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My Opinion on Why Everyone Hates Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns debuted on the main roster alongside Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose in a faction called The Shield. During this time he became Tag Team Champion with Seth Rollins and overall dominated the roster, that was until The Shield was destroyed by Seth Rollins. After that he challenged Brock Lesnar for the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania 31 but didn't win. Later on he won his first World Heavyweight Championship against Dean Ambrose at Survivor Series 2015, only to lose it 5 minutes and 15 seconds later to a Money In The Bank cash in from Sheamus. He later defeated Sheamus to regain the title again, lost it in the Royal Rumble match to Triple H and then main evented Wrestlemania 32 to regain the title. Now he's suspended and Dean Ambrose has the championship but before the suspension Roman was being pushed as the company's top face, so why did everyone hate him? Pretty much the same reason I do, and here is that reason. 

Roman Reigns' high point in his World Heavyweight Championship feuds were when he beat Sheamus to win the title for the second time. He had such an underdog feel that people cheered for him and wanted him to win, myself included. So what happened after that? What made him lose all that momentum? He lost his underdog feel. He began dominating everyone so badly he was no longer the underdog in fact, he was expected to win. And he did every time. 

Roman Reigns was no longer the underdog and it began to frustrate people. Not because he wasn't the underdog but because every match he was in he won. It wouldn't be so bad if his background weren't as it was. See the reason the overwhelming majority of kids like Roman Reigns is because he's the good guy but the reason the overwhelming majority of adults dislike Roman Reigns is because he isn't that great of a wrestler, well he wasn't.

Roman Reigns has become a better wrestler than when he first started being in the World Heavyweight Title picture but since people still have that idea in their head that he's a bad wrestler and all they're going to stay on the band wagon of hating Roman Reigns for that reason. Looking at how he became a WWE wrestler it's actually quite easy to dislike him. Previous to FCW which at the time was WWE's Developmental Territory, Roman Reigns had little experience in professional wrestling. He was actually going to be a football player, but the WWE gave him a call leading more mature fans to assume he was called for more his physical appearance rather than his overall skill in wrestling.

You may be wondering then, why do people boo him for that? When people see Roman Reigns be pushed as the best in the company and as someone who's almost never beat it annoys them because he didn't really work for what he has. Roman Reigns got handed a spot in the WWE while people like AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, and more went through multiple promotions and countries to end up in the WWE and all end up getting beaten by Roman. It wouldn't have been as bad if Roman had more time before his title runs to develop his skills not only in the ring but on the mic as well, and even though he's gotten better people are going to remember the fact that WWE pushed him so hard and he wasn't ready.

Apart from all that Roman Reigns' character is kind of just boring. Period. He's the cliche good guy, follows all rules and still wins gimmick is boring as it is but alsonhas been already used by, yup you guessed it, John Cena. He isn't even as popular anymore. The time when Roman Reigns said he wasn't a good guy or a bad guy he's just the guy was way too obvious that they were trying to shift him from the character and annoyed the fans even more.

My opinion is that Roman Reigns was pushed way too early, his character hadn't fully been developed along with that his in ring and mic skills. However I think he's improved drastically in all of the respects but fans still have the idea that
was originally stuck in their heads. It kind of annoys me when they chant "you still suck" or "you can't wrestle" because despite the fact that I'm not the biggest fan of Roman Reigns he still goes out and risks himself every night to entertain the fans and I honestly think he's underappreciated.

That's why I think everyone hates Roman Reigns. Have a different opinion? Comment and let me know.
Until next time,
Devon Wizard

Smackdown July 7th 2016

Smackdown

One thing to point out starting off is that Jerry Lawler is back! I assume since WWE let him return to his job he was proven innocent. Either way the show kicked off with a confrontation between Jey Uso and Seth Rollins which lead to the making of a match between the two.

