Money in the Bank Rate Money in the Bank 2018
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This was a good ppv. No point getting pissy if the person you like didn't win or the person you don't like won. It's wrestling. It has always been like that, get over yourself. Good fucking show 7/10
The potential storyline of Braun stalking the world champion is a fun and interesting story.
The potential storyline of Braun stalking the world champion is a fun and interesting story.
been informed indy wrestler Jessika Havok was spotted in the crowd at money in the bank! could this mean she could be coming to the wwe?
Why did Asuka scream when she saw Ellsworth. Massive overreaction. I don't know why she was so bamboozled? Is she meant to be stupid or something?
Didn't watch much of this because I'm not willing to spend four hours on something I'm barely invested in. I was planning on watching the Money in the Bank ladder match but I work Sunday Nights and was immediately spoiled on the results of that when logging on to social media, so I pretty much shrugged off watching those. I'm sure they were fine matches, most Money in the Bank matches I've seen has been a good time, but I couldn't muster up any interest in spending like forty minutes watching two matches when I knew the outcome, especially since I didn't like either outcome. So I'm just going to ramble about what I did see.
Watched Bryan vs. Cass because I like Daniel Bryan and it kicked-off the show so I was still in a good mood (foreshadowing) so I decided what the hell and watched it. I'm pretty happy with that decision as this was fairly good match. Admittedly it was totally lifeless whenever Cass was in charge, and I don't really blame the crowd for only making noise when Bryan was in control. A lot of Cass' offense in this match was simply punching Bryan, waiting, and then punching Bryan again. Very slow, and boring, and he only did crowd work during the pause between punches once throughout bout. Still, I ended up enjoying this match because Bryan kept the pace up well, the Big Boot from Cass was a very convincing false finish, and I thought it was clever how the match constantly (i.e. they did it twice) punished Big Cass for his limited offense. He essentially lost the match because his went for that Torture Rack slam a second time, and I like that. I also really like that Daniel Bryan won. At the time I was worried this feud would carry over until Extreme Rules so I figured thought they might've had Cass get his win back but nope, Bryan beats him clean as a whistle twice and then they fire him. I am not upset with that at all.
Next match I watched was Asuka vs. Carmella. Ugh. Saying I "Hated it" wouldn't be entirely accurate since I've lost too much passion for WWE/Wrestling/Life to get legitimately heated over a stupid finish but I did almost shut off my feed and I'm pretty much at the point where yeah, I'm kinda over WWE. I'm sure I'll check up on SummerSlam, and part of me wants to watch Styles vs. Rusev but I'm kinda washing my hands after this. And it's not because Asuka lost, waaa! mah gurl didn't win. I'd be upset that she'd lose but if it was handled differently I'm a rational enough person to not criticize it simply for not catering to my desires. But their attempt at a dirty finish was to simply have Asuka stare at Ellsworth for like two minutes straight. And man, it made her look so stupid. But no, she didn't just look stupid for staring at Ellsworth because they had Carmella roll her up, Asuka kicked out, beat Carmella up real quickly then immediately went back to staring at Ellsworth. Like, presumably they had her kick out to keep her looking strong, like she's no Baron Corbin a roll-up's not enough to take her down but instead it just makes her look like an idiot. The only way she could've look stupider is if they had her going "duuuuuuuhhhh" and start drooling, though at least then I'd be mildly aroused (by the drooling only mind you, I don't know why I want to clarify that) She clearly could've beaten Carmella but instead was too mesmerized by a cosplay.
Hell, she could've easily went for a pin and just kept her eyes locked in on Ellsworth. Have Asuka do that, and during the count Ellsworth begins to enter the ring, Asuka breaks the fall and knocks Ellsworth down. When Asuka turns around, Carmella hits her Superkick and pins Asuka then after the match you can reveal it was Ellsworth in the cosplay. If they did it that way I wouldn't have much to complain about concerning the finisher, that would've significantly diminished how stupid she looked, and it would've made it feel like Ellsworth had an active role in costing her the match, rather than a passive one of just standing there in a mask and robe. But instead we just got a finish that made Asuka look brain-dead. And unfortunately, the match itself was bad too. There were some good moments, mostly courtesy of Asuka but credit where credit's due, Carmella's suicide dive was nice and a good way of conveying how big of a threat Asuka is to her. Suicide Dive's are a dime a dozen in WWE, pretty much everyone does one but Carmella typically doesn't, she didn't against Charlotte, her moveset is usually just a bunch of rest-holds so relative to her it was a big move to pull out and I appreciate that. Besides that, Carmella's offense was mostly boring, and there was a lot of it. The match was too competitive, doesn't the story of the dirty finish work better if the match is built towards it? Outside of her freak-out at Asuka kicking out of the dive, the match didn't work towards it. Carmella needed to struggle more with Asuka than she did, Asuka should've been in the control of the match more than she was.
