#shane saxton

[supernatural-bias]

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supernatural drabbles -> link

(requests closed: dean, sam, castiel, gabriel, crowley, lucifer)

gorillaz drabbles -> link

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the umbrella academy drabbles -> link

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the outsiders drabbles -> link

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xmen drabbles -> link

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the boys drabbles -> link

(requests closed: butcher, hughie, soldier boy, frenchie, kimiko, mothers milk, starlight, homelander)

ghostbusters drabbles -> link

(requests closed: lars pinfield, egon spengler, winston zeddemore, peter venkman, dana barrymore, ray stanz)

tf2 drabbles -> link

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total drama drabbles -> link

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the walking dead drabbles -> link

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community drabbles -> link

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gotham drabbles -> link

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tmmt drabbles -> link

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dc drabbles -> link

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doctor who drabbles -> link

(requests closed: the tenth doctor, rose)

hazbin hotel drabbles -> link

(requests closed: alastor)

good omens drabbles -> link

(requests closed: crowley, azriaphale)

spiderverse drabbles -> link

(requests closed: miguel, hobie, miles, gwen, pavitr)

buzzfeed unsolved/watcher drabbles -> link

(requests closed: shane, ryan, cc. tinsley, ricky goldsworth)

slimecicle cinematic universe drabbles -> link

(requests closed: charlie, jschlatt, tommy/zommy, the bachelor (wilbur), the bachelor of blood (quackity), florida man, mad scientist, ronald, and the wizard)

chuckle sandwich drabbles -> link

(requests closed: jschlatt, charlie slimecicle, ted nivison)

dsmp/mcyt drabbles -> link

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daredevil drabbles -> link

(requests closed: matt murdock, foggy nelson, karen page, frank castle)

the mandalorian drabbles -> link

(requests closed: din darjin/the mandalorian)

potc drabbles -> link

(requests closed: jack sparrow, william turner, elizabeth swann)

bullet train drabbles -> link

(requests closed: tangerine, lemon, ladybug, maria, carver, the prince, the hornet)

suicide squad one & two drabbles -> link

(requests closed: harley quinn, captian boomerang, katana, june moon, the enchantress, the joker, el diablo, cleo cazo, abner krill)

breaking bad drabbles -> link

(requests closed: jesse, badger, skinny pete, jane, saul, gus)

better call saul drabbles -> link

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what we do in the shadows drabbles -> link

(requests closed: guillermo, laszlo, nadja, nandor)

star wars drabbles -> link

(requests closed: obi wan kenobi, ashoka, anakin skywalker, padame, lea skywalker, luke skywalker, han solo)

markiplier drabbles -> link

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jacksepticeye drabbles -> link

(requests closed: jacksepticeye, anti, henrik, marvin, chase, jj, robbie, greg)

sally face drabbles -> link

(requests closed: sal, larry, ash)

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[superoddgaming]

I finally made it to the big city that I had no idea even existed! Plus we get to meet up with our old BFF!

This game is starting to prove more and more difficult with each interaction but the way they scale up your kit and not necessarily your power is really interesting. It doesn’t give you a leg up in damage a lot of the time but more so a leg up in mobility and the ability to learn new uses of the upgrade to your kit.

I dig that.

[blueonwrestling]

Shane Thorne with a fantastic Saxton Hale cosplay.

love me some TF2 i really do.

and my boy Shane pulls it off.

[mrawkweird]

This shit fitting to end with Ali choking Byron.

[rareundertakerpicsandvids]

FULL MATCH - Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown - Men's 5-on-5 Elimination Match: Survivor Series 2017

[thedeboniardevistation]

Byron is me everytime Shane comes out and does something

[rebuiltrollins]

Shane McMahon is a cancer on WWE that is only rivalled by Saxton and Graves inability to call a match because they have to argue about everything on God’s Earth

[winfall]

Episode 1: Welcome to Suplex City (Volume 10)

(background photo by Gred Altmann on Pixabay)

INT. THE UNIVERSAL CROWN – LOBBY – LATER

The lobby exits are bottlenecked as everyone tries to evacuate.

Renee interviews a distraught Heath Slater. RHYNO stands by devouring a pack of crackers.

HEATH: I got kids. I don't have time for this kind of stuff.

Charly searches the crowd.

Bandannas off, Dawson and Wilder blend in with the crowd and walk out the lobby doors.

Charly pushes her way through the mayhem.

EXT. THE UNIVERSAL CROWN – MOMENTS LATER

Charly runs out onto the red carpet and scans the area. Way down the block, Dawson and Wilder hop into their RV and peel off.

Byron and Tye chase Charly down.

CHARLY: Come on.

She hurries to the Raw Talk van.

CHARLY (CONT'D): Tye, I need you to drive.

She and Byron get in.

TYE: What's happening right now?