Seth Rollins defeats Jey Uso

Dean Ambrose became the guest ring announcer for this match and sat at ringside for the entirety of the match. He kept joking around with Seth by constantly going on the mic and saying things in an attempt to distract Seth. It didn't work though as Seth reversed the Frog Splash and hit Jey Uso with the Pedigree to get the win. It's good that Seth won clean, I just don't like how silly Dean was being. I understand it's part of his character but Seth stabbed him in the back a couple years ago, I wouldn't be joking with him if I were Dean.

Zack Ryder defeats Sheamus

Wait what? Zack Ryder beat Sheamus? With the El-Bro...well that outcome was very unexpected. After the match with Zack's new theme song playing, Tom Phillips came out and asked 'What's next for Zack Ryder?" Zack replied by challenging Rusev in a match for a chance to regain the United States Championship. Although I like Zack Ryder and would like to see him with a championship, there's a part of me that thinks he'll make the belt seem less important. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Rusev Interview

In a backstage interview Rusev was asked what he thought of Zack Ryder challenging him for his US Championship. Rusev's response was "If Zack Ryder is man enough to challenge me face to face on Raw, he'll prove not all Americans are cowards, but I'll prove to him all Americans are losers." This I feel will probably be a match at Battleground which I guess I'm fine with as long as it's not a match that will be at Summerslam, it's not big enough for that unless it becomes more interesting somehow.

Becky Lynch Attacked 

On her way to the ring for a match against Summer Rae I believe, Becky Lynch was attacked from behind by Natalya. She ended her attack with a Sharpshooter outside the ring but this just really annoys me. I hate Natalya. She hasn't even given a good reason for attacking Becky and I've been complaining about that since her first attack on Becky. She's an awful heel.

New Day Still Together?

After what happened between The New Day on Monday Night Raw I thought The New Day had disbanded. However in an interview with Xavier Woods he spoke about the dangers that could be present at the Wyatt Family's compound. He then said "Am I happy about the decision my brothers have made? No. Am I going to stand by them? Yes. I'll be at the compound." I'm very happy that The New Day aren't breaking up yet but it's still possible something could happen at the compound, maybe Xavier will join the Wyatt Family?

Enzo and Cass on Why They Helped John Cena on Raw

Cass started by explaining that it wasn't because they have any personal issues with The Club, nor do they have a personal connection with John Cena. It was about sending a message. If The Club come out every week to beat up John Cena what's stopping them from doing that to them was their reason, honestly kind of a stupid reason but whatever. 

After that The Club came out. They cut a bit of a promo that was pretty funny where they talked about beating up John Cena, Enzo, and Cass. At the end AJ Styles challenged Enzo Amore to a match and he accepted. It was a funny segment that builds up hype for their match at Battleground which at first I didn't like, but is now starting to grow on me.

AJ Styles defeats Enzo Amore

Early on Enzo botched a kind of side ways Swan Dive over the rope but got his foot caught and flopped on the ground. Luckily he wasn't too badly hurt but when on to lose to AJ after having received the Styles Clash. It's right for AJ to win in my opinion considering he's more of a singles competitor and Enzo is more of a tag team competitor. 

Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho Segment

These two have such good chemistry together I love it. Every conversation they have is hilarious and I hope that after Kevin Owens is done his feud with Sami Zayn maybe he can get in to one with Chris Jericho.

The Miz defeats Kalisto

Considering The Miz doesn't have an opponent for Battleground yet, I'm glad he got a clean victory over Kalisto so he didn't ignite a feud with him. That being said I hope he finds an opponent soon so the story can have time to develop before the match.

Sami Zayn defeats Chris Jericho

Kevin Owens came out to be on commentary for this match and it would've been hilarious if I could hear what he was saying but the audio was really bad. Either way the match ended when Sami Zayn was about to Heluva Kick Jericho but instead gave it to Kevin Owens who was on the apron. Jericho then attempted to put Zayn in the Walls of Jericho put Zayn reversed and rolled up Jericho for the win.

