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WWE Raw: Daniel Bryan Becomes No.1 Contender to CM Punk's WWE Championship

By Jed Mendoza

DANIEL Bryan lost his World Heavyweight Championship rematch against Sheamus at last Sunday's Extreme Rules. But he won't be going away from the title picture just yet as he has become the number one contender to the WWE Championship.

Daniel Bryan participated in Monday Night Raw's Beat the Clock Challenge despite being a Smackdown Superstar. He faced Jerry Lawler as one of them had to win the match in less than four minutes and sixteen seconds, the time set by Randy Orton. Bryan won the match by making Lawler submit to the Yes Lock with one minute and fifty-five seconds to spare. By beating Orton's time, Bryan will face Punk for the title in the main event at WWE Over the Limit.

Bryan's win was half-shocking because nobody really knew what was in store for Bryan. Sheamus is going to move on and feud with Alberto del Rio, so logic would indicate that he would be somewhat entangled in a storyline with AJ. But here he is, after competing for a world title he competes for another one at the next pay-per-view. It's only half-shocking because ever since WrestleMania 28 the WWE can no longer deny that Bryan has become a big star and he has amassed quite a following. His current popularity along with his technical prowess has now helped him stay on the title scene for a little longer. Bryan should make the most of it so that the WWE and the fans would come to realize that he is one of the stars that may carry the company into the future.


Jed Mendoza is a writer for the Pro Wrestling Gazette. Engage with him by following him on Twitter @jedified.

 
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WWE Raw: John Cena vs John Laurinaitis Announced for WWE Over the Limit

By Jed Mendoza

SUNDAY's Extreme Rules main event of John Cena and Brock Lesnar was a match that left the fans wanting for more. Even though Cena going over Lesnar is still an ongoing debate among the fans, Cena's gonna follow-up what would be his best match since Money in the Bank 2011 with CM Punk at WWE Over the Limit with none other than...John Laurinaitis???

At the next pay-per-view Cena's going to face the GM of both Raw and Smackdown and the EVP of Talent Relations. It's not yet sure whether Laurinaitis revealed himself as Cena's opponent because of Cena's insults and Cena's original opponent was supposed to be Lord Tensai but as what's known for sure, Laurinaitis is going back to the ring and it's against the face of the WWE.Building this feud isn't difficult really. It could be traced back all the way to Money in the Bank when Cena smacked Laurinaitis in the face. It would then fast forward to April when Laurinaitis tried to replace Cena as the face of the WWE by bringing in Brock Lesnar to destroy him and ursurp that role. Lesnar wasn't able to get the job done, so Laurinaitis figured out to do the job himself. After taking on Lesnar and putting quite a show, could Cena produce a good feud and a good match with Laurinaitis?

Laurinaitis is a good character as of late. Though he annoys people with his voice that seemed to be produced by 50 cigarette intakes a day, he gets the job done by being that heel that the people just want to hate. He gets a lot of heat and he delivers well in his current role. He was a former wrestler, having two 5-star matches and having the Match of the Year in 1996. He was good in the ring and known to be an innovator, with the famous one being the Ace Crusher, which guys like Diamond Dallas Page and Randy Orton have used to be their finishers. But that was before. Laurinaitis never had a match since 2000. He's not in shape and it's very obvious that this would look like a handicap match because Lord Tensai and Sakamoto would certainly be involved. This might be a rehash of the great Austin-McMahon feud, but fans would tune in to see where this will lead both men. Though fans still wanted to see Laurinaitis' in-ring return to be with CM Punk, maybe it would do good if he make the most out of this feud with John Cena.






Jed Mendoza is a writer for the Pro Wrestling Gazette. Engage with him by following him on Twitter @jedified.

