigns 

Lesnar rushes roman right at the bell but roman tries to fend him off with some strikes but brock gives roman a German suplex and a F5. "It's over" claimed Cole but brock doesn't go for the pin and just lands knee smashes to Roman but roman was shown smiling after absorbing all that punishment. Roman tries again in vain to battle back but Brock gives him another two German suplexes. Again brock lands some knees to Romans face and by now your thinking roman doesn't stand a chance but yet again he's shown smiling. Brock smiles and yells suplex City bitch as the overly animated paul Heyman counts along on the outside. Brock knees roman so hard he falls from the ring apron to the floor and into the barricade. The referee goes to count out roman but he just makes it back into the ring. Roman makes a comeback with a big knee of his own to brock and some quick strikes but Brock cuts off roman and clotheslines him back to the outside. On the floor brock nails roman with some more knee shots and rolls him into the ring. Another suplex by brock to roman but rather smartly roman rolls to the outside. Roman pulls himself up onto the ring apron but Brock belly to belly suplexes roman back into the ring the hard way. Brock gives Roman a second F5 and covers roman believing he has the win but somehow roman kicks out at two. Brock smirks and removes his MMA gloves, brock grabs roman by his hair and slaps him full force in the face over and over. Again Roman is smiling which only angers the champ, brock gives Roman another two German suplexes and a third F5. Yet again Roman kicks out at two, roman tosses reigns to the outside and tries to ram roman into the ring post but Roman counters it and sends brock head first into the ring post. Brock blades as blood flows from his head and now the champ is goggy. Back in the ring roman nails brock with two superman punches but Brock stays up with the aide of the ring ropes. Roman goes for a third superman punch but Lesnar side steps him and goes for a suplex but Roman counters it and nails brock with the third superman punch. Roman nails Brock with a spear and covers brock but only gets a two count, Roman goes for another spear but Brock side steps it and  drills roman with an F5. Brock bleeding and beaten is slow to cover roman but then Seth Rollins music hits. Seth storms out to the ring with his breifcase in hand when in the ring he informs the referee he is cashing in his MITB contract right now. Lillian Garcia then announces a triple threat match (it seems if wwe have changed the rules again without informing the viewer at home because never has a cash in been done in this way). Rollins tosses roman to the outside and gives Roman a curb stomp and goes for a second but Brock counters it with an f5 but Brock doesn't have time to nail his finisher as roman spears brock. Seth lands on his feet as brock rolls to the outside, back in the ring seth nails Roman with the curb stomp for the 1,2 and 3 and we have a new wwe champion as this crowd goes nuts. 

Winner: Seth Rollins (New WWE World Heavyweight Champion) 

Forget the convoluded cash in and judge this match for what it was and that was that it was great as story which had so many bumps in it and when they got there wwe had gotten themsevles out of a mess they created. In my opinion if roman had failed he would have become this generations Lex Luger and if he won he would have become this generations Diesel (Kevin Nash). So at least they sorted out the mess they had created with the roman reigns push into the main event. They also avoided pinning the beast brock Lesnar which will only keep him strong as he rides off into the sunset for his spring break. They've also created a new main eventer in seth Rollins and have set up 3 challengers for him with Orton, reigns and brock all in some way positioned for a match with rollins throughout the coming months. 