Finally, because I wanted to end on a good note, Shinsuke vs. Styles. I've been bitching about Asuka's booking for so long so I'll try and make this quick. It took awhile for me to get into it, I don't know whether that was because I was really tired when I watched this or still a little disconnected from the Asuka finish, but much like every other match in this feud the early-goings were a little boring to me. Shinsuke's peculiar behavior mostly salvaged it, I absolutely love the jig/strut he did when he was uncovering all the announce tables. Once I got into it though it was a fairly enjoyable belt, competently told and escalated at a steady pace. I never felt like their Mania match ever got going and their other two matches had draw finishes so by simple virtue of having a proper conclusion the Last Man Standing match was destined to be their best WWE encounter but thankfully it wasn't their best simply by default. The last few minutes of the match was the perfect culmination of the feud. From Shinsuke's "come on" demonstrating the twisted personality that built this feud, to perhaps the most cathartic low-blow in wrestling history, to the Phenomenal Forearm through the announce table, a big spot to end the match, the feud, and punctuate the point of this storyline which I guess is AJ Styles will forever be better than Shinsuke Nakamura that loser.
Watched Bryan vs. Cass because I like Daniel Bryan and it kicked-off the show so I was still in a good mood (foreshadowing) so I decided what the hell and watched it. I'm pretty happy with that decision as this was fairly good match. Admittedly it was totally lifeless whenever Cass was in charge, and I don't really blame the crowd for only making noise when Bryan was in control. A lot of Cass' offense in this match was simply punching Bryan, waiting, and then punching Bryan again. Very slow, and boring, and he only did crowd work during the pause between punches once throughout bout. Still, I ended up enjoying this match because Bryan kept the pace up well, the Big Boot from Cass was a very convincing false finish, and I thought it was clever how the match constantly (i.e. they did it twice) punished Big Cass for his limited offense. He essentially lost the match because his went for that Torture Rack slam a second time, and I like that. I also really like that Daniel Bryan won. At the time I was worried this feud would carry over until Extreme Rules so I figured thought they might've had Cass get his win back but nope, Bryan beats him clean as a whistle twice and then they fire him. I am not upset with that at all.
Next match I watched was Asuka vs. Carmella. Ugh. Saying I "Hated it" wouldn't be entirely accurate since I've lost too much passion for WWE/Wrestling/Life to get legitimately heated over a stupid finish but I did almost shut off my feed and I'm pretty much at the point where yeah, I'm kinda over WWE. I'm sure I'll check up on SummerSlam, and part of me wants to watch Styles vs. Rusev but I'm kinda washing my hands after this. And it's not because Asuka lost, waaa! mah gurl didn't win. I'd be upset that she'd lose but if it was handled differently I'm a rational enough person to not criticize it simply for not catering to my desires. But their attempt at a dirty finish was to simply have Asuka stare at Ellsworth for like two minutes straight. And man, it made her look so stupid. But no, she didn't just look stupid for staring at Ellsworth because they had Carmella roll her up, Asuka kicked out, beat Carmella up real quickly then immediately went back to staring at Ellsworth. Like, presumably they had her kick out to keep her looking strong, like she's no Baron Corbin a roll-up's not enough to take her down but instead it just makes her look like an idiot. The only way she could've look stupider is if they had her going "duuuuuuuhhhh" and start drooling, though at least then I'd be mildly aroused (by the drooling only mind you, I don't know why I want to clarify that) She clearly could've beaten Carmella but instead was too mesmerized by a cosplay.
Hell, she could've easily went for a pin and just kept her eyes locked in on Ellsworth. Have Asuka do that, and during the count Ellsworth begins to enter the ring, Asuka breaks the fall and knocks Ellsworth down. When Asuka turns around, Carmella hits her Superkick and pins Asuka then after the match you can reveal it was Ellsworth in the cosplay. If they did it that way I wouldn't have much to complain about concerning the finisher, that would've significantly diminished how stupid she looked, and it would've made it feel like Ellsworth had an active role in costing her the match, rather than a passive one of just standing there in a mask and robe. But instead we just got a finish that made Asuka look brain-dead. And unfortunately, the match itself was bad too. There were some good moments, mostly courtesy of Asuka but credit where credit's due, Carmella's suicide dive was nice and a good way of conveying how big of a threat Asuka is to her. Suicide Dive's are a dime a dozen in WWE, pretty much everyone does one but Carmella typically doesn't, she didn't against Charlotte, her moveset is usually just a bunch of rest-holds so relative to her it was a big move to pull out and I appreciate that. Besides that, Carmella's offense was mostly boring, and there was a lot of it. The match was too competitive, doesn't the story of the dirty finish work better if the match is built towards it? Outside of her freak-out at Asuka kicking out of the dive, the match didn't work towards it. Carmella needed to struggle more with Asuka than she did, Asuka should've been in the control of the match more than she was.
