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Jon Stewart vs. Seth Rollins At WrestleMania 31 Needs To Happen
Just to catch you up: Seth Rollins cut a promo on Raw saying he was capable of anything, both inside and outside the WWE ring. One of the things he mentioned that he was capable of doing was taking over for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Stewart responded in the first video above, to which Rollins responded via TMZ in the second video. Is Jon Stewart Seth Rollins’s ideal opponent at WrestleMania? No, no he is not. But if the WWE can’t figure out a way to get Randy Orton back on TV, bring in the promo master himself Jon Stewart and let’s see the second worst WrestleMania match ever! (Bret Hart/Vince will never be unseated as the worst match in mania history) If you don’t want to hear Jon Stewart cut a lengthy promo on Raw about which kind of wood he see’s himself as then I’m not sure I like you as a person.
– Ryan
Your Average WWE Fast Lane Preview & Predictions
WWE Fast Lane, much like WWE Takeover: Rival is FREE on the WWE Network. It takes place in Memphis, Tennesee, and besides it’s tacky name, Fast Lane should be a pretty solid pay per view. Four title matches, a brother vs. brother grudge match and the #1 contender match for Brock Lesnar’s World Championship round out what should an all around well wrestled event. Let’s get to the preview and predictions!
Goldust vs. Stardust
The long awaited breakup of Goldust and Stardust finally hit a boiling point on Raw, with Stardust attacking Goldust and a match between the two made official on Smackdown. Stardust will go over in the end, as he will continue to be a main roster stalwart for years to come while Goldust is winding down his in ring career. The only question here is whether this feud will get the WrestleMania blow off it deserves or will it be a one and done deal. I try to stay optimistic when it comes to the WWE, even though most of their decision making makes it hard to feel that way. We still haven’t really seen anything from Goldust that would indicate he wants to have this match or engage in anything physical with his brother, but if the match is scheduled, I have to imagine we’re going to see something.
Prediction: Stardust beats down Goldust, who wins by DQ. This would set up the actual grudge match with a month full of buildup with two of the most talented and underutilized guys on the roster getting their chance to shine. Or Stardust wins and fights Adam Rose for the next 25 years.
Seth Rollins, Big Show & Kane vs. Ryback, Erick Rowan & Dolph Ziggler
Thank God we have the Big Show and Kane on the Fast Lane card! I think a general rule of thumb should be that if a match isn’t announced by Smackdown, then it shouldn’t be on the pay per view card. I know they vaguely set this up on Monday and Smackdown and weeks prior with Ryback and Rowan helping Dolph against Big Show, Kane and Rollins, but couldn’t we have just set up a Rollins/Ziggler match and called it a day? We already know that whichever team wins this match gains nothing, and whoever loses this match loses nothing, so maybe they’ll just go out and have a fun 6 man tag?
Prediction: Big Show and Kane simultaneously pin Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan and declare themselves co #1 contenders for the WWE Championship while the announcers, fans and every wrestler in the back collectively light themselves on fire.
Divas Championship Match – Nikki Bella (C) vs. Paige
This feud has been a tale of in the ring superiority vs. outside the ring shenanigans. Paige has dominated the build up with wins over multiple Divas, including Nikki’s sister Brie, while Nikki has won in the shenanigans department with stunts like stealing Paige’s ring gear. Ideally, the winner of this match would go on to have story lines that aren’t dictated by a reality show and that equates to matches similar to what the ladies down in NXT are doing, but that seems like it’s too much to ask of the current WWE writing staff. I still think a Nikki vs. Brie match should be on the Mania card, while Paige leads the new school of Divas as their champion.
Prediction: Paige wins, and we get NXT Paige, or at least a tiny bit of NXT Paige, as the Divas champion who has good to great matches with everyone on the Divas roster. Or Nikki wins with a tit slap or ass grab or something demeaning.
Intercontinental Championship Match – Bad News Barrett vs. Dean Ambrose
Fresh off his non title loss to R F#*king Truth on Smack down, Bad News Barrett is defending his title against everyone’s wacky pal Dean Ambrose. Is that how far the IC division has fallen? The champion is losing a non title match to a guy who mumbles through his entrance music 3 days before a major pay per view during WrestleMania season? Alrighty then. Unless the WWE drastically changes their booking for the IC champs, this match doesn’t matter at all, which is a sin, because BNB and Ambrose are not only the future of the company, but are two very talented performers. If the past is any indicator, Barrett will win Sunday and lose every non title match up until WrestleMania, where he’ll beat whoever challenges him for the title next. Although Ambrose has been winning lately, his goofy persona needs to go. I don’t know if anyone in the WWE has heard of YouTube, but they should search Jon Moxley and go from there. Dean Ambrose is not going to be the next kid friendly, wacky punch line spewing superstar. He is a deranged assassin who will take you out and never quit.