CHARLY: We're thinking outside of the box.

She tosses Tye the keys. Still oblivious to what's going on, Tye gets in the car anyway and starts it up.

CHARLY: Follow that RV. Byron I need your phone.

Byron hands her his phone. Charly makes a call.

CHARLY (CONT'D): Kurt, we need airtime...Trust me.

INT. HUMMER – MOVING – SAME TIME

As Seth zooms down the road, Dean checks his phone.

DEAN: Guys. I know where they are.

He's watching a Raw Talk live feed of the car chase from the Raw Talk van.

CHARLY (O.S): We are now trailing the suspects' RV down Patterson Street.  Looks like they're trying to leave the city. Suspects are unarmed, but could still be considered dangerous.

TYE (O.S): This is insane. This is insane!

INT. REVIVAL RV – SAME TIME

Wilder glances at his side mirror. Sees the Raw Van.

WILDER: Are they following us?

Dawson sticks his head out the window. Sure enough, the Raw Talk van is gaining on them.

DAWSON: Shake them off.

Wilder swerves through traffic, narrowly missing multiple cars and takes a sharp turn around a corner.

INT. RAW VAN – SAME

Tye gets stuck in traffic. The Revival is getting away.

CHARLY: They just turned left on Bischoff Drive. SCPD, the rest us up to you. Don't let us down.

INT. HUMMER – MOVING – SAME Seth slams his foot on the breaks. He puts it in reverse and drives backward.

DEAN: What are you doing? We're losing them.

SETH: Taking a shortcut.

He whips around, puts it in drive then shoots down Blayze Lane.

INT. RV - MOVING – SAME

Wilder glances in his side mirror. They're home free. Dawson kicks back in his seat.

They turn a corner. Wilder pumps the breaks. A big, black Hummer is blocking their way through the underpass.

Dawson leans closer to the windshield trying to see through the Hummer's tinted windows.

Someone BANGS on the door. Startled, Dawson and Wilder look at each other.

Roman kicks the door down. Steps in.

DAWSON: What are you going to do, arrest us?

ROMAN: You got the wrong guys.

Dean and Seth enter stand behind him.

DAWSON: Suit yourself.

A fight breaks out. Dean and Roman tag-team Dawson, pounding his back, while Seth takes on Wilder.

Seth slams Wilder against the counter, knocking off dishes, and holds him down.

SETH: Who put you up to this? Was it Triple H?

Wilder headbutts Seth hard. Seth stumbles backward. Wilder braces himself then charges forward and dropkicks Seth out the doorway. Seth lands on the concrete.

Wilder's not done. He gets up and dives out of the RV landing on Seth with an elbow drop. Seth yells in agony.

Roman hears his cry. Leaves Dawson to Dean.

EXT. OUTSIDE REVIVAL RV - CONTINUOUS

Wilder climbs to his feet ready to attack Seth. Inside the RV, Roman moves as far back as he can then launches himself at Wilder striking him with a superman punch.

INT. REVIVAL RV - CONTINUOUS

Dawson pushes Dean off of him and uppercuts him in the gut. He grabs Dean and tosses him into a table, cash and jewelry falling all over the floor. Dawson stands over him.

DAWSON: This has been fun and all, (kicks Dean) but there's a storm coming, and we don't plan on being here when it lands. So, if you excuse us, we'll be leaving now.

He lifts his foot to stomp Dean unconscious--

Dean kicks Dawson's other foot from beneath him and hits him with a Dirty Deeds. Dawson is out cold.

SIRENS in the distance. Roman and Seth appear at the entrance.

ROMAN: We got to move.

SETH: If we let the cops take them in, we'll never get what we need out of them.

Dean has that look in his eyes. He has a plan.

EXT. RV – MOMENTS LATER

Police cars are parked around the RV.

JBL and Booker T stand outside the doorway. The RV is trashed and empty.

BOOKER: Looks like they made a run for it.

JBL: Does it?

Something else happened here, and he doesn’t like it one bit.

END OF ACT FIVE

[meteora-fc]

Crazy quotes from this weeks Smackdown and 205 Live☆31/10/17

☆Smackdown

•"Yes the witch is back."- Shane McMahon about Stephanie McMahon.

•Rusev:"Halloween is a dumb little day." Crowd:*boos!*

•"Who are you to call anyone a crybaby?"- Corey Graves to Byron Saxton.

•"So Samir is fighting for the honour of Jinder Mahal, Who's gonna fight for the honour of Samir's medical bills."- Byron Saxton about Samir Singh.

•"Last week Randy Orton defeated me with a low blow. What kind of man does that?"- Sami 'everything I do is okay' Zayn.

•"I'm sure that New Day are glad that you're not a member of New Day because otherwise you would have spoiled halloween like you did everyone on this table."- Corey Graves about Byron Saxton.