After the match during Sami Zayn's celebration Chris Jericho hit him with the Code Breaker. After he left, Kevin Owens got back in the ring and hit Zayn with the Pop Up Powerbomb, which is hopefully what will happen at Battleground.

Star of the Night: Kevin Owens Show

Kevin Owens is the man. Anything he does is entertaining and I love the guy. I really hope he wins against Sami Zayn at Battleground but then again I wouldn't mind if Zayn won and they had their final match to end it all at Summerslam, since Owens took the first win at Payback a couple months ago.

Kevin Owens is my MVP for tonight! I'm also excited to see what happens on Raw between the Wyatts and The New Day. Maybe they'll go to the compound then? We'll have to wait and see.

Until next time,

Devon Wizard

NXT July 6th 2016

NXT 

Bayley defeats Alexa Bliss 

Bayley beats Alexa Bliss in what I believe was a number one contenders match by pinfall after hitting Alexa with the Bayley to Belly. After the match I thought Bayley would then challenge Asuka for the NXT Womens Championship, but she went on the mic. She talked about her inury and how she had to sit back and watch Nia Jax take her opportunity. Then Nia Jax came out. Nia Jax requested one more match with Bayley in which Bayley replied "You got it sister"

This leaves me wondering whether or not Bayley will enter a feud with Nia Jax again or go on to face Asuka for the title? Or maybe both? I guess we'll see.

Interview with The Revival

In the eyes of The Revival there is no doubt that they will be beating American Alpha ending the interview with "Tonight we talk heavy, and we hit hard."

Blake and Murphy vs The Hype Bros

Blake and Murphy decided to give it one more go as a team against The Hype Bros. It didn't work out too well as mid match they'd begin bickering only for everyone in the match except for Murphy to get a spear from the returning Rhyno. To be honest I'm not a fan of Rhyno but maybe he can shake things up a bit in NXT.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Finn Balor Video Package

This was a very cool little video hyping up Nakamura vs Balor and it's starting to have a real big fight feel. Super excited for next Wednesday and my prediction is that Shinsuke Nakamura will pick up the win so Finn Balor can move on to the main roster and be with The Club.

The Revival defeats American Alpha 2 Falls to 1 to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships

The first fall came after a while when Jason Jordan made Dash Wilder tap to an ankle lock. The second fall came not too long after as Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder were working on Jason Jordan's knee. Finally Scott Dawson made him tap to the leg bar. The last fall came a bit afterwards when The Revival hits their finisher on Jason Jordan on the ring apron to pick up the last fall.

Although my prediction of The Authors of Pain interfering was wrong I'm happy that The Revival won clean to retain their NXT Tag Team Championships. Now all they have to do is beat Johnny Gargano and Tomasa Ciampa.

Star of the Night: The Revival vs American Alpha

Every bout between these two is great and although this wasn't their best match in my opinion it was still fantastic. I'm glad The Revival won as well and clean proving that they're the heels who can win without cheating.

NXT is becoming very interesting as of late and I can't wait to see where the Shinsuke Nakamura vs Finn Balor feud goes. Maybe Finn will make his main roster debut at Summerslam or maybe even Battleground?

Until next time,

Devon Wizard

Brock Lesnar's Opponent

Brock Lesnar to face Randy Orton at Summerslam

According to Sportsnet the opponent announced that will be facing Brock will be the returning Randy Orton. Does this mean it will be a feud or will it simply be just one match? Either way I'm excited not only because Randy Orton is making his long awaited return for injury, but this could be a really good match! It could really add to the Summerslam card as one of the main events and depending on where the story goes, I wonder if Orton will return as a face or a heel. 

Source: Wrestle Zone

Until next time,

Devon Wizard

Raw July 4th 2016

Monday Night Raw

Raw this week started with a food fight segment because it was Independence Day. It was a funny segment that I kind of enjoyed, especially Kevin Owens' comment at the end where after getting pied in the face he said "This wouldn't have happened on Canada Day."

