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Post by rocketking on Dec 13, 2016 11:02:46 GMT -5
I don't know if it's because of good builds or confusing builds, but I've got a decent amount of interest in Roadblock: One Toke Over the Line. Not to mention a crop of matches that should be very good in terms of the bell-to-bell action. Here are my somewhat-educated guesses:
Roman Reigns d. Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins d. Chris Jericho: Maybe I should have a good idea of what’s going to happen, but I really don’t. They seem to be building up to both Owens/Rollins and Owens/Jericho. And, win or lose, I don’t think there’s a logical program on deck for Reigns… but I still think he wins the strap. If nothing else, he’s the one guy of the four that I can’t imagine winning the Rumble, so having the belt keeps him out of it. I don’t know… should be two good matches, so I’m looking forward to them.
Charlotte d. Sasha Banks: This will be a great match if they don’t schmozz it up with Ric or whoever else (Is Dana still a thing?). Charlotte/Bayley was the plan last I knew, so I guess she wins the belt back. so they can proceed with that.
Rich Swann d. TJ Perkins and Brian Kendrick: No title switch means no rematch, which means maybe we get some others into the picture (no idea if Aries is ready yet).
Braun Strowman draws Sami Zayn: First (non-gimmick) match with a time limit in years. What else could it be?
Big Cass d. Rusev: I don’t care and it’s clearly a middle match as part of a longer feud, so it could really go either way. But it’s a pre-show match, so I default to the babyface.
If there’s a tag title match, I’m picking The New Day. They can’t immediately take the belts off of them now with no build, can they? That just reeks of “screw you, Demolition” (which WWE isn’t above doing, but still…). Exception: If the Revival shows up unannounced and squashes them. I don't think that would make any sense, but I would completely mark out.
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Post by deezy on Dec 13, 2016 15:02:20 GMT -5
Charlotte and Sasha will have an old dusty finish.....Flair fuckery at its finest, probably the last second tap/saved by the Bell or German suplex double pin.
Rusev should destroy Cass, or big Cass should just realize his friend was in the wrong and deserved that ass whooping.
Matches should be damn good, but we will all complain about whatever finish is done unless it's a 5 second squash for Owens because......Reigns sucks, but somehow all pop for his moves and chant "this is awesome" every match he's in.
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Post by john casey on Dec 13, 2016 17:17:42 GMT -5
To me this is a meh show, To be honest apart Cass VS Rusev, it's nothing that we haven't seen before recently. If this was the line-up for Raw the next night then it would be fine however as a Network Special, it's nothing that makes me want to make sure that I watch it without knowing the results.
I have heard that for 2017, WWE are apparently going to cut the number of Network Specials and considering that they are giving away 2 for 1 tickets for Road Block, I hope it's true.
There isn't enough depth for brand exclusive Network Specials.
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Post by Christian Small on Dec 14, 2016 10:56:53 GMT -5
Personally don't see Reigns winning right now, they've put too much into the Jericho/Owens feud and you might as well do that match at the Rumble. Hell do a screwy finish and have Reigns win the Rumble with him winning the belt at Mania. I'd put Jericho over Rollins, again so he's strong going into a title match. The only other match I care about is Sasha/Charlotte and I'd have Sasha beat Charlotte then move on, you can go to Sasha/Bayley down the line and switch Sasha heel.
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Post by rocketking on Dec 14, 2016 11:45:21 GMT -5
Personally don't see Reigns winning right now, they've put too much into the Jericho/Owens feud and you might as well do that match at the Rumble. Hell do a screwy finish and have Reigns win the Rumble with him winning the belt at Mania. I'd put Jericho over Rollins, again so he's strong going into a title match. The only other match I care about is Sasha/Charlotte and I'd have Sasha beat Charlotte then move on, you can go to Sasha/Bayley down the line and switch Sasha heel. The more I think about it, the more I get perplexed (in a good way) by what direction they'll go with the Reigns/Owens and Jericho/Rollins matches. Overall, as long as we get two good matches that advance the storylines into 2017 (rather than the "end of the line", oddly enough), I can't imagine a scenario where I'm not satisfied/intrigued by the results.
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Post by Christian Small on Dec 14, 2016 13:39:55 GMT -5
Personally don't see Reigns winning right now, they've put too much into the Jericho/Owens feud and you might as well do that match at the Rumble. Hell do a screwy finish and have Reigns win the Rumble with him winning the belt at Mania. I'd put Jericho over Rollins, again so he's strong going into a title match. The only other match I care about is Sasha/Charlotte and I'd have Sasha beat Charlotte then move on, you can go to Sasha/Bayley down the line and switch Sasha heel. The more I think about it, the more I get perplexed (in a good way) by what direction they'll go with the Reigns/Owens and Jericho/Rollins matches. Overall, as long as we get two good matches that advance the storylines into 2017 (rather than the "end of the line", oddly enough), I can't imagine a scenario where I'm not satisfied/intrigued by the results. I think the main reason I'm not going with Reigns is the timing. At this point Mania is edging closer and it's just better to have a babyface win there rather than them going in defending. Not saying they've never done it but it's a better crowning moment at Mania, makes the better visual.