•"I'll celebrate when you go home."- Corey Graves about Byron Saxton.

•"If there's a meal involved, Aiden English will sing for you. If he can't be there in person an mp3 will be available. There's a few ceremonies.."- Corey Graves about how to celebrate Rusev day.

•"I wish you'd pretend you were Booker T, Byron so then I'd have a good commentary partner."- Corey Graves.

•Tom:"Corey's living on a fantasy farm right now." Corey:"That sounds like a website you visit Saxton."

•"Sweet Winona Ryder, what are you wearing?!"- Fandango about Viktor.

•Tyler Breeze:"Another Eleven!" Tye Dillinger:"No, I'm a ten."

☆205 Live

•"Where my ghouls at?"- Drew Gulak.

•"Look at that fine editing work."- Drew Gulak about his own powerpoint presentation.

•"The only thing scarier than a ghost on halloween is a root canal."- Drew Gulak.

•"For the love of Gulak."- Nigel McGuinness.

•"Simple carbs are to Tony Nese what garlic is to vampires."- Nigel McGuinness.

[colesterstrudel]

It’s long past time for the announce desk to stop bullying Byron Saxton, that sweet lil angel baby, and instead join Shane McMahon in bullying braun

[swifteforeverandalways]

Notes: Retribution in Emoverse has two parts, the “main” Retribution which is Tommaso Ciampa, Dominik Dijakovic, TJ Perkins, Rosemary, and Tenille Dashwood but there is also a “side” Retribution which is Mace (Dio Madden), Slapjack (Shane Thorne), and Reckoning (Mia Yim). Both parts are led by Mustafa Ali.

Tag Squad: @riottstheory

TJ Perkins stared down at the Fiend, unflinching at the stared of the crazy, well, Fiend. He wasn’t scared of the former Smackdown wrestler, even if everyone else was. And no, he wouldn’t let him in.

“Perkins is staring down the Fiend, is he crazy?” Byron Saxton said. The Fiend took a step closer when Rosemary slid into the ring, stepping in front of TJ.

“Rosemary is seemingly blocking Perkins from the Fiend,” Tom Phillips said.

“Come any close and you’ll regret it,” Rosemary said. TJ smirked as the lights went back off, the Fiend disappearing.

[supernatural-bias]

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-> (supernatural: dean, sam, castiel, gabriel, crowley, lucifer, jack, belphegor, chuck)

-> (gorillaz: murdoc, 2D, noodle, russel)

-> (the outsiders: darry, ponyboy, dallas, two bit, johnny, sodapop, steve)

-> (the umbrella academy: five, klaus, lila, diego, luther, allison, viktor)

-> (the boys: butcher, hughie, soldier boy, frenchie, kimiko, mothers milk, starlight, homelander)

-> (ghostbusters: egon, winston, peter, ray, dana, janine)

-> (tmmt: rottmnt, 2012, & bayverse. donatello, leonardo, michelangelo, raphael, casey, april)

-> (tf2: scout, spy, sniper, medic, heavy, pyro, engineer, soldier, miss pauling, saxton hale)

-> (hazbin hotel: alastor)

-> (community: troy, abed, annie)

-> (dc: bruce wayne/batman (2022), the riddler (2022/gotham), jonathan crane (2005), joker (2008) )

-> (doctor who: the tenth doctor, rose, donna, the eleventh doctor, rory, amy)

-> (good omens: crowley, aziraphale)

-> (the walking dead: daryl dixon, glenn rhee, rick grimes, michonne)

-> (total drama: mike, mal, manitoba, vito, svetlana, alejandro, gwen, duncan, heather, zoey, cody)

-> (spiderverse: miguel, hobie, miles, gwen, pavitr)

-> (watcher/buzzfeed unsolved: shane, ryan, cc. tinsley, ricky goldsworth)

-> (pirates of the carribean: jack sparrow, elizabeth swann, will turner)

-> (slimecicle cinematic universe: charlie, jschlatt, tommy/zommy, the bachelor (wilbur), the bachelor of blood (quackity), florida man, mad scientist, ronald, and the wizard)

-> (dsmp/mcyt: tommy, tubbo, ranboo, wilbur, philza, techno, quackity, charlie, callahan, eret, nikki, dream, george, karl, jschlatt, evil sally)

-> (chuckle sandwich: schlatt, ted, charlie)

-> (daredevil: matt murdock, foggy nelson, karen page, frank castle)

-> (the mandalorian: din darjin)

-> (suicide squad: harley quinn, captian boomerang, the joker, june moon, the enchantress, el diablo, katana, abner krill, cleo cazo)

-> (xmen: charles xavier, erik, peter, hank, wolverine, raven, jean)

-> (bullet train: tangerine, lemon, ladybug, maria, carver, the prince, the hornet)