Rusev retains the United States                   

Championship against Titus O'Neil

For a second I thought they were going to let Titus win because it was July 4th but luckily they rightfully allowed Rusev to retain the Championship by absolutely dismembering Titus with The Accolade. Now maybe they can stop beating the same horse and have Cesaro challenge Rusev for the title again.

Enzo and Big Cass defeat The Social Outcasts (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel)

The Social Outcasts came out dressed as some American figures I assume. They rightfully lost against Enzo and Cass in a meh match.

Charlotte Promo

Charlotte came out flanked by Dana Brooke of course and began talking about how everyone is jealous of her because she's the best at everything she does and the proof is around her waist, referring to the WWE Womens Championship. She then said that no one is more jealous than Sasha Banks adding that "The Boss" is all hype. That's when Sasha Banks came out. Sasha talked about how Charlotte may be the champ, but she'll never be Sasha Banks, and she'll never beat Sasha Banks. Charlotte then called herself the Legit Boss which lead to Sasha roasting her by saying a legit boss has her own style and isn't a knockoff of her dad in the 80s.

Sasha is a legend holy. I just need them to make it official already that she'll be challenging Charlotte for the title at Battleground and I'll be happy, well I will be when Sasha wins.

Dean Ambrose defeats The Miz

One thing to mention is that they're officially calling the World Heavyweight Championship the WWE Championship now so...maybe a new title will come with the brand split? Anyways we'd already seen this match last week on Smackdown despite Michael Cole saying it's rare. The match was very similar too with Dean hurting the exact same leg throughout the match. Just like on Smackdown Dean won. As he was celebrating Seth Rollins interrupted as his match was next, so Dean decided to go on commentary.

Seth Rollins defeats Dolph Ziggler

Rollins easily beat Ziggler hitting the Pedigree after reversing the Zig Zag. After the match Rollins grabbed a mic and stepped up on the announce table to talk about how Roman should be taken out the triple threat. Dean stepped up and Seth talked about how Dean stole the title from him even though he deserves it more. That's when Dean Ambrose attacked Seth Rollins ending the assault with Dirty Deeds on the announce table.

Wyatt Family

There was a short video with The Wyatt Family at a farm looking place. They invited The New Day to their "compound" where they're from.

Baron Corbin Video Package

It was a cool video highlighting what he's done on the main roster thus far but I'm not sure why it was there, he wasn't even on Raw.

Vickie Guerrero 

Excuse me! It's good ol' Vickie Guerrero. God her voice is annoying. Anyways she said she's putting her name in to be the new GM for Smackdown when it goes live and I sincerely hope she doesn't get it.

The Golden Truth defeats The Vaudevillains

So...the team of The Vaudevillains that have been in the tag title picture for the last couple months are now jobbing to The Golden Truth. RIP Vaudevillains momentum if they even had any to begin with.

John Cena addressed The Club 

John Cena started out by saying he realized that if you fight one member of The Club, you fight the whole Club. With that he called out The Club and brought back his old catch phrase "You want some, Come get some."  The Club of course came out and began by saying that they will soon run the WWE, but they can't do that until they get rid of John Cena. 

There was a part I thought was kind of funny when AJ Styles said he needed The Club in case John decided to break out the shovel and bury him, if you don't understand it's wrestling slang. He also said that no one came out to help John Cena because no one can relate to him, but they can relate to The Club. Everyone wants to beat up John Cena but The Club are the only ones with big enough balls to do it. With that they charged the ring and dominated Cena until Enzo and Big Cass came out to even the odds. This lead to a match at Battleground being scheduled; John Cena and Enzo and Big Cass vs The Club. I was hoping for a Cena Styles rematch so I'm not too excited about this match, but the segment was funny. 

Becky Lynch defeats Summer Rae

The only thing I have to really talk about with this match is that it's promoting a match at Battleground that I'm not excited or anticipating at all. Becky Lynch vs Natalya. I mean Natalya hasn't even given us a good reason for attacking Becky.