Prediction: Barrett retains. I can see a few titles changing hands at Fast Lane, but I don’t think the IC belt is one of the them. It would also be horrible story telling if the guy who zip tied the champion’s hands to the ring post to get him to sign on for this match 6 days before the pay per view won. Also, I like Ambrose too much to have him be a permanent loser as IC champ.
Tag Team Championship Match – The Uso’s (C) vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro
It kills me a little inside every time I have to write a preview blog for a WWE pay per view with the Uso’s as the tag team champions. It’s not that I don’t like them; they’re a good enough team that the crowd has kind of gotten behind, so kudos to them. My problem with The Uso’s is that from the time they got pushed to the top of the tag division to today they have not evolved one bit. They haven’t introduced new moves, they haven’t changed the way they win matches, they haven’t ever given an interesting promo and they even do the same entrance every. single. time. They slap their thighs, jump over the ropes, scream something resembling words and continue to get rewarded. Then you have Cesaro and Tyson Kidd, two super talented guys thrown together with zero build who have become the most interesting tag team in the company. They work together incredibly well, and they have a good to great match with every team they’re put in the ring with. And they’re responsible for wonderful GIFS like the one I included above. My only concern with this match is how involved Naomi and Natalya have been. The last thing that needs to happen here is for Natalya to cause Kidd & Cesaro to lose. There are a lot of things this world needs. The Uso’s remaining Tag Team Champs is not one of them.
Prediction: Swing into a dropkick. Uppercut into sharpshooter. Rope assisted kick into a Neutralizer. Any of those combinations works for me as long as Kidd & Cesaro win and become your new Tag Team Champions.
HHH & Sting Meet Face to Face
I’ve been a huge fan of this feud ever since it started at Survivor Series, and I look for it to continue to be great at Fast Lane. I’m torn on whether or not I want it to get physical yet, but I’m leaning towards no physicality. After Fast Lane, you still have 5 Raw’s to promote this match, and if the physicality is already wasted at Fast Lane, meaning one guy gets the upper hand over the other, I think it’ll detract from the build up. The WWE has waited 15 years to get Sting in their ring, so there’s no need to rush forward with it. As I stated in my Raw recap, HHH and the WWE production team have done a great job with this build up, as it can’t be easy hyping a two man battle when one of the guys is never there. Sting is one of those rare guys the WWE has brought in who has such an incredible reputation and history, that pretty much anything they do with him will work. Personally, I’m hoping for a few rafter spotlight shots to psyche out HHH. Never rule out the effectiveness of nostalgia.
United States Championship Match – Rusev (C) vs. John Cena
John Cena has to win this match. OK, glad I got that out of my system. With that said, I love Rusev. He’s been built up impeccably, and he has a severely underrated manager in Lana who also happens to be very easy to look at while she’s delivering promos for her champion. I love characters that speak broken English, because when they deliver the parts of their promos in English, it doesn’t have to make sense. Rusev saying he’s going to “crush you” or “rip your spirit out” doesn’t have to be delivered with the delicacy of someone who only speaks English, thus his promos are not dissected the same, which is a very good thing. My only problem with the Rusev character is that he’s “undefeated”. First of all, he’s not undefeated. He’s lost via count out and DQ. He got eliminated from the Survivor Series match by count out, too. Secondly, being undefeated is an impossible thing to maintain. Unless you’re Andre The Giant, you’re not going to go undefeated for your entire career, and even he lost eventually. Instead of this match being about two guys who don’t like each other, or two guys fighting over a title, it’s about Rusev being undefeated and Cena being the guy to finally beat him. Which he should. Let me explain: Rusev and Cena are going to fight at WrestleMania, which means there are two scenarios for Fast Lane. Scenario 1 has Rusev beating Cena, then Cena no selling it for 5 weeks and beating Rusev for the US title at Mania, making it the second year in a row John Cena has completely deflated a future main eventer. Scenario 2 has John Cena beat Rusev at Fast Lane, bring some importance to the US Title it hasn’t had since the NWA, then have Rusev get his revenge and beat Cena at WrestleMania, the pay per view where you build stars for the future, not kill them.