 
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WWE Extrem Rules: Full Results

By Jed Mendoza

  • Santino Marella (c) def. The Miz - Singles Match for  the United States Championship 
  • Randy Orton def. Kane - Falls Count Anywhere Match
  • Brodus Clay def. Dolph Ziggler - Singles Match
  • Cody Rhodes def. Big Show (c) - Tables Match for  the Intercontinental Championship
  • Sheamus (c) def. Daniel Bryan - 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
  • Ryback def. Jay Hutton & Aaron Relic - Handicap Match
  • CM Punk (c) def. Chris Jericho - Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship
  • Layla def. Nikki Bella (c) - Singles Match for the Divas Championship
  • John Cena def. Brock Lesnar - Extreme Rules Match

(c) - Champion heading into the match



Jed Mendoza is a writer for the Pro Wrestling Gazette. Engage with him by following him on Twitter @jedified.

 
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WWE Raw: Does John Cena Have to be Paired with Others to Gain the Fans' Favor?

By Jed Mendoza

WWE has added somebody to progress the feud between John Cena and Brock Lesnar, and that man was Edge, the recently inducted hall of famer. With this, Edge is just part of a list of superstars that the WWE has used to sway the fans in Cena's favor.

Who could forget Roddy Piper's segment with John Cena in Piper's Pit? The legend drove Cena to the edge by making him acknowledge his haters and confronting the hate. This move was used primarily in order for one of the two things to happen, to either turn him heel or to make him appear to the crowd as the superhero of the WWE, a person undeserving of the boos. Guess which one happened, and it failed by the way.

Then again another legend was used at Cena's expense. In the build towards Rock and Cena's tag team match, Rock's former tag team partner and Hardcore Legend Mick Foley came back to the WWE to recreate the highest-rated segment in Raw history, This is Your Life. Mick defended Cena to the universe and made Cena look like a joke rather than the guy in what was an uninteresting segment at best. Again, for Cena to gain the favor of the fans instead of the Rock.

Then Kane returned after being out of action since July. The general concensus was that he was going to go after Mark Henry and his World Heavyweight Championship after injuring him. But it didn't happen and instead Kane came back as a heel to force Cena to embrace the hate in order to defeat Rock. In what was the most unnecessary and uninteresting feud of 2012 by far, the feud didn't help as fans still favored the Rock and didn't change its perception of Cena. The feud even didn't help in Kane's comeback as the feud rendered him as a weak wrestler.

In an effort to give Cena more cheers, he was paired with Internet sensation Zack Ryder so he could get the rub from the former U.S. Champ. It still didn't help Cena as Ryder was the one who got the rub from Cena and was sometimes booed by the crowd when tagging along with Cena. It would also give Ryder stupid segments and was made Kane's personal punching bag to advance his feud with Cena. He was even played by Eve and made to look like an idiotic goofball since being with Cena. Instead of helping Cena getting over again, Ryder was thrown into the oblivion and buried.

Point is, no matter who you pair with Cena, even though the wrestler is over with the crowd, won't help in swaying the fans in favoring Cena. This age isn't the age where fans are to cheer those who are faces and get to boo those who are heels. The situation now is that the fans cheer who they deem deserving of the cheers and they boo wrestlers who they think are deserving of the boos. In no way that Cena is deserving of the boos, but if the fans mandated that he should be booed then the company should let it be instead of forcing the fans to cheer the man even if they didn't want to. Stop pairing Cena with others and let those people make Cena always look like the hero that he is, the man that needs to be thanked for and acknowledged by all. Let Cena do it by himself.



Jed Mendoza is a writer for the Pro Wrestling Gazette. Engage with him by following him on Twitter @jedified.

 
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WWE Smackdown: Darren Young, Titus O'Neil and Antonio Cesaro Make Their Smackdown Debut

By Jed Mendoza

FRIDAY Night Smackdown saw its roster get bigger as the team of Darren Young and Titus O'Neil and Antonio Cesaro make their Smackdown debut.

After Triple H's decree that no talent woud be promoted to the main roster without a storyline mapped out for them, we might see the new Smackdown talents involved in angles and feuds in the upcoming weeks. Both talents were introduced at the expense of Teddy Long. Darren Young and Titus O'Neil, two superstars who have been staying at NXT as a heel tag team, were presented as a team who Long didn't sign to Smackdown due to lack of faith. The two went on to rub it in Long's face that he made a mistake that he didn't sign the team and they were ready to take the tag team division by storm. Being signed by Laurinaitis, the two went on to have their first match later on the evening against the Usos, where they won using a tag team finisher reminiscent of the Hart Foundation's Hart Attack. Antonio Cesaro, known to the indy fans as ROH's Claudio Castagnoli, then made his debut later in the evening. Accompanied by "longtime friend" Aksana, they entered Laurinaitis' office to discuss a possible contract with the blue brand.