New Day Promo

The New Day start to joke about the invite to the compound, however Xavier stays quiet the whole time. This goes on until The Wyatts appear on the titantron and tell them to come to his world and see the truth. "You laugh at my invite but it's a challenge. are you in?" Bray asked the New Day. He added "lest us forget that you started this and when you're ready, we'll be waiting."

The New Day begins to joke some more when Xavier begins to yell "Why can
't you see what's going on? They're dangerous and if you can't see that then...I don't think the New Day will be able to survive." With that Xavier walked out raising the question, is the New Day breaking up? For the sake of good story telling I wouldn't mind I just hope they make something out of this.

Team U.S.A. defeats The Multicultural Alliance

It was a 16 man elimination tag team match and of course Team U.S.A. won its Independence Day. It ended with The Big Show and Zack Ryder left on Team U.S.A. pinning the final man on the Multicultural Alliance, Sheamus.

Star of the Night: Brock Lesnar's Opponent

It was announced that on Smackdown this week Brock Lesnar's opponent for Summerslam would be announced which gives an actual reason to watch Smackdown. Even though I'm a bit salty that he's on the cover of WWE 2K17 and not someone who's here all the time, it's still exciting and could lead to possible returns.

All in all this episode of Raw had all the right guys, but in the end was just meh.

Until next time,

Devon Wizard

How WWE Should Book...

John Cena vs The Undertaker

Wrestlemania 32 

My story starts at Wrestlemania 32 so it's kind of how they should have booked but mostly how they should so just go with it. Shane McMahon and The Undertaker are having their battle inside Hell in a Cell. Shane jumps off the cell and misses The Undertaker, who then carries Shane back in to the ring where he hits the Tombstone Piledriver and pins him 1 2 3. The Undertaker begins to walk up the ramp as Shane receives medical attention as he should being a 46 year old man who just jumped off a 20 foot cell. Undertaker stops halfway from the stage, then turns around and begins walking back to the ring. He grabs a microphone and says "Vince...I'm not your bitch."

Undertaker steps back in to the ring and tosses aside all the medical staff. He starts beating on Shane again. Vince McMahon then comes out but runs right in to a chokeslam from The Undertaker. Undertaker picks Shane up and is about to hit him with another Tombstone Piledriver when John Cena's music hits. Cena sprints down to the ring and Undertaker drops Shane. When John Cena slides in to the ring the two go at it and start beating the hell out of each other.

Undertaker however assumes control of the fight and Cena is momentarily stunned. Undertaker wraps his hand around Cena's throat, but when he picks him up Cena leap frogs Taker and picks him up for the Attitude Adjustment. He hits his finisher and raises his hands in dominance.

Royal Rumble 2017

Fast forward to the Royal Rumble pay per view and we haven't seen Undertaker since Wrestlemania 32. Since then John Cena has won the World Heavyweight Championship at Summerslam against Roman Reigns and is still locked in a feud with him. At Royal Rumble John Cena succesfully defended the title against Roman Reigns due to a double count out that was caused by Roman Reigns getting carried away with beating up Cena. It ends in a double count out so there's still a main event worthy match for Fastlane and the matches stay interesting because every time Roman comes close to winning the title back Seth Rollins steals the victory from him.

The Royal Rumble match is the main event and there's only one entrant left to enter. There are four men left in the ring; Dean Ambrose, Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler, and Kane. Kane was dominating until the other three men began to gang up on him. The clock starts counting down and when the buzzer beeps only one sound can be heard...*Gong*. The lights go out.

Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler, and Dean Ambrose were all facing the entrance ramp awaiting who they now knew was The Undertaker. However when the lights emerged back on The Undertaker was standing behind the three men. The Undertaker eliminates Sami Zayn as Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler turn around in shock. The Undertaker runs at them but Dean Ambrose rolls out the way, However Dolph was eliminated. Then Kane gets up and begins a stare down with his brother, The Undertaker. As they fight Kane gets hit and is leaning against the ropes as Ambrose comes out of nowhere and eliminates him. So the final two are Dean Ambrose and The Undertaker.