Prediction: John Cena is your new US Champion, and the world needs to be OK with that.
#1 Contender For The WWE Championship – Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan
I have a sneaky suspicion that the winner of this match won’t really matter, but for the sake of previewing, let’s pretend it does. If this match is going to have a decisive winner, then I have a very strong opinion of who it should be. Roman Reigns is stronger and more powerful than Daniel Bryan, but Daniel Bryan is quicker and more experienced than Roman Reigns. Daniel Bryan won the title at last years WrestleMania, but was stripped of the title due to injury. Roman Reigns won this year’s Royal Rumble, which should have guaranteed him a main event title shot at WrestleMania, but that was taken away from him because Vince McMahon can’t stick to a decision. Wherever one man has the upper hand, the other makes up for it in another way. The way I’m looking at it is who would I want to see face Brock Lesnar in the main event of WrestleMania 31, and that answer is very easy: Daniel Bryan. Comparing a Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar match to a Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar match isn’t really fair to Roman, but that’s the position the WWE has put us in. What fan over the age of 8 or 9 is really pulling for Reigns here? And I like Reigns, too. He was rightfully criticized for his promo work over the last few months, but you’re talking about a guy with the combined singles career of about 9 months. Show me a WWE guy who was a perfect interview and an elite ring technician in that amount of time. Still waiting. Got nobody? Alrighty then. Reigns will be a star, and if he continues performing like he did Monday night, it’ll be sooner rather than later. Unfortunately for him, he’s going up against the best on Sunday night, and Daniel Bryan will not be denied.
Prediction: I still think it’s going to be a triple threat between Bryan, Reigns and Lesnar at Mania, but in the interest of choosing a winner, I say it’ll be Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31. Oh happy day.
As always, we’ll be live tweeting the show, so give us a follow @averagenobodies. Or don’t, but just know that you brought the voodoo of Papa Shango on yourself.
– Ryan
Rhyno Made His #NXT Debut At Last Night’s Show
If you read the spoilers for NXT (they tape well in advance) then you saw this debut coming, but I don’t, so this was a wonderful surprise. Rhyno looks exactly the same, and it looks like bringing former household names is going to be a trend going forward, as GM William Regal announced that The Brian Kendrick is coming to NXT next week. Bringing in wrestlers with already established reputations is a very smart move by HHH and NXT, for a few reasons. One of them is that the crowd already knows who these guys are, so putting Rhyno in a 30 second squash match like this is effective because the audience knows his back story and knows how dominant he can be. It also helps guys like Tyler Breeze and Adrian Neville who may have had to take a backseat and put over guys like Owens, Itami and Balor. With an influx of older, established guys, they can come in NXT and tear the house down with the new guys and allow ALL the young wrestlers to be pushed forward at once. A loss for Rhyno to a Finn Balor or Hideo Itami doesn’t diminish Rhyno at all, but in the eyes of the NXT audience, it’s a big win for Balor or Itami. While this has nothing to do with comebacks, I love that Regal is always standing/leaning against his desk in these backstage interview segments. I picture him just sleeping standing up and opening his eyes when it’s time to go to work. Chairs are for fools!
– Ryan
The 5 Stars From Last Night’s #RAW
I watch Raw every week and try my best to live tweet what I’m seeing on the TV screen over at @averagenobodies, so I figured why not do a little Raw review on Tuesday mornings? The format I’m going to use isn’t set in stone, and the picks for five stars are meant to start a conversation, so if you have some suggestions for the format and agree/disagree with my picks comment on the post or hit us up on Twitter or Facebook (facebook.com/TheAverageNobodies). Who were the five stars coming out of last night’s Raw? Let’s find out!
1. Luke Harper and Dean Ambrose
I’m grouping these two together because they had the best match on the show. Harper is stuck in no man’s land but continues to beast every single time he’s in the ring, and Dean Ambrose is proving how crazy he is by continually wanting to be the IC champ. Don’t you know all IC champs lose every match they’re in, Dean? Anyways, these two went out there and had a great match, trading offense for offense until Ambrose eventually picked up the win. Harper has mastered the art of looking great no matter what the outcome of the match is and Ambrose has some momentum going into his IC title match at Fast Lane. Speaking of the IC title match, kudos to Dean Ambrose for the “unique” way in which he got Bad News Barrett to agree to a title match on Sunday. As for Harper, I think it’s time to retire Big Show and Kane as every week performers, which would leave a couple slots open for new Authority members. I’d much rather see Harper fight Daniel Bryan and whoever the Authority hates that week than watch Kane and Big Show labor through 10 minutes matches.
