Survivor Series Aftermath thread

Rjd2

So that supposedly is a big four PPV?

Opening elimination match was fun and Reigns looks a star afterwards, ze rocket is going to be strapped to him.

The rest ranged from average to muck for me sadly.

Cena and ADR worked well together but I don't need to see this match ever again, its been done a zillion times and it had zero tension last night. Did anyone seriously believe no matter how aggressive Del Rio was he was going to win?
Punk and Bryan v The Wyatt's wasn't bad in fairness but obvious winner and a feeling that it belonged on Raw did not help.

Show v Orton was so dull, crowd didn't give a ****, both worked hard but no need to see this main event again.

Undercard?

Diva's match was nothing, Perfect JR v Big E while not awful was forgettable and not that good sadly.

Shame, the show peaked with its first match:(

Lord TSC

7

Only two good matches on this show, but nothing beyond that.

Reigns has a bright future ahead of him and I guess it starts now. Still, I always feel uneasy about heels who overcome such massive odds. Meanwhile, Punk and Bryan got a good match out of two logs, so fair play to them.

After that....meh. It says something when the highlight of the show was a random Laurinitus cameo. I have no desire to see either Cena or Orton (so Cena then) as the Undisputed champion. The divas match was a divas match. The IC title match would have meant more if Big E had won the title last night and not two weeks ago. Happy Henry is back.

But yeah. Can't really give the show more than a 6 really. The majority was boring.

GTR63

Its time for Roman`s reign as WWE will be his empire

the groutch

where's the MINUS FIVE STARS option in the poll?

Deadlie

4

I was amazed at how bad the commentary was, particularly during the two big title matches. There were big, empty silences during the Orton/Show match in particular that really made it feel empty, drawn out and unimportant.

Would agree with the rest, it peaked at the first match, and nothing major happened to keep me interested throughout the rest of the night.

Charisteas

GTR63 wrote: »

Its time for Roman`s reign as WWE will be his empire

Shield really don't need to break up yet. Not before a run as babyfaces and a match against the Wyatts at Mania anyway.

Palo Alto

Where is Ziggler?

Hematocyte

One thing I noticed was that (I think?) Big Show blew the DDT spot. The crowd could see it had gone wrong anyway and started booing. After that Orton had to start showboating but it didn't matter as I think they'd officially lost the crowd by that point.

One highlight though was when they went outside and Big Show gave Orton a big slap. Some wit in the crowd did clearly audible Curly "whoop" noise that gave me a chuckle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5j8Jioan1w

Jester252

7

This video can sum up Survivor Series 2013

Ridley

I thought Axel/Langston was good. Shame a disinterested crowd has a serious drag factor on matches.

SimonQuinlank

7

Can't blame the crowd for being disinterested in anything involving the charisma vaccum that is Curtis Axel in fairness.

Only thing I enjoyed was Reigns dominating and looking like he's the future,everything else was filler TV level stuff.Though the divas match was surprisingly decent,and little Jojo played her part well.

Can't see many people having much interest in an Orton/Cena unification match either.

At least Mark Henry is back I suppose.

gnfnrhead

7

I had one issue with the first match. They half assed the superman come back for Reigns. If you're doing that, you go 5 on 1 before the come back starts. 2 on 1 isnt nearly as impressive.

Cena vs Del Rio was good but we've seen it so many times that it just doesnt work anymore. Orton vs Big Show was just bad. Punk and Bryan did everything they could but they had an impossible task. Harper is decent but Rowan is shocking and it showed.

The Divas match was shocking. One move was taking out most of them. Even the champion could only last a couple of moves. Should have done a 4 vs 4 instead so everyone could get a chance. AJ/Taminia/Kaitlyn + one vs Natayla/Bellas + one.

Charisteas wrote: »

Shield really don't need to break up yet. Not before a run as babyfaces and a match against the Wyatts at Mania anyway.

Why drag the Shield down to their level? Pretty sure the Wyatts have lost every single important match to date.

Palo Alto wrote: »

Where is Ziggler?

He got punched last week didnt he? Probably still flopping around somewhere.

Bandana boy

6

Loved the opener
Uso's and shield work so well together ,everything looks really stiff between them. I cringed several times throughout.
The match made nearly everybody look good ,only downers was the bitch exit from Ambrose and Rey taking the pace down a notch when he came in.

Reigns spear on Rey at the end I jumped from my seat , This guy could be huge.

the rest I have forgotten about already and I finished watching it 20 mins ago.

DM_7

Enjoyed the wyatts and Punk/Bryan. Good power v technical/speed wrestlers. I am a Wyatt family mark though!

gnfnrhead

7

Actually forgot, but the return of Big Johnnie was pretty great.

Also remembered the reaction Fandango got for those 5 or so seconds. I'm not really a fan but they could do worse than giving him a feud while he is popular.

GTR63

No Big Show heel turn,
yet...

gnfnrhead

7

GTR63 wrote: »

No Big Show heel turn,
yet...