WWE Raw 30.03.15 

Brock Lesnar stormed to the ring to start the show along with Paul Heyman, Heyman said "Brock wanted his first match in raw in over ten years and it had to be a rematch against new wwe world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins. Stephanie came out and said the new wwe champion Seth Rollins was just flying back from an apperance on the today show in New York but once he was back he (Seth) would be more than happy to face Brock. Daniel Bryan beat Dolph Ziggler to retain the wwe intercontinental title, a very good match but just imagine if these two had a singles match at mania it would probably have been held up they in high regard (not quiet steamboat v savage levels but currently on the level of a Bret hart v Roddy piper). The crowd was super into this match (but the crowd for the raw after mania  is normally amazing) and for good reason. Bryan won a hard hitting contest after a sick looking headbutt spot and his running knee smash. Afterwards Bad News Barrett (who had been marking out on commentary throughout) attacked bryan but he was saved by the returning Sheamus who swerved turned and turned heel on both bryan and Ziggler by attacking them. The Lucha Dragons and New Day rolled over The Ascension and Cesaro&Tyson Kidd in a nothing eight men which was only highlighted by the debut of Kalisto who blew this crowd and myself away with his crisp spots throughout this match, now all that has to be said is best of luck to former Samuary Del Sol. Brock Lesnar vs Seth Rollins never happened as the champion said he had jet lag and a sore foot from curb stompin brock with at Maina. Obviously this didn't sit well with Brock who chased Rollins around ringside. In the end brock caught Seth but J&J security saved the wwe champions skin and he escaped to the back via the crowd. Brock hammered Mercury and Noble then tossed the announce table over. Then MIchael Cole was grabbed by the beast who drove Cole into the mat with a f5 (I guess that was for the years of bad announcing by Cole) as JBL and Booker were left out cold after the table landed on top of them. Brock's advocate paul Heyman begged for Brock to stop but didn't as he grabbed a cameraman. Stephanie McMahon came out and told Brock to stop he didn't and gave the poor cameraman a f5. Stephaine was pissed and told Brock he was suspended but the beast didn't care giving the cameraman a second f5 to cheers from the crowd. After the break Stephaine told renee Young she was also fining the beast because then maybe he would learn and toe the company line (not those exact words but that was what she was getting at). Damien Mizdow bested Stardust in a worthless match but at least Mizdow is still over that loss at Maina to big show has not harmed him one bit. Afterwards the Miz attacked Mizdow and nailed him with the skull crushing finale  and then told Mizdow "he had only brought this on himself". Neville toppled Curtis Axel in a quick match which showcased Neville incredible move set and has really established neville (he has also dropped his first name) as a can't miss prospect but then he really didn't beat anyone of note, sorry axel. John Cena downed Dean Ambrose in an open challenge to retain the wwe us title, oh boy by now this raw was really starting to grind my gears and yet again ambrose is on the losing side of things in wwe. Randy Orton interrupted Seth Rollins promo time with Renee Young which means these two will probably have some sort of rematch at either a raw in the coming weeks or at extreme rules PPV at the end of April. Naomi, Paige and Aj Lee pinned Natayla and the Bella Twins in a useless long divas match which was overshadowed by sick and unessecary chants directed at all six women. Rusev Hammered Goldust in another crappy worthless match and there was no Lana at ringside with Rusev. Finally in a bland main event Roman Reigns, Ryback and Randy Orton defeated Kane, Big Show and Seth Rolins in a six man tag. After all the goodness of mania and the first hour and 15 minutes of this show the Finish to the mania weekend went out in a wimper. The finish saw rollins leapfrog a spear by reigns, then kane tried to chokeslam reigns he countred as Orton gave rollins a RKO. Meanwhile reigns gave kane a spear and covered him for the 1,2 and 3 to pick up the win for himself, Orton and ryback. On the wwe network following raw was a sting interview where he didn't exactly answer any questions at all as wwe had promised. In fact all that really happened was that the stinger was interrupted by Bo Dallas and this all lead to Bo taking a scorpion death drop. 

Round Up and Rating 

So with my expectations were so low (due to bad booking by wwe for the build of this show) going in, I guess that meant whatever wwe did I would enjoy this show. I would check this show out if you haven't seen it, check it out this show as it was very good for wwe standards and it couldn't have ended any better right? In the end I would give this PPV a 9 out of 10 it only lost a point with me due to vince McMahon petty obsession with proving wcw was a joke (sorry vince it wasn't ) and his brand was far more superior. As well as who went over in all these matches made little or no sense to me but the in ring action was at the best it ever will be in a wwe ring, so the in ring action is what made this show so enjoyable to me. My match of the night goes to Orton vs Rollins even if I didn't agree with who won the match, this made more sense come the end of the show and I guess performer of the night had to go to the man who walked out of WrestleMaina the new wwe world heavyweight champion seth Rollins. Thanks for reading my review and as always I will sign off with my bill apter quote I will see you at the matches. 