With Ryback dominating his opponents third week in a row and Damien Sandow continuing to give splendid promos, Smackdown might be the right place where the new talents could develop their character and make themselves as stars in the business. While there are more talents that the fans can't wait to see in the main roster like Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Richie Steamboat, the gradual debuting of the talents is a good move so the fans can indulge themselves first in one character before dealing with another one. While the year 2012 has seen combacks by former stars like Chris Jericho, The Rock and Brock Lesnar, the year could also signal a new generation of superstars ready to carry the company to allow the veterans to finally hang up their boots and let a new era begin in the WWE.






Jed Mendoza is a writer for the Pro Wrestling Gazette. Engage with him by following him on Twitter @jedified.

 
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TNA Impact: Rob Van Dam Becomes the New No. 1 Contender to Bobby Roode's Championship

By Jed Mendoza

AFTER Bobby Roode retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against James Storm at last Sunday's Lockdown PPV, a match was conducted to determine the new no. 1 contender to Bobby Roode. The match was won by the whole fuckin' show himself, Rob Van Dam.

The no. 1 contender's match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was originally between Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy after they each voiced their claims on why they were supposed to be the new no.1 contender after Storm's loss. Hogan scheduled the match between the two but added Rob Van Dam later on the show. Van Dam went on to win the match and will face Bobby Roode on May 13 at the Sacrifice PPV. It might be a little hasty on the part of TNA's creative to put a man who just returned at last week's show to be immediately in the main event challenging for the title. Rob Van Dam might have returned only to find himself challenging for the World title, but expect that he and Roode would deliver a spectacular match at Sacrifice. The build-up should start next week in order for interest at the match would be invested and to set up what could become a good feud.






Jed Mendoza is a writer for the Pro Wrestling Gazette. Engage with him by following him on Twitter @jedified.

 
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WWE Raw: Are Big Show and Great Khali the Next Tag Team Champs?

By Jed Mendoza

LAST night on Monday Night Raw, a non-title match was held between the team of Epico and Primo and the team of Intercontinental Champion The Big Show and The Great Khali. A couple of clotheslines, chops and swishes and the giants are in the ring, with Big Show performing a Chokeslam on Epico and Khali doing the Punjabi Plunge on Primo. They went for the double pin and now has a win over the tag team champions. With this quick victory over the champs, are they next in line to win the titles?

As reported a week ago, a title change may be in the horizon after Epico's rants on Twitter. While people expected that the champs might be dropping the titles to Truth & Kingston (who have not tagged along as of late) or to the Usos (who have just won a match against Slater & Kidd on last week's Smackdown). But here they are, quickly jobbing to the World's Largest Athlete and the Punjabi Nightmare. Nothing against Show and Khali, but they are not the right team to drop the belts to if ever the creative feels like it. First of all, they are slow in the ring, especially Khali. The staple of tag team wrestling is quick, dynamic action. They won't help in the division at all if they're the champions. They would just give every tag team match a couple of minutes with the same chops and clotheslines and that's it.

If ever the creative team would pull the trigger and have the tag team champions drop the titles to Show and Khali, I hope that they will just be transitional champions and they would drop it to a more versatile tag team that could use the rub of beating two former World champions. Show and Khali won against Primo and Epico, and a non-title win in the WWE immediately gives you the right to demand for a title match and become number one contender. With this logic, Show and Khali are next in line for a shot at the tag team titles. Let's just hope if ever they win the titles their reign would end as soon as it started. Let's admit it: if ever they win, it'll be a forgettable one.



Jed Mendoza is a writer for the Pro Wrestling Gazette. Engage with him by following him on Twitter @jedified.

 
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