With the way Punk was standing behind Bryan after their match, I was half expecting him to turn. Would have been a retarded thing to do at that time, but it's WWE so it probably would have made perfect sense to them.

CastorTroy

Few things I noticed during the divas match. 1 was when Nikki was doing the torture rack backbreaker (who'da thought could say that about Nikki) on Aksana, I was sure Aksana would fall out of her top. And secondly, nicely timed commentary from Cole, for a change, when after AJ hit Brie Cole said "AJ from behind" while the camera angle was AJ from behind.
When AJ was talking to them backstage, I only knew Rosa was Rosa from process of elimination.
Noticed a sign saying "AJ still fears Paige"

Good opener. You would not think Goldust has been away. Did kind of miss the announcer announcing Reigns as the sole survivor like they used to. Great reaction for the Cesaro swing as well.

One question: What is the point of Eva Marie and Jojo?

SimonQuinlank

7

Jojo played her part well in the divas match in fairness.Especially for someone with relatively little experience being asked to perform live on a big PPV.Crowd actually seemed to give a shíte about her when she almost pinned Tamina,rare enough for any divas match.

Eva is pretty rubbish,but then again she probably wasn't hired to be the next Molly Holly or whatever.

SirDelboy18

That was Survivor Series. A big 4 PPV. With 2 matches that could be called good and nearly every match on the card was a Raw or Smackdown standard match.

That's why we had Big Show look strong at the expense of Daniel Bryan. That is why we had Big Show cry and deliberate with his conscience for months. For this. What a complete and utter train-wreck. Damn though, nobody ever would have guessed that Big Show wasn't over enough for this, and that him and Orton would have a terrible match.. oh wait. "Boooorring".

Professional Griefer

8

I thought stupidly for a second that when Cena came out it would be a heel turn.

gnfnrhead

7

SirDelboy18 wrote: »

That was Survivor Series. A big 4 PPV. With 2 matches that could be called good and nearly every match on the card was a Raw or Smackdown standard match.

That's why we had Big Show look strong at the expense of Daniel Bryan. That is why we had Big Show cry and deliberate with his conscience for months. For this. What a complete and utter train-wreck. Damn though, nobody ever would have guessed that Big Show wasn't over enough for this, and that him and Orton would have a terrible match.. oh wait. "Boooorring".

But Big Show won that poll with ~95% of the votes!!!! :pac:

Professional Griefer wrote: »

I thought stupidly for a second that when Cena came out it would be a heel turn.

That is definitely the way they wanted it to look. Especially with Cena stopping in the middle of Stephanie and Triple H.

CastorTroy

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Jojo played her part well in the divas match in fairness.Especially for someone with relatively little experience being asked to perform live on a big PPV.Crowd actually seemed to give a shíte about her when she almost pinned Tamina,rare enough for any divas match.

Eva is pretty rubbish,but then again she probably wasn't hired to be the next Molly Holly or whatever.

But that's just it. Why are they even on tv? It's not like there's a lack of divas, especially if you look to NXT.

Bounty Hunter

7

CastorTroy wrote: »

But that's just it. Why are they even on tv? It's not like there's a lack of divas, especially if you look to NXT.

simply put if they werent on total Divas they wouldnt be on Raw and they were selected for total Divas because of the fact that they are new / young (JoJo) and as a result would add a different dynamic and situations to that reality show. They are not on SS as a result of their wrestling ability as if that was the case some of the NXT girls would take their place... actually a female Nexus would be awesome, all the NXT girls invade and take out the Divas division annoyed that real wrestlers are being overlooked while bimbos and rookies get their TV spots etc

Reigns did look a million bucks and in general that match was great.

It was nice to see Mark Henry back

I actually think some of the criticism the Wyatts get is over the top and that match was very good vs Punk/Bryan although I guess there is more to come from this angle.

pretty much everything else on this show was fairly meh for me and makes me restate my previous opinion that this is no longer one of the WWEs big PPVs

The hint a Title Unification should interest people... but this, unless it ended up with John Cena corporate champion or something of that ilk (I know no Cena heel turn happening but... ok ill leave it) then all I can say is I wish they could have kept Cena away from the main WWE storyline of the time / The Authorithy angle longer than 1month where all he did was face ADR (yawn) twice.

kronsington

On raw they said roman reigns was only the second man to eliminate 4 men In a single survivor series match. Any ideas who the other might be? Doing my head in!

Loughc

6

kronsington wrote: »

On raw they said roman reigns was only the second man to eliminate 4 men In a single survivor series match. Any ideas who the other might be? Doing my head in!

Diesel?

GTR63

kronsington wrote: »

On raw they said roman reigns was only the second man to eliminate 4 men In a single survivor series match. Any ideas who the other might be? Doing my head in!

Aja Kong did it but obviously isn`t a man

Omackeral

8

kronsington wrote: »

On raw they said roman reigns was only the second man to eliminate 4 men In a single survivor series match. Any ideas who the other might be? Doing my head in!

Big show in 1999. Beat four by himsef in a four on one match. Then went on to win the WWE Title in triple threat.



Although one a count out. So dunno if tat counts