-> (better call saul: lalo, nacho, saul/jimmy, domingo/krazy 8, howard, gus)

-> (breaking bad: jesse, badger, skinny pete, jane, saul, gus)

-> (wwdits: laszlo, nadja, nandor, guillermo)

-> (star wars: obi wan kenobi, ashoka, anakin skywalker, padame, lea skywalker, luke skywalker, han solo)

-> (iplier egos: markiplier, darkiplier, wilford, yancy, actor, night, google, host, engineer, pornipliers, damien, eric)

-> (septic egos: jacksepticeye, anti, henrik, marvin, chase, jj, robbie, greg)

-> (sally face: sal, larry, ash)

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[superoddgaming]

I have been ranting endlessly about the new playable vault hunters and just how much I LOVE their designs and personalities and yes, I am saying that without even hearing a word of dialogue. From any of them.

The team at Gearbox has done an amazing job at crafting personality into the designs of these characters and making each of them so uniquely distinguishable.

So I made a video talking about exactly those things.

[blueonwrestling]

I am all up for the Saxton Hale/Steve Irwin Shane Thorne gimmick.

It’s something different other than the usual same old same old “i’m a really good wrestler” and thats it.

Shane fucking rules, is probably one of the most underrated guys in WWE and hasn’t been able to show off anything he can do yet, if you watch his shit in NOAH it’s like fucking AMAZING perhaps one of the best aussie wrestlers of all time.

[fromtheringapron]

WWE SummerSlam 2016

Date: August 21, 2016.

Location: The Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York. 

Attendance: 15,974

Commentary: Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, and Corey Graves (Raw). Mauro Renallo, John “Bradshaw” Layfield, and David Otunga (SmackDown). 

Results: 

Kickoff Match: The Usos (Jimmy and Jey), The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder), and American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) defeated Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze), The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor), and The Vaudevillains (Simon Gotch and Aiden English. 

Kickoff Match: Sami Zayn and Neville defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von). 

Kickoff Match, First in a Best of Seven Series: Sheamus defeated Cesaro. 

1. Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens defeated Enzo Amore and Big Cass. 

2. Raw Women’s Championship Match: Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks (champion) to win the title. 

3. Intercontinental Championship Match: The Miz (champion) (with Maryse) defeated Apollo Crews. 

4. AJ Styles defeated John Cena. 

5. WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (champions) via disqualification.

6. WWE Championship Match: Dean Ambrose (champion) defeated Dolph Ziggler. 

7. Nikki Bella, Natalya, and Alexa Bliss defeated Naomi, Carmella, and Becky Lynch. 

8. WWE Universal Championship Match: Finn Balor defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural champion. 

9. Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated Randy Orton via knockout. 

My Review

SummerSlam 2016 is one long ass show. I’m aware that’s a bit of a redundant statement because, in the age of the WWE Network, every show is long and, more often than not, they’re also ass. However, the point still stands: this show is a whopping 4 hours and it’s not something you can digest in one sitting on a rewatch. For the record, I totally support making the SummerSlams and Survivor Series and so on seem just as big and important as WrestleMania. It’s fine by me for WWE’s Big 4 to feature absolutely stacked cards. Unfortunately, in modern WWE, this approach also results in the shows running out of gas midway through and some of the matches going on way longer than they should. The 2016 edition of the summer classic isn’t exactly the worst example of this trend, but it definitely shows similar signs of fatigue.

On top of that, it’s such a heel-dominated show. It’s only occasionally satisfying. In their crusade to make the audience finally embrace Roman Reigns, the WWE would pile on the heel victories in hopes the crowd would pop like crazy once the Big Dog got the W in the main event. It’s inherently flawed psychology to think the crowd is just going to accept a long-awaited face win from just anybody. That can really only work in a particular situation. Needless to say, it often failed because while Roman would get the W, the crowd still hated him. Worse here is that he doesn’t even wrestle on this show. So who was this booking supposed to benefit? I guess you could make the argument for Finn Balor, whose Universal title win remains a highlight of his WWE tenure. Even then, it was rendered irrelevant 24 hours later, as Balor would vacate the title due to injury.

With all that in mind, it shouldn’t be surprising that such a heel-heavy show ends on a rather depressing note. Brock Lesnar pummels Randy Orton into a bloody mess and that’s it. That’s the show. Fade to black. It would’ve been fine if placed somewhere in the middle of the card, but it’s such an awkward way to close up shop. They did have a pretty workable story going into the match, and I’m not gonna pass up the rare occasion to see Orton get beaten into oblivion, but talk about deflating. The whole thing winds up looking like a pale imitation of Lesnar’s squash of John Cena back at SummerSlam 2014. Oh, and there’s some drama with Shane McMahon at the end because, as we all know, that’s exactly what the WWE needs: more McMahon family drama!