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Post by jamespascoe on Dec 14, 2016 15:02:27 GMT -5
Owens retains. Build to Jericho match continues. Potentially with Jericho taking Reigns out allowing him to challenge Owens after...
Rollins beats Jericho via botched Owens interference.
Charlotte wins. Got to keep the ppv streak going.
Rusev beats Big Cass who doesn't tap but ref stops the match.
Zayn gets the "win" via outsmarting Braun, who then destroys him post match.
Swann retains, pinning T.J
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Post by RKing85 on Dec 14, 2016 22:44:28 GMT -5
Owens to RETAIN over Reigns (not necessarily win) Rollins over Jericho Charlotte to win back the title Swann to retain Time limit draw in Sami/Braun Babyface Rusev to defend his wife's honor and beat Cass.
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Post by Chris Thunder on Dec 15, 2016 1:47:22 GMT -5
1) Rusev to CRUSH Big Cass 2) Kevin Owens (c) def. Roman Reigns to retain the WWE Universal Championship 3) Seth Rollins def. Chris Jericho 4) Charlotte def. Sasha Banks (c) to regain the WWE Raw Women's Championship 5) Rich Swann (c) def. T.J. Perkins & The Brian Kendrick to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship 6) Braun Strowman def. Sami Zayn 7) The New Day (c) def. Cesaro and Sheamus to retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
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Post by rocketking on Dec 15, 2016 13:32:21 GMT -5
If there’s a tag title match, I’m picking The New Day. They can’t immediately take the belts off of them now with no build, can they? That just reeks of “screw you, Demolition” (which WWE isn’t above doing, but still…). Now that this match actually exists, I have the sinking feeling that New Day will drop the belts (though I won't change my pick for the sake of arbitrary integrity). To me, this would cheapen the record-setting reign by confirming what we knew all along... it's just a big 'screw you' to Ax and Smash. Also, for what's it worth, Nikki Bella dropped the then-Divas strap six days after surpassing AJ Lee's record, so there is some recent precedent here. A fun tidbit I learned while Googling around is that Demolition may have actually defended their titles at least once after their 478-day reign ended but before the match aired. If true (could just be an error/typo), a New Day loss on Sunday would mean that while they did break the record, Demolition actually defended the titles 488 days after their reign started, while New Day's last defense would have come at 483 days in this scenario. Also, Demolition's last title defense was successful, which is a fun little historical oddity for a non-vacated title reign (though probably not too uncommon before the "relevant stuff only happens on live TV" era). Source: www.thehistoryofwwe.com/89.htm
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Post by RKing85 on Dec 18, 2016 22:14:35 GMT -5
wow did Sasha look horrible in that booking
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Post by Christian Small on Dec 19, 2016 4:54:00 GMT -5
That really was backwards booking. That booking would have been fine if Banks was the heel and Charlotte the face but it's the opposite. I'm also really done with that feud, I love both women but I'm just tired of having that title flip so many times. This is Charlotte's 4th reign ending Sasha's 3rd and the title was only introduced at Mania. The title is not even a year old and we've had 7 reigns.
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Post by Chris Thunder on Dec 19, 2016 7:34:11 GMT -5
1) Rusev to CRUSH Big Cass 2) Kevin Owens (c) def. Roman Reigns to retain the WWE Universal Championship3) Seth Rollins def. Chris Jericho 4) Charlotte def. Sasha Banks (c) to regain the WWE Raw Women's Championship5) Rich Swann (c) def. T.J. Perkins & The Brian Kendrick to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship 6) Braun Strowman def. Sami Zayn 7) The New Day (c) def. Cesaro and Sheamus to retain the WWE Raw Tag Team ChampionshipWell 5/7 ain't too bad.
How'd Sasha even get busted open/cut?
Man some of the booking was just, well, "Ass-Backwards".
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Post by jamespascoe on Dec 19, 2016 14:12:33 GMT -5
I'm pretty happy with my predictions, I might try and watch the show tomorrow although it seems almost every podcast/review I've caught so far rates the Tag Match, Neville turning heel, and err not much else on the show.
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Post by deezy on Dec 19, 2016 14:19:03 GMT -5
wow did Sasha look horrible in that booking How? Fighting a figure four for a minute and tapping to a more protected figure 8? Are we supposed to pretend that a natural straw weight should dominate a bantamweight?
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