The two fight for at least another ten minutes and during that time there are many close calls for eliminations. The fight comes to a climax when Undertaker goes to chokeslam Dean Ambrose out the ring but Ambrose holds on to his arm and pulls him out on to the apron. The two exchange blows on the apron until The Undertaker grasps Dean's throat once again in an attempt to eliminate him via chokeslam again. However when The Undertaker lifts Ambrose, John Cena comes out of nowhere from the inside of the ring and pulls Dean back in. Undertaker swipes at Cena who dodges then out of nowhere Ambrose drop kicks Undertaker right in the face, eliminating him and crowning himself the winner of the Royal Rumble. This also marks the first shades of Cena's heel turn.

Fastlane 2017

At Fastlane the main event is John Cena vs Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Title. Since Cena is supposed to kind of be a heel now it never looks like he's going to win until Seth Rollins interferes. So again, Roman is setting up to spear Cena when Seth Rollins' music hits and he runs out. A furious and distracted Roman Reigns swears at Seth but turns around to an Attitude Adjustment from John Cena. 

Right as Cena is about to pin Roman Reigns *Gong* the lights go out. When the lights come back on Seth Rollins is being choked by The Undertaker who them performs a chokeslam. John Cena begins yelling at both The Undertaker and the referee to eject him when he gets hit with a Superman Punch from Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns then hits John Cena with the spear 1 2 3. Roman Reigns is the new World Heavyweight Champion. Whilst celebrating Roman gets attacked from behind by Cena, but Cena is quickly scooped up by The Undertaker who delivers a deadly Tombstone Piledriver. 

Raw

The Raw after Fastlane, John Cena comes out. He begins to scream at the booing crowd yelling "I was screwed!" He says it's all The Undertaker's fault and that if it wasn't for him he'd still be the champion. He then called Undertaker out, calling him by his real name to make this rivalry feel really personal. He says "Undertaker...or should I say Mark, GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!"

*Gong*

The Undertaker comes out and when he finishes his entrance looks Cena right in the eyes. John Cena stares right back until he brings the microphone to his mouth and says "Mark, everyone around here is sick and tired of you. They're sick and tired of this act you have, this game you play. That's why I'm going to be the one to get rid of you. At Wrestlemania 33 I want to face you...in a career match. If I win YOU GO HOME."

Undertaker swipes the mic from Cena and slowly said "everyone around here is actually sick and tired of you being the poster boy for this company when you're not as talented as half of the guys here. You got your match Cena, but if I win...you go home." 

Cena grabs the mic back "You're on" he drops the mic and walks out.

Wrestlemania 33

John Cena vs The Undertaker, career vs career. It's the semi main event, the main event was developed earlier as a Shield Triple Threat for the World Heavyweight Championship between Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins. However John Cena vs The Undertaker starts with a video package highlighting the events of last Wrestlemania, then the Royal Rumble, Fastlane and finally the making of the match on Raw. The video ends with a gong, and The Undertaker makes his entrance. John Cena interrupts right as Undertaker is pulling off his hat which draws more heat. John Cena makes his entrance.

It's a long match to make them both seem like warriors. A lot of shocking spots until the match comes to a climax. The Undertaker sets up Cena for the Tombstone Piledriver after a chokeslam and hits the piledriver. 1 2 John Cena kicks out. Undertaker is shocked but goes up to the top rope to attempt a swanton bomb. When he jumps though Cena rolls out the way and picks up Taker. He hits him with the Attitude Adjustment. 1 2 Undertaker kicks out. John Cena, looking frustrated picks up The Undertaker and flips him over for a Tombstone Piledriver of his own. He hits it. 1 2 Undertaker kicks out again. Cena picks him up and lifts him on his shoulders for the Attitude Adjustment. He looks right at the camera and says "It's over." He hits him with the Attitude Adjustment. 1 2 3 John Cena wins.