The far more successful dream match is John Cena vs AJ Styles. Truly something special. It’s essentially the same finishing move and near-fall spam fest that plagues every major WWE main event, but I don’t mind it here. This is meant to be an epic blockbuster between two of the biggest stars in wrestling of the post-Monday Night War era. It makes perfect sense for both guys to throw all of their deadliest ammunition at each other right out of the gate. Styles was in the midst of one of the hottest stretches of his career at this point, but Cena deserves just as much credit here. It’s kind of amazing. For all the times he’s proven that he can rise to the occasion in a big match situation, there are still anti-Cena bros to this day who’ll deny it every step of the way. His record of putting people over isn’t perfect, especially at SummerSlam, but what he does for AJ here is pretty selfless. I don’t think even his haters can deny that.

Overall, SummerSlam 2016 isn’t a bad show by any means but, again, the length ensures it will inevitably start to drag. A shame, because there’s probably a pretty good show somewhere in here. It’s nice that the WWE is trying to make the biggest party of the summer feel important, but too much partying can make even the most diehard fan eventually feel pooped. 

My Random Notes

I can only imagine what someone like Jon Stewart really thinks of WWE’s comedy. I mean, he’s probably had plenty of experience doing his best with bad material, but you’d have to think he had to grin and bear it here at several points.

In light of Sasha Banks’ recent spat with the company, I can really see why she’d be frustrated with her booking. Would it have killed them to have her hold the Women’s title for longer than a month? I know an injury is cited as the official reason she dropped the belt here, but it’s still the first of several instances of them yanking the rug out from under her.

Man, Enzo and Cass were so frickin’ over. They’re such laughing stocks now that it’s quickly become lost to time how much the fans were digging them. Of course, they only have themselves to blame for fucking it all up, but they really did have something special there for a bit. 

Dean Ambrose in his black torn shirt gives me some serious Bobby Heenan singlet vibes.

Funny how the pre-match hype package for Dean vs. Dolph centers so much around who Dolph Ziggler is because, as I’ve stated here previously, I still have no frickin’ idea who Dolph is supposed to be. He’s some anonymous hybrid of HBK, Mr. Perfect, Billy Gunn, and an ‘80s Trapper Keeper with literally no individuality. I find it ironic that he later got into a storyline where he kept changing gimmicks only to never find anything of his own. What a summary of his entire WWE career.

Hey, Balor may have had to surrender the title 24 hours later, but at least this meant him getting another run with the belt in the future, right? Right?!?

Man, Nikki Bella was so frickin’ over. Why does it feel like I’m repeating myself? In all seriousness though, people can hate on the Bellas all they want, but in no way should it be surprising that they still get big pops. They’ve done more for WWE’s mainstream visibility than a lot of other superstars allegedly have.

Speaking of Nikki, crazy to think that she’s only one in the six-woman tag to not hold the Smackdown Women’s title.

I can’t be the only one who felt a little kick to gut when they showed fans waiting outside the now-deceased Toys R Us. I don’t need another reminder that my childhood is dead.

When did Lana drop the accent? I don’t watch Raw and Smackdown weekly anymore, but it horrifies me to know I let this travesty pass me by.

I know some people were upset they allowed The New Day to surpass Demolition’s record for the longest reign as tag champs but I’m totally okay with the decision. Sure, they occasionally get into terrible storylines like this ringpostitis shit, but they’re incredibly over, sell a ton of merchandise, and can wring out some entertainment from even the worst material. If they really wanted to insult Demolition, they should’ve given that honor to The Ascension.

[hazyheel]

WWE Super Showdown 2019 Review

Right as the show was starting, the announcer accidentally said Saudi Arabia, so now the mystery of where this was being held is solved. The stage looked super great, and opened with a huge pyro display. They definitely poured money into this show. Also, the crowd was actually allowed to sit ringside this time, so the crowd actually looked excited during the show. 

First match of the night was Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin for the Universal Championship, definitely an odd choice to start the night. They felt each other out a bit, but it didn’t take long for Corbin to focus on the ribs. Rollins fought back into it, hitting two consecutive dives. When Rollins tried to go for it a third time, Corbin caught him with an uppercut. Corbin also yelled at the ref basically every time there was a near fall. Corbin went for his run around the ringpost into the clothesline, but Rollins countered with a huge back elbow. Corbin then grabbed a chair, but the ref convinced him to drop it. Corbin yelled at the ref again, but this time the ref shouted back, which startled Corbin enough for Rollins to get a rollup.

After the match, Corbin laid out Rollins with an end of days, and Brock Lesnar came out. He was armed with a chair. Lesnar was going to beat him with the chair, but Rollins nailed him with a low blow, and then beat him with the chair for a while. In the end, Rollins curb stomped him onto the briefcase, and walked away.