Finally, because I wanted to end on a good note, Shinsuke vs. Styles. I've been bitching about Asuka's booking for so long so I'll try and make this quick. It took awhile for me to get into it, I don't know whether that was because I was really tired when I watched this or still a little disconnected from the Asuka finish, but much like every other match in this feud the early-goings were a little boring to me. Shinsuke's peculiar behavior mostly salvaged it, I absolutely love the jig/strut he did when he was uncovering all the announce tables. Once I got into it though it was a fairly enjoyable belt, competently told and escalated at a steady pace. I never felt like their Mania match ever got going and their other two matches had draw finishes so by simple virtue of having a proper conclusion the Last Man Standing match was destined to be their best WWE encounter but thankfully it wasn't their best simply by default. The last few minutes of the match was the perfect culmination of the feud. From Shinsuke's "come on" demonstrating the twisted personality that built this feud, to perhaps the most cathartic low-blow in wrestling history, to the Phenomenal Forearm through the announce table, a big spot to end the match, the feud, and punctuate the point of this storyline which I guess is AJ Styles will forever be better than Shinsuke Nakamura that loser.
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Oh God...Here I go again...& possibly for
the final time...
+ I didn't watch the kick off show...
+ Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass...(I didn't watch it)
~ Bryan won...can he fight someone else now?
+ Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn...(I didn't watch it)
~ Lashley won...shame they didn't book him
in a match against Brock...that would have
been a money match right?
+ Seth Rollins vs. Elias...(For the I.C title)
~ I wish they still called him the Drifter...
~ BURN IT DOWN!!!
~ Those green pants are awful...
~ They should put the Universal title on Seth...
at least he shows up to work every week.
~ Seth is bleeding from the mouth...
~ NO! NOT THE KNEE! PLEASE LET THIS BE A WORK!
~ The Superplex/Falcon Arrow combo is always amazing...
~ And Seth retains! Hell Yes!
And I'm going to stop right here...because I skipped
ahead & saw that Alexa Bliss won the MitB ladder match,
Carmella defeated Asuka thanks to the Blobfish & then
Alexa Bliss cashed in during the Ronda/Nia match &
won back the women's title...so I'm done.
I'm done watching the WWE...
As much as I like & respect many of the performers
working for the company...I just don't like the way the
company are booking women with no in-ring talent
over those that can actually wrestle.
So I'm done.
the final time...
+ I didn't watch the kick off show...
+ Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass...(I didn't watch it)
~ Bryan won...can he fight someone else now?
+ Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn...(I didn't watch it)
~ Lashley won...shame they didn't book him
in a match against Brock...that would have
been a money match right?
+ Seth Rollins vs. Elias...(For the I.C title)
~ I wish they still called him the Drifter...
~ BURN IT DOWN!!!
~ Those green pants are awful...
~ They should put the Universal title on Seth...
at least he shows up to work every week.
~ Seth is bleeding from the mouth...
~ NO! NOT THE KNEE! PLEASE LET THIS BE A WORK!
~ The Superplex/Falcon Arrow combo is always amazing...
~ And Seth retains! Hell Yes!
And I'm going to stop right here...because I skipped
ahead & saw that Alexa Bliss won the MitB ladder match,
Carmella defeated Asuka thanks to the Blobfish & then
Alexa Bliss cashed in during the Ronda/Nia match &
won back the women's title...so I'm done.
I'm done watching the WWE...
As much as I like & respect many of the performers
working for the company...I just don't like the way the
company are booking women with no in-ring talent
over those that can actually wrestle.
So I'm done.
Oh God...Here I go again...& possibly for
the final time...
+ I didn't watch the kick off show...
+ Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass...(I didn't watch it)
~ Bryan won...can he fight someone else now?
+ Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn...(I didn't watch it)
~ Lashley won...shame they didn't book him
in a match against Brock...that would have
been a money match right?
+ Seth Rollins vs. Elias...(For the I.C title)
~ I wish they still called him the Drifter...
~ BURN IT DOWN!!!
~ Those green pants are awful...
~ They should put the Universal title on Seth...
at least he shows up to work every week.
~ Seth is bleeding from the mouth...
~ NO! NOT THE KNEE! PLEASE LET THIS BE A WORK!
~ The Superplex/Falcon Arrow combo is always amazing...
~ And Seth retains! Hell Yes!
And I'm going to stop right here...because I skipped
ahead & saw that Alexa Bliss won the MitB ladder match,
Carmella defeated Asuka thanks to the Blobfish & then
Alexa Bliss cashed in during the Ronda/Nia match &
won back the women's title...so I'm done.
I'm done watching the WWE...
As much as I like & respect many of the performers
working for the company...I just don't like the way the
company are booking women with no in-ring talent
over those that can actually wrestle.
So I'm done.
See you next Monday.
:haha:
See you around the traps!
See you around the traps!
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