2. HHH
Watching this live, I did not expect this ending. What started off as a weird ‘love and respect’ thing between Flair and HHH turned personal really quick, and I loved the aggression shown by HHH here. He’s been embarrassed and upstaged three times by Sting, and he’s sick and tired of everyone telling him about it. This was the best usage of Flair in a long time, and I’m glad he stayed serious the entire segment, because there isn’t anyone who knows Sting better than The Nature Boy. This has been a largely one sided buildup as Sting is not going to be on TV every week, but HHH and the WWE production team have filled that void perfectly. It seems like HHH is fed up with the mind games of Sting, and things could get physical this Sunday at Fast Lane.
3. Roman Reigns
THIS is the Roman Reigns that should have returned from injury and won the Royal Rumble. The fact that the WWE got Reigns so wrong goes to show you that you they have such tunnel vision they’re unable to see what’s right in front of their faces. Roman Reigns is not a man of the people. If you pan the crowd at any WWE live, televised or pay per view event, I’d bet you $1,000 that there’s not one guy who looks like Roman Reigns. He’s an athletic freak with the looks of a handsome prince. He shouldn’t be pandering to the audience and bumbling through promos about cartoons and fairytales. He should kick ass in the ring (because he’s stronger than everyone) and cocky on the microphone (because he thinks he’s better than everyone). That’s the Roman Reigns we got last night, both in his backstage interview and ringside antics during Daniel Bryan’s match and in his post match brawl with DB. If this Reigns won the Royal Rumble we would have had two months worth of great buildup to an epic Reign/Lesnar match at Mania. Instead, we got Reigns vs. Kane last night. Keep building Reigns like this and the outcome of Sundays match wont matter, because the title match at Mania will be must see.
4. Stardust
One of WWE’s major faults is building and building and building and building to something that either never happens or happens and then gets reversed shortly thereafter (see: Authority at SS, Bella Twins). I’m glad they finally pulled the trigger on the Stardust/Goldust split, because the will he/won’t he angle shouldn’t really last more than a couple of weeks. Dusty Rhodes showed up to try and talk to some sense into “Cody”, but Cody is gone, and Stardust is here, ready to start his own journey. Kudos to Booker T on commentary during the tag match for pointing out how he understands how Stardust feels from the perspective of a sibling that gets constantly overlooked. I’m glad Stardust finally turned and I’m glad the Cross Rhodes finisher is back. Hopefully these two get a series of matches that culminates at WrestleMania, but whatever time they’re given, you know the Rhodes Brothers are going to deliver. Kudos to Stardust’s backstage promo with Dusty: telling your father he’s dead to you is cold blooded.
5. Darren Young
This wasn’t the greatest Raw, but hey: the Prime Time Players reunited! If they’re the next tag team to be fed to The Ascension I’ll only be OK with it if we can get a few ‘millions of dollars’ promos and some dog barks from Titus.
– Ryan
Kevin Owens Is Your New NXT Champion #NXTTakeover
A little over two months after he won the NXT Championship, after he vanquished his demons and beat the longest reigning NXT Champion in history, Sami Zayn is forced to go back to the drawing board. Sami Zayn fought his best friend/mortal enemy Kevin Owens in the main event of last night’s NXT Takeover: Rival, and the result was hard to watch. The match is being compared to Brock Lesnar’s decimation of John Cena at last years Summerslam, but it was more than that. This was total annihilation. This was a man possessed overpowering and beating the ever loving hell out of a more than worthy champion. As far as wrestling stories go, this was the necessary next chapter for Sami Zayn. He finally won the big one, beat his good friend Adrian Neville and became NXT Champion the same night his best friend debuted in the company. It was a fairy tale ending. But then everything changed, and Sami Zayn was just not ready for someone as physically and mentally strong as Kevin Owens. Zayn was taken out of his game from the opening bell, as Owens continually ducked out of the ring, infuriating Zayn to the point that he jumped over the referee and the top rope to take out Owens. That would be the last legitimate offense Zayn would get in for the majority of the match. Zayn came into this match looking for revenge, and Owens knew that; he knew Zayn would be over aggressive and would throw caution to the wind one too many times, and it was that rope assisted backflip that ultimately spelled the end for Zayn, as he hit the back of his head on the entrance ramp. For Zayn, this wasn’t about the title, it was about getting even. For Owens, it was about winning at all costs, and that’s why he is your new NXT Champion.