Grade: C+. The match sucked, because Rollins needed a ref’s help to beat Corbin of all people. But I enjoyed the brawl afterwards, but not quite enough for this to be on the positive side. Rollins didn’t have enough offense here to actually make this a good match. Corbin just controlled the match until Rollins lucked into a win. I liked this as a way to kinda pay off the odd story of Brock wanting the match at Super Showdown, and it got Brock on the card. 

Then we had Andrade vs. Finn Balor for the Intercontinental Championship. Zelina Vega was not there, and it really felt like his entrance was missing something without her. Balor did have the Demon makeup on, as well as some ghouls for this entrance. That entrance lasted like, 4 minutes too. The two started off the match with quick counters and strikes. Andrade actually was able to hit three amigos, which never happens. Everyone always slips out of the third. At one point, Andrade tried to put Balor down with several strikes, but it just fired the Demon up. He eventually went down with a handspring kick. At another point, Balor hit a scary looking double stomp to the back of Andrade’s head. Andrade hit the hammerlock DDT, but Balor kicked out, and no one cared. Balor fought back into it with a powerbomb, but Andrade climbed up to stop him. Balor then hit a leaping DDT off the top rope, taking Andrade down with him, and then hit the coup de gras for the win. 

Grade: B-. There were some fun bits to this match, like that leaping DDT and the part where Balor was no selling strikes. But this never really got off the ground floor. The crowd wasn’t very into it, and it didn’t seem like they put the extra effort in. All of that along with the fact that the demon makeup doesn’t actually change anything about Balor. It was largely disappointing, but still a fine match. The sad part is that this was my match of the night.

Backstage, Miz talked about how he wanted to win the Battle Royal. Jinder also said that. Cool.

Then we had Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon. Shane even brought his old World Cup trophy from crown jewel, so that was fun. Drew Mcintyre had his own special entrance as well like he was a separate competitor. Roman got a shit ton of pyro for his entrance. McIntyre got involved early on, first distracting Reigns, and then attacking him on the outside. At one point, Roman went for a superman punch and Shane caught him with a chop block to the leg in midair. Roman was eventually able to fight back into the match after a triangle hold, drilling McIntyre with a superman punch on the outside. As Roman got back in, Shane kicked the second rope for a low blow, and then speared Reigns. Shane went up for a coast to coast, and Roman put a stop to that with a superman punch. Shane and Reigns traded some blows, and Shane fell back into the ref. McIntyre then ran in for a huge claymore, and Shane pinned Reigns.

Grade: D. So Shane kinda deserves a title shot soon, right? This is his third pay per few win in a row, so he will probably challenge Kofi for the WWE Championship soon. He should at least. Anyway, this was a stinker. I didn’t care the second the bell rang, and Roman didn’t really get enough offense. Shane definitely shouldn’t have won here, he needs to lose soon. Shane’s heel turn was really good during the feud with the Miz, but he is now insufferable. I just hated this match, and I have grown to really hate Shane. 

Then we had Byron Saxton interviewing Kofi Kingston backstage about his concern over the Dolph Ziggler match, and Kingston said that this match was to prove that he is a great champion. 

Out next was the Lucha House Party for the handicap match against Lars Sullivan. Lars was quickly bloodied in the mouth as he beat down all of his opponents. Gran Metalik was able to get in some offense, allowing his partners to get in a few hits as well, but Sullivan quickly shut it down. At one point, Sullivan went to the top rope, and the Lucha Hosue Party collectively pushed him off. All three guys beat him down, causing a DQ. They beat him into the ground as a unit, but he quickly got up as they ran away.  He followed them, and ended up getting the last laugh by kicking their asses on the ramp. 

Grade: F. This was lame and bad. I really didn’t care, and Sullivan didn’t look dominant in really any way. The DQ finish was unnecessary, Sullivan should’ve just won here. I really didn’t expect much from this match, but it didn’t even meet those low expectations. 

Then we had Triple H vs. Randy Orton. The video package was awesome. Trips reused his motorcycle from last year’s wrestlemania for the entrance. I didn’t think it was particularly cool, and I thought it even less so when Michael Cole called it bad ass. They kinda felt each other out early on, just exchanging some submissions back and forth. Both went for their finishers, but were both able to struggle out of the set ups. Triple H worked over the arm quite a bit during the match, for no reason in particular. This match was pretty slow with very meticulous attacks on various body parts. At one point, Orton countered out of a pedigree and hit an RKO, but Triple H kicked out. Orton was so frustrated that he set up for the punt, only for Trips to block it and hit the pedigree, but Orton kicked out. At one point in the match, Trips body dropped Orton onto the announce table four times, but the table didn’t break. I don’t know if that was the intention, but it was a weird move to do four times. Trips then went for the punt himself, and Orton caught him in the RKO for the win.