After Cena leaves, Undertaker sits up really quickly like he does to get a huge pop from the crowd. It's an amazing moment and the celebration of a 26 year long career that will forever be remembered. The Undertaker goes down on one knee and does his tongue thing with the hand up as the crowd chants "Thank You Taker." His theme song begins to play as he walks up the entrance ramp one last time. Before disappearing he raises his arm one more time before emerging back stage never to be seen again.

And that's how I think WWE should book John Cena vs The Undertaker.

Until next time,

Devon Wizard

Smackdown June 30th 2016

Smackdown

At the beginning of Smackdown they announced a Fatal 4 Way Match where the winner would face Rusev later in the night for the United States Championship. That match would kick off Smackdown.

Cesaro defeated Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, and Apollo Crews

I was rooting for Cesaro but I was also very skeptical. Had WWE just decided to forget about Titus O'Neil fighting for the title? During the match I also thought that it was stupid that Del Rio and Sheamus were even trying to work together considering what happened between them on Raw. Nonetheless Cesaro won by performing the Cesaro Swing on Del Rio then forcing him to tap out to the Sharpshooter. 

After the match when Cesaro was on his way out Del Rio attacked Cesaro. He hit him with a Corner Stomp off the apron on the the outside of the ring which "injured" Cesaro's ribs. That's when Rusev came out and said that if Cesaro was really the Swiss Superman he would face Rusev for the title right now. Not wanting to look like a coward but clearly in pain, Cesaro accepted.

Rusev defeats Cesaro to retain the United States Championship

After Cesaro accepted the challenge their match started shortly after, and I thought it was amazing. This match alone for some reason made the US Championship mean so much more. It was such a good match in my opinion. Rusev eventually wrenched in the Accolade and forced Cesaro to tap but I would really like to see more between these two if it's all that good. 

After the match in a backstage interview between Renee Young and Rusev it was announced that Rusev will once again defend the United States Championship on Raw against Titus O'Neil. All I could think was really? You could've had a feud that was actually interesting and entertaining but instead are bringing Titus O'Neil back in the mix. No offense to Titus but he's just boring.

Dana Brooke defeats Billy Kay

Nothing to say, never seen Billy Kay before probably won't see her again.

Miz TV with guest Dean Ambrose

The two would bicker throughout the show until it climaxed when Miz blindsided Ambrose setting up for main event Champion vs Champion match. Intercontinental Champion The Miz vs World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose.

Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman defeat some jobbers

This match existed to lead to what happened after when New Day appeared on the titantron mimicking the Wyatts, but Xavier still looked very afraid and quiet. The segment ended with Bray acknowledging Xavier's fear, and told him to tell his friends what he already knows. This rivalry is becoming very interesting especially with Xavier and what not. I'm very curious to see where this is going and what's wrong with Xavier Woods.

Sasha Banks defeats Summer Rae

As expected Sasha Banks wins with a bit of difficulty but not enough to halt the momentum she has. On the topic of Summer Rae what the heck is her deal? I feel like it's only a matter of time before she's let go or she quits because she hasn't had any major accomplishments and probably never will...sorry.

Dean Ambrose defeats The Miz

It was a surprisingly good and fast paced match that ended with Dean Ambrose reversing a double axe handle from the top rope on to The Miz in to Dirty Deeds. My only concern is the Skull Crushing Finale. Everyone always seems to kick out of his finishing move including Ambrose in this match. It shouldn't be his finisher if he doesn't finish anybody with it.

Star of the Night: Rusev vs Cesaro

This was a stand out match in my opinion and I don't know why it wasn't the main event. I also don't understand why they don't continue this feud, well I guess for all I know they still could. I hope they do.

That was my Smackdown review, hope you enjoyed and 

Until next time,

Devon Wizard