– Ryan
Your Average ‘NXT Takeover: Rival’ Preview & Predictions
NXT’s next live special, Takeover: Rival is tonight at 8pm on the WWE Network. It is also FREE, so there isn’t an excuse in the world for you to miss this show. The last NXT special was one of the best top to bottom wrestling shows in the past few years, and tonight’s show should be just as good, if not better. Let’s get to the match card and the predictions!
Hideo Itami vs. Tyler Breeze
Following Itami’s #1 contender tournament match with Finn Balor last week, he was attacked in the NXT locker room by Tyler Breeze. Guys like Breeze have a natural born rivalry with guys like Itami, Balor and Owens: Breeze has been in NXT much longer and now the new blood are coming in trying to take his spot at the top of the roster. Even though Breeze hasn’t been winning (or consistently on TV lately) he was a recent #1 contender to Adrian Neville’s NXT title, and he was a solid character for most of 2014. WWE most likely has big plans for Itami, and involving him in a long feud with one of its already established NXT stars not only puts him on the map but accelerates his tutorial on wrestling the WWE way.
Prediction: Tyler Breeze, via some kind of underhanded tactic. They could do a double count-out/double DQ, but NXT is the anti WWE in that they usually give us definitive finishes. I think Breeze wins the battle, with Itami winning the war down the road.
No Disqualification Match: Baron Corbin vs. Bull Dempsey
When Baron Corbin and Bull Dempsey broke into NXT, they were both portrayed as unstoppable monsters. Corbin was more physically intimidating, but both won all their matches, and both won them very quickly. They would eventually bump heads, twice in fact, and that above GIF pretty much sums up both matches. Corbin dominated Dempsey twice in the ring and emasculated him backstage when Dempsey tried to confront him. Dempsey’s sneak attack last week cost Corbin a shot at the #1 contender spot for the NXT title, and that bring us to tonight, where Corbin and Dempsey will fight in a no DQ match. Corbin has dominated this feud so badly that I see this going one of two ways: Dempsey wins with the help of a weapon or Corbin beats Dempsey so bad Dempsey is forced to go back to the drawing board and find a new character. Corbin isn’t great in the ring, but he’s a good character that has caught on with the NXT crowd.
Prediction: Corbin in a brutal squash. Bull Dempsey will cease to exist.
NXT Tag Team Championship: Wesley Blake & Buddy Murphy (C) vs. The Lucha Dragons
I’m torn on this match and it’s not because of the teams. I really think this title change should have been done at the previous live special when The Lucha Dragons defended against The Vaudevillians. The Villains are the most complete tag team in NXT now that The Ascension has moved up, and they were really coming into their own as cocky, talented heels. For some reason they didn’t win the straps at the last special, but Blake & Murphy did a few weeks ago on a random NXT. While I love the move to change titles on random episodes and not just live specials, I still feel this match should include The Vaudevillians as reigning tag champs. In the interest of getting over it and giving a preview for this match, I think Blake & Murphy retain. They beat The Lucha Dragons by outsmarting them, as the Dragons have won and retained their titles for the most part by letting Sin Cara work most of the match and then have Kalisto come in fresh and secure the victory. This almost worked against Blake & Murphy, but they scouted Kalisto’s finisher and grabbed his legs for a surprise victory. I think they retain here with a more decisive victory, and perhaps become the new baby face tag champs while Kalisto’s long rumored “promotion” happens sooner rather than later.
Prediction: Blake & Murphy, and we get another semi homo-erotic victory interview backstage.
NXT Women’s Championship: Charlotte (C) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch
THE BOSS. That’s a link to Sasha Banks new t-shirt, and that’s also a link to the t-shirt of the next NXT Women’s champion. Charlotte is the next big thing (for lack of a better term) in the WWE Women’s/Divas division, but it’s Sasha Bank’s time right now. What Charlotte may have in physical strength and wrestling pedigree Sasha makes up for in attitude and wrestling psychology. AND she’s a stud in the ring. I’d be perfectly happy with the Charlotte/Sasha feud lasting until the end of time, because their matches have been THAT good, but I think it’s time for a title change and for Sasha to be rewarded with a title around her waist. While Becky Lynch is just thrown in there because of her association with Sasha, I think Bayley could be the wildcard in this match. I love the mean streak she’s been displaying lately, and I think that mean streak gets kicked up another gear in this match. While I don’t think Bayley wins, I could see her new found “ruthless aggression” taking out Charlotte, which would allow THE BOSS to pin either Bayley or Becky.