Grade: C. I thought this match was really slow, and while they seemed very comfortable with each other, this match didn’t have much of a style. They beat each other up a bit, Trips attacked the arm, but it didn’t feel like a brawl. Outside of the finishers, I didn’t really care about this match, and that is never a feeling you want to come away with. 

Then we had a quick recap of the 24/7 title stuff that happened during the airplane ride. It was pretty funny. They also referred to the plane as a 747, so I dunno if that was some sort of product placement by Boeing, but it was odd, because they have had a lot of bad press right now.

Then Byron Saxton was backstage, and Corbin came up and said that a ref cost him his title shot. And I kinda agreed with him when he went on his little rant, it really was the ref’s fault. 

Into the battle of the beasts: Bobby Lashley vs. Braun Strowman. They started off with a New Japan style test of strength, before rolling around and showing their agility. Lashley quickly nailed Strowman with a running powerslam for a near fall early on. After a pretty fast start, things slowed down quite a bit with emphasis on power moves. At one point, Lashley hit Strowman with a vertical suplex on the stage, rolling him back in the ring for a near fall. Strowman quickly fought back into things by throwing Lashley off the top rope and hitting two running powerslams for the win. 

Grade: B-. This match started very promising with some very agile movement from both men, but it quickly slowed into the classic WWE big man match. It was slow and the power moves weren’t overly impressive. Strowman makes sense, but I have no idea what he is building towards. Both he and Lashley feel lost in the shuffle right now. 

Ali talked about how he wanted to win the Battle Royal because he wants to inspire the people of the middle east, showing them that he could fight through adversity, and that they can do the same. It was genuinely a powerful promo for how short it was, and this actually made sense for him to say. Also, Samoa Joe said something about winning, and it wasn’t nearly as good.

Then we had Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship. It was nice to see the WWE Championship be defended in a top slot on a pay per view card. It wasn’t the main event, but It was the last championship that was defended, so that is good enough for me. Michael Cole even called in the most important championshiop in the world today, which is funny considering that the Universal championship was defended earlier on the same card. Ziggler was all over Kingston early on in this match, wearing him down with submissions, strikes and lots of pins. Ziggler didn’t seem to target any body part in particular, but he did rake the eyes a lot, so I guess he was working the eyes? Is that a thing? I dunno.The two had an exciting rollup sequence. At one point, Kofi went for the trust fall to the floor, but Ziggler didn’t catch him all that well, so Kofi’s lower back really nailed the floor. Ziggler then started to work the back a bit, and even superkicked Xavier Woods when he tried to check on Kingston. That fired up Kofi, who threw Ziggler back into the right. They brawled a bit, and Kingston pushed Ziggler into the ropes, allowing Woods to nail an ensiguri, behind the ref’s back, and Kingston hit the trouble in paradise for the win.

Grade: B-. Even this didn’t really do it for me, although it was a good match. Ziggler’s selling was on point during this match, as it always is, and the kids in the crowd were hot for Kingston. But the match never really kicked into second gear here, and it was shockingly short. Also, I didn’t think that the interference was really necessary. It was a very heel spot, which almost made me think there would be a double turn. 

Backstage, Ziggler talked to Byron Saxton backstage, saying that he was a cheater and a coward. Saxton tried to say that he deserved it, but Ziggler said that he would’ve won without interference. Ziggler said that he wanted Kofi in a Steel Cage match. So this feud will go on, and I couldn’t say that I disagree with Ziggler here. Kingston did cheat, and I don’t think that he deserved it. Weird to see the heel ask for a cage match to keep people from interfering on the face’s behalf.

Then they had a cute segment of a bunch of fans who were excited to see the show. They said things like it isn’t hotter than the WWE, that this would be the best show in the world, and that nothing would stop them from watching. It was sweet, and as much as I oppose these shows going on in Saudi Arabia, I’m glad that the fans get to experience the show live. That is the one silver lining in all of this. 