By Good_Brother_Billy @billy222me or 

@RantsWrestle 

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NXT TV REPORT 25-03-15

This week on NXT was the championship addition of the show as Sasha Banks defended her NXT women's championship against Alexa Bliss in a rematch from last week and Finn Balor finally got his shot at Kevin Owens NXT Championship. 

Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss to retain the NXT Women's Championship

Last week these two ladies had a very good match (I here you groaning that it ended in a countout but they needed to do that finish to have this rematch here this evening and it was the easiest way to keep both girls strong going into this rematch) but here they out did themsevles from the previous week. It finished when bliss got a near fall from an infa red, she then went up top but Sasha knocked her off and applied the banks statement to make bliss tap out. 

Backstage Vignettes and Promos

Emma turned heel by slapping Bailey , all I have to say this is its about time they started to do something different with emma. The dizzy blonde/bad dancing gimmick was dead in the water by the time she reached the main roster so it was about time she was turned and now can probably get serious at long last. Hideo Itami interrupted Tyler Breeze interview and challenged him to a best two out of three falls match for next week which breeze reluctantly accepted. We got a plug for WrestleMania 31 and Saxton run down the card for the granddaddy of em all. They showed some video packages on Finn Balor and Kevin Owens then the announce team talked about the main event. Enzo, Big Cass and Carmella were in the back talking to one another and then where interrupted by the NXT tag team champions Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy. Murphy and Blake apologised to Carmella for accidently knocking her off the ring apron last week and gave her a gift which she accepted and it's jewellery. Obviously there turning Carmella heel or at least teasing it, so hunter does listen to the crowd then. 

MAIN EVENT 

NXT Title Match: Kevin Owens (Champion) Vs Finn Balor 

Great match to end the show that got over 18 minutes of tv time. Early on owens dominated the match but Finn Balor kept coming back for more. Eventually Balor made a comeback and had full sail on its feet when he nailed owens with Bloody Sunday ddt for a very near fall indeed. Balor then hurt his knee and like a shark owens smelt blood and went to work on Balor's sore wheel. Owens dropped a seated senton onto Balor's knee and applied a half Boston crab but Balor reached the ropes somehow. Balor battled back with a double foot stomp but couldn't get a pin on the champion due to his bad knee. Owens continued the punishment to balor's knee and it all become too much for Balor as he lay tried up in the ropes and owens gave balor's knee/leg a cannonball splash over and over but eventually owens missed which gave Balor time to recover. Balor climbed up top and nailed owens with a top rope double stomp but Balor couldn't pin owens again due to his bad knee. Owens recovered and nailed Balor with a pop up powerbomb for the 1,2 and 3. Lots of replays aired then owens celebrated to end the show. 

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NXT TV REPORT 18-03-15

Here is the quick results from NXT special at the Arnold Classic sports festival in Columbus Ohio. 

Tyler Breeze dropped Kalisto 

Fun match to open the show which breeze won when he countered Kalisto Salida Del Sol into the beauty shot after ten minutes of solid action. I do have to wonder why Kalisto isn't on the main roster yet because at the moment like so many others he's trending water until he's called up.

Buddy Murphy/with Wesley Blake pinned Big Cass/with Enzo and Carmella

Not a very good match it was average at best which Murphy won with a roll up but I'm still sure enzo and Cass will win the NXT tag team titles from Blake and Murphy at some point because they are the baddest guys in the room after all. 

Alex Bliss beat Sasha Banks by Countout in a NXT women's title match 

Another fun match which had the right result as bliss needed the win here as a short feud with e champ Sasha is clearly in the cards for bliss. Afterward backstage William regal interrupted the arguing sasha and bliss and booked a rematch between the two for next week. 

Main Event 

NXT Title Match: Kevin Owens (Champion) defeated Alex Reily 

I'm still not sold on Reily he's intially not believable as a firely babyface and because of that this push needs to end  sooner rather than later. It ended when owens beat Reily very convincingly with a pop up powerbomb. Afterwards Finn Balor came out to the ring and him and Owens had a stare down to end this weeks show.

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@billy222me aka Good_Brother_Billy or @RantsWrestle