Prediction: THE BOSS. Bow down, because we are not worthy.
#1 Contender For The NXT Title: Finn Balor vs. Adrian Neville
Hopefully this match is positioned towards the beginning of the card, because the audience is going to need a cool down match or two between this and the main event. Finn Balor is the next Randy Orton/John Cena, and he will be the one to lead the next generation for the WWE. I have never been so sure of something in my whole life. He’s the most polished wrestler to ever come into NXT, and he’s already the total package. He’s got the best entrance of anyone in NXT or the main roster, and he’s able to fight so many different styles of matches with different opponents. I fully expect this match to steal the show and exhaust the audience, which is why I hope it goes on early so the crowd has a chance to catch it’s breath before the main event. Neville is one of those guys that you’d think you’d be sick of once you’ve seen a handful of his matches, but he continues to get better and better in the ring, and he is a selling machine. Balor, as I stated above, is the total package. He’s dominated this tournament so far, and I fully expect him to be the #1 contender after this match.
Prediction: Finn Balor. Fingers crossed for a body paint entrance tonight.
NXT Championship: Sami Zayn (C) vs. Kevin Owens
And now, you’re main event. Zayn/Owens is probably the most personal. legitimate backstory to a feud the WWE has had in a long time. These guys are real life best friends who have been in ring rivals for over a decade. They’ve wrestled each other a hundred times before, except this time its in an NXT ring, for the biggest title either of them could possibly have. Owens and Zayn are a natural fit for each other, and it was perfect timing bringing Owens in when Zayn was at his absolute peak. I expect this match to be given a good amount of time, and don’t be surprised if there are more post match shenanigans. I truly expect Zayn to win here, but I don’t expect him to walk out of the building. Owens is too strong and too crazy, and I think that no matter what the outcome of the match is, he’s going to try to really hurt Sami Zayn. This match won’t be the end of the rivalry, not by a long shot.
Prediction: Sami Zayn. But Kevin Owens will be the one standing tall by the end of the show.
Make sure to follow us @averagenobodies as we’ll be tweeting along with the show! Enjoy wrestling’s finest program everybody.
– The Average Nobodies
The WWE Network Will Be Free To New Subscribers For The Entire Month Of February
BREAKING: Starting Sunday, sign up for @WWENetwork & get February #FreeFreeFree, including the new PPV #WWEFastLane! http://t.co/37vCnaLszr
— WWE (@WWE) January 29, 2015
While the online chatter has been mostly negative following the WWE Royal Rumble, from a numbers perspective, this has been the best week the WWE has seen in awhile. Monday’s snowed in Raw from corporate headquarters in Stamford had the highest Raw rating since July, and Wednesday the WWE announced that they had officially reached 1 million subscribers for the WWE Network. How did they follow that up? With a live Smackdown last night and an announcement that new subscribers to the Network will get the entire month of February free, including the Fast Lane PPV on February 22nd. Not only does this entice people to sign up for the Network, but the WWE could get a lot of casual fans hooked on the Network during WrestleMania season, which is the popular time of the year for diehard and casual wrestling fans alike. Now if we could just get John Cena to stop calling every women he interacts with on TV a whore while pretending to be a role model for kids we’d be perfect.
– Ryan
The WWE Network Has Finally Hit That Magical 1 Million Subscribers Number According To The WWE
.@WWENETWORK HITS ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS! Thank you, @WWEUniverse! | @WWE.com http://t.co/KJMouCcDDQ
— Joey Styles (@JoeyStyles) January 27, 2015
Two days after many fans were pissed about the Royal Rumble match outcome and #CancelWWENetwork was a trending topic the WWE has announced that they have finally hit 1 million subscribers to the Network. While the WWE is the one who tweeted this out, they are a public company and it’d be tough to lie about this, especially when all their subscriber numbers are open to the public. I’m glad to see that they finally reached 1 million subscribers, and the release of the Network in Canada and the UK definitely helped boost their numbers, and proves that the initial shock reaction to the US numbers was an overreaction considering how many international fans WWE has. It also proves that wrestling fans are insane. I agree that the Rumble match was laid out poorly, but canceling the WWE Network just because “your guy” didn’t win is a very dumb move. If you’re going to cancel the Network, maybe do it after WrestleMania when WWE repeats storylines for 9 months until they build for the next Royal Rumble. Congrats to the WWE!
– Ryan