Then we had the 50 man battle royal. First a bunch of people came out in a pack, including Xavier Woods, who looked dead at the camera and said, “That’s right, I came right back out here!” A couple people had special entrances, like Miz, and Samoa Joe. Cesaro came out in shorts rather than the usual trunks. Titus O’Neil got a special entrance, and there was a pop when he didn’t trip. Elias took shots at everyone who was in the match, and right when he was done, Miz threw him into the ring and the match started. I’ll just hit the fun eliminations, like the Singh Brothers who were surfing on top of everyone and were just thrown out. Tony Nese was eliminated, and they just casually mentioned that he was the cruiserweight champion, which really sucks. The commentators didn’t really know what to talk about, so they just talked about the heat. There was a cool moment where the Viking Raiders, AOP and Heavy Machinery all squared off, nice to see Akam back from injury. Titus hid underneath the ring, and had a weird moment where he dominated for a while. What the hell was that about? is he like, super over in Saudi Arabia? No disrespect to Titus, but he isn’t that big of a star. He eliminated both of the Viking Raiders, so maybe he will get a push. He was eliminated by Shelton Benjamin with a high knee. Zach Ryder saved Curt Hawkins from elimination by Samoa Joe, only for him to eliminate both of the tag champs. They vaguely mentioned Monsoor being in the match, which was also weird because he was recruited before the Greatest Royal Rumble last year, and is from Saudi Arabia. Rowan ran wild a bit, but was eliminated by a shower of superkicks from the Usos. Matt Hardy gave both of the Revival a twist of fate and eliminated them. The best elimination was when Cesaro gave Cedric Alexander a big swing, and then monkey flipped him out of the ring. As Shinsuke hit Sin Cara with a Kinshasa, Corey Graves tried to shout it excitedly, only for his voice to shit out, and Renee and Michael made fun of him on commentary. Ricochet and Ali worked together to fight the heels a bit, and they would be a fun tag team if they need one. They even worked together to eliminate Samoa Joe. The final two were Elias and Monsoor, and just then the Saudi Arabia crowd realized that he was in the match, and they came alive. The was nearly eliminated but skinned the cat, and back body dropped Elias over the top rope to win it. 

After the match, Byron Saxton interviewed Monsoor, who looked so happy to have this moment. He talked about the importance of the moment, and how just one year ago he was only a prospect, and now he represents his country in the WWE. The crowd showered him with a you deserve it chant, and he said that his dream came true. He spoke some Arabic, and the crowd popped huge, had they had some pyro for him. It was really nice, and some people in the crowd were even crying.

Grade: C+. This was about as good as a normal battle royal, it just took longer for exciting things to happen. Not too many spot that I loved, but it was still fun. I don’t know how the hell R-Truth wasn’t even in the match, like why wouldn’t they have some fun 24/7 shenanagins in this match. But I loved the ending stretch between Elias and Monsoor, and the crowd was so hot for him that it was tough to not feel anything for the moment. I’m glad they got to see their hometown boy Monsoor bring home the win in the biggest battle royal in history. Still, it was only a battle royal, so I don’t think it was that great of a match. I bumped it up 2 grades for the nice moment and hot crowd in the end. 

And in the main event, we had Undertaker vs. Goldberg. Goldberg botched his entrance coming in, only doing the kick for the pyro rather than the whole punch and kick combination, which was also completely off beat. So there was four shots of pyro, but only one kick that happened like 5 seconds before the first pyro. Taker had druids out for his entrance, with flames spouting up during the entrance. The commentators made this a very WCW vs. WWF match, but it wasn’t dominating the entire story. They also just made sure that we knew it was a dream match. Goldberg and Taker started with a staredown, and Taker punched Goldberg right in the face, which prompted Goldberg to hit a pair of spears for a near fall. So after that hot opening, we then had Goldberg, the destroyer and king of 3 minute matches, lock in a kneebar. After they got out, Taker dodged a shoulder block, so Goldberg went through the ropes and into the post, and it smacked him right in the head, so he was bleeding a lot. Take hit a tombstone, and Goldberg definitely hit the mat with his head, still only a two count. Renee said that there was an eerie quiet in the arena, and all I could think was that there had been an eerie quiet the entire event. Goldberg hit yet another spear as Taker went for a big boot, and nailed a horribly botched jackhammer, where Taker landed right on his head. Taker still kicked out. Goldberg then tried to hit a tombstone, but they messed that up bad. Taker then hit a chokeslam for an abrupt win. 

Grade: D+. I am not the kind of reviewer that times matches, but I looked this one up. 8:44. That is a long Goldberg match, and at this stage its a long Taker match too. But they wanted to get all their shit in, but it went down terribly. I don’t know what happened to Goldberg, but he was not the same after getting posted. I hope he doesn’t have a concussion, but the Tombstone certainly didn’t help. Taker could have died on that botched jackhammer too, but thankfully is okay and still walking. I guess I am giving this a relatively good grade, because it was still a cool sight to see them, and those first two spears were exciting.

Overall Grade: C

Grade Adjusted for Blood money: F 

Predictions: 7/9. 

Pros: before the show, the Saudi Arabian fans were super excited; the fans popped huge for Monsoor’s battle royal win

Cons: Shane vs. Reigns; handicap match; trips vs. orton; taker vs. goldberg; the fact that i actually had to watch this show over three days because of how bad it was.

Also, my apologies for not reviewing the Usos vs. Revival match. I didn’t know that there was a pre show match until after I started watching, so I figured that I would watch it at the end. But it is now Sunday, and after three days of this god awful show, I need to watch Dominion as quickly as possible.