Stars and thoughts: WWE Bad Blood 2024

WWE Bad Blood 2024

(Verry funny intro with metro and Cody  A)

(Our hosts are introduced they introduce he’ll in the cello)  

CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre (Hell in a cell)

I hate that this is first, I’d your going to drop the cell then make it a big deal. As drew makes his entrance

Cole lays down some cool history and stats. The psychology in this is wonky, there are whole sections were punk is waaay working heal with drew fighting from under. I hope the folks chanting “this is awesome” enjoyed their first wrestling show “this is average”

I don’t like comparing art to art if you know where the reason sometimes arts are not comparable, because the parameters of one compared to the other, makes it impossible to compete on an even playing field in a one for one situation

Comparing this to cowboy versus swerve is like comparing “Jason goes to Manhattan” to “Terrifier two” 

The home stretch does have a growth spot and an interesting really good pay off some of the spots in this feud. Another thing that I think has been affected by the AEW cage match is they keep talking about and are very aware of aware of “the trilogy”. It makes the whole thing seem way less organic. ***

(WWE2K add for the fiend looks soopey AF) 

(Mania ad I like the logo)

(We see some alumni in the crowe Glenn, who still looks absolutely beautiful it’s weird to see her looking like a politician when she was the lady who used to wrestle dudes in Texas and show her boobs on national television)

(Up in the MVP box our hosts and a bunch of folks are crowded in. Like a fire hazard TBH )

WWE Women's Championship -- Nia Jax (c) vs. Bayley:

Baily‘s new music is pretty good we open with some very good big woman little woman, David and Goliath style stuff. I am a big fan of that in ring story. Nia with some sloppy but devastating looking  submitions. Bailey Playing the hits from the Hbk playbook. They are finally booking jacks, right? Which has been all the more frustrating leading into this because it’s not rocket science. Nia JAx is much bigger than everyone else. She should be beating the heck out of all of her smaller opponents. every botched spot has been something that they don’t have to do Mostly role reversal stuff, we don’t need to see the giant do a hurricane Rana and we don’t need to see the smaller athlete do a sun set flip power bomb. Bailey is great se just needs a change of roster. She needs to go someplace else or else she is just going to be lady randy Orton. Lots of new coool faces on nXT they just gotta make it happen …. Of course none a of this matters bemuse Bailey has obviously been killed. I think this money in the bank shenanigans wile silly is  much better than the stuff going on on TNT. **

(Consequences Creed pimps the new dragon ball game)

( we cut to three of my all-time favorites in the crowd X Pack (make some noise) And the brain bus…* insert Batman slapping robin meme here* arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard the legendary The 4 Horsemen 

 

Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor: 

I was excited for this Priest looks Amazing!the judgment day is great but I feel like the prince has been in a holding pattern the last bunch of days.I agree  with something graves said baller hasn’t been the same since he had to relinquish the universal title” I don’t know what it is but just a bit less crisps. This match just took the exit to overbooked City  ***1/2 

(Survivor series and raw hype)

(Hhh Hits the ring to announce  crown jewel  champion. Wrestling is belt crazy)

(Gunther comes our Goldberg gets mad. Small people some how hold baxk very big people I don’t care. Looks like a waste of the ring master. Gunther has  great on the mic!! Just a great heeel zany shows up. I’m not sure if they are setting up a g Vs g match or If we are just continuing Gunther  runs down  the legends! )

wwe women’s title live Morgan Vs  Rhea Ripley (with Dominic Mysterio in a shark)

RR is the real deal Holyfield! Liv is great too Both Al oils be huge break out stars. Very fundamentally sound Opening LM control sentiment. Devastation looking sunset flip power bomb into the guard rail followed by the top rope called breaker! Lives offens had grown ten fold and Rea is making it look great! 

The back and forth of the cometary. HHH has done a great job on this judgment day stories. Just when they’re running out of steam, an awesome new element is aded. ****

(Crown jewel hype

Saudi Arabia a place of endless possibilities… Are you sure WWF?) 

(this match sponsored by saucy nugs!!)

Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu): ***

This is A tv match with Wrestlemania entrances. Jacob  is amazing.. special. I’m just not down with this modern WWE main event  style. Posing mugging trying to force moments. It’s not that it’s with out entertaining moments, or just not generally  memorable. That said  RR and CR are the best of at gar stlye  *** 

 For my atenntion span AEW shows are to long, but this 4 hrs show is so padded out. 

How good these they are ad good  shows look make them very very watchable! They looks as good as any event in TV